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The Amazing Race 22: Episode 2 Recap

Posted on 02/24/2013 by Gina in The Amazing Race

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The Amazing Race 22, Episode 2

 

by Gina Scarpa

 

Choosing to watch The Oscars instead tonight?  I got you covered!  The second leg of The Amazing Race continues on in Bora Bora, with Jessica and John leaving first. Teams are traveling by water taxi to Motu Toopua Nui and search for a wedding chapel at a Hilton resort. Unfortunately for the couple in first, all teams catch up to one another at the water taxi. That gives Dave and Connor the chance to approach John and Jessica about the second Express Pass which they feel they're owed based on the agreement within their alliance. John and Jessica are on a little power trip and want everyone to suck up to them for the pass. And the worst part is, people are!

 

Dave and Connor find the chapel first, with Jessica and John close behind. The next clue is a Detour, asking teams to search the ocean in Pick A Pearl or Take A Trunk. Oh, Idries and Jamil are going to hate this! In either one, they'll have to dive down into open water. In Pick A Pearl, they have to shuck oysters and find two red pearls and in Take A Truck, teams construct an underwater picnic. Neither seems like a quicker option, so the underwater picnic sounds more fun!

 

Dave and Connor make a crucial mistake, not realizing their snorkel gear was on the beach and had to go back for it. They drop quickly from first to last, and are going to need to make up some time! No worries, guys. Idries and Jamil debate leaving before even trying and taking a penalty, which is 6 hours. That seems way too risky, wouldn't you agree? By the way, after watching Mona and Beth do the picnic, I realize the error of my ways and would never have chosen it over the pearls.

 

Joey and Meghan find the pearls first, followed by Jessica and John, and Bates and Anthony. They're off (via high powered and very awesome jet skis) to Motu Tapu, the most photographed island in the South Pacific. You learn something new every episode. At this point, Caroline and Jen and Max and Katie are just getting started because of that penalty from the first leg for abandoning the Road Block.

 

Over at Motu Tapu, teams deal with a Road Block, where one team member must balance on stilts and kick a coconut 35 years across the beach. If they fall, the coconut can stay in place but they have to go back to the starting line. I foresee a lot of people starting over since stilts are hard enough, but stilts in sand seem darn near impossible! Anthony finishes first, followed by Connor, and head off to search for the pit stop. On the way there, Dave ruptures his Achilles and feels like he's going to be out of the race after this. Hopefully not!

 

Teams finish in the following order:

 

1. Bates and Anthony (win a trip to London)

2. Dave and Connor

3. Jessica and John

4. Joey and Meghan

5. Chuck and Wynona

6. Mona and Beth

7. Caroline and Jen

8. Max and Katie

9. Pam and Winnie

10. Idries and Jamil

 

So Dave and Connor are off to see a doctor to see if they can continue on the race, and we say goodbye to twin doctors Idries and Jamil. It wouldn't have mattered if they took the penalty, but it was admirable that they didn't.  Despite their fear of water, they were able to complete the other side of the Detour, Take A Trunk, get through the Road Block and reach the pit stop.  You gotta love a team that doesn't give up!

 

 

The Amazing Race airs Sundays at 8/7c on CBS.

 

(Image courtesy of CBS)

 

 

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