A/N: Woah, we're halfway there! 6 episodes down, 6 more to go! Wow, I can't believe I'm half of this fic. But the lesser the teams are, the more intense the competition is! Enjoy!
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Episode #6: Sun's Great As Always – Jeanette
"Previously on The Amazing Race..." Phil started. "Teams continued racing at Zimbabwe!"
A clip of Susan was shown as she was screaming. "Oh my God!"
"At the Roadblock, the tension between Alvin and Simon, and Brittany and Jeanette started to get attention by the teams."
"…do you wanna start a war with me again?" Brittany said in a threatening voice.
"Why not? It's a race. Anyone could be an enemy, even the ones who we know of. Now, what's next, Brittany?"
"You wanna know what's next, huh? I'm gonna hurt you badly." Brittany continues to threaten Alvin, then, Alvin started running.
Jeanette slaps Simon's cheeks as it gained gasps from the other team.
While Alvin also received a big slap from Brittany.
"I agree with you; we will start a war." Brittany walks out with a smirk.
"While at the Detour, Luke and Karl struggle at finding a clock, making them stressed and left out of the first place..."
"I-I don't know. I'm gonna keep digging here and while you, doing nothing." Karl started to become annoyed.
"Whoa, chill down. I'm just asking."
"Then go back finding one!"
"…as The Chipmunks took the first place!"
"Alvin and Simon… you are team number one!" Phil said their placement.
"And Susan and Mary couldn't catch up as they are eliminated from the race."
"Susan and Mary… you are the last team to arrive… I'm sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated from the race."
"Seven teams remaining… who will be eliminated… next?"
(The intro is on the first chapter)
Shots of elephants, tigers, the crocodile, Victoria Falls, and the Pit Stop was shown. After the clips were shown, we go to The Chipmunks who is on the mat, opening their clue.
Alvin & Simon – departed at 12:09am
"Make your way to… Paris!" Alvin reads it aloud.
"Teams will travel by almost 5,000 miles to the capital of France, Paris! Once arrived, teams will take a taxi to Le Cordon Bleu where they will find their next clue." Phil announced their next destination.
"Wow… okay… France…" Simon said every word with a pause.
"Come on! I wanna go already!" Alvin urged his brother to come along.
"Wait a minute, Alvin. There are watches inside."
They both looked at the two black watches that are in their clue. Then Simon looks at the info at the bottom part of the flyer.
"You must wear these watches until to the pit stop of this leg where one team will win a special prize!"
"A special prize?" Alvin was surprised for a bit. "What are we waiting for? Let's go! We will grab that prize!" Alvin said as Simon nods and made their way to a taxi.
The shot went to the taxi where they entered silently and wear their watches.
"I don't know what to say about at his moment, but I feel fantastic! Every leg was challenging and I think I need more of it. That's what makes me comfortable!" Alvin said cheerfully in the confessional.
"Yeah. We still have our Express Pass. I'm still surprised that it's still with us. We will use this at the right time." Simon added.
"Alright. This should be fun!" Alvin exclaimed.
Brittany and Jeanette came up next to read their clues, they squealed and jumped in excitement.
Brittany & Jeanette – departed at 12:41am
"We're going to France!" Brittany uttered a jolly cry. "Yes!"
"Hey!" Jeanette noticed that the clue has watches. "Watches?"
Brittany hummed as she reads the additional info at the clue. "Okay. We need to wear this now."
Jeanette nodded as they both wear the timepieces and entered the taxi.
Meanwhile, The Chipmunks arrived at the airport where they find out that the building is closed as of this moment.
"It's closed! What do we do?" Alvin asked in an alarming tone.
"Chill down, Alvin. We just find some travel agency somewhere here." Simon answered calmly.
They run in the vicinity of the establishment to find an open agency. The shot moves to a travel agency where they sat down to talk about their flight.
"Hello madam! We just want to know when is the quickest flight to Paris?" Simon took charge.
The agent was searching for an available flight. After a few seconds…
"There is one today at 7:45am, via Johannesburg."
"Is there any available flights?" Simon asks again.
"I'm sorry that's the only one." The agent shook her head.
"What?! Is there any way that we could surpass them or something?" Alvin cutted their conversation.
"No."
"Guess we'll take that one and all of the teams are at the same flight, obviously." Simon assumed.
7:43AM
At the airport, we saw different teams making their way to the plane where they sat down and talk to each other.
"O-M-G! We're going to Paris! This is literally real! I really want to see the Eiffel Tower!" Lori exclaimed.
"We're not just going there to visit that big tower; we will do our best to stay on the top! Right, Lori?" Lincoln commented.
Lori didn't reply, she was just squealing and in an ecstatic mood.
Lincoln frowned. "Well, I guess I just say it to her again when we get there."
While the screen turns to The Workers who were talking.
"I never visited Paris until later, I wish there could be a miracle that we might pull off," Eileen said to the viewers.
"You'll never know, Eileen," Margaret added.
The plane flew off from the land and is now on its way to France.
"All teams are on the same flight and are now heading to France." Phil shared an update with everyone.
1:10AM
After over 17 hours of long flight, the plane arrived safely in the land. The teams scattered everywhere at the airport to find taxis.
"Hey, where are the taxis?" Marceline said.
"That way!" Simon gestures his finger to the right as they continue to run outside.
"Taxi?" Luke stopped by for a moment until he saw a parade of taxis outside. "There it is!"
"Yeah! Good eye!" Karl commended his good brother.
The Chipettes saw The Wrestlers exited and they followed them.
"I knew this was the right one!" Brittany concluded.
While inside of the taxi, Luke and Karl saw The Chipettes behind.
"Looks like someone is stalking us right now," Luke said.
"Let's go, sir! Faster!" Karl said to the driver.
They drive off from the line. While the next cab followed them which contained The Chipettes.
"Follow them, okay?" Jeanette said to the driver.
The driver didn't speak nor gestured.
"Didn't he understand you?" Brittany reacted.
"I don't know, maybe he knows where he's going." Jeanette with an optimistic tone.
Back to the airport where the other teams are asking random persons for a taxi.
"This way?" Simon said.
The local nodded.
"Thank you so much." Marceline took the compliment.
They are off to the direction that the local gave them and they found a group of cabs. While the shot suddenly moved to The Imaginary Friends where they are still searching for a cab.
"This place is huge, dude! We will never find that faster!" Bloo said.
"Don't be a downer! We could just search around here." Mac commented.
"Alright, alright, we'll take your shots." Bloo frowned.
They run over the vicinity of the airport to finding nothing.
"That's it, dude! We searched around, we found zero taxis!" Bloo ranted.
"Well, we could just-"
"Come on, there's no way we could do it again! I'm tired, I'm going in myself!"
"What?" Mac noticed that Bloo runs away from him. "Wait, dude!"
Bloo didn't look back nor spoken as he notices and Mac followed Bloo.
The screen transitioned into a double screen where an additional view was added. They were Eileen and Margaret entering their taxi. Then, it zooms in to the said team.
"Okay, let's go to Le Cordon Bleu," Margaret informed their destination to the driver.
The taxi drove off from the airport.
Back to the Imaginary Friends where they found a taxi, luckily. They entered and sat down to negotiate.
"Sir, Le… Cor… don… Blue?" Bloo tries to read the name of the place.
"Le Cordon Bleu?" The driver responded.
"Yes, sir. Drive faster." Mac said and imitates a crazy and fast driver as the driver understands it and left.
While waiting for their destination, The Chipettes was mesmerized by the different structures of the city.
"No doubt the best city that I have ever visited," Jeanette admitted.
"Me too, if we get a challenge or a visit to the Eiffel Tower, I would be on cloud nine right now. This is just too sweet." Brittany charmed by a bridge in front of her, which contained many, many locks from the posts.
"I just wanna say that before every challenge, there's a stress reliever, to tone down pressure. Seeing incredible sights from an incredible city is one of those." Brittany said in the confessional.
Also, looking at the streets of Paris, Lori looked enchanted at possibly a farther view of Eiffel Tower.
"It's the Eiffel Tower! It's the Eiffel Tower!"
Lincoln frowned. "She's just hyper enough to see that tower over there. But for me, I want to taste their food badly!" Lincoln switched into his grinning smile.
While the other teams are viewing the places around Paris. The Chipmunks have different sights to settle.
"Well, Cordon Bleu… I think it sounds like a food or something?" Alvin assumed.
"Yeah, it's a food, Alvin. But probably, there's got to be a food-making contest here somewhere." Simon answered.
"If that could be the challenge, we could use the Express Pass, perhaps?"
Simon grabbed the Express Pass from his pocket and looked at it.
"Maybe, but I don't know, I just don't feel on using it."
"Don't feel using it?" Alvin raised an eyebrow to Simon.
