The Amazing Race

This Seems Like The Path Straight to Hell!

Season 3, Episode 2, Aired 10/9/02

Episode Summary

The remaining eleven teams take off from the Pit Stop at the Hacienda san Gabriel de Las Palmas and receive a clue instructing them to travel 133 miles to the Pyramid of the Sun in Tehutecan. Once there, they receive another clue instructing them to travel to the San Marino Marina in Cancun, over 1,000 miles away. Some teams face busing difficulties, but all eventually arrive and face a Detour task that allows them to search for a clue in the water by choosing from two different modes of transportation. One team uses the Fast Forward to skyrocket into the lead. Another arrives last at the Pit Stop and receives the unfortunate news that they are eliminated.moreless

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Phil Keoghan

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Dennis Hyde

Eliminated 3rd with Andrew (Season Three)
Andrew Hyde

Eliminated 3rd with Dennis (Season Three)

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An interesting second leg! This season is getting good!

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By amazing_race, Apr 21, 2009 Report Abuse

In this episode, team set out from the Hacienda Pit Stop in Mexico City, and travel by bus to tropical Cancun!

Cancun was extremely beautiful. I enjoyed the stunning scenery that was featured in this episode. The clear blue lagoon waters that teams swam, paddled and jet-skied through were just plain mesmerising!

I really enjoyed the Roadblock in particular. Swimming with dolphins is just awesome! I thoroughly enjoyed watching that part.

The Detour was slightly a let down, even if one of my favourite teams aced it!

The Fast Forward was very tricky and frightening! Imagine climbing that pole and spinning back down to earth! That would be awesome!

As usual, The Amazing Race has surpassed expectations. Keep it up!moreless

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The teams are battling already in this great episode leading teams to Cancun

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By j19000, Jul 02, 2008 Report Abuse

The eleven remaining teams took off from the first resting point and made their way from Mexico City into Cancun where teams began to judge others, bicker slightly during the Detour and more otherwise. My point for this episode was the scenery of Mexico was stunning. The competition was fierce I guess, I was glad to finally see Derek and Drew up at the front of the pack due to them winning the Fast Forward. Their position raised from eleventh to first. Wicked ending there.
As other teams began the second leg, a team that is now one that I'm cautious about are Aaron and Arianne. Simply, one of the most judge mental teams on the shows history. They speak of other teams like it is their place to. I remember watching the teams climb to the top of that pyramid years ago when I was just watching the particular scene on television. Nice task and to be sure, a very nice country. When teams progressed to the Detour, the second bus was delayed due to a crash on the highway. The Detour task was ideal, I would have kayaked and gained an easy clue, my final choice. Flo and Zach as well as Derek and Drew are my top teams. But that may very well change over the course of the race.
The Roadblock was impressive, swimming through a dolphin pool full of dolphins, nice.
Then, the teams raced for the next Pit Stop where Tramel and Talicia were eliminated. Overall, a good outcome, a fairly interesting leg but on the best side, the awesome scenery.moreless

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- There was some speculation that Derek and Drew might end up in fifth or sixth, despite having claimed the Fast Forward, because they left on a later bus than the lead teams. As things transpired, the Fast Forward gave them enough of a lead that they were able to skip ahead and finish first. Edit
- The teams finished in the following order: #1. Derek and Drew. (Fast Forward) #2. Aaron and Arianne. #3. Heather and Eve. #4. Michael and Kathy. #5. Flo and Zach. #6. Ken and Gerard. #7. John Vito and Jill. #8. Andre and Damon. #9. Dennis and Andrew. #10. Teri and Ian. #11. Tramel and Talicia. (ELIMINATED) Edit
- Time Penalty: Phil informs viewers that Andre/Damon received a 78 minute penalty for unwittingly not following the provided map in the previous leg's Wheels Detour option. It included a 48 minute time penalty + a standard 30 minute punitive penalty. This caused them to depart 9th, even though they'd been 7th to arrive. In addition, they overslept, leaving a further 3 minutes later than they could have. Edit
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- A couple of editors for for TV Guide got to join in for this leg of the race, and wrote about it for the week's edition of the magazine. Edit
Quotes
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- Aaron: There's some sexual tension between Flo and Zach. My question is why they haven't just done it? Arianne: The question is why they haven't just done it? Edit
- Talicia: Team TnT, we're all wet, no longer explosive and we're signing out. Edit
- Tramel: We gotta go to Chakanab, no Chankanav. (pauses) Why can't nothing be called Detroit? Edit
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- Ken refers to Jill as "Catwoman," comparing her dexterity to that of the same-named feline criminal played by Lee Meriweather, Eartha Kitt, and Julie Newmar in the Batman television show, and Michelle Pfieffer in the movie Batman Returns. Edit