Meanwhile Moronald has lost patience with the internet buffet and he and Christina head over to the Air France office in the city, not the airport, which is open now. Christina uses her minimal French to communicate with the non-English-speaking ticket agent about how quickly they need to get to Lithuania. The agent puts them on a route that gets them there the following night, and Christina reasons that once they reach their first stop in Paris, they will check for earlier departures to Lithuania. Moronald starts losing it and telling her off for not using all the extra time they have right now to sort this out instead of waiting until they're in Paris. Man, he's mean. There was a nice way to suggest that and he passed right over it. Christina agrees to figure it out now, but Moronald keeps hounding her and he tells the camera that he's trying to teach his daughter how to deal with different kinds of people. Well, after she's dealt with you, Paps, life will be a bowl of cherries. Now pipe down.
Grandpa Donald and Nick arrive at the Air France office and Nick is all ready with the flight information he wants to book. Nick - you helped! As The Siblings and The Babies file in behind Nick, he tells the ticket agent to give everyone else later flights. A) Nick, she doesn't speak English. B) Like she would do that just because you say so. Well Hendekea is immediately all over Nick because she heard his request and I have to refer again to points A and B. The Siblings sit down with the neighboring ticket agent and ask which flight Nick and Grandpa Donald got onto, but Nick won't say. Well! That is an affront to The Siblings, the other teams, The Amazing Race and the world in general. The Siblings turn to their agent who does speak English and get flights through Paris, then Amsterdam, then onto Lithuania and arriving at 1:25 the following afternoon. Nick asks his agent for the same flight plan, but she tells him the flight from Paris to Amsterdam is full now and they end up on a flight that is four hours later. Azaria starts talking about karma giving Nick what he deserves. Oh what, because he didn't want to tell you what time his flight was? Shut up, Azaria. Karma, shmarma.
"White boy had that one coming."
Well, guess who does get seats on the so-called "full" flight from Paris to Amsterdam? Nathan and Jennifer, our dear little Babies. And from the very same agent who denied Nick and Grandpa! What is going on here? The Blondes also get those tickets, but The Hippies are denied. There is some sketchy ticket issuing going down. The Hippies manage to connect through Frankfurt and arrive only ten minutes later than the first flight into Lithuania, and Nick and Grandpa are at the airport Air France ticket counter trying to rearrange what went sadly awry at the other office. Jem and Rio get on the Frankfurt route and eventually so do Nick and Grandpa, so everyone will be arriving within ten minutes of each other.
Elsewhere The Blondes are still tense while discussing airplane seating strategy - namely the little one wants them to sit near the front of the plane so they will be the first ones off. To that end they go to the counter to rearrange their seats and make the other teams go away so they won't see. Jennifer of The Babies observes that this is the turning point in the game when people start getting ugly. True dat, Jennifer, true dat. When The Blondes take a seat after the "counter incident" the big one is all worried that they are making everyone mad at them, what with the U-Turns and the secret seating assignments. The little one keeps insisting that it's all part of the game and the alternative is that they would be eliminated. The little one says she's more methodical and the big one accuses her of flattering herself and I think to myself: Don't these girls make a living out of flattering themselves back in LA?
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Comments (13)
OK - you are officially my favorite recapper! The babies are one of the most annoying teams ever...I think Jen annoys me the most though...I don't think I would have been able to stop myself from punching her during the counting challenge...2 funny things - when Christina said I love you to Moronald and the first thing that comes out of this mouth is "I hear they have great pastries in Lithuania." Then at the end when the clue asked who the better counter was and big blonde said "i am" then little blonde said "no, i am - you interpret things wrong" as much as i wanted an all female team to win, i'm so glad theyre gone!
1 of 13 | Posted by yankeesfan | Posted on December 5, 2007 9:57 AM
I was SO EXCITED to see the Blondes leave this week (not as excited as I would have been, had they, say, been flattened by a bus).
My only hope is that next week Nate and Jen go home. Or that in the preview we saw - where Nate stops rowing - his next move is to throw himself in the water and just float while the rest of the times row past.
