The Amazing Race 20 Secret Scenes, Episode 5: The Leg When Everyone Lost It

Danny isn’t worshiping at Dave’s feet concerning navigation, as being an Army pilot doesn’t mean he is necessarily the greatest at navigation. Already this caravan has made three u-turns with Dave & Rachel guiding them. Danny is fine with breaking apart from Rachel & Dave if the time comes. The experience gained from the first few legs has yielded results as neither of them is reluctant to ask for directions and their confidence has grown.

Joey tells us that Dave & Rachel have admitted they stumbled into first place those first two legs and don’t understand how that happened. Joey has the confidence to think they could overtake Dave & Rachel at a challenge and thinks it will come to that.

Featured team: Brendon & Rachel

Lost in a Fairy Tale: Brendon & Rachel wander around some Bavarian houses, and Rachel realizes there is no gingerbread to be found. Brendon is sure they’re going the right way while Rachel mutters in frustration. We can hear someone call Brendon’s name, and it looks like they found the gingerbread house assembly area, yet they still haven’t found the gingerbread.

Okay, so it wasn’t the assembly area as after a brief moment, Rachel decides to be sarcastically supportive of Brendon’s decision. They jog forward to where Brendon wants to explore, and Rachel is proved correct as there’s just more charming snow scenes but no gingerbread on the ground. Brendon admits his error and that Rachel was right, but that isn’t what Rachel wants to hear. She thinks he’s arguing with her just to argue, but Brendon just wants Rachel to stop shooting his ideas immediately down. Rachel argues that he never listens to her ideas either. I love them, but seriously, their arguments are so ludicrous.

Featured team: Rachel & Dave

Dave Compliments His Wife: As they drive to Fussen, Rachel explains that they went to Hohenschwangau (the wrong Ludwig castle) because a guy told them that’s where Ludwig’s bedroom was. Another guy on the street also pointed at the wrong castle when they asked which one was the fairy-tale castle. Based on that, they thought it was the right castle. Obviously it wasn’t, and they didn’t find that out until the tour guide in the castle told them otherwise.

Rachel thinks they weren’t the only set of teams to make that mistake as she felt that the guy had told this same thing to other teams. Dave isn’t upset too much as they asked explicit questions and the people they talked to gave explicit answers, so it wasn’t for a lack of trying. It was just a mistake and he knows they can recover from it. Dave is especially impressed with Rachel toughing it out, carrying her bag throughout the entire experience. She returns the compliment and gives him a shoulder massage.

Featured team: Bopper & Mark

Never Like This Before: Mark is driving through a Turin neighborhood at night and he’s letting Bopper know that it’s frustrating that Bopper isn’t of more help. Bopper protests that he hasn’t been here before so how could he know where to go? Mark reminds him that he’s got the map and promised that he did know which way to go.

Bopper turns to us and laments the fact that he and Mark have been fighting like they have never before since starting the race. Mark just wishes that instead of Bopper insisting he knew where he was going, he’d admit he didn’t so they could ask a local. He’s also frustrated at Bopper’s frustration, which of course is also a reciprocated feeling. Bopper tells Mark that he’s free to pull over and ask for directions any time he wants and that Bopper’s not stopping him. Mark agrees that is an option.

Featured team: Rachel & Dave

You Drive Me Crazy: Dave curses to himself while driving as Rachel comments that they should go back. He asks where they should go back to. He then gets upset at Rachel as he thought she had paid attention to the directions given to them to get to Neuschwanstein. Rachel reminds him that she asked him if he heard the directions, too, and he confirmed that he did. Dave mutters that he only heard the direction for the first turn.

As they drive down a street, Dave asks Rachel if this is the right street, and she laughs as she has no idea. He gets frustrated at what he considers her lack of participation as he needs some sort of assistance. Dave begs her for any recollection of the directions she got, and that prompts her to declare that he’s getting the directions next time.

At the Pit Stop

Featured team: Kerri & Stacy (eliminated)

Cousins Say Goodbye: Phil comments to Kerri & Stacy that they had declared they wanted to race fairly and not play mind games with anyone. He wonders what their families are thinking now. Kerri thinks they may be shocked as they probably expected them to go further. She starts to tear up so Stacy jumps in and tells Phil this would be a perfect time for him to whip out a magic save.

Phil points out that there wasn’t much love lost between them and some of the other teams, who have been a bit nasty about it. With that said, who do they think deserves to win the race? Both immediately say that they want the Kentucky guys (Bopper & Mark) to win as they’re racing a fair game and they like them as people.

Stacy respects Bopper’s motivations to help his daughter and hopes he can win to do some good. She also likes Rachel & Brendon (wow!) and the “teachers,” Nary & Jamie, and wouldn’t mind seeing them win if Kentucky doesn’t make it. Kerri really wants the South to get represented well, and be seen as capable of winning something like this. Stacy adds that Bopper & Mark are real men and are great examples to their kids.