"This is Kenya, one of the most bustling and exotic lands in all of Africa. And in the southern part of the country, Mombasa, and Mombasa Fort National Monument. This was the 4th pit stop in a race around the world. Teams arrived here at the end of the last leg for a mandatory rest period. Will Danny and Sam continue to use their positive attitude to their advantage and will the alliances already formed propel teams to the top? Danny and Sam, who were the first to arrive at 12:17pm, will depart at 12:17am."
ROUTE MARKER 6.1: Fly to Dubai, United Arab Emirates and find the Burg Al Dubai Hotel to receive your next clue. This is a No-Ghost Leg, meaning you may not use ghost powers for the entire leg. You have $98 for this leg of the race.
"No-Ghost Leg?" the pessimistic Sam worries. "Now we won't have much of a chance."
"I'm sure we'll get through it when I've got you," Danny reassures.
Sam smiles back. They get in a taxi and head for the airport.
Meanwhile, Jazz and Lancer depart in 2nd place. They decide to wait up for their alliance partners before continuing. In the meantime, Vlad and Dan depart in 3rd place and head straight for the airport.
While Jazz and Lancer wait up for Spectra and Desiree, who depart in 4th, Danny and Sam arrive at the airport and learn some distressing news.
"There's only one flight to Dubai?" Sam exclaims.
"Yep," the ticket agent says.
"Grr," Danny grumbles, "Now everyone's gonna catch up. So much for our Fast Forward lead."
Everyone indeed catches up, much to Danny and Sam's dismay. By the time everyone has bought tickets, it is 4:00am, and the flight isn't until 10:15am. In the meantime, Tucker and Valerie decide to have a little fun. They walk over to the airport restaurant, which has just started servicing breakfast.
"Let's get some of those," Tucker says, giggling.
"Heh, ok," Valerie answers.
They get about a quart of syrup. Quickly and quietly, they walk over to Lancer, who has put his sleeping mask on and is getting a few hours of rest. Tucker walks over to the toy store across the street from the airport and buys an erector set and a balloon. As he walks back to Lancer, Sam wakes up and notices what's going on. Tucker assembles the set over Lancer's head and attaches the balloon to it. Sam tries her hardest not to giggle at the proceedings. Tucker then fills the balloon with syrup. He puts an alarm on set to go off at 8am.
Several hours pass. At 8:00am, the alarm goes off, causing a nail to come in and pop the balloon. Lancer gets rudely awakened with a face full of syrup as Tucker, Sam, and Valerie laugh hysterically.
"Chicken Soup for the Soul!" Lancer exclaims. "Who did this?"
"Uh..." Tucker stalls, "it was him!" He points to a random passenger.
Lancer gives Tucker a glaring look. He goes to the nearby lounge and showers off all the syrup. He emerges just in time to catch the flight.
10 hours later, all 6 teams arrive in Dubai. Jazz and Lancer are first out of customs and hail a taxi to the hotel. Tucker and Valerie are not far behind, followed by Ember and Youngblood. Spectra and Desiree and Vlad and Dan follow. Meanwhile, Danny and Sam hit a snag in Customs.
"What do you mean you suspect something about me?" Danny questions the customs agent.
"Our sensors indicate something weird going on," the customs agent snaps back.
They let the high school buddies pass, but not before a 30-minute argument. By then, the leaders Jazz and Lancer hit the Road Block.
ROAD BLOCK 6: One of you must bungee jump off the top of the tower.
Jazz and Lancer look up. The tower is at least 1500 feet tall.
"You want to do it?" Lancer questions, suddenly getting cold feet.
"Sure," Jazz responds.
She gets in the elevator and heads on up. As Lancer waits on the ground, Tucker and Valerie and Spectra and Desiree arrive at the same time. Tucker and Spectra decide to go for their teams to even up the Road Block count. Meanwhile, Ember and Youngblood find themselves lost in the streets of Dubai.
"Shouldn't we be going that way?" Ember says to the taxi driver.
"I tell you Americans, you should get rid of your president, foreign policy very very bad," the taxi driver responds.
just my own political statement
Ember sighs. In the meantime, Vlad and Dan arrive at the hotel and Vlad decides to do the Road Block. As he goes in the hotel, Jazz is ready to jump.
