TAR16, Recap Leg 10, 4/25/10

Welcome to Leg 10! Last time, on If You Fall And Die, I Love You, teams took a fast train to Singapore. Brent and Caite (well, Caite) is like, such as, angry at the lesbians for making fun of The Team Like The Iraq Such As, and u-turned them. (Toyouke: “Making fun of Caite's tiara is not "pushing things too far." But thanks for letting us know how things are, PROBST.”) This led to their demise and saw them eliminated, leaving Caite as the final female racing. (Toyouke: “YOU are not capable of anything. Your BOYFRIEND and other people's stupidity have helped you. Caite being the last girl left makes me sad.”) This means with three legs left, we have an elim, a non-elim, and the finish line leg. Who will be eliminated. . . next?(click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Dan/Jordan, Team I Love You Bro!
2nd – Brent/Caite, Team Like The Iraq Such As
3rd – Jet/Cord, The Cowboy Brothers
4th – Louie/Michael, Team Sherlock

Marina Barrage, Singapore, Singapore

4:47 PM Dan/Jordan (1st)
Clue: Fly 2300 miles to Shanghai China! Once you arrive, travel by taxi to Zhujiajiao, the Venice of China, and take one of the reserved boats to the next clue.

(Auburnium0513: “Gesundheit, Phil!”)

Jordan talks about how he loves his brother more for racing with him across the world. Aw.

6:18 PM Brent/Caite (2nd) – Caite apologizes to the Lesbians for using the U-Turn. Not that she means it. (Auburnium0513: “Shows all them haters out there? Wow, Caite, wow. You are WAY too white for that statement.”)
7:04 PM Jet/Cord (3rd) – and we learn that Jet’s wife just had a daughter (Kmanpat: “Benny, who is Jet’s?”) and Cord just got engaged. (Auburnium0513: “Damn, they are both taken? That makes me sad.” Kmanpat: “No, Jet just has a little girl. He could be a baby daddy. Unlikely though.”) And if you were listening very carefully at 8:05 EDT, you heard thousands of men’s and women’s hearts breaking.
7:35 PM Louie/Michael (4th) – Michael says their underdogs.

Teams arrive at the airport in the following order:

1- Dan/Jordan
2- Brent/Caite
3- Jet/Cord
4- Louie/Michael

Dan finds the first flight to China on China Eastern is at 12:05 AM. Which means everyone goes and hangs out at McDonalds in the airport. In the meantime, Caite tells her joyous story of the U-Turn. Louie: “Did you put on your tiara?” (Toyouke: “"I'm the only girl left! Watch me clap like a cheerleader! But don't make fun of my tiara!") Now, what irritates me about this line is that it’s very similar to the one the Lesbians used, and Caite is laughing at it hysterically. If that was a vindictive u-turn, then that’s really annoying behavior.

The Amazing Red Line flies to Shanghai and teams get taxis in the following order:

1- Jet/Cord
2- Dan/Jordan
3- Brent/Caite
4- Louie/Michael

Teams taxi and arrive at Zhujiajiao and find the boats in the following order:

1- Brent/Caite
2- Jet/Cord
3- Dan/Jordan – who got a bad taxi driver as did. . .
4- Louie/Michael

Teams then take the boats they choose and take them to the clue box. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Brent/Caite
2- Jet/Cord – Jet: “That was really tranquil.” Cord: “What’s that?” (Toyouke: “Oh Cord. You don't know what "tranquil" means?” Auburnium0513: “Aww, you don't know the word tranquil? That also makes me sad.”)
3- Dan/Jordan
4- Louie/Michael

And teams come to the ninth roadblock.

ROADBLOCK:
Who wants to get their hands on some extra dough?
In this roadblock, one team member must watch a noodle making demonstration and make 1 kilogram of noodles by hand using the traditional method. Once the chef approves the noodles, teams get their clue from (the late) He Pingping, the world’s shortest man and heaviest chain smoker.

(Toyouke: “Why is the World's Shortest Man involved in this Roadblock?”)

The following team members complete the Roadblock.

