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Except that each of these teams likely would opt for the more profane word that finishes out “son of a” at this point. I will back up and say that this challenge IS as arduous at the hay rolling task. And if this first hellacious leg is setting the tone for the whole season, I feel for these teams.

Wannabe evil genius honeymooner Katie concocts the plan for all of them to take the four hour penalty and let it be a footrace to the next task and Phil. Katie, unsurprisingly, feels that the other two aren’t challengers and they will get their first. Good ol’ boy Matt feels even more confident in their ability to canoe because they do it back home often. In a refreshing twist, all three teams take the penalty and sprint down the beach to the outriggers. The Race is truly on now.

Matt & Daniel are the first ones in the water with their boat and in the water flipping over. They are all paddling for their Amazing Race lives. Despite it being a narrow race, the firefighters keep capsizing; this is metaphorical for their Race performance. They couldn’t make up the ground.

Phil welcomes Max & Katie and Caroline & Jen as numbers nine and ten but points out that despite surviving, they will begin the next leg four hours behind. Of course, the egomaniac Katie beams with pride on her plan working. I do have to concede it was a smart move that only would have worked if both the other teams went along. But it was unprecedented since it was similar to Rob & Amber convincing the others to take a similar penalty, just so they wouldn’t have to bother with a task.

That means our firefighting South Carolinians are hopping on a plane back to the States and join the illustrious group of teams eliminated first on the Amazing Race. This list includes…who am I kidding…nobody remembers the first team eliminated.

Side note: I think I may have to rename Max & Katie as Cape Fear, since their names combined fittingly becomes the name of the film’s supremely evil villain Max Cady.

Next week: John & Jessica explain to presumed Express Pass recipients David & Connor that one of the aspects of the agreement was to not discuss it with any other teams. This means that the father and son likely did and John & Jessica are using that as an out to give it to a less competitive team. But an injury to David might just knock them from the Race anyway.

Until then, have a good week.

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