Amazing Race: Beautiful Ladies

Amazing Race
I’m Surrounded by Ninjas

The tattoo couple did have to do all the tasks that the other teams did, but it wasn’t exciting enough to show them do it after everyone else was done, so we only got to see Vicki get hit on while they made their way to the border and them washing a tank for their speed bump.

Leaving the Pit Stop

The doctors were the first to leave the pit stop at 4:37 pm. Jill & Thomas left at 4:47 pm and the home shopping queens left at 5:26 pm. The tattoo couple would leave a million years later.

Clue: Teams had to fly to Seoul, South Korea. Once they were there, they had to drive themselves towards the North Korean border to the demilitarized zone and find the Seungil Bridge.

The first two teams headed straight for the airport. The home shopping queens went to a nearby hotel to see if the concierge could help them get airplane tickets quicker than they could get at the airport. The first three teams all ended up on the same flight that left at 12:25 am. They thought all the teams would be on that flight, but they didn’t know how far behind the tattoo couple was with their penalties. When they were shown leaving the pit stop, a time wasn’t shown, but it was dark outside. When they got to the airport, they found out that the flight that everyone else was on had just left. They were on another flight that left at 9:30 am.

River Rafting

The first three teams landed in South Korea and started to head towards the border. It was difficult since none of the signs had any English characters on them. The tattoo couple finally got on their plane to head to South Korea. Jill & Thomas and the home shopping queens were the first teams to find the bridge and the clue box.

Clue: Teams had to raft down a river, then board a humvee that would take them to the U.S. Army Base Camp Casey.

The teams had to change into wet suits and then get into a raft with a guide and two other rafters. Jill got her wet suit on so much quicker than Thomas. They were both confused why he was so slow. Once they got to an area of the river with humvees, they climbed into the back of one of the vehicles, put helmets on and were driven to the base. Jill & Thomas were the first to arrive at the clue box. They found a road block.

Taekwondo

Road Block: A team member had to pick a Taekwondo head band and walk among 200 soldier who were practicing Taekwondo at the time to find a matching headband and not get hit in the process. When they found the right soldier, that soldier would kick a wooden block in half to reveal the next clue.

Thomas decided to do it. He had to run to the top of a stadium to pick a head band and then run down to the field to find the headband in group of soldiers. The home shopping queens arrived. Brook decided to do it. While Brook was running around, she was apologizing to some soldiers for “getting all up in [their] grill.” She gave it to one, but it wasn’t right. He took the headband so she had to run up to the top of the stadium to get another one. Thomas found his guy soon after so he got to follow his soldier to watch him kick a wooden board and get the clue.

Clue: Teams had to go by foot to the subway station and take it to Seoul World Cup Stadium.

As Jill & Thomas were leaving, the doctors arrived at the road block. Kat decided to do it. Brook was running around yelling about being surrounded by ninjas. Claire said she wasn’t being focused, but she found her soldier soon after. After her soldier kicked the board, Brook tried to kick it too. The soldiers just laughed at her puny human ways.

They were off while Kat still looked for her soldier. Jill & Thomas found the subway station and got on a train just before the home shopping queens arrived. The home shopping queens were having problems getting through the turnstiles. Kat found her soldier and they caught up with the home shopping queens at the subway station.

Ice Skating

Jill & Thomas were the first to the arrive at the stadium. They found a detour.

Detour: In Full Throttle, teams had to make their way on foot or subway to an ice rink, change into speed skating suits and skate a two person relay for a total of 24 laps. When they finished, the trainer would give them their clue. In Full Bottle, teams had to make their way on foot or subway to a market, put on delivery outfits and deliver six huge bottles of ginseng root to a holistic wellness center. They had to deliver the jars without breaking them and drink a ginseng tonic when they arrived to get their clue.

Jill & Thomas decided to ice skate. Jill wanted to take a cab, but Thomas read the clue again to see that they couldn’t. Soon after they left, the other two teams arrived. The doctors decided to ice skate. Claire wanted to do the delivery one, but Brook said she wanted to ice skate. They argued back and forth about which detour to go to. Claire was saying she would do the ice skating  task for Brook and Brook was saying she would do the delivery one for Claire, but they were both being pretty snippy about it. They finally decided on the ice skating one. They did get into a cab though so they missed that part of the clue while they were being passive aggressive with one another. Meanwhile, the tattoo couple finally arrived in the country and found someone that was going to lead them to the bridge.

