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KEOGHAN: Previously on
The Amazing Race...

For the first time ever,
teams raced to Bulgaria.

Gamers Carson and Jack
got lost early,

falling hours behind.

I have no idea where we are.

Oy.

KEOGHAN:
A parking mishap

cost married couple
Jonathan and Ana valuable time.

I don't know what else to do.

KEOGHAN:
At a surprise Double U-Turn,

Melinda and Erika
secured their safety...

-MELINDA: We don't
have a choice.
-ERIKA: I know.

KEOGHAN:
...leaving no choice
for brothers Nick and Mike.

We just U-Turned
Han and Holden.

-HAN: They U-Turned us.
-HOLDEN: All right,
we're U-Turned.

KEOGHAN:
Married couple Alyssa and Josiah
won the leg.

You are team number one.

Yes! Yes!

KEOGHAN:
Nick and Mike

hopelessly searched
through haystacks...

I don't know
how much longer I can do, bro.

Been at this for hours.

KEOGHAN:
...and gave Carson and Jack
the opportunity they needed.

NICK:
There's another team.

Oh, look.

-CARSON: There are people here.
-JACK: I can't believe it.

CARSON:
We're still in it, Jack.

A million dollars. Let's do it.

KEOGHAN:
The gamers
completed their comeback...

You are team number six...

-[whoops]
-[laughs]

KEOGHAN:
...while the brothers
never finished the Detour.

I'm sorry to tell you

that you have been eliminated
from the race.

A city kid's not meant
for the farm, Phil. [laughs]

KEOGHAN:
Coming up tonight,

teams face fire
to win an Express Pass.

CARSON:
We got some time to make up.

KEOGHAN:
And Carson and Jack...

We're gonna take the metro now.

KEOGHAN:
...try to stage
another comeback.

CARSON:
What else is there to do?

We have to believe.

JOSIAH: Okay, let's go.

-Route Info.
-Oh, my God.

"Drive to Lake Ariana in Sofia
to find your next clue."

KEOGHAN: All teams
will now drive themselves

25 miles from the countryside
to Sofia,

the capital
and largest city of Bulgaria,

home to eye-catching
monasteries,

cathedrals and a treasure trove
of Roman ruins.

This is where teams
will make a crucial decision--

head straight to Lake Ariana

or take the risk
of going for the Express Pass.

The team that wins it

can use it to skip any task
they don't want to complete

and then continue racing.

And there's an Express Pass.

There are lots of reasons

not to walk across hot coals.

First of all, this is real fire

that can reach temperatures
of up to a thousand degrees.

And this man is barefoot.

But when
you're on The Amazing Race

and the Express Pass
is up for grabs,

you might just be willing
to put your feet to the fire.

-Let's go for it, right?
-Let's do it.

-Let's do it.
-All right, let's do it.
Let's go.

So, we'll get the pass,
and then we'll...

-we'll still have
to do everything else, like...
-Right.

-You figure out
where this place is.
-Let's go.

I found it.

I want to come in top three.

I think we have some time.

And with an Express Pass,

we have extra power
for another leg.

Our student loan payments

are insane right now
and crippling.

We're, like, over $400,000
in student loan debts,

between our two degrees.

I-I keep looking
over my shoulder for Sallie Mae.

-[laughs]
-'Cause I swear
she's behind me with a knife.

She's gonna catch me.
Like...

ALYSSA:
Winning a million dollars,

winning this race
would change our lives forever.

It would just set us up

to be in a good place to, like,
have children and feel

like it's the right time
to do that.

The Amazing Raceis a war.

And it's not about
winning the battles.

It's about winning the war.

That's our-that's our goal.

Oh, God.

Route Info.
"Drive to Lake Ariana

in Sofia
to find your next clue."

Maybe we should just
skip the Express Pass.

-Uh, yeah. Josiah and Alyssa...
-Yeah, they have a big lead.

-Let's go.
-Let's go.

MARK:
I want to get first place.

So let's get
to where we need to go...

-BRETT: While they do that Pass?
-Yeah.

Excuse me.
We have to find a place.

Could we
possibly use your phone?

We're looking for Lake Ariana.

Twenty-two kilometers away.

-BRETT: In Sofia?
-MARK: Looks like it.

It'll be the first park
we see in the city.

It's gonna be on
our left-hand side, right there.

-Okay.
-Okay.

Thank you so much.

Lake Ariana.

Great. We just have
to look for a body of water.

BRETT:
So we decided not
to do the Express Pass

because Josiah and Alyssa
have, like, at least

a 20-minute head start.

And they're in first,
so why wouldn't they go for it?

So, our goal is to just try

to get through these challenges
ahead of them.

Babe, thank you so much
for all your map work.

The airport should be coming up.

Where?

I don't know. Look for planes.

[laughing]:
Oh, my God. You're so...

-What is this?
-Oh, boy.

"The Express Pass
is up for grabs.

"There's only one Express Pass,

but multiple teams
may attempt to win it."

Okay.

What do we want to do?

Uh, I think... I mean...

Yeah? Head over to the lake?

-[laughs]
-Yeah, okay. We'll, uh...

All right.
Well, let's head to the car.

-Let's go.
-Yeah. Let's head to the car.

-I'm so upset.
-Okay.

JONATHAN:
We decided to, uh, forgo

an attempt at the Express Pass

because, uh,
too much time has passed

between us
and the first team that left.

The experience from the last leg
has carried over,

essentially, into the next leg.

Um, you know,

if we hadn't had our car
stuck in a ditch for an hour,

we, uh, might have
had a shot at first place

and thus might have had a shot
at the Express Pass, so...

The bad luck continues, dude.

ALYSSA:
I don't want to go too far.

-Do you think we should maybe...
-Exit here?

There's-there's parking.

ALYSSA:
Yes! Okay. We found it.

Ooh. Good job, babe.

All right, let's do it
like we're way behind.

ALYSSA:
So we followed the arrows
around the side of the building,

and there's fire.

And the first thing I read is

you're gonna
have to walk across coals

to get the Express Pass.

"Walk barefoot on hot coals
to win the Express Pass."

My initial reaction
is excitement.

-How is this...
-[laughs] This is so cool.

And then I immediately realize,
"Oh, my gosh.

"Josiah is not
gonna like this at all.

He hates hot things."

-All right, I'm ready.
-It's my worst nightmare.

Josiah doesn't like hot things.

You're just
gonna have to suck it up.

We're gonna burn our feet.

This is my biggest fear.

This is what I don't like to do.

I do not like
to touch hot things.

I don't like to eat hot things.

Like, hot chocolate, for me,
is lukewarm chocolate.

Like, I don't do hot.

Worst nightmare.
Truly worst-case scenario.

We're gonna burn our feet
a little. It's fine.

JOSIAH:
I appreciate you being calm,

but it's just
not what I want to do.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Is this gonna hurt? [laughs]

It's not that far.

-You're gonna be fine.
-I'm gonna be fine.

-Lifted toes.
-Yeah.

ALYSSA:
Okay.

-Do you want
to go first or second?
-No, second.

[chuckles]

-ALYSSA: You got this, babe.
-I got it, I got it.

Let's do it.

ALYSSA:
I really wasn't afraid.

I was like, "If I burn my feet,
I burn my feet. That's okay.

It's worth it
for this Express Pass."

But it hurt.

It was a lot longer
than I thought it was gonna be.

