Leaving Groningen last night, the five teams remaining in season 15 of The Amazing Race were heading to Stockholm.  First to leave was Dan and Sam the gay brothers who came out to their families on national television.  The brothers wasted no time in starting up their bitching back and forth, the mood for tonight’s episode had been set early!  So the teams were to head to the Tivoli Grona Lund amusement park where they would encounter their first roadblock.

Managing to get to Stockholm would be fun as there was only enough seats on the flight which left in the morning for 3 of the teams.  Not to mention the ticket counters were all closed by the time the racers made it to the airport.  So the three teams on the first flight were Dan and Sam, Meghan and Cheyne, and finally Flight Time and Big Easy.  The remaining teams were forced to take the flight leaving 3 hours later.

It was Flight Time’s birthday tomorrow, so they wanted to make a quick stop at the red light district!  The guys just figured they would tell everyone they were going there to use the internet and make flight arrangements LOL.  Smooth…

Once the teams all made it to Sweden they had to take a train into Stockholm. Purchasing tickets turned out to be a little difficult for the teams, Flight Time and Big Easy couldn’t figure the ticket machines out in time to catch their train.  Once the final two teams arrived, Matt and Gary ran into the same problem 3 hours later.  Sam and Dan made some comments about the globetrotters recognizing their strong presence and thankful they missed the first train.  Brian and Ericka were just thankful someone was behind them.

The train trip takes the teams into Stockholm where they catch a ferry to the amusement park.  There the teams located the next clue at a ride called the, ‘Fritt Fall.’  One team member was required to take the ride and look for a hint as to the location of their next clue while they were going up the ride.  Sam and Cheyne both take the ride up together and search for the clue as a team.  They find the clue with relative ease and race to the next clue.  This next clue required a team member to play good ‘ol circus ring toss.  When a team would get their ring over a cone containing a Travelocity gnome under it, they would receive their next clue which was pasted to the bottom of the gnome.

The two leading teams were constantly pushing to keep ahead of those who had the misfortune of missing the early flight, the train, or both.  Dan made more then one reference to the globetrotters being the luckiest team in Amazing Race history, so why not give em reason to call them that!

Moving from the amusement park, teams were required to complete one of two detours.  The first was Nobel Dynamite which required teams to fill up sandbags making a wall to protect their gnome when they blew up a pile of dirt which would uncover their next clue in an ammo case.  The second choice was called Viking Alphabet and required teams to decode a viking statue’s symbols in order to retrieve their clue.  All teams chose to blow shit up.  En route to the detour, Flight Time and Big Easy were feeling good as they had been plowing through the rest of this leg with ease.  They were contemplating what Meghan and Cheyne would say when they caught up with them.  Which they did in the parking area for Nobel Dynamite!

Flight time and Big Easy did catch up at the dynamite detour, but still couldn’t pass anyone up just yet.  The three teams in front all finished up and headed out while the final two teams were just arriving to the Nobel Dynamite detour.  Gary and Matt catch Ericka and Brian here but are still behind the power curve and leave this detour in last place.  Turns out though, this is not going to be such a problem because the most difficult roadblock in Amazing Race was awaiting teams at Bogs Gard Farm!

This was the same farm, same roadblock, same everything that Lena in season 6 spent over 8 hours on before being eliminated from the race.  One player was required to roll out bales of hay looking for the clue inside the bale.  There were over 120 bales of hay with only 7 clues.

Sam took on the challenge for his team and was immediately thankful for his loving brother who would not shut the heck up explaining to him how to do things and more importantly hurry up!  Meghan took the lead for her team when Cheyne just stood there not knowing how to say I don’t want to piss you off any more then I already have today.  Flight Time and Big Easy show up and Flight Time goes for it.  Dan and Meghan had been struggling for a good while before Big Easy starts digging through the hay.

Of course the other two teams arrive as well before one clue has been found!  Meghan is on the verge of tears after 2 hours of no luck when Big Easy cemented his luckstar status by finding the first clue so Flight Time could have his birthday present on The Amazing Race winning this leg of the race and the accompanying Travelocity trip.

Meghan finally finds her clue shortly after Big Easy but hides it in her pocket.  She adds a few more tears to her face and cries to Cheyne that she cannot do it anymore almost cracking her skull open as she falls down running up to him.  When he hugs her she busts out the clue.  She got em.

