Sarah once again had trouble with the wall-scaling because of her leg. At one point, she got stuck and the show went to ad break. Was there a chance she wouldn?t make it? Only if you missed any of the million promos which actually said ?Sarah perseveres?. She did it, even with Peter annoyingly shouting out his low-rent Bob Harper shtick from below.

Much to my horror, Rob and Kimberly were the first to finish the Roadblock and head off to the dark and damp cave where the next route marker waited. I prayed their boat driver would be a cousin of the mastermind taxi driver of earlier. He wasn?t. I prayed that bats would attack them in the cave. They didn?t. Kimberly and Rob got to the clue in one piece, albeit with much screaming that must have played havoc with the poor bats? sonar.

A lot of rowing

The Detour was a choice between two traditional Vietnamese jobs — shifting cargo from a boat and delivering it to a floating village or pulling up oyster cages from the ocean floor. Both options required a lot of rowing, an especially killer thing for the people who?d done the Roadblock.

Rob and Kimberly tried to row in unison but failed miserably. Rob then told Kimberly to get to the front of the boat while he rowed. She refused to listen to him. They screamed at each other a lot. If ever there was a metaphor for their relationship, I think the two of them on a boat is it. I?m surprised they even managed to get to the oysters in the end and didn?t end up drifting out into the sea before they were eaten by a carnivorous mutant squid.

The Zoolanders did just fine, as you?d expect from a buff pair of Alpha males like them, but the rest of the pack all found themselves in trouble with the paddling. They were pretty exhausted and a strong wind was pushing the boats in one direction.

Trailing near the back after falling behind at the rock wall, Peter started to lose it at the boat. He told Sarah to be quiet because he needed absolute silence in order to concentrate on the task and didn?t need any of Sarah?s motivational talk. Did Peter hit his head on a rock somewhere in the cave? Because that?s the only reason I can think of that he suddenly believes that?s he?s swapped bodies with Sarah and she?s the one who spouts off a constant stream of motivational garbage whether it?s needed or not.

To top it all off, even though Sarah has gritted her teeth through several really difficult challenges so far with nary a word about giving up, that pansy Peter started moaning about how he wanted to quit. I would have sent Sarah a million (Monopoly) bucks and my soul if her response was a really sarcastic: ?You can do it, sister!?

Yet another injury occurred when one of the Cupcake Twins cut himself during the oyster task. Don?t bleed into the water! The sharks will get you! This season is cursed with all these injuries. I give it two episodes until someone is beheaded in a deadly turnstile accident.

Rob and Kimberly came first, much to my horror, and won themselves a pair of shiny jet skis. I hope they tip over while learning to ride them. A lot.

Tyler and James lost second place to Peter and Sarah when the latter?s junk passed them on the way to the Pit Stop. Turns out the captain of the Zoolanders? junk had forgotten to take up the anchor. ?Great job,? the Zoolanders deadpanned as the captain smiled, not getting it. Usually I don?t like racers getting pissy with people who are helping them and transporting them but in this case, I approve this sarcasm.

The Wins got fourth and David and Mary managed to avoid the real back of the pack for once and came in fifth. ?I?d recognise Phil anywhere,? Mary said as she caught sight of a familiar figure in an orange shirt, ?scrawny little gorgeous thing." OK, who wants to adopt Mary? Or at least invite over for a reality show viewing party? I love her!

Tears reigned supreme in the trailing Lyn, TNT and Beauty Queen boats. The Lyns, nattering on about making their kids proud the entire time, managed to get to Phil first, leaving the Cupcakes and the BQs battling it out. Tom wept, Terry told him to stop whining. Not in a nasty Rob/Kimberly way though. Eventually, Tom and Terry rowed to the shore and started calling for help like a marooned pair of maroons.

Meanwhile the BQs only managed to figure it out quite late that they had to find a junk to take them to Phil. Tom and Terry eventually managed to get to their junk when Tom physically got out of the boat and started to tugboat it like Flipper on steroids.

Which pair of queens would it be? The BQs were the first to reach the Pit Stop. Saved to flash their blinding smiles another day. Tom and Terry were prepared for the worst and got it. They were eliminated but took it all in good stride, speaking about how their relationship was stronger for it. They certainly handled stress better than some couple-y teams I could mention.

They seemed like nice guys. Now the back pack has lost a member. If you?re keeping track, the most diverse season ever is now down two Muslim guys, a Hindu couple, a lesbian and a gay couple. Karma sure does hate diversity. Bigot.

Next week: Alligators (or are they crocodiles?) trained by the Lyns threaten to eat the Beauty Queens. Peter?s a whiny little bitch as always and Sarah?s tolerance for him breaks down.