Okay.

It's not bad at all, babe.
You got this.

I was just
trying to keep it together

and give no reaction at all.

Okay. So it's my turn.

So I didn't
scare Josiah even more.

Let's do this. I'm good to go?

-ALYSSA: Just keep moving fast.
-Yeah.

I'm gonna keep moving.
I'm on the beach.

I'm on the beach.
I'm on the beach.

-I'm on the beach.
-[Alyssa laughs]

I'm on the beach. That was hot.

-That was amazing...
-ALYSSA: That was hot.

-Good job.
-Okay.

Good job.

-Thank you so much.
-Thank you so much.

-It was an okay job by me.
Good job by her.
-[whoops]

-Thank you so much.
That was cool.
-Thank you.

-Yes!
-All right. We're back on.

Okay.

ALYSSA:
Woo-hoo! Express Pass.

-Valid through leg ten.
That's awesome.
-Huge.

We're back in the race.
We are now in third place.

ALYSSA:
All right.
Off to the next thing.

The Express Pass
burned 40 minutes of our lead.

It also burned my foot.

Route Info.

-Express Pass.
-Express Pass.

HAN:
"There's only one Express Pass,
but multiple teams

may attempt to win it."
All right.

-Let's do it. I don't think...
-We're too late. We're not...

Just go.

We're leaving in fourth place,

which isn't bad, considering
that we got U-Turned.

-But we want
to make up some time.
-Yeah.

HAN:
We're trying to figure out

how to work together in harmony,
I think.

We didn't spend
seven years together, because

Holden went off
to military school

and then I went off to college.

When I saw him
during those seven years,

it would be
for a week at a time.

He would piss me off.
It was a true

brother-sister
bickering relationship.

HOLDEN:
So much growth
has happened since then.

Something that I really wanted
to achieve on this race

is to be seen not necessarily,

like, as just
her younger brother.

I also want to be seen as, like,

someone who's, like,
of her equal.

HAN:
Spirits are high.

We're excited to get better.

That's our goal.

Route Info.

"Drive to Lake Ariana
to find your next clue."

-And there is an Express Pass.
-Oh.

-We are not doing that.
Let's go.
-We're not Express Pass.

They've already passed us.

ERIKA:
All right. Let's go.

Okay.

Right now,
we are going into leg eight.

And I feel like we're starting
to hit a groove, maybe.

Now, the last leg
was a little bit rough,

but we can't
really change our game plan.

It's still like,
"Try to take one step at a time.

Slow is fast. And we
still don't want to be last."

The thing that I've learned
about my mom on this race,

though, is, like,
somewhat surprising is,

yes, I'm competitive,

but holy crap,
my mom is competitive, too.

And she will cut someone
to get out of the way. [laughs]

It's part of the game.

When we get to Sofia,
I still don't know,

technically, where we're at.

It's gonna be great.

I'm gonna do way better
at directions today.

Ooh! Getting antsy.
We're almost here.

That-that's a stadium.
This is the parking.

Oh, my God. And Josiah
and Alyssa aren't here.

So we could be the first ones.

BRETT:
Clue box, right there. Right
there, there in front of you.

Perfect.

Route Info.

-[lively chatter]
-At a first glance,

the idea of a priest

handing out crosses like this

might appear
out of the ordinary,

but for Eastern Orthodox
Christians here in Bulgaria,

this annually celebrated event

is led by Orthodox priests

who celebrate their faith
like this every year

at the Jordan Day festival.

Teams need to pick up
a cross from this lake,

then return it to this priest
for good luck

and their next clue.

-"Recover a cross." Okay.
-Okay.

I hear music.

♪ ♪

[lively chatter]

Yeah!

BRETT:
Oh.

Let's go.

MARK:
We got to be in and out, babe.

That's-- You're gonna get it.

-[chanting]: Hey, hey, hey!
-BRETT: Hey!

[chanting]:
Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

BRETT: It's right below you.

Get it. Get the cross.

-Yeah!
-Yeah!

[cheering, chanting]

MARK [chanting]:
Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Hey!

-[speaks Bulgarian]
-Thank you very much.

MARK:
Thank you so much.

-Thank you.
-Thank you so much.

Thank you.

All right, babe,
let's get out of here.

Ready?

Route Info. "Make your way

"to the neighborhood
of Russian Monument Square

"and open the doors
of the marked klek shop

to receive your next clue."

KEOGHAN:
After the end of Communism,

basements and bunkers
played a major role

in this country's
conversion to capitalism.

Business entrepreneurs

converted them into klek shops.

This kneel shop
is owned and operated by Mira,

who has a clue for the teams.

-We cannot take a taxi.
-Okay.

MARK:
The clue says that
we can't take a taxi

for the rest of the leg.

"The only options
are by foot or bus."

I used to take
the bus to school growing up,

and if you missed the bus,
you waited another hour.

Plus, we don't know
which bus to take.

We don't know how long
it's gonna take. So we ran.

So we ran.

MARK:
It's fun to be on foot.

[horn honks]

Is it? [laughs]

-[envelope tearing]
-CARSON: All right.
-JACK: Okay.

-To Lake Ariana.
-Let's do it. Let's do it.

JACK:
We left in last place,

and it was giving

ghost town.

CARSON:
We got some time to make up.

JACK:
We must have been

at least
an hour behind fifth place.

So, you know,

spirits were high,

but delusional.

We can do it.

We're capable.

The power of delusion
is something

we wield at will, kind of.

-Oh, my gosh.
-We can really
force ourselves to be like,

"We are going
to achieve the impossible."

I'm feeling like
we're gonna be okay.

-Am I crazy to say that?
-I think so, too. No. No.

What else is there to do?
We have to believe.

ALYSSA:
That's the stadium.

JOSIAH:
Doing pretty well, babe.

Some would say we're on fire.

[chuckles softly]

ALYSSA:
There's the clue box.

"Recover a cross
from Lake Ariana

to receive your next clue."

-All right, let's go.
-Let's go.

-♪
-[lively chatter]

[chanting]

Hey!

[Josiah cheers]

Ah! Let's go.

This is so cool.

JOSIAH:
Thank you.

[both cheering]

[chanting]:
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

-Thank you. Thank you.
-Thank you!

[chanting]:
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

The St. Jordan festival
was absolutely lit.

The hard part of that challenge

wasn't getting
the cross and finding it.

It was leaving
the group of guys in there,

'cause they were so, so fun.

-Yay! Thank you.
-Thank you. Merci.

"Make your way
to the neighborhood

of Russian Monument Square."

ALYSSA:
"You must not travel by taxi
for the rest of this leg."

But we can
take trolleys and stuff.

We're just
gonna run on foot there.

-That was fun.
-That was really cool.

ANA:
I see the clue box.

Okay.

"Recover a cross
from Lake Ariana

to receive your next clue."

[lively chatter, chanting]

♪ ♪

ANA:
Gonna give us a blessing.

Okay. Let's go get it.

Ah.

-[chanting]
-Ah!

-Let's go!
-ANA: Oh!

[gasps] Hey!

Yeah!

There's the cross.

Yeah!

[cheering]

Hey! Thank you.

JONATHAN:
Thank you, guys.

[Ana laughs]

Thank you for the blessing.

-Yeah! Thank you so much.
-Yes. Thank you.

All right, babe.

"...and open the doors
of the marked klek shop

to receive your next clue."

