Having released their cab in the middle of nowhere, Joey & Meghan were eliminated in The Amazing Race 24 Episode 3.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Dave & Connor – 9:06AM
Second: Jet & Cord – 9:08AM
Third: Leo & Jamal – 9:14AM
Fourth: Margie & Luke – 9:58AM
Fifth: Flight Time & Big Easy – 11:04AM
Sixth: Caroline & Jennifer – 11:17AM
Seventh: Jessica & John
Eighth: Brendon & Rachel
We head right into a road block. They need to jump on a bamboo trampoline and grab a flag.
Road block (in order of arrival): Cord, Connor, Leo, Luke, Big Easy, Caroline, Jessica, Rachel
This is easier for some people than other. It takes Cord about 40 tries, but they are so far ahead of the rest of the pack that it does not matter. Jessica has much worse luck. She rips her feet up pretty bad on the trampoline, which could potentially harm them for future tasks as well.
Teams must now travel to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia on one of three flights. The first flight is 90 minutes ahead of the second flight, which is 45 minutes ahead of the last flight. The second flight ends up being delayed, which puts the last two flights neck and neck over 2 hours behind the lead teams.
First flight: Dave & Connor, Leo & Jamal, Jet & Cord
Second flight: Margie & Luke, Flight Time & Big Easy
Third flight: Caroline & Jennifer, Jessica & John, Brendon & Rachel
These flights all arrive late at night, which typically would mean an hours of operation. No such luck for the trailing teams this time. The road block has already happened, leaving only a detour, which takes place at a night club.
The detour is a choice between mix master or master mix. Mix master requires teams to learn how to DJ from a scratch coach. Master mix requires teams to properly pour a pyramid of cocktails without mixing colors.
Master mix: Jet & Cord, Dave & Connor, Brendon & Rachel, Margie & Luke
Mix master: Leo & Jamal (switched from master mix), Jessica & John, Caroline & Jennifer, Flight Time & Big Easy
The bartending task proves to be so difficult that everybody on the last two flights arrives when only Jet & Cord have left. Owning a bar is of no help to get Leo & Jamal through the task. Being a DJ proves to be far simpler. Undeterred, Rachel insists her cocktail waitress experience will help. It does not. Luckily for them, Margie & Luke are having just as much trouble. After a couple dozen failed attempts, Luke eventually loses his temper and throws the glasses on the ground. He suggests to his mom that both teams should take the penalty, but Rachel serves as the cheerleader for both teams instead. Ironically, Margie credits Rachel’s positive attitude for them turning things around, and they finish shortly after while Brendon & Rachel stick around and keep going, finishing after over 40 attempts.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Batu Caves.
First: Jet & Cord (win a trip to London)
Second: Dave & Connor
Third: Leo & Jamal
Fourth: Caroline & Jennifer
Fifth: Jessica & John
Sixth: Flight Time & Big Easy
Seventh: Margie & Luke
Non-eliminated: Brendon & Rachel
Brendon & Rachel are last, but they are saved by non-elimination. They need to learn from this and make smarter decisions in the future because they narrowly escaped this time after some poor choices.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 24 Episode 5, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.