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Jai Ho:
TARI Fans:
Bonjour and good morning from New Orleans, Louisiana AKA The Big Easy! A friend and I drove here this weekend to meet up with another friend for some fun and quality time together. I've caught beads on Bourbon Street, eaten beignets at the Cafe du Monde, had my tarot cards read, and looked for ghosts (unsuccessfully). Wednesday's recap is almost done and should be up later today.
Vieux les bon temps roulez!
:margarita:
Jai Ho
Jai Ho:
Episode 4: Hello, Dali
Welcome back to Madrid.
We open on the teams (sans LiMore, TaKo and Persians) en route a vegetable market. Shimi/Yasmin, Romy/Michele, and D/D get there first, with Romi using some Spanish. They must don mustaches and deliver cauliflowers. They mustache up and load up. Blue Collars arrive and are tickled by the mustaches. The veggie load up continues. Coral comments on Romi’s strength in carrying the whole crate, which is probably more efficient than one-at-a-time. Next, they walk back-to-back to the car, which I like to call “spider walk,” as it reminds me of a crazy spider). D/D and ShiMin have it down, but Sisters do a funny little dance as they go around. Debby comments that she is swimming in a sea of cauliflower. Romi piles veggies onto her sister’s lap.
Macarena. TaKo have arrived, at last. Talia almost takes a tumble but recovers. For some reason, the store is closing (?) and they must finish up outside in the cold. In their Los Del Rio-wear. Seems odd for a task to do that, but there you go.
On the road. The top four teams are all en route their next destination. Debby confesses her hate for cauliflower. THEY CAN HEAR YOU. She also comments that when she’s out, she requests for the cauliflower to be taken out of her dish. I know what I’m serving her should she come to visit me in Texas.
Streets of Madrid. Itzik and Eliran falafel their way there, currently in 5th place. In the midst of being all friendly and happy, they forgot where their car is. Actually…it’s right there, with their bespectacled driver peering out at them with a look of pure confusion. Elsewhere, Ronit whips out the Spanish, asking for directions to the Market on Doctor Castelo Street. The guy, Manuel, turns out to be a Hebrew speaking Jew, but for some reason they switch to English as the guy agrees to navigate them to the right place. Ronit shares her heritage, and then the status of her body hair. TMI, Ronit. Somewhere else, Rondrea are back on the road. Falafel? Still wandering. They finally find their car and driver, exactly where they left them.
Market. Rondrea and LiRonit arrive in 6th and 7th. Ronit talks about her Georgian heritage and how the mustaches are. Andrea grabs the crate, and…whoops, down she goes. She appears to have hit her head, but I think it’s just a bad camera angle as she says she’s fine, and indeed she looks fine. Well, as fine as one can be under a pile of cranium-sized vegetables.
Macarena. TaKo get a guy to dance with them…after which, he feels Koby up. Talia comments that he’s drunk, but maybe she’s in denial about her partner’s ability to use his chest to attract men. Cousins and LiMore arrive together at Macarena, and now it’s a dance-off. The ladies and TaKo seem to be doing just fine, but LiMore is struggling. TaKo finish and head to the market in 8th place. Talia’s in a Zen mindset, telling her partner that things come and go, but it’s just you against the world.
Mansion. The teams must solve a fairly complex puzzle. At the flip of an hourglass, they must figure out that each of the items, anagrammed, become the words “Salvador Dali,” which is then the “open sesame” for their next clue. If they don’t get it before the timer, they must do a puzzle before continuing. D/D arrive first and do a skipping dance to the room, and start touching random objects. ShiMin and Blue Collar do the same. Sisters arrive unleashing a cavalcade of cauliflower to the ground, and enter the mansion. Romi, a mystery lover, is excited but stupefied at the task.
Macarena. A team finishes, and it’s the Cousins. Congrats, ladies, you’ve completed 2 detour tasks before the Parents have completed one. They head off in 9th. As for LiMore, the store appears to be shutting down completely for the night so I think they get sort of a pity clue, and after a long run, find their car. More announces that she’s not here to see the world, but to get the money first, then travel. That’s not the way it works, lady.
