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Prague Pressure: The Amazing Race Season 15, Episode 10
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We’re breaking down Season 15, Episode 10 of The Amazing Race, where the race continues through the beautiful streets of Prague, Czech Republic. This leg delivers one of the most unforgettable moments in race history, thanks to the always-entertaining Globetrotters. With two grueling detour options, teams are pushed to their limits—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Tensions rise, partnerships are tested, and the stakes have never been higher.
Tune in as we unpack the drama, the decision-making, and the iconic Globetrotters' legacy moment that still has fans talking!
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Departure and Task Initiation in Prague
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Hello. i think that was the fastest time between episodes that we've ever done. Yeah. Like we stopped the last one and started the next one in five seconds. So we're we're coming at you just a couple seconds later.
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um Well, this is leg 11 of season 15, the penultimate episode of the season. And we are in Prague in the Czech Republic and Megan and Shane were team number one.
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And they'll depart on this leg at 946 p.m. and says, make your way across the town to the Spanish synagogue, the city's oldest Jewish house of prayer and search for your next clue.
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And they get there. And the clue says, make your way four miles outside of the town to the Ecotechnic Museum. um I think that sounds right.
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and And search for your next clue. Where are... Oh, my notes are on Google Notes. Continue. I have to... Then Sam and Dan depart at 10.13. And... Flight and Easy depart at 10.17. And... Megan and Shane arrive to that...
Roadblock Challenge at Ecotechnic Museum
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and megan and shane arrive to that museum where the clue is a roadblock and it says in order to obtain the impossible one must attempt the absurd so as they're explaining this roadblock they open up to the scene of inside this museum there's like hundreds and hundreds of phones ringing and it brings back so many memories this is very memorable talking about all season that i'm like yeah i remember this roadblock and what happens as a result of this roadblock
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Very memorable in the in the lore of Amazing Race. So it says, in a warehouse filled with empty desks and telephones, search for the five phones with someone at the end of the line.
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When they pick up the phone, a voice will give them one letter in the word Franz. F-R-A-N-Z. Once they unscramble the letters, they must fill it out on a special form and the supervisor will hand in their their next clue.
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Because this is Franz. Who's this person that they're talking about? I don't know. Franz is somebody. He questioned reality. he questioned science.
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He questioned technology because of the meaning of life or something like that. I don't know. So... But they don't know that part. yeah They just get the letters from the telephone. So Megan does the roadblock. So you walk in and it's like very, it's like a cacophony of sound and but yeah, just, yeah, very distracting and loud. And you have to pick up like hundreds of phones and just put it up to your ear and it will say nothing or it will say like F and that's it So you put it down, but you can't write things down while you're in this room. So you have to remember it. So she hears R and she says like rabbit to herself. Then she hears Z and she says zebra.
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Then she hears f and she says ferris. She says, I'm trying to think of animals that start with the letter. Then it says n And she's like, what animal starts with an N? And I'm like, well, animal does start with an N. Yeah. I thought the same thing.
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I haven't even thought of one yet. Okay.
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Uh, narwhal? Yeah. I'm going to Google it and we're going to see a bunch and be like, oh my gosh, yeah animals that start. But in the moment, I wouldn't be able to come up with narwhal. I and no Narwhal, newt, nightingale, numbat.
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So yeah, those are, I mean, newt, nightingale. So not a lot of options. No, noodle fish. Needle fish. There's both. That's funny.
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Yeah.
Progress and Setbacks in Roadblock
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So she memorizes the words and she gets to the place where you fill out the form. And so it asks you a bunch of questions before you get to the bottom.
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You have to fill up the top questions before you can fill out the bottom. And I think they do this to just confuse you because it's like, what's your name? Where were you born? How tall are you? How much do you weigh? what And so they're trying to name yeah they're trying to just confuse you and have you forget the letters until you get to the bottom.
