♪
JON: Previously on The Amazing Race Canada...
6 teams kept on racing in Quebec.
KATIE: [Singing] It's an Amazing Race!
JON: Taylor and Katie were brought back to the fold
in Cornwall, Ontario...
-Looks great! -Woo!
JON: ...muscling their way back to the top.
-You're team #1. -[Laughing]
[Alpacas orgling]
MATT: Smells like some victory in here.
JON: Teams got down and dirty...
LAUREN: Oh, it's warm! NICOLE: Ugh!
MICHAEL: Manure time, baby!
JON: ...with Michael and Tyson finding themselves
in a pile of trouble.
MICHAEL: Man, we're sinking, we're sinking.
Ah!
MICHAEL: You wanna switch? AMARI: Do you want to?
MICHAEL: Yeah, might as well.
JON: But in the end, Michael and Amari gambled
with a late switch at the Detour...
AMARI: One penny? We're terrible at math.
JON: ...and their numbers just didn't add up.
You have been eliminated from the race.
MICHAEL: It's been a blessing to be able to
run this race with you, Son.
-You too. -Love you.
COLIN: "Fly to Miramichi, New Brunswick!"
JON: Now, 5 teams are heading to the East Coast...
LAUREN: Semi-finals, let's go!
JON: ...as they race to win...
The first ever 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EVRS...
A trip for two around the world from Expedia...
A quarter of a million dollars cash...
And, The Amazing Race Canada.
♪
JON: All teams are now travelling on the same flight
over 700 kilometres from Montreal to
Moncton, New Brunswick.
Here, on the ancestral and unceded territory
of the Mi'kmaq people,
teams will race through the vibrant communities of
Atlantic Canada, as they compete for a spot on the
final leg of the adventure of a lifetime,
The Amazing Race Canada.
NICOLE: New Brunswick, baby!
KEVIN: They're right there, they're right there!
JON: Once they land, they'll load into
a 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison...
and drive over 175 kilometres to the village of Neguac,
known as Atlantic Canada's Oyster hub.
Teams will hop on a jet ski and search 1300 oyster cages
for one of 5 golden oysters to receive their next clue.
COLIN: East coast, baby!
MATT: We feel energized, pumped.
COLIN: Stoked to be back.
Definitely had a couple oysters in my day.
I'm curious to see what this golden oyster
is all about though.
Feeling good, we're ready to compete.
KATIE: We're this close to the finale.
We just need to focus...
stay calm, and take a breath.
KATIE: We gonna find a golden oyster.
TAYLOR: Katie, you got the eyes for it.
Hahahaha!
LAUREN: Who do you want to be in the finale?
I wouldn't be upset to see Kevin and Gurleen leave.
KEVIN: This is so important.
You have to be at the absolute top of your game, so...
GURLEEN: So proud to be here standing next to Kevin,
to be able to go to the semi-finals, it's, ah,
just this is a dream come true.
KEVIN: I'm a Big Brother Canada winner.
We are here to get the title.
And then I'm the GOAT.
GURLEEN: And then the world will be our oyster, baby.
KEVIN: Okay, that was pretty bad, babe.
TYSON: We're heading to Neguac, New Brunswick
MICHAEL: I'm going east.
19A, right?
TYSON: Oh, man...
MICHAEL: There's moments on this race that
have been very chaotic.
TYSON: We run a fast pace, that's one of our strengths,
but it's also one of our weaknesses.
I'm hoping we are going in the right direction.
MICHAEL: Nova Scotia.
Yeah, I don't know, bro.
Are we supposed to go through Nova Scotia?
Welcome Centre.
Yeah, we're in Nova Scotia.
♪
New Brunswick is back that way.
[Beep]!
♪
♪ [Fiddle] ♪
MATT: We are first. COLIN: Awesome.
All right, we good to go?
MATT: Careful, careful, careful.
COLIN: Here, wrap your arms around me or something.
MATT: Huh? COLIN: Baywatch me.
[Laughs]
MATT: This is so fun!
Ahoy, me matey!
COLIN: This is sick.
MATT: Over here. COLIN: Yeah.
♪
COLIN: See, the thing is, I think the oyster can be
on either side of the cage, right?
MATT: Yeah, so why don't we just do a row,
turn around and do the other side?
We're trying to find the gold oyster.
♪
-It could be anywhere. -Yeah.
-Come on, oyster. -Come on, oyster.
Come to the twins.
♪
KATIE: Good, good.
Nothing, nothing... nothing.
Go straight across.
TAYLOR: Didn't we just search that, no?
KATIE: I don't remember.
I thought we searched that one.
TAYLOR: Oh, maybe.
GURLEEN: Baby, what's going on?
[Engine sputtering]
Baby, I told you not to do this.
KEVIN: Baby, it's hard to control.
GURLEEN: But I said not to go in between the stuff.
KEVIN: It's hard to control, I didn't mean to!
GURLEEN: These girls never looked here, right?
KEVIN: I don't think so.
GURLEEN: Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, right there, right there, right there, right there!
GURLEEN: I'm falling, I'm falling.
KEVIN: It's okay, it's okay, I'm jumping in.
GURLEEN: I don't know if you can jump in.
-Give it to me. -I'm gonna give it to you.
-Don't lose this. -Got it.
KATIE: I think Kevin and Gurleen found one.
TAYLOR: What?
KATIE: It's okay, let's not worry about it.
MATT: You get one?
KEVIN: Show Colin and Matt what it looks like.
GURLEEN: No, just go, baby, let's just go.
Baby, it's top five, I love you, let's go.
KEVIN: Yes! GURLEEN: Yeah.
♪
KEVIN: [Exhaling sharply] Road Block!
JON: In this Road Block,
one racer will give 'er by the river,
as they fly 1,200 feet across the French Fort Cove.
Yahoo!
Racers will have to use one of two zip lines to land
their balls inside one of four floating targets...
SFX: [Bell chiming]
...each with a different point value.
Incoming!
Once they've scored a total of five points,
Milton will give them their next clue.
KEVIN: "Note: Colin, Gurleen, Michael, Nicole,
and Taylor must attempt this Road Block."
GURLEEN: Okay, let's go, let's go.
KEVIN: We're starting to peak at playoff time.