Mansion. Dana admits to loving crosswords and Sudoku but even she can’t get this game. David has the right idea, writing down all the words for him and Eliran, thinking that that’s part of the puzzle. Back at D/D’s room, it all becomes clear to Dana, as she realizes that the mustache belongs to Salvador Dali, and that that must be the answer. It is correct, and the door opens for them. Debby reads the next clue, which tells them that they must eat an apple covered in honey encased in a cage full of flies.
Market. Both Rondrea and LiRonit seem to tackle the task well, with Andrea really showing her stuff. Ronit tells the driver not to get distracted by her sexy mustache. She’s beginning to grow on me.
Mansion. Romy/Michele, for some reason, pack all the things. Blue Collar notices the common letters, and get it right, as do ShiMin, who head to the next clue in 2nd and 3rd. Over at Camp Clueless, Romy and Michele are not only increasing my love for 90s movies, but babbling a monologue at the doors to get them open. They fail, becoming our first team to be relegated to the puzzle.
Apple Room. Debby is still in shock at the task, but Dana convinces her mother to get started. Dana finds it funnier than her mother. Blue Collar Boys are playing tetherball with their apple. Debby is now laughing, but in pure “what-the-****-has-my-life-come-to” intent. Over at Shimi and Yasmin’s room, Yasmin starts bawling over the task.
Market. LiMore, TaKo, and Cousins arrive and start to load up. Ma’Ayan has no clue what surrealism is. Falafel boys, having fallen woefully behind, are officially last to arrive at the market. Talia wonders if they’ll eat them or cook them or something.
Mansion. LiRonit and Rondrea. Andrea says “doody” about fifty times in a minute. She’s thinking a little too far outside the box when she comes up with David ben Gurion. They are relegated to the puzzle. The Sisters have a complete breakdown, and it gets a little nasty, with them starting to think of quitting. LiRonit get Salvador Dali, and enter their apple room. Yasmin is scared of entering the cage. LiRonit, however, are laughing and having the time of their lives, as are Blue Collar. Mustaches are flying all over. The boys almost kiss. In D/D’s apple room, Debby starts to whimper, and Dana feels her mother’s overwhelming pain. Back at Blue Collar Boys, Eliran grabs for the core and they are done. LiRonit catch up quickly. In the next room waits Salvador Dali with their next clue and a large lollipop. They will go to Brunete and do a task a la Tomatina, the tomato festival.
Market. Cousins and Falafel get in their cars and head out. Itzik offers their driver a leaf as a token of his affection.
Mansion. The sisters appear to be cooling off about one iota from when we last left them, but they’re still at that stage where they’re all “I’m not talking to you, blah blah blah.” LiMore and TaKo arrive at the mansion and start on their rooms. Koby immediately comments on the arrangement and frequency of letters, and he and Talia start writing down stuff, and bam, they’re back in fifth place from almost last. Coral gets Salvador Dali, and their door opens for them this time.
Apple Room. ShiMin are in the cage and to the giggle stage. Sisters and D/D are attacking their apple. Debby is actually encouraging Dana now. Talk about a role reversal. I did not, however, need to see them exchange a piece of apple orally. Ew. They exit the cage and collapse in exhaustion. At least they’re hugging and not fighting. They leave in third. Debby wastes no time in enjoying her apple.
Mansion. Andrea suddenly gets the puzzle, as do LiMore. Both enter the apple cages. Andrea pushes the apple to Ronney, who does the eating. Romy/Michele have mad up crazy amounts of time and leave in 4th. In the cab, Coral offers a defeated apology, which her sister smilingly accepts and offers her a piece of cauliflower in exchange for her love. Aww, vegetable love. They interview that family is more important than money, or anything. Romy refers to them as “friends,” but Coral’s all…”let’s not go to that step yet. Family works for now.” LOL.
Mansion. Persians and Falafel arrive at the mansion. Oh boy, this is going to be a long one. Falafel boys proceed in tearing up the room. Persians are similarly confused. Neither of them get on the first try, obviously.
