Road Rules Season 2, Episode 9: Cowboys and Newspeople

Hello, My Name Is...

As Road Rules gears up for a second cross-country adventure, an all-new cast gathers in Key West Florida, ready to begin their trek: Tim, from Pittsburgh, PA; Emily, from Flora, IL; Christian, from Norway; Effie from Israel; and Devin, from Cleveland Heights, OH. On a sun drenched morning, they meet at the southernmost point of the United States and introduce themselves. No sooner have they learned each others' names than a sportscar races toward them and screeches to a stop. The new Road Rulers are shocked to see that the driver and passenger are Mark and Kit, the happy loving couple from last season. The former Road Rulers pass the baton by handing Emily the keys to the Winnie and explaining that they have to find their vehicle and they don't have much time. As the sportscar screeches off, the new Road Rules team grabs their gear and heads off to look for the Winnie, which they find a few blocks away. Along with a treasure-trove of clothes and equipment, the group finds an audio cass

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Your Mission Is...

Last week, in the first episode of the new season of Road Rules, we left the cast tagging sharks on Bimini, a small island off the coast of Miami. Having successfully completed their first mission, the gang decides that it's time for some R&R in the bars of North Bimini. Christian, however, has found out about some interesting local culture. He explains that the bar they'll be going to has a tradition that non-locals are expected to leave their underwear behind, hanging somewhere in the bar. The rest of the Road Rules crew seem a bit skeptical, but when they get to the bar, they find it's true: underwear is plastered everywhere. After spending a considerable chunk of their group fund on drinks and toasting Devin's first-ever shot of tequila, it's time to shed some underwear. Christian, Effie and Emily have ""cheated"" by stuffing some extra underpants in their pockets. Emily and Effie tack their panties to a wall and Christian does the same, saying good-bye to his favorite pair of Mickey

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Walking on Water...

Disguised as a cleaning/maintenance crew, the Road Rules gang drives their undercover Honda minivan to the Real World house to steal the 8-ball from their pool table. Once the Real World cast buys his cover story, the rest of the Road Rules gang charges into the house and begins to create a diversion. Devin takes advantage of the confusion to slip outside and grab the 8-ball from the pool table. The Road Rulers get kicked out, but they escape with their prize. Mission accomplished. After their prank, the gang returns their rented disguises and find their next clue printed on the receipt. They are instructed to visit a water-skiing school in Okahumpka, Florida. Later, the group celebrates over dinner at a local restaurant. When they arrive at the Sunset Lakes Ski School, they meet Jack Travers, a professional water-skiing coach. Jack tells them that they'll each have to learn a water-skiing stunt in order to accomplish their mission; kneeboarding, wakeboarding, slalom, barefoot and jump

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Beads and Resentment

The next clue leads the group to New Orleans to ride on the Orphius, the biggest float in the Mardi Gras parade. The group heads out to buy all the beads they need to last a lifetime, and then they go to put on their costumes. ""I look like a walking penis,"" states Devin. ""A penis with ears,"" responds Emily. The group jumps on the float and starts riding down the streets by the French Quarter, which is not the cleanest nor the safest part of town. Emily seems very annoyed and feels that the parade is very sexist. She is glad when it finally ends.

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Love and the Battlefield

Next it's off to Mississippi where the group will participate in a Civil War Reenactment. Devin, Timmy, and Effie will be part of the Union, and Emily and Christian will be part of the Confederacy. Devin feels very uncomfortable due to the lack of color on the site of the war. ""It's like being a cat in a room full of dogs."" After the war everyone is exhausted but a man on a horse brings some good news. The group will attend a ball tonight and their dancing partner will hold the next clue. All dressed up the group gets ready to do some dancing, except Effie decides to sit this one out. Could this be the start of some distancing? Christian calls Emily over and their next clue is revealed. They are heading back to Emily's house in Flora.

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Bird's Eye View

On their way back Emily decides to stop in Nashville to let the group meet her good friend Jason. Devin doesn't seem to be enjoying himself much now does he. After saying good-bye Devin and Emily decide it is time to talk. Devin reminds her that they didn't even sleep in the same bed together last night; since when did that start? After a long drawn out conversation they decide to blow it off and look forward to their next mission. After a tearful hello the group sits down for dinner. It is their first big meal since Bimini. Their desert reveals the next clue. They are going to be skydiving. That night Emily takes the group over to meet her ex-boyfriend Wes. The group sits in silence while Emily cries in the kitchen with Wes. On the way home Emily talks about their relationship and how it ended. This must be making Devin feel like he has a better chance now that Wes is completely out of the picture. The next day it is time to sky dive. Each person signs the waiver and gets hands on ins

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Choose or Lose

So next it is time to head to the University of Memphis where the group will have a small competition. Whoever gets more people registered to vote, wins a dinner for two at a very expensive restaurant. Ofcourse, Christian is pretty sneaky and decided to get a whole group of students to help him and he does in fact win. Christian decides to take the whole group to dinner, and after almost not making it in the group sits down to eat. Then tension starts to build. Christian brings up questions about Emily and Devin's relationship. They seem to be thinking differently about where they stand and Devin seems to be getting more uncomfortable as time passes. But hey this is even worse, the bill. After washing dishes due to a lack of $300.00, the group heads their separate ways to do a little dancing, skating, and sleeping.

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Elvis Time

The next clue keeps this group in Memphis. It is time to do things the Elvis Style. The group will work at the Rendezvous Restaurant as cooks, photographers and impersonators. Before their job the group decides to hang out on their own, but when it's time to go, guess who isn't there. Effie! Devin and Effie scream for about twenty minutes when Devin finds out that Effie was taking a shower the whole time and didn't tell anyone. This is a big deal considering the group hasn't showered in a bout 2 days. The whole night at the restaurant tension is in the air. So the next day Devin and Effie decide to do some bonding and get some things off their chest. Now don't we all feel better?