This is what you want. I love you so much.
The journey of with lifetime for us.
GURLEEN: Yeah, this is so fun!
COLIN: Where are you, Mr. Oyster?
Come on now.
Is that one there, that's one?
MATT: That's it, I got it. Hold on.
TAYLOR: Matt and Colin got theirs.
LAUREN: Guys, did you find it?
MATT: Yeah. COLIN: It's small.
MATT: Yeah, small little gold one.
NICOLE: What's that? That thing, that thing?
Oh, there, there, there, there, go, go, go, go, go.
LAUREN: Don't drop it.
TAYLOR: Oh no, they found it.
NICOLE: Woo! [Laughing]
♪ [Suspenseful] ♪
TAYLOR: Ugh.
Holy Hannah!
Michael and Tyson? Oh my God.
TYSON: I can't believe they're here.
MICHAEL: Unreal.
TYSON: You guys have been here a long time then, huh?
TAYLOR: It's really annoying.
TYSON: They could be on the other side,
that's why they're not finding it.
TYSON: I spent a couple of my baseball off seasons
lobster fishing Grand Manan, New Brunswick.
So, being on the water right now is
giving me a lot of memories.
MICHAEL: Hey, Tys, they're not under.
TYSON: How do you know?
MICHAEL: The clue said the top of the trap.
KATIE: We gotta get out of here before them.
TAYLOR: I know.
TYSON: They went through all these.
Let's go down there.
♪ [Suspenseful] ♪
MICHAEL: Right there, right there, right there.
♪
KATIE: They freaking found one.
TAYLOR: What?
♪
TYSON: Hold on, no, no, wait, I'll go to the other side.
We're not last. I don't know how.
MICHAEL: [Laughing]
TAYLOR: What are we missing, man?
♪
KATIE: What's that?
That little thing hooked onto it.
TAYLOR: I see it. KATIE: That's it.
TAYLOR: Oh my God. Ugh!
That's it, oh my god.
♪
KATIE: We hate oysters! Ah!
♪
GURLEEN: I'm scared. Do I run, or...?
INSTRUCTOR: If you like.
GURLEEN: No, I don't want to run.
INSTRUCTOR: Walk off.
GURLEEN: Where do I walk off, here?
INSTRUCTOR: Yeah.
GURLEEN: Like right this? Okay.
KEVIN: Here we are, babe, you got this!
♪
GURLEEN: The five pointer seems really small,
so I kind of want to get a feel for it,
and I'm gonna try to go for the two pointer to start with.
KEVIN: That's it.
♪
Ah! She just missed.
GURLEEN: Ah, my crotch.
COLIN: Maybe I should go for that five.
Probably not though.
Fortune favours the brave, and right now,
I don't know if I'm that brave.
Yahoo!
MATT: Let's go, Colin!
♪
MATT: Let's go!
COLIN: Woo! We got one.
LAUREN: You got this, Nicole!
♪
NICOLE: Woo!
KATIE: Forget about the stupid oysters...
and move on, there's nothing we can do.
You're still frustrated, so take a breath.
TAYLOR: Yeah, I know.
MICHAEL: Is this it right here? See it?
TYSON: Oh yeah. It's a throwing game.
MICHAEL: Beauty.
GURLEEN: I have zero points,
but I'm gonna get it this time.
KEVIN: I love you, baby. You got this!
♪
GURLEEN: Yes! KEVIN: Yes! Yes!
COLIN: [Sighing]
I really hope we're out of here on this turn.
MATT: Here we go, Colin!
COLIN: This one's for you, Matt!
MATT: That's awesome.
COLIN: I got to go for that blue one now.
♪ [Suspenseful] ♪
COLIN: Yeah! MATT: Let's go!
COLIN: Five points, baby. MATT: Yes, b'y.
COLIN: Boom.
Congratulations, you passed.
-Thank you so much. -Thanks so much.
COLIN: Face Off.
JON: In this Face Off, teams will get a crash course
in firefighting and rescue, as they take part in the
legendary Fire Fit Relay.
Ooh!
The team that crosses the finish line first
will win the Face Off
and receive their next clue.
[Horn blaring]
COLIN: That was wicked. We just left in first, woohoo!
COLIN: Boom. MATT: Well done.
COLIN: Thank you.
LAUREN: Let's go, Nicole!
♪
NICOLE: Woo!
Hell yeah.
NICOLE: We got there...
LAUREN: ...in third and we're leaving in second.
NICOLE: In second.
My hand's bleeding, but let's go!
GURLEEN: We're gonna get it.
KEVIN: You got this, baby!
♪ [Suspenseful] ♪
KEVIN: Let's go.
GURLEEN: Yes! We got it, baby!
KEVIN: I love you! GURLEEN: I love you!
MICHAEL: So we're at the back of the pack and
we know we have to get 5 points in this challenge.
Smallest is five so, we're gonna go for it.
We need a big hit so we can get out of here.
MICHAEL: All right, I'm just gonna rip this, eh?
♪
TYSON: Come on, kid, here we go.
MICHAEL: Come on, baby.
Lord have mercy. Get there.
♪ [Suspenseful] ♪
MICHAEL: Yes! Let's go.
TYSON: That 'a boy!
TAYLOR: Let's get this one. This one's mine.
♪
SFX: [Buzzer] TAYLOR: Oh my God!
KATIE: I can tell she's getting frustrated.
SFX: [Buzzer]
KATIE: This race is at stake right now.
We got to go.
Okay, come on, Taylor!
♪
SFX: [Buzzer]
TAYLOR: Oh my God.
KATIE: [Sighing]
TAYLOR: [Crying]
MATT: Stepping right in this bad boy, eh?
COLIN: Yeah, yeah.
This firefighting Face Off is the most important
challenge that we've had so far.
This is the semi-finals.
MATT: Let's do it, I'm stoked.
COLIN: Now we have to wait for another team.
KEVIN: We have to beat the twins there.
GURLEEN: Pull to the side and look at me.
You need to go into King George.
Go back over there.
KEVIN: Okay.
NICOLE: NBCC Firefighter Field Training Centre
located at 420 O'Keeffe Road.
We're not even on Highway 8, are we?
Then exit onto McKinnon Road.
LAUREN: We have to go ask someone.
