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RNO - Episode 5: We Might Get a Home Run
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The Amazing Race 8, Episode 5: We Might Get a Home Run
by Jenn Brasler -- 10/26/2005

The race finally leaves the U.S., taking the six remaining families to Panama for bird-watching and baseball. What else can the Weavers do to tick people off? Can the Gaghans pull themselves out of the bottom of the heap? Will the Paolos (right) continue to actually do well? Find out inside.

Like last week, Phil starts us off with a message that part of this episode was filmed in New Orleans before Katrina.

Previously on The Pelican (State) Brief: Seven families traveled from Huntsville, Alabama to Talladegas International Motor Sports Hall of Fame. They rode party bikes around a race track, and the Weavers rocked at putting aside their grief.. Stassi and Mark fought, which made both them and the audience miserable. The Schroeders got lost near New Orleans, even though they lived there. One of the Bransen girls mooned the Linz boys. The Gaghans had trouble with the detour but the Paolos managed to do pretty well on the leg. The Bransens came in first for the second leg in a row, and the Schroeders were sent home, which was only a few blocks away. Six families remain:

The Bransens: Wally, Lindsay, Lauren, and Elizabeth - Father and daughters/Turning into tough contenders

The Paolos: Tony, Marion, D.J., and Brian - Parents and kids/No, really, they came in second

The Linzes: Nick, Alex, Tommy, and Megan - Brothers and sister/Keep getting stuck in second and third place

The Godlewskis (Pink Ladies): Tricia, Christine, Sharon, and Michelle - Sisters/Starting to have problems

The Weavers: Linda, Rebecca, Rolly, and Rachel - Mom and kids/Probably this seasons most polarizing team

The Gaghans: Bill, Tammy, Carissa, and Billy - Parents and kids/If they lose, Ill cry

Were still in New Orleans, specifically the French Quarter. Will the Gaghans get themselves out of last place? (Please, please, please.) Will the Weavers continue to draw strength as a family?

The Bransens are the first to leave at 12:40 a.m. Their clue tells them to fly to Panama City, Panama, which is more than 2,000 miles away. There, they will take boats across the Panama Canal to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, where they will get their next clue from a scientist named Ricardo Diaz. The Bransens are excited to leave the country. Wally says that hes used to the girls asking him for help, but in this race, theyre equals. In fact, the girls are carrying him rather than him having to carry them.

The Paolos are the second to leave. Marion is also happy to leave the country. She says that she just has to take punches, which no, you dont. You dont have to take disrespect, especially from your kids. Marion says that her ideal situation would be D.J. telling her that he loves her at the end of the race.

The Linzes leave third. Megan says that her biggest weakness is her physical fitness (or lack thereof). She thinks shes slowing down the team. One of her brothers says that she does her best and thats all they can ask of her. In their cab, one of the brothers says that he hopes they see some hot 16-year-old girls in Panama. Megan tells him hes thinking of the wrong Panama City.

The Bransens call for flight information from their cab. They discover that the best flight arrives in Panama at 6:40 p.m. D.J. takes responsibility for his familys route info in the Paolos cab. I was so wishing he would lose everything so Marion would have a reason to rag on him like he constantly does to her. And also so they would get lost and turn up in Texas or something three days later and completely be out of the race. The Linzes reach the airport before the other teams and have to wait for the ticket counters to open. The Bransens arrive next and tell the Linzes which flight to get on. This is the best kind of alliance to have - one where they share information but dont depend on each other for help all the time, so no one is slowing anyone down.

The Pink Ladies leave. Christine says that she has to convince her sisters to listen to her. She can be bossy, but her ideas are the best. Shes also very humble, if you couldnt tell. The Weavers leave. Rebecca says that theyre their own team and that alliances are stupid. Of course, she might just feel that way because everyone hates them (though no one will tell me why). The Gaghans leave last (sniff). Bill says that theyre confident. Theyre definitely more confident than I am. He continues that their strategy is basically to not be last. Carissa says that its better to be second to last than last. Exactly.

