Episode 1-1: Sushi Roulette
One teammate stands at a roulette wheel with all the other Racers. The wheel is spun by a wacky Japanese game show host. They must eat the sushi that lands in front of them. Teams can only progress if the sushi is a wasabi bomb (very hot!), which must be eaten within 2 minutes.
Who? Ron, Cheyne, Garrett, Justin, Maria, Big Easy, Lance, Canaan, Brian, Gary, Dan

Episode 1-2: Duck Herding
Using only 2 flags on long poles, herd 150 ducks through a course and back to their pen.
Who? Meghan, Jessica, Ericka, Matt, Flight Time, Sam, Keri, Marcy, Mika, Tiffany, Zev

Episode 2: Chop Shop
Using the tools provided, break down 2 VCRs and sort the parts.
Who? Flight Time, Cheyne, Matt, Brian, Sam, Tiffany, Justin, Canaan, Lance, Ron

Episode 3: Perform Monkey Act
Wearing a mask and tail, complete 3 monkey manoeuvres.
Who? Zev, Dan, Flight Time, Ericka, Meghan, Gary, Keri, Maria, Canaan

Episode 4: Find Water
Fill a bag with water dipped using the provided ladle. Water will be found in urns buried somewhere out in the desert.
Who? Brian, Tiffany, Big Easy, Matt, Dan, Canaan, Lance
Meghan and Cheyne take the Fast Forward and skip to the Pit Stop.

Episode 5: Crack the Code
Row a dinghy out to a yacht and receive a watch. Use the watch to open a briefcase. The team member must figure out that the time on the watch is the combination to the briefcase.
Who? Cheyne, Brian, Gary, Big Easy, Dan, Tiffany, Canaan

Episode 6: Counting Bells
Run up and down the stairs in a tower counting the bells.
Who? Meghan, Sam, Flight Time, Matt, Tiffany, Ericka

Episode 7: Hay Bales
In a "Switchback" to season 6, one teammate must unroll bales of hay in a Swedish field until s/he finds a flag inside a bale.
Who? Meghan, Sam, Brian, Big Easy, Gary

Episode 8: Solve Secret Message
Choose a candelabra, which will have a room number on it. Find the room and the scroll therein. The next clue is on the scroll. The Racer must figure out that s/he needs to hold the paper in front of the candle to reveal the clue.
Who? Cheyne, Sam, Ericka, Flight Time, Matt

Episode 9: Find Mandolin
Find a tiny mandolin (in its case) hidden somewhere at the Estates Theatre in Prague.
Who? Cheyne, Big Easy, Dan, Ericka

*****

Tally

Brian....5
Ericka...5

Flight Time...5
Big Easy.......5

Sam...5
Dan....5

Meghan...4
Cheyne...5
Took the FF in Ep4.

*****

Eliminated Racers

Gary...4
Matt...5

Maria.....2
Tiffany...5

Mika.......1
Canaan...5

Lance....3
Keri.......2

Zev......2
Justin...2

Marcy....1
Ron.......2

Garrett...1
Jessica...1

Eric......0
Lisa......0

Discussion:

- A search task?! Seriously?! A gorgeous theatre like that with so much history and they do a search task? Holy heck.

- I dislike search tasks.

- "Who can remain composed under pressure" is a lousy clue. I had seriously hoped for something involving music. But hahahaha No.

- I did like Don Giovanni.

- Did no-one know what a mandolin looks like? They were bringing all kinds of things up there, including a full-sized violin. Violin... mandolin... the names sort of sound similar. Though come to think on it, it was Big Easy who had the violin. It may have been a viola. Or a cello.

- The decoy instruments were amusing.

- Cheyne...Cheyne...Cheyne...Cheyne...Cheyne...Cheyne...