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All the females on the teams assume the role of “co-pilot” and this goes against Cindy’s very bossy nature, I must assume. Even though she puts the pressure on Ernie to nail it the first time, Cindy failing to do her job of maintaining airspeed means their plane would have been failing out of the sky. I hope this is foreshadowing of their chances of winning. They have to try again.

Unfortunately for our Atlanta citizens, Marcus steers their plane off the runway and they too will be trying again. Jeremy & Sandy keep their mojo rolling from the last leg and finish the task on the first attempt.

Their clue points them to the cryptically named "The Dump," which Phil explains is the historic home of Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell. Jeremy & Sandy are relieved that the others are still in the simulator but choose the odd strategy of just heading to an intersection to ask random people for local historic information. I suspect that a simple Google search would be more effective but what do I know.

Ernie & Cindy complete the task on the second try but Amani & Marcus are trying to position themselves at the comeback kids again. Marcus fails for the third time on landing the simulator. He really should’ve spent more time playing video games and less time playing that silly football when he was growing up. Of course, this is coming from me, a guy who never could successfully land on the aircraft carrier or refuel midair on the original Nintendo’s Top Gun game. Of course, I can’t play football either, so I lose all the way around in this little scenario.

With their fourth attempt just like the first three, Team NFL may not even get past the first task before one of the other teams is greeted by Phil. I hate myself for saying it but it’s not looking good for me to be happy with the winning team this season.

Jeremy & Sandy’s "ask a random person" technique yields the result you would expect – being directed to the wrong spot. This time, that wrong spot is an old Home Depot. Yet, they don’t balk at this ridiculous suggestion. Obviously, they have NOT learned anything from the previous legs because the destinations usually have a local significance. Unless said Home Depot was built on the site of the General Sherman’s camp during the Battle of Atlanta in the Civil War, I don’t see the significance.

As Jeremy & Sandy wander the many aisles of The Dump (as in the discount furniture warehouse), Ernie & Cindy arrive at the correct location. With their next clue in hand, I am awash with the feeling of disappointment as this is shaping up to be the most anticlimactic finale ever. And for another hyperbolic absolute, our final Roadblock is possibly the lamest one ever. Why? Because it’s a typing challenge. Yes, I said typing. They went from piloting a multi-million dollar flight simulator (which Marcus seems to like so much that he is now on at least his 8th attempt) to typing a three line clue. Here’s the rub: There is no “1” key and they have to figure out they must use a lower case “L” instead. Wow…this is one ultra-lame challenge.

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