The Pink Ladies and Weavers arrive at the airport. As the Gaghans head over, Billy is excited to be going to Panama and Carissa is excited to be leaving the country. The Linzes get tickets while Michelle Godlewski worries that she and her sisters wont make the flight. D.J. tells his family that hes booking the tickets. The Bransens get tickets. Sharon jokingly tells the bickering Paolos that if theyre going to fight, they should step out of line. She tells D.J. that he should be nice to his mother. The Paolos get the last tickets on the first flight to Panama, so the Weavers and Pink Ladies run to get on the next flight, which arrives about three hours later. They and the Gaghans get on the second flight. Rolly sarcastically revels in the fact that his family is last again.

Panama is pretty. The blue skies there are especially nice in contrast to the rain weve been having here for what feels like forever. At the airport, the Linzes, Paolos, and Bransens get cabs. D.J. announces that hell do the talking. Marion finally puts him in his place and tells him to mind his own business. Well, its a step forward. Megan is happy that one of her brothers (seriously, I might just completely give up on trying to tell them apart) speaks Spanish. He asks the driver how much the ride will cost but doesnt understand the answer. How helpful.

The Paolos pass the Linzes. D.J. says that he never thought hed be in Panama, driving over crocodile-infested waters, with his mother. Pssst, Marion. The crocodiles will get rid of his body for you. The Paolos arrive at the boats and discover that they dont leave until 7 in the morning. Brian complains that the other teams will catch up to them. In fact, the Linzes do catch up, followed by the Bransens.

The second plane lands and the Weavers, Gaghans, and Pink Ladies grab cabs. Rebecca and Rachel show off their lack of Spanish skills. Im always surprised that so few people on this show speak Spanish, and that the people who attempt to speak it wind up sounding like children. The Pink Ladies reach the boats and decide that in the morning, the teams will go in the order they arrived. The Gaghans and Weavers arrive, both happy that theyve caught up with everyone.

In the morning, the teams get on boats in the order they arrived. Tony yells, Vamanos! and D.J. tells him to be quiet. The Gaghans and Paolos enjoy the view. The Linzes and Bransens wave to each other. The Pink Ladies pass the Linzes. The Weavers pass the Gaghans, which Carissa proclaims, No fair. As cute and wonderful as she is, maybe someone should remind her that this is a race. The Weavers pass the Linzes. The Gaghans realizes that theyre going the wrong way and their driver (captain?) tells them that they have to pick up someone else. Tammy and Bill exclaim that theyre in a race.

After a little arguing, the Gaghans driver finally says that hell drop them off first. The Paolos reach the Smithsonian, followed by the Bransens, the Pink Ladies, and the Weavers. They all start asking men if theyre Ricardo Diaz. A Canadian man (I think hes Canadian) wishes the Paolos luck. The Linzes arrive but the Gaghans are still in their boat. The Pink Ladies find Ricardo first and get both a detour and a Fast Forward pass, which they decide to forego.

This weeks detour choices are Rhythm and Coos. I always say that a good pun never hurt anyone, but this one might make me change my mind. In Rhythm, teams take a red bus (ominously called a Diablo Rojo, which means Red Devil) to a place called Casco Viejo (um, Old Helmet). There, they will search for four instruments - a trumpet, a trombone, a saxophone, and a conga drum. They will take all four to a club called Take Five Jazz and Wine to get their next clue. In Coos, teams take a bus to El Parque Metropolitano and use binoculars to spot five birds and circle them on a chart. However, if they circle the wrong birds, they have to start over.

The Pink Ladies choose Rhythm. The Paolos find Ricardo and Phil takes the opportunity to explain the Fast Forward. A team which chooses to do this Fast Forward must find a crane and do a tandem bungee jump. The Paolos decide to go for it. The Weavers find Ricardo and pick Coos. The Gaghans finally arrive. The Bransens choose Coos and the Linzes choose Rhythm. The Gaghans decide to go for the Fast Forward. Billy and Carissa are excited about the possibility of bungee jumping.

The Pink Ladies try to find the buses, then realizes that they wouldnt be there, since theyre on an island. Good thinking, ladies. All of the families run to their boats. Linda Weaver calls for the Linzes boat driver to go slowly, which offends the Linzes. Oh, please. Lighten up. The Gaghans are still stuck with a slow driver.

Out on the water, the Weavers pass the Paolos. The Pink Ladies slip their driver some money to go faster. After some racing and passing, the Paolos wind up in fourth place. One of the Linz boys says that Linda needs to take her crazy pills. That doesnt even make sense. He means shes already taking them, but hes too dumb to realize that. Shut up, whichever Linz brother you are. Im sorry I predicted you all to win, because I dont want you to.