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Then there's like these big squares and you fill in the letters in what or whatever order she gets it wrong the first time but she gets right on the second try yeah and finishes the roadblock so when she finishes when she goes through it pretty easily it doesn't seem that hard yeah and she gets the next clue and it says travel to the cryocentrum to find your next clue so they're gone before anybody else arrives Um, I said the brothers departed at 1013 and flight time and biggies at 10, big easy at 1017.
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It's pretty easy to find the Spanish synagogue. It seems like it's pretty well known to the taxi drivers. And all you have to do there is get the next clue to come to this roadblock. so and the speed bump is there for when brian and erica arrive yeah so the brothers arrive and dan is doing the roadblock i think it's basically based on the number of roadblocks they've been doing because when they're like talking about it sam's like okay okay don't get frustrated okay and dan walks in he's like oh my god like immediately yeah
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And Sam's like, oh, I know. He's just going to get frustrated and get really, like, shut down and get really annoyed and in there. And the Globetrotters arrive and they and Big Easy does the roadblock.
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So. um And in the meantime, Brian and Erica departed 1140 and it says caution, speed bump ahead for them. So. They go through the room and get the letters, Dan and Big Easy. And.
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They, like, Dan goes to fill out the form and doesn't get the right word. And, like, Big Easy comes in and fills out the form and doesn't get the right word. So, they're doing this for a long time. Just trying to find different ways. Because they don't know. i think Dan had been there, like, made a few attempts before Big Easy had even got there.
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This doesn't make any sense to me, though. Like... They're like, oh, is it an English word or a Czech word? But even still. There's only five letters. And the combination of five letters in five different spots, there's probably thousands.
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Yeah. But just use common sense. Yeah. i It's really interesting. It's hard to say when you're not in the situation, but I just, I cannot believe that it would have been that hard to figure out.
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So these two are like going in and out of this room trying to figure out the letters. And they're like, should we work together? And they say, yeah. So one of them will go up and get those. They're like, I did Z, N, A or something like that.
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And it's wrong. So the other one just tries something different. And so they do this for a really long time. The two of them working together. Way longer than it should have taken them.
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And Dan walks up and he was like, okay, I might've got it. And he walks up and Big Easy's like, well, what did you say? And he's like, hold on a second. And he's like, wait, wait a second. Just hold on a second. And the guy who is at the table that's checking them off, he gives him the big stamp of approval.
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and Dan is like freaking out. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. And Big Easy's like, what was it? And Dan's like, I can't tell you. Yeah. It starts with an F. That's all I'm going to say. Yeah.
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And Big Easy's like, are you kidding me? You can't do that. He said, we were working together. You can't do that. And he said, I can't give you more than that. Sorry. And he just like leaves.
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Yeah. Which makes me so mad. Yeah.
Conflicts and Alliances Tested
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Do not agree to work with somebody in this, in the second to last leg of the season. And if you do,
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stick to it yeah but if if i was here at this point and big easy you would have said let's work together i would have been like sorry not at this point i'm just going to try and figure it out myself yeah that's all you have to say but he's like okay so when was convenient for him to work together yeah i'll work with you but when it's giving any information right now we're not working together anymore like that's so shady and like disgusting to me Yeah, I did not like that.
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And Dan like runs out and he's like he's telling Sam what happened. And he's like, I i told them we we were going to work together and then I didn't give him the clue. And Sam's like, are you kidding? Yeah.
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And he's like, should I have done it? And Sam's like, no, he's going to figure it out in five minutes anyway. Yeah. He said, I told him f It starts with f And telling him that it starts with F is, like they're after that, there's really not a lot of options.
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Like, how many letters can you do after F and not get it? But he does it for a long time. He said he's been there for two and a half hours.
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Yeah, and this is when Brian arrives, finally. he's He tells Brian that he's been there for two and a half hours. Okay, well, so a lot's happened since this time because Brian and Erica have done their speed bump, too, before Brian gets there, which we haven't talked about.