Apple Room. Koby grabs his apple by the mouth. Yasmin’s makeup is smearing. Both finish and leave in 5th and 6th. After a commercial. Rondrea keep up their 7th position, finishing their apple. Back at the puzzle room, Persians make quick work of it followed by Falafel. Now, the boys are…wandering? For some reason they fail to find the apple room. In the apple room, Lior/More are done and depart in 8th. In the apple room, Falafel walk in on the Cousins finishing up their apple. They do so and head out in 9th. Itzik finishes the majority of the apple for his team, and gets the giant lollipop he never got to have as a kid. We end on Itzik attempting to explain surrealism.
Next time: Fun with flying red fruit! Debby beans her daughter with a tomato. Whoops.
Jai Ho:
Well hello there. I see you've all missed me dearly.
Finally back after over a week of travel, including a trip on the brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. You must try it, it's delightful.
Now, it's time to play catchup...or...ketchup? LOL
Episode 5: Is That Tomato Juice? Oh No, It's Just Blood.
Aaaand…we’re still in Madrid.
Credits.
We open on the teams on their way to Brunete. Romy/Michele provide us with background music.
Morning. Blue Collar Boys look awfully tired and comment on how they think the other teams perceive them. Ronit makes a Speedy Gonzales joke. Groan. Debby is wearing her Marilyn Monroe t-shirt. Dana wants no crying today. Amen.
Hotel room. Uh-oh…Ronney looks like he’s down for the count. Indeed, we see the bull in the previous roadblock take him down hard, and him limping during the detour. Andrea tries, to her credit, not to freak out.
Brunete. First two teams arrive, and it’s a double battle. This involves teams searching through tomatoes, while being pelted with them, for a tomato with a clue.
Double battle. Coral and Dana are searching for their clues, with Romi and Debby joining the tomato throwers. Dana gets so mad she starts to throw tomatoes back. Las Ketchup plays as Dana actually catches a tomato…then gets beaned in the eye. One brunette down in Brunete.
On the road. Talia and Koby…argue about something pointless. LiMor speculate about the double battle, bringing us to…
Double battle. Coral starts to break down and runs out of the tomato patch in tears. Romi yells at her sister to get her butt back in the game, and Debby offers a blithe apology to Coral. Not the time, Deb, not the time. Dana is getting tired as well, and Debby throws another tomato…directly at her daughter’s head. Dana is now in tears as well. This is the most depressing task ever. There is literally nothing the two girls in the middle can do to get out of this. Debby prays to her grandfather…and Dana’s red-painted nails uncover the clue. Debby politely issues some hugs to the sisters and says good games, and they’re off in first place to Puerta del Sol.
Double battle. It’s Coral vs. Ronit. Ronit immediately gets tomato stuck in her earring, and spends remarkably little time searching and most of the time yelling. Ronit comments that Coral looks pretty pathetic at this point, and she actually feels bad. Both girls are suffering, Coral crying and Ronit shouting in Spanish. Ronit finds the clue and does a little dance. Coral exits the tomato pile and wraps in a towel.
Puerta del Sol. D/D arrive and are greeted by suits of armor. This task involves wearing them a la Don Quixote and Sancho “Pancho.” Teehee. Not quite sure what they’re supposed to do but we will find out. Apparently they must carry someone. Debby looks for someone thin.
Double battle. Coral’s in for her third round, against Eliran. Romi goes a little crazy with the tomato throwing, but it works and they’re off to Puerta del Sol in third.
Hotel. Holy crap, Ronney’s legs are two eggplants, they’re so purple. Ronney says he’s reached his limit.
Puerta del Sol. Spongebob is here, apparently, as well as LiRonit. D/D find a woman and her little boy to carry. Liran carries for his team. Lots of singing. Here coming bickering sisters, with Romi almost leaving Coral in the dust. Romi actually knows who they are and starts to tell the whole story before Coral shushes her up. They do the human bridge part of the task, and apparently Minnie Mouse is also there. Brunete…is strange. Debby sets her woman down…less than gracefully. Oy. Liran is done as well.