The Weavers wonder if theyve passed their dock. In fact, the Weavers, Pink Ladies, and Linzes have all passed the dock. The Paolos arrive first, followed by the Bransens and the Gaghans (woo hoo!). The three teams run for red buses.

The Weavers hope that it wont be difficult to find five birds. The Pink Ladies and Linzes decide to work together, hoping to get rid of the Weavers. Am I watching Survivor all of a sudden? Stop obsessing over other teams and run your own race! Also, shut up! Rolly calls his familys bus a pimp bus. Brian Paolo tells Tony that this is better than picking up trash. He interviews that hes proud that his father is a garbage man. Ive said it before and Ill say it again - if you took Brian out of that family, hed probably be a pretty good kid.

Carissa says the bus is crazy. Billy says its a lot cooler than his school bus. Yeah, yellow school buses will probably seem really boring to them after this. The Bransens pick up a local to help them out. The Weavers ask a man for directions and he offers to let the bus follow him, since hes on his way in the same direction. The Pink Ladies decide to hire a taxi to follow. The Linzes see them do this and tell their driver to follow them.

The Paolos reach the Fast Forward. D.J. is nervous but Marion is excited. D.J. thinks hes going to pass out. Marion threatens to kill him if he does. The Gaghans are on their bus, hoping for some luck. They spot the Paolos and run out to try to beat them to the Fast Forward. Unfortunately, Carissa falls and the Gaghans lose a little ground. The Paolos reach the Fast Forward first. Tammy thinks that one of them will chicken out and the Gaghans will be able to do it instead.

The Paolos go up on the crane. D.J. is panicking the way I would be. Marion notes that shes 52 and about to bungee jump. She wonders what shes thinking. The Gaghans are still hoping that someone will chicken out. Marion tells her family that if they dont jump, the Gaghans will. Brian asks if anyone has ever died doing this. D.J. tells him to shut up. Tony and Brian jump first, enjoying the experience. The Gaghans arent happy. Tony yells that the jump is unbelievable. He tells Brian he loves him. Awww! On the ground, Brian says that they cant afford to screw up. Marion and D.J. get ready to jump but D.J. announces that he cant do it.

The Gaghans watch hopefully and Tammy says that she doesnt think Marion and D.J. will jump. D.J. finally convinces himself to jump. Marion tells him that after the first step, its easy. D.J. and Marion jump, and Marion is loving it. Brian and Tony cheer from the ground. D.J. is happy that hes alive and Marion is proud of him. Bill and Tammy swear (hey, kids in the vicinity!) and run off to do Rhythm. Billy hopes that theyre still in the game. Marion says happily that D.J. loves her and she got what she wanted to get out of the race. The Paolos get a clue telling them to travel to the pit stop, Miraflores Locks, the entrance to the Panama Canal.

Elsewhere in Panama, the Bransens are lost. Apparently the local they picked up just wanted a ride to work. Oops. The Weavers reach Coos and are surprised by the amount of birds on the chart. They quickly start circling them as Linda says that shes always wanted to be a bird-watcher. The family circles five birds on their chart but the bird expert they give it to tells them they have to try again.

The Bransens reach Coos as the Pink Ladies and Linzes reach Rhythm. They quickly get saxes. The Paolos reach the pit stop; Marion says, Look out, Phil, here we come! Theyre first, of course, and have won a trip to Panama. No, seriously. Phil asks D.J. if he ever thought hed be bungee jumping with his parents. D.J. replies, I dont even like to go out to eat with them! Marion tells Phil that D.J. kissed her during the jump. Shes happy that hes shown that he does love her.

The Weavers get their five birds and receive their clue. They are to travel two miles to a baseball stadium. The Bransens look for birds, Wally spotting them and describing them to the girls. The birds, by the way, are fake and are facing the same direction in the trees as they are on the chart, which must make it easier to match them up. The Bransens finish up and get their clue.

The Linzes and Pink Ladies finish getting their instruments and head for the club. The Gaghans reach Rhythm and get a guy to help them find the instruments. One of the Pink Ladies tells the Linzes that theyre going to make Tricia make out with one of them. The Linzes and Pink Ladies arrive at the club and put the instruments in cases. They get their clues as the Gaghans finish getting their instruments.

