Thursday, March 6, 2025

SEASON #37: CARSON & JACK

EPISODE # 37:  Double the Stakes, Double the Eliminations.

HOST:  Phil Keoghan

PRIZE:  

                                    PLAYERS

1.  ALYSSA BORDEN   Married   Philadelphia, PENNASYLVANIA

    JOSIAH BORDEN        "                       "                     "

2.  BERNIE GUTIERREZ  Friends  Dallas, TEXAS

     CARRINGAIN SCADDEN  "        Denver, COLORADO

3.  BRETT HAMBY           Married    Las Vegas, NEVADA

     MARK ROMAIN            "                "      "           "

4.  CARSON McCALLEY   Best Friends Brooklyn, NEW YORK

     JACK DODGE                  "         "         "                      "

5.  COURTNEY RAMSEY    Dating      Leland, NORTH CAROLINA

     JASMIN CAREY                  "               "             "           "

6.  ERNEST CATO                Father        Chicago, ILLINOIS

     BRIDGET CATO    Daughter    Somerville, MASSACHUSETTS

7.  HAN NGUYEN         Siblings  Los Gatos, CALIFORNIA

    HOLDEN NGUYEN      "                "                "

8.  JACKYE CLAYTON  Sisters         Waco, TEXAS

     LAUREN McKINNEY    "               "           "

9.  JONATHAN TOWNS   Married    Pomona, CALIFORNIA

     ANA TOWNS                   "                "              "

10.  MARK CRAWFORD  Best Friends Watertown, TENNESSEE

      LARRY GRAHAM         "        "         Bartlett, TENNESSEE

11.  MELINDA PAPADEAS Mother       Chandler, ARIZONA

       ERIKA PAPADEAS  Daughter     Englewood, CALIFORNIA

12.  NICK FIORITO  Brothers             Brooklyn, NEW YORK

       MIKE FIORITO    "                          "               "       "

13.  JEFF "Pops" BAILEY   Father        St. Louis, MISSOURI

       JEFF BAILEY    Son                               "             "

14.  SCOTT THOMPSON  Married      Salt Lake City, UTAH

       LORI THOMPSON       "                       "                   "


START OFF AT THE:  Academy of Motion Pictures


ROUTE INFO:   Fly to Hong Kong.  When you land , race to TIAN TAN BUDDHA to find your Next Clue.  Take a taxi to the Buddha & climb hundreds of steps.  


ROUTE INFO:  Take the SUN FERRY to CHEUG CHAU ISLAND and search for your Next Clue among the PROMENADE.  

ROADBLOCK:  Who's ready for some ups and downs?

- Annual Bun-scrambling competition.  Race up & down a large cone to grab as many buns as possible while on the clock.  Pick up the clue tied to the top of the tower.  

- Jonathan & Ana in first place.

ROUTE INFO:  Travel to LOK KWAN STREET PARK to find your Next Clue.  FORK IN THE ROAD Ahead.  - Which route to take to the Pit Stop.  Only 7 teams can go in either direction. The rest of the teams caught on them while waiting for the ferry to return to mainland.  FORK IN THE ROAD:  Dance or Sing.- Nick & Mike are First.  Take DANCE:  Learn the steps of an ancient lion dance.  Then perform the dance with your partner to earn your right to continue.  SING:  Being made up & dress for the occasion, learn how to perform & sing lines from a Cantonese Opera. 

- Carson & Jack finish first the Lion Dance.

Race to the Pit Stop:  DISTRICT ART PARK TERRACE.

- 1st:  Carson/Jack.  Won $3,000.  from Lion Dance Fork

- 1st:  Alyssa/Josiah. Won $3,000 from Sing Fork.

ELIMINATED:  LAST IN LION DANCE:  Mark & Larry.

ELIMINATED:   LAST IN THE SING:  Jackye & Lauren.   


EPISODE #2:  Very Strong Warrior Energy. 

Fly to OSAKA, JAPAN (Carson & Jack 1st place).  Find the Skyward Travel Center first.    2nd Flight:


  Pops/Jeff, Nick/Mike, Alyssa/Josiah, Melinda/Erika, Courtney/Jasmin, Jonathan/Ana, -------,

LAST FLIGHT:  Scott/Lori, Bernie/Carrigain.

