Expedition Impossible Recap - Leap of Faith
With one all-female team left fighting and the Gypsies finally being toppled from their number one position, leg six began with Team Gay giggling. John of the gypsies had new bandages on his ankle before the race. Dave welcomed the teams and reminded the teams that it was a single day race. The teams were instructed to follow a line across the river, travel on foot into the town to find a rug to solve their next puzzle.
With less than a five minute advantage, the gays knew that they had to push harder being in the front and were running. Well, aggressively jogging. The Gypsies, Footballers, and Cops left in wave two. The rest of the teams (Fishermen, Blind, Country Boys, and Pink) left last. The fishermen emphasized that they had someone slow on their team, but we learned on the rest of the episode that all three were a bit slow.
The Gays found first the clue telling them to find a carpet with five holes; they would then have to cover a street sign which would reveal the next clue. The Gays wasted time throwing carpets at each other allowing the other teams to arrive. The footballers got the carpet and the clue first.
As Team Blind arrived, Jeff decided to go through the used carpets and found one with holes. That has to suck when a team passed by the correct carpet. The Cops and Pink were next to find their carpets. I have no clue why the editors tried to make Pink look like they were fifth when they were clearly behind the Cops who were third. They were followed by the Gypsies and the Country Boys who disappeared in this episode. Gays lost their advantage because of a needle in the haystack.
The Football players knew that there were strong teams behind them and acknowledged that the Gays were formidable. Jeff of Team Blind had to lead Blind Erik down stairs and they lost time letting the Cops close in on them. The Gays and Fishermen were the only two teams left. The Fays started to toss all the carpets outside of the store. I'd hate to be the store owner that agreed to a) poke holes in eight of my carpets and b) having to roll all my carpets back into the store. After the commercial, the fishermen found their rug and left. Unfortunately the Fishermen didn't understand how to read. They slowly read the clue as if they were five-year-olds. The gays found the rug, put the rug on the sign and then left before the fishermen realized what they were supposed to do. Dave assures us in a voice over that they only lost five minutes.
The Gypsies, managed to get in second place with the Footballers in front of them. The Footballers got the next clue to jump off the cliff or rappel down. It was supposed to be a daring/chicken option, but no one was dumb enough to lose time. The Footballers decided to jump as the Gypsies arrived. Long story short, no one decided to rappel. Blind Erik needed help from Jeff so the two had to jump together. It was awkward watching two grown men trying to hold on to each other and jump, blind or not. Near the back, the Gays easily jumped. As the Fishermen arrived, they bickered about jumping or rappelling, but they jumped.
The Footballers ran for the clue which told them to zipline. Footballer Robert considered that he'd go splat at the end. The Gypsies started to zip across as the second footballer departed. The next clue told teams that one member had to go to a cave to find the key to unlock the teams’ paddles for the kayaking portion of the race. Gypsies got the snake while the Footballers chose Monkey. Rob was so pressed for time that he swam with his gloves and bag still on.
Gypsies realized that there were four different snake keys. He called out to his partners to describe their snake. The footballers followed suit. None of the other teams tried to skirt around the challenge. This is the biggest reason why Roadblocks on The Amazing Race don't allow the other teammate to help out. The Cops tried to read the instructions but missed the point about paying attention. The Blind were the only team that emphasized the direction of the picture was important, ironically with Erik not being able to see the picture. The Gypsies and Footballers with the help of their teammates unlocked their keys and were instructed to follow their GPS down four miles on their kayaks until they got to the cave.
Rob of the Cops couldn't figure out the key, grabbed one, and headed back. The Cops had to return which let all the teams behind them catch up. Gay AJ took a lucky guess. In a swing of good karma the Gays left in sixth. The Cops got their key and left in seventh and the Fishermen had gained time on the Cops in eighth.
The Gypsies had strong kayaking skills which let them overtake the Footballers. We got a montage of footballers flipping over just for good measure; Akbar being the worst. The middle pack left; Pink finally excited to be considered average. Sadly, their happiness would end when Pink, the Blind, and Country Boys flipped over and got caught in rocks giving the Gays the advantage of "not flipping" in the same spots.
Blind Erik couldn't hear Jeff because of all the whitewater so for a short period he became Deaf Erik. Erik flipped over and poor Jeff had to direct him, though his directions didn't really match what the audience saw. In a non-dramatic commercial break Erik got back up on his kayak. The fishermen hoped that their experience with water would help them so the producers gave us a montage of Fat Gus falling off his kayak. Oh juxtaposition.
We returned for a moment to Pink. They were so happy to be in fifth. Then Asian Pink got stuck in a tree. How was that even possible? All Christina had to do was flip off the kayak and drift to a spot where there were no branches. Suffice to say, they fell to seventh.
The Gypsies got to the "Goat Cave" with the Gays right behind them. The clue told them to look outside the cave to find the location of the finish. They had to paddle and then climb to the camp. The Gypsies were in first and John's ankle wasn't an issue. They were followed by the Gays who claimed that "We were down, but they're never out" which made me giggle because I'm pretty sure AJ and Ryan are out. The Blind were in third and Footballers in fourth. Akbar admitted that "Kayaks hate black people." I'm assuming the country boys had that same problem then.
The final three teams had to hustle not being in last. Pink and the Cops tried to leave the goat cave as quickly as possible. The Fishermen cursed their way up the cave to get to the clue. I was worried that the Fishermen wouldn't be able to understand their clue. Gus then had to stop to tie his shoe. Every other word was a curse from the other two. You never know when you might need a shoe.
With Pink and the Cops near each other, they tried their hardest to push harder. This unfortunately caused the Pink and Cops to have a traffic jam at the kayak dock. Rob the Cop had to help everyone out or else all three teams would have been awkwardly stuck. While we never saw the hiking portion, the Cops and Pink arrived together. I'm sure that Gus had issues going up the hill, but we didn't see it. The Fishermen wished that they had ten more minutes to catch up. That’s life. Goodbye Fishermen, outside of your cursing and slightly dumb demeanor, I didn't know who you were.
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