EPISODE 10
Recap by Gordon Pepper
Original Airdate:  November 21, 2001

Last week, we had 5 teams - Lawyers, Greeks, A Lifestyle Couple, a potential couple, and a cheating group - I mean Nancy and Emily - as we get to see flashbacks of how the mother and daughter team got themselves DQ'ed as they let the evil Guidos back in the race - though the husband and husband team are eight hours behind everyone else - and they used the fast-forward short cut last episode. None of the teams have a fast forward left - so its now down to who can navigate the terrain the best.

Starting at the Tiger Cave - Rob and Brennan start at 10:12 am - they have to find 'The King' at Raile Beach - The King is actually King Climbers - which is a major adventure company. The Lawyers have never had good luck with the transportation, and this time is no exception - the taxi like thing that they are driving has stalled out and they have to wait for the taxi to repair itself.

Frank and Margarita are next at 11:06 - snickering that the last place Guidos can't get out of there until 630 pm. Meanwhile, the Guidos are eavesdropping on the group. The Lawyers are stuck getting gas - which allows Team FM to catch up and unsuccessfully barter for transportation - Margarita is a little miffed that the money they are saving is not being used on her - if you win, maybe he'll spend part of the money on you - or maybe not.

The Lawyers find The King first - they have to do some rock climbing and hiking for a half mile to get to the next road marker. Margarita is the only woman left - 'After the bungee thing, nothing really much scares me anymore' what about a half a mile hike with Frank?

Detour Time - either a long but easy hike or a quicker (but more arduous) rock climb. The Lawyers decide to go climbing and make it with relative ease -they next have to go to Sea land and trek - in  Bor Tor Ao Luk - the company closes at 530 - so the teams better hurry. The Lawyers get down from the mountain just as Team FM start to climb the mountain. Frank is telling Margarita what to do and Margarita looks like she wants to repel  Frank off the cliff - head first.

The lawyers get down the mountain, but not before one of them loses a chunk of flesh from his hand - and we get to see it on TV. Ewwwwwwww. Margarita is struggling up that mountain - Frank tells Margarita to get going, but Margarita's legs are shaking, and she is having a massive problem getting up the rock. Maybe if you spent some of the money you were saving on a bigger bowl of Wheaties and good climbing shoes for the woman, Frank. Margarita finally gets her booty up the mountain.

Margarita has much more fun repelling down and they make up a huge chunk of time - and are now right behind the lawyers - both teams want to get to Sea Land and Trek before it closes - then they would have more than a 24 hour lead on the other 2 teams.

The lawyers, after nursing their wounds - get to the Sea Land and Trek - where one of the members must paddle both team members to a cave to find the next clue. The lawyers get there first and find some snorkeling gear - and they have to Dive at Chicken Island - where at the bottom of the water is the clue with the location of the pit stop for this leg.

Halfway through the show, the Greeks finally make their first appearance at 3:03 pm - they have 2 and a half hours to get to the first stop before it closes.

Team FM find kayak-land at 3:18 - and Frank is bitching and moaning about all of the movement Margarita is making - meanwhile, the lawyers are just bitching and moaning about going upstream.

The guidos are bitching about rock climbing - and about capsizing in the boat they need to get to the rock. With both of them combined over 400 pounds, they do make a hearty effort to sink the boat, as the boat shifts dangerously to one side, but they make it to the island wihout getting wet.

Team FM find the next clue - and its off to Chicken Island for them as well. The Frat Pack (though not as much TV Air time for their oddyssey) go rock climbing as well, and make an idle small comment at a skimpily dressed woman. You can tell that they are serious - they would have spent an hour ogling her earlier.

The Lawyers get to chicken island first, followed closely behind by Team FM. The Greeks, meanwhile, are having massive difficulty getting up that first mountain, with Kevin and Drew using each other as foot holds. They do get the next clue - but they realize that they may not get there by 5pm. They have 15 minutes to make a 2 hour trek - they may be good, but they're not that good, and they are facing the propect of getting caught by Team Guido. The greeks get down the mountain, and off to Sea Land and Trek they go.

The Lawyers find the buoy with relative ease and start to dive. The have to go to Pai Plong beach, and fortunately for them, their boat person knows where they're going. Frank and Margarita pass them on the way to the snorkel - and pass them on the way to the beach, since the lawyers motor stalled out. The motor comes back on, though, and now its a neck and neck race to get to the beach. The Lawyers come in first, and Team FM come in second. They are hugging together - and they are both thinking that they have a huge lead on the other 2 teams.

Meanwhile, Bert and Ernie just leave at 6:13 pm - with the hours of operation closed at 5pm. They decide to get to the beach and hang out there right before it opens. That night, the rain falls and team Guido decides against sleeping on the beach. The Guidos find some shelter. They talk to a woman and realize that TeamGreek just got past them. Team Greek are on their way to Bor Tor Ao Luk while the Guidos find a skanky hotel, right next to the rock climbing group. The Greeks get to the Sea Land and Trek - only to realize that both teams got there before they did, so they will be losing an additional 8-9 hours behind them. Would you like the third place moniker now or later? For their and Team Guidos sake, this better be a non-elimination leg, or next episode will be real anticlimactic unless one of the other teams does something incredibly stupid, or some weird things happen (they get attacked by a wild llama, they only have one flight that leaves every 48 hours, Marc Burnett decides to have all of the teams switch partners...oh wait, wrong show, sorry.)

The next morning, Kevin and Drew get the Kayaks - Kevin gets to paddle. Joe and Bill:"We can't get depressed just because the other teams are ahead." Like a full day ahead. The Guidos get the flag and do some rock climbing - which is not a problem for them - what is a problem is the very weak Kevin trying to paddle him and Drew in a kayak - and they are losing a lot of time to the Guidos, who after a heartfelt moment of the 2 old farts climbing up the mounatin together and calling each other honey and other lovey dovey names (awwwww) have repelled down the mountain.

The Greeks finally get to the cave and are going to Chicken Island. The Guidos get to the Kayak, but its too much time to catch up. The Greeks take their sweet-ass time to find the buoy - but they do find it while Team Guido is kayaking their way back. Drew can't find the cluer in the water, though - and we are treated to Drew and Kevins bare upper torsos. Ewwwwwwwwwwww.

Drew and Kevin do come in third - but a good 12 hours later (at least) then Team FM and the Lawyers. But they are still in better shape than Team Guidos, whose  runner-up dumb ass move last week (taking their sweet time to get to the pit stop) blooms into full fruition as they do come in last. This is the last non-elimination point of the race, though, so all 4 teams are still alive - and they do catch up to the Greeks - but the Lawyers and Team FM have over a 12 hour lead on both of those teams, and if something drastic doesn't happen, one of those said teams will be finishing the race in fourth.