Klek shop? What's a klek shop?

-What do you want me to do?
-Turn right at the next...

I don't know.

MELINDA:
Under the railroad tracks?

-Do you see railroads
that we're going under?
-No.

ERIKA:
Oh, yeah, that's real bad.

HAN: I think the thing

about self-driving
with Holden I like is, like,

I feel like there's hope every
single time we get in the car.

Not that, like,
a team has screwed up,

but, like, there's just
so much more room for error.

Oh, my goodness.

If we see a bright blue shirt
in the distance--

Erika and Melinda

struggling to do something--
I'm gonna have to

-bite down on my lips
so I don't scream.
-[laughs]

ERIKA:
You're not on my map anymore.

Like, the small Sofia map
is no longer visible.

We might have
to take a different street back.

Do you see
a different street we...

You are literally no longer--

The end of my map has happened.

MELINDA:
Okay, I understand.

So go back to see
if we can go over a street

to come back around that park.

ERIKA:
At this point, you don't want
to listen to me, so...

MELINDA:
Navigation's gonna take us out.

ERIKA:
Excuse me. Can you help us find

Lake Ariana?

-Oh, it's over there.
-How do you we do that, though?

Can you show us on your phone,
maybe? Like, directions?

Yeah, so we go past the big park
and before, like,

-Yeah.
-those two streets. Okay.

Thank you so much.

-Do you know
exactly what you're doing?
-Yes.

Oof.

Not a fan of self-drive.

MARK:
Okay, let's just go.

BRETT:
Russian Monument Square. Yes.

Hurry.

The klek shop.

Damn. My legs are burning.

So it has to be 75.

Seventy-five. Right there.

Flower shop.
So let's ask them.

Hi.

Klek shop.

Uh, here is, uh...

the entrance.

Oh, the entrance is down there?

Oh, thank you so much.

Oh, over here is 75.

-Thank you so much.
-Oh, here's this.

Can we open it?

-Hi. Oh, my gosh.
-Hi.

-Thank you so much.
-Thank you so much.

-Yes.
-Okay, bye.

-[laughs]
-MARK: That's cool.

It's like
a secret little snack shop.

I'd like some snacks.

-BRETT: Route Info.
-MARK: "Make your way

"to Sofia University's

"St. Kliment Ohridski
Central Library

to find your next clue."

St. Kliment Ohridski.

So we're gonna take the bus.

We know for sure Alyssa
and Josiah were not there,

'cause we were
the first car there,

which means they went
to the Express Pass.

Which means, as of now,
we have the lead.

JOSIAH: I have no clue
what a klek shop is.

Is this it? 75.

I don't see it.

We found 75, but...

there was no shop there.

I know this says 75,

but, like,
marked is marked, right?

ALYSSA:
Could this be the marking?

Amazing Race37.
That is so cool.

JOSIAH:
That's the marking?
That is so...

-Get out of here.
This is so cool.
-Oh! Wow.

-Hello. You're hiding from us.
-Oh, my God. Hi.

-Thank you so much.
-It's like speakeasy.
This is incredible.

[both laugh]

A speakeasy.

-Let's close it
so no one else sees it.
-We got to hide--

No, we got to hide this back up.

-This is so cool.
-ALYSSA: Oh, that was so cool.

"Make your way to Sofia
University's St. Kliment."

I just want to make sure that
a metro wouldn't be faster.

JOSIAH:
If it's another run
like we just did,

-I'll do that all damn day,
every day.
-Yeah.

JOSIAH:
We can run like the wind.

JONATHAN:
Oh, this might be it.

Okay, we're looking
for a marked klek shop.

This might not
be the right street.

ANA: Seventy-five.

JONATHAN:
Yeah, it's not marked.

ANA:
So just look for the mark.

-JONATHAN: Yeah.
-Okay.

Oh, man.

-JONATHAN: Do you have
to go all the way around?
-I'm so confused.

JONATHAN:
Can we get, like,
a street sign or something?

ANA:
Aw, crap.

-I think we should go back.
-This is a different street.

Is there a 75 over there?

ANA:
Yes, babe, I saw it.

JONATHAN:
Oh, is this it?

Oh, my God. Look at this.

[Ana laughs]

Oh, my gosh.

-Are you serious?
-Wow.

[laughs]

That was crazy.

Oh, my gosh.

"Make your way to Sofia
University's St. Kliment."

That was so much faster
than running.

BRETT:
Merci. Thank you so much.

-MARK: Sofia University.
-So...

MARK:
So we have to find the library.
We're right here.

Look, there's an entrance
right here.

-Oh, look.
There's a clue box right there.
-Perfect, perfect.

"Use a cypher
to translate a passage

-from... Cyrillic to English."
-"Cyrillic to English."

The Cyrillic alphabet
was invented here in Bulgaria--

a writing system
used by a number of languages

here in Eastern Europe
and Central Asia.

It's characterized
by its angular shapes

and distinctive letterforms

that represent specific sounds.

Teams must use a Cyrillic cypher

to figure out what's written

on the pages
of this ancient book.

Once they give the correct
answer to the librarian,

he'll hand them a clue.

♪ ♪

MARK:
Okay.

-Let's just take this one.
-Wow. Cool.

MARK:
Oh, no.

-How do you use it?
-Is that the thing?

-Do you want to be
closer to that? Is that it?
-MARK: Oh.

We get in the study,
and we have to use the cypher

to translate a passage

-from Cyrillic into English.
-BRETT: English.

MARK:
The first letter's
the B and the Z.

I've never used a cypher before.

How do you use this?

BRETT:
The cypher
has three rings on it

and has all the Cyrillic
from the passage.

Oh, there's
no information, babe.

We were like,
"Clearly that's the lettering,

-but there's no English."
-BRETT: Yeah.

MARK:
Oh, my God.

What are we missing?

Think.

We got to go to the lake.

I see it.

"Recover a cross
from Lake Ariana

to receive your next clue."

♪ ♪

[lively chatter, chanting]

[cheering]

BOTH:
Thank you.

"Make your way
to the neighborhood

"of Russian Monument Square.

You must not travel by taxi
for the rest of the leg."

We don't know
how to use a cypher.

And there's
no English on this at all.

Does it open?

Are we missing something?

-Okay.
-[gasps]

Oh.

-Hold on.
-Oh.

-B...
-Hold on. BZ, "in."

MARK:
Eventually,

I was like,
"Well, it doesn't open,

so what does the back
look like?" And I flip,

and there was the English.

N-A...

-BRETT: N with a backwards D.
-...Y-D. Right here.

And then I'll get the end of it.

"In the beginning..."

Oh, my God. Yes!

Oh, my God. I'm so...
This is hilarious.

-♪
-[lively chatter]

Oh, this is very Orthodox.

ERIKA:
You see it in the middle?

MELINDA:
My husband's family
is Greek Orthodox,

so I was familiar with

a little bit of their customs
and their culture.

So that was kind of familiar
from what the Greeks do.

[cheering]

-Yay. Thank you.
-Thank you.

All wet.

-So now we got to go down
to the street and find a taxi?
-Correct.

There's a taxi down there.

-Hi.
-DRIVER: Hi.

We need to go
to Russian Monument Square?

You know? Okay. Okay.

Maybe someone else will
make a bigger mistake than us.

Yeah.

-MARK: Let's just start again.
-BRETT: Okay.

