Phil Keoghan: This is Soweto, South Africa.
Once a shanty town where 30,000 students
famously protested apartheid,
it is now a vibrant city.
This was the fifth pit stop in a race around the world.
Teams arrived here at the end
of the last leg for a mandatory rest period.
Will last place Meredith and Gretchen
be able to survive after being stripped
of everything except their passports?
And can Ray and Deana continue their newfound success?
Ray and Deana, who were the first to arrive at 10:41 a.m.,
will be the first to depart at 10:41 p.m.
Drive yourself to the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve
and feed the lions.
Phil: Teams must drive themselves
30 miles to the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve.
Once here, teams will sign up for one of 2 shuttles into the reserve
where they will have to feed wild lions.
[Growling]
Once the lions have their meal,
teams will be handed their next clue.
OK. Let's go.
Ray: Deana and I love being in first place,
and we don't intend to give it up.
Deana has a hard time handling stress.
She needs to step up and assert her talents where I need them.
Ray: It's the Lion and Rhino Nature Reserve. N-1 north.
[Engine grinding]
Why does it do that?
The Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve.
Let's do it.
Ron: We are in the best physical shape
of any of the teams right now.
Some of the teams are breaking down and having trouble,
and it is leading them to have trouble mentally.
Kelly: Ron and I are hoping to step it up a notch
and push the other teams out.
We came in from this direction.
Yesterday, on our way to the Wild Caves,
we saw the sign for the rhino park.
We are going right back to where we were.
So we feel good.
Rhino and Lion Natural Reserve.
Teams will sign up for shuttle in the order in which they arrive.
OK, that's good.
Protect our lead a little bit.
8:00 a.m.
All this, and we have to wait.
Till 2:00 a.m.? Sleep.
Did you see that?
We got it.
All right. And away we go.
Make your way home and give Mom a big hug,
then eat all her chicken enchiladas
till you enter a food coma.
Feed the lions. Yeah, baby.
All right. Let's do it.
Brian: Greg keeps me light,
because he's always laughing at stuff.
I know if anything happened to me,
Greg would come running to my rescue in 2 seconds.
Whoa.
Man, am I sucking at driving.
So we have to find this lion place.
N-1 north.
Drive yourselves to the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve.
Go down this way. Which way?
This way.
Alex and I, we're people first,
we're racers second.
We realize that the underlying task at hand
is to win this race,
but half of the prize is being here.
Do we have that map?
Yeah, we have that map.
Oh, here it is. N-1.
The N-1 is over here. That's good, Alex.
The Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve.
Let's go see some lions.
Amber: Up until this point, I think the other teams
have been not too fond of me and Rob.
I don't think it's going to get any better as the race goes on.
Needless to say, I don't think we're going to be getting
any Christmas cards from these people.
What do you think, honey?
We're gonna get on N-1.
♪ Rhino Nature Reserve ♪
Yes.
It's an hour difference.
8:00 a.m., bro.
9:00 a.m.
We're with all the second people.
They're a whole hour ahead of us.
When the lions are fed, you'll get your next clue.
Let's do it.
Joyce: My marriage was rocky at the beginning of the race,
but it now looks hopeful.
Watching Uchenna with the kids in the orphanage
let me know that the relationship is going the right way.
Cradle of humankind.
That's close to where we were yesterday.
Let's head. Yeah, let's go.
Another day, another dollar.
6 teams have $118 for this leg of the race,
one team has none.
I wonder who they are.
All right. We go as far as we can go.
You ready?
Meredith: Gretchen and I are starting this leg off
bare naked, no backpacks.
We have no money.
Gretchen: When you take the weapons from your warriors,
it's hard to fight.
We're going to try to do it anyway.
We have to go right back out
where we were yesterday with the caves.
We have to go back toward N-1.
Gretchen: I feel like someone took sandpaper
and scraped my face.
I'm alive and happy to be alive.
This is it.
