THEME
"The Princess Reminds Me of My Grandmother..."
There it was in the open... Phil's words: "Who will be eliminated... next." Ah HA! Is there an elimination tonight? If there was, Phil's words are usually: "Who will be eliminated... tonight."
The teams are still in Alleppey enjoying their pit stop when... WBBM butts-in to tell us about Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings! I have no idea what's happening in the show, since the local weatherman is trying to tell us to duck and cover. This also means that my DirecTV reception is going to degrade during the show and who knows what I'll miss.
The show comes back and the teams are sitting around yakking about themselves. Jon (of Kelly & Jon) thinks it's great that he's sitting next to 29-year-old virgins! Sounds like there was talking about Chip & Reichen's relationship.
Team Who? (David & Jeff) depart at 4:02am with $120 to fly over 5,000 miles to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia and make their way to the Monsopiad Cultural Village for their next clue. Teams Clowns (Jon & Al) depart at 4:06am, in the middle of a thunderstorm. Kelly & Jon depart at 4:16am, Millie & Chick depart at 4:16am (the same minute?) and Reichen & Chip depart at 4:17am.David and Jeff hit the International Terminal at the airport (Cochin Airport?) and talk to a local who tells them to take Jet Airways back to Mumbai and surely you can get a flight to Malaysia from there, so they go to the domestic terminal. When Kelly & Jon get to the International Terminal, Kelly says: "Look - there's the goats!" (referring to David & Jeff) and follow them. David & Jeff at the Domestic Terminal find out that ticketing (which is a window outside of the terminal) opens at 6:30. Team Clowns show up at the domestic terminal. Chip & Reichen go to a back office of Air India to book their flights. Millie & Chuck arrive and hang outside of the office and try to eavesdrop on the booking arrangements being made inside. Millie gets pushed-out of the office by Reichen who's trying to shove the door shut.
Back at domestics, there's a short argument with locals trying to butt-in in line. Chip & Reichen have to go to the domestic terminal to book their arrangements. Millie & Chuck follow. The three teams at the Domestic terminal are all on the 8:30am flight to Mumbai. Millie & Chuck duck into the Domestic Terminal, see Team Clowns, and yell to Al "What flight are you taking?" and Al actually tells them.
Chip is at that Domestic ticket window asking if they can book a flight from Madras to Kuala Lumpur on Malaysian Airlines, and find out they can't (they're not helpful if the flights aren't with Jet Airways or Air India). Chip asks for a Travel Agent. They meet, he'll call his office and have the tickets issued. His office is an hour away in Cochin. If this whole ting works, they could get in before all the other teams.
The 8:30 flight leaves. Chip and Reichen and the Travel Agent arrive at his office - which is closed. They're waiting for someone to show up. When they finally look at the 12:20 flight that they were counting on - it was fully booked.
Meanwhile, everybody arrives in Mumbai and split-up. Kelly & Jon book a flight to Singapore. Millie & Chuck wind up doing the same. Jon & Al go to Kuala Lumpur. David and Jeff go to Singapore.
Back in Cochin, Chip & Reichen book a flight from Cochin to Kuala Lumpur and then everyone is in the air.
Kelly & Jon hit singapore at about 12:30am and they had to wait for their flight at 10:05am. The slept a full 8 hours on the carpet. Millie and Chuck are also in Singapore but they think there has to be an earlier flight. Millie starts calling around and gets a better flight at 8:40am
David and Jeff arrive in Singapore in the morning. Millie & Chuck arrive in Kuala Lumpur and then they see Chip & Reichen. Jon & Al are there as well, and they're on the same flight. They arrive in Malaysia and make their way to the cultural center, where they will receive a traditional good luck blessing and their next clue. Though Jon & Al's taxi pulled up first, Millie & Chuck are the first out of their cab. Chip & Reichen's driver misses the turn and can't turn around because it's a one way road and has to go kilometers out of the way to get back.
An elderly princess comes out to bless Millie & Chuck and Millie is scared and is freaking out, obviously because this just doesn't go along with their Christian beliefs (like "they could be putting a voodoo chant on us"). They receive the clue to make their way to the Kota Kinabalu Boat Jetty, where they will have to take a marked boat out to a fishing trawler to find their next clue.
Team Clowns take in the ceremony and look at it as a time to pause and reflect on their surroundings and what's going on - a pretty damn healthy way to approach the game!
The other teams finally arrive in Malaysia.
Chip & Reichen enjoy the ceremony, like they were getting married all over again.
Millie and Chuck grab a boat and go out to the fishing trawler. David and Jeff get their blessing and clue. Jon & Al hit the boat terminal. Millie and Chuck get to the trawler and find that it's a Detour - "Net" and "Trap" In "Net", teams have to take their boat to [this] fishing platform and use a net to catch 15 fish out of [these] marked pens in order to receive their next clue. The task doesn't require strength, but catching fish with a pole net requires a lot skill. In "Trap", teams must take their boat to [this] group of lobster boats. Then, they'll have to pull one of these weighted lobster traps up to get the clue inside. There's not much skill involved in lugging the traps out of the water, but raising the traps will require a good deal of brute force.
Millie & Chuck chose "Trap". Jon & Al chose "Trap" Kelly & Jon get blessed.
