Schadenfreude Me First, Me First Don't Be Naïve Trip of a Lifetime

With both Teams choosing to plow the fields, Brandon and Karen took hold of their respective plows, while Nicole and Linda led their oxen through the muddy terrain. After plowing only several lengths of the field, Brandon & Nicole found their clue. Opening it, they discovered they must travel 120 miles back to Manila and find the next Pit Stop at the Coconut Palace, a building made almost entirely of coconut trees. Finishing almost as quickly, Linda & Karen joined Brandon & Nicole, and the two Teams took a bus to Manila. Arriving at the Detour in third place, Chip & Kim encountered difficulties plowing the field because Chip led the ox faster than Kim could plow. Eventually, the married parents found their clue and boarded a bus, relieved to still have a cushion between them and Colin & Christie.

With the pressure on, Colin & Christie arrived at the giant duck in last place, opting to plow the field. Colin became heated, shouting, "My ox is broken" when his ox strayed off the field onto the grass. Shortening Colin's already short fuse, Christie, rather than walking into the mud to assist, only offered suggestions from the sideline, saying, "Listen to yourself. No wonder you can't control it. God, just plow." After more unsuccessful attempts at steering the ox, a furious Colin ordered Christie to walk through the mud to feel for the clue with her feet. With hesitation, Christie calmly did as she was told and immediately found the rope attached to the clue. Along the way to Manila, Colin & Christie got off their bus, and the pair found a taxi to drive them to Coconut Palace, knowing that they could make up time on the other Teams taking buses.

RACE TO THE MAT
Arriving in Manila in first place, Chip & Kim quickly found a taxi in the race to the Pit Stop. Departing their bus moments later, Brandon & Nicole snagged a taxi quickly, only to discover their driver was unfamiliar with the location of the Coconut Palace. Linda & Karen struggled to find a taxi on the streets of Manila, but when they did, it was worth the wait, as the driver knew where to go. Joining in the cab race to the Pit Stop, Colin & Christie were right behind the other Teams in the traffic of Manila.

With all Teams in contention, it was married parents Chip & Kim who stepped onto the mat in first place at the Coconut Palace. Host Phil Keoghan informed the married parents they had won a vacation to beautiful Hawaii, compliments of American Airlines' website, AA.com. Bowling moms Linda & Karen repeated their success in New Zealand by again finishing in second place.

In the end, dating couple Colin & Christie couldn't quite make up the deficit caused by the Yield, as they finished in last place behind Brandon & Nicole. The stunned, jubilant dating couple received a pardon from Phil, though, as this was the last of the pre-determined non-elimination legs. Stripped of all money, Colin & Christie remained in the Race. A tearful Christie remarked, "All I've wanted to do really is just run the Race until the very end." On his former allies, Colin added, "Having Chip & Kim Yield us was definitely an eye-opener. We trusted them, and they burned us. It's on."

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