The Amazing Race 12Episode 09
Original Air Date: January 6, 2007
Rachel - TwoCents Staff Writer
The Top Four Things I Learned from the Episode 9 of The Amazing Race 12
Since we are down to the final four, we here at The Two Cents thought it would be nice to share what we learn from each team in each of the remaining episodes.
1. If you say something like “I will NEVER drive a car in Osaka, Japan,” you will.
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Original Air Date: January 6, 2007
Rachel - TwoCents Staff Writer
The Top Four Things I Learned from the Episode 9 of The Amazing Race 12
Since we are down to the final four, we here at The Two Cents thought it would be nice to share what we learn from each team in each of the remaining episodes.
1. If you say something like “I will NEVER drive a car in Osaka, Japan,” you will.
One of the great things about The Amazing Race is the creative “edit foreshadow.” For example: if a rule in a Roadblock or something like the fact that a car only takes diesel fuel is overly emphasized, you can be sure someone will screw up pretty hard. There is at least one of these gems per episode, and this week, it was the declaration of Christina that she is so happy she will never have to drive in the craziness that is Osaka. Cut to Phil explaining that the Detour consists of one player becoming a taxi driver. Yikes! Oh, yeah, did I mention that Christina can’t really drive? Nice.
A side gem of knowledge from Team Ron and Christina: If your dad is anything like Ron, do not go on the Amazing Race with him. Granted, he is doing better in the “not berating my daughter” department, but he is still kind of an ass and needs to work on the “not berating anyone who is involved in my team catching a bad break” department. It is a race, man. Let it go! If the taxi driver in India drops you off at the wrong door at the airport, find the right door! Don’t just ramble on for ten minutes about all the “good money” you paid him. By the way, Ron and Chris got to the Pit Stop first and won a pair of electric cars. Ron will never have to pay a taxi driver good money ever again.
2. If your boyfriend nudges you into a taxi, it’s time to break out that Academy Award acceptance speech and completely blow the whole thing out of proportion.
In the total dysfunction that is Team Nate and Jen, an assist into a taxi can be construed as spousal abuse. Thank goodness they’re not married. Nate simply opened a taxi door for Jen and ushered her in. Her reaction: to leap into the backseat, flailing as if she were writing one of those “for your consideration” ads in Variety. Those wacky editors replayed Nate’s vicious attack, complete with grainy zoom-ins, but, as always, it was Jen who looked like the complete witch to me. Now, I’m not defending Nate as a human in general, because he is just as annoying as she is, but come on, people! Man, I hope they don’t win. Oh, yeah, they got to the Pit Stop second.
3. If you take your grandpa on The Amazing Race, be prepared to carry his backpack (and the fate of your team).
I seriously don’t remember the last time Ron performed a solo Detour (maybe it was when he stripped down to his skivvies to pole-vault across a bog, but I’m trying to block that out of my memory.) This episode was no exception. Nick did everything from carrying his grandpa’s backpack to talking Don through a cell-phone controlled robot soccer game. You heard me. Nick did great carrying the team all the way to the Pit Stop in third place. I just hope he has the stamina to continue doing absolutely everything!
4. If it is dark and there are no other teams around, you are probably in last place. By, like, hours.
But don’t give up! It could be a non-elimination round! Rachel and T.K. were MIA most of the episode due to those pesky connecting flights between India and Japan. It made me a bit sad because they are the team I would like to win the whole thing. My spirits were lifted when, at each task, they did not get a note that said, “Proceed directly to the next Pit Stop.” (Remember in Season One when the high-maintenance gay couple got the “so-and-so just crossed the finish line in New York. Nice knowing ya!” note on their door in Alaska?) Yes! A non-elimination round! They will be three hours behind everyone and face a speed bump, but I’m still rooting for them!
Next time: four more bits of life-saving knowledge and a lock on the final three!