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With the team ahead of them unable to locate the Tiwari Tea Stall, Kent & Vyxsin are the first to get their Detour clue. This is quite a comeback for a team that should have been eliminated two weeks ago, if Phil hadn’t pulled out the Pitstop fake-out.

This Detour is between Hindu Art and Bengali Literature. For Hindu Art, they have to paint and dress a full-size statue of Ganesha. For Bengali Literature, they have to retrieve eight stacks of children’s books and load the books and themselves in to a school bus rickshaw. Then they are responsible for directing their "driver" to a specific school. While both are fairly straightforward in instruction, they both could be quite problematic. The Goths pick Hindu Art because (cue the Beastie Boys) she’s crafty.

On the flip side in second place, Gary & Mallory rationalize that the delivery is the way to go for them. Kisha finally suggests cracking open the tea bottle and lo and behold, they greet the discovery of the clue with a “Shut the ---- up.” Well, that is one way to make an impression to the fine folks of Calcutta.

Ron & Christina secure third at the Detour and opt for Hindu Art, as do the Snapple sisters. The cowboys, on the other hand, are stuck wandering the streets in search of the tea stall.
The daddy/daughter duo quickly finds the bookstore and load up their rickshaw. Wisely, they locate a man who speaks English to give them directions to the school, which they will then have to relay to their driver.

Jet & Cord finally stumble upon the tea stall and Zev & Justin’s cab gets them to the right destination. Both go for Bengali Literature. With three teams at each Detour option and two teams stalled out at the Roadblock, there is unlikely going to be a huge gap between teams. All three Hindu Art teams arrive in direct succession and get to painting.

How are Flight Time and Luke doing with the Roadblock, you may ask? In a word, “poorly.” It is torturous to watch them suffer on the challenge, so I can’t imagine the exhaustion and frustration that it was to live through it. Flight explains that they took a penalty last time and were eliminated. This time they made a pact they would not take a penalty for quitting a challenge. That line of thinking won’t be necessary because Flight makes the right choice and they are off to the Detour.

With tears (of tea, no doubt) streaming down his face, Luke seeks some encouragement from Margie. Personally, I am apathetic toward this team but I do actually empathize with how helpless Margie must feel not being able to help out her son. All right, now I get to go back to not caring any more with this well-timed commercial break.

Gary & Mallory knock out the Literature challenge and are the first team to head to the Pitstop. Meanwhile, the Art challenge is eerily similar to the daily prep that Kent & Vyxsin subject themselves to, so they are easily the first ones done at this option but second overall. There is very little wiggle room between them and Kisha & Jen and Ron & Christina because all the Art teams are done.

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