BZ was...

"in the beginning."

That says...

-"the word."
-"The word."

MARK:
I don't see
the K76 anywhere else.

-Like, "In the beginning,
was the word."
-"...was the word.

"And the word was with God.

"And God was...

the word."

We're using common sense.

-BRETT: There's
too many other words.
-No, that's it.

-I think we got it.
-Okay.

Yes.

Yes!

-Thank you so much.
-BRETT: Thank you, thank you,
thank you...

Great job, babe. Great job.

ALYSSA:
We're gonna
have to find the library.

JOSIAH:
Oh, there's a clue box.

ALYSSA:
Oh. Oh, there it is.

-JOSIAH: Brett and Mark.
-MARK: Josiah and Alyssa.

-BRETT: Hi, y'all.
-ALYSSA: Hey, guys.

"Use a cypher
to translate a passage

from 'Krillic' to English."

"Make your way

to the Museum of Socialist Art
and search

for the sculpture garden
for your next clue."

Let's just ask someone
to use their phone.

Sure.

[exhales] Whoa.

-ALYSSA: Oof. Okay.
-JOSIAH: Okay.

This is your wheelhouse, babe.

JOSIAH:
We have to decode a cypher

and the message within it
to English.

We've practiced this.
We've done, like,

escape rooms.
We've done puzzles.

So, we're trans...
we're translating to what?

ALYSSA:
From "Krillic" to English.

Where do
we get the English from?

JOSIAH:
There are some English letters

like "T," "O," you know...

Unless we're missing something.

-Hi.
-Hi.

Um, we're trying to find
the Museum of Socialist Art.

-Oh.
-Ah.

That's, uh,
you can take the metro.

The metro station is right here.

-MARK: Oh, so you
have to walk down there?
-Yeah.

-MARK: Thank you so much.
-BRETT: Thank you.

MARK:
Okay, I want to keep our lead
on Josiah and Alyssa.

-BRETT: Yes.
-Hopefully they
get stuck there for a while.

So, maybe there is a book.

ALYSSA:
Yeah. Maybe there's a book.

So we're looking for "Krillic,"
that word.

JOSIAH:
Cyrillic.

ALYSSA:
Here's Irish English.

Spanish.

-There is a ladder.
-Español. Français.

What's this ladder for?

That's what I've been wondering.

And at some point,
you have to wonder,

"Am I missing something?"

ALYSSA:
Help me.

-JOSIAH: Okay.
-Do you think we just
have to figure it out

-with that cypher thing?
-Maybe.

HAN: The klek shop.
I think that's the klek shop.

This is definitely it.

HOLDEN:
Seventy-five.

-HAN: I see this.
-Yeah.

Whoa!

This is so cool.

-Hello. Thank you.
-Hi. Thank you.

-That is so cool.
-That was absolutely wild.

That was insane.

HAN: I feel like I was
in a secret club, you know?

In Bulgaria.

ANA:
Think this is it?

-JONATHAN:
Oh, it's right over here.
-Oh, shoot.

Okay.

"Use a cypher
to translate a passage

from Cyrillic to English."

ALYSSA:
Hey, guys.

-JOSIAH: Hey, guys.
-'Sup, guys.

-Take your time,
if you guys want to,
-This is wild.

but if you ever, like,
want to work together,

-we're trying to get it.
-JONATHAN: Cool.

But take your time.
Take your time.

We're literally nowhere on this.

JOSIAH: Yeah.

JONATHAN:
When we went into the library,

we saw Josiah and Alyssa there.

They looked very stressed.

I'm just gonna call that BZ.

It looks like BZ to me.

And that's "naya"
with that accent.

Come on.

[lively chatter]

-Hello.
-Hello.

♪ ♪

CARSON:
Okay.

Okay, yeah.

JACK:
We got to Lake Ariana

and had to dive in

for a cross

into a pool full of men

chanting, singing and dancing,

which is a lovely

-Tuesday, in my book.
-[laughs]

[cheering]

CARSON:
We've known each other

for over a decade.

We grew up together.

At the time when we met,

I knew I was gay,
but I hadn't really told anyone.

And then I saw Carson
from across the way, dancing

to Lady Gaga, "Born This Way."

And I was like,

"Only a gay person

would know that choreography."

[lively chatter, chanting]

We talked to each other

and we became best friends.

Thank you.

-Thank you so much.
-Thank you so much.
Thank you, thank you.

When you're learning about
being queer, oftentimes,

you're only thinking
about the negatives, but, like,

finally, there was
an example of, like,

-queer joy in front of me.
-Joy. Yeah.

[cheering]

CARSON:
"You must not travel by taxi
for the rest of this leg."

We're gonna take the bus.

-That might be it.
-JACK: All right, 5

Hello.

MAN: Yeah.

-No way.
-That's crazy.

Hi. Good to see you.

-Hi. Good to see you.
-Me too.

-Who would've thunk.
-Oh, my God.

CARSON: The woodcutter
who weighed our wood...

Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.

...was just on his daily bus.

It was like the Spider-Man meme.

We were like...

And he was like...

-What is a klek shop?
What is that?
-Klek shop?

He felt almost like a spirit.

JACK:
It was insane.

-Bye-bye. Thank you.
-Thank you so much.

JACK:
Thank you.

♪ ♪

I don't know how to use this.

Can you figure out just the B
by itself, what it means?

Or the O by itself?

Let's focus just on--

Hey, we can do this.
We're gonna do this.

Just, I don't even know how.

Like, I don't even
know what to do.

ALYSSA:
After Jonathan and Ana came in,

it was just, like,
so frustrating.

I was considering
using the Express Pass,

but I wasn't
gonna say it out loud

until things got very dire.

ERIKA: Seventy-five.

MELINDA:
We might have passed it.

It was one of these stores
on the left.

ERIKA:
I think it's this way.

MELINDA:
I think we passed it.

ERIKA:
I don't even know
what the "kelk" is.

MELINDA:
I don't know
what a "kelk" is, either.

I think we passed.
I don't know...

We need to find 75.

What are these numbers?

-Do you see any other numbers?
-I think it's easier
to find a number back here.

Okay. We can do what you
would like to do. That's fine.

We didn't see anything
marked on this,

so I don't know
why we're coming back this way.

MELINDA:
77.

-What number
do we see on this other one?
-75.

-MELINDA: Seventy-five,
right here.
-ERIKA: Is this it?

MELINDA:
Yeah.

It says "marked."

I knew what I was talking about.

-Do you understand I saw 75?
-I understand you saw 75.

Sometimes when I say directions,
you always pushing it,

and I let you do it this time.

Why didn't you just trust me?

MELINDA:
Because I saw 75.

-Do you speak English?
-Do you know where this is?

Oh, good.

It might have been
where you said then, Mom.

But I don't know
how to get in there.

I don't, either,
but I was right.

-Okay. Thank you.
-WOMAN: You're welcome.

You were right. Good job, Mom.

I just didn't
see anything there.

So maybe it is
by the flower shop?

MELINDA:
It's the only 75 I see.

-Oh, my gosh.
-Oh.

-Hi. We found you.
-Oh, hi.
There's people down here.

-Yes. Thank you.
-Oh, my gosh.

-Thank you.
We learned something.
-All right, close it.

-Okay.
-Okay. What a day.

"Make your way
to Sofia University."

There's a bunch of taxis
right there, yeah?

