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We cut to commercial with Allie weighing the option of going back for their bags and Brent trying to make me very happy by throwing a gigantic hissy fit and threatening to quit the race.

When we come back, Allie has come to grips with the new au natural beauty regime of a backpack-less life and sadly, Brent doesn't quit and they both pout all the way back to the start of the task.

After Carol and Brandy's lazy reptile finally leaves his pin, he decides to wander in the opposite direction of the finish line. The two of them see the fruitlessness of the situation and wisely switch tasks. As much as I am a proponent of not wasting time changing tasks in midstream, I think this is the right call for this Detour.

The boat captain hands Steve and Allie their clue as they approach an island. The Roadblock requires someone to swim to a buoy and dive down to retrieve a bottle tied in a crate. Then they take the contents of the bottle to shore and assemble a map that points to them to the pitstop. Steve not only drinks like a fish but apparently swims like one too, as he makes short work of the Roadblock.

Jordan dives in for his team and retrieves the bottle after a few trips underwater.

It's time for the third team to pass South Carolina as Super Fuzz takes third place while Brent and Caite try to correct their mistake. For an error that was 100% their fault, South Carolina has gone from first place at the Detour to fourth.

By the time they get to their missed cargo and start back to the fruit merchant, Carol and Brandy arrive and mock them for messing up the challenge. The catty comments between these two teams are never in short supply this season. A familiar sight and sound points out that Jet and Cord have also tossed a coconut overboard. Man, this is a long Detour riddled with carelessness.

Steve and Allie swim to shore, get the map put together and seek out our New Zealander host. They are team number one. In a piece of product placement usually reserved for Travelocity on this show or any number of products on the Biggest Loser, Phil asks if they noticed a "seven" theme in this leg. Allie says yes and it's because 7Up is giving them all kinds of prizes for being first place. There must be something that was edited out because I watched the episode twice and only heard the number seven mentioned as Brent and Caite's row on the plane, which has nothing to do with Allie.

Dan and Jordan are just behind them and check in as team number two. Michael and Louie have completed the Detour and break for the waves and the Roadblock. Brent and Caite and Jet and Cord try to turn in their carts at the same time. Second time's the charm for South Carolina but as we know, the cowboys have to pull a Brent and Caite and get their forgotten coconut.

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