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At Joan's statue, Brandy is giddy about being in champagne country when they get their clue cork next.

Team South Carolina, Brent and Caite, has now left two full hours after the first team, which seems to be an unfortunate pattern for them. Finally, Big Brother leaves 40 minutes later than the team directly in front of them but hey, they didn't get eliminated last time. Unknowingly, Jordan channels her inner Bill and Ted by confusing Joan of Arc with Noah (the guy who built the ark). I missed their Big Brother season but is she really this flighty? If so, Jeff, you are a saint.

The actual brothers and the brothers in blue arrive at the Epernay winery first and face this leg's Roadblock. A teammate must rappel 100 feet down into the champagne cellar and search the bottles for a tiny Race flag about half the size of a postage stamp.

Jordan assumes the Roadblock because Dan has already performed three of them. Louie steps up for his team. As they wait, Steve and Allie arrive, which makes Dan say, "Steve, this is your kind of place." This statement just gives credence to my Barney/Otis theory. With the prospect of drinking champagne, Steve takes on this Roadblock.

While they work the Roadblock, we catch up with Jet and Cord getting into the town of Champagne. They soon get their eyes opened to their mistake and accept that they could have easily slipped from third to last place.

As easily as we see the teams start and finish the Roadblock, it becomes clear that this will not be the task that causes a team to stumble. The brothers are out of the task first and get the clue from the bottle that merely says "Taittinger La Marquetterie." Once again, teams must rely upon the locals to point them in the right direction to go.

As expected, Caite pulls a similar mental error to Big Brother's Jordan by pointing out a statue in Reims with a bunch of animals and a guy, to which she says, "Joan of Arc is a guy." "Joan of Arc is a girl. Why do you think her name is Joan?" Brent corrects her. She sheepishly mutters, "Oh, I was thinking of someone else." I wonder who she could possibly be thinking of. These ladies are Bill and Ted's soul mates. How disastrously awesome would it be to have one team with the unparalleled intellect of Caite and Jordan? I marvel at the potential ineptitude that would ensue.

Louie and Michael leave the Roadblock next. As Louie tries to fish the clue from its tube, Michael notes, "Your big sausage fingers aren't getting it." (Better episode title option #1...It's as equally irrelevant as the actual title but at least it's humorous.)

The tension, bickering and whining between Brent and Caite flare up again as they stare at the wrong statue and Caite doesn't want to ask the people nearby for help. Frustrated, Brent tells her to decide what they should do, then. She says he's acting like a jerk...blah blah blah...It's the same story each episode with them and frankly, it bores me. Fighting teams are amusing only so long and I guess six episodes in is past that point for me. Anyway, they finally ask for help because Brent insisted and run to the correct statue.

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