-MELINDA: We didn't know
what a "kelk" was.
-Nope.

Sofia University Library.

MELINDA:
"Bibliograf" or whatever.

After the first leg,

I've gotten really good
about reading my clue.

And I think that's
why we're still in the race,

is 'cause
we got a little bit better

about being focused
on reading the clue.

Oh, gosh. [laughs]

This is tough, tough, tough,
tough, tough, tough, tough.

-Hmm.
-So, N, A...

-How?!
-Doesn't matter.

We don't know how.

I don't really think
we've made any progress so far.

How?

-Yes.
-Oh, yes.

-Thanks.
-Thank you so much.

-"Make your way to the Museum
of Socialist Art."
-Nice.

Has to be that
we're overthinking it.

Every time we seem to make,

like, think
we crack one part of it,

the method that we used
doesn't work for the next part.

JONATHAN:
So,

how much do you want
to help them?

Just tell 'em
it's on the back and bounce?

-We got to help 'em.
-Okay, good.

JONATHAN:
It's kind of like an investment.

-A good karma investment.
You know, you invest
-[Ana laughs]

now, and maybe
some-sometime down the road, uh,

they may help us
when we're in trouble.

-[door opens]
-JONATHAN: Do you need help?

ALYSSA:
If you have any tips.

Yeah, we could help you out
a little bit.

So, um...

um... did you try
flipping it over yet?

Yeah. Okay.
Yeah, there it is.

-Oh, my God.
-Yeah. Sorry, you guys.

-Don't be sorry, bro.
-See you later.

ALYSSA:
Oh, my God.

That's insane.

-Excuse me?
Can you help us?
-Hi.

We're looking
for the Museum of Socialist Art.

Ah, Museum of Socialist Art.

This is somewhere...
somewhere near here, but...
-Okay.

MARK: This one. It's here.

We are heading
to the Socialist Art Museum.

Okay.

-Yes.
-Thank you so much.
-Okay.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

ALYSSA:
That was horrible.

"Search the sculpture garden
for your next clue."

ALYSSA: Huge shout-out
to Jonathan and Ana.

It was amazing
that they helped us

because we would have been
stuck there

or had to use our Express Pass.

JOSIAH:
And if they get first
or second today,

they earned it over us,
that's for sure.

Is it the next one?

-I think it's this one.
-Or is it this one?

-Here, Holden. Yes.
-Two lions. Yeah.

HOLDEN:
There's a clock with two lions.
There's a clue box.

"Use a cypher
to translate a passage

from Cyrillic to English."

HOLDEN:
I had done, like,
a cypher puzzle before.

HAN:
I do the crossword,
I do the spelling bee.

I do word puzzles.

HOLDEN: Literally, just
write down the passage first,

and then we can break down
how we want to solve this.

We need to have
all the information first.

-Fine. Fine, fine, fine, fine.
-N.

HAN [whispering]:
I think it's here.

-No, there's no...
-Why don't we just
get close to it?

-We can walk up to it,
and we can look at it.
-I think...

Okay, I need you to, like,
work with me,

'cause it feels like
you're working on this alone.

-Okay?
-Okay. Okay.

But how do we translate it?

-How does it translate down?
-BaoHan, let's figure out

-everything that we have first.
-Okay.

You're trying
to solve the math problem

-without getting the other side
of the equation.
-Okay. Okay, okay, okay, okay.

HAN:
Or is it English letters?

There's a park that way,
so it must be there.

There. This is the sculpture.

BRETT:
Clue box straight ahead.

This is incredible.

BRETT: "Make your way
to the Central Military Club

to find your next clue."

Is it close, do you think?

-MARK: I don't know, babe.
-Okay.

-I don't see it anywhere
in walking distance.
-Okay.

Excuse me.
We have to go to...

BOTH:
The Central Military Club.

-Thank you so much.
-No worries.

-Thank you. Thank you.
-Thank you.

BOTH: Thank you.

Bro, I have no idea. Okay.

-HOLDEN: Relax, relax, relax.
-Okay, okay, okay.

I just, right now, am looking
at our translation,

and our translation
is not clear.

"Pad-oh-ob."

I'm stumped. I'm stumped.

Into the library. Let's go.

-Oh, there's the box.
-ERIKA: Yeah, exactly.

-There's two clues in here, Mom.
-Oh, praise God. Okay.

"Use a cypher
to translate a passage from...

'Krillic' to English."

ERIKA:
"Use a cypher"? Okay.

-What's a cypher?
-I don't know. This way, Mom.

-"When you think..."
-Oh, praise God we see somebody.

"When you think
you have deciphered the text..."

Have you ever worked
on a cypher before?

-Dude, no. Have you?
-No.

-No, we're stuck.
-Do you guys-- do you want,

like, work together on it?
There's one team behind us.

If not, it's okay. I'm not gonna
take offense if you say no.

-HAN: I'm down. Let's do it.
-Okay.
-Yeah.

Then we'll stand next to you.

Hey, if it's a scripture,
we should be able

to figure this out
real quick, Mom.

Once we get the beginning of it.

MELINDA:
We just grew up in a faith,

and we have raised the children
in a faith.

And so, that's just been part
of our life and culture.

So, we have known the Bible,

and we should know this verse.

HAN: I don't even know
where to start.

I'm clueless.

-I have no guess.
-Here, here, here.

-What's that?
-I don't know.

-JACK: Okay, this is us?
-Yes. Thank you.

-Oh, man. 75.
-This is 75.

-Yeah, should we go in?
-Yeah.

-Okay.
-Oh. Um...

-"Marked klek shop"?
-Oh, man.

CARSON:
We knew that it was

supposed to be
between 77 and 75.

-Oh. It said, knock on the door.
-Oh, my God.

It said,
"Knock on the door of 75."

-Maybe it's this?
-Right here. This is 75.

But it said... No, it said,
"Open the doors

of the marked klek shop."

Is it this?

-This. This, Jack. It's this.
-This?!

-Yes.
-Oh, my word.

-Hello.
-Hello. Hi.

-Thank you.
-Thank you so much.

-Oh, my gosh. Hidden.
-Wow.

-CARSON: Completely hidden.
-That was insane.

Can we take the 5 back?

-CARSON: Here is the 5.
Let's just take it.
-Okay.

-Just in case we need to. Okay.
-CARSON: Yup, already got it.

And we need to find the library.

Oh, thank you.

-We are here.
-Mm-hmm.
-Yes.

You must go on this road here
on the left.

-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
-And then straight ahead.

And then it will be
at your left side.

-Thank you.
-All right, let's go.

We need to find
the Museum of Socialist Art.

Keep going on Krakra.

JONATHAN:
Is this that street?

There should be an easier way
to get there.

Excuse me? Would you help me
find directions?

We don't have a phone.
We're on a race.

-Oh, really?
-Yes.
-Yeah.

-[Jonathan mutters]
-Museum of Socialist Art.

-Okay, thank you so much.
-Thank you.

-You're welcome. Good luck.
-Thank you so much.
-Take care.

So wait. She said take the 1.
We were on the 1.

I know.
We were on the 1 already.

-Oh, my God, that moron
gave us the wrong way.
-Why did he tell us to get off?

ALYSSA:
Oh, I think it's over there.

JOSIAH:
There's the clue.

Four behind us again.

"Make your way
to the Central Military Club

to find your next clue."
Okay, let's go.