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So this is taking Big Easy a long time. So the speed bump is they have to find the M1 pub and follow a complicated three-step process to prepare a traditional shot of absinthe, which is a spirit made popular in the 19th century, known for its high alcohol content.
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They have to drink the shot and then continue on the race. It says, pay a visit to the Green Ferry. Yeah, what does that even mean? because absinthe is like is it green yeah like it's all different colors now but like the traditional absinthe was like a bright green and like if you watch moulin rouge and she's like i'm the green fairy and she like dances around in her green costume because they drink absinthe oh i've seen that only one time and it was long time ago yeah it's one of my favorite movies but it's like
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i only I've only had it one time when I was in France and it's a terrible, it's like, it's terrible. It's like um black licorice flavored alcohol, grown which is like, it's like a hundred proof almost or something like that. So it's like really strong black licorice flavored alcohol.
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And it's disgusting. This, like, what would we, what would we do in this situation if we, I, cause don't drink and that one sip of rum that I had in that daiquiri on accident, like already gave me a headache.
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but So I'd be like, I don't know if I could do that. you know, just if I, it would be interesting to take your first shot with this particular alcohol.
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Yeah. I mean, you'd probably die. I know. I'd be like, I don't know if I could continue on the race. I would probably have to take the penalty because I'd be like, I don't, I don't think that this is going work. I'll be useless the whole rest the life.
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Yeah. I don't think you would get drunk. You definitely feel it. But how would they? like I wonder if they would do that. Like if somebody is on the race and they fill out in the questionnaire, because I'm sure they do somewhere. Like, yeah, I don't drink for like personal and religious reasons. Yeah. But what if somebody said they were like 10 years sober? Yeah.
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Yeah. And probably now more than however long ago this was, 10, 15 years ago, like people are more like sensitive to people yeah choosing not to drink alcohol because of those reasons, like alcoholism, stuff like that. So I don't think that they would force somebody to do it. And that probably wouldn't even be a task. I don't feel like they've done like a an alcohol task in a long time in the recent seasons.
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No, yeah, no. I remember there's one in the next few seasons where they have to like drink a boot full of beer. You remember that one? Kinda, yeah. But, yeah. <unk>s like But it's probably a detour and there's another option.
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I think it was a fast forward, maybe. Oh. maybe I'm not sure. Yeah. But anyways, yeah. It would be a long... If it's like one second of shooting it down your throat or four hours...
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Like I would hope that you would just choose to do it. I know.
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But I would respect your choice if you did not. I don't know. i would If it came down to it and it was like, okay, this is for a million dollars, it would I would just honestly be worried about like how I would feel after. Because and you like have your whole leg to run still. Yeah.
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It might make you feel better. Let's go. Anyway, they do it. And they continue on. And so Megan and shane have made it to this cryotherapy.
Cryotherapy Task and Detour Choices
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And so the next thing that they have to do is they have to... This is not a roadblock or a detour. This is just...
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They have to like strip down into like a tank top and underwear basically and enter the cryotherapy room, which is 180 degrees below zero. Yeah.
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Celsius, right? Below. I think that's what they said. So that's even colder than Fahrenheit. And they have to stay in there for two minutes. i's like i don't even I didn't even know temperatures could get that low.
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I know. For two minutes. And how, like, does your body survive? Yeah. It says it's the coolest holistic treatment in town. So it's become, like, a popular thing there to do that. What does this actually do for you?
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I know people do, like, cold plunges are popular now. Stuff like that. i I think it just all has to do with, like... um Hormones. Like dopamine and. Regulating.
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Getting adrenaline and. Yeah. Seems awful, but they do it. Yeah, Yeah, so they do minutes not terrible. And it says, make your way to Charles Bridge, which links the old and new city together so to search for your next clue.
