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Nicky & Kim are making solid progress on Tiles and the leaders are now at the next clue box, which is the Roadblock asking, “Who has a hand for slings and arrows?” They have to use a giant ballista (crossbow) while wearing medieval chainmail and a helmet to shoot an arrow at a shield. Their next clue is written on the back of the shield. Travis and Jason step up for their teams.

Jason was one shot and done. He and Amy are now heading to the Pitstop at Castelo dos Mouros. Finishing up the Detour, Nicky & Kim get the thumbs up from the artist at the Tiles task and they’re now Roadblock-bound.

With their painting in hand and not sure what to do with it, OK-Tim & Danny suggest working with Brandon & Adam to figure it out. Team Beardo is cool with that, as they seem to be pretty cool with anything, except helping Marie that is.

Overcoming heat and a bit of frustration, Travis adjusts his aim and tries a few more times before he hits the mark as well. Nicole estimates they trail the dating couple by about seven minutes. And that is about all the time they need because once again, Jason & Amy have the unfortunate luck of getting a bad cabbie but their frustration and disagreement on which Castelo dos Mouros sign is the right one shows that they are at least human in how they treat one another. Their argument isn’t rooted in ridiculing one another and name-calling like Tim & Marie resort to.

That’s all it took for Travis & Nicole to claim that first place spot they just missed out on at the end of the first leg. For their efforts, they are also awarded a tropical vacation. As number two, Jason & Amy explain they got twisted around and Jason admits it was his mistake. To her credit, Amy isn’t shown rubbing it in that she was right. Again, there’s the difference between this team and Marie’s approach to social skills.

On the ground in Lisbon, we finally have the Ice Girls and Afghanimals, who unsurprisingly continue to follow one another around from cluebox to cluebox. At the coach museum, the temporary teamwork of Team Beardo and the Okies is over as Brandon & Adam go for Tiles and oil workers OK-Tim & Danny head to Miles.

With the arrival of Ex-Tim & Marie, the city of Lisbon just got a little bit less hospitable. We haven’t checked in with the sad tale of the leg in a while, so cut to Chester & Ephraim sauntering through London Heathrow to a departures monitor. What do they see? A delay notice for their flight to Lisbon. Not only is it delayed but it’s delayed until 9 p.m.!! Yeah, a non-elimination is the only thing to save them at this point.

Shockingly, Kim, who is a raw emotional nerve on tasks, volunteers for the Roadblock and deftly handles the ballista with only two attempts needed. They are off to see Phil.

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