The gay guys in front of us?
They drive me nuts.
Second one.
This is so frustrating.
We're starving the lions this morning
because we can't get there to feed them.
Here. Rhino Park.
You're doing great, honey.
Here they are all parked in a row.
So the one who is missing is Uchenna.
OK. Finally.
We're the last ones to get here.
Damn.
How do you like this shirt?
Don't quite fill it out, my man.
Uchenna and Joyce came to our door last night
and handed us a bag of clothes.
Thanks.
Maybe we can borrow from the kids something.
Would you please come here a minute?
We're starting the Save the Rhino Fund,
and that's no lion.
Here's 5 American dollars.
Thank you very much.
Let's give them 5 bucks.
Thank you, guys.
This is all repayable, you know that.
She's tough to look at, all beat up.
I'm not giving them any money.
They're the biggest con artists going.
Can we count on you for a contribution here today?
I'll be glad to a little later in the legs.
Meredith and Gretchen are sacrificial lambs.
I want to see them be eliminated.
I don't want to prolong the agony for them any longer.
I'm just thinking of them.
All the teams for the 8:00 shuttle
please get on this vehicle.
Please stay seated at all times.
Even if a lion were to jump into the vehicle,
freeze and do absolutely nothing.
In each bucket, there is 2 pieces of meat,
and we will feed them to the lions.
Ron: Look at 'em, they smell it.
Yes, they do. They're licking their chops.
Here you go.
Nice catch.
These lions were hungry.
Guide: Everyone finished? Finished.
Thank you.
Fly to Botswana.
Phil: Teams must fly over 150 miles
to the city of Gaborone in the country of Botswana.
When teams land, they'll have to travel over 440 miles by train
and bus to this giant aardvark
located outside this village.
It is here they will find their next clue.
Back to Johannesburg.
Johannesburg Airport.
We have to drive to the airport.
I guess we're headed to Johannesburg.
B, we got to get back on N-1.
The brothers went straight. Follow them.
We get to go feed the lions.
I don't know what they eat.
Hopefully not us.
Remember, just remain calm
if the lion jumps into the vehicle.
You wanted to sightsee.
I wanted to see giraffes.
And off we go!
What happened in that movie?
They're huge.
Beautiful.
Oh, my gosh. I love them.
I'm not making eye contact with anybody.
1, 2...
That's cool.
This is amazing.
Departures terminal.
Marked parking.
There's the flag. Whoo-hoo!
Now if we can find us an early ticket.
Here's South African airways.
We are trying to get to...
Gaborone, Botswana.
As soon as possible.
Thank you.
J.H.B.
Seein' signs, baby.
Let's see if we can get an early flight.
12:00.
We've got to hurry.
Can we get tickets for your 12:00 flight to Botswana?
To Gaborone.
Gaborone.
Can we book that?
Yes.
Thank you.
Departures terminal.
To the left.
I am in the left.
No. That way. To the left.
Deana, watch the signs.
I need tickets to Botswana.
Just hold on to that.
I'll get you the tickets.
We're booked. Got them.
Thank you.
Gaborone.
Botswana.
Look for your next clue at the giant aardvark.
Yeah, I would take the N-1.
And then we'll just follow the signs to Johannesburg.
This trip, we're gonna follow the guys in front of us.
Right there.
Johannesburg International Airport.
The other teams went to the wrong way.
There's a toll booth.
Hello.
How do I get to the airport?
What exit?
All right, 10 minutes. Make a right.
We are on our way to the airport.
We've been going all wrong.
The airport is this way?
You have to turn around and go back.
Get out of here. Are you serious?
Went way past it.
Joyce navigated us into the airport,
and I am overwhelmed with excitement.
We're not such idiots.
Hello.
We'd like to go to Botswana, Gaborone.
Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
There's Ray and Deana. Huge, huge.
We're in the mix again, and it feels really, really good.
