Sam and Dan are first team to set off, their next stop, Stockholm, Sweden. At first, it looks like everyone’s on the same boat again, as all teams have to wait for the ticket counter to open at 5:30. However, Gary and Matt and Brian and Ericka are a bit slow to get in line, and couldn’t get on the first flight. They are more than one hour behind the other three teams.
When they get to Stockholm, they then have to get on a train and a ferry to get to their first location, a theme park. The automated ticket booths in the train station seem to not function well, every team’s taking some time. Flight Time and Big Easy are held back for about 15 minutes. So is Gary and Matt.
At the theme park, one member has to brave the Frit Fall, a tall drop tower. On their way to the top, they are given 15 seconds to look for an arrow poiting to their next clue box. Then they’ll spend the next few seconds plummeting to the ground.
Sam and Cheyne work together and find the arrow quickly, Flight Time also has no trouble at all. Next task is a ring-tossing booth inside the park, each team gets the Travelocity gnome that they have to bring to the Pit Stop.
Next up, is the Detour: Nobel Dynamite or Viking Alphabet. In Nobel Dynamite, teams have to go to a rock quarry and build themselves a bunker so they can explode dynamite while hiding in a safe spot. In Viking Alphabet, teams have to decipher a message on a runestone in Ancient Nordic for their next clue.
All the teams choose to blow something up, who wants to take their precious time in eciphering? Bad arrangement for the producers. (I’d really like to see how the decipher goes, damn.)
Sam and Dan and Meghan and Cheyne both arrive at the quarry at the same time, the Globetrotters catch up with them not long after. Though nervous to get caught up, Sam and Dan manage to finish first. Meghan and Cheyne struggle to fill all the sand bags, and are passed by the Globetrotters. Brian and Ericka are next, but Ericka’s not wanting to get her hands dirty cost them some time. Gary and Matt, after wandered around for a while, reach the quarry at last, and they manage to fill the sand bag quickly, saving them times.
The next task is a switch back of Season 6′s Roadblock, one member of each team has to search for one of 7 flags hidden in 168 hay bales. In Season 6, Lena and Kristy spent 8 hours and found nothing.
Sam and Dan are the first to start this exhausting task, and soon they begin to break down. Sam’s unrolling the hay bales, while Dan tries to control him of doing the right thing he believes. Results? Yellings and fingers. Cheyne doesn’t want to do the task, which pisses Meghan a bit, and soon we finds she’s in an emotional state.
It’s someone’s B-day, so the Globetrotters are really lucky to find the flag after a few tries. And they check in first.
On the field, Sam and Dan are getting more mad at each other. The arrive of Brian and Ericka and Gary and Matt makes the situation worsen. The pressure’s on.
Meghan finds the flag next, followed by Brian. Then, after yelling at each other for hours, Sam finally finds the flag. Dan appologize to Sam later.
Gary and Matt check in last, but this is a non-elimination leg, they are safe. Next week, they’ll face a Speed Bump though.