The Weavers reach the stadium and are greeted by a roadblock. One person from each team will play baseball, the most popular American sport in Panama. Whoever does the roadblock has to get either a base hit or a homerun thrown by a little league pitcher. However, if the player fails to get a hit in three at bats, he or she has to go to the end of the line. Rolly takes the roadblock for the Weavers and misses in his first try. The Bransens arrive and Beth offers to do the roadblock. Rolly strikes out. Beth strikes out. Those little leaguers are good, huh?

The Linzes and Pink Ladies reach the roadblock. Nick and Sharon take it for their respective teams. One of the Pink Ladies tells Sharon to flash the players when she runs. Again, children in the vicinity! And Im not just talking about the Linzes. One of the Linz boys yells for Rolly to strike out and Linda chastises him, mentioning that theyre trying to be encouraging. Maybe this should be a silent task.

Rolly finally gets a hit and the Weavers get the clue sending them to the pit stop (which happens to only be five miles away). Oh, and the last team to arrive may be eliminated. On the bus, Linda says that the Linzes were being rude. The Gaghans finish the detour and Billy dances a little to the music in the club. Beth gets a hit and the Bransens wish the Linzes good luck. It works, and Nick gets a hit. The Linzes pass the good luck on to the Pink Ladies. On their way out of the stadium, the Linzes note that the task is hard and they hope the Pink Ladies arent eliminated.

The Linzes are mad at the Weavers. I dont care. They all need to shut up. I mean, did the Weavers kill their puppy or something? This is being blown way out of proportion. Its one thing for the Linzes to find the Weavers annoying (because they wouldnt be the only ones) but its another to hate them like this. Get over it and run the race.

On the Gaghans bus, Bill thanks Carissa for running fast. The family reaches the roadblock, which Bill takes. We might get a home run, Carissa says. Billy says that his father plays baseball, so he thinks Bill will do well. Indeed, Bill quickly gets a hit. Thats what Im talking about, Billy says. The Gaghans praise Bill. Sharon, however, is still struggling and says shes exhausted. She swears, commenting that she doesnt usually swear. Michelle (I think) tells her that shes allowed to swear - its baseball.

One of the Pink Ladies tells Sharon to pretend that the ball is her boss, who wouldnt give her a raise. This must work, because Sharon gets a hit. The Weavers reach the pit stop in second place. Im impressed by how consistent theyve been. On the Bransens bus, either Lauren or Lindsay (sorry) tells Beth that theyre proud of her. The Linzes spot the Bransens bus. The Gaghans run into trouble in the form of a blocked road. Their driver wont go around the obstruction. Boo!

The Pink Ladies note that this might be a non-elimination leg and put on lots of clothes. They say that if theyre going out, they should go out with a sense of humor. The Gaghans are still stuck and arent happy about it. From the Bransens bus, Lauren spots the route they should take to get to the pit stop. Very smart. The Linzes and Bransens race for the pit stop and the Bransens arrive in third place. The Linzes are a close fourth.

The Gaghans are still stuck. Carissa notes that this is a literal roadblock. Bill says that this leg has been a roller coaster. The Pink Ladies pile on clothes and one laughs that Tricia looks like a walking department store. The Gaghans and Pink Ladies arrive at the pit stop. One of the Pink Ladies says theyre looking for the Philster or the Philiminator.

Guess whos fifth? Awesomely, its the Gaghans. Yay! Theyre happy that their strategy of being in at least second to last place is still working. The Pink Ladies hit the mat last, but fortunately for them, this is the first non-elimination leg of the season. (I figured - otherwise there would only be five families left for the rest of the season.) Phil notes that the sisters are dressed appropriately.

Phil takes all of the Pink Ladies money and tells them that they wont get more for the first leg. He also has to take all of their possessions except their passports and the clothes on their back. Phil asks if the sisters have any idea how ridiculous they look, then asks if they know that its illegal in Panama to wear underpants over underpants over pants. Hee! The Pink Ladies interview that theyll have to rely on their charm, their wits, and the hopefully friendly people of Panama to get through the next leg.

Next week: The teams head to the rainforest. This involves walking over a rickety bridge which you could not pay me to set foot on. The Weavers get stuck in some mud. Uh oh, is Linda going to have a meltdown?

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