Phil: Brian and Greg, Ron and Kelly,
Uchenna and Joyce, and Ray and Deana
are on the first flight to Gaborone, Botswana.
OK. I get off here, Alex?
Go towards Johannesburg?
Yeah.
Witbank is straight ahead.
This one says straight ahead.
Wow, this has been an adventure.
We want departures.
Up here.
We need the earliest flight to Gaborone.
The bag people come through again.
Hi, I want to book 2 tickets to Gaborone.
1:35 flight?
This is the earliest, yes?
Thank you.
I don't remember any of this.
Definitely lost.
This looks like a scary area.
Lock the door.
Oh, my God.
What's happening here?
This is scary.
No, no, no.
Roll up the window, Alex.
Oh, my God.
Just pull over anywhere.
I'm going to ask somebody to drive us.
What about this guy? These people.
I'm trying to get to Johannesburg International Airport.
I'll pay you to drive me there,
and I will follow you.
Yeah, come with me. Come, come, come.
Come on. We're right here.
OK, this is good. I feel better.
There's an airplane. Great.
OK. Let's go.
There's no way we're gonna be able to catch up with them.
2 tickets for the flight to Gaborone, Botswana.
Thank you so much.
Where are the other teams?
There they are. Thank God.
Should be able to just get a taxi.
Come on, babe. Come on.
Let's do it, baby. Come on.
Taxi.
Can you take us to the train station?
Split a cab?
Taxi. Yes.
The train station.
We need a taxi.
Ernest Hemmingway wrote about hunting in Botswana.
Hi. Can we get tickets to go to Francistown?
Man: The time is 9:00.
It looks like every team is going to catch up here
because the train doesn't leave until 9:00.
9:00 p.m.?
We need a taxi to the train station.
OK, the blue one? Oh, perfect.
There are a bunch of guys
getting into a bus down there.
Whoa. Want to come with you.
Lynn: Not enough room. Not enough room.
Want to come with you.
Rob, there's not enough seats.
Can you go, driver?
Whoa, whoa!
Rob, dude, there's not enough seats.
There's plenty of room.
No, there really isn't.
Plenty of room. Is this a bus?
No, it is a taxi. ls this a bus?
Wow, Rob. Calm down.
We'll all get there the same time.
OK. We'll play like that.
I love to see Rob pissed off. It makes me so happy.
I let them get away.
I mean, if that had been pretty much
any other team there,
we would have let them on the bus.
I didn't want to share a cab with them.
I like my air conditioning,
and I don't want to be crowded.
Taxi!
Rob: I'm fuming.
He spazzed out like a little girl.
[Imitating Lynn] Rob. Rob.
There's no room.
Meanwhile he's stretched out
like he's on a carpet ride.
Where is the train station, please?
Choo-choo.
The train station.
Take care.
Get tickets in here.
Hey, guys. There wasn't enough room.
Rob: There was plenty of room, bro.
It's all right. We'll play like that.
Lynn's got his head up his ass.
He may be able to run Alex like a farm boy,
but he can't treat everybody like that.
I'm done being nice.
I mean, it's getting to be crunch time now.
There's 6 teams left.
Everybody's being nice,
giving Meredith and Gretchen money,
playing the Good Samaritan.
Not everybody.
I'm not even sure she fell down.
He might have pushed her just for effect
so people would feel bad for her.
What are you leaning toward me for?
Phil: All 7 teams are now traveling by train to Francistown,
and then bus toward the town of Gweta,
where they'll find this giant aardvark.
It is here they'll find their next clue.
Go, go, go.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, Meredith.
Road block.
Phil: A road block is a task only one person may perform.
In this road block,
that person has to successfully complete
a hunting training exercise created by bushmen.
They must throw a traditional spear approximately 20 feet
and hit a moving target.
When they hit the target,
the bushmen will hand them their next clue.
I'll do it, baby.
Let's go grab our bushman.
Who's got good aim? Ron.
Who's got good aim?
You do. I'll do it.
