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As Carol and Brandy are asking a policeman how to get to L'Orrica, Brent and Caite have stumbled upon them and choose to just follow the ladies. So, to recap: Brent and Caite didn't find a single person that pointed them to Pierry (yet no one else had a problem with that even if it was bad advice) but they wandered around long enough they ended up there. They enthusiastically think they are racing the ladies to the Detour until they see Phil and his mime buddy. Once again, please see above to the previous bonehead comment.

Carol and Brandy are shocked they are number two and declare they will win the race. I don't see it but at least they don't lack confidence.

While Dan and Jordan continue showing off their "skill," Steve and Allie have come and gone from the Terra Detour. Big Brother is put on the right path and heading to the Detour but it is not looking good for them as we see South Carolina arrive. Brent wants to do Terra and Caite wants to do Tower, she concedes and they start looking for the grapes but she is muttering under her breath the entire time about how "looking for something over two acres is stupid." This is one unbelievably negative girl.

Jet and Cord show up and go with Terra and prove that it can be done with the right amount of speed and team work, which clearly Brent and Caite don't have. They jog up and down the rows and find the grapes while Brent and Caite essentially stand in the field slack-jawed watching the cowboys. Maybe they thought watching them find grapes would somehow help them. Good for the cowboys, because this adds the self-destruction of Team South Carolina. These two are toxic to one another on this race and the passive-aggressive, childish way that Caite deals with Brent and vice versa is frustrating to watch. So I will move on. Let's just say, they spend more time complaining about the Detour than actually performing the Detour.

Dan and Jordan successfully empty their champagne tower but have gone from second place at the Detour to fifth place. As they finish, Brent has caved to Caite's huffing and puffing and they switch to the Tower task, which is never a good idea. My advice is to take a minute before to assess which one to do before just making a knee-jerk decision.

Jet and Cord officially recover from their errors this leg and only slip one stop to number four and the other brothers Dan and Jordan are number five. Brent and Caite fail to duplicate Dan and Jordan's success and their tower crashes down as they pouring the champagne. Big Brother, who has been a nonfactor this leg or every leg after the first one, gets to the Detour to see Brent and Caite back in the field and mistakenly think they have been struggling through the same task this entire time. This is the silver lining on a crappy cloud for Brent and Caite as Jeff and Jordan try the much more difficult Tower.

Caite stops complaining long enough to spy the grapes. Justifiably, Brent points out they should have stuck with that one which earns a soft "I'm sorry" from his girlfriend.

So, the toxic twosome from South Carolina finishes in sixth place despite several attempts to sabotage themselves. That means that after playing champagne glass Jenga, Jeff and Jordan are left in the dark field to find the grapes. At the mat, Phil only has bad news for them this time and they are eliminated. I am disappointed not in their elimination but in the fact that they couldn't sustain that fun-loving nature they displayed in the earlier legs. The stress of the race and being at that back of the pack wore them down.

Based upon the previews, I am dreading next week, which has a surplus of Brent and Caite temper tantrums. Alas, I won't quit on the Amazing Race like the previews tease that Brent does.

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