From great heights, the Race moves on

Season 29, Episode 9

Greece/Viet Nam – OK, it was a two-hour, two-episode broadcast, and I’m recapping them about five minutes before the next episode (11) airs. So let’s hustle.

Scott

All you need to know about Episode 9 is that it started out in Greece with an absolutely gratuitous and absolutely terrifying bungee jump. I couldn’t watch, but it looked like they were on a walkway about a mile about some canal.

Scott, yes, Scott, the most height-averse contestant ever on Amazing Race, drew the short straw for his team and, wobbly knees and all, bungeed. Does Brooke, his partner, ever have to do anything at all?

Whatever. The Race moved on to Hanoi and Joey, and Tara, aka Mom and Pop, finished last because Tara misread a clue. However, they were not eliminated because it was a non-elimination and and/or Phil K. must like them. Let’s go to the audio tape:

Overheard:

Joey: We’re not going to be schemers like Brooke and Scott…that’s not being competitive.

Scott: I have a fear of heights and falling, and bungee jumping is the number one fear of that fear.

Scott: It was actually OK. Can I go again?

Brooke: Oh my god, oh my god. I’m going to get hit by a car.  I’m going to get murdered.

Matt: I got some experience in moving furniture. It’s all about the angles.

Order of Finish:

1) Becca and Floyd

2) Matt and Redmond

3) Logan and London

4) Brooke and Scott

5) Tara and Joey (non-elimination)