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As expected, Brent and Caite pull the number one ticket and find out that the first three teams leave on separate helicopters. The other three will be an hour behind them. It's hard to gauge it but depending upon the task, an hour might not be that much of a lead. So, we have South Carolina, daddy/daughter, and the brothers in the first batch and Super Fuzz as number four, Carol and Brandy as number five and the cowboys bringing up the rear.

Each team enjoys the copter ride in their own way: daughter Allie marvels at the beautiful view and says a prayer thanking God for it, Brent musters up an equally reverent, "This view is SICK," and Jordan does his best to break homosexual stereotypes by singing "We got a rainbow that is following us." All that was missing was jazz hands.

While the remaining teams wait not-so-patiently, Carol hopes that it is a long day so they can catch up and says it sucks that the three strongest teams are in the back. She clearly has more confidence in them as a team than I do because I wouldn't have described them the same way. The animosity between the girls and Brent and Caite comes up again with Caite saying she just wants to get rid of the "mean lesbians." This is her go-to motivation in the race, it seems.

The South Carolinians land first and face the Detour. This time around we have Turtle Toddle or Ox Trot. For Turtle Toddle, they must guide a giant tortoise across a lawn, which I am guessing is about 50 feet, and then take a bunch of bananas to a fruit merchant at the harbor. For Ox Trot, teams have to pick a cart and load it up with a very large pile of coconuts without missing or losing any. Then attach an ox to the cart, which they have to steer to the same fruit merchant.

Before seeing how this unfolds, my instinct says go with the ox because both involve animals but hopefully, the ox would be doing an activity it is already trained to do.

Brent and Caite pick Ox Trot and look to widen their lead. As they start their task, Steve and Allie land and dad refers back to Aesop's tortoise and the hare for his inspiration. They go with Turtle Toddle and try to coax their turtle from its cage. Dan and Jordan go with Ox Trot also and get to the task as Brent and Caite are leaving. With the show's trademark slow motion camera shot that captures one of their coconuts falling out of their cart and accompanying gong sound effect, we know of at least one team destined to return, which makes my heart sing a bit.

If I am ever on this show, my strategy will be to keep an eye on my cameraperson to see if they linger or are filming something other than me and my teammate during a task. If I see them do a cutaway to something else, then obviously, we make a mistake that will have to be corrected.

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