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um so back at the roadblock like we said big easy still really struggling he said he's been there for two and a half hours brian he got all the letters and um he tries a couple of times and gets it yeah and big easy's like if you would have got it the first time i would have gone crazy yeah it was so funny because like brian in the room full of the phones he picks it up he says hello on every single phone i'm like you don't have to say that there's not actually a person on the other end so he finishes the roadblock so big easy is the one that's left and he just walks out of the roadblock he walks up to flight time and he's like i just i can't get it i can't do it i we're gonna take the penalty and flight time's like okay
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That's, we got to make the decision. Let's do it. And he's very like supportive about it. Yeah. Which stuff like this, like you should have two hours ago, you should have done this.
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Yeah. Not now. Now you either just need to hurt, like try harder or like write down all the letters that you've already done. i think he was doing that. And he said that he was getting confused because he can't remember which ones he's already done. Yeah. Yeah.
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But like people need to be more tactical with their penalty. Yeah. Because, yeah. Because you shouldn't have done. point, if you're going to take four hours and be four hours behind, it certainly is not going to take you four more hours.
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Yes. To do this. So if you, you've already been there three hours, you should have done it two hours ago. You would be halfway done now. Or, yeah, it's not going to take you four hours to get unscramble four letters. The outcome is going to be the same anyway. Yeah.
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So this is like what's so memorable. It's like the bones ringing nonstop, him getting like like Dan blowing him off.
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Yeah, I actually didn't remember that part. Yeah. I remembered that he struggled, but I forgot that Dan just left him there. And then him taking the penalty and flight time just being really supportive about it.
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Like he really doesn't even have a negative thing to say. Yeah, because keeps saying like, sorry, it's my fault. And they just have to sit on these stairs for four hours. It's still like the middle of the night. Yeah. it's Because they left at midnight, basically, right? So it's not even morning where they can see yet.
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Yeah. When their time runs out, it is like the sun has come up. Mm-hmm. But we'll get there because we saw the detour to do. So um Megan and Shane are the first to the bridge.
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And... It is the detour, and the choices are legend or lager. And in legend, says delve into Prague lore and Jewish mythology by building golem.
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Golem, right? Yeah. Okay. But it's like G-O-L-U-N. Golem. Golem. Oh. um So this golem is a figure made of straw and clay that was constructed to protect the Jewish quarters in the...
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I haven't wrote the 25th century, but I meant the 15th century. They'll cover the straw skeleton with clay and then transport the figure across town to the old new synagogue. If the rabbi is satisfied with the team's creation, they'll get the next clue.
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And then lager is teams um deliver beer to a group of rowdy soccer hooligans. The Czech people drink more beer per capita than any other country in the world.
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They must carry a total of 30 beers from a brewery through the busy town square to deliver to the bar. So, megan i would choose lager. i would have to. Especially if we showed up to to Lore and saw how big that statue was and it says you have to drag it across town and it's like on wheels and it's all cobblestone old time yeah streets.
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Like, i would definitely choose lager. I was a server. Yeah. and i I think I could. I mean, I was too, but I wasn't serving like of drinks. Yeah. I did spill a Coke on the lady once because it got off balance. oh It was not good.
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She was really, really nice. That would be so embarrassing. Yeah. I bet you were so embarrassed. The manager had to comp her meal and stuff. And I was like, I'm so sorry, but she was really nice.
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That's good. but Like if it was water, it would have been better. just Like it was sticky soda. Yeah. I feel really bad. Anyway, I would choose lager. Yes. Yeah. But Megan and Shane. Yeah. They choose legend.
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ah Oh, yeah. Legend. I thought it was lore. Yeah. yeah, you get there and it's like a huge fat statue. And you have to cover it all with mud.
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And like I said, like pull it across town on these difficult streets. It looks really hard. Yeah. Sam and Dan do their cryotherapy thing and go and get their clue. And um they choose legend as well.
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And Brian and Erica do the cryotherapy thing and they choose lager. And the Globetrotters are still just waiting it out.