BRETT:
Right there.

-Oh, there it is.
-MARK: Run! Run!

-Roadblock.
-Roadblock.

"Who wants
to step back in time?"

-I think it's gonna
be a routine.
-Okay.

-I'll do it.
-Okay.

Bulgaria's national dance,
the horo,

is more than
just choreographed steps.

It's a vibrant expression
of identity, tradition

and community spirit

passed down
through the generations.

This Roadblock gives teams
the chance

to link up with local dancers

who will share
the necessary skills required

to perform
a complicated routine.

Once they fall in line
with these pros,

they'll be rewarded with a clue.

Yes!

Right up his alley. Let's go.

MARK:
Oh, my God, this is exactly
what we were hoping for.

BRETT:
Look how pretty.

-Hello!
-Hi!
-[cheering]

-Hi. Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
-Hi.

-Thank you so much.
-Hey.

[speaking Bulgarian]

[band playing]

[audience cheering]

Hey!

Hey!

[exclaiming in Bulgarian]

-[cheering, whooping]
-Here we go.

Happy we're here.

This is a perfect challenge
for Mark.

I kind of want
to wear the outfits, but

I'm gonna just enjoy the show.

This is amazing.

We were just saying
that we were hoping

we were gonna learn
some type of routine,

'cause that's our strength.

This is full-on.

I didn't realize how much
costume there was gonna be.

I'm very, very, very excited.

All right?
Let's go.

Do you know either of them
at all?

I don't have a clue.

HAN:
I feel like we're close, bro.

No, just kidding.
I don't know. [laughs]

-Can you just take
a deep breath for me?
-I'm breathing.

-I'm good. I'm good.
-No, you're not breathing.

I can't hear you breathe.
Can you please breathe for me?

-Can you... can you please
-Please. You're...

just trust
that I'm breathing?

I feel that
you're panicking right now.

-I'm not panicking.
-It's not making me
feel comfortable.

-I'm not panicking.
-Okay. Okay.

CARSON:
I'm hoping to see some people
at this library.

JACK:
Here. Clue box.

"Translate a passage
from Cyrillic to English."

-Okay.
-Okay.

Yup. This way. Let's go in.
Hey, guys.

Drat.

-JACK: Oh...
-CARSON: We walked
through that library

and we saw Han and Holden

and Melinda and Erika.

-They looked at us like,
-Yes.

-"Oh, we're in trouble."
-They were like this.

JACK:
It looked like
they had seen a ghost.

This... It would be different.
This is different here.

Yeah, that's what I mean.

-Does this make sense to you?
Okay.
-No, but...

CARSON: InDungeons & Dragons

there is a lot
of problem-solving.

And so, we're very good
at solving puzzles.

It's in our weekly practice.

-Oh.
-Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

HAN: Holden's observant and saw

that they lifted up the thing,
and Holden

was kind of signaling
to me like, "Look."

And when I saw that
there were English words

at the bottom, I was like,

"You're kidding me."

-Do you just want to go try it?
-We'll try it, yeah.

ERIKA: I mean... Yeah.

ERIKA:
I mean, what else can we do

-but attempt a... example of it.
-Exactly.

JACK: What?

-No, but I'm sorry.
-No, you guys are helping them.

-Yeah. You saw me work.
-We-we figured out.

-CARSON: You figured it out?
-We figured out.

But...

HAN: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

CARSON:
Han and Holden-- they realized

that we figured it out.

And so, they've decided
to switch tactics, actually work

with us, and so, they...

we could leave
Melinda and Erika behind.

-Hi.
-Hi.

No.

-Okay. I assumed.
-MELINDA: Close?

Okay. Close, Mom.

So let's just
go through it again.

Don't tell anyone
you haven't got anything.

Okay, let me just go through it
one more time,

one thing at a time.

[instructor speaking Bulgarian]

And then just hold
the whole time?

Just, like this the whole time?

-Da.
-Okay. Great.

[speaking Bulgarian]

-ANA: Wow.
-JONATHAN: Oh, my gosh.

ANA:
Look at this.

How did they beat us here? Geez.

"Make your way
to the Central Military Club

to find your next clue."

Dude, did they beat us here?

They must have beat us.

[speaking Bulgarian]

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

-Oh, oh, oh, ha-ha.
-Da.

-That's it?
-Da.

-Great. Let's do it, yeah.
-Let's do it.

Let's try it. Ooh!

You guys work hard.

Here? Okay.

Oh, my God.

[cheering, applauding
rhythmically]

-[music ends]
-[cheering, applause]
-[Brett whooping]

I thought he did great.

Yes!
Thank you. Thank you,

thank you, thank you.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

[whoops]
Yeah.

-Thank you so much.
-You're welcome. Thank you.

I finished.

-How cute you look.
-She's ready for her close-up.

-She is ready, baby.
-Route Info.

Sofia's star attraction is this

enormous gold-domed basilica--

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral,

capable of accommodating

up to 10,000 worshipers

at one time.

Teams will find the Pit Stop

on these sacred grounds.

The last team to check in here

will be eliminated.

I'm gonna bring my Bulgarian
formal dance training

-back to Vegas.
-[laughs]

-Oh, I see a clue box.
-Yeah.

-ALYSSA: Straight ahead.
-All right.

"Who wants
to step back in time?"

-I want to step back in time.
-Yeah, you do.

-You got this.
-JOSIAH: Let's do it.

-I love to dance.
-ALYSSA: Yeah.

Hi. Hi.
Uh,

I have to choose.

I hope I choose wisely.

Uh, yeah, can-can we go?

ALYSSA:
You got this, babe.

Oh, my gosh, I'm terrified.

I grew up
in the Rio Grande Valley,

which is on the border
of Mexico,

and I was there in high school

where are lot of quinceañeras
were happening.

So, we danced a lot.

But I've never danced
like this before.

It's this one.
Is that it? Yeah.

No.

JACK: Shh, shh, shh.

-Yes.
-[quietly]: Thank you.

-[quietly]: Thank you so much.
-Thank you.

Okay?

-No, that's it, that's it,
that's it.
-You think?

Okay, let's try it.

Oh!

What I thought
was interesting was,

after we figured it out,

for them to then tell
Erika and Melinda the secret.

I was, like,

"If you care
about your own game,

don't tell Erika and Melinda."

It wasn't a decision
we would necessarily make.

JACK:
This is coming down
to the nitty-gritty here.

You can't be helping
any other teams.

Flip over your cypher.

You'll see.

Just flip it over,
and you'll get the...

-Yeah, flip it over.
-Oh, shoot. You guys...

We'll give you the first page.
"In the beginning..."

-Oh, okay.
-No, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, guys.

-No, that's fine.
-You will figure it out,
I promise you.

-Okay. Cool.
-It's pretty simple after that.

Thank you.

-Yes.
-Yeah.

-Thank you so much.
-Oh, my gosh, thank you.
Thank you.

Let's go.

That felt really good
to be like,

"Oh, not only are we actually
in this, we've actually

surpassed other teams."

We just need to get
good directions from someone.

HAN:
Dude, I don't know
if we should have told them,

-but it's fine.
-We-we had to.

HAN: I know. It's true.
We're an integrity win.

-HOLDEN: Out of honest gameplay,
we had to.
-Yeah.

-Go together?
-Sure. Yes.

-As long as we're ahead
of one team.
-I agree.