Who is going to aim?
I'll do it.
Do you have the energy to do that?
Who's good? Number one.
I'll take him. He has a smile on his face.
All righty.
I'll take the old wise man here.
Let's go, buddy.
Make your way to the group of bushmen.
Bushmen.
Are you listening?
I have to find a bushman.
Where are the bushmen?
[Speaking foreign language]
Honey, you can do it.
Dang, that thing's a little difficult.
This guy is going to teach me.
He's like Yoda. Go, Yoda.
A little sissy there.
All right, Lynn.
Where's another spear?
Are you my bushman?
I'm not a bushman.
I did vote for Bush, but it didn't count.
Close.
Honey, you can do it.
Oh, my God. Aye, aye, aye.
Come on, boy.
That's it. Yes!
Got him in the hind leg.
Thank you, Yoda.
Drive yourself to the cattle post.
Phil: Teams must now drive over 35 miles
to this remote cattle post
in the middle of the Botswanan bush,
known as Xau Xarra.
Here they'll find their next clue.
You're in the wild bush.
A safety guide will ride with you.
All right, baby. You got it.
Thank you.
You can do it, babe. It's easy.
Yay!
Did he give you a clue?
Right here.
The big man.
Let's go.
They're over here.
Way to go, honey. You did so good.
There's a marker there.
Being in the military,
I've driven through the desert in humvees.
Whereas I'm sure there's no one here who has ever done that.
We just lost our lead.
That was awesome with that spear.
You did that fast.
Yes! Hurry.
Thank you.
Come on, Deana.
Have some patience for once.
Yeah! Good job.
He doesn't remember where he set our bags.
I'm trying.
It is not as easy as you think.
I'm not saying it is easy.
They sharpen these things or what?
He loses his patience quickly.
Good for you, honey.
Thank you very much.
Bring your bags to these Land Rovers.
I'm getting frustrated.
Just calm down.
Yeah.
Come on, baby. Good job.
Are we last? Yes.
Right here.
Xau Xarra.
Yeah. This is the way. Go ahead. Straight.
There's trucks over there.
Let's go straight to the truck.
Honey, you did well. God bless you.
Are we last, honey?
Uchenna and Joyce are behind us.
I don't know where Meredith and Gretchen are.
Ron and I were the first ones out.
The brothers were behind us.
4-wheel driving in the bush.
We've been hanging out with Lynn too much.
I'm like, whee!
Hee hee! We're good.
Whoo! No tipping over.
Oh, my God. This is so Indiana Jones.
Did you ever think we'd be driving
through bush country?
Come on, man.
So who is this, Meredith and Gretchen?
It's pissing them off that we got in front of them.
The old man is about to cry.
Oh, for God's sake.
I think that was Rob and Amber.
Another team ahead of us.
I think that's Ray and Deana.
Want me to pass them?
Go for it. Be aggressive.
See you later, Ray and Deana.
Oh, baby, come on.
I think Rob and Amber are in front of us.
Damn it. Critical mistakes.
Slow down. You're going almost 60.
A bush policeman might give us a ticket.
See any markers?
How about that?
Oh, my God.
Tell me less about slowing down and more about markers.
This is the way.
All I see is Meredith's dust.
Is that her?
Whoo!
I have to say this is a lot of fun.
Good job, B.
Look like a bushman out there.
Whoa, watch out.
Don't try to go in the deep sand.
You move, and you slide.
The sand is slippery.
Stay on the road.
Whoa!
Hey!
We rolled over.
The camera guy's hurt.
Honey, what do I do here?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Are you all right?
Are you OK? Are you OK?
It's OK, Greg.
We've never driven these before.
What are we gonna do? Are we done?
This is a competition, but we don't want anybody to get hurt.
That's not fun for anybody.
That was Rob and Amber.
That's so typical of them.
There's no way we are stopping.
It's still a competition.
We must be getting close.
There's the clue box.
Detour--food or water.
