Eyebrows and Pit Stops: Week 5

We join this recap of The Amazing Race already in progress as the season has already started. Thankfully, the fifth episode of The Amazing Race actually served as a great jumping on point for the season. We got to see once again why Victor and Tammy are this season’s villains as they ditched the self proclaimed former cheerleaders and mom/son team Luke and Margie, during a caravan. We also got to see a bit of the fallout from last week’s shocking Blind U Turn played by Luke as any edge he had at being underestimated due to his deafness went out the window. Meanwhile everyone else pretty much stuck to form. The M&M boys (Michael and Mark) got lost again but this time in the theater where they had to check in to the pit stop. The rapidly aging before our eyes stewardesses went from first back to their more comfortable worst position. The athlete sisters bickered back and forth and got lost yet again. Mike and Mel continued to cement their status as fan favorites as they enjoyed every minute of every challenge. I dare anyone not to cheer for those two. I did think this episode lacked any tension right from the outset and sure enough there was a reason for that as this was a non-elimination leg of the race. While I certainly enjoyed seeing the teams struggle in the cold (although 20 degrees is hardly freezing), you could sense that there really was nothing more these teams could do in Siberia to truly separate themselves. Looking ahead to next week, the blondes face a tough challenge in trying to make up ground but with the athlete sisters only a few minutes ahead, they may have a chance.