I had to turn when Joyce got her hair cut. When she covered her face and started crying, it was too much. The boyfriends ticked me off when they told the driver to run over the elephant and they knew Meredith was pushing it. I seriously hope that it was more conversation or the beauty queen was kidding when she said that POW comment.

That was a dumb move on her part. Even if she didn't add much to the pushing, it would've been 150 pounds less for Meredith to have to push!

We were absolutely convinced that they were out of it. And then they snuck in when the guys got lost! Woohoo! They're always just ahead of one team.


Oh, we were both shocked at my house. WTF?


Uchenna earned millions of husband points. He said it was okay for her not to do it, was there holding her and kissing her and comforting her the whole time, and kept telling her how wonderful she looked.

And she does look pretty good! Imagine if they'd razor shaved it, though... that would've been a little harder to deal with.

I don't know who I want to have win. Right now it's a tie between Rob & Amber (for being wonderfully conniving racers) and Uchenna & Joyce (for having a great attitude and just being so supportive of each other).

I was kind of miffed that they didn't get a vacation prize; I figure the producers saw the fast forward completion as enough of a reward...

I am SOOOOO in love with Meredith and Gretchen!! They are a wonderful couple and they continue to hang in there. I was SOOOOO happy when Ray and Deanna got eliminated because Ray used to dog Gretchen and Meredith. It's cool if you want to win, but don't tear anybody down. He was just cruel and cold-hearted with some of his comments.

Uchenna and Joyce ROCK!!!! Joyce looked gorgeous with her head shaved. Uchenna is a wonderful husband to supporrt her like he did.

My pick for winner is a toss-up between Uchenna & Joyce or Meredith & Gretchen. Meredith & Gretchen are a long shot, but I am still rooting for them! :D They are so cute together!

Joyce looked amazing after she shaved her head. She should never go back to being "Sheeva, Queen of Weeva".

I love Gretchen and Meredith! They do not give up. I am so glad Uchenna and Grace are still in the lead. Oh how I wished last night's was a elimination round.

Rob is such a doof . I mean really, who sits around talking about how the other teams are stupid when they're KICKING YOUR STUPID ASS? I just don't like him.

If Ron does not dump Kelly, he is an idiot.

Gretchen gets MAD PROPS for storming the fortress, but I still hope Uchenna & Joyce win.

Oh, what a great episode last night!!! Too awesome.

This leg, Uchenna & Joyce and Gretchen & Meredith did the right things. They took Rob's words at face value, and Uchenna made it happen. Gretchen & Meredith still worried me, since they could have dropped down to third if they really screwed up, but that two-hour lead was a great bonus for them.

I was amazed to see that all four teams had only a 10-minute difference between first and last place starting out. Yikes! That Fast Forward only gained a few minutes more for J&U!

The four goes to three next week, and then we should have a double-header episode to wrap it all up.

I was laughing when Rob asked Gretchen if they got the earlier flight to Turkey and then they actually found one. Had he kept his mouth shut and not bothered to try to psych everyone out, everyone would have arrived on the same plane and it would have been a close game, but alas, Rob gave the lead to the other teams.

Sure wish Ron and Kelley were eliminated last night. Everytime she opens her mouth she proves how dumb she is, that she only gets by as a beauty queen. I loved Ron's expressions Kelley told him that he used being a POW as a reason to no longer commit to the military. He was so great with his sarcastics remarks back to her.

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I don't see Ron and Kelly as a good pair to be operating without clothes or money. Will Kelly ask others for operating capital? I doubt it.

I can't remember, was she one of the ones who didn't want to help out Meredith and Gretchen when they "lost" their belongings? If so, this could bite them in the butt...

Well, but maybe they'll be able to get a jump on the asking seeing as they're staying in a nice hotel suite as their pit stop this time?

Although I don't like Kelly, I still like Ron and I'm glad last night was an NEL - it was great to see Meredith & Gretchen's reactions when they found out they were in second :)

Every time Rob opened his mouth last night, I was kinda laughing (although my opinion of him and Amber has changed since the beginning of the series) since he was SO confident that they were in the lead.

It'll be interesting to see how much difference there is between the teams next week when they start out - we know that R&A and R&K will be pretty close together, while U&J could be super-forward of all of them or they're all still within 2 hours of one another.

I also have to say that Ron and Kelly made the right Detour choice for them - it played on Ron's "talents" with map reading and coordinates, and helped them to close the gap between them and Rob & Amber.

Next week will be pretty interesting. :)

I don't like the "Jerome the Gnome" prize thingy, because it is too commercialized. Besides, they are fugly, anyway.

I was thinking that too, BUT did you notice that Phil (is that his name???) said "you must START the next leg with no money"?? To me, that means that when they get their first clue they can't have any money, but I'm not sure.

I interpreted Phil's comment the same way. I don't think the producers anticipated that teams would give each other money to work in that circumstance. Then again, that was early in the game and there are fewer teams so it's getting more competitive and people are probably less likely to give away stuff of theirs at this point.

Awesome episode last night. Seeing Rob stick his foot in his mouth was great. It's funny how the two "stupid" teams beat his dumbass.

I really didn't think Gretchen would make it up that ladder. Good for her.