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The other humorous aspect is that Amani chooses to handle this challenge. Marcus “helps” her by offering up some coaching he had learned during his playing days in the NFL. As she attempts to memorize her dialogue, he starts shouting random words intended to distract her. His logic is that if she can recite the lines in the face of such chaos, she will have no problem doing so in the theater. As much as I love Marcus Pollard, this is not a road game against the New England Patriots. I am at the ready with a diatribe about how destructive this behavior is to her when she arrives at the theater and…nails her dialogue perfectly. Despite starting an hour behind the others, Amani’s performance elevates her team into second place. You’ve won this round, Coach Pollard.

“You don’t know who you’re rolling with, dawg.” – Amani, calmly downplaying her dominant performance

When we speak of actors, Cathi is no Amani. She messes up her dialogue recitation and is forced to try again. This entails riding back to the statue then going back to the theater. The delay combined with the earlier map mess means that she rides off at almost exactly the same time as Sandy, whose last place situation is much better than it looked only moments ago. Cathi does get it right the second time.

Tommy finishes on her heels. He is less fortunate, however. There is no emotion in his delivery, which causes the thespian judge to fail him. Tommy is not happy and his mood declines when he sees Sandy standing in the waiting room, ready to take her turn. Fortunately for him, her performance is no better. Both of them are victims of a non-specific clue that fails to mention they will be judged for their overall performance, not just their memorization skills. Both of them deliver on their second attempts, but these two teams have fallen well behind the other three duos.

The next destination in this leg of The Amazing Race is the original Legoland Park in Billund, Denmark. The teams get their next clue at the Pirate Carousel ride and instructed to put together a puzzle as they spin on the ride. Think Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and you’ll understand how difficult this challenge is. Anyone who suffers from motion sickness is going to be useless. Ernie & Cindy continue to handle their newfound role as frontrunners quite well. They complete the challenge quickly and discover that their next destination is the train station in Hamburg, Germany. Little do they realize that this will be an eventful ticket purchase.

With Amani & Marcus and Ernie & Cindy separating themselves from the pack, the bottom three spots are hotly contested. The snowboarders find themselves assembling the puzzle at the same time as the fledgling couple. The grandparents have fallen behind because they were lost and the directions they were given did not pass the laugh test. Bill & Cathi are in some trouble.

Meanwhile, a clever bit of editing shows the strife between Jeremy & Sandy as the woman freaks out the moment the ride begins. They lose a piece of their puzzle as it flies out of the ride and onto the track. Then, their emotions get the best of them as she starts to chant those dreaded The Amazing Race words, “I can’t do this. I can’t do this.” Conversely, the snowboarders are functioning as a single unit, blending together as some sort of puzzle-solving transformer. Puzzlor has an MSRP of $39.99. Its special ability is to destroy all couples who are “testing out their relationships”. The snowboarders smoke Jeremy & Sandy and head to Hamburg.

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