‘The Amazing Race’ 13: Moscow Madness

I swear, there must be a guardian Frat Boy angel looking after the Superbad team of Dan & Andrew (Dan is in the foreground on the right; Andrew has red hair) — a.k.a. DAndrew. Because on the 10th lap of ”The Amazing Race,” they prevailed and became one of the three teams to go for the cool $1 million in next week’s conclusion.

The guys were the last to leave the Pit Stop and head by taxi to a submarine to retrieve their next clue from an actor who was in “The Hunt for Red October.”

But before they could even get a taxi, they were splashed with water from the oncoming traffic. Then their English-speaking taxi driver took them to the wrong park for their Road Block. When they finally got to the Graveyard of Fallen Monuments, Andrew had a hard time figuring out which statues were Stalin and which were Lenin.

With the wrong information in hand, Andrew showed up at a bookstore where he was supposed to tell the owner that there were six Lenins and two Stalins. But it took him three attempts to get the right number. He then went to Page 62 in the book, which led him to a nearby street where the book’s author had lived.

Then DAndrew had to perform the Speed Bump — because they came in fourth last week — where they had to learn a traditional Russian dance. And if you remember Dan’s performance last week trying to march, things looked bleak for the boys. But again, that guardian angel was watching over them, and they finished the Speed Bump in “only” two attempts.

And they were still in last place when they hit the Detour — Ride the Rails, in which they were sent to various locations via the metro station to find their clue to the Pit Stop; or Ride the LInes, in which they used the trolley buses to find their next clue. The boys took Ride the Lines and moved up to second place.

After losing to Toni & Dallas last week, the brother-and-sister team of Nick & Starr came in first again and won yet another luxury vacation. The estranged couple of Ken & Tina argued a lot and it took a toll on them. They came in third.

And the mother-son duo of Toni & Dallas ran out of luck last night, especially when Toni got flummoxed at the Graveyard of Fallen Monuments; Tina ended up with the correct number to give the bookshop owner.

But their downfall came when Dallas left their money and passports in a taxi. They had to beg from several kind citizens of Moscow for money to complete the task, and they made another big boo-boo when instead of taking a taxi to a clue they rode the metro and had to backtrack.

They were eliminated from the race.

“Everything I am is on account of my mom,” said Dallas at the end of the episode. “This has been the best experience of my life,” echoed his mom through her tears.

— Susan King, L.A. Times staff writer

["The Amazing Race 13" photo from cbs.com]

[Photo: “Amazing Race”

Permalink | E-mail | Print | Add to My Trips

This entry was posted on Monday, December 1, 2008 at 1:01 pm by Susan King and is filed under Amazing Race, News, Tips & Advice. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.