Topic: TAR37: Ep 11: "My Knight in Shining Armor" (5/14/2025)

[RealityFreakWill]

IN THE PENULTIMATE LEG OF THE RACE, THE REMAINING FOUR TEAMS TRAVEL THROUGH PORTUGAL, WHERE THEY LOOK TO EARN THEIR PLACE IN THE FINAL, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

“My Knight in Shining Armor” – In the penultimate leg of the Race, the remaining four teams travel through Portugal, where they look to earn their place in the final, on THE AMAZING RACE, Wednesday, May 14 (9:30-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*.

[RealityFreakWill]

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[TARFansurvivor]

Looks like they are gonna have a Switchback from TAR 23 with the tiles 

[Xoruz]

There was also a Valet Parking sign in the Porto airport during the preview. Maybe they randomly choose a car from a group with different features like one is a manual, one is automatic, one has gps, and one just has a map.

[redskevin88]

There was also a Valet Parking sign in the Porto airport during the preview. Maybe they randomly choose a car from a group with different features like one is a manual, one is automatic, one has gps, and one just has a map.

Is that why we see Jonathan & Victoria Ana in a train?

[Alenaveda]

The castle is the Castelo de Santa Maria da Feira.

[RealityFreakWill]

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[Maanca]

Looks like Carson & Jack are getting their dream task - 2 legs in a row. The way they nerded out over the water joust will be nothing compared to this.

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[ghmorello]

There was also a Valet Parking sign in the Porto airport during the preview. Maybe they randomly choose a car from a group with different features like one is a manual, one is automatic, one has gps, and one just has a map.

Is that why we see Jonathan & Victoria Ana in a train?

No, I think teams will be asked to take a train to Paris before flying to Portugal. 

[Maanca]

So this leg's twist is a Switchback?

Looks like both "Whiskey Rollin'" from Scotland 22 and "Tiles" from Portugal 23. I'm guessing they're the two Detour options.

[Alenaveda]

This is somewhere alongside the Duero River. According to Google the mountains match with the ones in the Pinhao area but I can't find the right spot.

[Alenaveda]

Something that seems to enforce the hipotesis of the teams travelling to Pinhao: Phil here is standing in the middle of a vineyard. Well, the Pinhao area is known by its vineyards.

[Alenaveda]

One more thing, in this picture of Carson & Jack crossing paths with Han & Holden - who were doing the barrel task - you can see the water along the road, so this is probably happening in the same area.

[Alenaveda]

Looks like the image they have to assemble with the tiles is the one of the Don Luis I Bridge, that crosses the Duero River between the city of Oporto and Vila Nova de Gaia

[Xoruz]

There was also a Valet Parking sign in the Porto airport during the preview. Maybe they randomly choose a car from a group with different features like one is a manual, one is automatic, one has gps, and one just has a map.

Holy cow, I was right.

https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/the-amazing-race/video/?watch=af6jdat7bg

[RealityFreakWill]

The Amazing Race - My Knight in Shining Armor (Sneak Peek 1)

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The Amazing Race - My Knight in Shining Armor (Sneak Peek 2)

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[Alenaveda]

There was also a Valet Parking sign in the Porto airport during the preview. Maybe they randomly choose a car from a group with different features like one is a manual, one is automatic, one has gps, and one just has a map.

Holy cow, I was right.

https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/the-amazing-race/video/?watch=af6jdat7bg

Talking about twists on the race...

[Alenaveda]

And, of course, the Pit Stop is located somewhere in Pinhao.

[Neobie]

Han/Holden are here on the south bank of the Duoro across from Peso da Régua, and are trying to head here, the Caldas do Moledo on the other side.

Just past the Caldas do Moledo at the Lugar do Granjão here, teams row across the Duoro, back to the south bank.

Once across, the barrel rolling is up from the river to the Quinta de Santa Clara here.

With this and the visit to Santa Maria da Feira (was just there in 2023 for their medieval festival!), looks like there's a whole lot of travelling this leg!

[Neobie]

Train station looks like Campanhã Station. But if Han/Holden were driving to Pinhão, and Santa Maria da Feira is not accessible by train, where could they be going? Got off one stop early from Pinhão instead of at Porto São Bento?



The tiles are here on the Rua da Reboleira, right on the Porto waterfront and filled with tourists.

[Alenaveda]

They show a grin of people who know that they screwed it big, for sure.

[Alenaveda]

Ok, let's put together all the info we have so far:

Travel to Porto.
Car roulette at the airport's parking lot.
Tile task at the Porto waterfront.
RB at the Santa Maria da Feira castle.
Crossing the Douro River at Caldas do Moledo to Lugar do Granjão
Barrel task at Quinta de Santa Clara
Pit Stop somewhere in the area of Sabrosa/Alijó.

Are we missing something?

[Alenaveda]

Train station looks like Campanhã Station. But if Han/Holden were driving to Pinhão, and Santa Maria da Feira is not accessible by train, where could they be going? Got off one stop early from Pinhão instead of at Porto São Bento?



