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The fish head stringing portion of the challenge itself doesn't seem to be causing a migraine for anyone. They are all just tackling the most disgusting task so far this season, which is amplified by the sound of each fish head being skewered. The exes load up the wheelbarrow first and start the long trek to the drying station...all uphill it seems, too.

Productivity on the Head task seems to have doubled as soon as they no longer have to listen to Marie. Brandon & Adam are the next ones to head to the drying area with Jason & Amy not far behind followed by Travis & Nicole. That leaves Ally & Ashley and Leo & Jamal with some alone time at Hang your Head.

Over at Hammer, the boys are a bit displeased with the fact that they must carry all 15 pair or cods to the warehouse before making cod jerky. Danny does his best to collect them fast but no speed would be fast enough since OK-Tim is now essentially a cod coat rack. As they make steady but slow progress, Nicky & Kim finally arrive at Hammer and immediately regret their decision but stick with it.

A caravan of fish head cargo is making its way up the Norwegian countryside at this point with the exes still in the lead. As to be expected of such careless team, Marie fails to locate a pole that is marked with the Race colors to be used for drying. So ex-Tim is just slinging fish heads in the wrong spot.

Bringing up the rear of the caravan are the ice girls, who are actually gaining on Leo & Jamal, thanks to the boys’ wheelbarrow having a flat tire. As if schlepping 60 fish heads uphill wasn’t bad enough, throw in busted equipment and the Afghanimals let the temper tantrums fly.

Brandon & Adam have now joined the exes at the drying station and placed their fish in the correct spot. Our friendly fish head inspector gives a thumbs down to the exes…as expected…and a thumbs up to Team Beardo…as expected. Bring on the apocalyptic shrills from Marie about what “Tim” did wrong. She jumps at the chance to make Tim inspect and retie their bundles because it must have been his fault. While he does this unnecessary work, Marie uses her "go-to" move of asking Brandon for help and remind them of the Express Pass she has. Brandon (God love him) tells her, “I don’t know what we did different and I’m not going to look for you, you crazy harpy!” Ok, that last part was a bit of paraphrasing.

As they leave, the fellas openly mock Marie’s constant use of the Pass as a bargaining chip. I must add "failed" use of the Pass because no one has taken their offer seriously. Why? The guys explain that every other team has said that the exes have offered the Pass to them in exchange for help at some point, so they know there is no validity to the offer. Back to the next task at hand, Brandon and Adam are heading on foot to a high speed boat ride around the Arctic Circle, which will then drop them at their next clue.

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