I didn't realize
that the boys got it.

So that's fair.
They didn't need to tell us.

[speaking Bulgarian]

Okay. Let's try it.

-Roadblock.
-Finally.

[whoops]

"Who wants
to step back in time?"

-Go for it.
-Okay, I will do it.

We met in a salsa dance class,

and I just learned
from everyone around me.

-Hello.
-Hi. Oh, my God. Beautiful.

ANA:
I just love dancing,

I love music, so I feel like

it just comes
a little natural to me.

-Will you help me?
-Right on.

You are so lucky.

Good luck.
Good luck, you guys.

It's, like,
four things just repeated.

Okay. I'm so nervous.

Awesome. Well, look at this.

We're doing a Bulgarian dance.

-♪
-[cheering, whooping]
-ALYSSA: Yeah, Jos!

[Josiah muttering in Bulgarian]

-No.
-ALYSSA: It's okay, babe.
You got it.

-You're so close, Jos.
So close, baby.
-We'll do it. Thank you, guys.

"With God was the Word." Okay.

You would think
the people who should

know the Bible would know this.

Okay, we're back.

-Yes.
-Oh, thank goodness.

Thank you.

"Make your way
to the Museum of Socialist Art

and search for the sculpture
garden for your next clue."

That was not fun at all.

MELINDA:
We didn't know
to look at the back.

Taxi!

Museum of Socialist Art?

Sorry.

Okay, okay, okay. I thought
I was so close the first time.

-I want to try
with the music. Music.
-Yeah.

-♪
-[cheering, whooping,
whistling]

Hey! Hey!

Okay. Try again.

[bagpipes playing]

[Mark whoops]

[Mark whoops]

Brett and Mark,
as you stand here today,

-Uh-huh?
-at the end of this eighth leg,

-Wow.
-I am pleased to tell you

-that you are team number one.
-Yes!

And I do have
some great news for you.

As the winners
of this leg of the race,

you have won $7,500...

each.

-Ooh! Okay.
-What? Really?

-Yes.
-Yes.

BRETT:
It feels nice

to come in first,
but I'm also, like,

still have the race brain on,

because, like, I don't want
to let my guard down

this close to the finale.

Who knows what twists lie ahead
in these next couple legs?

So, we're still focused on

how do we tighten up that ship,
how do we make that first place

even further ahead
of everybody else?

Well, we're definitely not
gonna let up

just 'cause we got first.

♪ ♪

[audience cheering, exclaiming]

One, two, three...

[exclaims]

[cheering, whistling]

Yeah!

Great, thank you so much.

"Race on foot to the Pit stop

"at St. Alexander Nevsky
Cathedral

-and search
for Phil on the mat."
-Okay.

"Last team to check in
will be eliminated."

That was so hard.

♪ ♪

[audience cheering]

Hey!

[cheering]

[Ana whoops]

Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Ah, thank you.

-[whoops]
-You did great. Good job.

Okay. "Race on foot
to the Pit Stop

at St. Alexander Nevsky."

Better hurry. [laughs]
All right.

Third time was a charm.

-Okay. Thank you.
-Thank you. Thank you so much.

I really saw that
it's, like, this down here.

-Oh, really?
-All right, you make a choice.

If you were in this race
on your own, what would you do?

I'm feeling like
it's this way, but...

HAN:
My gut would say
to run that way.

That looks like
a pretty socialist star to me.

HAN:
Do you think
we missed the entrance?

I think we would have
hit it by now.

HOLDEN:
I don't think we're going
in the right direction.

-HAN: It's in a garden, guys.
-JACK: Excuse me?

Do you know
the Museum of Socialist Art?

HOLDEN:
Guys, we're just gonna go.

-Yeah.
-Okay.

That way, down that way,
then back up.

-Thank you. Thank you.
-Thank you so much.

HOLDEN:
It's not here.

HAN:
Damn, bro.

HOLDEN:
I don't know where we are.

It's just a tough feeling
when you're in last.

We're not gonna stop,
we're gonna keep going.

You never know
what's gonna happen.

This has got to be it.

Yeah, the big star.

Holden was right
about the big star.

JACK:
There's the clue box
right there.

Here we go. "Make your way
to the Central Military Club

to find your next clue."

-All right.
-Let's do it.

-Keep fighting, Holden.
-I'm fighting. I'm fine.

I'm just... We can run this race
smarter, and we're not.

We're letting race brain win.

CARSON: Stopping and asking for
directions we think paid off.

JACK:
We're gonna take the Metro now.

I think we're better on our own.

It's like Frodo and Sam.

In the beginning, they have
the Fellowship of the Ring.

-All their friends.
-CARSON: Yes.

JACK: And later,
they go off on their own.

-On their own journey.
-And that's how

-they complete the quest.
-Yeah.

And that's how
they have to finish.

-Let's go to Mount Doom.
-We had to f...

get rid of our fellowship.

-Yeah.
-Bye, Han and Holden.

-Yeah.
-[chuckles]

Race brain just make...
wants to go

and doesn't want to think.

We're not thinking
at all right now.

Do you think
you have what it takes

to win The Amazing Race?

If so, then go
to cbs.com/casting

and apply now.
See you at the start line.

Excuse me, sir.
Can you please help us?

We're trying
to figure out where the...

BOTH:
Museum of Socialist Art is.

It's right there.

-Thank you so much.
-Thank you.

HOLDEN: See it?

BOTH: "Make your way
to the Central Military Club

-to find your next clue."
-to find your next clue."
Okay.

HOLDEN: We can race better
than how we are.

HAN: I agree.

HOLDEN:
Right now, we need a reset.

-Just do better. That's it.
-Okay.

ERIKA:
Clue box up ahead.

All right. "Make your way

to the Central Military Club
to find your next clue."

Let's go.

CARSON:
Clue box!

JACK:
Okay. Yay!

Okay. "Who wants
to step back in time?"

Want to take that trip to me?

Um, you know, I feel like
it's gonna be military history.

Do you want me to do it?

I think you're gonna be
way better at it.

-All right, I'll do it.
-Um, you go for it.

Okay.

-"Learn a Bulgarian folk dance."
-Oh, my God.

"And perform it
with it the locals

to receive your next clue."

-You got it. You got it.
-Okay.

"Choose any available
dance instructor

who will lead you
to your wardrobe

and teach you the dance."

-Hello. Hi.
-Hello, everyone.

Who's good
at teaching a bad dancer?

You too, yeah.

Okay. You.

HOLDEN:
I see it!

Roadblock.
"Learn a Bulgarian folk dance

and perform it with the locals
to receive your next clue."

-I believe in you.
You've got this.
-I'll do it.

This is amazing. I...

This is what I want to wear
to the Renaissance Fair.

-Well, do I look good?
All right.
-Yeah.

Okay, let's go.

I've never hailed... Taxi.

He's red. I saw him red.

-Mom, why are you stressing?
-We can't find a taxi.

ERIKA:
We're not having any luck here.

It's too busy of a street.
We got to find...

MELINDA:
That's even gonna be busier.

ERIKA:
He has someone in it, maybe.

Yeah, there was someone in it.

Taxi! Taxi! Ah.

-MELINDA: Taxi! Taxi!
-Taxi.

Bulgaria is not our place.

Thank you.
Central Military Club?

Still so much of the day left,

and we did see teams
at one point, so,

-MELINDA: Yeah, but...
-if they have

the same struggle as us
to get a taxi...