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It's Raining, It's Snowing

The next job is in Red River, New Mexico. Here the group will be building a snow box car for a race. The group decides on building a picnic table and as usual Effie throws a tantrum. Devin lets her have it and that's the end of that argument, but not before Effie yaks about how spoiled Emily is! Devin, being the caring boyfriend, won't let her talk about his love that way! The group finally finishes the car and ends up winning the award for congeniality.

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At the Old Ball Game

On the way to the next mission we find out that Tim was the mascot to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Until he was fired because he was caught skinny dipping with a woman in a public pool. It was decided that before they got to the next mission that they would break into a hotel and use the pool and sauna to have fun and get clean, because they were broke. After they got done swimming, Effie tried to give some love advice to Devin, and that was when Devin told her that he and his girlfriend had broken up. When they showed up at the field , it was decided that Christian would not be part of the mission because he got sick after his frozen pond swimming bet. The rest of the group sent to find Keith Santiago, when they found him they found out that they was to be spilt up to do different things, Tim was going to help with promotions, Devin was to see peanuts, Emily was to work with the grounds crew, and Effie was to be a batgirl. But before they could do that they had try out to sing the national

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Bikes and Parents

The show starts out with Emily and Devin still fighting, I think that it is not possible for Devin to show any kind of commitment even though he does share feelings with Emily. Once they get to Moab the have to get on their bike and ride a trail till they find their next clue. After a long trail and man problems with the GPS, they finally found a box that contained a jack in the box which when they got it to open told them that their next mission was to dog fight. After they found the clue the girls decided to go back to the Winnie while the guys finished the trail. When the guys got back to the Winnie they received a page to meet someone at a restaurant for dinner. So everyone got ready and headed out to the restaurant, except Effie who said that she would be late. After waiting for a while they group was surprised by Christian's Dad, who was in on business and decided to try to find them. After dinner Christian's Dad gave everyone a present and headed out to catch a flight. Christian

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Motsa and Dogfights

On the way to the next mission the group could see the planes dogfighting each other. Seeing that it was the first night of Passover Effie was very worried that she would not be able to partake of the Passover Dinner, but luckily the group found a Rabbi, and he told Effie where there was a family that she could eat dinner at. So they finally found the family's house and dropped Effie off, then they were off to Las Vegas for the night. When they got to Las Vegas they decided to gamble all the money that they had left, 70 dollars. Once that they entered the casino Emily and Devin were asked to leave because the were 18. Later in the evening Effie paged Tim, when Tim returned her page she said that she was finished and asked him to come and pick her up, which he said that he would. After two hours the group showed up to pick her up, and she was not even that mad. Mainly because they had won 60 dollars and had bought her some motsa for Passover week. At the air field they found out that th

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Pulling a Farley

We find the gang on the road to Hollywood, in search of the Chinese Theater and footprints from the USS Starship Enterprise crew. After an agriculture checkpoint incident involving a coconut, an attempt to bribe a parking attendant and haggling with a street vendor for a map to the star's homes, they finally get their clue. The Roadies spend the next day hanging out at Venice Beach and are pretty pooped by the time they report for work on a film with a really big star! On the set of ""Beverly Hills Ninja,"" they are greeted by Chris Farley. He tells them it's an all night shoot and the work assignments are: Christian: wardrobe (ie:ironing), Devin: transportation (ie:driving), Timmy: catering (ie:coffee boy), Emily: grip (ie:manual labor), and Effie: Assistant to Chris Farley (ie:cool gig)! While Effie is having a blast, goofing around with Chris, a starstruck and envious Emily predicts that he'll be sending her back after ""20 minutes, tops""! When the crew breaks for ""lunch""; Emily's jeal

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For Sale and Goodbye

The night before they were to give up the Winnie the group stayed up and remembered all that they had been through. Devin said that he remembered the first time that he saw Emily that he thought that she would be high maintenance, and he also thought that Christian was full of it. Then Effie said that she thought that Timmy would the serious one of the group. Later on Christian and Devin decided that it would be cool to switch clothes, and then Devin said that it was typical that he would be put in another crazy outfit. The next morning Timmy got everyone up and they started to clean the Winnie. After some sad moments they headed to the airport. When they got there they unloaded the Winnie and Christian and Timmy went to drop off the Winnie and Christian allowed Tim the honor of parking it. After they parked it Christian got out and placed a for sale sign on the Winnie. When they went up to get the tickets they found out that they were to go to Anchorage Alaska. When they got off the p

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When Chickens Learn to Fly

When Effie chickens out the instructor tells her to sit down and Emily gets up and is the first one to jump, and she is so excited that she screams the whole way down. Then Christian goes next and he takes his US flag with him, and he does not even want a countdown he just jumps. Then was Devin and during his jump he tries to do a swan dive but he over extends and does a flip. And then Timmy goes next and he does not even wait for the count he just jumps, when he gets back up he says that was for his friend Ty that had died of cancer. After everyone is back on the gondola the instructor says that one more person needs to jump and get the last road key, and just then Effie jumps up and says that she will get it. So they suit her up again and this time she goes backwards and she jumps and when they pull her up there is the key attached to the rope. After they pull her up the instructor says that it is too late to get their prize, so they have to wait till morning. So after everyone gets

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The Making of Road Rules

Go behind the scenes with the directors and producers as they navigate the drama and challenges of shooting the second season of Road Rules.