After their leg one victory, mother and son Margie & Luke registered a comfortable and credible fourth place finish for their second leg "Amazing Race 14" encore.
The pair's lead was largely equalized out on the plane ride to Munich, Germany. The mother and so were still able to race in the top three or four though for the remainder of the leg. The loss of the paragliding Roadblock and subsequent run down the mountain didn't play to Margie's advantage but she still finished the task in a surprisingly strong second place.
Margie and Luke did have a notable disagreement on which Detour task to do with Margie preferring the pie throwing while Luke wanted the Segway ride. Margie exerted the mother card to get her way but considering that Luke has much more knowledge of gameplay as a hardcore "Amazing Race" fan, I really wonder if he should have taken the leadership card instead. Whether that dynamic become tested should prove its own challenge.
On a side note, this was one of the few times in "Amazing Race" history (outside of a racer having used up his/her allotment) in which only one racer on a team was eligible for a Roadblock. An inspection of the Roadblock card revealed that for safety, a racer had to be able to respond to verbal cues. Unfortunately, that left the deaf Luke ineligible for the task, leaving the Roadblock to mother Margie.
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