I don't want to go the wrong way.
So frustrating.
MIKE: Never done anything firefighting, but...
this is gonna be good. TYSON: I think this is it.
COLIN: Mike and Tyson, I wouldn't want to
have to go against.
They're two very physical guys,
and this seems like it's gonna be a physical challenge.
Frick, here come Mike and Tyson. Classic.
MATT: Well done, boys. MICHAEL: We facing you?
-Yeah. -Looking forward to it.
MATT: For this Face Off,
we have to spray off two pylons.
SFX: [Bell chimes] MATT: Put out a fire.
MATT: And then carry this dummy
faster than our opponent. SFX: [Bell chimes]
MATT: I'm ready. COLIN: Boom.
[Truck horn blaring]
COLIN: Get in there, bud.
[Effort grunting]
Pick it up a bit further, Matt.
MATT: Go, go, go, keep going, keep going
TYSON: Get it, get it, get it, get it.
SFX: [Bell chimes] MICHAEL: Come on, T!
This is heavy. SFX: [Bell chimes]
MATT: Nice.
♪
MICHAEL: Take this, Ty. Bring it, push, push!
TYSON: Pin, the pin! MICHAEL: Yeah, it's stuck.
[Beep] dammit.
MATT: Pull the pin out. Nice, go.
SFX: [Bell chimes] MATT: Go, go, go, go, go!
Drag him.
MICHAEL: Let's go, come on.
COLIN: He's heavy.
♪
SFX: [Horn blaring] MATT: Oh, we did it.
COLIN: We crushed it. MATT: We did it.
COLIN: David beats Goliath. [Laughing]
Congratulations, you guys are on fire!
COLIN: "Detour: Footwork, or Gumshoe?"
JON: In Footwork, teams will make their way
to Water Street in downtown Miramichi,
where they will pay tribute to the town's vibrant
Filipino and Irish summer festivals.
And perfectly perform not one, but two routines.
The Irish Brush dance...
And the Filipino Tinikling dance.
Hoo! They better not step out of line.
Snap!
In Gumshoe, teams' powers of observation will be put to
the test as they take on the role of crime scene detective.
Teams will make their way to the New Brunswick
Community College in Miramichi,
where they'll have to figure out the who, the what,
and the when to solve a crime
and receive their next clue.
COLIN: Gumshoe. MATT: Gumshoe.
COLIN: Because we are not dancing.
#1, baby. Don't ever count the Newfie boys out.
TYSON: Lost a little bit of time there.
MICHAEL: Hey, it's alright.
♪
TAYLOR: We just need to get our last point.
KATIE: Taylor, take a breath!
Reset, let's go!
TAYLOR: Okay.
KATIE: Come on, Taylor!
♪
TAYLOR: Oh, thank God. [Crying] Finally.
KATIE: Taylor, this is it, just let's reset and let's go.
You got it, it's okay. Don't cry, it's all good.
Taylor, the race ain't over.
I was in fire cadets for a year and a half.
Hopefully that comes in handy here.
SFX: [Horn blaring]
[Effort grunting]
♪
SFX: [Bell chimes]
NICOLE: This is so heavy.
GURLEEN: This is the second time Mike and Tyson
are attempting this challenge.
MICHAEL: There you go.
GURLEEN: First time Lauren and Nicole are doing it.
LAUREN: It's so heavy.
GURLEEN: So, Mike and Tyson have an advantage.
LAUREN: Let go. NICOLE: Yeah?
LAUREN: Yeah.
GURLEEN: It's very heavy, very physical.
Seems like it's a lot of work.
NICOLE: Good? LAUREN: You got it.
NICOLE: Yeah?
SFX: [Bell chimes] MICHAEL: Oh, buddy.
SFX: [Horn blaring] Congratulations.
MICHAEL: You know, trying to be a
Sherlock Holmes takes time.
TYSON: And the dance is more of a physical challenge.
MICHAEL: Yeah, let's go do the dance then.
SFX: [Horn blaring]
KEVIN: Go, go, go.
GURLEEN: Go, baby. Yeah, baby, let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
KEVIN: Good, good. SFX: [Bell chimes]
KEVIN: Go, go. LAUREN: Okay, pull that.
NICOLE: 1, 2, 3, go.
KEVIN: Come, baby, come.
Come, baby.
[Effort grunting]
GURLEEN: Pick the pin off. KEVIN: [Effort grunting]
It's good, it's out, it's out.
GURLEEN: All I'm thinking is I'm so glad I have Kevin.
Drop it. SFX: [Bell chimes]
SFX: [Horn blaring]
FIREFIGHTER: Good job. GURLEEN: Let's go.
KEVIN: I'm dying out there. [Gagging]
GURLEEN: You have to puke? You're fine.
KEVIN: I need some water.
GURLEEN: You're fine, let's go, let's go.
NICOLE: We're just a little slow.
KEVIN: We beat the twins. Oh, so good, ha-ha-ha-ha.
NICOLE: Let's go again.
Ah! I think I hurt my foot running.
My foot is burning
Ah!
I'm in a lot of pain, so I'm a little worried.
GURLEEN: I think we should do the crime scene.
KEVIN: Yeah, baby you went to school for criminology.
GURLEEN: I used to negotiate for a living for a while
in litigation insurance,
and I went to school for criminal justice.
This is totally up my alley.
KEVIN: Yes! GURLEEN: I love you!
-Baby, I love you. -I love you too.
MATT: We're here to solve a crime.
This one works.
COLIN: Classroom A. MATT: Okay.
COLIN: Okay, so need have a timeline.
Suspects: Hannah, Jerry.
MATT: We need to find who, what, when.
COLIN: We realize very quickly that we have to
figure out what item was stolen.
MATT: Why don't we look at the crime scene?
♪
COLIN: Oh boy.
This looks like a necklace in here.
This is like a real life version of Clue.
Passport, hard drive.
MATT: I got a gold watch in the bedroom.
COLIN: The antique statue here, right?
MATT: Teacup set.
COLIN: So it is a diamond ring.
MATT: All right, we have the 'what'.
COLIN: Yeah.
We know that the diamond ring was
missing from the crime scene,
so we know for sure that that's what was stolen.
MATT: All right, let's go get testimony.
