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Both guys are making the quick rounds through the dozens of agents but with no luck yet. Meanwhile, the gullibility of the roller derby moms has been shattered as they smile for the digital meeting of the president. They are now heading to the Tidal Basin.

Bates finally approaches an agent and gets the reply he was looking for (“Perhaps you would like to borrow my gloves.”) It is eating Max alive that Bates got the case switch first and he now seems too preoccupied with what Bates is doing than actually working on his own task.

Luckily for the brothers, they kept meticulous notes about different aspects of the legs and it has paid off for them. After a quick mix-up on their placement in New Zealand, Bates has the case open and heading back to his brother. If nothing else, this shows that these burly hockey players are smarter than people have given them credit for…at least at this point. There is still much racing to do before the finish line. The next clue sends teams to the stadium of the Washington Nationals. As the guys are leaving, Mona & Beth have arrived. Beth eagerly steps up for her team. Her phrase is “The cherry blossoms are beautiful here in April.”

Hey, where’s Max? Still circling the Tidal Basin without much progress being made. Let’s just hope that the memory element is not as horrible for him as he suspects or unlocking the case will give him all sorts of fits. The reason he is having such a hard time is that he is gone way past where he needed to be. He should’ve been tipped off by the fact that he no longer saw any other agents walking around.

Beth, on the other hand, is aggressively telling every person about the cherry blossoms. Her energy level is off the charts compared to Max’s downtrodden attempts at this point. Either way, they are coming up with the same result…no clue.

Bates & Anthony have arrived at Nationals Stadium and are ready to play ball. One team member is guided across a highwire above the field. The other is dressed as a giant baseball and must catch a ball the other is dropping to them from above. The location of their next destination (Hains Point) is written on the ball. Anthony is on the highwire and Bates is on the ground. Thanks to obscured vision in the costume and a lack of depth perception, the first attempt is dropped. I have a feeling that this will be the first of many many attempts for them.

Back at the Basin, Beth gets her case switched when the agent replies “I will have to bring my mother next spring.” She is now trying to crack the code. Right after she gets the new case, Max finally finds success when he hears the words “I hear there’s a great place on U Street.” Doing their high school teachers proud, no doubt, both teams successfully follow their notes to open their cases. They are both heading to Bates & Anthony.

At the stadium, the brothers have finally connected on the field with a better percentage than Josh Hamilton has with the Angels this season and are now heading to Hains Point ahead of the others.

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