The Amazing Race
Season 2
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The Amazing Race 2 is the second installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 2 features eleven teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world. It premiered on March 11, 2002 and ended on May 15, 2002.
Where to Watch The Amazing Race • Season 2
11 Episodes
- The World is Waiting: Go!
E1The World is Waiting: Go!The second group of the Amazing Race contestants are off on the first leg of a journey across the world. The first place they must travel to is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where the teams rappel down the face of a 590 foot mountain and others search for the woman that inspired the song ""The Girl from Ipaneema"". Problems arise between two of the teams when Tara & Wil claim to have been at the Hotel (where they were to get reservations) before the rest of the teams arrived. Blake and Wil have it out about this, even to the point of Wil bragging up his travelling skills. Peggy and Claire, the oldest contestants in the race are sure they will get eliminated but in a mad rush to the finish, they get to the pit stop minutes before mother and daughter pair, Deidre and Hillary, while separated couple Tara and Wil place first. After being eliminated, the team feels the race has definitely improved their relationship and has brought them closer together after Hillary had spent most of her life living - Help Me, I'm American
E2Help Me, I'm AmericanAll of the ten remaining teams continue the race in South America. In this leg of the race, teams hang-glide, much to the chagrin of Peggy who has had problems with her knee for years, but does it reluctantly anyway. Shola & Doyin obtain the fast forward by playing volleyball with professionals in which a foot gets twisted. Other problems occur with the twins, when at one point, [one of the twins] gets their foot run over. Blake and Paige have problems when they lose their wallet and have to go around the bus station, begging for money. Several problems occur on the bus rides to the next pitstop, as one breaks down and the other gets a flat tire. Chris & Alex, tired of waiting, decide to fix the flat tire themselves and get back on the road. Again to their surprise, Peggy and Claire stay in the race, this time placing in 8th position. And it's a race by Hope/Norm and Blake/Paige to the finish, which results in the elimination of the married parents from Tennessee. They also feel this h - My Alarm Clock Didn't Go Off
E3My Alarm Clock Didn't Go OffThe teams leave Brazil and South America all together to head to South Africa. There some teams dance for money, haul fish and are forced to drink blended sheep's head in the road block. Peach gets emotional when giving sunglasses to kids on the street. Shola and Doyin feel at home, as that's where their father was born. Tara and Wil's alliance with Chris and Alex comes to a halt, as they realize this game is every man for themselves. Peggy and Claire sleep through their departure time and Blake and Paige, in last place, decide not to wake them up. Problems at the airport, including missing their flight, case Peggy and Claire to fall a day behind and are the third team eliminated from the race. - I'm Gonna Throw Up on Phil's Shoes
E7I'm Gonna Throw Up on Phil's ShoesSeven teams race from the mountains of Northern Thailand to the bustling streets of Hong Kong where they face challenges ranging from controlling a 40-ton crane to consuming a 5,000-year-old Chinese remedy to avoid being eliminated. - I'm Not a Miner! No, You're an Idiot!
E8I'm Not a Miner! No, You're an Idiot!Five teams race from Hong Kong to Sydney and into the Australian Outback in a mad intercontinental dash. Two teams fail to follow instructions at one of the challenges, resulting in a major set back for them. With an elimination looming, every decision the teams make could cost the race. - It's Hammer Time
E10It's Hammer TimeFour teams race from New Zealand's South Island to the capitol city of Auckland, along the way encountering an imposing tribe of Maori warriors, a no-holds-barred All-Terrain Vehicle race and a 350-foot drop into the "Lost World" caves - the longest free rappel in the world. A seventh team is eliminated and the final three teams are determined. - Follow That Plane!
E11Follow That Plane!The three remaining teams compete for the $1 million first-place prize as the second edition of the race around the world concludes. ""It is a truly sensational finish,"" reports host Phil Keoghan. ""I was standing at the finish line waiting for the teams to come in and thinking 'This is what reality television is all about. To be here right now and not know which team is going to run up first and collect the money.' "" At press time, the pairs still in the hunt are lifelong friends Chris and Alex, brother-sister combo Blake and Paige, separated couple Tara and Wil, and best friends Oswald and Danny. The final dash includes stops in Hawaii and Alaska before ending near Las Vegas.