COLIN: Okay.
MATT: We just have to narrow it down to
who it was and when it was.
COLIN: Trying to get the timeline in order is
the hard part of this challenge.
JESSICA: I'm so surprised someone was able to rob me.
Rex always barks his head off
whenever anyone opens the door.
BILL: Jessica called me this morning and said that
the sink was leaking.
LILY: I did the exact same walk with Rex.
JERRY: I saw a woman going into Jessica's place.
MATT: So there's a lot of information to soak in
with these testimonies.
HANNA: I clean her house every week for
the same amount of time.
COLIN: This challenge is a lot tougher than it seems,
especially when you're in the semi-finals
and the pressure's on.
Race brain is real,
and you can easily miss a small detail.
KATHLEEN: I pass another woman in the hallway,
walking away from the apartment.
COLIN: A woman walking away?
That would be Hanna, the plumber, right?
MATT: No, she's the plumber.
COLIN: Oh.
[Roaring flames]
TWINS: Oh yeah, let's do it.
NICOLE: Third time's the charm.
♪
KATIE: I did a fire cadet program in Edmonton,
and we did drills like this all the time.
It's just about doing it faster than the other team.
SFX: [Horn blaring] KATIE: Go.
Go, go, go, go!
TAYLOR: Yeah.
LAUREN: My ankles are killing me.
TAYLOR: Got it?
♪
KATIE: Yeah. SFX: [Bell chimes]
TAYLOR: Good job, Katie.
LAUREN: Ah!
♪
Okay, keep going. SFX: [Bell chimes]
NICOLE: Quick, quick, quick.
♪
TAYLOR: Looks good, we got it.
SFX: [Bell chimes]
LAUREN: The pin.
TAYLOR: We got it, put him down.
SFX: [Horn blaring]
Congratulations, you're on fire.
TAYLOR: Thank you.
LAUREN: They got it there. I'm like in so much pain.
My ankle.
KATIE: Let's go, buddy. TAYLOR: Gumshoe?
KATIE: Gumshoe, yeah. TAYLOR: Lets go. Okay.
LAUREN: I couldn't, I could barely
physically carry the hose.
So I mean, what are you gonna do?
Let's give everyone like an acting challenge and
see who comes out first.
SFX: [Timer beeping]
NICOLE: My Achilles hurts so much, I wanna cry.
LAUREN: We've just gone through this
Face Off three times.
Not only are Nicole's feet and ankle hurting right now,
I also have one foot that is completely done as well.
NICOLE: This is the semifinals.
We are in dead last, and also have to wait for
this penalty to expire.
SFX: [Timer beeping]
We're totally watching the race just
slip through our fingers.
[Sighing]
LAUREN: This 10 minutes is the longest 10 minutes ever.
NICOLE: Get ready to go.
FIREFIGHTER: Here's your next clue.
-Thank you so much. -Thank you.
LAUREN: Detour! Footwork or Gumshoe?
NICOLE: Footwork? LAUREN: Footwork, let's go.
NICOLE: It's gonna kill my feet, but I feel like
we're better at that one probably.
LAUREN: The other one I think we'd be good at too.
I think we can hopefully get ahead or make up some time on
the dance one compared to some other people.
♪
[Cheering & applauding]
♪
-Hello, how are you? -Hi! How are you guys?
Good. We gotta go to the performance area?
INSTRUCTOR: Yeah, sure, okay.
MICHAEL: Tinikling dance immediately followed
by a Brush dance.
Okay, you do the Brush.
TYSON: In this Detour,
we need to perform two different dances.
One of them is the Irish Brush dance.
INSTRUCTOR: One, two.
TYSON: And the other one is a Tinikling Filipino dance.
MICHAEL: [Laughing]
INSTRUCTOR: 4, 2, 3... 5, 2, 3...
-6, 2, 3... -I'm pretty close.
MICHAEL: Tyson has done a lot of dance and a lot of
performing over this Amazing Race.
It's time for me to step up and show...
what I can do.
Make sure that you don't get your feet hit.
MICHAEL: Okay.
I'm channeling my inner athlete.
I'm just pretending that I'm just doing
ladder drills today.
INSTRUCTOR: Three, four, good job.
MICHAEL: We're gonna give this thing a go here.
Attempt number one.
We've got beautiful people from all over New Brunswick.
♪ [Fiddle] ♪
MICHAEL: That 'a boy, T!
♪
[Cheering] Woo!
♪
SFX: [Bell chimes]
[Cheering]
♪ [Rondalla] ♪
SFX: [Record scratch]
I'm sorry, you're gonna have to do that again.
MICHAEL: Okay, you gotta keep up with the tempo
with these two.
INSTRUCTOR: Forward. MICHAEL: Ah!
Start from there, start from there.
Keep going, keep going.
GURLEEN: What's missing? KEVIN: It's the diamond ring.
GURLEEN: Yeah, it makes the most sense.
KEVIN: Let's go, let's go.
GURLEEN: Baby, look, it's an emerald necklace.
This is emerald and this is what I
might like for my engagement ring.
KEVIN: That's evidence for me.
-We know the... -Diamond ring is missing.
KATIE: The diamond ring, what it is.
Diamond ring.
We just gotta figure out who and when.
Okay, I think we gotta go listen to some testimonies.
JERRY: I work from home, and it was on
my morning sales call from 9 'til 11.
COLIN: So Lily came from 9 to 11...
'cause the dog was barking.
[Indistinct speaking]
KEVIN: We're here with Matt and Colin,
and Taylor and Katie.
The finale is right in sight.
If we don't solve this crime,
someone's gonna steal our quarter million.
HANNA: I didn't notice anything different today.
GURLEEN: So I'm trying to watch this testimony and
really look at who sounds out of place here.
Who is the liar?
LILY: I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary
about the apartment, but I wouldn't have
because I never go in.
GURLEEN: Oh, look at the dog walker.
Something just doesn't feel right about Lily.
LILY: Rex is always waiting at the door for me
'cause he's such a good boy.
♪
TYSON: Ay-yai-yai.
MICHAEL: Three, four...
And then right into that.
INSTRUCTOR: In one, two, three.
Okay, I'm just having trouble with my ankle
so I can't move so fast.