And we never know. Phil has not
told us anything yet.

[bagpipes playing]

How we doing there, guys?

I'm happy as can be.

If it wasn't challenging,
it wouldn't be The Amazing Race.

-Opa! Opa!
-Get to the mat.

Opa!

-Looking good. Yeah?
-Oh, thank you. Thank you.

Alyssa and Josiah, I'm pleased
to tell you that you are

-team number two.
-All right.

To come in second place
and to have an Express Pass--

it gives us some sense
of security,

and, like, having any advantage
in this race,

especially this season--

it's just worth everything.

Which means, Jonathan and Ana,
you are team number three.

-On the podium one more time.
-Yes.

You guys have done this
numerous times.

Yeah, I mean,
I was just talking with Ana,

and realized we're more
than halfway through the race

and we're still here,
and, uh, a lot of...

-That's a huge accomplishment.
-Yeah.

-Okay, I see it, Mom. Yup.
-MELINDA: Oh, I see the box.

Okay.

Okay, ready?

Roadblock. You got this, Mom.

ERIKA: "Who wants to step back
in time?" You can do it.

"Choose any available
dance instructor."

You're gonna kill it, Mom.

It's got to be Erika
and Melinda, right?

Um, I'm gonna do a girl's part,
so then, you teach me.

ERIKA: It's just like Greek
dancing. You can do this.

-MELINDA: Oh, a lot of counts.
-You got it, Mom.

Like, sweat is pouring
in my eye.

Okay.

-Where do I go? Hi. Hi.
-Hi.

CARSON:
Oh, my God. Jack.

♪ ♪

[audience cheers, exclaims]

I didn't do it. Sorry.

-No good. Okay.
-CARSON: That's okay.
You got it next time.

JACK:
Yup. Let's try it again.

HOLDEN:
One and two and

-three, four.
-Three, four.

-One and two and three and...
-One, two.

-Oh.
-Oh. I messed that up.

But I get it, I get it.

-Okay.
-[speaking Bulgarian]

I forget this.

I always go back.
That's Greek.

All right, let's go.

-♪
-[audience cheers, exclaims]

Work!

Yes!

That's my best friend!

[whoops]

What do you think?

-Yeah!
-Yeah!

Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you.

-All right, see you guys.
-Good job.
-Nice job.

Here we go.

Route Info.
I'm so proud of you.

"Race on foot to the Pit Stop at
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral."

JACK:
Oh, my God, I'm so tired.

CARSON:
You're amazing.
You're incredible.

HAN: Yeah, Holden!

[laughs]

♪ ♪

[audience cheering, exclaiming]

HOLDEN:
We'll do it again.

One more time.
We're gonna do it again.

HAN:
Yeah, Holden. You got it!

♪ ♪

[cheering, exclaiming]

[whooping]

Holden, that was awesome!

That was so awesome.

[laughs]

-[whoops]
-Now is good. [laughs]

[whooping]
Oh, yeah, Holden!

I'm so proud of you!

Thank you all. Thank you all.

HAN:
So awesome, Holden!

"Last team to check in
will be eliminated."

HAN: I saw a cathedral
on the way here.

-HOLDEN: I know where it is.
-You do?

-MELINDA: Oh, Lord have mercy.
-ERIKA: You got it, Mom!

-♪
-[cheering, exclaiming]

Yeah, Mom!

Yes!
Nice job, Mom!

Nice job!

It is good. Okay.

-Yeah!
-Oh, she got it. Yes!

Thank you.

Nice job, nice job, Mom.

"Race on foot to the Pit Stop.

The last team
will be eliminated."

-[Jack whoops]
-[bagpipes playing]

-Yes!
-[whoops]

Ah.

[whoops]

KEOGHAN:
Carson and Jack,

I am pleased to tell you
that you are team number four.

-[whoops] Oh, my God.
-Yes!

-I think...
-You speechless?

-Yeah.
-[both laugh]

I have to say I was not sure

that this was gonna be your day.

Yeah.

This might be one
of the greatest comeback stories

in Amazing Racehistory.

[laughing]

CARSON:
I'm so proud of us.

I'm more proud of us this leg
than any other leg.

We came back
with such a vengeance.

We killed it. We...

These challenges, too.

We whipped through
those challenges.

CARSON:
I'm so proud of us.

-Gonna walk down there?
-Yeah.

I remember seeing a cathedral
this way.

HOLDEN:
Let's just run.

-Good job, Mom.
-I was counting,
counting and counting.

Keep going up to this building.
Maybe we can take the stairs.

Want to cut in?
Yes, let's cut in there.

HAN:
Yeah, that's it, I think.

ERIKA:
You never know.

It's The Amazing Race.
You really never know.

HAN:
All right, I say
we circle the cathedral.

This is the cathedral.

Okay, I see him, I see him,
I see him, see him! Oh.

Come on, Mom.
I see Han and Holden.

[bagpipes playing]

You got a worried look
on your face.

Oh, man.
I mean, we ran all day.

Didn't have the smartest leg.

-And I got
to do Bulgarian cardio.
-[laughs]

I am pleased to tell you
that you're team number five.

-So, top five is...
-Let's go.

Wow. That was awkward.
Let's try that again.

-Like, 'cause that
just looked really bad.
-Yeah. Top five.

-Top five, baby.
-That was better, yeah.

Field's getting
smaller and smaller

and the racers are
getting better and better.

If we want to break
into that top three,

we have to break our old habits

and learn from our bad ones
and make good one.

-[bagpipes playing]
-Great job, Mom.

So good.

Oh, Melinda,
you've got a look in your eye

like you know what's coming.

I know what's coming.

What's the number one rule
on the race?

-Read the...
-Read your clue.
-Read your clue.

But today, you misread the clue.

-What did we miss?
-What'd we misread?

-So have a look at your clue
-Yeah.

and see what
you might have missed today.

"You must not..."

I read "You must travel by taxi"

and put it back in,
instead of "must not."

Melinda and Erika,
I'm really sorry to tell you

that you are the last team
to arrive.

-Yeah.
-And unfortunately,

you have been eliminated
from the race.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

We've loved it.
Thank you. It's a gift.

It's been a gift.

ERIKA:
I'm just, like,
so proud of my mom.

She killed every leg
of this race.

There was a lot of, like,
physical things

that she pushed herself through,
and it was

just inspiring to watch.

We've spent more time
together now

-than we've spent in years.
-Ever.

MELINDA:
And so, this has been

-absolutely a dream.
-It's been life-changing.

I'm proud of you
and I love you so much

and I'm so grateful

to have spent this time
with her.

We never really had that
mother-daughter relationship

when she was growing up,
so this has been

really nice for us to be
together and have this time.

We live in different states,
and it's so easy

that whenever
something annoys me

or that she says or things,
I could just be...

[beep]
...and hang up.

So, um, instead of just
being like, boop, hang up,

I hope we hang out.

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KEOGHAN: Next time on
The Amazing Race...

In historic Naples, Italy,

it's mozzarella madness
for Han and Holden...

HOLDEN:
I think we're missing something.

Okay, I'm getting confused.

KEOGHAN:
...and pizza nightmares
for Carson and Jack.

CARSON:
It's ripped.

Carson's really not the best
in the kitchen.

-Ooh.
-No.

-No, no.
-Hey, no good.