When they land, make way to TSUTENKAKU TOWER in the heart of the city for the Next Clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  (1st: Ernest/Bridget)  Take a Taxi to NAMBA HATCH to find your Next Clue.  Watch Out for INTERSECTION AHEAD!    CLUE:  Intersection:  Brett/Mark & Ernest/Bridget:  ROADBLOCK:  Who's ready to beat the competition?- Get Ready for an Expedia experience.  Beat the Drum.

Make way on FOOT to DOTONBORI BRIDGE.  

DETOUR:  MOCHI or MAWASHI

ROUTE INFO:  (1st Jonathan/Ana) Race to Pit Stop:  TAHOTO PAGODA  


1ST PLACE: Jonathan/Ana - won trip for 2 to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.  Celebrating 7 yrs Anniversary.

LAST & ELIMINATED:  Ernest/Bridget. 

Mochi:  pound out enough mochigome to make 12 mochi bowls 

Mawashi:  In Sumo 19 foot long piece of canvas that has to be perfectly wrapped on a wrestlers.


EPISODE #3:  Chaotic, Crazy, That's What We're Used to 

In OSAKA, JAPAN 1st place:  Jonathan/Ana:  Travel by Bullet Train


to KYOTO then encounter an EXPRESS PASS.  

ROUTE INFO:  Buy a sheet of magic fortune paper.  Buy the paper from marked vendor, then dip into the water to reveal the location of their Next Clue.  SHIRAMINE JINGU SHRINE.

ROADBLOCK :  Express Pass:  Sport - Kerari - Complete 5 passes to get the Next Clue.  Both team members need to complete the Roadblock.  Jonathan/Ana got the Express Pass.

ROUTE INFO:  Make way by Taxi to YASAKA KOSHIN TEMPLE for their Next Clue.

DETOUR:  FOLD IT or FLING IT?

Fold it:  Origami.  Requires teams to build a giant-sized crane. 


                                   OR

Fling it:  Requires teams to use spikes, throwing stars, and a blowgun.  hit a target.  


ROUTE INFO:  Race to the Pit Stop - KONKAI KOMYO-JI.  

1ST PLACE:  Lori/Scott - won $5,000 each.

LAST/ELIMINATED:  Courtney/Jasmin.


EPISODE #4:  There's No Addresses in the Jungle.        10 Team Left

ROUTE INFO:  Fly to BALI, INDONSIA


from KYOTO, JAPAN they faced another TAR DRIVER'S SEAT  Challenge.  (1st- Scott & Lori)  to PURA PUSEH AGE BAYAD.  Your Clue will Arrive with the Rising Sun.  Take a Number.  

ROUTEINFO:  Welcome to the Jungle.  Race an ATV through the mud.  Then drive through a long cave leading to a waterfall where you find your next clue.


ROUTE h:  (1st: Jonathan/ Ana):  Travel by Taxi to the Rice Fields of TAMPAKSIRING to find your Next Clue.  DRIVER'S SEAT AHEAD.  

ROADBLOCK:  Who thinks they can rice to the occasion?

- Requires teams to thresh either 15 20, or 25 lbs. of rice.  It all depend on who's in the Driver's Seat.

DRIVER'S SEAT:  Jonathan/Ana.  They Use their Express Pass - to skip the roadblock.

ROUTE INFO:  PENGLIPURAN VILLAGE.  Find your Next Clue by Taxi.  

DETOUR:  Penjor OR Pajegan

- PENJOR:  decorate a long bamboo pole  adorned with leaves, flowers, and offerings to show gratitude for all things on Earth.

-PAJEGAN:  Teams must purchase offerings in the village and build on.  

ROUTE INFO:  1st: Jonathan/Ana:  Race to the Pit Stop:  Ancient Stone Temple:  PURA DALEM PELAPURAN.  

1ST:  Jonathan & Ana -won a trip to Croatia, & Montenegro.

LAST/ELIMINATED:  Bernie & Carrigain.


EPISODE #5:  It's Not Personal, It's Business. 

The race continue in BALI.  During the Pit Stop, local invited them to a Homestay.

BALI, INDONESIA:  Route Info (1st- Jonathan/Ana):  Teams must now travel by Taxi to the SACRED MONKEY FOREST SANCTUARY.  Teams will encounter a live DOUBLE U-TURN vote.  Complete both sides of the Detour.  Open at 8am.  Phil is there.  

