The Amazing Race 14 Episode 5 Recap
Full Episode Summary of Amazing Race Season Fourteen in Russia
Mar 16, 2009
In last week's episode of The Amazing Race, teams traveled to Siberia where they performed tasks meant to help stay warm during the Russian winter. Christie & Jodie pulled to the front of the pack after missed flight connections left several teams stranded in Moscow, while Kris & Amanda, after being U-turned by Luke & Margie, faced both of the challenging detours and were ultimately eliminated from the race. Seven teams remain in Russia as the snow begins to fall. Who was eliminated this week?
Amazing Race Teams Travel on the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Novosibirsk, Russia
Departing the pit stop in Siberia, teams must make their way on foot to the Central Railway Station before traveling 400 miles on-board the Trans-Siberian Railway to Novosibirsk, the third largest city in Russia. Once there, teams will travel by taxi to the Punkt Tehnicheskogo Osmotra where they will choose a manual Lada car to drive throughout the city.
Jodie & Christie depart first at 12:34pm, following shortly by Jen & Kisha at 12:36pm. Upon arrival at the train station, they are informed the train will leave at 10:26pm, giving the remaining teams ten hours to catch up. All teams depart on sleeper cars along the Trans-Siberian railway together for the overnight journey across Russia.
Once in Novosibirsk, all teams head left out of the station to catch a cab with the exception of Kisha & Jen, who head right. With the strategy of "staying with the pack," this decision causes frustration between the two sisters when they are last to hail a cab. Cara & Jaime are first in a taxi but wait for Margie & Luke, who follow them to the car depot. Victor & Tammy are third and the three leading teams decide to leave for the next destination together.
Racers Must Operate Russian Snowplows or Transport Russian Brides to a Chuch During Detour
After selecting a Russian Loda car, teams must choose between "Russian Bride" or "Russian Snowplow." In Russian Bride, teams must drive themsleves to a Soviet apartment complex to pick up a Russian bride, then transport her to a local church where her husband awaits. In Russian Snowplow, teams must drive to the Stadium Spartak and each racer must drive a snowplow through a marked course.
Cara & Jaime, Margie & Luke and Tammy & Victor decide to follow one another to Stadium Spartak, location of the Russian Snowplow, as they believe the multiple stops in the other detour will be confusing and time consuming. When Cara & Jaime stop at a gas-station to ask for directions, Victor asks a cab driver fueling up for directions and drives off, leaving the other teams behind. Mike & Mel opt to transport the Russian bride because they select their detours based on "which one sounds more fun." Christie & Jodie and Kisha & Jen also select Russian Bride.
Operating the Russian snowplow proves fairily simple for all teams while the difficulty of navigating through the icy streets of Russia slows down the teams transporting the bride. Mike & Mel have the least amount of difficulty and finish the detour fourth. Kisha & Jen make up for lost time by arriving at the Soviet apartments ahead of Christie & Jodie, and although their car stalls several times, they finish in sixth. The flight attendants transport their bride to the wrong church and are left driving around Novosibirsk in the snow.
One Team Member Must Strip Down to Their Underwear and Run a Mile in Freezing Temperatures
After completing the detour, teams drive themselves to the Bibliotekah, where one racer with plenty of "stamina and absolutely no shame" will run a winter marathon in their underwear 1.4 miles before being joined by their teammate on the steps of the Nobosibirsk Ballet and Opera Theater. Despite the actions of Victor & Tammy, who for the second time this leg say they will travel to a destionation with another team but then drive away after receiving directions, Margie & Luke and Cara & Jaime arrive at the library in first and second place. Arriving in fourth place is Mike & Mel followed by the stuntment, who arrive fifth after quickly completely the snowplow obstacle. Christie & Jodie pay a taxi driver to lead them to the Bibliotekah after losing faith in their navigation skills.
Completing the roadblock this leg are Luke, Cara, Tammy, Mike, Mark, Jen and Christie. Tammy pulls ahead of Cara when she slows down to walk and Christie is shocked to realize that the underwear the teams will be racing in are their own, so she runs down the streets of Russia in a black thong.
Pitstop for Fifth Leg of the Race is in Nobosibirsk Ballet and Opera Theatre
At the end of the marathon, teams find themselves at the Nobosibirsk Ballet and Opera Theatre, the largest theater in Russia. Margie & Luke finish in first place for the second time in the race. Tammy & Victor finish second followed closely by Cara & Jaime in third. Arriving in fourth place is Mike & Mel, with Mark & Michael in fifth and Kisha & Jen in sixth.
Plagued with difficulty navigating the streets of Russian, Christie & Jodie arrive in seventh place. As they reach the mat Phil informs them that they are the last team to arrive. However, this is a non-elimination leg of the race and they have not been eliminated. At some point during the next leg they will have to complete an additional "speed bump" before continuing on and will have to race extra hard to stay in the game.
Stay turned for next week's recap of The Amazing Race 14 Episode 6.
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