One at a time, each contestant must hang from the rod from their hands and feet to shinny across the moat. The judges ruled that the Silver Snakes were sent back by mistake (the female member had just made it to the far end of the Moat, and was about to climb onto the deck, only to get sent back by their spotter, because her feet landed in the water as she tried to pull herself onto the deck), thus replacing the Blue Barracudas.
Moat Results
Finish
Team
Time
1st
Green Monkeys
0:21
2nd
Purple Parrots
0:40
3rd
Red Jaguars
0:49
4th
Blue Barracudas
0:54
Steps of Knowledge
Of the many leaders of the Mexican Revolution, the greatest of all was Emiliano Zapata, sometimes called the "George Washington of Mexico." In the 1890s, when Zapata was a boy, a wealthy land owner came with his men and fenced off the village's orchard.
"But señor," said Zapata's father in tears, "without our orchard, we will starve!"
"Tough," said the landlord.
"Don't cry, father!" said Emiliano. "I swear one day, I will get it back for you!"
Twenty years later, he went out into the fields with eighty armed men.
Zapata said, "Landlord, this land belongs to our village. From now on, the people of our village will farm it."
Legend has it he cut a branch from an apple tree and whittled an amulet.
"I swear on the soul of my father: I will not put this down until all of Méjico is free!"
People from all over Mexico flocked to Zapata's side, and he helped build a new Mexican republic. When he died, the amulet disappeared.
Steps of Knowledge Results
Question
Answers
Team
Was Zapata from…?
Mexico
Guatemala
Purple Parrots (Correct - 2 steps left)
Did Zapata gain fame during the…?
Conquest of Mexico
Mexican Revolution
American Revolution
Purple Parrots (Correct - 1 step left)
Zapata was half Spanish and half Indian. Was he…?
A Blueblood
A Mestizo
Green Monkeys (Correct - 2 steps left)
During a recent uprising in Mexico, the rebels who took part called themselves followers of Zapata. Are they referred to as…?
Sandinistas
Zapatistas
Silver Snakes (Correct - 2 steps left)
Which of these men was a fellow revolutionary with Zapata?
Hernán Cortés
Pancho Villa
The Cisco Kid
Green Monkeys (Correct - 1 step left)
Which of these rivers separates Mexico from the United States?
The Rio Grande
Green Monkeys (Correct - Advanced to Temple Games)
Which of the conquistadors conquered Mexico?
Pizarro
Cortés
Red Jaguars (Correct - 2 steps left)
Which of these men was the leader of Mexico when Cortés invaded?
Atahualpa
Geronimo
Montezuma
Silver Snakes (Correct - 1 step left)
Which of these is the land separated from the rest of Mexico by the Gulf of California?
Baja California
Big Sur
Red Jaguars (Correct - 1 step left)
Which of these types of food is a staple of the Mexican diet?
Bagels
Tortillas
Pita Bread
Purple Parrots (Correct - Advanced to Temple Games)
Temple Games
The Purple Parrots are Jason and Simone. The Green Monkeys are Olivia-Emma and Robert.
¡Tierra y Libertad! (Bungee)[]
Emiliano Zapata's battle cry was "¡Tierra y Libertad!" (which translates to "Land and Liberty!"; or in this case, "Land and Freedom!"). Before Simone and Olivia-Emma were two boards, one with the word Tierra and the other with Libertad. When Kirk gave the signal, they had to run to the first board, grab the first piece of the word, and place it on the other board. Then, they had to run back and do it again. They also had to do the same with the next board. The player to completely spell out Zapata's battle cry or the player furthest along in 60 seconds won. Olivia-Emma completely spelled out "Tierra y Libertad" with 16 seconds of spare time, awarding her a half pendant of life. Simone only managed to spell out half of the battle cry.
Church Bell of Freedom (Climbing Wall)[]
Because of Emiliano Zapata, church bells all across Mexico rang with the sounds of freedom. When Kirk gave the signal, Jason and Robert had to find the bricks that created a hand-hold or foot-hold and pull themselves up the wall. Once at the top, they then had to grab the clapper and ring the church bell to ride back down. The player to land or the player furthest along in 60 seconds won. Jason made it back down with the clapper with thirteen seconds of spare time, awarding him a half pendant of life.
Ride Like Emiliano Zapata (Spinning Horse)[]
Zapata was a skilled horseman who led his troops into battle on horseback. Here, the teams had to remain on their horse as long as possible. Both players on each team were mounted on a mechanical horse, having to hold on tight as it started to spin when Kirk gave the signal. The team with more players on their horse in 60 seconds won. All four players stayed on when 60 seconds ended (as they apparently had a very tight grip and were afraid to fall off), awarding them a full pendant each, leading to a tie.
