The little blonde zips through the Road Block and Nick finally finds his salon then needs more directions to get back to Grandpa Donald at the church. At last, now that all of the packages have been delivered the citizens of Vilnius can get on with their lives and stop waiting around for frantic Americans. Aw, I feel so sorry for Grandpa Donald when The Blondes set off to the village before Nick has returned. Poor guy has spent his entire day waiting around the churchyard for his idiot grandson to find a freaking hair salon. Maybe they were onto something letting Grandpa do all the challenges. FINALLY here comes Nick and they get to leave at the same time as The Blondes. The little blonde starts praying out loud in the backseat for God to let them win The Amazing Race. I really miss the Lesbian Ministers, they were so much fun.
Jem and Rio complete their Travelocity commercial by finding their gnome and find the next clue which is a Detour. Welcome back, Phil. It seems that Lithuania is currently celebrating its traditional Midsummer Festival. Oh, like the one at the Playboy Mansion! Except this one is legitimate and not just a huge whoring opportunity.
"Why do you crash our festival?"
The teams have to choose between two tasks - Count Down or Step Up. In Count Down the teams have to count the pickets on a picket fence and if they get the number right they get their next clue. In Step Up the teams have to walk on stilts down a specified length of pathway and if they fall before the finish line they have to start over. Jem and Rio decide to try the stilts.
Right about now The Hippies and Moronald and Christina have arrived for their Travelocity commercial. Look how many times Travelocity is getting mentioned here! They should pay me for all this free advertising. Rio is ecstatic to join the Midsummer Festival because everyone is in costume and therefore a kindred spirit. No Rio, they are in costume for a specific event, not just everyday life. There's a bit of a difference. The townspeople line up along the pathway and start singing as Jem and Rio attempt unsuccessfully to walk on stilts. The Hippies and Moronald and Christina arrive, gnomes in hand, to try also to walk on stilts.
Look, TK and Rachel! Burning Man!
As the lagging teams arrive at Travelocity Central, Jem and Rio give up on stilt-walking and decide to count fence pickets. TK finishes the stilt walk, but Rachel is still having trouble. You have one guess as to how Moronald is handling the stilt walk. That's right, with rage. The Babies opt to count pickets, but of course it has to come with a bossy order from Jen, which is for Nate to shut up and just let her do it. It seems she is a master counter. The local children have gathered to heckle the teams who are trying to count, and before long their masked parents join in as well. Over on the stilts Rachel finishes and The Hippies are on their way to the Pit Stop! They have to go on foot to the Aukstaitija Windmill. Anyone want to try and pronounce that? Besides Phil? Jem and Rio turn in their picket total - 717, which is correct! To the Pit Stop! When they spot the windmill they see another team near it and Rio says, "It's stupid TK and Rachel." Ha ha ha. Feel the love. Well it must be karma (isn't everything on The Amazing Race?) because The Hippies win! Phil's buddy is a cute little old man in traditional dress who says, "Lelcome to Lithulania!" Aw, that's adorable. I always love the people at the mat.
Santa?
As the winners of this leg, The Hippies have won a trip for two to Japan sponsored by - who else? - Travelocity!
And look who will meet them there.
The Hippies are really surprised to win because they had been thinking all day that they were last. What, the sight of Moronald and Christina right behind them on the stilts didn't clue them in? They must have been distracted by the Burning Man.
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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