"I mean, not right now. But let's see if we can do it without using this thing."
"Okay?" Alvin seemed confused at all. "I don't know how to put this way but… you look weird today."
"Eh, it's just normal. Having hundreds of thoughts flowing to my amygdala." Simon responded nonchalantly.
"What?" Alvin went dumbfounded at what Simon had said lastly.
After fifteen minutes of window viewing in downtown Paris, a team was spotted arriving at the Cordon Bleu place.
"Wait... look!" A finger raised up to see that there are two papers hanging in a wall nearby a door.
"What's the message?" Both of them looked at the message.
"Sign here first before taking your clue."
"Well, okay." A certain critter wrote down their names on the top of the first list.
"I got the clue!" The other one cried and opens it. "Roadblock. Who's the rising star of your team?"
"At this Roadblock, one team member will try to create a famous dessert that is simple in appearance, but complicated when making it: The Souffle!" Phil said. "Teams will follow the chef's way of making the sweet dessert and they must make one for themselves! When they think that they are done with their dish, they must serve it to the man in a black suit, which is the owner of the cooking school. Once he's satisfied with their dish…" Phil looks at the man as the latter showed the clue. "… he will hand over their next clue."
A few seconds of quietness started.
Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 1st Place
"I guess I can do this." Jeanette volunteered. "But I mean it's closed, right?"
The camera shots at the door where a message was posted. It said that it will open at 9AM.
"Yep, looks like we're going to be pushed back," Brittany said in a narcissistic tone.
"Hey look, it's the girls!" Both girls looked back to see that Karl and Luke arrived.
"Hey, guys!" Jeanette nervously waved them.
"Oh, hey there!" Karl greeted her back while Luke looked (no pun intended) at the papers in the wall.
"Sign the first one then get the clue over here." Jeanette pointed her finger to her right where the clue box is.
"Jeanette!" Brittany called her name. "I thought we won't help any them." She said in a mumbling tone.
"Yeah, I just always do that, okay? I'm sorry!" Jeanette nervously said.
"When we hear the blonde talking about her sister about interacting with us or the other teams, we were just a little bit disappointed at them. We thought that they are a good team, that's my opinion though, but if they stayed like that… well, it's up to them." Karl said in their confessional.
"It's like wrestling all over again, some teams will hate us or challenge us. That's just typical." Luke added.
"Thanks!" Luke said and opens the clue. "Who's the rising star of your team?"
Luke & Karl – currently in 2nd Place
Karl hums. "Okay, I'll do it!"
The Workers and The Adventurers also arrived and listed their names on the first paper respectively and grabbed the clues on the box.
"Who's the rising…" Eileen started.
Eileen & Margaret – currently in 3rd Place
"…star of your team?" Marceline finished the question. "I am!"
Marceline & Simon – currently in 4th Place
"I guess I am the rising star," Margaret answered the question.
"Not me?" Eileen responded.
"It's me actually."
"Well, okay, if you say so." Eileen shrugged.
"But where are we sleeping though?" Margaret asks a question.
"Let's just find one that is nearby."
"Yeah, that's a good idea." Margaret nodded as they walked away from the building.
Another team has arrived and it is in the form of Bloo and Mac as they saw the list. "Hey, there's a list there." Once Bloo said those words, he reads the message on top of it. "Sign here first before taking your clue."
Bloo & Mac – currently in 5th Place
"Okay." Mac listed their names on the second list since the first list is full. "I'm surprised that we are… number five!"
"That's good news! But I wonder how long are we gonna be here because we might go back to the bottom." Bloo commented but Mac didn't hear it as he was picking up the clue. "Dang it, Mac! Every time!"
"Roadblock! Who's the rising star of your team?" Mac reads the question.
"You do it, Mac! I know you can do it!" Bloo lightly punched Mac's shoulder, which earned a slight yelp.
"Dang it, why you always do that!" Mac receives the clue from Bloo as he reads the challenge, he frowns. "Wow… really."
"I always hate Mac teasing me much at the time, I don't even know what I'm going to do at the Roadblock, he just insists me to do it with a different approach," Mac said in the confessional.
After a thirty minute between the last team to arrive at the school, both The Chipmunks and The Siblings arrived at the same time. The former team listed their names first while the latter team wrote last on the note and grabbed their clues from the box.
"Who's the rising star of your team?" Alvin reads the question.
Alvin & Simon – currently in 6th Place
"We already know who will take this one, right?" Simon obviously knows what's coming up.
"You don't need to say it!" Alvin nervously chuckles and taps Alvin's upper back lightly. "I'll do it!"
While the other team were skimming to the question.
Lincoln & Lori – currently in Last Place
"Lincoln. You know what to do…" Lori looked at Lincoln.
"Fine." Lincoln accepts the challenge. "But I guess we will wait an hour to catch up with them. That's depressing." He sighed.
"That's alright, everyone has flaws at every kind, and you of course." Lori tries to cheer up her little bro, which Lincoln smiled a bit.
The Siblings walked off the front of the school, while the screen fades out into black for a commercial break!
9:00AM
A montage of people and the shot of the Le Cordon Bleu was shown on the screen. After a few hours, they all made inside and looked around the surroundings of the cooking school; they all seemed amazed at the structure of the place.
"This looks gorgeous!" Marceline said first.
"For some reason, I like their decorations here. It seems fitting to their simple theme." Luke admitted.
"This is so unique! I wanna touch them!" Brittany was the most flabbergasted, she had her mouth open wide, due to the unique and fancy cooking equipment.
"You know that it's a bad idea to touch them when they are in the COOKING ROOM RIGHT NOW!" Brittany loudly said the last words, which made Jeanette startled at her position and run as fast as she can to the room.
The other teams chuckled and laughed at what just happened there, Brittany crossed her arms and turned away to the teams.
First Batch:
Jeanette
Karl
Marceline
Margaret
In the cooking room, the first four participants in their aprons and hats are on their slots right now with their equipment and ingredients prepared in the long steel table.
The chef started talking to them but he was speaking in his own language, French. Which the competitors don't understand the language and at what the chef is talking about.
"I can't barely understand what this guy has just said to us. Does he have some knowledge on the English language?" Karl said in the confessional.
"One of the reasons why a race around the world is so hard is language, the language barrier. But they didn't know that I have some words in French that I could use and understand." Jeanette admitted in the confessional.
The chef was finished explaining the steps on making the dish. With no understanding in French and only knew the demonstration, all of them started making one. They started by using the brush and grabbed the softened part of the butter and brushed it into the soufflé mode.
They seemed done it pretty well. Then, they all use the pan to put the other part of the butter to melt it.
"I don't know how many butters should I use, but maybe this won't change the taste of the dish." Karl hoped.
Marceline was checking her butter.
"I never cooked this kind of food, but all I can see is that… I'll definitely screw up on this one." Marceline nervously chuckled.
Margaret seemed to be quiet at some time now, she was grating cheese and puts the grated cheese into a bowl.
"I just think this dessert seemed to be a hard thing to do in making sweets. But if you have done it alright, you will go up straight to the top!" Margaret said in the confessional.
The butter was melted, when they noticed that their butter was dissolved. They put some flour, all of them put different measurements of the said ingredient into the pan, this might affect the appearance or taste of the sweets. And they stirred it well.
Outside of the cooking room, the remaining pairs are getting worried about now.
"How long could this cooking be?" Bloo complained.
"We don't know about anything about that dish, but we make sure that we can catch up with them!" Mac replied.
Alvin seemed to be nervous as he was playing his hands weirdly.
"Alvin, don't get too worried. The soufflé could take a half an hour or an hour, if possible." Simon said.
"I'm not worried about that because I could mess the room there. That could cost us the race!" Alvin replied.
"You know what, Alvin? That's one of the reasons why we are the best team ever here! We can demolish them and we can crush them! Or in this case, you can break anything there!" Simon tries to motivate Alvin. "Alvin, play your game!"
Alvin nodded and his confidence goes back on track.
While Lincoln exhales the air into his hand and rubs it to prepare for the challenge.
"I know how to cook than to my other sisters, except for Lynn. But this one is one of my challenging yet in my life! I know how the race works, but I'm going to make sure that I'll leave this place in a turn!" Lincoln said in the confessional in confidence.
Back into the Roadblock challenge, Marceline already put in her entry to the oven. While the others are still stirring their sauce with egg yolks.
"Marceline, are you done already?" Margaret asked.
"Yeah, I just put it on the oven," Marceline answered.
"I think Marcy forgot something," Jeanette whispered into the camera while stirring the sauce. "She just cost her team, a putback."
The camera shots at the bowl that is filled with egg yolk.
"Done!" Jeanette cried out, followed by Karl and Margaret.
