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A few minutes behind the lost souls, Bopper & Mark pull up and have no problem finding the marked trunk. The guys are quickly passing up their closest competition as they began following Hansel and Gretel’s bread trail.

Army of Two has completed their styling duties but Jersey Shore has been given the thumbs down twice already. This has to be encouraging to Vanessa & Ralph who are just beginning their Detour a few chairs away and for Team Un-Fed that just arrived.

Bopper & Mark easily get to witch’s house first with the other two finally on the right path. As the guys are recognizing that they have to break up the pieces to fully cover the roof, the rushed Big Brother team is just hastily sticking the pieces to the roof. Please let it get a cackling “no” from the witch/judge.

Art & JJ once again prove they are more race-skilled than the others as they decide to take a horse carriage from the parking lot up the very long, winding hill path to the castle. Meanwhile, Jersey Shore and the divorcees are walking it. What about Rachel & Dave? They are lost in the car because Dave failed to fully listen to the directions and Blonde Rachel is quick to point out his error. So, the getting along earlier was short-lived.

Team Un-Fed receives a benevolent “thumbs up” from their Detour judge and all the teams have successfully completed the Champion Male task. Personally, I think this judge was way too lenient for the task described and the work he approved for the most part didn’t quite look right.

Border Patrol gets the castle clue first, which points them to a nearby ice hockey and curling rink. Upon reading that clue, I would be elated that the next task didn’t involve searching that massive castle for anything. That would have been a cruel, cruel task.

Cousins Kerri & Stacy are trying to prove my elimination prediction wrong by completing the Fairy Tale task first. But in the celebration, one of them busted the other’s lip.

Speaking of fairy tales, Vanessa & Ralph are in full meltdown mode with the trek to the castle. I didn’t really think they would attempt my suggestion of disharmony for success. And I don’t even know what they are fighting about other than Vanessa wants Ralph to carry her coat and the gnome. When he sarcastically asks if there is anything else he should carry, she spouts off something and says he looks like a “juiced up hothead.” The cornerstone of any great relationship is name-calling, right? Wow, we are three for three on angry dating/married couples left in this season. Let’s take a commercial break to see if they calm down.

Back from commercial, they are still sniping at one another. Ralph explains that the best part of his day was watching her struggling up the hill because he knew her legs her burning. That is quite the mean-spirited side to Ralph. Based upon this endurance testing task, I can already hear Bad Rachel whining and whining with every step. That is if they ever finish their gingerbread house.

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