Jet & Cord were eliminated in The Amazing Race 18 Episode 9 following a boringly predictable turn of events in which only one or two teams actually got the road block answer then proceeded to share with everybody else, leaving only the cowboys having to actually work to get it right.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Zev & Justin – 6:54AM
Second: Kisha & Jen – 7:02AM
Third: Kent & Vyxsin – 8:00AM
Fourth: Gary & Mallory – 8:18AM
Fifth: Flight Time & Big Easy – 8:43AM
With teams being given $1 for this leg of the race, the first stop is the Air Rescue Helicopter Port, with a departure to “the unknown”. Helicopters will take off at 9:15 and will depart in 5 minute intervals. It’s first come, first served. It seems that it will be based on departure order, but Kent & Vyxsin have difficulty getting a cab willing to stop for pink/gothic anime characters, so they end up in fourth.
The detour on the Matterhorn is a choice between search or rescue. In search, they will use an avalanche beacon to locate a training dummy on the glacier. In rescue, one team member has to rapel to rescue a mountaineer, then the other will bring them back to the surface using a pulley system. Typically, search and dig is not a good choice.
Search: Zev & Justin, Gary & Mallory
Rescue: Kisha & Jen, Kent & Vyxsin, Flight Time & Big Easy
The rescue task has the potential to be scary, but that aside, it looks pretty simple and straightforward.
The teams doing that task finish first. Zev & Justin are getting nowhere fast. Gary & Mallory are having more luck, although their problem is they’ve ripped the legs off their dummy. After digging the legs out, they leave Zev & Justin behind in the snow.
From there, they will take a helicopter to a ski resort and take a train back to Zermatt and then to Le Petit Cervin. The first train departs at 11:08, which should be sufficient time to complete a detour. With Zev & Justin still digging, they’re going to be left behind the other four teams by at least 25 minutes.
The road block is to create a Travelocity roaming gnome out of chocolate. Bonus points for creative use of product placement.
Road block (in order of arrival): Vyxsin, Flight Time, Mallory, Jen, Zev
This interesting but poorly thought out road block leads to issues with which chocolate belongs to whom. The teams are putting partially finished molds into the freezer, but there is no system to mark whose each one is. Flight Time’s is missing, so he’ll use the random one he finds instead. Arguing ensues between the Globetrotters and Kent & Vyxsin.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is a Swiss cabin. As usual, we already know which team will place last. Ah, but for a change, there’s some real non-manufactured drama. The clue tells them to make their way on foot. Kent & Vyxsin stand there wondering whether they can run there. They should have done so, rather than taking a cab. Even with the cab, they manage to drop from first to third by the time they arrive. However, they have incurred a 30 minute penalty. This gives them half an hour to bicker. He doesn’t know how they missed it. What he does know is she read it first. He says that, with her attitude, he hopes they’re going home. Me, too.
First: Flight Time & Big Easy (win a trip to Cook Islands)
Second: Kisha & Jen
Third: Gary & Mallory
Fourth: Zev & Justin
Eliminated: Kent & Vyxsin
Following their penalty, Kent & Vyxsin have been eliminated, on a very negative note. Good riddance. I’ve been getting tired of them for weeks.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 18 Episode 11, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.