"It was an exhilarating thrill," Jazz says about her experience in her confessional. "I was scared at first, then I just let all my emotions go and I just jumped. It was 500 feet of pure bliss."
Jazz and Lancer grab the next clue.
ROUTE MARKER 6.2: Drive yourselves to Harad, Saudi Arabia and you can find the next clue at the south edge of town.
yes that town does exist
Jazz and Lancer get in the provided SUV and take off for Saudi Arabia.
But will they keep their lead? Find out later tonight...
Back at the Road Block, Ember and Youngblood finally arrive to see the challenge. Youngblood volunteers.
"Yeah, it'll be like a walk off the plank ;)"
As Youngblood gets into the elevator, Tucker jumps. He loses one of the eight PDAs he had in his pockets.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Tucker cries as the PDA busts on the pavement below.
A skulking Tucker grabs the clue and he and Valerie head for Saudi Arabia. As they leave, it's Spectra's turn. She's white as a ghost (get it), but she knows that she must do it for her team. She jumps, screaming the entire way down. As she finishes her jump, Danny and Sam arrive. Sam wants Danny to do it, seeing as how she was hanging precariously over a pit in the last leg. Danny agrees and he gets into the elevator. As Danny gets in, Spectra emerges and she and Desiree head off from Dubai. Now it is Vlad's turn. He does the jump with confidence. Vlad and Dan take off for Saudi Arabia in 4th place. Youngblood goes next and commands the safety spotter to put the sword against his back, to give him more motivation. Youngblood jumps quickly. He and Ember go off in 5th place. Danny finishes up the cycle with his jump. He and Sam take off in last.
6 hours later, the leaders Jazz and Lancer arrive in Saudi Arabia, followed closely by Spectra and Desiree, who passed Tucker and Valerie near the country border. Following behind are Vlad and Dan, Ember and Youngblood, and Danny and Sam still in last. They come into Harad and find the Detour.
DETOUR 6: STEER OR FEAR
Steer: Use this compass to steer this dune buggy through a 100-mile orienteering course through the desert. You will approach 5 stations throughout your course and must collect a card at each. At the end, you will reach the next pit stop: a desert oasis.
Fear: You must take your backpacks and walk 8.5 miles through the desert without using any water. The fear of dehydration and fatigue will set in on this journey as you approach the next pit stop.
Be warned, if you drive with your car, you must turn in all 5 cards or you will not be allowed to check in. Warning: last team to check in may be eliminated.
Jazz and Lancer opt for Steer, not wanting to take any chances with their health. Spectra/Desiree and Tucker/Valerie do the same.
"Let's just follow the leaders," Valerie suggests.
"But I have this compass in my P..." Tucker responds.
"Tucker..." Valerie interrupts.
"Yes, ma'am," Tucker obliges.
Tucker and Valerie get back in their car to follow Jazz and Lancer. The three leaders quickly get to station #1 and pick up their cards. As they head for station #2, Ember and Youngblood, who also picked Steer, approach station #1.
"Let's go follow them," Youngblood says as they hit station #1. "I can still see them in the distance."
"But that might be a mirage..." Ember says.
"Getting...delusional...let's just follow the compass."
They follow the Compass and guide themselves to station #2. Meanwhile, Vlad and Dan trudge on in the middle of the desert. They have selected Fear, confident that nothing could scare them. As they head on, Danny and Sam arrive at the Detour and select Fear as well.
"But Danny, that could be..." Sam tries to warn.
"Stop, Sam! We've got to get ahead!" Danny irrationally replies.
Sad, Sam obliges her crush. Unfortunately, Vlad and Dan are a mile and a half ahead.
Meanwhile, Ember's crazy driving style has accelerated them ahead of Tucker and Valerie's more conservative style. They reach the final station in 3rd, just behind leaders Jazz/Lancer and 2nd choice Spectra/Desiree. Now it is a 3-team race to get to the pit stop in first. Ember puts the pedal to the metal and burns up the desert. Suddenly, they can see the two leaders, who are in a race of their own. Ember takes a chance and leaps over a tall dune. Unfortunately, they get too much sand in the engine as a result of the impact.
