TAR23, Recap Leg 5, 10/27/13

Welcome to Leg 5! Last time, on Get Your Express Pass Here!, teams raced from Lisbon to the top of the world.  There were tasks with fish, and Nicky and Kim managed to wedge themselves into last place.  However, since there was no time before the next leg, they were not eliminated and instead kept racing.  Tim and Marie leveraged the Express Pass for information from Nicole and Travis, and ended up finding the Pit Stop.  (Toyouke: “Shut up, Marie. I'm sure I'm going to be saying that a lot.”)  Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Brandon/Adam, Naked Boys Unicycling
2nd – Jason/Amy, Einstein YDC
3rd – Nicole/Travis, Team Emergency
4th – Leo/Jamal, The Afghanimals

5th – Tim/Marie, Team Pinky and No Brain
6th – Tim/Danny, Oklahoma Hicks

7th – Ally/Ashley, NHL Ice Girls

8th – Nicky/Kim, MLB Wives

Viking Longhouse, Vestvågøy, Norway

Brandon/Adam (1st)
Clue: Ferry back to Svolvær and then fly to Gdansk, Poland!  Once there, teams make their way to Gdansk Shipyard and find Solidarity Square to get their next clue.

CAUTION: U-TURN AHEAD!

We are told by the beards that it is about 4 am, and that all the teams will probably catch up in time to take the ferry.

Jason/Amy (2nd)

Nicole/Travis (3rd)

Leo/Jamal (4th)

Tim/Marie (5th)

Tim/Danny (6th)

Ally/Ashley (7th)

Nicky/Kim (8th)

Teams make their way to the ferry terminal.  When they arrive, they find that the ferry to Trondheim until 8:30 pm.  So, BUNCHING.  On the boat, Tim and Marie secretly meet Nicole and Travis to make the Express Pass exchange. Secretly because that way, no one will know Marie doesn't have that Express Pass anymore. (Toyouke: “Ha! Marie, no one believes you're giving them the Express Pass. And then when they discover you don't have it anymore, it's U-Turn time.”)  But once teams ferry to Trondheim and catch their flight to Gdansk, they are all still together.

Teams arrive in Gdansk in the following order:

1- Ally/Ashley
2- Leo/Jamal
3- Tim/Danny  

4- Jason/Amy 

5- Nicole/Travis

6- Nicky/Kim

7- Brandon/Adam  

8- Tim/Marie

Teams now make their way to Solidarity Square.  A few teams get lost and go to the wrong location entirely, so teams arrive in the following order:

1- Tim/Danny
2- Jason/Amy
3- Nicole/Travis   

4- Nicky/Kim 

5- Brandon/Adam

6- Leo/Jamal

7- Ally/Ashley 

8- Tim/Marie

Teams are now instructed to travel to the Golden Gate, the entrance to Old Town Gdansk, to find their next clue.  They arrive in following order:

1- Tim/Danny
2- Nicole/Travis
3- Jason/Amy   

4- Nicky/Kim 

5- Brandon/Adam

6- Ally/Ashley

7- Leo/Jamal 

8- Tim/Marie

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Pose OR Polka

*Pose: Teams must find the statue of Neptune and change into black body suits to pose as living versions of the statue.  They must then collect 75 zloty (US$ 25) in order to get their clue from the sculptor.
*Polka: Teams travel to Old Town Hall and get dressed in traditional costumes, one male, one female.  They must the learn and perform a polka with the entertainers.  Once performed to the satisfaction of their instructor, teams get the next clue.

(Toyouke: “"Be a human statue like a panhandler or dance and possibly crossdress based on your team". Hm”)

1- Tim/Danny choose Polka – and Danny whines about being the girl.  (Toyouke: “Probably I shouldn't laugh at the "crossdressing is funny because of teh gey" but I always enjoy teammates giving each other shit.  If you know you can't dance why did you pick the dance Detour?”)

2- Nicky/Kim choose Pose
3- Nicole/Travis choose Polka

4- Jason/Amy choose Polka

5- Brandon/Adam choose Pose – Brandon: “I’d wear a seashell on my crotch, not a black onesie.”  But ultimately, the boys decide earning money will take too long and they Bald Snark to Polka.  (Toyouke: “This is a very bad Detour to Bald Snark on. The two things are far away and both of them involve changing clothes.”)