While the other teams were taking the subway like they were supposed to, the home shopping queens  arrived to the ice skating rink first. They were not thrilled with the outfits. Jill & Thomas were confused about how the home shopping queens got there so quickly. Jill once again beat Thomas in putting on an outfit. I’m not sure why he was so slow about changing clothes.

Over with the tattoo couple, the guy they were following had to pull over to use the bathroom. They decided to take a little break too. The guy came back out from the little market they had stop at with some treats just for Vicki. She said she was good with snacks, but he insisted on giving them to the beautiful woman. Nick just laughed and thought it was good that the guy wanted her since it could help them.

At the ice skating rink, the two people were not too good at skating (Claire & Thomas) did more of a walking movement on the ice compared to Jill & Brook who were actually skating around. Jill loved to fall a lot though. Every time she fell, Thomas reminded her to stay on her feet. Very helpful! Jill & Thomas finished just before the home shopping queens and received the next clue.

Clue: Teams had to make their way to Han Riverside Park or Yeouido Hangang Park and search for a statue to find the next clue.

Both teams left before the doctors arrived at the rink. Jill & Thomas were still confused at how the home shopping queens got to the rink so quickly. They didn’t think they had screwed up so how did a team get ahead of them? It’s a mystery! While in the cab ride to the park, Claire was getting hit on by their cab driver. He wanted to know if she was single. The ladies were getting  a lot of attention in South Korea!

When Jill & Thomas arrived at the park, Jill went up to an old man to ask if he spoke English. Thomas pulled her away and said she couldn’t ask old people since they wouldn’t know. WAT! Jill responded back, “How about this guy over here? Is he in your age range?” Excellent. They did start asking one guy but he didn’t speak English very well. The statue they were looking for looked like a plane. While Thomas was acting out being a plane and confusing the guy, the home shopping queens arrived and just started running around the park looking for the statue. They found the clue box first.

Clue: Teams had to make their way to the next pit stop, the Temple of Heaven.

The home shopping queens found a taxi and were on their way while Jill & Thomas finally gave up trying to talk to the guy who had no idea what they were saying and tried to just look around. The doctors finally finished up the ice skating task and were on their way to the park. Jill found the statue in the park. Thomas wanted to know how no one knew where the statue was located when it was a huge airplane. Why did they not look for it first and not waste so much time asking people?

Brook & Claire got to the pit stop first, but when they checked in with Phil, he did tell them that they took a cab when they were supposed to walk or take the subway to the detour. They had to wait 30 minutes before he could check them in. Jill & Thomas found a cab, but the guy  didn’t speak English. After trying to get him to figure out where they wanted to go, they had to find another taxi. When they got to the pit stop, they saw the home shopping queens and were checked into the pit stop in first place. They would be going to the finish line as part of the final three and they also won a trip to Argentina.

The home shopping queens still had 10 minutes to wait to be checked in when the doctors found the park and the statue. They found a cab and started heading to the pit stop, but they didn’t get there before the home shopping queens got to check in with Phil for second place. That left the doctors to check in for third place. Phil reminded the home shopping queens and doctors that they could be the first female team to win the race.

Before the episode ended, the tattoo couple were shown doing their speed bump, which was washing a tank at the army base, but they weren’t shown doing anything else before they checked into the pit stop with Phil. He told them that they were eliminated from the race.

Order the teams checked into the pit stop:

  1. Jill & Thomas – dating
  2. Brook & Claire – home shopping queens
  3. Nat & Kat – doctors
  4. Nick & Vicki – tattoo couple

Questions

  1. Some people didn’t think it was fair that the tattoo couple quit, yet still weren’t eliminated in the last leg because it was a non-elimination round. The time wasn’t shown when the tattoo couple left the pit stop. Do you think they were held back a bit to ensure they would miss the plane to make up for them quitting in the last leg? I wouldn’t think they would do that, but it was fishy that they didn’t show the time.
  2. Do you think an all-female team will actually win the race or will Jill & Thomas cause an upset?
  3. What team do you want to win?
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