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Megan and Shane are pulling, they got the mud all over their statue. They're pulling it through the streets and Shane's kind of going like, ah, ah, you know, like exertion. Exasperated. Yeah.
Detour Completion and Challenges
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Yeah.
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And she's like, Shane, don't yell at me. And he's like, I'm not yelling at you. And she kind of like stops and like talks to him like he's a little baby. She's like, you have raised your voice.
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We're not talking like that. Positivity. He's like, but I'm not yelling at you. And then he's like, okay, you're right. Like he has to disagree with her. he's like, it's just heavy. Yeah. Once they put the but clay on that huge thing. It's really, really heavy. Yeah.
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Shane said that he estimated like two to 300 pounds. Yeah. And. and ah I just don't like the way that she talked to him at that point. She was like, stopped it, stopped them. And yeah.
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So um they end up getting to the synagogue and finishing the detour first. And it says, make your way to Strzelecki Ostrov, an island next to the Charles Bridge and search for the pit stop on this leg of the race.
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And they end up being team number one. And they went they both win a 52-inch LCD HD TV. And they are going to be one of the final three teams in the final.
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Yeah. So they're pretty excited about that. They've got a lot of first place in a row so far. Yeah. So we'll see. and They've done well the whole time. So let me cut to Sam and Dan who are also – Driving me crazy.
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They... Their fighting during this is so annoying. Yeah. Dan is also like... It's so heavy. I just don't think I can do it. It's so heavy.
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It's so heavy. And he's like yelling and Sam... Is just... i Their communication, i just don't even understand it. They literally don't even listen to what each other are saying. And they use such loud voices. And they tell each other to shut up so much.
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And it's like you're literally getting nowhere with this communication. that You're not communicating. I think Sam even said that at one point. He's like, with with brothers and our communication, it's like basically just whoever is loudest is the right is right. So we just yell at each other louder.
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At one point, Dan wants to... leave the statue and go and find the synagogue and see how far it is and where it is and then come back and get it. But he like wants to set it up in the middle of a street.
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Yeah. And Sam's like, we can't do that. It's going to get hit by a car. And Dan's like, yeah, I know. He's like, I want it to, I want it to stop the car. Yeah. Why? and He keeps saying that. Sam's like, we can't leave it in the middle the street. He's like, but it will stop a car.
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What are you talking about? What does that even mean? Yeah. And then what do you do when the car is stopped? Like, I don't get it. Maybe he's, like, hoping that somebody will give them directions. I don't know. but it was very weird. I didn't understand it.
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So they yell the whole time. And there's just a lot yelling towards the end of this episode. It made me not even want like, watch their parts. was like, can we fast forward through this? Well, Brian and Erica are doing lager. And they try to take...
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Brian takes eight and Erica takes seven, which makes sense because that's 15 and then they would only have to do two trips. But they get, feel like, almost to the end. Yeah. And they drop.
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Brian drops one and Erica drops all of them. Yes. And then I think a few more of Brian. Actually, no, because they had eight. Or no, seven. Seven beers they delivered on the first yeah trip. And Erica wants to switch at this point. She's like, this is ridiculous. It's going to take us all night.
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She's like, this is not going to work. I'm not willing to make this work. Yeah. Which I would hate. And I'm like, you even know what's waiting for you on the other roadblock. know. mean, the other detour. You would to the other detour and you would... be like oh okay never mind yeah and one thing that is hard during their detour is that there's drunk people walking the streets at this point it's like probably 4 a.m yeah we're like the drunkest people of the night are out and they're like trying to grab drinks off their trays or bump into them or like be annoying one lady's like oh for me and they're both like are you kidding
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yeah And then somebody was like, you have an American attitude. And she's like, yes, I do. Touch me and you'll get punched. Yeah. Her face looks so evil. She's walking so like straightforward, not moving her eyes. and she looks so evil. And she's like, get away.
