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As Zev and Justin finish, Justin slips and takes a header into the river. Again, the locals and the viewer can't help but laugh at clumsiness. It's a universal form of comedy. As it turns out, Justin's pratfall made their clue fall in the river. After searching on their boat that is en route, Justin and Zev have to return to the challenge to find the clue, which was stuck on the side of the boat that was the scene of Justin's Dick van Dyke impression. This backtracking helps Mika and Canaan pass them with Tiffany and Maria close behind.

Do you feel like a Roadblock? Good, because it's about that time. This Roadblock's theme is Who's feeling just ducky? The selected contestant has to lead a flock of 150 ducks over a bridge and back to their pens using only flags. And it has to be done in only ten minutes. If they fail, they have to wait for another course to open up.

A trio of ladies (Meghan, Jessica and Ericka) are the first to give duck herding a shot. Sadly, all three need to remove such a job from their search criteria on CareerBuilder, as they all fail on the first attempt. Matt, Sam, Flight, Marcy, Mika, Keri, Zev and Tiffany are next.

Sam fares significantly better and puts him and Dan as the first to finish the Roadblock and head to meet Mr. Keoghan. Then, Matt draws upon his animal herding experiences in Montana, which puts them in a very close second. Next, Flight and Keri make short work of the Roadblock and are off as well.

While waiting for his turn, Zev notices the frustration coming from the others as their teammates struggle and takes a calm and calculated approach. Zev breezes through the challenge and is dubbed the Duck Whisperer because he expended little effort in getting the ducks to go where he wanted. For Tiffany, this Roadblock seems as easy as getting plane tickets, except this time she actually has to do the work. And she does so quickly. Meghan and Mika finally finish after multiple attempts. Despite being the first ones at the Roadblock, Cheyne and Meghan will clearly not be repeating as first place finishers this time. Marcy similarly doesn't have as much difficulty as some of the others and gets it done.

Thanks to jockeying for the leadership role, Sam and Dan get passed by Gary and Matt to the pit stop. The father and son are supportive of each of other and Gary praises his son for doing the Roadblock effortlessly. As a result they are the first, followed in a photo finish by Sam and Dan and Flight Time and Big Easy. The basketball players haven't shown much in the area of disharmony yet, probably because they are used to working as a team, which is a huge advantage in this race.

The two remaining girls are still struggling. Jessica and Ericka were the second and third teams to start the Roadblock and are the only ones left. During one of her attempts, Ericka even forgets to close the gate when she goes to get the rest and they of course get out. The pressure of the game and the shouts of encouragement masked as anger coming from their teammates are getting to them. With only one duck straggling behind, Ericka excitedly ushers it to the pen and places her order for supper, "I am eating duck tonight." I wonder what's on the menu – Donald, Daffy, Howard, or Jon Cryer. There is no time to wait for her order to be placed, as Jessica also finishes only seconds apart.

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