3rd was Brian and Ericka!  Poor Sam is about ready to choke his brother when Dan finally shuts up after figuring out that it might not be helping Sam’s mental state of mind.  Finally Sam finds their clue leaving Gary and Matt as the last team still hunting for their clue.   Gary was a trooper though and kept at it, non stop, until he found their clue!  Upon racing to the pit stop knowing only a miracle would save them in the race Phil gave them the news.  This was not an elimination leg and they would be required at some point in the race to complete a speed bump that the rest of the teams would not have to worry about.

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Ericka cries to Brian about the difficulties of the roadblock (photo:CBS)

Brian Kleinschmidt and Ericka Dunlap of CBS’ Amazing Race 15 were down hard and sucking fumes from the rest of the competitors.  Ericka was in tears at times, they were both cold, both were making mistakes, yet neither of them were willing to give up.  Lesson number eleven seventy-seven in Tommy’s book of Amazing Race tactics.

So starting out in the episode, teams were to travel to Amsterdam.  Meghan and Cheyne left first and rushed to the airport only to find out that the first flight out was at midnight.Obviously this was to be an episode where each team would make the same fight and begin their race on equal footing.  Once the rest of the teams made it to the airport everyone sat down at a diner in the airport and just had a relaxing pow wow.

Roadblock: Counting Bells (photo: CBS)

The boys, Dan and Sam, for some reason spilled the beans that they were in fact the ‘token’ gay team.  Not really sure what the point was in them telling everyone unless perhaps to tell their family and friends back home the news.  Brian said, “oh that explains the matching swimsuits.”  Haha.  Once all the teams arrived in Amsterdam the teams head to the Afsluitdijk dam and find the Lely Monument for their next clue.  All teams made it here with no problems save Brian and Ericka.  Brian couldn’t seem to figure out how to put his ride into drive for the trip.  Once he enlisted some local aide, they were on their way not too far behind the pack.

Dan and Sam all dressed up and biking to next task (photo:CBS)

From Afsluitdijk, teams had to drive to Groningen and find the Martinitoren bell tower.  Once there the teams ran up against a roadblock, Counting Bells.  In this roadblock teams had to send one player up the bell tower counting each bell along the way to the top.  Once they were satisfied with the count, they were to show their number to the bell master atop the tower.  The interesting thing here is this, most teams blazed through this getting their count correct on the first attempt.  Once Ericka arrived she scored a massive fail, getting the count wrong 3 times.  This was not some easy task as the tower was tall, the passageways narrow, winding, musty, and Ericka arrived in time to see the contestants all leaving to the next stop quickly.  Ericka broke down into tears.  Brian stood strong though, comforting Ericka.  Even having her take a break and chill before taking on the task once more.  Meanwhile, the rest of the contestants keep sailing through the rest of the leg.  After the teams left the bell tower they had to head to a Vierhuizen de Marne and find a windmill.

Dan and Sam killing it on the links

Finding the windmill brings the next part of this leg, a detour!  The teams could chose to complete one of two tasks, either Farmer’s game or Farmer’s dance.  Sam and Dan chose to go for Farmer’s game as did Meghan and Cheyne.  Ericka is counting bells.  Meghan and Cheyne started out in first but Sam and Dan were on fire here.  The detour required teams to dress in traditional dutch attire and ride bikes to a river crossing where they would strip down to long johns and swim across.  Once through the chilling water and on the other side, teams had to play a game reminiscent of putt putt golf on drugs.  Basically teams had to whack an over sized golf ball to a hole within 8 swings or start over.  They had to finish three wholes.  Meghan was upset to be doing this event because of her dislike for golf, but Cheyne’s positive energy and motivation kept them going until she caught on and they eventually got through it.  Dan and Sam were clearly the pro’s at this sport though and tore through with blazing speed.  Bells, bells, and more bells for Ericka.

Sam and Dan 1st to the Pit stop

Matt and Gary were the first to arrive at farmer’s dance.  Once there they had to ring a bell with a big sledge hammer like you’d see in a circus or carnival.  They did this with ease but once inside they quickly realized they could not handle the dancing and took off for farmer’s game.  The girls chose farmer’s dance as well thinking that either task sounded equally easy.  Once there, though, the bell proved to be too much for them and they chose to hit the links and try farmer’s game as well.

Flight Time struggles to keep the herring down (photo:CBS)

Meanwhile, Flight time and Big EZ roll up and hammer the bell first time of course.  Flight Time and Big EZ use their globe trotting skills of dance and crowd pleasing to complete this portion with ease!  The only sticky spot comes when they had to eat a raw salted herring with onion, Flight Time looked rough.  Heh, he didn’t want to talk about that portion afterwards.  They make it to the pit stop in 3rd after Dan, Sam, Meghan, and Cheyne.  Ericka still counts the bells and gets the number correct on her fourth go at it!