The tiles are here on the Rua da Reboleira, right on the Porto waterfront and filled with tourists.

Ok, to add more confusion to this matter, is clear that they picked a car at the airport at the same time as the rest of the teams.

[Neobie]

We also see Jonathan/Ana on the train, so it seems like they ditch the cars for the train back to Porto.

I think the rebelo boats at the Pit Stop are more common downriver, could this be the Pit Stop in Cálem?

The sun is pointing almost straight west at the Santa Maria da Feira shots, so sometime around 6pm. I'm thinking the sequence might be:
- Pick up cars at Porto Airport
- Drive upriver to Peso da Régua for the rafting and barrel-rolling
- Drive to Santa Maria da Feira for the knight roadblock
- Drive to a nearby train station and take the train back to Porto
- Travel on foot to the tile task at Largo do Terreiro
- Travel (on foot?) across the river to the Pit Stop at Cálem

We also have an overhead shot of Josiah/Alyssa that I can't place. Shadows are short, so possibly earlier in the leg, potentially before the rafting? A monastery or convent?

[Alenaveda]

I still think the RB comes first and then they drive to the rafting and barrel task. As you stated in an early post, there's no train from Santa Maria do Feira. However there's a line that runs 6 times a day from Pinhao to Porto and has a station on Caldas do Moledo. 

But I think is just the game designer on me speculating based on how I would have ordered the tasks.

[Alenaveda]

I still think the RB comes first and then they drive to the rafting and barrel task. As you stated in an early post, there's no train from Santa Maria do Feira. However there's a line that runs 6 times a day from Pinhao to Porto and has a station on Caldas do Moledo. 

But I think is just the game designer on me speculating based on how I would have ordered the tasks.

One more thing, trains arrive to Porto-Campanha station and if you have to proceed to Sao Bento you need to make a connection there.

[Alenaveda]

I still think the RB comes first and then they drive to the rafting and barrel task. As you stated in an early post, there's no train from Santa Maria do Feira. However there's a line that runs 6 times a day from Pinhao to Porto and has a station on Caldas do Moledo. 

But I think is just the game designer on me speculating based on how I would have ordered the tasks.

Did a little more research. Depending the source, specifically from Caldas do Moledo to Porto there's between 5 and 8 trains running daily.

[Neobie]

In Sneak Peak 2, we see Holden... holdin' a map specially provided by the producers. It has a thick red line that ends at Granjão, which is where the rafting takes place and where Han/Holden are headed.

Tracing back east, the line has a few places labelled, including Caldas de Moledo (which Han/Holden are asking directions for) and Peso da Régua (where they are currently semi-lost). The line then snakes northeast beyond the fold of the page...

And searching in that direction gives us the overhead shot of Josiah/Alyssa, at the Câmara Municipal de Sabrosa. It's a 42km/26mi drive from there to the rafting at Granjão, with quite a few twists and turns to throw teams off.

[Neobie]

I still think the RB comes first and then they drive to the rafting and barrel task. As you stated in an early post, there's no train from Santa Maria do Feira. However there's a line that runs 6 times a day from Pinhao to Porto and has a station on Caldas do Moledo. 

But I think is just the game designer on me speculating based on how I would have ordered the tasks.

I feel the same way, but I think the sun angles put Sabrosa and Granjão first. Very roughly:
- Alyssa/Josiah at Sabrosa at around 3:05pm
- Jack/Carson at Granjão (barrel rolling) at around 3:10pm
- Alyssa/Josiah at Santa Maria da Feira (knight roadblock) at around 5:20pm

Edit: I was wrong! Looks like there's a train from Vila da Feira to Porto São Bento, taking ~1h30 and running 9 times a day, but requiring a change of station at Espinho. This would be terrible planning though, as it'd either bunch teams up or put them so far apart that there's no hope of catching up, right before the Pit Stop.

I'm thinking production would have teams drive to the main line (e.g., Espinho) to take the much, much more frequent services there back to Porto. Some trains from Espinho go directly to Porto São Bento, while some end at Porto Campanha, one stop short.

[Alenaveda]

I'm thinking production would have teams drive to the main line (e.g., Espinho) to take the much, much more frequent services there back to Porto. Some trains from Espinho go directly to Porto São Bento, while some end at Porto Campanha, one stop short.

This fits perfect with their picture in Porto Campanha. I mean, we speculated that they drop off one stop before São Bento by mistake but they could have taken a train that ends in Porto Campanha instead.

[Maanca]

Whatever the cut task was in Sabrosa, it was something related to Magellan. The final memory task still used the actor as the picture representing this leg.

I wondered why he didn't look familiar watching the finale, lol

[Alenaveda]

Well, Sabrosa is the place where Magellan was born and there's also a museum dedicated to him and his travel around the world there.

[Neobie]

Good catch! The jeep in the Dubai leg was also unaired, they took it from the entrance of the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve to the Platinum Heritage camp.