LAUREN: I think I'm almost there.
I'm gonna go like maybe another try,
and I think I'm pretty good.
♪ [Fiddle] ♪
LAUREN: Tyson's on there right now.
SFX: [Bell chimes] LAUREN: Pretty good.
♪ [Rondalla] ♪
♪
-[Cheering] -Congratulations, you pass.
-Yeah! -Let's go!
[Cheering & applauding]
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
TYSON: All right, "Route Info.
It's a big year."
JON: Teams must now drive to
Metapenagiag Heritage Park,
the ancestral home of the Mi'kmaq people.
♪
Once here, one person from each team will have to
memorize the correct pronunciations of
all the months in Mi'kmaq.
We-goom-keh-wee-gooze.
JON: While their partner learns
their English descriptions.
When ready, they'll have to recite all 12
in order to receive their next clue.
MICHAEL: Let's go, let's go. Let's go, guys.
[Cheering & applauding]
NICOLE: Good job, Laur!
MICHAEL: They're gonna get this fast.
I have a feeling that this is the challenge.
This is gonna be the one that decides our fate
for the championship, so...
Gotta get this one.
[Cheering & applauding]
♪ [Rondalla] ♪
[Cheering & applauding]
LAUREN: "Recite in the Mi'kmaq language
each month of the year to an elder and give its meaning
to receive your next clue."
NICOLE: Okay, let's go. LAUREN: Let's do it!
NICOLE: Thanks, everyone.
We got it on our first try.
LAUREN: This is good, Laur, we got this.
LILY: We came back, and I dropped Rex off at
Jessica's apartment and left immediately.
GURLEEN: You know, Lily didn't give any timeline.
Lily's the dog walker.
But Lily was like, "Rex is such a good boy."
KEVIN: Yeah, exactly.
GURLEEN: So from 9 to 11, Rex was going crazy
because a different person was there.
KEVIN: We just have to create the timeline, right?
GURLEEN: Yes.
JERRY: It was on my morning sales call from 9 to 11.
I had to mute my call right at the end because
Jessica's dog, Rex, was barking his head off.
KEVIN: At the end, he had to mute his sales call
because Rex was going crazy. -Yes, so 11 AM.
We figure out that Rex the dog
has a key role in this crime.
KEVIN: Lily was there.
GURLEEN: Jerry muted his call at 11 AM because
Rex was going crazy.
KEVIN: Yeah, Rex was going just so nuts.
GURLEEN: Yes, so 11 AM.
We want to check.
♪
SFX: [Bell chimes]
You've solved the case.
KEVIN: Yes, yes! GURLEEN: Oh, my god!
-Congratulations. -Yes! Let's go.
We're the first ones out, we're the first ones out.
KEVIN: We cracked the case!
TAYLOR: Lily says nothing was out of the ordinary.
KATIE: Yeah, but she never goes in.
TAYLOR: She never goes into the apartment,
so how would she know nothing's out of the ordinary?
KATIE: We've got to figure out when.
We're gonna have to go through and
write it out again.
TAYLOR: Okay.
MATT: Jessica said Rex always barks.
COLIN: ...when someone goes to the door.
MATT: When someone shows up. COLIN: Yeah.
MATT: Lily never goes in.
COLIN: I mean, if I stole, I would say
I never go into the house too.
MATT: It's the timeline we have to figure out.
♪
♪ [Indigenous singing] ♪
LAUREN: Oh, yeah. TYSON: Let's do it, girls.
LAUREN: Guys, are we the first two teams?
TYSON: I believe so.
NICOLE: Oh, is that the first plaque?
♪
TYSON: "Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze."
Boon-ah-mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
[Muttering]
NICOLE: Whenever you're ready.
LAUREN: Okay, will you remember?
NICOLE: Yeah, January, yeah.
LAUREN: So... [Muttering]
Don't tell it to me, 'cause I'm trying to remember too.
Boon-ah-mudge-oo-ee-gooze
LAUREN: So we decide that I'm gonna remember
the Mi'kmaq words for each month.
NICOLE: And I'm gonna memorize the meaning
of each month.
Boon-ah-mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
NICOLE: Okay, frost fish time, frost fish time.
This is easy for me, Lauren.
KEVIN: This challenge will be difficult, and we love that.
We think we're better than the other teams
at these kind of things.
TYSON: [Muttering Mi'kmaq word]
MICHAEL: We had a frost fish time.
GURLEEN: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
TYSON: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
Puzzles and pronunciation in general
are not our thing.
MICHAEL: Frost fish time.
MICHAEL: We're reading the plaques right now,
and we're understanding that this is not
an easy language to learn.
[Muttering Mi'kmaq words]
TYSON: Ah-gi-ja...
MICHAEL: This is gonna be tough.
You're telling me you gotta remember all these?
Geh-see-geh-wee-gooze.
This is gonna take two hours, right?
♪
TYSON: It's really smart to take a penalty.
♪
MICHAEL: It's a gamble. It's a two-hour penalty.
TYSON: Yeah.
MICHAEL: If this is gonna take two hours...
Minimum, right?
It's a strategic move.
Wee-geh-wee-gooze.
Gept-ah-geh-wee-gooze.
MICHAEL: This is the back end of the leg,
and Jon is around the corner.
MICHAEL: You think that they will get it in two hours?
♪
Gotta go now. Got Katie and Taylor still.
We got the boys.
If we're gonna do it, we gotta do it now.
♪ [Suspenseful] ♪
MICHAEL: How do you feel about this?
TYSON: Let's do it.
MICHAEL: [Beep] Let's go, let's go, risk it all.
Let's just go.
-They're taking a penalty? -Yeah.
GURLEEN: No, we're not gonna take two hours doing this.
LAUREN: Somebody leaving?
MICHAEL: We're gonna take the penalty.
We're gonna take a penalty.
We're gonna take the penalty.
Thank you, brother.
MICHAEL: Route Info.
JON: Teams must drive back to Miramichi
and locate Middle Island.
Today, this 350 metre island in the middle of the mighty
Miramichi River will act as the 9th Pit Stop of the race.
The first four teams to check in here will earn a spot
in the finale of The Amazing Race Canada.
MICHAEL: Talk about risking it all.
We're just gonna get to Jon
and we're gonna serve out our two hours.
