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Brian and Ericka arrive at the Roadblock and Brian is the rower for his team because as he puts it, "This one [pointing to Ericka] doesn't do water." He shouldn't be putting row master on his resume, either, as he is struggling pretty early on with the oars. While not as adept as Cheyne was, he completes the Roadblock and they aren't too far behind Cheyne and Meghan as far as the viewer can tell.

Father and son Gary and Matt head out of the pit stop and Matt has rejuvenated his hair with a fresh batch of pink dye. This is not the father-son bonding that the Gary envisioned back as a new dad in Montana 20 plus years ago.

Sam and Dan leave and admit that the advantage to still working with Tiffany and Maria is that if it comes down to just them, then "we can definitely outrun them." No arguments here.

Team number three, Flight and Easy, have the misfortune of their cabbie taking them to the wrong yacht club. I guess they are more accurately "former team number three" because Matt and Gary are now at the Roadblock. Gary is the chosen one but confesses, "I'm a canoer, not a rowboater." So he opts for the lay-down-on-your-belly-and-paddle-with-one-oar technique. Hey, in this race, whatever works is fine by me, regardless of how ridiculous you look.

Cheyne and Meghan get to the Detour. For this leg, it's Gold or Glass. Here's the breakdown: For Gold, they weigh out exactly $500,000 worth of gold but must figure out that they have to use against the ever changing exchange rate to get the right number of ounces to weigh. For Glass, they go to a market and empty a crate full of all the pieces necessary to build 12 hookahs based upon the ones displayed in the market.

My instinct would have led me to Glass as the simpler one but I would be proven wrong shortly. Meghan and Cheyne have the same rationale, so they choose Glass.

Gary retrieves the watch and cracks the code. He and Matt make their way to the Detour. With all this action, it's hard to believe but there are still two teams who haven't even left the pit stop...until now. The Poker Girls leave at 11:47 a.m. and Mika and Canaan are the last team to leave, only seven minutes behind them.

The Globetrotters make it to the Roadblock and Big Easy crams himself into the raft but can't use the paddles either. "I couldn't figure out the paddles. I'm from the projects in New Orleans. We got the Mississippi River but it's dirty and you don't want to go in there." He might as well have thrown the paddles overboard because he opts to use his arms as the paddles and basically does the backstroke to the yacht.

Cut to Meghan and Cheyne slowly working through the Glass Detour. Frustration with the challenge is mounting for Meghan and Cheyne implores her to relax so they can finish the task. Brian and Ericka get the Detour clue and go with Gold.

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