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In the castle, both teams get the clue and Vanessa & Ralph continue arguing. Even with the arguing, they are better off than the Army of Two, who have been MIA for quite a while now looking for the castle.

Team Justified seeks and gets approval from the witch putting them one rung up from last place for now, which is occupied by Big Brother.

That last place will soon be taken over by the other Rachel & hubby Dave because they are not only at the wrong castle but they are waiting for a tour of said castle. That may be all it takes for the others to pass them up. Oops, let’s make that all the others, except Team Un-Fed Nary & Jamie, who are now on the same wrong tour.

Border Patrol hits the Road Block… wait for it… in first place. Essentially, the team mate has to play shuffleboard/curling with their gnome and land him on a bull’s-eye.

Rachel & Dave and Team Un-Fed are finally clued in about the error of their ways mid-tour and book it out of the castle. Little do they know that their cars serve as a good diversion for the cousins and Team Justified, who think they are in the right place. The difference is that these two teams actually ask someone at the castle if it’s the right one before wasting time on a tour.

The Road Block is quickly completed and Art & JJ are heading to the Pitstop at a highly unglamorous dairy farm. As Border Patrol leaves, Jersey Shore shows up and Danny tags in for the Road Block. It appears that Danny has even less difficulty with the Road Block than Border Patrol did. Could these guys actually take first place? Ha… that won’t be happening.

Ralph chooses to do the Road Block, which is probably smart since he relished the fact that his partner is physically exhausted from the castle trek. They appear to make up enough to muster up a good luck kiss.

As expected, Art & JJ rack up their third straight first place finish and rightfully feel the race is theirs to lose. Joey & Danny aren’t far behind and hit the mat in second place. For a team that narrowly missed elimination on the first leg, I am surprised that they have just narrowly missed a first place finish. This may be the team I most underestimated.

At the castle, the cousins rip open their clue in seventh place and Team Justified is still trudging up the path to the castle. Bopper is so winded that he has to take several breathers before they get to the clue.

The next three people taking on the Road Block are Blonde Rachel, Nary and Brendon. While they play slide the gnome, Vanessa & Ralph check in as team number three. Out of the Road Block in order are Blonde Rachel and Brendon, leaving Nary alone for a few minutes before the last two teams show up.

Mark steps up for Team Justified based upon Bopper’s own bout physical exhaustion and I think Stacy is the one that is chosen for the cousins. It’s a race for not last at this point.

As team number four, Rachel & Dave recover from a bout of bad directions and for the most part, kept their animosity under control… this leg, at least.

Mark completes the Road Block next, which leaves the remaining two all-female teams vying for seventh and eighth place.

Team Big Brother sprints to the Pitstop mat located in a stable and Brendon proceeds to bust arse, almost taking out Phil in the process. They’re checked in as team number five… as in the number of pieces Brendon could have shattered his coccyx into with that slip.

Both the remaining teams are struggling in a major way to complete the Road Block. Neither can master the necessary sliding technique. Team Justified overcame a Speed Bump and hits the mat in sixth place.

Kerri completes the Road Block before Nary (who attempted the sliding more than 180 times) but navigating the route to the Pitstop just may be the deciding factor. And so it shall be. Nary & Jamie leave the Road Block last but sneak past the cousins when it matters most. Team Un-Fed is number seven and the cousins are eliminated.

Just like our accurate prediction of it being a non-elimination leg last week, I’m proud that I called Kerri & Stacy’s elimination this week. Either I’m getting better at this or the show is getting too predictable.

Until next episode, have a good week.

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