Having bad luck with cab drivers, Caitlin & Brittany were eliminated in The Amazing Race 21 Episode 3, then they proceeded to whine that far worse teams like Gary & Will managed to beat them.
Despite the built-in half hour delay, this week’s episode is still delayed by half an hour.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Abbie & Ryan – 9:52PM
Second: Trey & Lexi – 9:54PM
Third: Jaymes & James
Fourth: James & Abba
Fifth: Josh & Brent
Sixth: Natalie & Nadiya
Seventh: Rob & Kelley
Eighth: Gary & Will
Teams will now fly north more than 2600 miles to Dhaka, Bangladesh. The earliest flight is 10:00 the next morning, equalizing all teams.
Gary & Will correctly suspect that Rob & Kelley are the ones who needlessly U-turned them last week.
The road block requires them to repair buses with putty, do some sanding, and remove the seats.
Road block (in order of arrival): Ryan, Natalie, James, Rob, Josh, Trey, Gary
The fast forward involves collecting a bag of rats. The first four teams decline, but James & Abba decide to do it. They start off by going to a restaurant for their first bundle of rats. Reassuring.
Having ruined his clue, Ryan makes an alliance with Jaymes & James so that he can see theirs.
Nadiya’s mouth is quickly getting on everybody’s nerves. She keeps shouting and won’t shut the hell up.
Their next task is to fight the crowds in a market and search through a bag of dried fish for one with race colors.
The detour is a choice between pound the metal or pound the cotton. In pound the metal, teams use sledge hammers to beat iron rods into tools. In pound the cotton, teams make a cotton mattress.
Pound the cotton: Abbie & Ryan, Josh & Brent, Jaymes & James, Gary & Will
Pound the metal: Natalie & Nadiya, Rob & Kelley, Trey & Lexi
It seems that the iron task is the quicker of the two, particularly for teams such as Jaymes & James that are not seamstresses.
As per usual, the editors are going out of their way to stuff this task with as many double entendres as possible. I presume somebody appreciates them going for the cheap laugh.
Meanwhile, back at the road block, there are a couple of stragglers bringing up the rear. Trey & Lexi are in seventh place, but their cab breaks down. Once again, the team that’s been in last place this entire race, Gary & Will, catch a lucky break and pull out of last for a little bit anyway.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Shambazar Chan Mia Ghat.
Because they took the boat directly to the pit stop rather than to the location specified, Rob & Kelley are rejected when they arrive in fourth. Trey & Lexi make a similar mistake, taking a cab there instead of a boat. Gary & Will do the same.
First: James & Abba (win a trip to Antigua)
Second: Abbie & Ryan
Third: Natalie & Nadiya
Fourth: Josh & Brent
Fifth: Rob & Kelley
Sixth: Jaymes & James
Seventh: Trey & Lexi
Eliminated: Gary & Will
Gary & Will have finally been eliminated. Perhaps now they will stop snapping at each other.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 21 Episode 5, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.