DOUBLE U-TURN:  Scott/Lori received 4 votes and Jonathan/Ana received 4 votes.  Will have to both sides of the Detour.

NEXT CLUE:  Route Info:  Travel by Taxi to PANTAI PANDAWA to find your Next Clue at the Gazebo - PIER SEGURA.  

DETOUR:  Coconuts OR Coral.

- COCONUTS:  Requires team bicycle to deliver 60 coconuts to a beach cafe along the shoreline.  Stacked them up like the locals, then will get a clue.


- CORALS:  Start with a hexagonal structure, like a reef star.  Attach five species of coral onto one frame, snorkel with it out to sea, and then plant it on the ocean floor.  


ROUTE INFO:  Grab a Taxi to NUSA DUA BEACH, then find your Next Clue.  

ROADBLOCK:  Who wants to meet their match?

- Choose a board, they must swim out into the surf and search between the two marked buoys for a surfer who has an identical sticker on their board.  


Now Race to the PIT STOP:  Make your way on FOOT to the TAKSU ART STAGE and search the perimeter for Phil on the mat. 

1st:  Brett/Mark won $10,000.

LAST & ELIMINATED:  Scott/Lori.


EPISODE #6:  It Smells Like the Dessert.  

ROUTE INFO:  Fly to DUBAI, UAE.


  (1st place - Brett/Mark)  A Fast Forward.  Travel by Taxi to the PLATINUM HERITAGE DESERT GATE deep in the ARABIAN DESERT, where they find a BEDOUIN Camp where they'll select a coffee cup with the release time for the next morning.  

NEXT DAY:  Group#1:  Leaving on Camels.  Clue Box:  ROADBLOCK:  Who Wants to Drop into Dubai?

- Finish the trip on foot to SKYDIVE DUBAI, where they'll take off from the desert and drop into this modern oasis DUBAI, high above the iconic PALM JUMEIRAH ISLAND, they meet back up with their partner pick up their clue.  FAST FORWARD.  

FAST FORWARD:  Carson/Jack.  

CLUE:  Keep diving.  Race by Luxury car to DEEP DIVE DUBAI and take a deep scuba dive to retrieve the FAST FORWARD.  Find the ORANGE CAR.

Find the FF.  ROUTE INFO:  Get back in your car and the driver will take you directly to the PIT STOP:  1st:  Carson/Jack -won trip for 2 to Alaskan /cruise..

Clue:  Take a taxi to ATLANTIS THE ROYAL and search for the next clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Prepare an afternoon tea for Chef Christophe to receive the Next Clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Travel by Taxi to BURJ AL ARAB PUBLIC BEACH find Next Clue.  

ANOTHER ROADBLOCK:  Who's Ready to Ride a Wave? 

- Teams to start at the first buoy, get to their feet by the second buoy, then travel through the water to the third buoy, for next clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Travel by taxi to the MALL OF THE EMIRATES METRO STATION, then take ride across this bustling city.  MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE:  PIT STOP.


2nd:  Han/ Holden.

LAST/ELIMINATED:  Pops/Jeff. - didn't get on the current train.


EPISODE #7:  Be One with the Hay. 

Starting off in DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 

ROUTE INFO:  (1st Carson/Jack) Fly to SOFIA, BULGARIA. 


Look for the Marked Cars:  Drive to the Village square of NEGUSHEVO find the Next Clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Kukeri.  Gather apples as an offering & deliver them to the altar of the kukeri to receive the Next Clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Drive themselves to the OSOITSA VILLAGE LIBRARY to find the Next Clue.  

DETOUR:  Haystack OR Wood stack.

- Haystack:  requires teams to find a martenitza (red & white adornment).


- Wood stack:  requires teams to use a wheelbarrow & backpack to transport 200 kilograms of wood to a home in the neighborhood.  

LOST IS Carson/Jack.

ROUTE INFO:  Make way ON FOOT TO THE CHURCH.  Double U-Turn Ahead.  

Alyssa/Josiah not to Detour anyone.

Jonathan/Ana can't use the Detour - detour already.

Brett/Mark does not use the detour.

