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Luke has powered through the challenge and I would love to know the actual number of cups of tea he drank during this challenge before getting the clue. I have to give him credit for sheer resilience.

With Jet & Cord finding the school and delivering their books just ahead of Zev & Justin, only the long-suffering tea drinkers Flight & Easy and Margie & Luke have yet to even begin their Detour of choice, which both of them choose Hindu Art.

Not satisfied with Travelocity lining their coffers, The Amazing Race offers an extended commercial for Snapple at the Pitstop when first place finishers Gary & Mallory hit the mat. They not only are first but they get $20,000 and an Indian feast for being number one. All sponsored of course by Snapple.

Where is everyone else? They are all stuck in traffic. Predictably, Ron is complaining, Kent is shoving the clue in his driver’s face and Jet & Cord are just taking in everything around them. I would like to note that I have shown restraint about not making any cowboys and Indians reference when discussing Jet & Cord. This is quite of an accomplishment for me.

As the caboose on this train called the Amazing Race, the Globetrotters are close to finishing their painted statue when Margie & Luke arrive but Flight accidently kicks his can of brown paint onto the base of the statue. The judge tells them they have to repaint that section. I doubt it is a killer error but it doesn’t help keep a distance between them and last place.

Traffic finally clears up and four teams all converge on the Pitstop at once. A scurry to the mat results in Jet & Cord in second, Ron & Christina in third, Zev & Justin in fourth and Kent & Vyxsin in fifth (despite Jet’s miscount of telling them they were fourth).

The Globetrotters complete Hindu Art ahead of Margie & Luke but Flight being the good sport that he is, took time to give each of them a hug for not giving up at the Roadblock. This was a purely class move that had no underlying motive other than to show Luke respect. And folks, that is why I dig the Globetrotters.

Kisha & Jen were the late arrivals to the earlier party at the Pitstop but they are still in the race in sixth place.

Margie & Luke complete the Detour as the Globetrotters are still looking for a cab. This is a great time for some manufactured tension that the mother/son team would eclipse them. Of course, this doesn’t happen. Big Easy gives all the credit to Flight for carrying their team this leg and it is deserved. They are number seven.

This means that Margie & Luke are the fourth team eliminated and incidentally only teams from season 14 have been knocked out of the race so far this season. Kisha & Jen are the only ones remaining. Luke is understandably upset but proud of being able to do the race. This was quite an emotional episode all around. It appears that Margie & Luke needed Jaime & Cara more than I thought.

Here’s to the next episode in two weeks, when Kisha & Jen appear to build something out of manure.

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