Phil: A detour is a choice between 2 tasks,
each with its own pros and cons.
In this detour, teams have to choose between food and water.
In food, teams use a traditional wooden container
and 2 sticks to grind corn.
Bush women will reject it
if it's not the right consistency.
Teams must fill a basket up to the green line
to receive their next clue.
In water, teams suck water
from this underwater spring.
They must fill up 12 ostrich eggs
and bury them in the ground for cool storage.
Which one do you want to do? Let's do food.
Hey!
Get some corn.
Pouring it in here? Look there.
We have to beat the crap out of it.
All right. Take turns. 1, 2, 1, 2.
This takes muscles. This sucks.
You all work hard.
Take care, you guys.
I can't believe Rob and Amber did not stop.
They are awful pigs.
Literally. That is terrible.
Slow down. Oh, my God.
Are you guys all right?
I'm so glad they're OK. Oh, my God.
You realize I'm the only woman driving a stick around here?
You can't follow a map.
This is your role. Do it. Don't complain.
Don't break the car,
or we're really going to be in trouble.
You want to go home tonight, or you want to stick around?
I don't want to go home tonight,
but I don't want to have my bladder up in my chest cavity either.
Oh, my God.
You guys all right?
Yeah.
I hope nobody's injured.
We're dead last.
All the teams came by.
We have to wait for a backup car.
We have to focus back on the race
and not get eliminated.
Here.
Whoo!
It's getting close to what it is supposed to look like.
Pour it in here?
Food or water.
This is easy, babe. We can do this.
How much?
12 eggs.
Food. Let's go grind some corn.
Yo, full. Full.
Honey, I'm going to start digging the hole.
The boys wrecked.
We stopped to help them out,
and Amber and Rob drive straight by.
Come on, honey.
Amber and Rob do not deserve-- no quitting.
Is this OK?
Is this good?
This is stupid.
Baby, how are you so fast?
Come on.
Alex, come on, dude.
Just keep going.
It's good. It's good.
Drive yourself to the next pit stop.
Phil: Teams must drive themselves
to the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans.
Once a great lake,
it dried up 2,000 years ago
and became the largest salt pan in the world.
Teams will spend the night here.
This is the sixth pit stop in a race around the world.
The last team to check in here may be eliminated.
Come on, honey.
OK. They're done. Come on.
That sucked.
That was really pulling all the skin off my hands.
Is that all? Yeah, just this one.
Be careful. The last thing we want to do is break one.
Don't step on them.
Thank you.
The last team to check in may be eliminated.
Hold this.
We need more rice.
It's not rice. It's corn.
And I think we're good for now.
Parking.
There they are up there, hon.
Oh, I'm so stiff.
Food or water?
Let's pound corn.
You want to do the corn?
Come on, babe.
Quit yelling at me. Have patience.
Hurry, hurry.
Honey, you are going to knock it over.
Let's do it in rhythm.
Up, down.
I'm gonna say a prayer for us, Greg.
Dear heavenly father, please be with our camera man,
and give us guidance the rest of the trip.
Amen.
Take yours all the way out.
You suck.
Lynn, this is how you do it.
Yeah, if you have 20,000 years.
Hit it. Just push it down.
[Grunting]
In the basket.
Halfway.
We have to go to the green line?
Come on. We're doing fine.
I'm doing good, yeah?
Yeah, you're doing great.
There's a marker.
Straight ahead.
We have to run.
Take it easy.
Jump out. Come on.
Unbelievable.
We're such idiots.
Damn!
Welcome to Botswana.
Thank you.
Phil: Ron and Kelly...
you are team number one.
Yeah, baby!
Finally.
How does that feel?
It feels really good.
We're moving up the food chain.
Phil: I don't know if you realize,
but there are some beds set up in the wilderness.
I saw that.
You guys are going to be sleeping out here.
Hello.
Rob and Amber, you are team number two.
Did you guys see a wreck at all today?