Erika/Melinda DOES USE the detour o n Nick/Mike

Nick/Mike use it on Han/Holden.

- Jonathan/Ana are in ditch.

ROUTE INFO:  Drive yourself to the VILLAGE OF BELOPOPTSI & go to SNEZHA'S FARM for Next Clue. 

ROADBLOCK:  Teams must first provide the key ingredient by milking a sheep .  1/2 liter.  Then eat all the YOGURT.  


PIT STOP:  THE VILLAGE OF ELIN PELIN  

1ST:  Allyssa/Josiah won Marrakech, Morocco.

LAST/ELIMINATED:  Nick & Mike.


EPISODE #8:  We're Letting Race Brain Win.   

ROUTE INFO:  (1st - Alyssa/Josiah) Drive to LAKE ARIANA in SOFIA  to find the Next Clue.  Drive 25 miles from the countryside in ELIN PELIN to SOFIA, the capital & largest city.  Make a choice head straight to the Lake OR take the risk of going for the EXPRESS PASS.  

EXPRESS PASS:  Walk across burning coals.


  - Alyssa/Josiah did it.

ROUTE INFO:  (at the Lake)  Teams need to pick a cross from this Lake, then return it the Priest for good luck & the Next Clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Make the way to the neighborhood of RUSSIA MONUMENT SQUARE & open the doors of the marked klek shop for the Next Clue.  Can't take a taxi for rest of the leg.  Only options are by FOOT or BUS.

ROUTE INFO:  Make your way to ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI CENTRAL LIBRARY find next clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Use a cypher to translate a passage from CYRILLIC to ENGLISH .  In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.  

ROUTE INFO:  Make way to the MUSEUM OF SOCIALIST ART and search for the sculpture for Next Clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Make your way to the CENTRAL MILITARY CLUB to find your Next Clue.  

ROADBLOCK:  Who wants to step back in time?

- The Horo, a dance, Teams the chance link up with local dancers share the skills required to perform a complicated routine.  

ROUTE INFO:  Pit Stop:   ALEXANDER NEVSKY CATHEDRAL.

PIT STOP:  1st place:  Brett/Mark won $7,000 each.

LAST & ELIMINATED:  Melinda/Erika - misread their clues & took a taxi. 


EPISODE #9:  The Pizza de Resistance. 

First time ever teams race to NAPLES , ITALY.   (1st place - Brett & Mark)  Go to LA STAZIONE di MONTESANTO.  CASTEL SANT E'LMO.  Travel by Taxi.  ride up the hill on a FUNICULAR.  

ROUTE INFO:  Rub the nose of the PULCINELLA STATUE with both hands for good luck, then get the Next Clue from the real-life Pulcinella.  

DETOUR:  Mandolin OR Mozzarella.

- MANDOLIN:  requires teams to bring a mandolin to life, adding the final pieces.  


- MOZZARELLA:  Will be extremely difficult, by braiding the cheese.  

ROUTE INFO:  Make your way on FOOT to VICO 2 MONTESANTO in the Montesanto quarter.

ROUTE INFO:  Teams must go shopping & use the technique to deliver produce, sausages & bread to one of the houses on the street.  

ROUTE INFO:  Travel by CAR to RISTORANTE da ETTORE to find your Next Clue Piazzetta Olivella.  

ROADBLOCK:  Who's Feeling Saucy?

- Requires teams to make pizza from scratch.  



CASTEL NUOVO:  Pit Stop:  1st place:  Jonathan Ana - won trip to Mexico City, Mexico.

NON - /ELIMINATED:  Holden & Han.


EPISODE #10:  Up the River Without a Joust.         5 Teams Left.

NAPLES, ITALY  Travel by plane to FRANKFURT, GERMANY , then by train to STRASBOURG, FRANCE.  (1st place:  Jonathan/ Ana)  then to Council of Europe pick up their Next Clue.  In France find a marked car.  

- Must name the 4 countries you have actively raced in that are members of the COE. Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, France.

ROUTE INFO:  Drive to Pont Couverts to find Next Clue.  Head-to Head is next.  First teams will face off against the second team.  Water Jousting.  Last team will have 10 minutes penalty.  


    Han vs, Carson     Han won.

    Carson vs. Jonathan Carson won.

    Jonathan vs. Josiah  Jonathan won.

