Episode 18.08 – I Cannot Deal With Your Psycho Behavior

The Leg All the teams but Jet & Cord get on a flight to their next destination, Vienna, Austria getting them in at 5:35am. The Cowboys play safe with a flight that gets them in at 6:00am with one less connection.
The teams arrive in Vienna and have to get into a brand-new Ford Focus where Phil will give them their next clue. Via a video on the fancy screen in the car, Phil tells them to put the car in reverse to activate the back-up camera to see their next destination on the ground: Schloss Schallaburg. And also, the winners of this leg will each win a brand-new 2012 Ford Focus.
The teams head out, but Gary & Mallory have trouble figuring out what to do. They get it just as the Cowboys touchdown in Vienna.

All the teams get directions and are on their way to Schloss Schallaburg. Zev & Justin arrive first and receive their next clue, a book, from a lady in medieval clothes. The book directs them to find Librarian Prunksaal at the National Library in Vienna.
 Zev & Justin keep their lead to the National Library and find the Detour. In Long Hard Walk, teams make their way to the Freud Museum (Sigmund Freud’s personal home and office) to pick up a psychoanalysis couch and deliver it to his former office at the University of Vienna one mile away. In Quick Easy Meal, teams head to the Wiener Riesenrad ferris wheel where they’ll pick-up two servings of Wiener Schnitzel and Sachertorte, Austrian specialties and take them to the dining cars on the ferris wheel where they must clean their plates before the end of a 12 minute ride.

Zev & Justin decide to eat. As do Kisha & Jen and Gary & Mallory. The Globetrotters grab their clue, but Flight Time needs to pee so he decides to pee on the Austrian National Library. They and Kent & Vyxsin decide to move the couch.
At the Detour, Zev & Justin and Kisha & Jen find eating all that Wiener Schnitzel isn’t easy and fail to finish before the 12 minutes. They both run into Gary & Mallory and don’t let them know they didn’t finish.
The Globetrotters and Kent & Vyxsin starting going with their couches as Kisha & Jen arrive at their 2nd Detour. Zev & Justin are close behind and Jet & Cord catch up.
Gary & Mallory fall to last after failing to finish their food and they head on over to the couch as well.

The teams drag, carry, and roll their couches along the icy streets of Vienna. The Globetrotters finish first and get the clue telling them to find Sternbräu Restaurant in Salzburg.
Kent & Vyxsin, Kisha & Jen, Zev & Justin, Jet & Cord, and Gary & Mallory finish the Detour in that order and they all drive to Salzburg where they find the Road Block.
 In this Road Block, teams become chimney sweeps. After dressing up in uniform, they’ll be led to the roof where they will use a weighted tool to clean three chimneys. After, they’ll head downstairs to the cleanout door, open it, and retrieve their next clue.

Big Easy finishes the Road Block first just as Zev & Justin arrive and they get the clue telling them to head for the Pit Stop at the Villa Trapp, the home of the Von Trapp family famous thanks to the Sound of Music.
Zev finishes quickly as well with Kisha & Jen and Kent & Vyxsin close behind. But it is Zev & Justin who squeak by to step on the Mat first and claim their new Ford Focuses. And in Race Red and Yellow too!
The Globetrotters settle for 2nd while Kent & Vyxsin pass Kisha & Jen for 3rd.
Back at the Road Block, the Cowboys are just leaving when Gary & Mallory arrive. After getting lost, Kisha & Jen run ahead of the Cowboys and they check in together, 4th and 5th respectively.
That leaves Gary & Mallory in last… but it is a non-elimination leg and they are safe.

Episode Thoughts Well, admittedly I’m less excited about the rest of the season, but this is The Amazing Race after all and it is still exciting and a joy to watch.
It was a great episode to see the teams in cold weather finally this season. Austria looks beautiful and even better in HD. The tasks were probably the simplest of the season and didn’t provide for that much excitement though. The teams took center stage this week and provided the few laughs and excitement we got this episode.
The locations for the Route Markers though seemed like they were wasted. The castle and then the National Library would’ve been beautiful places to have tasks at. The National Library looked especially breathtaking in what little we saw of it.
It was an alright episode.
But how about the preview? Who in the world did the voice over for that? Where was Phil? It was very jarring and very random. First time ever TAR has had a Phil-less preview?
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