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Previously on The Amazing Race, Floyd couldn’t deal with the heat. Literally. He suffered from either heatstroke or something similar, and therefore Team Fun was eliminated from The Amazing Race.

In tonight’s episode, four teams will compete to be in the final three. Wait. So tonight isn’t the finale? Man, CBS messed up this season of The Amazing Race.

Matt & Redmond start today’s leg in first place, departing at 11:57 p.m. It’s time to leave Vietnam and heard to Seoul, South Korea, 1,600 miles to the north. Once they arrive, they must go to the Gangnam district. If that sounds familiar to you, it’s because you’ve watched YouTube at some point in your life. Psy’s “Gangnam Style” remains the most watched YouTube video ever, with 2.85 million views. I’m betting on a dance challenge soon.

We sigh as Brooke & Scott appear on screen, but at least they’re a couple of hours behind the Boys. They call themselves the underdogs since they’re one of two teams left that hasn’t won a leg. (But… wouldn’t that make Logan & London underdogs as well?)

Tara & Joey are about a half hour behind Team Annoying, with Logan & London about 15 minutes after them. Of course, none of the departure times matter, because everyone is on the same flight to Seoul. There has been far too much bunching this season.

Once they land, everyone takes a cab except for Matt & Redmond, who opt for the subway. They’ve been told that cabs take forever, so they’re going to try to go their own way.

Supposedly, there’s a lot of traffic, but it doesn’t seem too terrible. There’s a lot of cars, but everyone is still moving. The Boys have to switch trains, and they miss their connection by seconds. Obviously another one will be incoming.

The first team to arrive at the Gangnam district is Tara & Joey. Some dancers are enjoying some K-Pop, and one of the women hands them their clue. Sadly, no dancing is involved, and instead the teams must next proceed to the Hanyang University Olympic Gym. Team Mom and Dad hop into another taxi.

Brooke & Scott and Logan & London show up at the Gangnam clue area almost right after Tara & Joey, so obviously the subway was really the wrong way to go. When Tara & Joey get to the gym, we see a bunch of kids stacking cups (with great dexterity). One member from each team will have to race against the clock to try to stack their cups in some semblance of what the “pros” are doing. It won’t be in the ballpark, we guarantee.

Each person must complete the cup stacking sequence in less than seven seconds. Phil points out that the world record is less than two, so these guys are just giant losers if they can’t complete the challenge, obviously.

Joey immediately takes on the task for their team, and it takes him at least seven seconds to figure out that he’s working with cups. Brooke arrives and screams, “I can do this!” We wonder what the over/under is before she starts crying.

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