Missions:
9: The goat, the egg and the well
My comments:
It was finally nice to see Oscar treated like a member of the group.
Vince finally got some Action!!!
The best part of the episode was when a Godly man came and saved the day.
End: Erica and Kalle talk about using Tampons and Vince gets upset.
What Bonnie had to say about the episode:
Original Air Date: August 25, 1997
Segment #1
The group leaves St. Thomas and heads for Puerto Rico. Erika's a little nervous that Oscar will act like he's a king since they be on his home turf for awhile.
When they get off the plane at San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oscar gets out and kisses the pavement. Immediately, Oscar starts talking to the group in Spanish as if he's a tour guide.
They get into the Winnie and drive to Oscar's parents' home. The first to greet them is Oscar's father who gives him a big hug. The father and son start crying. His little sister comes out and Oscar covers her face with kisses.
Erika says Oscar and his father sound the same when they speak. Oscar's dad makes them a big dinner and Oscar invites his best friends over as well.
Outside by the pool, Erika says she feels a little isolated from Oscar and his friends. His friends are at one side of the room while the Erika, Vince, Jake and Kalle are at table on the other side.
Jake describes Oscar's friends as wanna-be gang members. The guys, one in particular, are talking about Kalle in Spanish and coming on to her big time. Jake's getting pissed that Oscar's friends are being disrespectful towards Kalle. Kalle says his friends acted like 13 year olds.
Jake tells Kalle to let him know when Oscar's friends have "crossed the line" and he'll do something about it. He tells Oscar the situation and Oscar tells his friends to chill out and leave Kalle alone. In a drunken apology, Oscar tells Jake that since Jake is a guest staying in his home, he'll do what he can to make him comfortable.
Kalle says she's glad that Oscar chose them over his other friends.
Oscar's dad breaks up the party, and Oscar's friends go home. The others go to bed.
The next morning a delivery person brings them their next clue. The clue has a bunch of directions and then says something about a well.
On the road to their next destination to Isabela, Puetro Rico, they end up on a dirt road and make it to a hotel. They walk inside and the woman behind the counter tells them that they can spend $78 a night to stay there, or the stay will be free if they complete their next mission.
Mission #9: Milk a goat, eat an eggroll and throw a penny in a well.
Segment #2
Vince says this mission is like a scavenger hunt. Oscar says it'll be impossible to find a goat or an eggroll in the middle of nowhere. As they drive around the village. Oscar asks, in Spanish, if anyone knows where a goat can be found.
For the other part of the mission, Jake gets the idea to roll a raw egg and then eat it. (Literal egg roll).
The first goat they find is a male.
Oscar says he feels like an idiot asking people where goats are. They finally come to some old guy's house who has a goat, but find out she's all dried up.
Kalle doesn't think there is a goat at all in town. Erika's getting discouraged. Vince says it's a good thing Oscar speaks Spanish or else they'd all be in a lot of trouble.
They finally find a goat, who belongs to a woman in a pink dress and pink curlers. They all gang up on the goat and try to hold her still while Vince attempts to milk it, unsuccessfully. The woman then shows Vince how to do it. They fill a paper cup up with the putrid-smelling milk.
They drive back to the inn to show the woman the milk and the "egg roll." She doesn't believe they actually milked a goat because she wants a photo of it. Instead Vince offers his hands as proof because of the milk smell on them. She believes him then. Next Jake rolls a raw egg and then eats it to the horror of his travel mates. The woman is laughing. She then tells them they need to find a well and throw a penny in.
The gang goes in search of the well. Oscar's driving like a mad man off-road and manages to get the van their driving stuck in the sand.
Segment #3
They try in vain to push the van out of the deep sand. They try with huge sticks and then with digging around the wheels. Still nothing helps. It's getting dark, so they start walking back to the inn.
As luck would have it, they see a man driving a tow truck and ask him for help. Jake thinks it's a good omen. Oscar talks the guy into helping them get the van out.
Erika says Oscar's amazing.
Oscar asks how much they owe the man for his help and the man says it's free. The man also tells him where the well is, and Jake, Oscar and Kalle are seen throwing coins in the well.
Vince says he's glad he and Oscar are finally friends. Kalle thinks this mission broken down a lot of walls between them.
Mission #9 completed.
Back at the inn, Oscar asks if anyone minds if he sleeps on one of the few beds available. Jake says after what he did for the group today, he doesn't mind if Oscar slept on his head.
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