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Amazing Race recap, Leg 4

// October 19th, 2009 // fun

The lion has been tamed!

“We’re directionally challenged.”

I’m sure you were all aware of the change that came over Lance on this, his final leg of the race. From a cocky, round-house-kicker, to a humble, self-deprecating kitty…Lance and his fiance Keri exited this season without even the normal “faked” nail-biter endings that AR loves to give us.

Yeah, the producers tried to make us think it MIGHT be a non-elimination, but it’s just too early for another one. And besides, the AR gods weren’t about to keep these two ridiculous people.

“Stay on the freeway. Stay on the freeway. Stay on the freeway.”

“So what, was I supposed to stay on or get off?”

“Stay on.”

Hilarious.

The winners of this leg were Meghan and Cheyne (Shane), although you’d never know it from Meghan’s free-flowing tears. The girl was losing it at the Fast-Forward, so much so we assumed she had to ALSO drive that race car around the track in under 45 seconds, only to find her only responsibility was to stand there and look pretty.

She has to be in control apparently. Makes you wonder if she’ll be crying all the way to Jamaica on the trip they won, just because someone else is flying the plane.

On a side note, Jina wishes that they had tossed in a free haircut at the Jamaican spa for Cheyne. The dude needs a trim. Badly.

This leg was actually pretty bad in terms of excitement and thrills. You’d think that the world’s tallest building would have presented a challenge like base jumping or hang gliding. No, it was just an elevator ride to the top. And not even to an open area…it looked fenced off, you could barely see over the edge.

Bah.

And the Ski Dubai place. Make a snowman? Dig through snow? How about you have to ski or snowboard down to the bottom in under 45 seconds?? Now that would have been fun.

Finally, we have Mika…who one has to question her desire to even be in the race. She’s afraid of heights, she’s never been on a sled and the previews from next week show her terrified of a water slide. Holy crap.

Has she never seen the show before? Rappelling, zip-lines, bungee-jumping…this isn’t church camp Mika.

Oh yeah, and good stuff about Dan and Sam not knowing the Persian Gulf was a region. I hope when the race is over and they head home, someone tells them to book tickets for the Gulf of Mexico or North America.

The Contest Standings

Dave is killing the competition with 30 points so far. He’s had the first place team both weeks so far.

Adrian made a huge jump as he had every team in the top 3 this week.

Order of finish:

1. Meghan & Cheyne
2. Brian & Ericka
3. Flight Time & Big Easy
4. Gary & Matt
5. Sam & Dan
6. Maria & Tiffany
7. Mika & Canaan
8. Lance & Keri

Our Standings

Dave – 30
Adrian -25
Ryann -21
Tracy -21
Josie -19
Jina -19
Mike -19
Nicky -15
Ralph -12
Chris -12