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This isn’t déjà vu, just more of the same from Caite, who guesses incorrectly again, and the brothers finally show up. The cowboys are so focused on finding the clue box, they're completely blind to the fact that Brent was sitting on a wall just a few feet from their walkway. Jet even noticed their bags sitting there but not Brent himself. Jet takes the Roadblock and employs their normal approach of doing tasks calmly and methodically. He points out that there are two large statues standing that are not Buddhas, but confirms with the clue that they must count all the “gold statues” not just the ones of Buddha.

Jet gets it right on the first guess and Caite follows suit on her fourth try. Outside the temple there are motorcycles with sidecars waiting to take them to their next task. Both teams are off and speeding through the streets of Shanghai.

I can no longer refer to them as the Clueless Coupling as they have finally made it to the Garden Bridge. Amazingly, Dan and Jordan’s cabbie caught up to Super Fuzz. The brothers must have let out a huge sigh of relief that they must ditch their taxi per the clue. They get some guidance to take a bus to the temple and will continue battling for last place.

Brent and Caite get dropped off and begin searching the Yuyuan Gardens (a market) for the clue. Brent sees an actual garden and goes to see if it is there, to which Caite (correctly) says that it probably won’t be in an actual garden since that is just the name of the place. To which Mr. Anonymous replies, “I know I am just trying to get a barrier…gawd.” I may be mistaken because I am not fluent in Brent, but I believe he was looking for the word “bearings”. Nice try, big fella. They get to the market and in describing the crowds and chaos of the market, Caite breaks off a Chinese impression that would be make a Breakfast at Tiffany's-era Mickey Rooney proud. I am embarrassed for her.

Jet and Cord have also arrived and are weaving their way through the people to find the clue. The Detour options are Pork Chops and Pork Dumplings. For Chops, they have to go to a shop and find a hand-carved stamp (or chop) with their names and a pig on it. For Dumplings, they have to carry ten orders of dumplings from one side of the market to another. Given how close the Chops task is to the clue box, that would be my selection and it is theirs also.

The cowboys start through the stamps. Brent and Caite arrive at Chops and the bickering begins. The origin of this argument serves two purposes: we get a look at the rules of Detour challenges and further proof that one of Brandy and Carol’s comparisons for Brent might be accurate. Brent is pacing around the shop because he can’t concentrate on looking for stamps thanks to his overwhelming need to go to the bathroom. Apparently it’s one of the rules that if a teammate leaves the Detour (e.g. to use the potty), then the other person has to stop until they return. With an “I gotta pee,” Brent is living up to the lesbians Brent Gump label as he recreates Forrest meeting JFK. I must say Brent is right that Caite is not as dumb as I thought she was but I might have been right on the mark about him.

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