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While waiting for the plane, Joey & Meghan correctly pick up on the plan to U-Turn/eliminate them. Because she is not a real, vigilant watcher of the show, Wynona grills Team YouTube about why they were chosen. Meghan tries to point out that the Mullets were the only ones they knew for sure were behind them. Wynona seems completely insulted by them being U-Turned.

Sorry, Mrs. Mullet, but it’s no secret that you and your hairy better half are Amazing Race bottom dwellers. In fact, you guys were just lamenting this fact in your confessional. Here’s a fitting African analogy for you: On the savannah, you and Chuck would be the gazelle or zebra that all the other teams are faster than when the lioness came out to hunt. So, your team is just lunch for the Race.

After a "quick" flight that covers a mere 6,000 miles, the first team to emerge from the airport sprinting to the charter plane office is…

Caroline & Jen. Cupid has worked his magic on this leg of The Amazing Race because the other team taking the second and final slot with the girls is Team Slapshot. They will be leaving at 9 a.m. The second flight leaving 15 minutes later is then filled with Team Cape Fear and Joey & Meghan.

That leaves perennial last place team Chuck & Wynona on the last flight at 9:30 a.m. with the Sock ‘er Moms and the no longer pack-leading Pam & Winnie. The Mullets were rightfully hoping for the earlier flight because they know they are the weakest team. This recurring theme and self-loathing seems to just be telegraphing the demise of the married couple’s Race chances this episode. Yet, the time difference is not that colossal when you think about it, but then you remember how inept Chuck & Wynona are at the Race.

The charter flights are enjoyed by all, except Max & Katie. They are subjected to spending time in an enclosed space with the targets of their conspiring – Team YouTube. Chuck evens marvels that this was the place they made the Lion King. Even though he says that he knows it was a cartoon, I am not convinced he really does.

Caroline & Jen and Bates & Anthony get their clue at the airstrip and are directed to drive down a marked road toward their next clue. That clue in a jar reveals this is the leg’s Roadblock with the cryptic message of “Who’s ready to make a friend?” Bates and Caroline are up for their teams. The task? Follow a Kalahari Bushman to a scorpion hole. Dig out a scorpion, which the bushman will help place in their jar, and then they will get their clue. For the record, my skin crawled immediately upon seeing this challenge. Yes, I am a wuss.

As Bates takes off with his guides, ignorance is bliss for Caroline who selected the jumpiest of Bushman. He stops them in their tracks because he sees something not too far off. It’s a freaking LION!! The Bushman darts to a tree and climbs it while Caroline just kinda hangs out next to the tree and compliments his tree-climbing prowess. I’m sure that this was all done for dramatic effect by the Bushman because his two companions don’t overreact like he did.

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