Millie & Chuck arrive at... the fishing platform? Huh? The boat driver drove them to the wrong place. So, they decided to do "Net" instead. Jon & Al get to a lobster trawler and start pulling. Chip & Reichen decide to do "Trap". Millie and Chuck decide to go into the fishing pens to help get more fish! Great scene where Millie is trying to put a fish into her basket and the graphic on the screen says MILLIE & CHUCK 4 Fish Caught and then you see this fish just jump right out of their basket , Millie yells "Shoot!" and the graphic changes to MILLIE & CHUCK 3 Fish Caught! Jon & Al are still hauling up the trap and get the next clue - "Have your boat driver take you to Manukan Island..." to the next Route Marker.
Chip & Reichen show up at... the fishing platform? Huh? Yes, their boat driver got mixed-up as well. They get back in their boat to go to a lobster trawler, and start hauling up a lobster trap..
Millie is working with the basket now. It's full of fish and water. The fish are splashing around. The graphic says MILLIE & CHUCK 8 Fish Caught. She says "I'm going to drain this water, Chuck..." and to the cry of "Millie!" from chuck, the graphic on the screen changes to MILLIE & CHUCK 7 Fish Caught as she dumps a fish with the water.
Chip & Reichen get their clue.
The graphic now says MILLIE & CHUCK 10 Fish Caught as she's walking around with the basket. Chuck says "Don't drop 'em baby, PLEASE!" and the next thing you know, Millie has fallen into the pen with the basket!
After a commercial break, we see Millie and Chuck get their next clue after (somehow) getting their 15 fish.
Team Clowns get to Manukan Island to find a Roadblock: "Who's skills are the most on target?" The person has to hit three different targets using three traditional Malaysian weapons: a bow and arrow, a blowpipe and a spear. Once they've hit all three targets successfully, they and their partner could race down the beach and check in here - the Pit Stop for this leg of the race.
Whoa! There's the proof! They're "checking in" - there's no mention of the last team being eliminated!
Jon is hooting arrows unsuccessfully. Chip * Reichen arrive and Chip starts to shoot. Millie and Chuck arrive and Chuck starts to shoot. Jon hits and advances. Chip hits and advances. Jon uses the blowpipe and hits and advances. Chuck is still shooting.
David and Jeff hist the fishing Trawler and decide to do "Net". Kelly and Jon arrive and decide to do Trap. Are they nuts? They have no idea how heavy that thing is..
Jon is now throwing spears, Chip is starting the blowpipe and Chuck is still shooting arrows, as Millie says very quietly "Oh, come on Charles...".
David & Jeff arrive at the fishing platform, Kelly & Jon arrive on a lobster trawler. Jon starts to pull on the rope while Kelly tries to get her gloves on. David & Jeff start scooping up fish... the problem is the fish are the size of a dime. They didn't go to the Official Amazing Race Fishing Pens - these were the wrong fish.
(At this point, my DirecTV reception goes to hell in a handbasket for the rest of the show, and I only get bits and pieces of what's actually going on)
Chuck is still shooting arrows. Jon & Kelly are trying to haul-up the lobster trap. Chip hits his target and moves on. Both Jon & Chip are throwing Spears. Chuck finally sinks an arrow. Chip hits his target with a spear and he and Reichen walk off looking around looking for the Pit Stop, which was down the beach. Jon hits his target, grabs his pack, and he and All haul ass down the beach. Chip & Reichen see The Clowns running down the beach and are upset like they were cheating. Both teams hit The Amazing Bathmat at the same time, but Phil decides that Jon & Al were the real First Place finishers and they receive a Vacation to Mexico courtesy of American Airlines website, "which you can enjoy after the race.". Chip and Reichen are then actually Team #2. Chuck hits his blowpipe target and starts throwing spears. David and Jeff are still catching fish, but Jon & Kelly just can't hold onto the lobster trap. David and Jeff get their 15 fish. Jon eventually lets go of the lobster trap. It's just too heavy for Kelly to help out. They get their boat to go the fishing platform. Chuck is still throwing spears. We now have a close-up of a basket on the deck of the fishing platform that has a graphic that reads KELLY & JON 8 Fish Caught, You see the water just churning inside the basket and then a fish jumps out and, yes, the graphic changes: KELLY & JON 7 Fish Caught. Kelly is yelling "He jumped out! That's not fair!" and goes over to the basket and proceeds to what looks like sit on the basket when Jon says "I need you to help, Kel. I mean, farting on the fish... I mean is not helping too much!" David and Jeff hit Manukan Island. Chuck is still throwing spears. Kelly & Jon get their 15 fish and their clue. Chuck finally hits his target and they sprint down the beach and arrive as Team #3. Jeff starting shooting his arrows and hits. Jon is betting on this is not an elimination leg. Jeff hits his blowpipe target. Jeff starts throwing spears. Jon & Kelly arrive on the beach. Jeff barely hits the top of his target and they sprint down the beach and arrive as Team #4. Kelly starts to shoot arrows while Jon is behind her "Be the arrow!" She's pissed. She hits the target. She hits her blowpipe target. She hits her spear target.
They half-heartedly trot down the beach.
"Kelly and Jon, you're the last team to arrive... The good news is this is not an elimination. This is the first of three pre-determined non-elimination legs, and you're still in the race."
Next week: Does Jon actually tell Kelly to go screw herself?
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