"Wow! We just finished at the same time. That's good! Flour Power!" Karl joked and raises his fist to the sky, which made the other participants raised their fists too.
"Flour Power!" The girls cried.
After ten minutes of waiting, Marceline thinks that her dish was done as she opened the lid of the mechanism. She grabbed the dish and put it into a plate to avoid heat contact.
She went out of the room and saw the owner of the place, sitting in a fancy chair and table. She puts down the dish.
"Bonjour! Hope you liked it!" She grinned and puts her arms in her back, while the judge tastes the dish.
The owner wiped his mouth and says his decision.
"It's bad. You never put egg on it?"
"Egg? Wait a minute…" She tries to recall at that particular time, she realized that she forgot to put the egg yolk into the mix. "Thank you!" Marceline nervously chuckled, grabbed the dish and went back. "Crap, crap, crap! I forgot about it. Damn it!"
"Oh, my God! I think I just made the biggest mistake of my life!" Marceline said in the confessional.
"Well, this could be the doomsday that I predicted…"
Marceline started to cook again. While the others are done heating up their dish, they put their soufflés in their plates and slowly walks out of the room, one by one.
Jeanette came first as she puts down her dish.
"Bonjour, voici ton souffle, monsieur. (Hello, here's your souffle, sir.)" Jeanette used the country's language to communicate the owner and smiled at him.
"Oui." The judge nodded as he tastes the dish.
"Come on, please be it!" Jeanette prayed to the Gods.
"Hope that he like the food," Brittany said to the camera.
After a few seconds of tasting the food, he nodded and showed the clue, which made Jeanette jumped in celebration.
Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 1st Place
"Yes!" Brittany cried.
"Merci, monsieur. (Thank you, sir.)" Jeanette bowed down as a sign of respect as she grabbed the clue.
"Merci aussi! (Thank you too!)" The owner replied.
Jeanette left the table and Brittany follows her to the outside.
"Great job, Jeanette!" Brittany praised her sister.
"Well, language class is the key. So yeah…" Jeanette giggled and rips the clue off.
They saw in the clue that there is a paper on it as they read the next instruction.
"The team member who did the Roadblock challenge will check the heart rate and write it down on the paper…"
"Okay." Jeanette wrote down her rate, her rate was 133. "Done."
"Make your way to Square Louise-Michel…" Brittany reads the next instruction.
"Teams will now make their way to Square Louise-Michel and they must find the Le Fantôme Blanc if they can manage to find it, which is this street mime…" Phil was beside with a mime who is doing basic illusions. "…he will hand over their next clue."
"…and look for the Le Fantôme Blanc."
"Okay, let's go!" Brittany took over as they find a taxi quickly.
When they entered, they asked their location and the driver knew the place as they drove off.
Back into the judging portion, Karl's dish came up next and the judge started tasted the dish.
"I hope it's good or I hope I won't take another chance on making that," Karl confessed.
The owner finished eating the soufflé and Karl's dish earned a thumbs up. Karl clapped.
Luke & Karl – currently in 2nd Place
"Woo!"
"I like it; you cook for me next time." The judge joked at Karl, which earned a laugh from both of them.
"Yes, I will." Karl nodded and grabbed the clue.
Next in line was Margaret, she put down the dish and the judge looked at the appearance of it.
"From appearance, perfect." He looked amazed at the fluffy look of Margaret's soufflé.
"Thanks." Margaret grinned.
Then, the judge tastes her dish now and chews it slowly to observe and feel the taste. After swallowing it, he went quiet for a few seconds, until…
"Congratulations, here's your clue." The owner showed the clue and Margaret picks it up.
Eileen & Margaret – currently in 3rd Place
"Thank you so much!" Margaret bowed down. "Whew! That was a fantastic thing to make, to be honest." She huffed.
Eileen soon came over Margaret and went out to read the clue.
"What's your rate, Margaret?" Eileen asked.
"135." Margaret wrote down the number.
"Geez, you're that pressured?"
"I guess so…" Margaret nervously chuckles and scratchers her hair.
"Make your way to Square Louise-Michel and look for the Le Fantôme Blanc." Eileen reads the instructions.
"Oh, they're still here and we could outrun them," Margaret said.
Eileen only hummed and nodded as they found a taxi and managed to outlast The Wrestlers.
"Good job, Margaret!" Eileen praised her partner.
They gave themselves a high-five and smiles at each other.
The Wrestlers got out of the school and reads the clue.
"The team member who did the Roadblock challenge will check the heart rate and write it down on the paper…"
Karl wrote down his rate. "125. Too tight."
Luke continues the reading and carried on and saw The Workers found a taxi already.
"Damn it, they found one, Luke!" Karl said.
"I don't see any taxis here, maybe we should walk for a few meters," Luke suggested as they run faster.
"Found one over there!" Karl pointed his finger to a taxi, where a passenger exited at the vehicle.
They managed to go there and entered.
"Square Louise-Michel?" Luke said their destination.
The driver didn't nod nor gestured as they left away from the street.
The scene turns back to the cooking school where Marceline grated some cheese over the bowls.
"This seems to be the worst thing I've ever done in my life…"
While the vampire woman does the cooking, the other participants who waited for an hour, got their cue and wear their cooking attire.
"You can do it! I know you can do it!" Bloo shouted.
"I know, I know!" Mac answered hesitantly.
"Alright, just do whatever you do." Simon obviously knows what Alvin's gonna do.
"From Extreme Maniac Alvin to Simple Chef Alvin!" Alvin called.
Simon let out a soft groan and frowned.
"I know you can do this, Lincoln!" Lori tries to cheer her up.
"I know I'm gonna be sucked at this." Lincoln covers herself.
"Don't worry, just be yourself." Lori winked.
Lincoln smiled and nodded.
Second Batch:
Mac
Alvin
Lincoln
Their cue is up and made their way to the cooking room and saw Marceline mixing something.
"Hey look, someone's here!" Mac said.
"When we saw someone cooking and its Marceline of all people, we know it's gonna be an unpredictable one…" Lincoln said in the confessional.
"Hey, guys, what's up?" Marceline replied.
"Just starting. That's all."
The chef was on the other side where he started teaching them how to make a soufflé.
"They are gonna get sucked at the demonstration…" Marceline said quietly. "Time to put this up into the cup…"
She put the final touch to the soufflé cups and puts it on the oven.
"Crucial part? Waiting for it to be perfect…"
The shot of Marceline's dish was seen.
Then the scene cuts to the Square Louise-Michel where a team arrived at the said place.
"Hey, this looks big than I think of it," Luke said.
"Now this is a challenge! Come on, let's split up!" Karl was the current commander of their teams and they scrambled off the square where they find this particular thing.
The screen points to Karl.
"Where do we find this thing? What's the name of the thing that we need to find? Damn it! I forgot!"
Due to Karl's forgetting about the details, he went back to the starting point and tries to find Luke where he got the clue.
"Okay, so we need to find this… uhm… uhh…" Luke has a hard time reading on a certain French word.
"Hey, dude!"
Luke caught the attention of a loud echo as he looked back, he saw Karl who was running to him.
"Oh, what's with the return?"
Karl panted. "We need to stick together. I forgot the word that I'm looking for."
Luke crossed his arms and shook his head slowly in disappointment.
"You know the one thing that I hate Karl the most? He's always forgetting something or whatever instructs to him. It's stupid and ridiculous!" Luke said in the confessional.
"Okay, okay, dude. You're that stupid." Luke puts his shoulder to Karl's shoulder.
"Come on!" Karl exclaimed.
Luke chuckled. "Chill, chill, this is just some hardcore training once again. Come on, let's finish this."
They started walking and exploring the square to find the next clue.
Back to the bleu, the remaining participants are still cooking and measuring the ingredients carefully. Except for Marceline, who just finished waiting for her serving and notice something.
"Wait, why are they not big?"
"When the moment I saw the dish isn't growing like a bubble, I was just getting out of control and panicked," Marceline said in the confessional.
Marceline was running in circles; she doesn't know what to do.
The stressed part was highlighted and it goes slow-mo until it fades to black for a commercial break!
Back to the kitchen where Marceline was conflicted at the task. The other competitors noticed this.
"Whoa, is Marceline okay?" Lincoln with concern on his face.
"I-I don't know! I'm just doing some—"
A cracking sound echoed through the room.
"…thing."
Alvin looked down as the egg stray fell down to the floor and the eggs got cracked in half, spreading the contents all over the floor.
"Wow, this-this thing and Lincoln is stressing me out," Alvin muttered.
"Hey, are you okay?" Lincoln asked.
"Nah…" Alvin waving off Lincoln. "I'm fine, I'm just gonna get some more eggs."
Lincoln shrugged while Mac noticed the small conversation of the two.