On the road. TaKo? Lost and upset again. Shimi/Yasmin? Road to nowhere.
Double battle. Cousins vs. Blue Collar Boys. New strategy: they’re not even looking, just pelting each other. Ma’Ayan serendipitously gets it with no problem. In the celebratory cab ride, Ma’Ayan’s cab dancing almost knocks over her partner’s drink. Next up: Blue Collar vs. Falafel, and there is no mercy shown. Itzik gets it as screwball Rocky music plays, and it’s actually kind of endearing. David and Eliran are pretty forlorn at doing so badly.
Puerta del Sol. Cousins arrive and freak out at random passersby. D/D now have to find someone to ride their hobby horse thingy. It
looks…strange. They finally get a girl in a black coat to do it for them, and ride it to the princess. These tasks just keep getting stranger and stranger. Their next clue is an identity card which is Pablo Picasso, and go to the Picasso tower. LiRonit get their clue.
Double battle. Eliran vs. Mor. This time, the boys aren’t playing around. More searching, and finally the boys get it. David responds by launching himself into the tomato pile, after which his partner follows suit. Shimi/Yasmin’s road to nowhere apparently took them somewhere, and it’s Mor vs. Shimi. Predictably, Shimi’s rage gets the better of him and he loses focus, which is all the better for Mor, who’s all “…I can’t find it…wait, here it is.” They joke about how silly this will all look on TV. Are they talking about just this task or the entire race? Hard to tell.
Puerta del Sol. Romy/Michele are skipping to the finish for the task. D/D, having previously gotten the answer of Goya, are corrected and sent to the Casa de Picasso, logically. LiRonit follow suit. Falafel boys arrive and get suited up. Eliran comments that he feels like Dana International, the transsexual pop star. Cue Dana International music. This is such a cluster of a task…now teams are carrying grocery bags. Ma’Ayan and Batel’s new friends speak some Hebrew. Falafel boys are singing and dancing with their people. What a surprise.
On the road. TaKo are…so far behind that the tomatoes are starting to congeal. It’s Shimi vs. Talia. TaKo try to strategize, but Shimi gets it. He also confuses tomatoes with peaches. They take a fifteen-minute penalty…but wait, where are the grandparents?
Voiceover. Talia and Kobi get the penalty, but they have no idea that Rondrea are out of the race, as we cut to Ronney getting out of an
ambulance and Andrea helping him hobble into the ER. Aww.
Puerta del Sol. Blue Collar Boys are escorting some girl named Maria Jose across a red carpet, something we have not seen as of now. Falafel lead a purple-haired girl to the clue giver, whom they proceed to fall in love with LiMor arrive and Lior does the carrying. Persian girls get to the clue giver. And of course they know who it is, instantly! Just kidding. We get blank stares. Falafel boys enlist some police to help them, they think they have to drive to Malaga. No…don’t do that. Time for a Falafel fight. Itzik is having none of this going to Malaga crap. Elsewhere, TaKo get the clue and are off in last-ish.
Streets of Madrid. D/D are in a cab and negotiating where to go – Prado? Plaza Picasso? Torre Picasso? We’ll see. Back at the square, Falafel see LiRonit, and as Ronit has figured out where to go, Falafel boys just follow them there.
Plaza Picasso. Pit stop. D/D run in…congratulations, you’re team number one. Well done, ladies. They compliment one another, and it’s time for a prize. Falafel and LiRonit are out of their cabs and racing on foot. Falafel run like maniacs, and it pays off, as they beat LiRonit to the pit stop by a few seconds. And…now they’re arguing? This is ugly. Ronit starts bitching about how much the rotten boys mooched off them. This…is pointless. It’s a race, Ronit. There are little in the way of hard feelings, because they’re in 2nd and 3rd, and nowhere near last.
Puerta del Sol. Blue Collar Boys have a parade. They, as well as LiMor, get their Picasso mystery clue. Mor wants to find an old person, because maybe, since the birth date is 1881, they’ll know him. Sisters and cousins find out it’s Picasso. Both teams arrive, and Romy/Michele hit the mat in fourth. Ma’Ayan and Batel? In fifth and ecstatic, as they’ve done very little right this leg, or in general.
