Amazing Race 4/4/10

No, no, no! How did Steve & Allie get eliminated? I love Steve!
So, this week's episode was about making bad choices. From the top of the episode, I just knew that the Cowboys were going to get eliminated. They came in last place on the last episode, so they were going to have to complete a speed bump during this leg of the race. But, other teams really struggled during this leg. The biggest blunders this week were by Steve & Allie and Dan & Jordan.

Both groups were sitting in traffic along with the Cops (Louie & Michael), and those two groups decided to get out of their cabs and run to the detour. Unfortunately, the detour was SEVERAL miles away and the traffic let up, so the Cops passed them. The 2nd blunder by Steve & Allie happened when they went to the tougher of the two detours and they couldn't complete it; so they had to leave and go to the other one (after running several miles). At this point, I knew that they were in trouble. The surprise of the episode was that the Cowboys steamrolled through each challenge and went from last place to first place! That was awesome!
Other obvious highlights from this episode.

• Everyone continues to despise Carol & Brandie. They seem to have a chip on their shoulder. 
• Brent & Caite continue to be dumb.
• I still can't get over the fact that one of the Cops is under an internal affairs investigation in "real life". It's hard for me to take him seriously on the show.

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