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As they all leave, before even dressing up for the Pose Detour, the exes have thrown down the Express Pass. As reluctant as Marie has been to use the Pass, there must have been a conversation about using it that we didn’t see. Again, the pressure of the U-Turn was at work in the decision. They suspect that unless they get to the U-Turn soon, they will be a definite target. At least if they get there after playing the Express Pass, they will still only have to do one of the tasks. So in the matter of one leg, they went from two Express Passes to zero.

Jason & Amy come up on the U-Turn comfortably in first place and choose to not U-Turn anyone. Unlike previous seasons, this U-Turn sign is somewhat less conspicuous-looking, with a "foreman" standing beside it and holding their clue. The couple is now heading to the longest building in Poland…almost a half a mile.

Nearby, Nicky & Kim have run right by the U-Turn, which looks very nondescript from the back, and ask the wrong local for help. They are sent to the other side of the dock. The ladies end up in what looks like a construction site. Remember they are still wearing unitards and carrying giant tridents.

While the ladies retrace their steps, Ex-Tim & Marie are at the U-Turn with the doctors and Okies close behind. Once again, it appears that we missed out on some strategizing by the exes but that’s okay since it means we don’t have to listen to Marie. Piecing together their conversation, they discussed U-Turning Travis & Nicole to make them use their newly acquired Express Pass and get it out of the way. But since they don’t know whether they are in front of or behind them, they chose not to U-Turn.

With the sting of their horrible Polka performance fresh in their minds, the Okies decide to U-Turn Leo & Jamal, which ensures that one team will be behind them and fulfills their earlier pledge to use one on them after the Afghanimals tried to con the Okies into joining them on the flight to Portugal. Travis & Nicole see the U-Turn played and are happy to opt out of it. The baseball wives follow suit and don’t U-Turn anyone either.

At Polka, Brandon & Adam are as incapable of dancing as they thought they were of posing. But Ally & Ashley do a nice job at the Polka and get to move one, leaving Leo & Jamal behind with the beards. The only saving grace for Team Beardo at this point would be for them to beat Leo & Jamal to the U-Turn. Alas, they don’t know that truth and the cousins beat the beards out of the Polka.

At the next clue, it’s a Roadblock asking who has a sweet tooth. The person has to navigate this half-mile long, multi-level residential building to visit ten different apartments. Eat a jelly-filled pastry until they find one filled with red jelly. Amy is up for the Bostonians and Marie goes for the exes. They decide to work together on this one. Yet, their idea of working together doesn’t seem very effective. Instead of splitting the list into two to divide and conquer, they visit the same apartment side-by-side. Maybe it’s a lack of trust overall. Well, when you add Travis to the Roadblock, Amy happily shows him the ones they visited and he takes some of the unexplored ones. See…Amy trusts Travis. The fact that Marie also doesn’t leave Amy’s side shows the angry ex also doesn’t trust them in return.

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