TAR22, Recap Leg 3, 3/3/13

Welcome to Leg 3! Last time, on This Was a Bad Time to Pull an Achilles, teams raced.  But really, no one cares about anyone else but Dave and Connor who are both cancer survivors, but are in the spotlight, since Dave has managed to tear his Achilles tendon.  But it was Idries and Jamal who are eliminated because they don’t like swimming.  (Toyouke: “It's not a good sign when the Previouslies are all about your team's story up to this point. All two episodes. Nothing about any other team except the team eliminated. Just your injury.”)  Who will be eliminated. . . next?

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1^st – Bates/Anthony, The Hockey Brothers
2^nd – Dave/Connor, Team LIVESTRONG
3^rd – Jessica/John, Cocky YDC
4^th – Joey/Meghan, Team YouTube Cutegasm
5^th – Chuck/Wynona, Sweet Old Alabama
6^th – Mona/Beth, "Typical" Soccer Moms

7^th – Caroline/Jennifer, Team Nashville Stars

8^th – Max/Katie, Team Honeymooners

9^th – Pam/Winnie, The Token Asians

Motu Tapu Beach, Bora Bora, French Polynesia, France

8:54 AM Bates/Anthony (1^st)
Clue: Fly 3000 miles to Phil’s hometown of Christchurch , New Zealand!  Once there, find one of the marked Ford Focuses and drive selves to the Rakaia River Gorge.

8:55 AM Dave/Connor (2^nd)

8:56 AM Jessica/John (3^rd) – who finally hand over the second Express Pass to Dave and Connor.  (Toyouke: “I guess John decided it wasn't worth it to piss everyone off. Still a jerk.”)

9:00 AM Joey/Meghan (4^th) – and Joey is ridiculous.

9:01 AM Chuck/Wynona (5^th)

9:06 AM Mona/Beth (6^th)

10:49 AM Caroline/Jennifer (7^th)

11:08 AM Max/Katie (8^th)

11:48 AM Pam/Winnie (9^th)

Teams make their way to the Bora Bora airport and arrive in the following order:

1- Bates/Anthony
2- Jessica/John
3- Dave/Connor  

4- Joey/Meghan 

5- Mona/Beth

6- Chuck/Wynona

7- Caroline/Jennifer

8- Max/Katie

9- Pam/Winnie

Teams now make their way to Papeete on the following flights:

Flight 1, departs 9:30 AM

1) Bates/Anthony

2) Jessica/John – and John tries to convince the Hockey Brothers that he’s on an earlier flight.  (Toyouke: “John, the last person to try that trick was Boston Rob and it BLEW UP IN HIS FACE. (there really was another earlier flight that a bunch of people took). You moron.”)

Flight 2, departs 11:35 AM

1) Dave/Connor

2) Joey/Meghan

3) Mona/Beth

4) Chuck/Wynona

Flight 3

1) Caroline/Jennifer

2) Max/Katie

3) Pam/Winnie

Teams arrive in Papeete in the following order:

1- Bates/Anthony
2- Jessica/John
3- Mona/Beth  

4- Joey/Meghan 

5- Chuck/Wynona

6- Dave/Connor – who run to the hospital, and find out that Dave’s injury is a tear in both the Achilles and the muscle above it.  They buy a boot and crutches and keep going.  (Toyouke: “It is crazy that he's not quitting. I mean, seriously. That is hardcore.”)

7- Caroline/Jennifer

8- Max/Katie

9- Pam/Winnie

All teams then get on the Air Tahiti Nui flight from Papeete to Auckland.  Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Pam/Winnie
2- Jessica/John
3- Mona/Beth  

4- Dave/Connor 

5- Joey/Meghan

6- Bates/Anthony

7- Caroline/Jennifer

8- Max/Katie

9- Chuck/Wynona

In Auckland, teams get on the following flights to Christchurch:

Flight 1, departs 5:00 PM

1) Pam/Winnie

Flight 2, departs 5:30 PM

1) Jessica/John

2) Mona/Beth

3) Dave/Connor

4) Joey/Meghan

5) Max/Katie – who manage to get on by flying standby.

Flight 3, departs 6:00 PM

1) Bates/Anthony

2) Caroline/Jennifer

Flight 4, departs 7:30 PM

1) Chuck/Wynona

Teams arrive in Christchurch and find their Ford Foci in the following order:

1- Pam/Winnie – who promptly get lost.
2- Mona/Beth
3- Max/Katie  

4- Dave/Connor - Dave: “Mmm.  Fresh lamb.”

5- Joey/Meghan – Joey: “It’s like Lord of the Rings!”

6- Jessica/John

7- Caroline/Jennifer

8- Bates/Anthony

9- Chuck/Wynona

Teams now drive themselves to Rakaia River Gorge.  They arrive in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor
2- Jessica/John
3- Joey/Meghan  

4- Max/Katie

5- Pam/Winnie

6- Mona/Beth

7- Caroline/Jennifer

8- Bates/Anthony

9- Chuck/Wynona

When teams arrive, they take numbers for the jet boat the next morning.  They then set up camp to spend the night.  Teams depart in the morning in the order they arrived the night before and take their jet boats down the river to get their next clue.  They arrive in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor
2- Jessica/John
3- Joey/Meghan – Joey: “This is so James Bond!”