"I think the white hair boy didn't saw the small chipmunk getting mad or what, I think I'm gonna be like 'Hey, hey! Will you cut it out?'. I figure it out that this might give me some advantage in overtaking the others." Mac said in the confessional.
While the remaining three competitors are still on dolloping their way to the end, Marceline was standing there, trying to think of an idea.
"If only I could blow this dessert, I think that's an obvious one to catch," Marceline said to herself.
"My third time… my third time to make this small but intimidating dish, I know I'm not gonna blow this up again." Marceline said in the confessional.
Marceline setting up the small soufflé cups and puts a little butter in every cup.
"Brush first…"
She brushed and spread the dairy ingredient into the whole cup.
While Mac was filling the sauce into every soufflé mode until he filled the last one.
"Okay, this is gonna be sweet!" Mac grabbed a stick and taps the sauce. "Smooth. I like it."
Without no time to waste, he puts the four cups into the oven and set the timer and the heat.
Back to the plaza where The Wrestlers are struggling to find this specific thing.
"…Le Phan-tom Blanc? What's that supposed to mean?" Karl said.
"Well, we asked many people and we spend like an hour here, the answer is, I don't know!" Luke answered.
"If we get to that mime dude that is still there, we should ask him. I don't know if he knows that or not, we still be bros, right?"
"Over exaggeration, bro. Come on!"
They both ran to a certain mime that is doing some tricks, like most of them.
"Hey, you know Le…" Karl gestured like a mime. "Phantom…" He gestured again. "…Blank?"
The artist showed more tricks as he showed a clue to them. When the mime showed the clue, they froze for seconds to realize that they were wasting time finding this one certain detail.
Karl was rubbing his face in shame and looked at his brother who just looked at him. After a few seconds, they laughed.
"Well, that's one big trick!" Karl said.
"I don't know why this got us harder!" Luke agrees as he grabbed the clue. "Detour. Grab a Crab or Bust a Crab?"
"Teams will choose two options that require them to take their strengths and fear of one of the most intimidating creatures of the water kingdom, the crab. Their choices: Grab a Crab or Bust a Crab?"
In Grab a Crab, teams will have to travel more than 8 miles outside of Paris to the port of Pêcheurs Buster where they will catch some fresh crabs by using a fish net. Once they collected more than 16 pounds of crabs, they must go back to the dock to weigh in their catch and if it passes the requirement, the fish seller will hand over their next clue.
At this Detour, teams require patience and strength for this particular challenge.
In Bust a Crab, teams will have to travel 2 miles within the city to La Coupole Restaurant and they must make a French signature seafood dish known as 'The Royal Platter'. But before making the big platter, they will shuck and crack crabs to meet the chef's standards. Once the arrangement is correct in every position, the head chef will hand over their next clue.
At this Detour, teams needed to be in detail and cooperative at this challenge."
Luke & Karl – currently in 1st Place
"…after taking the Detour, teams will require to record their heartbeat rate and wrote it down at a paper which will be in the next clue." Luke finished reading the whole details.
"I'd say Bust a Crab. The other one is so far away!" Karl made up his mind.
"Okay, I'm fine with it." Luke agrees. "But hey, we never saw the girls here until now."
"That's a big, big news. Now come on!" Karl invites his partner.
They leave the square to find a taxi.
Back to the cooking challenge where Alvin and Lincoln also put their dishes into their respective ovens as they waited for the right time to let it all out. While Mac is still observing the changes of his dish as he noticed something.
"Hey, is that?" Mac said.
His entries were bursting and puffing out as it was seen by the other boys on the room, they seemed amazed at the transformation.
"That looks great, man!" Lincoln said.
"I gotta be honest, that looks awesome! I wish mine was also awesome, but I'll guess I'll wait for it to shine." Alvin also commented.
"Thanks!" Mac smiled as the timer went off, he knew it was the time to put out his masterpiece.
Mac carefully released the soufflé from the oven to the table.
"Time to finish this." He said with confidence.
The young kid grabbed the entries and exited the kitchen. Bloo was surprised at this.
"Wow, he finished first!" Bloo pouted.
Mac made his way to the owner to show his pieces of the dish.
"Enjoy those fluffy cakes. Hehe." He nervously chuckled.
The owner looked first at the appearance and seemed amazed by it.
"Beautiful."
"Thanks!" Mac commented.
While the spectators seemed to be astonished by the masterpiece of Mac, even his partner.
Then the owner scoops up a piece of soufflé and ate it. Once he chewed it, he swallowed it already to make a decision.
He nodded. "Congratulations!" He showed the clue to Mac, while Bloo jumped in celebration.
Bloo & Mac – currently in 4th Place
"Thank you so much!" Mac responded and shakes hand with the owner and grabbed the clue. "Bloo! Come on!"
"On my way!" Bloo jumped from the chair to meet with his partner.
Mac opens the clue, saw a paper and reads the first part of the clue. "I got 130." He wrote it down on the paper.
"Make your way to Square Louise-Michel and look for the Le Fantôme Blanc. What's that?" Bloo said.
"No time to answer that, we gotta go!" Mac responded.
"Okay, sure!"
They left the cooking school and found a taxi.
"You know Square Louise-Michel?" Mac asked the driver.
The driver only nodded and started driving.
While The Wrestlers left, The Workers arrived and started thinking about their strategies.
"So what is that phantom thingy again?" Eileen asked.
"Well, if we ask some people here, it will help us surely," Margaret answered.
"Fine with me, but how can we manage to talk to them if there are too many of them!"
"I guess we'll have to try and try." Margaret shrugged.
They started walking and attempting to talk to the people in the park.
While in the kitchen, Marceline also served her dishes into the oven and looks over to the oven as she waits for her soufflé to be in perfection.
"It's different than the last one, maybe I forgot to add something again." She smacked her forehead.
"All I can say is that I learned a lot from cooking, especially at this Roadblock. I had so many errors ahead and got caught on the line. So let's just say I'm taking this as a lesson, somehow." Marceline chuckled while confessing.
While the two men think that their servings are ready to eat as they released it from the oven and slowly walks towards to the owner.
"I hope he got that right. But golly, that's one horrible soufflé." Simon judges Alvin's dish.
The appearance of Alvin's soufflé was horrible. It was flat and somehow messy on the surrounding of the soufflé mode, the owner also notices this.
"This looks bad… but let's see the taste. Taste is more important than the appearance."
"Thank God for the chef, he passes the look of my dish. I swear if it didn't go so well, I would be disintegrated into pieces!" Alvin acts like a pained man.
"Wow Alvin, I never heard you saying that word. I thought you hate long words." Simon chimed in.
"You know there's a thing called dictionary, right? I always do that when I got some free time." Alvin crossed his arms.
Simon was half astonished and half confused by the answer of his brother.
"Alvin? Are you not feeling well?"
Alvin only frowned.
The owner took a bite of Alvin's sample when he swallowed the food, he made up his decision.
"Please-please-please-please! Please let it be good!" Alvin pleaded.
"Okay." The man in the suit nodded and showed the clue to the chipmunk. "Congratulations."
Alvin gasped while Simon was open-mouthed when he heard the final judgement of the owner and slowly claps like a dumb man.
Alvin & Simon – currently in 5th Place
"Thank you so much!" Alvin shakes the hand of the owner and grabs the clue. "Hey, Simon~"
Alvin made his way to his brother to show the clue, while Simon slowly walking towards Alvin.
"Simon! I'll just read the clue before you speak something stupid!" Alvin rips off the clue and reads the first instruction. "My rate is 139." He wrote the number on a scratch paper. "Alright, you read this for me."
Simon grabbed the clue nonchalantly and didn't say anything, instead, he scanned the next detail. While Alvin only looked at the instructions.
"Okay, Simon! We'll just go right away."
Alvin exited the premise while Simon looked at the camera to say something.
"What the heck just happened?" He pointed to the now cheerful Alvin.
While back to the judgement, it was Lincoln's turn to showcase his soufflé.
"I hope he likes the dish." Lori wished.
"I hope you like the souffle, sir." He grinned.
The owner took a cut from one of Lincoln's dish and sends off to his mouth for a mouthful observation. After a few chews and a swallow, he made the final decision.
"Congratulations!" The owner showed the clue to the boy as the latter grabbed it.
Lincoln & Lori – currently in 6th Place
"Thank you so much!" Lincoln shakes his hand. "Lori, I got it!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Lori jumped and snaps the clue out of Lincoln. "Make your way to Square Louise-Michel and look for the Le Fantôme Blanc."
"Let's go! And I hope we visit Eiffel Tower for once!" Lori can't wait for herself.
"Eh whatever, let's just go and see what happens next." Lincoln didn't care for their next destination or dream places.
