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At the rescue challenge, Art is the driver and JJ is the retriever. No fuss…No muss. They are done and heading to the Coral Kingdom Gate. As for Big Brother, Brendon apparently had to use the helicopter ride that the other teams marveled at to coddle Rachel. They land for the Roadblock, and she is the driver and Brendon the rescuer, just so I can fulfill an equal time requirement because nothing significant happens for them on this task yet.

Well, the fate of Rachel & Dave is in the hands of their unsure cabbie, who reluctantly says they are heading in the right place. We know different because Art & JJ have actually arrived at the right path, which is up a pretty steep hill.

And now we get the error. Rachel & Dave’s cab driver brought them directly to a dock, which has surfboards and paddles to cross a lagoon. They get to paddling but we see that Art & JJ are at the correct location, which is a SECOND Roadblock. This Roadblock requires them to use a sled to go down a hill passed a line and then roll a lava rock fifty feet to a target. The person who sat out the ice task has to do this one. So Art is up for Border Patrol. Clearly, Army of Two will be denied a first place finish with this error.

Art is prepping the sled to slide down the hill but fails on his first attempt. Cut to Rachel & Dave crossing the water and bounding up to the finish line and about to get the worst news possible. Phil tells the dumbfounded married couple that they didn’t finish the Roadblock and he can’t crown them the winners.

They are stunned and didn’t know another Roadblock was in play. The only bright spot will be the fact that Art is still struggling on the Roadblock itself. They just have to figure out where they screwed up (other than by trusting their cabbie).

Art is covered in dirt and disappointment. Army of Two figures out that they didn’t follow the marked path. They jog out about a half a mile and Blonde Rachel is exhausted but she must do the challenge. The sight of the married couple gives hope to Border Patrol and added pressure to Art to finish the task.

Just so you know, Big Brother is now done with the rescue task. The timing of all this shows that the distance from finish line to this Roadblock is not that great and the fact that Rachel & Dave already mastered the surfboard paddling may help IF it comes down to a neck-and-neck race.

Art and Blonde Rachel are failing left and right and down the hill. This is painful to watch. Not because it’s embarrassing but instead because it actually looks painful. Blonde Rachel needs exponentially fewer attempts than Art and she slides them back in first place. She is off to the rock-rolling portion and the bickering between the couple at this point seems actually good-natured as they are both smiling and laughing as they lash out. She needs several tries on the lava rocks but nails it before Art is able to master the sled.

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