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Sam gets the message and joins Dan. After finishing coloring his scroll, Flight Time sees the message thanks to the heat of the flame. Flight Time dashes for the door with scroll in hand, probably to put on his mom's fridge after the race.

Matt performs a little word dissection and notices that candelabra looks like candle, so he finally clues in on the many candle holders sitting on the middle of the table. Whew, that was kind of painful to watch.

The two remaining boy-girl teams are racing the streets of Tallinn looking for the Pikk Hermann Tower Garden and are virtually tied for first place as they find the clue box holding the Detour. They must head to the bogs for either Serve or Sling. For Serve, they have to score five points in volleyball that is played in shin- to knee-high mud. Sling has them use a slingshot to shoot vegetables at a target. Both opt for Serve and run for a cab. Cheyne is clearly in front and Brian asks for him to call another one. But from her vantage point, Ericka just saw Brian give up the cab. Surprisingly, this doesn't turn into a huge dustup.

Despite the request to call them another cab, Meghan tells the driver to just go, "We don't care about the others." Outside the race, that would be a classless and despicable move but here in the heat of the competition, I would have probably done the same thing. It's inconsequential really, as Brian and Ericka find another taxi quicker than if they waited for a called one.

Matt thinks he has the clue but the viewer is aware that he failed to reveal "Garden" at the bottom of the scroll. We know that the Pikk Hermann Tower is not a small place, so the Race gods don't seem to be smiling on these guys this leg.

Sam and Dan and the Globetrotters hoof it to Pikk Hermann Tower Garden and are neck and neck as they both choose Serve also. As the Sam and Dan try to commandeer a cab from a person already in it, Flight Time and Big Easy head their way. This elicits the response from Sam, "Go, find your own way, gosh darn it." With this little refrain, it finally dawns on me something that has eluded me all season. Sam IS Napoleon Dynamite. Close your eyes and with every breathy "shut up" and "gosh" that occur a dozen times an episode, you can easily envision a bespectacled, blond afro sporting goober in moon boots.

As another taxi pulls up (which is a van), all four race to it and stake rightful claim to it being theirs. Flight smartly is at the driver's window and giving him the address, which secures them a spot but the brothers have already climbed on board. So the two teams at odds with one another are now sharing the same taxi. Awkward much? From their interview, Napoleo...er, I mean Sam says, "[Globetrotters] aren't doing anything for themselves. They are literally just following us." Slow down there, hot rod. Haven't you guys relied upon another team to help you on virtually every leg? Lest you forget the bell tower assist from Meghan, the poker girls practically completing the gold exchange Detour for you, or even working together with Meghan on THIS leg with the candelabra. The bitterness just stems from the fact that it's the Globetrotters who they view as their biggest threat.

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