The Amazing Race

The 11 teams depart from Los Angeles for Chile; the racers battle exhaustion and their fear of heights while dangling 120 feet in the air; one team tries to use Brazilian currency in Chile.

A contestant encounters a moody cow at a roadblock; a newly formed alliance rubs teams the wrong way.

One team goes astray when one of its members cannot use a compass properly; another team rushes to an emergency room.

The contestants must navigate a confusing train system, take a dive over Hamburg and reunite for a nausea-inducing lesson in German gastronomy.

A World War I reenactment tests the racers' nerves; a team's cocky attitude could prove to be costly.

Contestants accidentally race to the wrong city; a contestant tests the power of duct tape.

The teams take a helicopter ride to a remote island where they race with a giant tortoise and look for a message in a bottle.

The teams must choose between a 153-step climb or a 35-foot-high lesson in Chingay.

Tempers flare when racers put a target on one team; feuds come to a head.

The teams must complete two roadblocks; two teams deal with confused cabdrivers.

The final teams struggle with the language barrier in Shanghai; the contestants sort through hundreds of golden Buddhas and thousands of Chinese stamps.

The remaining teams travel from Shanghai to San Francisco in hopes of winning the million-dollar prize; the racers come face-to-face with Darth Vader.