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Connor and Cord take turns back and forth until Connor grabs the flag first. The clue points them to…the airport?!? That’s right; teams must now travel to Kuala Lumpur on one of three designated flights. Flight one accommodates three teams; flight two holds two teams; and the final flight will take three teams. The first flight is set to land 1.5 hours ahead of flight two, which is scheduled to land 45 minutes before flight three. This has all the makings of a foregone conclusion leg, which also points to the fact that it’s a likely non-elimination.

Murphy’s Law races to the airport for seats on the first flight, which, of course, they secure. The Afghanimals hit the Roadblock and Leo jumps in. What about Cord? He’s still racking up attempts on his onscreen tally count. Jamal encourages/heckles Leo from the sideline about his lack of jumping prowess and declares that he would’ve got it on the first try. Probably not, but he definitely could’ve done better than Cord. Leo captures the flag and the cousins pass the brothers for the second slot on the first plane.

Cord had better get it together because the other teams are now en route to the location and it’s not a stretch to think that the Globetrotters will dominate this task. For this cowboy, the third time’s not the charm but number 47 is. After exhausting himself with nearly 50 tries, Cord is happy to be sitting in a cab on the way to the airport. And the first flight is officially full with three very pleased teams.

Luke again takes the Roadblock and shows that he is no more or less coordinated that the others who have tried. Well, other than Cord, that is. Big Easy jumps in for the Globetrotters but Margie & Luke finish before them to get the second flight. The unforgiving nature of the springboard makes the task more difficult for a big man like Big Easy but he finally is able to get it quickly enough for them to close out the second flight.

That means we know that the last flight will be taking Jennifer & Caroline, Brendon & Rachel and John & Jessica to Malaysia. But here are the highlights of their respective attempts at the Roadblock. Jennifer conquers the tasks pretty easily with only a few slip-ups. Team Fetch’s Rachel tells us all…again…that she wants to start having babies and a million dollars will allow them to do so. While she has been pretty low-key (by Rachel Reilly-standards), this line of thinking is just insane and that conclusion is supported by the crazy look in her eyes when she tells us about her million dollar baby plan. At the Roadblock, we also learn that, for some strange and masochistic reason, Rachel has been wearing pantyhose while running the race. Her hosiery makes the task even more difficult; so as soon as she sheds them, they get the clue.

Finally, Jessica tackles the Roadblock for her team and proceeds to fall down…a lot. As in, every attempt she ends up on her butt. To add to the sore rump, she has now bloodied her feet because of blisters. Foot problems are not really conducive to running a solid Race. Just ask David. After getting her feet doctored up, she finally gets the clue and they meet up with the teams at the airport.

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