4- Max/Katie

5- Pam/Winnie – Pam: “I feel like I’m in Miami Vice.”  (Toyouke: “Uh, James Bond wouldn't wear a life vest. But points for the Miami Vice reference.”)

6- Mona/Beth

7- Caroline/Jennifer

8- Bates/Anthony

9- Chuck/Wynona

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Rev It Up OR Reel It In
*Rev It Up: Teams must drive themselves in an ATV to the Detour options.  Then, in a modified vintage car, each person must drive a course and the two teammates need to finish the course with a combined time of 83 seconds.  When finished, teams get their clues from Phil’s friend Flash.
*Reel It In: Teams must drive themselves in an ATV to the Detour options.  Then, using a rod and reel, each team member must catch one fish of more than 12 inches.  When finished, teams get their clues from Phil’s friend Dirk.

(Toyouke: “I find myself assuming Phil knows the people working the Detour options and that's why he calls them by first names.”)

1- Dave/Connor choose Rev It Up – but then realize that Dave cannot drive clutch right now, and since both members have to drive, they Bald Snarked to Reel It In.  After a few minutes of that, Dave and Connor felt that it was best in Dave’s current condition to just use the Express Pass and move on.  So they did.  (Toyouke: “I think that using the Express Pass here was probably good. They physically couldn't do one of the options, and the other one was ridiculously slow. They'd be last for sure.”)

2- Jessica/John choose Rev It Up
3- Joey/Meghan choose Rev It Up

4- Max/Katie choose Rev It Up

5- Pam/Winnie choose Rev It Up

6- Bates/Anthony choose Rev It Up

7- Caroline/Jennifer choose Rev It Up

8- Mona/Beth choose Rev It Up

9- Chuck/Wynona choose Reel It In

(Toyouke: “Watching people drive is not very riveting.  Although, after last season and not making anyone drive anywhere for forever, this season they very quickly had to drive. And this Detour you would both have to drive stick.”)

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor
2- Jessica/John

3- Joey/Meghan  

4- Mona/Beth 

5- Bates/Anthony

6- Max/Katie

7- Pam/Winnie

8- Chuck/Wynona

9- Caroline/Jennifer

Teams are now instructed to drive to Mt. Hutt Station.  In order to get there, teams ATV back to tehir boats and take their boats back to the cars.  Teams arrive at the cars in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor
2- Jessica/John

3- Joey/Meghan  

4- Mona/Beth 

5- Bates/Anthony

6- Max/Katie

7- Pam/Winnie

8- Chuck/Wynona

9- Caroline/Jennifer

Teams drive themselves and arrive at Mt. Hutt Station in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor
2- Jessica/John

3- Pam/Winnie  

4- Chuck/Wynona 

5- Caroline/Jennifer

6- Joey/Meghan

7- Mona/Beth

8- Bates/Anthony

9- Max/Katie – (Toyouke: “Katie all of a sudden just got real unpleasant.”)

And once they arrive, teams get the fourth roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Who wants to keep their race from going to the dogs?

In this roadblock, roadblockers must participate in a Shemozzle Race, which is a New Zealand obstacle course.  Teams pick a shepherd and sheepdog to run with them through a box of molasses, a tube of feathers, and down a slide in an inner tube to a pond, all while collecting eggs.  Teams collect a dozen eggs and get their clue.

(Toyouke: “This...this is a joke, right? They made this up for the race, right? People in New Zealand don't actually do this as a fun activity? Because it looks like a Joe Schmoe challenge.”)

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Connor
2- John
3- Winnie

4- Chuck

5- Jennifer

6- Meghan

7- Mona

8- Anthony

9- Katie

After much obstacle course running, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor
2- Jessica/John
3- Pam/Winnie

4- Caroline/Jennifer

5- Bates/Anthony

6- Joey/Meghan

7- Mona/Beth

8- Max/Katie

9- Chuck/Wynona

Teams find now that they must drie themselves to the mat at Terrace Downs, the PIT STOP of the third leg of this racearoundtheworld.  The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Dave/Connor – who win a trip for two to Bangkok.  And Dave is unsure he can keep going.

2- Jessica/John
3- Bates/Anthony

4- Pam/Winnie

5- Joey/Meghan

6- Caroline/Jennifer

7- Mona/Beth

8- Max/Katie

9- Chuck/Wynona

And Chuck and Wynona are the last to check in.  But Phil tells them (And everyone else) to keep racing!  Which means this is technically the first of the three non-elimination legs.  No word on a Speed Bump. . .

ORDER NOW: 

1^st – Dave/Connor

2^nd – Jessica/John

3^rd – Bates/Anthony

^4th – Pam/Winnie

5^th – Joey/Meghan

6^th – Caroline/Jennifer

7^th – Mona/Beth

8^th – Max/Katie

9^th – Chuck/Wynona

Next week: Dave and Connor decide if they can keep racing.  (Toyouke: “I bet they keep racing.”)  And teams race to Bali and find monkeys and surfboards.  Until next time!