They went out of the cooking school to hunt for a taxi.
While at the square, The Chipettes arrived at the scene and started walking to the center of the park.
"Excuse me, you know Le Fantome Blanc?" Brittany asked a person.
That person didn't respond.
"She doesn't know, Jeanette."
"We should keep asking them," Jeanette suggested.
"Ugh! Fine! We're still here and we found nothing!" Brittany complained.
The Chipettes continued while The Workers are also struggling with the task.
"So we still got no lead! How are we gonna deal with this?" Eileen asked.
"I don't know… we'll just keep moving…" Margaret answered while huffing.
"Okay, but if we found none, we'll just go to that clown right there…" Eileen looked down to a certain clown that is dancing and doing tricks. "…or was it a mime? I'm confused."
The Imaginary Friends also arrived shortly and does discuss a plan for a moment.
"What's this Le Fantome Blanc?" Mac asking himself and for Bloo.
"Maybe we ask this goofy clown for a moment, maybe he knows—"
"No, Bloo! That's stupid, how can a clown answer th—"
Mac got interrupted when Bloo asked this certain entertainer, and it turned out that Bloo was right. Bloo was holding the clue and waves it to Mac, who couldn't believe for a second.
Bloo & Mac – currently in 2nd Place
"Now do you believe me now, huh?" Bloo with a smirk on his face.
"What? How?"
"It's by the luck from the heaven that gave me this!"
"Come on, just read the clue!"
Bloo opened the clue. "Detour. Grab a Crab or Bust a Crab? The first one looked ridiculous."
"Yeah, and it says that we will travel eight miles. So it basically means a waste of time!" Mac agrees.
"Okay, let's choose the bust one."
Mac nodded as they went on to the taxi that luckily stayed for them.
While they didn't know that The Chipettes was looking at them madly and unsurely.
"Are you kidding me? They just got that quickly? Is that clown the clue? How is that possible?" Brittany barked.
"I-I didn't know that it was there!" Jeanette shared the same sentiments as Brittany.
"Come on, sugar! We're going down there!" Brittany commanded as they ran.
While The Chipettes was running downwards, The Workers also saw the whole commotion.
"The clown, huh? That's thirty-minute guarantee of a changer! Damn it!" Eileen said.
"Let's chase those girls! I know we can catch them!" Margaret took charge as they ran also towards to the mime.
At the aforementioned mime, The Chipettes arrived there to meet the artist.
"Hello! Can you give us the clue, please?" Jeanette took the cue.
The artist did a spinning dance and gave the clue to the brown-haired chipmunk.
Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 3rd Place
"Thanks! I like it!" Jeanette applauded the short performance.
"Jeanette!"
"Yeah, right." Jeanette opened the clue. "Grab a Crab or Bust a Crab?"
"We'll do Grab a Crab!" Brittany decided.
"I don't know but time is our enemy at this one. Should we really do it through?"
"Of course! It's only time, the challenge is easy. Maybe we could finish it for like twenty minutes!"
Jeanette sighed in defeat. "Okay, whatever you say."
"Come on, there's another team coming!"
They left the park to search for a taxi.
While Eileen and Margaret also arrived at the mime artist and exactly did the same to the last team.
"Thank you!" They both clapped and Margaret grasped the clue from the performer.
Eileen & Margaret – currently in 4th Place
"Detour. Grab a Crab or Bust a Crab?"
"Bust a Crab, duh!" Eileen made up her mind.
"Yep, for the experience!"
"For the experience!"
They both raised their hands and started walking out of the park.
A shot of different portions of a certain restaurant was shown. Then the insides of it, from foods to the people. The Wrestlers arrived at the restaurant.
"This is some good ol' fancy restaurant I should say!" Karl said in the worst Texan accent ever.
"Come on, we're not in Dallas!" Luke cuts Karl off.
They entered the kitchen and both are wearing cooking attires.
"Woo! We're going master, baby!" Karl exclaimed.
They saw an example of a Royal Platter and took notes.
"There's some crabs, lemons, shrimps, and clams," Luke said.
"Don't forget about the sauces! They're delicious!" Karl added.
"Yeah, yeah, let's start the cutting."
Karl pick up some closed shells while Luke grabs a crab as he doesn't know how to cut it.
"Wow, this crab is one big fella."
"I guess these clams are small, but they are terrible." Karl was using a knife to open the content of the clam.
"Damn right, these are a tough son of a guns to deal with." Luke kept looking at the size of the seafood.
Back at the cooking school where Marceline finally takes out her soufflé and made her way to the owner.
"Whoo!" She wiped some sweat on her face. "I hope it goes well."
"Come on! Come on!" Simon muttered.
The owner took a bite and chews the content slowly. After swallowing it, he wiped his lip with his clean handkerchief.
"Okay. Congratulations."
"Thank you!" Marceline shakes hand with the owner and picks up the clue.
"Finally!" Simon exclaimed.
The Adventurers met up nearby the door as Marceline rips off the clue.
Marceline & Simon – currently in Last Place
"Make your way to Square Louise-Michel and look for the Le Fantôme Blanc." Marceline reads the clue.
"Yeah, let's just get some taxi right there." Simon pointed to the door.
"Sure, sure."
After that, they went outside and found a taxi within a few seconds.
"Pêcheurs Buster?" Simon asks the driver.
"Oui." The driver nodded.
"Okay, faster. Oh wait, how do you say thank you in French again?" Marceline did forget a simple French word.
"Merci." The driver responded.
"Oh…" She chuckled. "Merci, merci."
Back at the park, The Siblings arrived at the park where they try to brainstorm about the next task.
"So what do we need to find?" Lori said first.
"Some sort of a thing called…" Lincoln looked back at the clue. "Le… Fantome… Blanc…"
"Le Fantome Blanc?"
Their planning was interrupted by a guy in a bicycle who heard the overall voice of the team.
"You know, sir?" Lori asked him.
The biker pointed to his right to a certain mime who was performing random tricks.
"Oh! Thank you, sir!" Lincoln smiled.
They went to the aforementioned mime who was doing illusions.
"Clue?" Lori took charge.
The mime grabbed the clue from his suit as Lori picks it up and opens it.
Lincoln & Lori – currently in 5th Place
"It's a Detour! Grab a Crab or Bust a Crab?"
"Bust a Crab!" Lincoln exclaimed.
"Well, that's the only way we could survive this leg." Lori has no hesitation but to prefer the latter option from the Detour.
They leave the park to go back to their taxi who just waited for them.
While The Chipmunks also arrived at the scene.
"That clown!" Simon cried.
"What about that clown?" Alvin got confused at first.
"That's where our clue is." Simon somehow figures it out already.
"Oh, I see." Alvin walking towards to the entertainer. "You have some clue for us?" He gave an innocent grin.
The mime nodded and showed the clue to the extreme-headed chipmunk.
Alvin & Simon – currently in 6th Place
"Thank you!" Alvin then rips off the clue. "Detour. Grab a Crab or Bust a Crab? I would say Bust a Crab!"
"Wait…" Simon notices the ending note on the Bust a Crab detail. "Note. Limited slots only."
"Well, damn. So what's the final decision?"
"We don't want to consume some time waiting for a team to finish, they might take an hour or longer," Simon explained.
"So Grab a Crab?"
"Yeah." Simon nodded.
Alvin reads the details of the first option. "Eight miles? That's so far away!"
"I know. We will take the risk, no matter what! But seriously, Alvin always said that, right? 'Cause you're the extreme man in the family."
"Well, okay, impersonator of mine." Alvin only chuckled.
Simon groaned. "Come on, we don't want to be whacked by some other teams."
They soon made back to the taxi and left the square.
A shot of small fishing boats, fish catches were seen as we go to the dock where The Chipettes arrived safely and made their way to the safety gear section and grabs one each.
"To be honest, I never did this kind of fishing. The fishing rod method is good as usual, but using a net? That's heavy duty!" Jeanette said in the confessional.
"I really hate the reek of the fishes." Brittany followed.
Soon they chose a fishing boat and proceeds to move into the sea.
"Sun's great as always." Jeanette obviously was amazed at the view of the sun.
"We need twenty-six pounds of fishes! Wow, that's a lot." Brittany reminds Jeanette about the task.
Back to the restaurant where The Imaginary Friends started taking off the shells of the clams.
"Mac, you know you can do it with your own hand, right?" Bloo seemed confused at what Mac was doing.
Mac was using a knife to remove the shell. "The shells are so hard to crack, that's why." Mac then looks to his partner and went wide eye. "Bloo, what are you doing?"
The blue creature wasn't using a knife to remove the shell, he was using his bare hands.
"What?" Bloo just successfully removed the top shell.
"For some reason, I really forgot that Bloo isn't a human. He just likes to rip off those things like that. Why did I forget this already?!" Mac said in the confessional.
