Finally a good episode of The Amazing Race. And the Detective, Louie & Michael did not come in first again, which made it an even better episode.Father/Daughter team, Steve & Allie, were the first to see Phil in the Seychelles. Steve seems like a nice dad. Allie seems like a nice girl. But, don't be praying and involving God. That's just tasteless.
I knew nothing about the Seychelles, other than it being islands in the Indian Ocean. The Amazing Race is at its best, for me, when it is showing me a place on the planet about which I know little. And it helps if that place is amazingly scenic, which the Seychelles is.
The Detour and Roadblock were good this time. In the Detour teams could either fill a cart with coconuts and bring them to market, pulled by an ox. Or lead a huge turtle across a field, tempting the turtle with a banana, then after successfully moving the turtle across the finish line, carrying a lot of bananas to the market.
Steve & Allie were the only team to successfully move a turtle. The Mean Lesbians, Carol & Brandy, tried, but their turtle did not like them. Later we learned, according to dim-witted Brent, it's anonymous that all the teams do not like the Mean Lesbians. Phil asked Brent if he meant to say unanimous.
The Mean Lesbians bailed on the turtle to try their hand at tossing coconuts. We'd already seen Brent & Caite get told they did not have all their coconuts. Brent proceeded to have a fit and say he was quitting. Later, when complaining to Phil about the Mean Lesbians, both Brent & Caite complained about how negative the Mean Lesbians were. To my eyes and ears Brent & Caite are way meaner than the supposedly Mean Lesbians.
Dan & Jordan got all their coconuts, close behind Steve & Allie, to the next task, a Roadblock. An underwater bottle had to be retrieved which had a map to the Pitstop. This map had to be assembled back at shore.
Meanwhile, back at the coconuts the Cowboys, Jet & Cord, had not been having a good day of it, last off the plane, last ticket to a helicopter ride, which brought them last to the coconuts. Jet & Cord had an easier time of driving their ox than Brent & Caite did. But, they too did not have all their coconuts. Soon the Mean Lesbians were also to learn they did not have all their coconuts.
It got confusing all the teams going back and forth with their coconut wagon trains. If I remember right the detectives made it in the water and on the way to the Roadblock ahead of Brent & Caite, but boat woes slowed the detectives. But the 2 teams made it to the beach at about the same time and decided to work together to beat the Mean Lesbians. Brent & Caite were #3, with the detective #4.
The Cowboys were ahead of the Mean Lesbians, I think the Mean Lesbians were still dealing with coconuts when the Cowboys were on the way to the Roadblock. The Cowboys made it to the beach and quickly ran to find Phil who told them, to their great happiness, that they were Team #5.
But, unfortunately the Cowboys had not read their clue in the retrieved bottle that directed them to the Pitstop. How many times have teams made this type mistake on this Amazing Race? So, Jet & Cord had to swim out to thier boat to get the bottle, while the Mean Lesbians, who thought they were out of it, made it to the beach.
But, Jet & Cord knew where the Pitstop was, they did not have to assemble the map. Of course, editing kept us guessing, a little. In the end, Jet & Cord came in last. In a non-elimination leg. So, the good-natured, funny Oklahoma Cowboys are still in it.
One more odd thing. Steve & Allie left their backpacks with the turtle. Allie wanted to go back and get them. Dad insisted they not do so, that they can run the rest of the race without whatever was in the backpacks. So, why could they not simply go get the backpacks after they checked in? Was that boat ride really that far? It was perplexing to me.
Next week they race to Malaysia. I hope that's another good leg. Cowboys for the win. Anyone for the win but Brent & Caite.