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Screaming. And Brian's like, slow and steady will win this race.
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They're a funny couple. I like them. Yeah. um But they stick with it. They don't switch. Yeah. Eventually, and finish and... And Dan says, i was a complete baby during that detour. And Sam's like, yeah, and it was pissing me off.
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Yeah, he was. It was also pissing us off. They end being team number two. They thought they were out. Yeah. They thought we were Yeah. So at this this point, the sun is coming up. They were all departing the pit stop at like midnight.
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And now the sun is coming up. And Brian and Erica drop off their last beers. So it did take them a long time. yeah And the bartender's like sleeping outside. Yeah. I'm like, did they make you act like that? Because he's like slumped against the wall in this doorway. Are you actually sleeping or did they tell you Yeah.
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Did they tell you to act sleepy? Because you're putting a lot into this. Yeah. ah But they eventually finish the detour as the Suns coming up. And they are team number three.
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And they are so happy to hear that. Yes. Because they really haven't seen anybody and this whole night. Yeah, since they look. Well, I saw the roadblock. They saw him at the Yeah, Brian Big Easy. Yeah. But they didn't know, like, what the other detour was. And they didn't know that Big Easy took the penalty.
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But when they came up, Phil said, you're the third team to arrive. Yeah. you And I was waiting for a but. He made it sound like, it yeah, they were going to get a penalty. Yeah. But then it didn't.
Elimination and Strategy Reflections
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Yeah. So, flight time and Big Easy's time runs out. Mm-hmm. I don't think they do the detour. No. they Did they do the cryotherapy?
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I don't think so. I think they got there and that clue said to go to the pit stop. Yeah. And we get a little montage of, like, all their funny moments on the race. Yeah, because they don't usually do montages. Yeah. But just because they're so entertaining, they have a montage of them.
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And they're team number four, and they are eliminated and not going to the final. But, yeah, it's just, like, the this moment is so just... Yeah.
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i wonder Why did you... I wonder if Sam and felt that at all. Like, ooh. They should. Well, Sam shouldn't, Dan should. But... Flight time was so nice.
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Yeah. He was seriously like biggies. He was like, oh, they were sitting there on the stairs. Oh, it's my fault. And flight time's not. He's like, no, it's it's not anybody's fault. Like, we're just. And this kind of happened like the roadblock in Dubai with the the case where he had to match it to the watch time and he could not figure it out.
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He, I think he just like. i don't know. The mental tasks are a little bit harder for him. Yeah. He's they're good at the physical. And I feel like flight time either he just hasn't had and more the more mental tasks or he's better at them. Yeah. Big easy. Yeah.
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Yeah, he really, i don't think he has more of the mental tasks. Like, he's done he did the bells, but you just had to count. Yeah. But he was, like, the first one to do that. Mm-hmm.
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But the whole time, like, they've been really, you can tell that they are, like, teammates more than friends. And, i mean, ah you can tell there's a layer on top of their friendship as, like, their teammates. An additional, yeah.
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Like, they really support each other, like, when it comes to the game. Mm-hmm. And are very positive. And also they try and like smack talk the other teams, which the other teams aren't used to that or like, they're like, what the heck, you know, and they're like, it's just how you kind of like in a jokey jokey way. It's like not even yeah mean or mean spirited, you know, it's yeah.
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But I feel like this is a lesson in the race. It's like, if you take the penalty, you're not just like giving up and quitting. Use it to your advantage if you need to. Like if you feel like, because like how he said with Boston Rob, he was like, nobody's going to finish this. Let's take the penalty. And he got some teams to do it.
00:27:16
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And then other teams got like intimidated and they decided to do it. But they decided to do it like an hour after he decided to do it. Yeah. So he was automatically... good Yeah. Yeah. So anyway, you just need to know how to strategize the penalty because he was like, we're more basketball players and we just don't give up. But we just, you know, it's like, you should have given up a lot sooner.