I am still pulling for Christina, even though that means Moronald must stay around. The "good pastries" line after she told him she loved him is a classic. My father is a huge Amazing Race fan, and as soon as the show was over my cell rang, just because he wanted to try that line out on me.
Do you think any of these people watched the show before they tried out?
Great recap! I had to stifle my laughter at work.
2 of 13 | Posted by lonebutterfly | Posted on December 5, 2007 10:35 AM
I can't believe I know how to properly pronounce Ouagadougou now.
3 of 13 | Posted by Krizzatch
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Posted on December 5, 2007 11:31 AM
The episode was good. I liked seeing TK and Rachel come all the way back, Jem and Rio are fairly cohesive. Christina has the patience of an angel (and in the last episode, did anyone else notice Nick putting his arm around her at the pit stop?) for dealing with her dad. Nick is the weak link of his team, oddly. The Babies should get off my television soon. And Azaria/Hendekea... how come Azaria doesn't have a nickname yet? How bout Ass-aria? Here's a great idea: Why don't we put Ass-aria and Moronald on the same team, then Hendekea and Christina on the same team? I'd watch both those teams, for differing reasons.
4 of 13 | Posted by MidwestNomad | Posted on December 5, 2007 1:09 PM
I can't wait for the next episode; rowing tends to bring out the bitch in everyone for whatever reason.
The Siblings continue to gross me out even though i want them to win; them or Jem and Rio only because it'd be truly outrageous.
Moronald pisses me off to no end. I understand why he is the way he is but jeez, this isn't the old country. Treat your daughter right.
5 of 13 | Posted by PixieGal262 | Posted on December 5, 2007 1:16 PM
I like the babies, the blonde girl is cute. I think it's her freaking boyfriend that is problem with that couple. In the beginning, he yelled at her for not running and not keeping up. In this episode, she's trailblazing and he calls it "stressing" out. Make up your mind moron!
Henedekea and Areola's relationship is very peculiar to me. I just don't get the holding hands and such.
Amazing recap as usual. Thanks for your insights.
6 of 13 | Posted by gnomecorp | Posted on December 5, 2007 10:00 PM
Krizzatch- It is scary how easily Ouagadougou rolls off the tongue now- I don't even have to stop and look at every syllable anymore.
7 of 13 | Posted by laska | Posted on December 6, 2007 7:11 AM
Azaria and Hendekea's nickname...
Team Incest
They gross me out to no end.
8 of 13 | Posted by eellsinoc | Posted on December 6, 2007 11:11 AM
Uh yeah....cuz they are brother and sister.....
HG, you referred to them as a couple and they act like one...but alas they are siblings....
which makes it so gross and weird....especially when they fight. They have had a couple fights that sounded just like lover's quarels. Ewwww!
My vote is Team Incest
9 of 13 | Posted by Mamabird | Posted on December 6, 2007 1:13 PM
Hopefully, the siblings (and Ron) just have a cultural based misunderstanding. I do want to smack most of the men in this race every once in awhile for the arrogant and disrespectful way they treat the women in their lives.
Women who are not related by blood are partially to blame for their own victimhood. The blonde baby, for example. Leave him; yesterday.
There did seem to be a lot of warm, attractive people in Lithuania. Anyone know the web site for Travelocity?
10 of 13 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on December 7, 2007 11:47 AM
Strange season. I'm still rooting for Nathaniel and grampa and Pinky and Vixen.
I wish there was a gay team still in the running but oh, well...
11 of 13 | Posted by weasel dearest | Posted on December 7, 2007 1:03 PM
Been reading these recaps for going on a year now and a big "Fuck yeah" to all you guys. I am just old enough to be humiliated that I know the Jem/Rio reference.
Well done.
12 of 13 | Posted by IMissColleen | Posted on December 8, 2007 1:31 PM
To gnomescorp:
How anyone could like two people who bring out the absolute worst in each other over ten other (surviving) people who bring out the best in each other is beyond me.
13 of 13 | Posted by Dale | Posted on December 9, 2007 8:13 AM