1- Caite
2- Jet – (Toyouke: “I love Cord wearing his brother's hat on top of his own. I'm glad someone is checking their noodles.”)
3- Jordan – “Jet is magic with his hands.” (Toyouke: “I'll bet he is.”) And apparently this distracted him enough, because he had an awful time completing this Roadblock. So Dan goes and hugs him. (Auburnium0513: “Now THAT is a good and supportive brother! That's how you should treat your teammate when they are getting frustrated with a Roadblock.”)
4- Louie – “This is like something out of Lucille Ball.”

After much noodle making and chain smoking, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Jet/Cord
2- Brent/Caite – Caite: “Pingping was adorable!” (Auburnium0513: “He was so adorable? That's really condescending, Caite. He's a grown man.” Kmanpat: “Well, 21. Unfortunately the verb is now was.”)
3- Louie/Michael
4- Dan/Jordan – Dan: “You smell like noodles.”

Teams are then instructed to travel to the Shanghai Fashion District. Teams arrive at the clue box in the following order:

1- Jet/Cord
2- Brent/Caite
3- Louie/Michael
4- Dan/Jordan

Teams are instructed to go into the Fashion House, located next to the clue box, and work together to choose a model and a clothing design, find the articles of clothing to make the design, and then having the model put them on. If the team is correct, the designer will give them their next clue.

(Toyouke: “Oo, how good would we be in dressing models?”)

Teams design and get their clues in the following order:

1- Jet/Cord – Cord: “I’d take bull riding over clothing design.” Although, Cord did most of the designing.
2- Brent/Caite – Caite: “Do you need my tiara?” OK, now she’s making fun of herself. I want my lesbians back! (Toyouke: “Woman, do not joke about your tiara.”)
3- Louie/Michael – Louie: “We'd better hurry up, when Jordan gets here he's gonna catch us."
4- Dan/Jordan – and Jordan goes to town on this task, as predicted.

Teams are then instructed to take a taxi to Hongkou Football Stadium to get their next clue. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Jet/Cord
2- Brent/Caite
3- Louie/Michael – Michael: “Can we get some shooting? Kick a door in? Chase a crackhead?” (Toyouke: “Oh,yeah, "Chase a crackhead" would be a great task.”)
4- Dan/Jordan

And, in an unprecedented move by TPTB, teams come to the tenth roadblock.

ROADBLOCK:
*No Question Given*

In this roadblock, one team member must use a small picture to assemble a ninety-six card puzzle. Once it is assembled, the roadblocker should hand the cards in order over to the waiting crowd, who will then flip it over and reveal the section, row and seat number where the next clue is. Team members that completed the previous roadblock must sit out of the roadblock.

(Toyouke: “This is a weird Roadblock twist. Also a very long Roadblock. The wind is not cool.“)

The following team members complete the Roadblock.

1- Cord – who combats the wind by taking his clothes off. (Toyouke: “Cord is stripping down to hold down his tiles. Hee.”) (Section 20, Row 16, Seat 33)
2- Brent – (Toyouke: “Maybe Brent will have a Colin-level meltdown. “) (Section 3, Row 10, Seat 26)
3- Michael - (Section 17, Row 17, Seat 27)
4- Dan - (Section 8, Row 2, Seat 5)

After much puzzle solving, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Jet/Cord – (Toyouke: “I love watching Cord jump those railings. Yum. What can I say? I'm easy.”)
2- Brent/Caite
3- Dan/Jordan
4- Louie/Michael

Teams are now instructed to travel by Metro to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. This is the PIT STOP of the tenth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to check in MAY be eliminated.

1- Jet/Cord – and they win a luxury trip to Alaska, including a wildlife cruise and glaciers.
2- Brent/Caite
3- Dan/Jordan – Jordan: "I like hugs." (Kmanpat: “So do I. Plant one here, boy.”)
4- Louie/Michael

And Louie and Michael are not eliminated, and find the third of three non-elimination legs, and the detectives will have to complete a Speed Bump on the next leg.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Jet/Cord
2nd – Brent/Caite
3rd – Dan/Jordan
4th – Louie/Michael

Next week: Teams race through Shanghai! Everyone freaks out en route to the final three. (Toyouke: “Or maybe Daniel will have the Colin-level meltdown.”) Until next time!