"Give me those babies, you'll do the crabs!" Bloo assigned his human buddy to do something different.
While The Wrestlers think their platter is placed well.
"I think that's it! Main course fountain." Karl looked at their platter. "You ready?"
"Of course, I am!" Luke answered.
They picked up the heavy seafood platter and walked towards a table which consisted of three chefs who were waiting for them. They put down safely the dish. Both men didn't react as they waited for the chefs to decide.
"No, it's not correct."
"Oh, okay, thank you. We will be right back." Luke said as they picked up the platter again.
While Mac just ripped off the crab into parts.
"Ah, finally! These heavy seafood are killing me, like my allergy!"
"You have allergies?" Bloo chimed in.
"Yeah, but first, do the job."
While at the boat, Jeanette took control while Brittany was the lookover for the volume of fishes which came into the open fishnet.
"Is it good now?" Jeanette asked.
"Not yet," Brittany answered.
More fishes came over to the net faster than Brittany expects.
"This is a lot! Maybe a little more…"
The fish spree continues to spread as more fishes jump into the net.
"Closer… Now! Jeanette close and the net!"
Jeanette pressed a button to close the net and then pulls the rope and carefully pulls but struggles to move the rope.
"Brit! I need help here!"
"Oh shoot!"
Brittany made her way to Jeanette and cups the rope and uses her force to pull the ropes, it moved up slowly until it hangs in the air. Jeanette grabbed the net and puts down to the floor.
"Do you think this is enough?" Brittany asked Jeanette.
The smarty chipette took a shot to the quantity of the fishes and looked at Brittany.
"We need another batch; I think that's half of it."
Brittany sighed. "Fine. I hope we can get out of this quickly."
"Chill out, Brit, we're still in the race."
"Okay, okay, shall we continue?"
Brittany grabbed a new fish net and puts it on the hook.
While at the square, The Adventurers arrived last to the park where they go to the clown as he gave up the clue to them.
Marceline & Simon – currently in Last Place
"Thank you!" Marceline greeted the performer.
"Detour. Grab a Crab or Bust a Crab?" Simon reads the question.
"Grab a Crab looks easy enough." Marceline chose the Detour.
"Yeah, let's do some fishing. There are only limited slots for the other one."
"Well, come on!"
They went back to their taxi and left the square.
In the dock, we saw The Chipmunks arrived in the place and quickly wore their safety gears.
"We'll take this boat right away." Alvin no time to choose a vehicle and soon the pair went off.
"So someone is still doing this, huh?" Simon questioned.
"Probably."
Back to the restaurant where The Workers arrived at the kitchen and wears their apron and hats.
"Alright, let's see the platter first," Margaret said.
They looked at the sample of a platter and observed some details.
"The platter is so big and the seafood was one of them. I don't think that one person can finish this. It's like a holy grail of the food kingdom." Margaret said in the confessional.
"Good for the meat lovers, they won't probably meet Death just yet." Eileen joked.
"There's some sauce behind the prawns, some lemons too. Seafood overall." Margaret concluded. "Come on, let's make it fancy!"
Eileen nodded and started with breaking shells of the clams.
While The Imaginary Friends are on the verge of finishing the platter.
"This looks like the finishing touch." Mac puts the final piece of a crab to the top.
While Bloo noticed something in the middle part. "Hey, Mac! You forgot to put the sauce here."
"What?" Mac soon checked the concerned part of the platter. "Oh yeah! Great eyes there, Bloo!" He put a bowl filled with sauce beside the clams.
"I guess we're set!" Bloo concluded.
They grabbed sides of the platter and carefully walks toward to the chefs; they put down their serving for a check.
"It is correct. Congratulations!"
Bloo & Mac – currently in 1st Place
Both of them cannot believe that they have done it quicker than the other teams. While the other teams saw the celebration, they were astounded at the moment.
"Did they just finished before us?" Karl asked.
"I think so," Luke answered.
"Wow, they were behind us and then they took the W."
While The Workers were working on the crab when they saw the cheering team.
"Can't believe they surpass these big dudes," Eileen said.
"Yeah, I mean there's no way, isn't it?" Margaret added.
Eileen only shrugged.
While outside of the kitchen, a chef gave them a postcard and Mac grabs it.
"So it's the clue, right? Oh and I forgot we'll write our rate in the paper again. I got 65."
"69," Bloo responded and wrote their rate to the paper.
"Teams will have to figure out that they will go to the place in the postcard which is the resemblance of Pont Alexandre III Bridge where they will find their next clue," Phil said the next information.
"Come on, let's just ask the driver, right?" Mac suggested.
"Right, right."
They went out of the restaurant and made their way to their taxi.
"Sir, you know this place?" Mac asked the driver as he gave the picture to him.
"Pont Alexandre." The driver answered and gave a thumbs up and the postcard back to Mac.
"Alright, this is gonna be a fantastic moment! I can feel it!" Bloo felt hyped.
While at the sea, the boat that contained The Chipmunks made into the best fishing spot and they saw another boat that contained another team.
"It's Jeanette and Brittany!" Simon looked over.
"Oh, it's them. We're going to surpass them, alright. Put the net into the hook." Alvin commanded.
Simon complied and hangs the net into the hook, he gave Alvin a go signal and pushes the button.
While at the other boat, The Chipettes successfully pulled off another net into the air and Jeanette puts it down to the floor.
"That's a lot of fish than the other one. We should go back." Jeanette analyzed.
"Are you sure about that?" Brittany was unsure.
"Yeah, it's heavier than the first one, like I said."
"Okay, captain. We need to go back." Brittany asked the captain.
The captain nodded and moves away to the spot.
Back into the fancy kitchen where The Siblings arrived and wore their cooking attires.
"Alright, where should we start?" Lori examines the sample platter.
"Uhm, crabs?" Lincoln was uncertain at his answer.
"Alright, grab one."
Lincoln did the favor and started doing some cuts to the food.
While The Workers finished decorating their platter and think that it's time to check for it.
"It's all done." Eileen looked even more to the presentation. "It looks fantastic though."
"I know! Come on, let's show this." Margaret recommended.
They picked up their platter easily and went to the chefs.
"Careful." Margaret reminding Eileen.
They dropped it to the table and soon the chefs check every side of it.
"No! It's unacceptable."
"What?" Margaret reacted.
"Alright, we'll just go back and fix something," Eileen said.
They slowly grabbed the bottom of the platter.
Back to the shore where The Chipettes arrived with their heavy nets and took them into a platform weighing machine as Brittany's net took the weight first.
"13.4 pounds. Nice!"
Then Jeanette's net is on the line.
"We need half of it." Jeanette calculates. "15 pounds. That's it!"
"Yes!" Brittany cried. "Wait, did the clue said that we should record our heartbeat after the Detour?"
"Oh, I almost forgot about that! I got 78." Jeanette wrote down her rate into the paper.
"75." Brittany wrote it down into the paper also.
The fish seller gave them a postcard and both girls looked at the image.
Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 2nd Place
"What is it now?" Brittany looked at Jeanette.
"It's a clue probably. We'll ask the taxi driver." Jeanette responded.
"Great idea. Let's get out of here!"
They ran into their taxi and asked the driver as Jeanette gave the postcard to the old man.
The driver only nodded.
"He knows. Thank goodness." Jeanette sighed in relief.
"Come on, let's drive faster!" Brittany cried.
The taxi drove out of the port's compound and enters the road again.
Back to the boat, The Chipmunks pulls the rope and hangs the net successfully. Alvin took charge to put it down to the board.
"This thing… heavy…" Alvin said while carrying the heavy fishnet.
"I think we need to decrease the volume of it, it's so heavy that you can't walk normally." Simon hypothesized.
"Yeah…" Alvin was breathing heavily and lies down to the board. "That was really heavy."
"Come on, Alvin. I thought we were trying to catch the girls up." Simon convincing his brother to continue.
"Yeah, yeah." Alvin stood up and stretches. "Gimme a minute."
Simon only frowned.
"Alvin is not your typical partner for this kind of challenges, he's just patient. It's so different!" Simon said in the confessional.
Back to the restaurant where Luke and Karl was almost done with their preparation on the platter.
"We are missing something, dude," Karl said.
"We forgot to put lemons, dude. I know." Luke responded.
Karl picks up some lemon slices and puts it into the middle of every prawn.
"That's it! We're done!"
"Woo! Finally…" Luke huffed.
They picked up the platter and move slowly towards to the chefs' table and puts it down for an inspection.
"I hope it's all packed up." Karl wished.
The chef nodded. "Yes, congratulations."
Luke & Karl – currently in 3rd Place
"Woo!" Karl cried while Luke clapped and shakes the chef hand as he picked up the postcard.
