The Amazing Race
The best of the reality series crop is back, with 12 teams of 2 players each racing around the world, trying not to be eliminated at a series of checkpoints in which the last team to arrive is booted from the show. CBS chooses teams with relationships containing at least some tension, especially when the situation involves intense pressure. This season includes such duos as two circus clowns, a gay married couple, a father and son, a recently engaged couple, married couples, and best friends.
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The best of the reality series crop is back, with 12 teams of 2 players each racing around the world, trying not to be eliminated at a series of checkpoints in which the last team to arrive is booted from the show. CBS chooses teams with relationships containing at least some tension, especially when the situation involves intense pressure. This season includes such duos as two circus clowns, a gay married couple, a father and son, a recently engaged couple, married couples, and best friends.
Season 28 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
I Should've Been a Boy Scout
Fri, Feb 12, 2016 43 mins
In a series first, 11 new teams of social media stars depart from their own homes all across the country and head for Mexico City, where they set off fireworks and dig deep at an archaeological Roadblock.
Episode 2
You Look Like Gollum
Fri, Feb 19, 2016 43 mins
For the first time ever, the Race travels to Colombia where Racers go mud-diving for emeralds in a volcano.
Episode 3
Bros Being Jocks
Fri, Feb 26, 2016 43 mins
The race continues in Colombia, where claustrophobia could prevent a racer from going deep into the catacombs to retrieve their next clue.
Episode 4
Get It Trending
Fri, Mar 4, 2016 43 mins
A romance blossoms between two racers, and teams are caught in one of the largest-ever footraces to the mat for first place.
Episode 5
We're Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today
Fri, Mar 11, 2016 43 mins
The Race reaches new heights as teams climb 15,000 feet in the French Alps, and one team may be in jeopardy of elimination after dropping their clue down a mountain.
Episode 6
Let the Good Times Roll
Fri, Apr 1, 2016 43 mins
For the first time in THE AMAZING RACE history, teams travel to Yerevan, Armenia, where an express pass is on the line for the winner of the leg.
Episode 7
Welcome to Bloody Fingers 101
Fri, Apr 8, 2016 43 mins
Teams travel to the country of Georgia where they learn how to make a traditional candy and go deep into the trenches at an old Georgian winery.
Episode 8
I Have a Wedgie and a Half
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 43 mins
Teams travel to Dubai where they race camels and swim with sharks.
Episode 9
Salt That Sand!
Fri, Apr 22, 2016 43 mins
In a tight race to the mat, teams row and swim to the Pit Stop located on a boat, where the losers walk the plank and are eliminated.
Episode 10
Monkey Dance!
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 43 mins
Racers embark on a gut wrenching, 40-foot plunge and teams make a difficult decision when faced with a double U-turn.
Episode 11
That's Money, Honey
Fri, May 6, 2016 44 mins
The final four teams race for a spot in the finale and a high-stakes foot race to the mat will mark the end of one more team's journey.
Episode 12
The Only First That Matters
Fri, May 13, 2016 43 mins
As the final three teams race from Shenzhen, China to Santa Barbara, Calif. for the final leg of the Race, they face a gut-wrenching leap of faith: jump off a building more than 150 feet high and perform a harrowing task of synchronized mountaineering.
