Never give up, because you don’t know what will happen. It’s a mantra that’s repeated during The Amazing Race and it continues to be true. Look no further than Simi and Ope and Brent and Sean; the former team managed an impressive fourth place finish while the latter were saved from exiting the Race because it was a non-elimination Leg.
Fans knew there was one more non-elimination in the cards and I’d hoped it was this week in Delhi, especially after the east coast brothers fell into last place and stayed there all episode long. “Take Your Clue and Gooooo!” saw the remaining five pairs jet to Delhi and immediately traumatized as they transported live catfish from one end of the fish market to the other. (Can you imagine how everyone smelled by the end of that challenge? Woo.) Nick and Matt, determined to place first this week, got off to a “hot start” and whizzed through the fish and on to Turban Twist. Matt struggled a bit turning out three different turban styles on a trio of very patient men, followed in succession by Gino, Ope, Dujean and, eventually, Sean.
As for the Detour? It was a no-brainer, as Nick and Matt selected Slam It’s wrestling moves as the test for them. The editing made it look like the pro wrestlers got done a bare few minutes before Gino and Jesse, but that may not have been the case. What I do know is that Gino and Jesse’s tenaciousness went a long way to pushing Matt and Nick to a level that has eluded them to this point. They became so frustrated with having the Hamilton, Ont., siblings constantly within reach they shifted into another gear and finished the Leg in first place. Ope’s bad back, meanwhile, meant he and Simi had to drop out of Slam It and opt for Spice It, competing with Sean and Brent to grind 100 grams of hot peppers in the least amount of time.
We know what happened next.
Here’s how the teams placed at the end of this Leg:
- Nick and Matt
- Gino and Jesse
- Simi and Ope
- Dujean and Leilani
- Brent and Sean (non-elimination)
Notes and quotes
- Eighteen million people call Delhi home. That’s just staggering.
- I’m not sure who I felt more badly for, the competitors of those catfish.
- I’m not sure who I felt more badly for, Sean for throwing up down the side of the tuck-tuk or the driver who had to clean the barf off the side of his tuk-tuk.
- CTV needs to put together a photo gallery of Matt’s “bar shirts” STAT.
- I’m always appreciative of the cultural information The Amazing Race provides. Learning Humayun’s Tomb was the inspiration for the design of the Taj Mahal was fascinating.
The Amazing Race Canada airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV.
Given the episode title of “Take Your Clue and Goo!” It sounds like Russell Peters “Take It and Gooo!” I was mildly disappointed with no cameo.
I knew it was probably a non-elimination although I suppose it does seem a little unfair Bren/Sean have a Speed Bump while Sami & Ope were spared elimination when they should have been out with the time penalty and had no extra task to do.
Nice of the editors to cut to a break after Ope seemed to get pepper in his eye and looked like he was having a seizure. That was nightmare fuel.
I wonder how much CTV loves Sean’s freak-outs since they put some extras of him and Brent with the fih online and always show him ready to vomit. It’s gotta come up at the finale reunion.
Hey! A team with a challenge related to their profession and they actually succeed! That’s rare.
If I remember the rules correctly, Gino/Jesse and Brent/Sean can’t U-Turn anybody next week since they already did in The Face Off episode. Depending on who gets there first the obvious target would be Gino/Jesse or in the back of the pack Brent/Sean.