"Hey! A postcard and it's…" Luke paused for a bit.
"What?"
"I don't know; we'll just ask our driver," Luke suggested. "Oh, we almost forgot the paper!"
"Oh yeah!" Karl remembered suddenly. "Let's see… Mine's 70." He wrote down in the paper.
"Well, I got 70 too!" Luke wrote his rate down in the paper.
"Okay, let's go there!"
They went out of the restaurant and went to their taxi.
A shot of different statues and lamps were seen as a team arrived at the bridge.
"Look, over there!" Bloo pointed to his right to see a clue box exposed in the bridge.
They exited and Mac grabbed a clue to read the next detail.
"Pit Stop! Oh my God!" Mac exclaimed.
"Teams will now make their way here at the Eiffel Tower, one of the most iconic places in the world. This observation tower is also known for its lover's quarrel, or should I say a place where lovers can express and view this 324 feet tall of a tower. The last team to check in here…" The screen zooms out to see Phil was in front of the tower. "…may be eliminated."
"The Eiffel Tower! Sweet!" Mac cannot contain his excitement.
"Well, come on! This could be our moment!" Bloo was also excited.
They went back to their taxi.
"Eiffel Tower, please make it quick!" Mac gave the location to the driver.
The driver didn't respond as he already knows the place and drives out of the restaurant.
At The Chipmunks' boat, Simon took the charge to check the volume of the fishes that were trapped in the net.
"Almost there, Alvin. I'll call the signal."
Alvin whistling a song. "I got the best job right now." He winked at the camera.
"Now!"
Alvin startled and presses the button which made the net close itself. Simon makes his way to Alvin to help to raise up the net to the boat.
"Come on, let's pull this rope!" Simon commanded.
They both pulled the rope forcefully as the trap rises up slowly from the ocean. Until it hanged on the starting point. Both of them picked it up and drops it down onto the board.
They both panted and wiping their sweats.
"Good thing that the sea is… calm… Now let's get back to the land." Simon said as he told the captain to go back to the dock.
While at the dock, another team arrived there and it was in the form of Marceline and Simon. They wore the safety gears and chose a boat quickly.
"We'll take this one." Simon picked their water vehicle.
"I never had the chance of catching fishes for all of my eternity," Marceline admitted in the confessional.
"I think I remember the time when I caught many fishes in a single go! That was incredible!" Simon added.
"Oh, I think that's the time that you have your eternal powers."
"What?" Simon didn't recall anything about that.
While another boat arrived in the land where Alvin and Simon carried the nets.
"This thing's heavy." Alvin reacted.
"Just a few more steps and…"
They put down the net one by one and Simon's net came to the weighing scale first for measuring.
"12.6 pounds."
"We need more of that," Simon said.
Alvin pushed the net to the scale.
"17 pounds. 29.6 pounds."
"Oh, alright, that's a lot." Alvin reacted.
Alvin & Simon – currently in 4th Place
Then Simon grabbed the postcard as he recalled a thing.
"The paper! Mine is 74."
Alvin showed the paper and wrote their rates on the paper. "75."
After writing their rate, Simon looked back to the postcard and observes it carefully.
"It looks like a bridge." He speculated.
"Well, probably the driver knows about that," Alvin commented.
"Yeah, yeah. That's the best way." Simon agreed.
They went back to their taxi and Simon showed their clue to the driver.
"You know that bridge?"
"Oui." The driver answered.
"Uhm, go there and drive faster!" Alvin said.
The driver starts the engine and drove away from the port.
While at their taxi, The Imaginary Friends looked at the view of the famous Eiffel Tower.
"Wow, the tower's great!" Bloo reacts.
"Yeah, I wish we could go to the top of it." Mac hoped.
When the view of the tower got closer, they exited their taxi and started running.
"The place is so huge that we can't see Phil here!" Mac said.
"Is that Phil over there?" Bloo aimed his finger straight to see a man and a woman who was wearing some traditional dress.
"Yeah! Great job! Phil, we're here!"
They both stomped at the mat in unison and smiled.
"Bonjour. Welcome to Paris." The woman smiled and bows down to them.
"Thank you so much!" Mac replied and smiled back.
"Mac and Bloo… you are team number one!" Phil announced.
Bloo & Mac – 1st Place
They both gasped and jumped as their placement was called. Then Bloo punched Mac in the shoulder, earning a yelp.
"Oh my God! Is this real? First?" Bloo said ecstatically.
"Yes, it's real and serious." Phil nods.
"Ohhh!" They both hi-fived in the air.
"We're actually team number one. That's so music to my ears!" Mac said in the confessional.
"I don't know how to say this but, we will keep ourselves in tight for the next legs. Can't wait!" Bloo added.
While at the bridge, The Wrestlers arrived to pick up a clue from the box.
Luke & Karl – currently in 2nd Place
"Eiffel Tower," Luke said the next destination.
"Finally! Some relaxing place to get on the mat." Karl felt relieved.
"Okay! Let's go, dude!"
They went back to their taxi and left off the bridge.
Back to the restaurant where The Workers are on their third attempt at making their platter, a perfection.
"We do have some minor mistakes, and we scrambled it up! That's stupid of us!" Eileen said to the camera.
"We forgot the sauces and to add one lemon! That's pretty it! This is so embarrassing!" Margaret added. "Okay, that's it! For the final judgement!"
They carried their dish carefully and slowly walks towards to the judges. They dropped it into their table for checking.
"It's good!" The chef gave a thumbs up.
Eileen & Margaret – currently in 5th Place
"Oh, yeah!" Margaret reacted and both of them hi-fived themselves.
The chef gave the postcard to the red-headed robin. Soon, Eileen showed the paper and writes down her heartbeat rate.
"68. Margaret?" She glanced at her partner.
"Also 68."
Eileen wrote down the same number and they looked up into their clue.
"What is that?"
"I don't know. Let's ask some people over here."
Eileen nodded and they went to the customers and asked them.
While back to the kitchen, The Siblings were finished arranging their platter and they are set to go outside. Soon as they carried their platter, some clams fell off to the floor.
"Lincoln! The clams!"
"Oh, sorry…" He tries to pick the fallen seafood, but the chef stopped him from doing it.
"You break more shells." The chef said.
Lincoln groaned. "My God! This is just stressful."
Lori puts back the platter into the table and helped her little brother.
"Come on, Lincoln! Just don't go overstressed."
"Oh, I'm not overstressed, or am I?"
At the Eiffel Tower, we saw The Wrestlers arriving at the mat.
"Luke and Karl… you are team number two!" Phil said their placement.
Luke & Karl – 2nd Place
"Pretty sweet!" Karl said and they both did their favorite taunt.
While at their taxi, Brittany and Jeanette talked about something.
"So are we there yet?" Brittany asked the driver.
The driver didn't respond to the question until an explosive sound was heard.
"What was that?" Jeanette became worried.
The driver noticed that the engine stopped and he left the taxi to check the vehicle. It seemed that one of the wheels got flattened.
"We were in the middle of the trip and something exploded around the car, I guess. I remember that a team was eliminated because of the same reason." Jeanette recalled it at the confessional.
"Oh yeah, but I don't want it to happen. That's really unfortunate for them. They are a great team though." Brittany added.
"What? But how are we gonna do?" Jeanette asks again.
"We cannot lose this. As a matter of fact, we should walk." Brittany suggested.
"Really? I thought you hate walking."
"It's our only chance." Brittany didn't hesitate to change her mind.
"Okay, okay. But at least we're at the bridge." Jeanette looked straight to see a clue box.
"Wow, okay."
They left the taxi and ran to the box; grabbed one.
Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 3rd Place
"Make your way to the Eiffel Tower!" Brittany reads the clue. "This is great! Eiffel Tower!"
"But we need to find a taxi." Jeanette reminding Brittany.
"Yeah, yeah. We will try to find one."
They ran again to search for a vacant taxi. While another taxi arrived in front of the bridge.
"There it is!" Eileen pointed her finger straight to the box.
Margaret picked up a clue from the box and rips it off to read the next instruction.
Eileen & Margaret – currently in 4th Place
"Make your way to the Eiffel Tower, this leg's pit stop!"
"Oh my God, are we really going into the tower?"
"Hell yeah! Come on, we can make it there!"
They went back to their taxi and took off. While The Chipettes tries to find a taxi and somehow surpasses the taxi with another team.
"Dang it! There's no taxi's available!" Brittany started to become enraged.
"There's no way that we surpass other teams from here! This is just pure unlucky!" Jeanette said.
They kept continuing their effort to find an available but it was no use, they kept walking and walking as they stopped by and showed their frustrations around the camera.
"This is unbelievable!" Brittany exclaimed.
