The qualifying rounds continue in L.A. with ninjas from acrossthe country taking on the world's most challenging obstaclecourse. Competitors as young as 15 return to take on veteransand will have a chance to face a taller Mega Warped Wall.
Sara Pascoe welcomes the four semi-finalists into the sewingroom as they get to work with utilitarian clothing, with aplace in the final at stake.Judges Patrick Grant and Esme Youngchallenge the sewers to make an office staple – the trenchcoat, which originated as part of a military uniform. Theymust tackle the multiple parts that make this coat sodistinctive, from the storm flaps to the epaulettes to thedouble-breasted design.The sewers really need to use theirimaginations in the Transformation Challenge as it turns tohousework and making a garment from old cleaning products,including cleaning cloths, rubber gloves and mopheads.TheMade-to-Measure Challenge is boiler suits. Once worn to stokeboilers, they are now a fixture on the catwalk and high streetalike. Multiple pockets feature, but the sewers' biggestchallenge is to make sure their boiler suits fit their modelsperfectly around the crotch and bottom.Who will get promoted tothe final, and who will be pipped to the post and take theirleave of the competition?
Hosted by Sara Haines, trivia contestants from Murfreesboro,Tennessee; Los Angeles, California; and Jersey City, NewJersey, risk it all against Chaser James "The Highroller"Holzhauer.
Reeling from storm, the remaining participants continue todeal with the consequences of their actions. One survivalist'sfood supply is threatened, while another reveals a secret thatjeopardizes their chances of winning the half-a-million dollarprize.
A local priest is murdered over a long-lost ancient cross, thecross which Magellan held in his hand the day he was killed byLapu-Lapu in the Battle of Mactan. Alex, Kai, and Ernestomust solve the priest's murder and find the lost relic beforeit can land in the wrong hands.
When Alex's friend from the local gym is found murdered, Alexinvestigates and discovers his friend was involved in anunderground badminton competition. Alex and Ernesto must goundercover as badminton players to solve the murder, and inthe process, end up exposing a drug smuggling ring.
Alex befriends a boat mechanic wrongfully accused of murder ina remote fishing village, and, along with Kai and Ernesto,unravels an international smuggling operation and resolves alocal blood feud in order to prove the man's innocence.
When Alex temporarily moves in with Ernesto, he is drawn intoa family drama that transcends generations, spans decades,and proves that, indeed, "the past is never dead; it is noteven past."
Alex's ex-wife shows up with her new fiancé asking Alex tosign their divorce papers, but when the fiancé is mistakenfor Alex and kidnapped by an old enemy, Alex finds himselfracing to rescue the man.