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The firefighters, on the other hand, just have no clue. They wonder if they chose the wrong Detour. They get the printing press challenge wrong, and then they just turn it upside down to try again. That… probably won’t work.

For our first French Fry race we have Cedric versus Cody. Cedric thinks the race might be easy since Cody is short (5’4” or 5’5”), but Cedric quickly drops a bag of frites. He also has trouble steering the dolly. Cody, on the other hand, has no problem. He’s pretty much able to take his time all the way to the end since Cedric also drops every one of his bags in the middle of the leg.

So, Cody & Jessica are the winners of the second leg of Season 30 of The Amazing Race. They win $2,500 each for their trouble, which seems… pretty crappy. Phil says, “A good leg to win,” trying to convince us that the prize isn’t garbage.

Finally, someone completes the Diamond challenge. Trevor & Chris are headed to the races.

The lifeguards are wrong on their second try, but know what the problem is. The firefighters, on the other hand, are way, way, way wrong and decide to go over to the Diamond Detour instead.

With Cedric tired, Shawn is up next for the NBA in the French Fry race. He’ll be racing Henry, who has a similar size to Cody. Will it work to his advantage versus the 6’7” Shawn?

No. No, it will not. It looks like Shawn is going to struggle, but then he sort of runs over Henry (all is fair in Frites Racing, it seems). That’s enough to get Shawn the win, and paints the guys as a formidable team in the race.

Evan is taking over the cart for Team Yale as she goes up against skier Kristi. Evan struggles as much as Henry did, and Kristi & Jen are easily checked in as team number three.

So, we swap back to Henry, who must take on violinist Chris. Chris runs away with it, and Trevor even tells him to slow down since he’s so far ahead.

Team Indy Car figures out their equation, and April drops hers on the floor. Joey & Tim are discouraged, but they’re miles better than Goat Yoga, so they solve their problem and head away. The Goat Yoga ladies are thrilled when the firefighters show up, realizing that there still might just be a chance.

The lifeguards get their clue printed.

I’m going to dispense with beating up on Henry & Evan and just go ahead and tell you here that they lose to Alex & Conor, Lucas & Brittany, and Joey & Tim. That leaves just Goat Yoga and the firefighters, so Team Yale has to wait for them to arrive to see if they can beat one of the two teams to avoid elimination.

Probably the best news possible for them is that Goat Yoga is first to arrive. Goat Yoga pretty much sucks at everything (and in fact they don’t beat the firefighters by much with regards to the Diamond Detour).

So, we’ve go Henry versus April. With full goofy music in play, Henry stumbles (literally) across the finish line. He and Evan are still in it!

We’re down to the final two teams. April and Sarah negotiate as to who should represent their team. Ultimately, Sarah talks April into going again. Daniel goes out quickly and loses some frites. Even so, he’s right behind April to the point that they collide and he gets her turned around. At this point, he’s able just to keep a slow, consistent pace until he reaches the finish line.

April insincerely hugs Daniel, who is a great sport in trying to make sure and commenting that he hates to be the one to send her home. The firefighters even say that the Goat Yoga teachers were the better team today. They smile at the end, and so do we, as we want to avoid their backbiting from the previous week.

Next week, Morocco!

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