The Amazing Race

On an all-new season of the amazing race...

Let's go, baby!

13 dynamic teams of two... We are absolutely

gonna be the first mother-son duo

to win the amazing race.

- Good job! - I'm proud of you.

I love being underestimated.

I think when people see

that I'm, like, this four, 11 girl,

they're like, "that girl's weak."

Have you jumped out of a plane 81 times?

He's the best teammate

- that I've ever had in my life... - I appreciate that, babe.

Which is why I made you my husband, so, lucky you.

I appreciate it.

My goal is to prove two women

can get anything accomplished.

- You're almost there, buddy. - You're almost there.

Finish it up.

The money's icing on the cake.

It's going to be about the experience first.

We're gonna come out winners,

even if we don't come out with a million-dollar check,

which is unlikely.

- Will embark -on a breathtaking... - Wow.

Thrilling... Whoo! It's going so fast!

Unpredictable journey.

Ready to go.

A life-changing adventure

that will test their physical

- I'm bleeding. - My god!

And mental fortitude...

- Nah, I ain't doing that. - Babe, please don't quit.

The world is bigger than you.

Like never before.

Aah!

Only the best will get a shot

at racing to the finish line for $1 million.

Let's go hard and race around the world!

It all begins here in puerto vallarta.

Travel publications have called it

the friendliest city in the world,

the number one culinary destination in Mexico,

and rated the beaches here among the best in the world.

Let's go!

Welcome to Mexico.

Yes, good to see you all. Look at those beautiful faces.

What a dynamic group of people that we have here,

and it is going to be competitive.

Just tell us a little bit about yourselves.

- We'll jump right in. - I'll go.

- Hello. Come on. - So, my name is Sean.

This is my wife, my life, Michelle.

- Aw. - I'm Michelle Clark.

And we're the owners of double Dutch aerobics.

Yes.

And my wife... My wife is a what?

- World champion in double Dutch. - Ooh!

And I'm a master dda instructor,

and all that means is that we can teach

- anybody in the world. - Anybody how to jump double Dutch.

- Including you, Phil. - Yes.

I do hope we get to do a little jumping at the mat.

Yes, we will.

We are 25-year-old identical twins.

We live in clear water, Florida.

And we're, like, all-around beach boys, so starting off

at the beach feels pretty fitting for us.

We're in our element here.

My dad has been raising me as a single dad

since I was ten years old, and he's my teammate for life.

So I wouldn't want to do this with anybody else.

We live in a one-bedroom apartment,

so we're just excited to see the world together, and...

- We're just happy to be outside right now. - Yes.

We're both certified registered nurse anesthetists.

What does that even mean?

That means that you can put out your competition,

and they wake up at the finish line.

- Exactly. - Within seconds.

We've been traveling anesthesia providers,

traveling all over the country, providing anesthesia.

Juan and I met in pilot training.

Since then, we've been pretty much as inseparable as it gets

by living on different sides of the country.

Happy to be here and share this with my best friend

and be able to make our wives back home proud

- and my little one. - Man.

It's a dream that we couldn't even fathom.

Aw.

We've been dating for three years.

We live in San Diego, California.

I cannot believe we're in Mexico.

My family's from Mexico, emigrated from Mexico,

and I'm first-generation Mexican-American.

And I am just so... Just ecstatic to be here.

We're both, um, students

and summer camp aquatics directors.

- We've been fans for such a long time. - Forever.

We watched Tammy and Victor and Nick and starr win

all those years ago.

Did you have to say that?

But it's our turn now.

We're so excited to be here.

We are so excited to have you all here.

We know it's gonna be competitive.

And just like last season,

no non-elimination legs on this race.

You don't have that crutch there

in case you make a mistake.

And that means you have to be on your game all the time.

On your game, all the time, every leg.

Last season, we went to a country

that we had never been to before.

Well, this season, there are two new countries

that we have never been to before.

Your first clue is on the car

which is parked out in the parking lot

on the other side of the hotel.

Okay, let's get those backpacks on.

Let's buckle up.

Is everybody ready to race?

- Yeah! - All right.

The world is waiting for you.

Good luck. Travel safe.

- Go! - Let's go, baby!

- Let's go. - My goodness!

- This way, this way. - Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

- Yes, we can. - Come on, let's go. - Come on.

I'm right behind you. Keep going. Don't stop. Don't stop.

Keep pushing.

Bailey, come on. Bailey!

- Mom, we don't have to go fast. - You're doing great.

Go to the left, left.

- I'm slipping. - Are you okay?

Just take your time.

Shane, parking lot, directly in front.

I see it, Juan. Juan, right there.

Go, Ricky. Go.

- Go all the way up there. - All right.

Go, go, go, go, go.

Route info.

"Welcome to puerto vallarta, Mexico."

"Drive yourselves to downtown puerto vallarta."

"And find the voladores along the malecón for your next clue."

Let's go, baby!

- Let's find our car, babe. - Taxis, taxis.

He said across the street.

- Sorry. - No. No, don't apologize.

- No map? - There's no map.

No map, but we here, baby, the amazing race.

We here. We ready to race.

I can't believe it. We're on... The amazing race.

- No way. - My hands are shaking. Whoo! Okay.

All right, we're going to "find the voladores

along the malecón for your next clue."

These brave high flyers are known as bird men,

or voladores, who take part in an ancient

Mexican ritual appealing to the gods

to bring rain for a good harvest.

This is where

teams will make their first big decision

on their amazing race.

Puerto vallarta brings amazing memories because,

after nine months of dating,

we became boyfriends here.

Cesar and I have been dating for about four years.

I'm a super fan of the amazing race,

and it's a dream being here with Ricky.

I think the amazing race is my chance to show him

that no matter what, I'm gonna be there.

This is our dream now, not just yours.

What a coincidence. We're here, like...

- We're here. I know you... - It's happening. It's happening.

And it's the amazing race.

We're actually looking for the "vala-do ray,"

"voladores."

I wish I didn't fail Spanish twice now.

So I'm actually half Mexican.

My father is Mexican.

But I am sadly monolingual.

We're cousins, but I really consider

karishma my little sister.

I actually lived with her family for about six months.

We had the sisterly bonding experience.

I think that's what makes our relationship so awesome.

I was 17 when my parents died.

Losing my father to non-hodgkin's lymphoma and

losing my mom to breast cancer

- was very hard. - I know her parents

are gonna be there in spirit

- with us on the race, cheering us on. - Yeah.

- We're gonna do this for them. - Yeah.

We've just started the race.

I'm sweating like an animal.

I should exercise maybe a little more.

You know I run, and it felt like

I never ran a day in my life. Isn't that messed up?

I know.

My Spanish is decent.