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Brian and Ericka opt for the Lager Detour as Meghan and Cheyne deliver their golem. They head for the pitstop and continued domination of the race. As expected, the brothers are bickering like they have every leg. This team is a black hole for teamwork as they keep fighting over the best approach to completing the Detour. They disagree on how to go, where to go, when to take breaks, who needs to shut up, etc. Imagine how well they would be doing if they actually worked together instead of constantly being at odds.

Brian and Ericka start delivering their beers and have to avoid the hovering thirsty people they encounter on the street, in order to protect their precious ale cargo. We finally get a point of time reference by checking in with Flight Time and Big Easy and only an hour has passed. They have three more hours to go and as a viewer we know, the other teams are only one task from being at the pitstop. But then Brian and Ericka drop half of their glasses and Ericka wants to switch tasks. Brian rations out the drinks so Ericka only has a few which is more manageable.

At this point, Sam and Dan seem to either be lost or are taking their golem to a synagogue in Jerusalem, Brian and Ericka are threatening to beat down any of the lushes in the street reaching for their beers and Flight Time and Big Easy are still cooling their heels at the Roadblock.

The brothers finally finish their Detour and make it as team number two. As the Globetrotters' penalty time expires, Brian and Ericka drop off the last of their beers to the sleeping bartender as it is now daybreak. Clearly, they will be team number three, which means that my disappointment has been realized...the Globetrotters are eliminated. They were an entertaining and classy team. Phil sums up my feelings by saying, "I loved watching you guys race around the world." Me too, Phil, me too.

So for the finale, we have the frontrunners (Meghan and Cheyne), the underdogs (Brian and Ericka) who might pull off an upset, and the two most hateful brothers since Cain and Abel (Sam and Dan). I hope that Santa brings me an early Christmas present in the form of anyone winning but Sam and Dan. We shall see in less than a week.

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