"Oh no!" Ember says. "Our engine power has been reduced to 3 mph maximum!"
"Darn," Youngblood responds.
Fortunately, they're only a mile away from the pit stop. Up front, Spectra and Desiree are slightly ahead of Jazz and Lancer. They race to the parking and grab their tickets. Now it is a footrace to the mat. Popping up on the mat first come...
"Spectra and Desiree, you are Team #1!"
Spectra and Desiree cheer.
"As winners of this leg, you have won a Walt Disney World vacation package for four back in the States. Congratulations."
"Jazz and Lancer, you are team #2."
And arriving 5 minutes later...
"Ember and Youngblood, you are team #3."
Meanwhile, Tucker and Valerie's conservative style has hit a snag, as Tucker has run the buggy deep into the sand. He spins his tires, to no avail. Valerie starts to panic uncontrollably in the 105-degree heat, but Tucker gets the right idea. He calls SAAA (Saudi Arabian Automotive Association), and a tow truck arrives 30 minutes later. Since Dan/Vlad and Danny/Sam are still in the desert, Tucker and Valerie still have enough time when they arrive at the pit stop to check in fourth.
"Tucker and Valerie, you are team #4."
Back in the desert, Vlad and Dan are sweating like crazy, but their will power continues to push them on.
"Come on, we must be our rivals Danny and Sam," Vlad says, trying to motivate Dan.
Dan and Vlad literally collapse as they reach the mat.
"Are you ok, Vlad?" Phil says.
Now that the stage is over, Dan uses his accelerated energy to heal Vlad and Dan.
"We'll manage," Dan says.
Phil blinks twice, thinking that was a mirage, then announces the check-in.
"Dan and Vlad, you're team #5."
Now knowing that they are last, Danny realizes one of the rules of the Amazing Race brought in in recent competitions.
"We're gonna be last," Danny says, "so we've got to put on as many clothes as possible because if this is a non-elimination leg, they'll take everything away from us except our passports and the clothes on our back."
"But...but...the heat..." Sam says, starting to get delirious.
"We just have to do it!" Danny yells.
Danny and Sam put on about 8-9 layers each and continue on to the pit stop 1 mile away through 110-degree heat.
2 hours later, Sam's fatigue goes to the extreme.
"Oh my..." Sam says.
She collapses in a fit of fatigue.
"Sam!" Danny says.
Using mere human strength he never knew he had, Danny picks her up and continues on.
"Danny...I...love...you..." Sam says in Danny's arms. She leans up and kisses his cheek before she faints.
Danny is surprised. His surprised look carries all the way to the Pit Stop. Sam comes to as they step on the mat.
"Oh my gosh, get her some water," Phil says to a crew member as they arrive.
They get her some water.
"Last time I let David Spade select a challenge for a joke," Phil grumbles under his breath.
"Danny and Sam, you're the last team to arrive." He pauses for a moment. "Luckily, this is the first of several pre-determined non-elimination points, and you both are still in the Amazing Race."
Danny cheers, his adrenaline running throughout his body. Sam raises her arm for a moment and then collapses again.
"Unfortunately, I have to take everything from you, including the money that you have accumulated throughout the entire race so far. You will start the next leg with just the clothes on your back, which I can see you've well prepared for, and your passports, and will start the leg with zero dollars to your name."
"In addition, I am extending the length of this pit stop to 24 hours so people can recover from the fatigue of this leg."
Danny and Sam retreat to their tent. 10 hours later, Sam is revived once again.
"Did you..." Danny says.
"Did I what?" Sam answers.
"Did you really mean what you said?"
"I don't know what you mean." She was truly unaware that she said it.
"Let's play the video." They see the video where Sam admits her feelings for Danny. Sam giggles and shyly blushes.
"Well, that was the entire truth, Danny. You know, delirium makes you admit your deepest secrets, including those straight from your heart."
Danny smiles. He and Sam hug, knowing that now that the secret is out, they could gain the ultimate advantage in the Amazing Race.
Will it be an advantage? Find out on the next episode...