So Ericka and Brian are finally back in the race!  They quickly head to the windmill and get changed.  Brian tells Ericka, “We can catch em babe, c’mon!” They dash out of the windmill knowing they’ve got a lot of distance to cover but fail to read the part about riding a bike to the next event and start walking in their wooden clogs.  LOL, OMG, WTF! Can you mess anything else up today?

Hugglez for the girls... (Photo:CBS)

Matt and Gary, take to the links struggling to get their balls sunk eventually pushing past the event and taking 4th place at the pit stop leaving Maria and Tiffany in their dust. Tiffany and Maria throughout this episode went back and forth between theses two detours a few times.  They racked up at least 75 attempts on ringing the bell and were devastated.  They comforted each other but as the night wore on they were quickly losing strength and will.

Talk about some mental fortitude folks, though, Ericka and Brian as stupid as they were tonight would not give up and walked the entire way to farmer’s dance! Once there they truly back their footing, grounded themselves, and crushed this detour.

Ericka and Brian walking in their clogs (photo: CBS)

Ericka says she fell in love with Brian all over again, admittedly Brian was quite the charmer this episode never letting negativity get them down.  They found someone to lend them bikes after figuring out their mistake and raced to the pit stop to make it there in 5th!  This was all well and good, but Phil told them they’d have to wait an additional 30 minutes sitting out in the penalty box as the clue clearly stated they were to bike to their detour.  Ericka about broke down here, but when all was said and done, Tiffany and Maria gave up the ghost and quit the race giving Ericka and Brian a pass to the next leg! Congrats on a hard fought leg you two.  While I started out with little respect for your team, I must say that your never give up attitude has impressed me and I am certain many others tonight! Kudos!

So what do you think about Tiffany and Maria’s breakdown?  How bout Ericka and Brian, are they for real?  Who do you think will win this season?  How bout Flight Time holding in the herring?  Sound off and leave us a comment below!

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Who could have imagined they would get to see Canaan committing attempted murder on Sunday night’s episode of The Amazing Race?  Certainly not poor little Mika!!!  Poor Mika, poor, poor mika, she gets involved with Canaan who seems like such a wonderful guy.  A songwriter, goes with his church on a mission to Mexico, who could have thought he was such a mean, mean man!  Pffft lol, whatever.  Mika refused to go down an amusement park water slide, plain and simple.  You can see as much n the video below, around 2:38 in you’ll see where Mika starts tripping.  Canaan tries to help her down… Just a little bit… LoL.

Let this be a lesson to you guys, when choosing your teammate for The Amazing Race do not be tempted to take someone because you wish to, “Aww, make our relationship stronger, I love her!”  This is the Amazing Race people!  Choose your teammate while considering things like, physical ability, mental prowess, mental toughness and perhaps a little bit of freaking crazy wildthingedness!  Mika has been fearful for her life this whole season as the producers happily pointed out throughout the show on Sunday night and finally it caught up to her and Canaan and brought them to the end of their Amazing Race experience.

Mika and Canaan struggling at the Leap of Faith (Photo: CBS)

Admittedly, Canaan, did put his hands on Mika.  Certainly, though, he’s been doing more putting his hands on her after they get back to the hotel each evening!  Listening to what he had to say to her made the most perfect sense, he was attempting to save their position in the race and give her the chance to push past her weakness.  Given an opportunity like this, the last thing a person should be saying is, “You can’t make me!”  Typical response from a typical girly girl though, too bad for Canaan, enlightening for the rest of us.  Wise choices people, from start to finish in the whole process, make the decisions to win!  Perhaps a bit of cash invested in therapy beforehand could have improved their chances for a win.  Beats me.

The rest of the show that evening was pretty hit and miss.  There was some juicy stuff with Ericka and Brian.  This girl is all about doing the least bit of work possible and spending any money along the way that she can.  One thing she isn’t though, is afraid to push herself when she has to.

Big Ez goes into flapper mode at the road block "Row your boat" (Photo: CBS)

Cheyne and Meghan won this leg, just kicking ass the whole way which seems to be becoming the norm.  Meghan is a bit off her rocker when it comes to letting go and depending upon someone else to run the race for the team.  They’ve picked well though as Cheyne is a winner, rock solid, smart, physical, tough, the guy has got it going on.

