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As the cowboys get to the stadium, it is not the expected Detour waiting for them but rather another Roadblock. The twist is that whoever sat out the previous noodle task is on deck for this one. That person has to take a letter-sized image and recreate the picture with 96 squares, which will then be distributed to a group of people waiting in the stands. The crowd will then flip the cards to reveal a seat number that has their next clue. Cord tackles the task by laying out all the pieces to assemble his huge puzzle.

The cops circle back to the clue box and Louie says what we are all thinking, “What kind of detectives are we? We walked right by the place.” The brothers are right behind them and they make up lost time. Michael and Louie strike out on the first attempt and grab some stockings to fix their error. Both teams’ models are getting ready and both are wrong because the models need to switch stockings with each to complete the outfit.

Team Super Fuzz and the brothers are still neck and neck. Michael then provides his wish list for another challenge that might be more suited for them. “There was a rodeo in Argentina, can we get some shooting, kick a door in, or chase a crackhead?” Sorry, Michael, I think you are only going to get that on COPS or Steven Seagal’s Lawman.

All the teams are at the stadium and as Dan and Michael start on their puzzles, Mother Nature blows through with some high winds that are havoc on the half-finished work of Cord and Brent. In typical fashion, each has a different reaction: Cord works to anchor his pieces with everything from bags and folding chairs because as he says, “Throwing a fit and kicking and screaming isn’t going to get my puzzle done.” And Brent decides to throw a fit and kick and scream.

While everyone else is laying them all out, Michael employs a different method of creating it one piece at a time. This is a woefully time-consuming approach that I don’t understand why he chose it.

Cord’s calm and, shall we say, tranquil mindset prevails as he gets his seat number and they jump on the metro train. Cord and Jet hit the mat as team number one for the fourth time this season. This may be the moment that Jordan referenced earlier about why it was a mistake to not try to hinder them with a U-Turn.

Brent finishes up despite another outburst. I wonder if the idiocy of the act of yelling at the wind dawns on Brent. I am going to say it doesn’t register with him. Anyway, he and Caite are number two again. I fear these two will be the Zach and Flo of this season with them still winning despite the fights and ineptitude.

Dan leaps past Michael. The brothers leave the stadium and get to the pitstop in third place with Michael struggling. His unorthodox method is clearly unsuccessful. He finally finishes and they make their walk of shame to Phil.

Our host mournfully tells them that they are the last team to arrive and he is “sorry to tell them that they are out...in the cold.” Phil pulls another non-elimination out of his pocket and Team Super Fuzz gets the chance to redeem themselves.

As the show comes to a close, we are shown that this episode is dedicated to Pingping. Apparently, he passed away in March of this year. This adds even more to the weirdness of this episode because the producers clearly knew he had died during editing but proceeded to include various shots of him smoking. It is very surreal. Next week we get back to the very real with Brent and Caite angry at each other.

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