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Caite finally relents and they step across the way to a restaurant so he could take care of business. The only other option would be that if Brent had a stockpile of Depends in his backpack.

Dan and Jordan and Michael and Louie get to the Roadblock and see that the cops have to complete their Speed Bump at this point. In what might be the lamest Speed Bump since last season’s “make a bowl of soup” one, the guys have to successfully throw a coin into the opening of an incense burner about ten feet in the air. They get through this in a matter of minutes and Louie joins Dan in the temple to count statues.

With enough of a head start, Dan gets his guess correctly the first time. As they mount up on the motorcycle with Dan in the sidecar and Jordan riding “bitch,” who said that holding onto a strange Chinese man was “weird…okay…I liked that part.” Despite Michael declaring him a mathematical genius, Louie misses on his first guess.

Back at the Chops, both teams have stumbled upon each others’ stamps and wisely not shared that with them. Jet even discreetly pushes his into his pocket to not let Brent and Caite know they are half way there. But when Brent finds his, he declares “it’s huge…like everything else.” Yes, I am sure viewers took it exactly as he intended. So, this Detour officially has had too many references or allusions to Brent and his anatomy. They both finish the task and break for a cab. If these two remain this neck-and-neck in the final leg, then it will be the first actual race to the finish line that we’ve seen in a long time.

Well, much to my dismay, Brent and Caite hit the mat as team number one and are greeted by the world’s tallest man. For the third time this episode, Caite says that she feels she has proven that she is intelligent and can read maps. Please let it go. This is only defining you because you are letting it define you. That means that Jet and Cord are team number two.

The brothers opt for Chops and Super Fuzz is en route with Louie throwing out a “Baba Booey” in the streets of Shanghai. Howard Stern must be so proud. The 20 minute lead that the brothers had on the detectives is gone as Michael and Louie show up at Chops.

After some not-so-thrilling footage of the teams looking through all the stamps, Dan and Jordan get theirs and recruit a local young lady to tell their taxi where to go. They are on their way but Michael and Louie seem to be trailing by minutes. In spite of some taxi suspense (manufactured or not), the brothers are in third and officially round out the final three.

So I bid adieu to Team Super Fuzz. They were a fun team to watch and raced pretty impressively for much of the race. Thanks, guys, and I hope the accusations against Louie about illegal activity are not true.

Next week is the finale and while I look forward to seeing who wins, it is bittersweet because I will have to wait four months for the next season. It will be more bitter than sweet for me, if those months leave me disappointed thanks to a Brent and Caite victory.

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