    Josiah vs.  Mark  Josiah won.

       Mark get the 10 minutes penalty.

ROUTE INFO:  Make your way on FOOT to LA CLOCHE a  FROMAGE CHEESE SHOP. Teams must learn the names of nine of them, then recite the names to a fromager at a nearby restaurant.  


ROUTE INFO:  STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL - Climb all the way to the top , pick up the clue, and take in the views.  

Aylssa/Josiah Finally use their Express Pass.

DETOUR:  Out to Dry OR For the Birds.

- OUT TO DRY:  Wash a tub full of dirty garments.  

- FOR THE BIRDS:  Require teams to build the initial structure of the bird  Stork nest.  

Now, Race to the Pit Stop:  Vines at the VINEYARD ORIENTATION TABLE.  

1st place:  Carson/Jack - won trip to Helsinki, Finland.  

LAST & ELIMINATED:  Brett/Mark.  


EPISODE #11:  My Knight in Shining Armor.            4 Teams Left.

Start off in STRASBOURG, FRANCE  at night (1st place:  Carson/Jack) 

ROUTE INFO:  Fly to Portugal.  To PORTO, PORTUGAL.  Go upriver to DOURO VALLEY, where wine is made.  Drive themselves after taking part in VALET ROULETTE.  Take chances when they pick either AUTOMATIC or MANUAL Car from a Valet Board.  

ROUTE INFO:  Drive to GRANJAO, VILA MARIM to find your next clue.  

- Carson/Jack got the automatic,

- Jonathan/Ana got manual,

- Holden/Han got stick

- Josiah/ Aylssa    got automatic.

ROUTE INFO:  After paddling across the river, teams will roll two barrels uphill to a wine-making house,  


ROUTE INFO:  Drive to the castle in the town of SANTA MARIA da FEIRA for the Next Clue.  

ROADBLOCK:  Who's Got a Steady Hand?

- Teams must enter the castle where a  number of notable battles & conflicts have taken place over the centuries.  After suiting up in medieval armor, teams must make their way all the way up to the castle plaza.  Here given an archery test & have 7 tries to hit the 3s bullseyes.  


ROUTE INFO:  Drive to CAMPANHA PORTO Train Station & take a Train to SAO BENTO PORTO train station.  When you arrive, search for a Man Selling Tiles in the station's lobby for Next Clue.   

ODE PORTO WINE HOUSE, RIBEIRA.  ROUTE INFO:

This is it.  Earn your way to the final three.  Complete a Mosaic.  81 puzzle pieces will complete the final international Pit Stop.  


PIT STOP:  Race to the Pit Stop.  

1st - Carson & Jack fly back to USA in Business Class.

2nd - Holden & Han

                      TO BE CONTINUE!


EPISODE #12:  We're in Miami, Baby!          4 to Start off.

- Jonathan drop one of his tiles by being careless & rushing but it didn't matter.   they finished first in front of Josiah & Alyssa.  Now, both teams are rushing to the Pit Stop.  

3rd - Jonathan & Ana.  

4th & ELIMINATED:  Alyssa & Josiah.  

ROUTE INFO:


Fly to your destination, MIAMI, FLORIDA.  SCRAMBLE - Sail, Soar, and Save their way to the finish line.   Must fly on the provided flights.  Teams must travel to CRANDON PARK MARINA and ride a SPEEDBOAT across BISCAYNE BAY to the Next Clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Get Ready for a wet and wild MIAMI SCRAMBLE.  Complete 3 water-inspired challenges in any order they choose.  1) Sail at the Coral Reef Yacht Club around a marked course, 2)  Soar - hydrofligthting for 60 seconds, 3) Save a Victim using a high-speed watercraft & rescue board.  


- Calle - Street in Spanish.  Calle Ocho Domino Park in Little Havana 

ROUTE INFO:  Drive to ICE PALACE FILM STUDIO  to find your Next Clue.  

ROUTE INFO:  Assemble a puzzle by matching images of people, place, and things with the game-changing surprises you've encountered on each leg.

ROUTE INFO:  Race to the Finish Line:  at LOAN DEPOT PARK, home to MIAMI MARLINS.  



1ST PLACE IS:  CARSON & JACK - WON THE ONE MILLION DOLLARS. 





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