00:27:41
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But we're going miss some, but we'll see them again. we really do see them again.
00:27:46
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Hold on. Let me find them. We actually see them twice. Twice more. Twice more. Yeah. So that does a little bit give away what happens in season 18, but we see them again in season 24.
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um So I need to try to figure out what is. give stuff away. Yeah.
00:28:09
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So, okay. So in season 15, their average 3.1.
00:28:14
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This ad needs to go away. Their lowest placement was...
00:28:19
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They took 6th out of 7 in Dubai um because Micah didn't go down the the the slide. But other than that, they took like 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, almost every other leg.
00:28:33
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They were 3rd place a lot. So they did really, really well. And...
00:28:38
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Okay, it says Big Easy's height posed certain logistical problems because he was not allowed to perform certain tasks. So on this season specifically, he was not allowed to do the Fritfall in Sweden.
00:28:50
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then there's a couple more in future seasons. They're the first team eliminated in the Czech Republic. um And I think the rest of those are for future seasons.
00:29:01
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So because they are pretty well known as Globetrotters, like they have um websites, Wikipedia pages, stuff like that.
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Let's see. Big Easy.
00:29:18
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dang it. I closed the thing. Big Easy is real estate agent now.
00:29:24
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He is married. He got married 11 years ago. Like in this month because he posted something on Facebook that said happy anniversary.
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He has three super cute kids.
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Sorry. right Sorry. Okay. I don't know where.
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He lives in Colorado now, which is weird.
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Um, flight time
00:29:51
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I looked at Big Easy's Facebook before I came here, but I didn't look at flight times. So flight time now lives in Florida.
00:29:59
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it doesn't say what he, it does say he's married.
00:30:03
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He posts a lot of reels. he So he's pretty active on Facebook and social media still. We should reach out to them. They would be so fun to interview. yeah But do we need to wait until after season 24? No. Because Because what if we like get spoilers?
00:30:20
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Just kidding. We've already seen the seasons. so Yeah. They would be so fun to interview. And they so they both have like um Amazing Race in their...
00:30:31
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bios or whatever. So still looks like it's like something that they like to talk about and look back on fondly.
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yeah
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So anyway.
00:30:42
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Well, one episode left.
Final Episode Anticipation
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I hope Sam and Dan don't win because they are driving me crazy and Dan was super shady and I want Brian and Erica to win. I think they're so cute. Yeah, I was going to say I do know who wins. And i if I did not know who wins, i would hope it's Brian and Erica at this point.
00:31:05
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yeah i just Their dynamic is really funny. Yeah, they're silly. They are nice to each other. Erica's kind of more serious and and Brian's not like goofy but little bit more than Erica is.
00:31:18
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Yeah, not even like He's just like so just like nice and positive. And she's more like realistic and he's more like hope for the best but that's not realistic.
00:31:31
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And they've said many times throughout the like ah throughout the season that they've had an angel on their shoulder every leg or something like that. and And Phil says that again. He's like, well, you have another angel on your shoulder because you're a team.
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Yeah. They have kind of scraped by a lot.
00:31:47
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Yeah. Gotten out of some. And Megan and Shane are okay. But I just don't want Sam and Dan to win. Yeah. Megan and Shane are a little bit boring. Megan... i I say that she kind of bothers me, but I feel like I see myself in her.
00:32:02
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I think I might be kind of similar to her yeah while running the race. So I shouldn't say anything because then they'll like, well, you're just like her. That's funny. um So yeah, it'll be an interesting finale and we can't wait to watch about watch about it.
00:32:19
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Watch it and talk about it and have you guys give us your thoughts and Yeah, so come back from the... Oh, where do we think the final city is going to be? Oh.
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mainland.
00:32:41
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ah Chicago. Okay, I'm going to say Miami. we'll see. Come watch the finale, or listen to the finale, and we'll see soon.
00:32:52
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What did you say? We'll see you what? See you soon.
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So long.