MICHAEL: That challenge is very, very difficult.
That's probably one of the hardest route markers ever.
MICHAEL: We think we're in first.
This could be a terrible move.
This could be a great move.
Oh my God.
♪
MATT: The dog is the key.
Jerry finished up his house call at 11.
Heard dog barking.
COLIN: All right, can we get a check please?
MATT: Check.
♪
-You solved the case. -Yay!
COLIN: Lily did it. You did it, Lily.
KATIE: 11, heard the dog barking.
It's an hour of unheard of.
She could be lying, right? Check please.
-Congratulations. -Thank you so much.
TAYLOR: "Recite the Mi'kmaq language of each month."
I get to recite my language! Ha-ha!
We're gonna speak Mi'kmaq, my language.
So hopefully having a little bit of
an understanding will help.
Katie, we still got it, we're in it.
♪
-Is this them right here? -Let's go!
TYSON: Yep. Drop it.
Get on the mat.
MICHAEL: Two hour major. Ugh!
Welcome to Middle Island in Miramichi, New Brunswick.
MICHAEL: Thank you, beautiful. TYSON: Thank you.
JON: Michael and Tyson,
you are the first team to arrive,
but because you failed to complete the
Mi'kmaq challenge, you have been assessed
a two-hour penalty.
The risk-reward is massive.
If all the teams show up in the next two hours...
y'all are going home.
♪
Kindly wait off to the side.
I'll let you know when I can check you in.
-Thank you. -Cheers, boys.
MICHAEL: Appreciate it.
TYSON: It's all about strategy, you know,
sports is about strategy. Making the right play.
Right now I feel like we made a pretty good play.
We had to make a call and we had to do it quick.
MICHAEL: Time will tell.
SFX: [Timer beeping]
So teams have to be there for about an hour and 20.
TYSON: Do you think that it's gonna take them an hour and
20 to figure out that challenge?
MICHAEL: Yes.
Dude, we- I would still be there.
TYSON: Yeah.
We're gonna try this again.
All right. Frost fish time.
Boon-ah-mudge-oo-ee-gooze. SFX: [Bell rings]
Snowblinding time.
Ah-big-nah-jid. SFX: [Bell rings]
GURLEEN: We-goo...
kah-wee-gooze.
KEVIN: Yes!
Animal fattening time.
Wee-geh-wee-gooze. SFX: [Bell rings]
Frost time.
Gep-deh-geh-wee-gooze. SFX: [Bell rings]
Winter time.
Geh-see-geh... Geh-see-geh-wee-gooze.
Congratulations.
NICOLE: Yes! Thank you so much.
Thank you.
"Drive yourselves to Middle Island and
search for Jon at your next Pit Stop.
Warning, the last team check-in will be eliminated."
LAUREN: Let's do it, let's do it.
NICOLE: Middle Island is located in Miramichi.
Getting on this mat secures us a place in the finale.
-Let's go, baby. -Woo!
♪
COLIN: Ben-ah-oo-wee-gooze.
Es-col-che-wee-gooze.
I've been the teacher up north in
Aklavik Northwest territories.
Sik-weh-wee-gooze, okay.
I'm pretty familiar with Gwich'in and Inuvaluit,
and I realized that some of the phonetics are
very similar to those two languages.
Mid-nee-gooze.
So I decided to focus on Mi'kmaq while Matt
does the English translations.
Alright, tell me if I got the Boon-ah-mudge-ee-gooze.
♪
MATT: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
TAYLOR: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze
-Frost fish. -Boon-ah-mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
We're goozing.
GURLEEN: ...ya-wee-gooze.
TAYLOR: We are laser focused right now,
just trying to make sure that we get
the sounds down properly.
♪
TAYLOR: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
COLIN: Bes-keh-wee-gooze.
TAYLOR: Everybody wants to make it to that finale.
KATIE: Wee-geh- wee-gooze, yeah.
Animal fattening time.
TAYLOR: Wee-geh-wee-gooze.
GURLEEN: Dah-gah-wee-gooze.
TAYLOR: I can't focus.
KEVIN: Mike and Tyson took a penalty.
COLIN: Oh, wow. MATT: Awesome.
GURLEEN: We should not take it. We'll do this.
Well, I don't know if you guys wanna do it.
If you guys wanna do it, you can do it.
Ben-ah-oo-wee-gooze.
MATT: That gives us some wiggle room to, you know...
get to the mat and, you know, finish ahead of them so,
that's great.
COLIN: That's huge in the semi-finals.
MATT: It's anybody's race right now.
GURLEEN: Sik-weh-wee-gooze.
KEVIN: Yeah, let's do it. Let's go try it, baby.
♪
GURLEEN: Hi.
KEVIN: Frost fish time.
GURLEEN: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
TAYLOR: Should we do it one more time?
-Let's just do it on our way. -Okay.
Gep-deh-geh-wee-gooze. Geh-see-geh-wee-gooze.
GURLEEN: Gep-deh- geh-wee-gooze.
KEVIN: Winter time. SFX: [Buzzer]
ELDER: Try again.
KEVIN: That's all I have. We were one off, baby.
GURLEEN: No, I have the last one.
-So you missed one. -No, I didn't miss one.
GURLEEN: You have to pay attention to what I'm saying.
TAYLOR: Gwe'. KATIE: Frost fish time.
TAYLOR: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze
SFX: [Bell rings] KATIE: Snowblinding time.
TAYLOR: Ah-big-nah-jid. SFX: [Bell rings]
KEVIN: Wee-geh-wee-gooze.
GURLEEN: Wee-geh-wee gooze. [Beep]!
KEVIN: You have it. It's right there.
You're doing so good.
KATIE: Frost time.
TAYLOR: Gep-deh-geh-wee-gooze. SFX: [Bell rings]
KATIE: Then we have winter time.
TAYLOR: Geh-see-geh-wee-gooze.
♪
-Congratulations. -[Laughing]
KATIE: Thank you! TAYLOR: Thank you so much.
-Wela'lin. -Hay hay.
I am a proud member of the Miwapukek First Nation,
so this means a lot to me.
Thank you, my relative.
-[Laughing] Thank you. -Thank you, my sister.
Good job.