The camera showed their resentments as the screen turns into slow-mo and suddenly fades to black for a commercial break!
Meanwhile, at the boat, The Adventurers were working with ease. Simon was the rope puller and Marceline was the fish watcher. They are now on their second batch.
"Come on, let 'em down!" Marceline goes for the signal as Simon pressed the button, which made the net fall down to the water.
The volume of the fishes became larger as they jumped to the net. Marceline observes it.
"Pretty cool, huh. I like fishing. Hehe."
Back to the restaurant where The Siblings are on their fourth attempt and they are finished with their arrangement on the platter. They are ready to set it on the table.
"Come on, let's get this platter out," Lincoln said.
They carried carefully towards to the chefs' table and puts it down safely.
"I hope it works," Lincoln whispered to Lori.
"Literally." Lori nodded.
After a careful examination of the platter, the chef has now the decision.
"No, it's no good. Try again."
Both siblings went wide-eyed and dumbfounded at the same time.
"Thank you!" Lincoln simply nodded and they put back their platter to the kitchen. "I don't understand what's wrong with our platter."
"Me too. I just don't get this thing." Lori sighed.
Back to the tower where The Workers arrived safely at the mat.
"Eileen and Margaret… you are team number three!" Phil said their position.
Eileen & Margaret – 3rd Place
Margaret gasped as she was surprised at their position while Eileen only giggled and hugged one another.
"I cannot believe it!" Margaret commented first. "But how a team struggled in a challenge that hard?"
"I mean, it's so easy and we just did that exactly," Eileen commented.
Back to the port where both Marceline and Simon packed up the second fish net into the deck.
"Alright, we'll be over there in no time!" Marceline said confidently.
The scene cut to the dock where they carried their nets and puts it down to the ground. Marceline's net came into the weighing first.
"12.5 pounds."
"Ooh, that's too low," Marceline commented.
While Simon's net came up next.
"13.6 pounds. 26.1 pounds."
The fish seller gave the postcard to the old man.
Marceline & Simon – currently in 6th Place
"Wow, you got it." Marceline praised her partner.
"Nah, you got it though. Good job." Simon winked back.
"Okay, my heart rate is 77." Marceline wrote down the number into the paper.
"75." Simon wrote down also his rate to the paper.
"Come on, we got a bridge to come to," Simon said.
Marceline nodded as they went back to their taxi and drove off the port.
Back to the bridge where The Chipmunks arrived there to pick up a clue as Alvin opens it.
Alvin & Simon – currently in 5th Place
"Make your way to the Eiffel Tower, this leg's pit stop!" Alvin reads the instruction.
"Ooh, Eiffel Tower. How unique is the finish, huh?" Simon commented.
"Well, okay. Let's go to that precious tower, shall we?" Alvin asked Simon with pleasure.
Simon only groaned as they went back to their taxi and moved on.
Back to The Chipettes where they are currently walking for a mile or two.
"This is so frustrating me! No taxis?!" Brittany became enraged.
"Wait, I remember something in these situations." Jeanette just recalled something.
"What. What is it?"
"In case we don't have a taxi to go to, we have to go to the police station first. Maybe they can give us a free ride or something."
"Well, why didn't you tell me that already?"
"That's the disadvantage of being a smart one on our family." Jeanette winked.
Brittany groaned. "Alright, we already saw a police station there."
They ran again and goes right at the intersection. While they are running, The Chipmunks saw them.
"Wait, are they Brittany and Jeanette?" Simon somehow has a concern on his face.
"Yep. I think they had a problem or something."
"Maybe we can help them or—"
"Or we don't do that, we are nearby on the tower. I can see the tower clearly." Alvin looked out the window to see the tower.
Simon sighed and shrugged
They left the taxi and ran towards Phil.
"Alvin and Simon… you are team number four!" Phil announced.
Alvin & Simon – 4th Place
"Ooh, alright!" Alvin cheered himself and for Simon.
While a ten-minute crab-removing struggle made The Siblings go pressured and even stressed out.
"God, please make this an end. Please." Lincoln hoped in the heavens.
They got a crab part removed and put it on a clean chopping board.
While at the police station, The Chipettes made a deal with the police as they gave a free ride to the girls.
"Woo! Finally, that reminder saved us from exhaustion!" Jeanette said on the camera.
They finally made inside the vehicle and drove off the station.
While in a miraculous time of arrival, The Adventures arrived at the bridge to get their next clue.
Marceline & Simon – currently in 6th Place
"Ooh, we're not last," Marceline concluded.
"It's a Pit Stop, Make your way to the Eiffel Tower!" Simon reads the clue. "Sure, sure, come on. We can't miss this!"
They went back to their taxi and moved along the way.
The scene cuts back to the Eiffel Tower where The Chipettes arrived and stomped the mat at the same time.
"Brittany and Jeanette… you are team number five! You both are still on the race." Phil said.
Brittany & Jeanette – 5th Place
Both of them sighed in relief.
"Tough day, huh?"
"Yeah, at the crucial point, in the end, the luck ran out!" Brittany said.
"Good thing, I used my memory to keep ourselves here. But hey Phil, we drove a police car. Did we break any rule or something?" Jeanette asked Phil.
"If that's a law here in Paris or entire France, we will give it a pass. So, no penalties will be given to you."
"Woo!" Jeanette sighed in relief again. "Good thing that worked out. But yeah, I think it is a rule or something, according to our French class teacher."
"But hey! We're at the Eiffel Tower! We should take a look even more." Brittany felt comfortable when she saw the tower.
Jeanette nodded in agreement.
While another team stomped onto the mat for their placement.
"Hi, Phil!"
"Marceline and Simon… you are team number six!" Phil said their placement.
Marceline & Simon – 6th Place
"Woo-hoo!" Marceline shouted. "We're still in the race! Heck yeah!" She danced for a second.
At the restaurant, The Siblings are on their way to the judges' table as they dropped it carefully to give them a judgement.
"No! No-no!"
"What?" Lori shouted, making the others scared and startled. "You've got to be kidding me!"
"Lori, I think we should—"
"We should what? Do it again?" She growled and moved backward. "Of course we do it again and again because we are not good at this literally stupid Detour!"
She kept moved backwards until…
Some glasses that a waiter was holding in a tray went fall down as the guests and Lincoln were getting concerned over Lori's rage.
"Yeah! I just break something! Oh, by the way, you know what else can we do besides switching? QUITTING!" Lori walked out from the judges and Lincoln with anger on her voice and soul.
"The moment that Lori went ballistic at a certain situation like at the Detour, I'm prepared and scared at the same time because she loves getting me turned into a human pretzel. Like she always does." Lincoln said in the confessional. "This might be the end of our journey here. Poof." He gestured an exploding star.
"Oh, my God…" Lincoln covered his face in horror.
TO BE CONTINUED…
SHORT END CREDITS
"Stay tuned for more scenes on the next episode!" Phil said in a voiceover as the screen fades to black.
"Next time on The Amazing Race…" Phil paused. "Will the sibling team can keep up the leg or they will become the next team to be eliminated?"
We saw a different montage of The Siblings' attempt to impress the chefs and cuts to the scene where Lori walks out while Lincoln covers his face in fear.
"As teams continuing racing into a frigid location!"
"This is getting out of hand, man!" Luke said while he was holding a snow pile.
"And teams will face the first U-Turn ever in the race!"
We saw a clip of someone holding every team's picture and showed every team's faces.
"And who will be the victims of this vicious obstacle?
"Should we U-turn somebody?" Marceline asks Simon.
"I'm conflicted at this." Bloo smacking his head.
FULL END CREDITS
1st: Bloo & Mac - Roadblocks: Bloo 3, Mac 5
2nd: Luke & Karl - Roadblocks: Luke 3, Karl 5
3rd: Eileen & Margaret - Roadblocks: Eileen 3, Margaret 5
4th: Alvin & Simon - Roadblocks: Alvin 5, Simon 3
5th: Brittany & Jeanette - Roadblocks: Brittany 4, Jeanette 4
6th: Marceline & Simon - Roadblocks: Marceline 4, Simon 4
7th: Lincoln & Lori - Roadblocks: Lincoln 3, Lori 4 (STILL RACING)
8th: Susan & Mary - Roadblocks: Susan 5, Mary 2 (ELIMINATED)
9th: Mr. Bean & Irma - Roadblocks: Mr. Bean 3, Irma 2 (ELIMINATED)
10th: Joey & Marky - Roadblocks: Joey 2, Marky 3 (ELIMINATED)
11th: Robin & Cyborg - Roadblocks: Robin: 2, Cyborg: 2 (ELIMINATED)
A/N: There you have it; the next leg will probably be added soon! College is really kicking my ass right now!
See you soon at the next episode of TAR:TC!
~Ellu