Yeah, it looked like the brothers and Alex and Lynn.
Did you guys stop? Did you--
No, we didn't.
It's a race, Phil.
I see. So you left them
on the side of the road?
Keep pounding.
♪ Heave ho ♪
OK, take that. I need a rest.
Oh, come on.
Let's hope this detour is super-duper physically tough.
We need somebody to slow down.
This is our last one.
That's got be it.
Come on.
We're never going to get that basket filled.
Get me over the top.
Let's go, Joyce. We did it.
There is no possible way.
Last team to check in may be eliminated.
I have to rest a second. You want to keep going?
Thank you so much.
Drive yourselves along the marked road to the next pit stop.
OK, let's go.
Ow! Ray!
You can do it yourself.
That's right. Give up.
That's the spirit. Come on.
Heave, ho.
That's a girl.
Is that it?
We need a miracle.
We're not giving up.
We're not quitters, dude.
Here we go. Park the car.
Two teams left here.
Yes!
Come on, baby.
Detour. Everybody is doing food.
Let's do the water.
Get in here.
Put your tongue on the bottom.
Only 2 trucks are here.
Made it.
Phil: Uchenna and Joyce...
Yes?
You are team number 3.
Congratulations.
We made it. We made it. We made it.
Parking area. Perfect.
Phil: Lynn and Alex...
you are team number 4.
All right. Good.
We would have been team number 2.
We would have not stopped
and helped that car that crashed.
Sometimes you have to stop and do the right thing.
This is it.
Keep pounding, hon.
Party. [Belches]
There we go. That's a party.
We're kicking butt. People are still over there.
OK, give her that.
Thank you. Thank you.
Drive yourselves to the next pit stop.
All right, come on, hon. Well, we made it this far.
You've got to be kidding me. Damn it.
There's a sprinkler system that's up and running.
OK, we have to bury these.
All right, honey. Go to the parked area.
Whoo!
Come on, hon.
Oh, my God.
Put your hair down.
Phil: Meredith and Gretchen...
you are team number 5.
5!
You guys have done the almost impossible,
but you're still in the race.
My spirits were so low that night.
Meredith said, "We can do it."
We did. 5, Meredith.
That's our best yet.
Are the brothers still there? Yeah.
I think we can get 12 in there.
All done? Thank you.
No one is going to eat our water.
No one knows where they are.
Thank you.
Oh, my gosh.
Which one is ours?
We'll open it in the car.
We can beat them. We can beat them in a foot race.
We have to catch up with this team.
Go straight until you find a marker.
There they are. Take a left.
We're gonna beat the brothers to the pit stop,
and we'll have time to regroup
because every second for the next leg will count.
There they are. Let's go.
Catch up.
We're not getting eliminated. No way.
Right where those cars are parked.
Hurry up. Hurry up.
Get your seat belt off.
I'm sure we do.
Deana, come on! Deana, come on!
Thank you, God.
Love you, bro.
Love you, too.
Phil: Brian and Greg...
you are team number 6.
Still in The Amazing Race.
Congratulations.
It seems like it means a lot to you guys
to stay in this race, huh?
We rolled that car,
and I thought it was over.
It feels good to be on this pad.
You'll be happy to know your cameraman is going to be OK.
[Sobs]
Maybe we should do the right thing
and pull Ray and Deana over here.
Why don't you guys call them over?
Ray. Deana.
Phil: Ray and Deana,
you are the last team to arrive.
I'm sorry to tell you you have both been eliminated from the race.
We deserve to be. We do.
Today we were awful.
So do you feel like the race brought you guys together?
I probably won't compete with her in the future.
Ray: I don't know if I can accept Deana the way she is,
lacking the competitive fire that I have.
I definitely want the relationship to work.
He needs to realize that this relationship has 2 people.
Ray is not always going to get what he wants.
I can't end this if I wanted to,
and I can't go on.
We need to figure out what is holding us together
and ripping us apart.