GURLEEN: Goom...
eh-geh-wee- I don't know.
Sik-weh-wee-gooze.
KEVIN: Spring time.
GURLEEN: Wait, just wait for me.
You're too fast.
This is not easy one bit. This is very difficult.
We gotta hurry, I'm spinning.
MATT: Just take a breath.
COLIN: We have waited so long to get on this race,
and this could be the challenge that
sends us home today.
Sik-weh-wee-gooze.
Ben-ah-moo-ee-gooze.
I think it's on the left side there, baby.
LAUREN: Do you think we're in first?
I think we're in first. Let's freaking go.
NICOLE: I think I see Michael and Tyson.
MICHAEL: Tys, we have a car coming.
NICOLE: Double Trouble!
TYSON: Lauren and Nicole.
MICHAEL: Those girls absolutely killed it.
TYSON: Memorization is right in their wheelhouse.
We knew that, they deserve it.
They've been one of the best teams in this competition
since day one, so...
JON: Lauren and Nicole...
You're the second team to arrive.
But because Michael and Tyson took a penalty
on the Mi'kmaq Challenge, you're team #1!
LAUREN & NICOLE: Ah! [Laughing]
Oh, my god!
JON: You're going to the finale!
[Cheering] Let's go!
MICHAEL: Good job, girls. TYSON: Nice work, congrats.
JON: Expedia believes that we were all made to travel,
and as the winners of this leg of the race,
they're sending you on a dream adventure...
to Paris.
Ooh!
Okay! [Laughing]
JON: Well, that's not all.
Expedia is giving you $10,000
to make this a trip you will never forget.
-Oh, my god. -Oh, my god.
LAUREN: Nicole and I haven't had the chance
to travel much together, and with our schedules,
and our big goals, and acting dreams,
we just haven't really slotted in time to travel.
But to be able to do this trip with my twin sister,
thanks to Expedia, this is just unreal.
LAUREN: We thought it was over for us
at the firefighter challenge
when we could not lift that hose.
NICOLE: Definitely. It was feeling rough today.
I don't even know how we're pushing it through,
but somehow we are.
JON: Lauren and Nicole,
see you at that next and final match.
LAUREN: We are in the finale, baby!
Woo!
TYSON: We knew we weren't beating them in this.
MICHAEL: We have an hour and 10 minutes left.
'Til we're on the mat.
SFX: [Timer beeping]
♪ [Suspenseful] ♪
MICHAEL: [Laughing] Time is going so slow.
♪
-Let's do it all again. -The last six?
GURLEEN: Yeah, the last six. KEVIN: I love that.
COLIN: One more walkthrough, and then we're gonna
try an attempt, I think.
Mike and Tyson took that penalty,
so that's great news for us right now.
We just have to get out of here,
hopefully clench our spot in the finale.
Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
MATT: Frost Fish time.
GURLEEN: Ben-ah... You said-
KEVIN: Sorry, my baby. GURLEEN: Baby!
KEVIN: I'm sorry, I-
GURLEEN: Do not say the wrong thing.
COLIN: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
MATT: Yeah, we got it. Let's take our time, no rush.
-Hi. -Frost Fish time.
COLIN: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
MATT: Snowblinding time.
COLIN: Ah-big-nah-jid. SFX: [Bell rings]
KEVIN: Winter time.
GURLEEN: Geh-see- gee-wee-gooze?
KEVIN: Yes.
GURLEEN: Geh-see- gee-wee-gooze.
Okay, let's do them again.
MATT: Winter time.
COLIN: [Sighing]
♪
Geh-see-geh-wee-gooze.
-Yes. -Oh my God!
-Thank you so much. -Congratulations.
COLIN: "Route Info. Drive yourself to Middle Island
and search for Jon at your next Pit Stop.
Warning, the last team to check in will be eliminated."
MATT: Nice, let's go. COLIN: Let's go.
MATT: Good job, buddy.
All right, we're going to see Jonny.
COLIN: On our way to the Pit Stop.
Oh my God.
KEVIN: Let's go get it, babe.
You got it.
GURLEEN: Go again. KEVIN: Frost fish time.
GURLEEN: Boon-ah- mudge-oo-ee-gooze.
SFX: [Bell rings] KEVIN: Snowblinding time.
GURLEEN: Ah-big-nah-jid. SFX: [Bell rings]
COLIN: We want to be in that finale so frigging badly.
♪
And we're almost there.
KEVIN: Winter time.
♪
GURLEEN: Geh-see- geh-wee-gooze.
-Congratulations. -Thank you so much.
I know how to get to Miramichi.
Let's go. Thank you!
♪
MICHAEL: It'd be nice if somebody drove to
Nova Scotia right now.
TYSON: I'm praying for a couple...
directional losses.
KEVIN: Michael and Tyson took a two-hour penalty,
and I think it took us about two hours
to finish that challenge.
GURLEEN: I think it took us an hour and a half.
KEVIN: You think so? GURLEEN: Yeah.
KEVIN: We still got a chance.
We can't stop and ask for directions.
GURLEEN: You don't think it'll save us time?
KEVIN: No, we have to go right to the island.
Trust me, we know how to get there.
GURLEEN: Okay.
TAYLOR: We're coming, Jon!
MICHAEL: Is that Katie and Taylor?
Oh man...
That's not good, dude.
KATIE: Oh, man.
JON: Taylor and Katie, because Michael and Tyson
took a penalty at the Mi'kmaq Challenge, you're team #2.
You are going to the finale.
KATIE: We did it!
TAYLOR: I'm so proud of us.
KATIE: [Gasping] So proud.
TAYLOR: In 10 seasons, there's only ever been
one all-female team to win the race,
and we're ready to be #2.
KATIE: We are going give it our all
until we find Jon on that final mat.
JON: We'll see you in the finale.
TAYLOR: Thank you, Jon. KATIE: Thank you.
TAYLOR: See you there!
[Laughing] Ah!
-Finale! -Woo!
MICHAEL: Oh, this is where it gets...
this is where it gets eerie.
KEVIN: Matt and Colin got out just ahead of us.
They've had some navigation issues.
Really, really, really hoping they got lost.
COLIN: This is the semi-finals.
There's no room for error,
and we have to get to that mat
to get a spot in the finale.