Tiebreaker[]
Olmec: "Is the capital of Mexico: Cancun--?" Olivia-Emma correctly answered "Mexico City", sending her and Robert to Olmec's Temple in search of the applewood amulet.
Temple Games Results
Team
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Pendants Won
Tiebreaker
Green Monkeys
Won
Lost
Tied
1½ Pendants
Won
Purple Parrots
Lost
Won
Tied
1½ Pendants
Lost
Temple Run
The Temple configuration in this particular episode was very simplistic—in fact, it was the easiest in all of Season 2. Nevertheless, the Green Monkeys made it exciting.
Robert, who Kirk referred to as an "international intrigue spy," went in first, moving at a quick pace. Choosing The Ledges as his starting point, He went through the cavern and unlocks the lower crawl door, into The Pit of Despair rather fast as well. Upon entering The Pit, Robert decides to take the lower route, by heading to The Throne Room. However, the door was not open, so he instead decided to climb up into Medusa's Lair which luckily the door did open. Before heading in there, Robert does take notice of the other half pendant hanging on the actuator, but he doesn't alert Olivia-Emma about it. With his partner cheering him on, Robert then makes it inside Medusa's Lair where he met the first Temple Guard, who charges at Robert, and causing him to get startled for a bit. After giving up his pendant, (and even almost offering some of the snakes too) Robert got to work on completing the objective. Like many players, Robert had a little difficulty with the room objective (finding the holes in which to insert the two snakes into Medusa's head) but he completed it in about twenty seconds and moved on into The King's Storeroom. However, just after he smashed the first pot, the second Temple Guard seized and removed Robert with a little under two minutes to go.
Now it was time for the "Adventurous" Olivia-Emma to go into the temple to retrieve the Applewood Amulet on time. While Olivia-Emma was not quite as fast-moving as Robert, but it was her medium pace and great concept of the layout that helped create an exciting Temple Run. On her way to The King's Storeroom, she passed up the half-Pendant on the Medusa's Lair actuator in the Pit of Despair. (But luckily, it was later learned that grabbing the other half pendant was not necessary at all.) Regardless, Olivia-Emma still moved at a great pace through the rooms and made it to where Robert left off in thirty seconds and got to work immediately. She had a dose of bad luck in The King's Storeroom when it was the third pot that contained the key and the third keyhole that opened the door, but she entered The Shrine of the Silver Monkey with a minute on the clock and absolutely blazed putting the statue together (fifteen seconds!). Olivia-Emma entered the Viper's Nest with forty-two seconds remaining, but she had a little trouble finding the Applewood Amulet in the room.
Olivia-Emma grabbing the Applewood Amulet.
Eventually she found the amulet, picked it up with only thirty-seven seconds were left and started to make her way back to the temple gates. With Robert cheering her on from down below, Olivia-Emma started to pick up some speed within the rooms. After passing by The Shrine of the Silver Monkey and The King's Storeroom, she went up into The Observatory and then climbed down into Medusa's Lair, but otherwise she precisely retraced her footsteps back out of the Temple. Tension grew with every room, however, and by the time Olivia-Emma left The Pit of Despair for the Ledges, less than fifteen seconds were still on the clock. She squeezed her way back through to get over to the entrance slide; the camera switched to a wide angle as the last seconds appeared on the screen, and Olivia-Emma finally jumped down on the other side of Olmec a split second before the timer hit zero. In one of the most nail-biting temple runs ever, Olivia-Emma and Robert won it all! Creating one of the most memorable, nail-biting and very exciting temple runs within Legends history!
This was the second and final episode where the first four teams to cross the Moat were not the four teams to compete in the Steps of Knowledge. The first episode was John Henry's Lost Hammer, where the Green Monkeys were disqualified for not crossing the moat correctly.
Olivia-Emma Houliana of the Green Monkeys previously appeared on Get the Picture in 1991.
This was the first episode where a team of Green Monkeys and a team of Purple Parrots faced off in the Temple Games, the only team combination that never materialized in Season 1.
This is the only episode with an artifact in the Viper's Nest where a team other than the Orange Iguanas went to the Temple.
This is the first of four episodes where a team of Green Monkeys attempted to retrieve an artifact placed in the Top Corner Room. Unlike the following episodes, this was the only one to happen before Season 3.
This is the last episode where Olmec does not warn the contestants about the spirit of the Temple Guard in the Dark Forest.
This is the first episode to feature a half pendant in the pit area of Olmec's Temple.
Olivia Emma was the first female member of the Green Monkeys who was able to grab the artifact and subsequently the first who was able to escape with it before time ran out.