Puerta del Sol. Time for ShiMin and TaKo to start their task. LiMor recruit some excited locals to solve the clue for them, and they get Picasso. David/Eliran are also off with the Picasso clue.
Plaza Picasso. LiMor run in sixth. David/Eliran do a Macarena on the mat and they are in 7th. Gee, that tasks seems so long ago, doesn’t it?
Puerta del Sol. Talia makes a Monty Python reference. Shimi looks like he has to pee. Both teams get the clue. ShiMin get the clue and leave TaKo in the dust. And TaKo…are the first team confused, heading off to the Reina Sofia Museum. ShiMin have a little moment in the cab, thinking that they could be last today.
Reina Sofia Museum. Wrong place. TaKo get redirected, but Yasmin sees flags. And…wonder of wonders, here come Talia and Koby. They are worried that they’re out today…but they’re in 8th. Whuuuut? LOL. Talia hugs Ron, then her husband. Enter ShiMin. Yasmin immediately starts crying because she feels like a loser. To his credit, Shimi does pick up his partner in her momentary depression. And…they’re in ninth. Yasmin makes with the waterworks again. They need to bottle that stuff up and put it in the Sea of Galilee.
Plaza Picasso. Here come Rondrea, limping in in extreme pain. Andrea says she’s learned a lot, and says it’s just the prologue of their relationship. Due to Ronney’s leg, they cannot complete another, so they are officially out.
But wait! Ron has a surprise for them. All the teams at the pit stop come out to greet them, Dave and Margaretta, with tons of applause. Debby steps up to hug Andrea, Ronit hugs Ronney, and both Elirans interview that they will miss them. Blue Collar Eliran adds that he saw them as mom and dad figures on the race. Yasmin wants to be them in fifty years. Andrea sends them off with a nice message of kindness, if a little dramatic. Debby sends us off with a final nice thought. Ronney is grateful to have met everyone, and they get another round of applause and 3000 shekels. Everyone cheers. Aww.
Next time: Dungeons! Mysterious pots! Girls washing each other. Eliran gets a bucket of ice over the keppie.
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What did you think of the episode?
What did you think of the recap?
Will we ever leave Spain?
Will Yasmin contribute anything to the show other than her tears?
Do you love and will you miss Andrea and Ronney (hint, there is only one correct answer to this question)?
G.B.:
Hey, I'm building Wiki pages for TAR Israel 3 and I've just made the contestants page: http://realityfanwiki.com/index.php?title=HaMerotz_LaMillion_Contestants
There's a few empty spaces, such as Last Names, Ages, Occupations and Hometowns. If you could fill any in, that would be spectacular :)
Jai Ho:
Saturday = Catch up day! Hooray.
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Episode 6: Gloves Would Be Nice
Tonight: Yay! No more Madrid!
Credits.
Pit Start. D/D, in first, read the clue which instructs them to ride the train to Cordoba, 300 km to the south. Their clue is waiting at the Hamam Andalus, an ancient bath. D/D get tickets and get on the 4:35 train to Cordoba. Following them are Falafel. Now comes the part of the episode where Debby flirts with a local. She asks him to guess her age, a question which never has a good answer. We learn that Debby is 46. Next up to leave the pit start are Sisters and LiRonit. Just when I’m wondering whether it’s going to be a bunching, the train leaves and gets the label “First Train.” Debby flirts some more.
Cordoba. Teams detrain and get taxis. Romi immediately notes all the religious presence here. Falafel compare it to Carmiel.
Hamam. Romy/Michele arrive in first and get the clue, which instructs them to wash one another with soap in order to reveal a clue. At random intervals they will get splashed with buckets of ice water. The girls emerge in bikinis, and Romi gets to scrubbing Coral. Romi scrubs Coral a little too hard, and Romi’s all “shut up and take it, bitch.” Next to arrive are D/D. Astonishingly, Debby emerges in a bathing dress rather than a bikini. She starts scrubbing and compares it to scrubbing a child. Falafel boys arrive in third, and Eliran gets a back full of ice. Of course, they are turned on by Coral, Romi, the MILF (LOL) and her daughter. Said MILF is scrubbing. Everyone gets the ice water treatment. Itzik gets a little intimate with the soaping.
