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All the teams are seen in awe of the airline booking app as if they were a bunch of technophobes that had never used an app before. "That was so easy." Which might have just as well been followed with "SORCERY!!!"

The residual meltdown of Liz & Michael arguing in the streets of Norway with her (accurately) declaring that he was acting like a "jackass." Despite this being true and Liz being on the right side of this quarrel, she apologizes for the sake of putting it behind them and moving forward. Looks like they may be buddies again.

Their next destination is Milan, Italy and will all be on the same flight but not on the same page. Tara is particularly excited because she loves Italy and that's where she met her husband. Plus she speaks the language some.

Within their clue for this leg, there is the looming threat of a Double U-Turn and six of the remaining teams collectively decide that the seventh team should all be their target. The odd ones out are Vanck & Ashton. The attitude she throws at her partner and the others seems to be the motivation and poor Vanck is guilty by association. I do wonder why no one questions the similar shoddy attitude of Brooke.

Once they land in Italy, they must head to Piazza Fontana for their next clue. A little run/walk race to the cab stand that I've missed so much ensues with each directing their driver to pass Vanck & Ashton, which Liz & Michael get the distinction of doing.

Scrambling to the next clue, Tara & Joey land in familiar first. It's time for a Roadblock that asks "Who's hungry?" So what's on the menu, Phil?

For the task, one team member has to ride a dining team around the downtown Milan area and find three words (Cernobbio, Concordia, and Lago) with the Amazing Race-specific red and yellow colors marking them. When the tram completes the loop, they tell them to the conductor who gives them the clue or tells them to try again. A couple of catches: First, it's a dining team so they have to finish entrees; and second, only four teams on a tram at a time and there are only two trains.

Tara pulls up to the plate for her team and right behind them is formerly last place team Liz & Michael. The apparently reformed "jackass" Michael volunteers for the task and boards the same tram as Tara. As they get on their way, they are quick to recognize the value in sharing notes and making sure they only have to do this once. No need to bust out the calculators because the simple math tells us that one of the remaining teams will be sidelined and waiting as the fifth wheel. Who will it be?

If you said your money was on London & Logan, then I'd know you were a liar because no one really remembers that this non-factor of a team is even on the show still. But that's who is left out. Cue the sad trombone and the pathetic shot of Logan sitting on a railing waiting for his turn.

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