Empire

A surprise starting line challenge has dire consequences for one returning team. Teams battle to win the Express Pass. Who will win the leg and seize the powerful prize? A medical emergency on an airplane turns the race upside down.

The last place team continues to try and solve the Roadblock from the first leg. Will they be able to catch up to the other teams? Old habits die hard for one Racer as he loses his cool. Has anything changed since the last time they raced?

A team’s hopes are shattered after a car crash potentially jolts them out of the game. Teams get down and dirty in a field of frigid mud. A missing fanny pack wreaks havoc and arouses a team’s suspicions.

After losing all sense of direction en route to the airport, will a team even make it to the next country? A team loses its passports twice in one leg. Have they also lost their chance to run another leg? Altitude takes its toll on racers!

One team lies to protect their standing in the race. Will the other teams find out the truth? A Double U-Turn has teams scrambling to stay ahead of the pack. Who will use the power to set another team back?

A sea of people overwhelms the racers when they arrive in Kolkata. One team narrowly escapes a traffic collision as their taxi speeds through the overcrowded streets. One team’s clumsiness spills their chances at acing the Detour.

A huge blunder lands one team all alone. One racer ditches an ally after promising to work together. In a state of panic, a racer takes a dangerous plunge. The Varanasi landscape elicits an emotional response from one racer.

Teams are thrust into reverse in an attempt to decipher their next clue. One Detour proves that the teams' eyes are bigger than their stomachs. Teams struggle to avoid a Freudian slip in a psychological Detour.

Teams measure the distance of an entire country by riding across it. A Swiss delicacy becomes a nightmare for one team. A Double U-Turn has teams on edge. Who will be targeted? Who will survive? Teams provide some Swiss hospitality.

Teams are pushed to the edge while braving the elements on the imposing Matterhorn. Fingers are pointed, tempers flare, and tears are shed in the most intense argument of the season. One chocolate-filled Roadblock gives teams a sweet tooth.

Teams cry out in pain while taking care of a hairy situation. Racers mix it all up on the sunny Copacabana beach. Teams break out their tricycles in a neck and neck race toward the finish line.