Even after giving Eric and Danielle their second yield of the race, Oswald and Danny came in last place. Now marked for elimination, they're going to have to come in first. But of course, Eric has something to say about that: "We didn't come through all this crap to loose." Oswald understands the situation, too: "We know karma was a particular bitch on the last leg of the race," he says. "But we've asked the universe for forgiveness."
On the race course, Dustin and Kandice are the first to leave Taipa for Guam and
Andersen Air Force Base. Mirna asks her cab driver "How do you say airport?" When he tells her it's simply "airport" she reminds us that when speaking foreign languages, "You have to try to do the right accent, it makes all the difference in the world." You're telling us, sweetheart!
Oswald and Danny miss the early flight with the other racers, and leave Macau about an hour later than everyone else. With only a 45 minute layover in Tokyo, they need some good karma to make their connection. As they run through Narita, Oswald yells out that one constant of the travel world: "It's always the last gate!" The boys cut it close, but they catch their flight.
With all the teams even on the ground in Guam, the racers overnight and get ready to see the base in the morning. DuKa is the first team to scale the control tower to find this week's Detour: Care Package or Engine Care. In Care Package, teams box up some goodies, and fly a training mission on a C-17 cargo plane. Engine Care is basically washing plane parts. Obviously, the training mission is sweet, but might take longer--Charla and Mirna go for it anyway.
Mirna, in a hurry, gets chided for her "efforts." Her on-base handler tells her to use a little more care with the humanitarian aid: "Don't just throw it like it's garbage." The sergeant running the engine cleaning Detour is tough. Because teams have to do a bang-up job, they don't catch a meaningful lead over Charla and Mirna. With the Detour out of the way, racers head to the US Naval Base Guam.
Once there, Dustin takes on the Road Block, which is search and rescue training. The racers have to search out a "downed" pilot and pop a smoke grenade to request extract on a Blackhawk helicopter. After last week's teaser, we expected to see Danielle having trouble on the search. But Charla spends most of her hunt fiddling with her GPS unit--despite her handler telling her not to. At least she admits, "if I were in the Navy, I'd be dead."
With the "rescue" out of the way, the Beauty Queens are the first team to Fort Soledad. They check in with Phil--first for the second week in a row. While they gloat, the other racers pull U-turns and dig through maps, trying to find the fort.
Oswald and Danny are--sadly--the last team to check in. They tell Phil that they'd love to see Charla and Mirna win the $1 million. Any regrets? "No regrets, darling!" We'll miss you, boys!
The Pit Stop:
Team Beauty wins a pair of ATVs for arriving first, adding to a long list of playthings they've accumulated. The final three pairs are now set, and we're liking the look of DuKa. With two first place finishes in two weeks, they're riding high. Eric and Danielle look frazzled--too much so to keep up. As for Charla and Mirna, we're amazed they've lasted this long. One week left before we find out who takes home the money.
Coming Next Week:
It's the Season Finale. DuKa starting fighting--finally!--and Dustin doesn't like it. The teams swim through caves, take helicopters, drive and kayak their way to the finish line. Oh, and Charla and Mirna yell at more cab drivers!