This is what we've wanted for the last 10 years.
MATT: Keep the dream alive.
COLIN: Just gotta keep the dream alive and get there.
♪ [Suspenseful] ♪
MATT: Oh, it's closed off. What the hell?
That's a literal dead end.
COLIN: Road is closed.
MATT: How do we get out of here?
The most stressed I've ever been.
Oh my God.
SFX: [Timer beeping]
GURLEEN: I don't know what's going on.
Like, why haven't we run into it yet?
KEVIN: So we're on Water Street now.
But is the island to the left or to the right?
GURLEEN: I think it's to the left.
KEVIN: It's to the left? GURLEEN: Don't you think?
Don't you think- Well, no, it's to the right.
It's to the right, it's to the right, it's to the right.
Is that the island right in front of you? No?
KEVIN: So, it's just up here baby.
GURLEEN: Yeah, I think it's, it's coming up to the left.
I don't think we passed it. It's further out too.
COLIN: Well, there's the water,
so I'm assuming an island would be along there.
-Yeah, that's Jon up there. -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
COLIN: Feels great to see Jon.
We just have to hope that the penalty's still playing out
and Kevin and Gurleen haven't gotten there yet.
TYSON: Another car coming. MICHAEL: Colin and Matt?
TYSON: Kevin and Gurleen got to be right behind.
MICHAEL: Mm-hm. We're still on the penalty.
MATT: Hey, Jonny!
♪
COLIN: Woo! MATT: Yes, b'y!
JON: Colin, Matt,
you're the 4th team to arrive.
But because Michael and Tyson failed to
complete the Mi'kmaq challenge,
you're team #3.
[Laughing] Hey!
JON: Gentlemen... COLIN: Oh, my god.
JON: You're going the finale. MATT: [Laughing]
COLIN: That was wild. MATT: Unbelievable.
JON: 10 years. Do good things take time?
COLIN: Yeah. MATT: Clearly, yeah.
Wow. Oh-huh.
♪
This is a dream come true.
COLIN: You know, you can never count
the Newfie boys out and...
you know, we're gonna be racing to that final mat and
we're gonna do everything in our power to
make sure that we get there first.
GURLEEN: I don't know how to get there.
I don't know how to get there.
KEVIN: It's on the map.
GURLEEN: Yeah, but I don't know!
It says Water Street.
KEVIN: Can we ask this guy?
GURLEEN: Yes, let's stop and ask one of these people.
It'll literally take two minutes.
KEVIN: Hello. Do you know where Middle Island is?
-That way. -[Sighing]
I think it was where you turned around,
and I was like, "No."
KEVIN: Give me the map, baby.
So it's gonna be on our right, Middle Island.
Okay, we're good, we're good, we're good.
Let's go.
MICHAEL: Kevin and Gurleen, last team left to arrive.
The craziest thing about this whole thing is
it's literally coming down to five minutes.
KEVIN: We're racing against the clock,
and Mike and Tyson's penalty.
Let's hope.
GURLEEN: Yeah, baby, I have hope, okay?
I love you.
SFX: [Timer beeping]
TYSON: Come on, come on, come on.
GURLEEN: Is this the island right here?
KEVIN: This is it, right? GURLEEN: Yeah, I think so.
MICHAEL: Come on, baby...
Come on.
KEVIN: This is it, right? Over there?
GURLEEN: I think so. KEVIN: Yeah, this is it.
MICHAEL: Oh, man!
♪
JON: Michael and Tyson...
Join me at the mat, please.
Your two-hour penalty is up.
MICHAEL: Oh my goodness.
JON: I can now officially check you in.
You guys are in the final of season 10 of
The Amazing Race Canada.
TYSON: We're the smartest people alive, baby!
MICHAEL: Yeah! Let's go!
[Laughing]
Oh, let's go, man.
JON: You took your shot, you swung for the fences.
It proved the smart move today.
That last leg, you're gonna have to gut it out.
TYSON: Absolutely, we're ready for it.
MICHAEL: I mean, that risk paid off, but...
Oof, hoo-hoo-hoo. Boy, that was scary.
Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!
KEVIN: Go, go, go, we're good.
Let's go, baby, we see Jon.
♪
JON: Kevin and Gurleen...
by a matter of mere minutes,
you are the last team to arrive.
I am sorry to tell you this,
but you've been eliminated from the race.
GURLEEN: Baby. KEVIN: [Whispering]
♪
By a matter of mere minutes, hey? Ah!
GURLEEN: How many minutes? JON: Less than five.
GURLEEN: Like, less than five minutes.
Oh my God, oh my God.
JON: What are you thinking, Kev?
♪
KEVIN: Hm...
I'm so proud of Gurleen, I'm so proud of us,
but that's just, it's just...
That'll hurt, that'll hurt. It's so tough.
GURLEEN: Yeah. KEVIN: It's okay.
JON: What's your takeaway from this whole experience?
GURLEEN: Honestly, just how amazing our partnership is,
and just how much I love him.
KEVIN: I love you so much. You're such a superstar.
We tested each other in this race.
GURLEEN: Definitely.
KEVIN: We're gonna push each other forward and
create amazing, beautiful things.
Thank you guys so much for having us.
It was the greatest time of our lives,
and I mean that, it was really special.
-It really was. -It was really special.
JON: Kevin and Gurleen, thanks for being here,
and we'll see you down the line.
GURLEEN: Thank you, Jon.
KEVIN: We made a good run though, hey?
We made a good run of this thing, baby.
Those teams are lucky we're not in the finale...
'cause would have won this whole thing.
Mere minutes, baby? Mere minutes?!
JON: Next time on the season finale of
The Amazing Race Canada!
LAUREN & NICOLE: The finale! Here we go!
JON: The final four rev it up in Edmonton...
for a heart-pounding showdown,
where there'll be twists and turns.
TYSON: I'm definitely feeling it.
JON: And one chance... MICHAEL: Go, go, go, go, go.
KATIE: Oh my God. JON: To make that giant leap.
COLIN: Atta boy! TAYLOR: Yes!
JON: Towards the finish line.
TAYLOR: This is it, this is it.
COLIN: We can be the winners of The Amazing Race.
MATT: Yeah! Ha-ha!
♪