Pit start. The final five teams get the clue and head to the train station. Talia and Koby start researching Cordoba, hoping to get a jump on the competition. Shimi is yelling at Yasmin to hurry up, of course. Second train leaves.
Hamam. In come LiRonit, hoping to catch up to the other teams. More scrubbing and splashing. D/D get the first clue in the soap, a piece of plastic saying “inquisition.” Romi gets it next. They must go somewhere and carry some heavy logs. D/D encounter the logs first. They opt to carry them one at a time, on their shoulders and move off at a good clip. Sisters head off next in their yellow jackets. Romi compares it to carrying a ten-year old girl.
Second train arrives. Shimi/Yasmin jump the line for cabs, leaving Talia/Koby behind at the station. Talia notes the lovely scenery. They join the other teams at the spa. Yasmin is in an adorable one piece and is actually enjoying herself. Talia starts giving the entire history of the baths, and the other teams just want her to shut up. Falafel see the clue but can’t quite get it. They get it followed by the very soapy Ronit and Liran in fourth. Eliran and Itzik each take a log, hoping to get it in one trip. LiRonit opt to do it the girls’ way at first, until Ronit decides she can probably get one by herself, and they switch to the other way. Elsewhere, D/D are both in tears. The boys seem to be making good progress. Romi and Coral find the drop spot with their first log, but Eliran and Itzik get there with both, so they are officially in first place. Time for a Roadblock. In this torturous task, the racer must reach into one of three pots to get a number, and that number will determine how long they must hold up buckets in order to complete the task. Itzik is scared by the mice which he sees. He relates a nightmare about mice. Itzik asks Eliran to hold his hand, but he still is too scared.
Hamam. LiMor arrive in 7th and Mor starts scrubbing her husband. Shimi gets the clue for his team and they are in fifth, followed by Koby. The final two teams arrive start scrubbing. Eliran tumbles off the bench. There is much ice water splashing. LiMor get the clue.
Streets of Cordoba. Shimi and Yasmin carry one and argue. For some reason triumphant music plays. Talia and Koby are doing it one each, giving them a chance to catch up. Romy/Michele pass up D/D by carrying it one in front of the other, and D/D realize they made a mistake in not carrying it this way, so they’re going to have to hustle in order to catch up. The sisters are now at the clue, having dropped to 2nd. Romi chooses to do the roadblock.
Roadblock. Eliran and Itzik are yelling like there’s no tomorrow. Itzik finally gives in and puts his hand in the mice. Romy/Michele arrive and are spooked by the “Taliban guy.” Romi is more scared by Itzik’s screams than by the contents of the pots.
Streets of Cordoba. LiRonit arrive at the clue box with their logs. Liran will do the roadblock, and he starts without much complaining. Romi? Throwing worms everywhere.
Hamam. Batel uncovers the clue, allowing them leave the Blue Collar Boys in last. They get the clue in last.
Streets of Cordoba. Lior promises his wife a massage of a lifetime. Shimi and Yasmin make their first drop, kiss, and go back for a second. They actually start cooperating. Talia and Koby take a brief break. Talia is all a-whimper. D/D reach the Roadblock. They argue and Debby is afraid of getting tortured. Dana says her mom’s probably worried about her fingernails. Romi comments that she’s starting to act like her sister. More reaching and freaking. Romi gets her number, a 10, and her partner must now hold the buckets about a red rope for ten minutes. Ma’Ayan and Batel get Super Mario music as they carry their first log. The Blue Collar Boys carry 2, of course, and wonder how the girls will be able to do it.
