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While Trey laments that the Beekmans saw them find the clue, Lexi is quick to dismiss Josh & Brent as not their competition but rather Jaymes & James as the ones to worry about. The inclusion of this line leads me to think that Team Beekman will be pulling off an upset victory on Amazing Race 21.

Here’s a southern colloquialism to describe how Team Beefcake is doing: If the clue was a snake, it would’ve bit them. That’s right, the guys are literally staring at all the signs on the boardwalk and nothing is clicking. So, a commercial break is in order.

Back from Microsoft trying to sell me on the merits of Windows 8, Jaymes approaches the signs to examine them more closely and he finally gets it. They estimate the other teams have about a 15 minute lead on them at this point.

Team Longhorn is the first at the next clue and it’s the Roadblock. In the tradition of Houdini, the team member is put in a straightjacket and suspended upside down 15 stories in the air. Once they have freed themselves from the straightjacket, they will be dropped…forcing them to perform a bungee jump.

Trey and his extreme fear of heights are nominated for the task by his not-so-understanding team mate Lexi. Team Beekman is there and Brent chooses to do it. He expresses more concern with escaping the jacket than the heights.

As Trey is hoisted into the sky, Team Beefcake arrives and Jaymes (blond one) is overjoyed and giddy that he volunteers for this task. When Trey is suspended by his feet, he mimics Houdini’s method by sliding his arms over his head and then working on the buckles. No sooner does he drop the straightjacket to the ground when he is dropped straight down himself. The shock on his face lets us know that the teams were not made aware of that bungee drop-related detail of the challenge.

Trey is back with his feet firmly on the ground and their next clue points them to Lombardi’s Pizza, which is billed as the first pizzeria in New York.

Brent begins his Roadblock next but before he can finish, Jaymes is already in place for his turn. Overcoming the anxiety of the task, Brent is able to retain an oh-so-slight lead over Team Beefcake. The enthusiasm that Jaymes initially exhibited at the Roadblock has translated over to him blazing through the task and narrowing an already narrow gap.

The Texans are at the pizza parlor and they are to assume the role of pizza delivery guys. Using only their memory and feet, they have to deliver ten different pizzas to three separate addresses in Little Italy before getting the next clue.

As Trey & Lexi are venturing out with their orders, Team Beekman arrives. Josh & Brent take deliberate steps to order the pizzas to be delivered in groups according to the address. Their excessive strategizing doesn’t seem too necessary since it appears that both Beekmans and Longhorns are making solid progress on the task. Meanwhile, Team Beefcake is finally in a cab heading to Lombardi’s. The guys decide that their slow cabbie is not really working out for them and they decide to bail on him and run the last couple blocks to the pizza place. As they arrive, Trey & Lexi get their next clue, which is a cryptic blue card with just the United Nations emblem on it. The teams have to figure that out on their own.

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