And seriously, people, never leave your passport. Did none of you watch last season?

Nevermind watching past seasons - never leave your passport is Travel 101!

(Actually, how'd they get to the party cab challenge anyway if their money was back at the dock?)

They got in the cab with the idea that he would drive them to their money when the challenge was over. But the cab driver must have overheard them muttering in the back that they couldn't pay him, because he took off while they were in the party van.

So they effectively stiffed their driver? Shouldn't that carry some kind of penalty? I guess they hadn't actively screwed him at that stage.

I would think that every contestant would get full set of the rules before the race.

They didn't look even a little surprised when Phil called them on it, just bummed that they were getting held back. I don't know that they consciously remembered when they were doing it, but it wasn't news to them.

The two hours for this actually makes me think the 1/2 hour for deliberately sabotaging other teams is bit light. But Jessica's thought about why it's a rule in the first place makes me think they're right to be extra strict on the bartering thing.

Yeah, on reflection, I guess that makes sense.

I didn't like that bit (re: the girls, stiffing the driver) but I was glad that they negotiated for free upfront with the other bit.

The stuntmen did also negotiate in advance at that point, and now that I think about it, at the mat they said something along the lines of "we had to take care of the people" kinda deal, so I think they probably were aware of it at the time and just decided to violate it so that they'd be giving the drivers at least something of value.

I swear I'm starting to miss the days when people got behind because they wouldn't cut their hair or because their ox was broken over leaving a challenge without your passport or your shoes. I'm sorry, I just can't get past the shoe thing. How on earth do you not go "hang on, I just gotta grab my shoes"? And then you go back to your bag for your shoes and you have time to think "hey, I wonder maybe should we just bring all this stuff along, since I'm right here and all?" and presto! problem solved.

because their ox was broken

That will NEVER not be funny.

"hang on, I just gotta grab my shoes"?

Well, they weren't the first team to leave their shoes behind. Wasn't it just last season with frat dudes and the cow costume?

That will NEVER not be funny.

Miss Alli's recap of that ep has got to be the funniest thing I've read on TWOP, and in the top ten things I've ever seen in the internet.

Wasn't it just last season with frat dudes and the cow costume?

Even they weren't barefoot though.

Phil blogs last night's ep!

I love the Detour in this episode. Margie was amazing. And as she said, being a nurse really helped her in finding the right piece for the perfect smile. I actually felt quite sick when I was on location. I definitely would have gone with the karaoke. I don't know how a dentist goes digging around in people's mouths. This was definitely Margie's leg. Obviously Luke was right there with her, but she was driving the team this week. From the propellers to the dentures, she had her A game on. By the way, all of us on the show thought the dentures were going to take quite a while to complete, but Margie flew through that challenge. She was reaching into the locals' mouths without hesitation. I would say she probably finished that in about 5 minutes. They were on a mission this week.