Rowan & Shane outsmarted themselves in The Amazing Race 23 Episode 2 and ended up getting knocked out of the race.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Chester & Ephraim – 6:27PM
Second: Leo & Jamal – 6:39PM
Third: Brandon & Adam – 6:58PM
Fourth: Nicole & Travis – 7:11PM
Fifth: Jason & Amy –
Sixth: Tim & Danny – 12:25AM
Seventh: Ally & Ashley – 12:27AM
Eighth: Tim & Marie – 12:33AM
Ninth: Nicky & Kim – 1:00AM
Teams will now fly to Lisbon, Portugal.
First flight (arrives at 7:00): Nicole & Travis
Second flight (arrives at 7:00 with two connecting flights): Chester & Ephraim
Third flight (arrives at 10:00): Tim & Danny, Brandom & Adam
Fourth flight (arrives at 11:00): Leo & Jamal, Ally & Ashley
Fifth flight (arrives at 12:00): Nicky & Kim, Tim & Marie, Jason & Amy
I was thinking everybody was going to be on the same flight, but there is much drama at multiple airports. Chester & Ephraim arrive first, but their ticket agent books them on a flight for the wrong day. By the time she realizes it, Nicole & Travis have already taken the last seats on the flight. Then she does find them another flight that arrives at the same time but that has multiple connections. Upon arrival, they are delayed on both their original flight and the replacement flight. Meanwhile, Tim & Danny, deciding they don’t trust Leo & Jamal, try to hunt for an earlier flight, which they do end up finding. And then Nicky & Kim outsmart the other two teams on their flight and get put on standby first, allowing them to get on the earliest flight, and making Marie hate them. Jason & Amy are also on that flight, though Tim & Marie have no such luck.
When they land, they must head to the building on the painting they receive, Museu Nacional Dos Coches. The detour is a choice between tiles or miles. In tiles, they must assemble a life size puzzle out of tiles. In miles, they head to a giant map of the world to chart Magellan’s course and calculate the miles.
Tiles: Nicky & Kim, Brandon & Adam, Leo & Jamal (switched from miles), Ally & Ashley (switched from miles), Tim & Marie
Miles: Jason & Amy, Nicole & Travis, Tim & Danny
Tim & Marie debate whether they should use their express pass but ultimately decide against it, despite the fact that they have no reason to believe they are not in last place.
At the road block, they will fire arrows medieval style. Jason hits this on his first try, so I’m not sure how dificult it really is, even if most teams won’t be that lucky.
Road block (in order of arrival): Jason, Travis, Kim, Danny, Adam, Ally, Jamal, Tim
Considering the tasks that have been laid out, nothing seems so complicated that it will provide much of a challenge to the teams in the lead. There’s a reason the airport took up half of the episode, and that reason is that it’s all that really mattered. We return to this again as the other teams are landing, and Chester & Ephraim are facing yet another delay in a different country, making it blatantly obvious who is coming in last.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Castelo Dos Mouros.
First: Nicole & Travis (win a trip to Costa Rica)
Second: Jason & Amy
Third: Nicky & Kim
Fourth: Tim & Danny
Fifth: Brandon & Adam
Sixth: Leo & Jamal
Seventh: Ally & Ashley
Eighth: Tim & Marie
Eliminated: Chester & Ephraim
Unable to catch a break at the airport, Chester & Ephraim ended up taking a risk that didn’t pay off, and they have been eliminated. They are so far behind that Phil eliminates them in the airport when they finally make it to Portugal.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 23 Episode 4, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.