Marine Files After-Action Report On Amazing Race Team Defeated By A Rug
Three tasks. One rug. In the Corps, that’s called no plan.
By Boyd TolliverOctober 16, 2026Weekend Edition, Issue No. 3
“A rug won. It was rolled up the whole time.”
JUST THE FACTS. The Amazing Race 39, Ep. 4 (CBS, Wed. Oct. 14): a “Moroccan Scramble” in Marrakech’s medina: three tasks, done in different orders. Cody & Jaime got lost after the rug delivery and were eliminated. Sources: TV Insider; CBS.
BLUF: A rug won. It was rolled up the whole time.
CBS handed out three tasks and said, “Any order.” In the Corps that’s called no plan. At CBS it’s called a format.
The Roadblock was a slipper search. I once found something that did not match. The base still talks about it.
THE GAVEL. Do I hear an order, any order, SOLD, to the network with no plan.
OUTLOOK (Ep. 5, Wed. Oct. 21). POLL: Who gets lost next: a team, or my reading glasses?