This week's show began with teams learning they'd have to fly from Kiev to Morocco where they'd then have to find an antiques shop in the Kasbah district and choose a necklace -- one of which was a good luck charm that would yield many rewards at the Pit Stop! It sounded cool and all, but whither the cumbersome Travelocity roaming gnome? I've become very attached to my product placement. I need it back!

Anyway, the models left first without incident, and on their heels, as always, were the beauty queens, who were extremely excited about their upcoming adventures. "I wrote a paper in college on Morocco!" Dustin said happily, perhaps assuming that the entire rest of the leg would focus around historical facts and figures.

Nevertheless, the models had a lead on the girls, but they struggled as they searched for the airport. I was shocked they didn't run into the Cho Brothers, still on the side of the road asking for directions on how to get home to the United States.

Kimberob emerged from the Pit Stop third, and Rob told us, "Sometimes I need to really breathe and calm down." Other things he could work on: not being an idiot every second of the day.

Well, at the airport, the BQs booked a connection to Casablanca through Milan, but it was ever so tight. So tight that the they were treated to the Slo-Mo of DOOM. Methinks they won't make their connecting flight! Tyler and James, meanwhile, arrived second at the airport (much to their chagrin) and discovered there were no more seats from Milan to Casablanca. This meant they'd have to find other means to get to Morocco (Casablanca wasn't even the final destination. I forget the name of the city they were headed to -- hopefully it wasn't the same dusty village that screwed over Andre and Damon on season three).

Anyway, adding onto all the flight chaos were Kimberob who soon showed up and tried to figure out what sort of flights they'd be looking for. They also tried to work the art of subterfuge with the beauty queens as Rob lied and said they managed to book a flight that was arriving in Morocco in the afternoon. Amazingly, the girls fell for this trick -- and to think, Rob didn't even have Godwin's fake cell phone!

Rob then told us, "The blondes race with a certain amount of arrogance." Yes, but at least they're not burdened with debilitating stupidity.

"So wait -- there's a cure for bed head?"

The Great Kimberob Punk'ng of 2006 didn't last long, however, as Rob eventually revealed that it was all a joke. Laughs were had by all, and then it was off to more airport intrigue. I would be lying if I said I wasn't totally confused by the plans. I needed an airport diagram badly. The long and the short of it was that the blondies were heading to Casablanca via Milan whereas everyone else (including Lyn/Lyn who had surfaced amidst all this) was heading there via Paris. All teams needed to catch a 10:55 flight.

Well, the girls left first for Milan, and when they arrived, they raced to make their connection, but alas. They had missed it. "I said the flight is closed!" a testy ticketing agent told them. Grrowl! We knew the girls were screwed, but they couldn't have been that screwed. Otherwise this would have certainly merited a commercial break, which we did not get.