At the opening of the episode, Reichen and Chip reveal to the remaining teams that they are a couple and have been married for a year now - it's their one-year anniversary. Reichen discusses how he quit the Air Force so he could be with Chip, Millie and Chuck talk about how they've been together for twelve years and are virgins, and Kelly and Jon say they got engaged right before the race. The teams are given $120 for the leg, which sends them from India to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, over 5,000 miles away. The teams jockey for position to get faster flights, with Jon and Al, Millie and Chuck and David and Jeff ending up at the front of the pack, despite an initial blunder by Reichen and Chip. David and Jeff and Kelly and Jon trail not far behind. The teams finally reach Malaysia, where, after participating in a traditional ceremony of good blessing, they head on to a Detour: Net or Trap. In "Net," the teams have to catch fifteen fish, while in trap, they have to hoist a huge lobster trap in order to get a clue. After completing either task, the teams continue to a nearby island, where they participate in a Roadblock that requires good aim. The first leg involves a bow and arrow, the second, a blowpipe and the final one, a spear. These tasks are a challenge to all teams, but in the end, they all finish fairly close together. Kelly and Jon are the last to arrive, but this leg is the long awaited first of three nonelimination legs and they are safe.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 4 Episode 8 of The Amazing Race resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Amazing Race Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - Cheaters Never Win—And They Cheated!
• s04e02 - It Doesn't Say Anything About First Come, First Served. And We're Bigger.
• s04e03 - I Wasn't Even Going to Touch You Until You Slammed My Head Backwards!
• s04e04 - Check Your Tires Because...Oh God, You Never Know What'll Happen!
• s04e05 - You Are Just Deliberately Trying to Make Us Lose!
• s04e06 - I Could Never Have Been Prepared for What I'm Looking at Right Now
• s04e07 - We're Going Down the Wrong Side of the Freeway...And the Lights Are Off!
• s04e08 - The Princess Reminded Me of My Grandmother. She Was Very Old but Still Very, Very with It
• s04e09 - We're Not at Charm School Learning to How to Be a Gentleman, We're Racing
• s04e10 - That's Me. That's My Face. Just Hit My Face. Hit My Face!
• s04e11 - Such a Nice Pheremone Smell to You; Just Makes Me Want to Stay Close to You
• s04e12 - He's a Few Ticks Away from Having a Heart Attack!
• s04e13 - It's Like Adam Building His First House!

The Amazing Race Show Summary

The Amazing Race is an adventure reality show hosted by Phil Keoghan that pits 10, 11, or 12 teams of 2 or 4 people against each other in a race around the world for approximately 40 days. In a leg, they go to destinations where they will complete a roadblock, a task where 1 person completes (Season 1-7) or 2 people (Season 8), a detour, where you have to decide between two tasks that are usually opposite of each other, and a miscellaneous task.

After they complete all these tasks, they will be directed to go to a Pit stop where they will have a 24 hour rest period where they will be able to eat, drink, sleep, and mingle with other teams. The last team to check into the Pit Stop usually is eliminated, but sometimes there is a non-elimination leg in which no one is eliminated. After all teams are eliminated except for 3, these three race to the finish line where the winning team wins 1 million dollars.