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After two straight Sicily episodes, the cast finally gets off the island and heads mainland. First stop, Fontana di Trevi where Lake officially loses it with Michelle. The two fight about a map and then Lake shouts, "You never handed it to me beeetch, now shut up!" Wow. While beeetch may be the dirty south's version of biatch, we are still sure you shouldn't be yelling it at women, especially your wife.

Next the teams head to some sort of Spanish steps where in-show product promotion magic takes place. The product CBS and the Amazing Race are hawking this week? The Divinci Code movie, coming to theaters May 19. Oh my god, it worked, those marketing wizards are Svengalis.

An Olympic Air flight finally whisked our dwindling teams out of Italy and dropped them in Athens Greece. In Greece, we learned two things about Monica. First, she really should just stop talking to the cameras while in cabs. Nothing good ever comes from it. Let Joseph talk, let's find out his views on "the history of thinking". Second, she is a dead wringer for Jenny McCarthy.

As the rains came down in Greece, the teams really started to give up. Monica cried when E & J snagged the fast forward. Meanwhile, the rain turned Fran and Barry into homeless people. Luckily, a little bungee jumping seemed to kick start our teams back into thinking positive. Next, it was off to the Ancient Stadium where the hippies reveled in nude greek wrestling. The happy hippies completed what appeared to be an amazing comeback by using the power of holding hands and wearing frog hats. However, we don't think their apparent comeback was amazing, we think Lake had an absolutely un-airable meltdown. The type of meltdown that ends in a straight jacket. To take the conspiracy further, maybe that odd looking man in all black that stood on the mat at the end of the leg wasn't Lake at all, but a stand in. Think about it.

What did we learn last night?

If Franknberry has jumped to their death and done a Greek letters crossword puzzle in the same day, stay off the roads.

America's Moment of Shame:

Monica, on Greece: "This is where thinking began; the great philosophers are all from here. "

Final Thoughts:

Don't shave mid-race.

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Where: Greece

Tags: Amazing-Race / Google Maps

by markj