6- Leo/Jamal choose Polka

7- Tim/Marie choose Pose – and then decide that this would be an excellent time to use the Express Pass, especially with a U-Turn in play.

8- Ally/Ashley choose Polka

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Nicky/Kim
2- Jason/Amy
3- Nicole/Travis 

4- Tim/Danny 

5- Tim/Marie

6- Ally/Ashley

7- Leo/Jamal 

8- Brandon/Adam

Teams are now instructed to travel to the Motlawa Riverfront and find the medieval harbor crane.  Teams are also instructed to keep their costumes on for the rest of the leg.  They find the crane in the following order:

1- Jason/Amy
2- Tim/Marie
3- Nicky/Kim 

4- Tim/Danny 

5- Nicole/Travis

6- Leo/Jamal

7- Ally/Ashley 

8- Brandon/Adam

When they arrive, teams find the U-Turn.

CAUTION: DOUBLE U-TURN AHEAD

This is a Double U-Turn. Teams may choose to U-turn any team they wish (well, the team has to be behind them), but they may only use the U-Turn once during the race. If a team is U-turned, they must go back to the Detour choices and complete the Detour that they did not complete. This U-Turn is doubled, meaning two teams may U-Turn two other teams.  Phil, during his explanation, does not say how many U-Turns there will be on this race.

1-Jason/Amy choose not to U-Turn

2- Tim/Marie choose not to U-Turn

3- Nicky/Kim choose not to U-Turn

4- Tim/Danny choose to U-Turn Leo/Jamal

5- Nicole/Travis choose not to U-Turn

6- Leo/Jamal have been U-Turned and choose to U-Turn Brandon/Adam

7- Ally/Ashley cannot U-Turn

8- Brandon/Adam have been U-Turned

So now Leo/Jamal and Brandon/Adam return to do the other Detour choice. The Beards return to the Detour choice that they had already Bald Snarked.  Teams get the U-Turn clue in the following order:

1- Jason/Amy  
2- Tim/Marie
3- Nicky/Kim 

4- Tim/Danny 

5- Nicole/Travis

6- Ally/Ashley

7- Leo/Jamal 

8- Brandon/Adam

Once they U-Turn (or are U-Turned) teams now find that they must go to the Falowiec Building, the longest apartment building in Poland.  Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Tim/Marie  
2- Jason/Amy
3- Nicky/Kim 

4- Nicole/Travis 

5- Tim/Danny

6- Ally/Ashley

7- Leo/Jamal 

8- Brandon/Adam

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

ROADBLOCK:

Who’s got a sweet tooth?

In this roadblock, roadblockers must enter the apartment complex and find a rose-filled Paczki, which is a Polish donut, in one of twelve provided apartments.  Once teams find the donut, they get the clue.  However, the residents have the right to punish team members for bad manners.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Marie
2- Amy
3- Kim

4- Travis

5- Danny

6- Ashley

7- Leo

8- Adam – (Toyouke: “Why is that weirdo eating donuts in the most inefficient way possible? If you need to get to the filling why wouldn't you bite from the side and not the top?”)

After much donut eating, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Nicole/Travis
2- Tim/Marie
3- Jason/Amy 

4- Tim/Danny    

5- Nicky/Kim

6- Ally/Ashley

7- Leo/Jamal 

8- Brandon/Adam

Teams find now that they must travel to Sopot Pier, the longest wooden pier in Europe and the PIT STOP of the fifth leg of this racearoundtheworld.  (Toyouke: “Gdansk has a lot of long things.”)  The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Tim/Marie – Phil: "Tim and Marie, I have some great news for you. As the winners of this leg, you have won...couples counseling!"  And actually win a trip for two to Hawaii.

2- Jason/Amy
3- Nicole/Travis

4- Nicky/Kim

5- Tim/Danny

6- Leo/Jamal

7- Ally/Ashley 

8- Brandon/Adam

Brandon and Adam go from first to worst.  They had fun and can’t wait for the next adventure.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Tim/Marie  
2nd – Jason/Amy
3rd – Nicole/Travis
4th – Nicky/Kim
5th – Tim/Danny
6th – Leo/Jamal

7th – Ally/Ashley

Next week: Roadblockers get to sing with the Vienna Boys Choir!  And Marie is up to no good.  Until next time!