Flight time and Big Ez ran into some difficulties though, in the Sunday’s roadblock, “Row your Boat,” which involved one contestant rowing a little plastic raft out to a big yacht to get a clue to opening a locked briefcase.  First of all, Big Ez should never of been in that raft, LOL, the shit was hilarious, This guy is 10′ tall trying to fit himself into a 5′ plastic blow up raft.  His 8′ arms could not maneuver the paddles so he eventually abandoned those in favor of using his arms for paddles.  Actually that worked out well and he got his clue, A watch which wasn’t running but set to the time of the combination to the briefcase and began tryin to figure it out.

Mika and Canaan arriving last to the pit stop (Photo: CBS)

Unlike each of the teams Big Ez absolutely could not figure out the combination!  He was positive one number was 8 and one was 7 since the two hands were on 8 and 7.  From there, he just figured to find the last number and obviously ran into a mental block watching every other team come and go while he struggled to figure out the simple combo of 8:35 which most of us know has the big hand on the 7 and the little hand on the 8.  They got to the roadblock in 4th place and left in last.

They made up some time but were still in last place when they came upon Mika struggling with her fears of going down the leap of faith slide and had to wait two minutes before they could pass up the previous team.  Big Ez and Flight Time helped make Mika’s decision a bit more difficult by egging her on saying things like, ” Don’t Do IT!”  LoL, this pissed Canaan off and he wasn’t afraid to tell Big Ez he felt he was slime.  Whatever, GG Flight Time and Big Ez, yer still in it!

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Phil Keoghan posing on The Amazing Race (Photo:CBS)

When the teams left Tokyo on their 2nd leg of the Amazing Race, they were headed for Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam!  While at the airport, an interesting thing happened.  But first you need to understand that the two poker ladies had conceived an elaborate bluff in which they told their fellow contestants that they worked with homeless people in need.  They did this in order to garner support and sympathy from the rest of the crew they might not otherwise have if everyone knew the truth about their poker success.  However, fame does have its upsides and downsides as when they were in the airport looking for tickets to Vietnam, a poker fan picked them out of the crowd and came up looking for an autograph which they could not turn down.  The rest of the contestants watched as this episode unfolded and now know the truth behind the girls.  In all honesty, the rest of the contestants had already begun to call the girls shady.  An interesting bit though.  The globetrotters, Herbert “Big Easy” Lang and Nathaniel “Flight Time” Lofton were pulling no shots when it came to secure a ticket.  They used the Globetrotters name recognition to obtain their tickets over fellow contestants.

The Mudman (Photo: CBS)

Once the teams arrived in Vietnam they had to deal with a fruit farm to get their first clue of the night.  Travel to the nearby fruit farm was via bus.  There were two busses which left over an hour apart.  The contestants finding themselves on the 2nd bus at first looked distressed but wound up buying out the remaining seats on the bus by banding together and getting the bus to leave earlier.  The task here was to “fertilize” a tree with what looked like mud.  The tree had a skirt around it with a red marker at the level the contestants had to fill with the mud.  This went well for the teams for the most part with the girls impressed with how sexy two women can be all mudded up.  The girls were running behind in this event due to their speed bump.  The girls had to serve a traditional Vietnamese soup called pho to the dock masters liking before he’d allow them to travel to the fruit farm. Maria had eaten and prepared this soup in her past so this was an ez task for the ladies.  Zev and Justin ran into a snag when Justin tripped and fell into the water near the fruit farm and lost his next clue.  The friends did not realize they had lost the clue until they were on the boat to the next destination and had to return for it. This did put them behind, but they were still ahead of Tiffany and Maria who had to deal with their speed bump.

Tiffany and Mika compete in the duck race (Photo: CBS)

The final event for the night was a duck race road block!  Teams had to heard 150 ducks across a narrow bridge then back again to the starting pen and close them all up inside their pen.  This proved to be quite the challenge for some and the LPM (laughs per minute) meter was sky rocketing.  Ericka had to be the best fun with all the trouble she was having.  She was getting so frustrated with her ducks by the end of the evening she had already decided that she was having duck for dinner that night!  Tiffany Michelle had been around ducks as a child and knew how to handle them so she was able to make up good time for her and Maria.  Once teams concluded this task they were to race to the Bassic River and find the Bassic III Riverboat.  The last team to arrive was Jessica and Garret due to Jessica’s extremely difficulties she had with the duck herding.  Jessica and Garret were the 2nd team eliminated from season 15 of The Amazing Race.

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