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Amazing Race Season 12, Episode 4 recap
This episode starts off where we left off last week – in Burkina Faso. The first task has teams hiking to see a local man who presents them with a chicken that they must catch, bag and tote around all day long. They then headed to a town called Bouda Pelletenga in a taxi -- Azaria and Hendekea were in first but a bathroom break allowed Nate and Jen and TK and Rachel to catch up, much to Azaria's chagrin. The blonds decide to name their chicken Phil after the host, who they call 'cute.' (Woo woo)The task that followed was a choice between panning for gold and dancing for a panel of judges. Most teams chose dancing, unfortunately for the viewers. Jen and Nate did an especially awful dance – she was ok, but he did little more than jump on the spot, so they got a 10-minute penalty, as did Ronald and Christina. But the dance that I thought was the worst was the one by the blonds – their's looked more like a stripper dance than a traditional African one. But it worked – the judges passed them. The best dance? I loved Kynt's creative moves.
Then teams headed to a nearby market, but only after passing a U-Turn. Every team passed up the opportunity to screw another team over except for Shana and Jennifer – they chose to delay Jason and Lorena, so the unlucky couple had to do both the gold panning and the dancing to get their next clue. This was not a very popular move and I said a few colorful words to them through my TV screen because I really like Lorena and Jason and was rooting for them to catch up after last week's bad luck. TK and Rachel saw the blondes put up the U-turn and let them know they didn't think much of the decision. I get that it's a game and you've gotta do what you gotta do, but it just seemed like a catty move. What do you think?
The next task had one team member carting a bunch of stuff (including a goat!) to a market where they had to deliver it. The hard part was finding the place to deliver the stuff, and several teams fell behind doing this, including the blondes and TK and Rachel. I was secretly hoping the blondes wouldn't make it back and would be eliminated but no such luck – they made it to the pit stop and were still in the race. Lorena and Jason put up a good fight but ended up being the ones to go home. Boo. They took it well, though, and I found myself tearing up just a bit when Jason consoled Lorena, telling her that they're already rich because they have each other, among other cheesy but sweet things. As for who came in First? Not surprisingly, Azaria and Hendekea took the top spot and won themselves some Yamaha motor scooters. Jen and Nate came in second and Jen ventured back into her toddler years by throwing a wee temper tantrum -- apparently, it's *her* turn to come in first for once, and it's not fair that the engineers get to take the top spot again. Um, hello? It's a race?
All in all, it was a bit of a boring episode if you ask me, but maybe that's because I was a bit peeved that Lorena and Jason were sent home.
According to the previews, next week will have the blondes fighting and in a potential car accident. Is it karma coming back to get them? Stay tuned.
(All photos from CBS)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jamie Rhein Nov 27th 2007 12:37AM
Thanks for the recap Martha. I missed the episode. Stuck in traffic for two hours on I-71. So, Lorena didn't make it after all. I'm glad she was more cheerful than she was the last episode. I don't know if another breakdown would have done her any good. Will that dynamic duo of a brother and sister team ever let someone else come in first? How many prizes do they need anyway? Okay, it is a contest, but geez. They are just like those people in high school who got loaded up with awards at the graduation ceremony or honors assembly.
Perseuz Nov 27th 2007 12:51PM
Hi Martha
Wonderful summary, I have taken to comming in here to check out your recaps despite catching the episodes on the telly. I think it was really nasty on the part of the blonds to stick a U turn on Lorena & Jason especially since they were labouring under a 4-hour late start. TK & Rachel must thank their lucky stars that the beastly blonds amoung other things don't have a keen eyesight (They thought they were doing dirt on L&J who were behind them).
Nate's moves were indeed horrible but I did'nt think much of the smart siblings Azaria & hendekea rendition either. Kynt was fantastic...! I adore how well that team pulls together.
Mercifully Ron kept his mouth shut for much of this episode or was that thanks to the editing team?
I have to really hand it to jason, he was so self contained in the face of adversity, his consolation of Lorena was of course trite but also true. He came through brilliantly, Lorena should be glad she has him. My heart went out to them as they were philiminated...there was just the tiniest hope that this might be a non elimination round but that died quickly.
It is a tad unfair to the smart siblings to expect them to forfeit their first place finish just because they have already come in first.
Can't wait to see the beastly blonds get their comeuppance next week.
Until then!
Ciao
Robin Dec 11th 2007 5:05AM
Hi! i'm from philippines ^^
Im feeling sad because i missed the episode yesterday and i heard from my classmate that my favorite azaria and hendekia got eliminated? is it true? can i have a review or summary of that episode please.... thank you!