Roadblock. Koby takes it for him and Talia wonders where the nearest doctor is. Itzik pulls a 2, and Eliran must hold the buckets for 2 minutes. Liron gets a number, but we don’t see it. Ronit seems happy about the task, as she is dancing. Eliran gets the clue, and they must find a statue of the famous Spanish Jew Maimonides, or Rambam in Hebrew, in a place called Tiberias Square. The boys have no idea who it is, and attempt to use a broken combination of Hebrew, Spanish, and English, to find out who and where it is. Sisters get it next, and Coral immediately identifies the man on the note as Rambam, and off they go. They ask directions from some local girls and head out.
Roadblock. Debby is here, and freaking out, and praying to her grandparents. She reaches into the first pot, and it’s worms. She is in hysterics. Dana even starts to crying. So much for no more crying on the race. Ronit, at the buckets, seems to be having very little trouble. They get the Rambam clue quickly. Back at the roadblock, Koby seems unfazed by the mice as Talia gives another history lesson. Yasmin pulls out some guts. Mor wonders what is so bad about these pots. She gets a fistful of guts. Yasmin pulls out a mouse without looking at it. Shimi immediately comments that she’s holding a mouse and of course, she screams and cries. Shimi learns his lesson, not to identify the situation. Debby and Dana are arguing.
Streets of Cordoba. Batel has hair in her face, but they get their first log. The boys pass them like it’s a walk in the park, and the girls comment that they need to pick it up.
Roadblock. Nothing much going on here, same people freaking out.
Streets of Cordoba. Falafel happens upon a random wedding party and find out it’s Maimonides. They must sing, dance with a rabbi around the statue 4 times and make a wish at the statue. They are happy that they’re in first. They pass the Falafel Boys on the way out, with their clue telling them to go to Sevilla in the morning.
Roadblock. Eliran takes it for the Blue Collar Boys. Mor is still hard at work, but she pulls a 5 and Lior makes with the buckets. Debby is not happy, refusing to do it. But after a pep talk from her daughter, she goes back in and grabs a 10. She is ecstatic that Dana now has to hold the buckets for 10 minutes. Lior is done, and now they’re officially in the top half, in fourth. They know it’s Maimonides as well.
Maimonides. LiRonit arrive in third, and start the song and dance. Sevilla clue, and they’re in third.\
Roadblock. We know we’re here by Yasmin’s whimper. Koby is less freaked out than annoyed, but gets a 5. Talia gets off to a rocky start. Debby is laughing at her daughter. Eliran pulls a 2. Talia and Dana finish. TaKo gets a taxi…and their bad luck has followed them here as they arrive at a Hotel called Maimonides. D/D happen upon the square with the help of a local and they are now in 4th.
Streets of Cordoba. The cousins get there in last and argue over who will do it. Ma’Ayan does her second roadblock in a row, and in an interesting turn of events and luck, casually dips her hand into the mouse pot and comes up with a 2 on her first try. It takes all of 30 seconds. Wow, and Yasmin’s still here freaking out. Meanwhile, David finishes and they head out. Talia and Koby arrive at a gay club, and “It’s Raining Men” plays as they find out how to get to the square. Batel easily finishes the task and they actually know who Maimonides is.
Roadblock. Yasmin finishes, then Shimi does. They head out.
Streets of Cordoba. TaKo end up at a statue, but it’s one of a Muslim instead. They end up at the right place at the same time as David/Eliran, and they all dance together. ShiMin get it next. LiMor are wandering, but they discover the cousins and their local and team up to get the Maimonides clue together.
Next time: Sevilla! Teams take a siesta but are in for a rude awakening, Bedknobs and Broomsticks style. Yasmin sings, and the sound is actually less harmonious than her crying.
Team Rankings:
1st - Romy/Michele
2nd - Falafel
3rd - LiRonit
4th - D/D
5th - TaKo
6th - Blue Collar Boys
7th - ShiMin
8th - Ma'Ayan/Batel
9th - LiMor
Oddly, not a huge change since the beginning of the leg. Then again, this is TAR Israel AKA TAR linear tasks, so go figure.
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Thoughts on the episode?
Thoughts on the recap?
Take your pick - ice, worms, or guts?
Will the Blue Collar Boys get any less boring?
Will Debby find her next husband?
And who will we say adios to in Sevilla?
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