I'm getting a little too far ahead of myself though. The episode began with the roadies receiving a message about their next mission. Unlike last week's tricky "What do you call a guy who has no arms, no legs, and hangs on a wall" riddle, the producers lofted a softball clue with some phrase like "Prepare to bust a moo-ve". Kina was the smarty pants who figured out the challenge would be bovine themed. The Jersey Girl bounced around the trailer with excitement, a strange phenomenon that afflicts these kids, even though they know they invariably are going to face some horrendous, tear-inducing challenge.

Meanwhile, a shot of the moon alerted us that we would be shifting gears from Holsteins to romance. Last week, we dropped in on the budding love affair between Jodi and Patrick. This week, we learned of a growing showmance between Kina and Derrick. Apparently he really likes her, but Kina doesn't want to hook up with anyone, as evidenced by her subtle mocking of his attempts to kiss her. If only they had some sort of personal challenge to serve as a catalyst to their relationship...

Conveniently, we segued to the next mission titled "Don't Have A Cow". Kina's high hopes for some sort of dude ranch or udder-milking activity were dashed when the team learned they would have to... EAT parts of the cow! Ewwww! Who does that? What strange people would ever make cow a part of their daily diet? Oh, I guess that would be us and our Westernized culture. But don't tell the kids that. Apparently, they think steak grows on steak trees.

The plucky mission mayors explained that there were thirteen dishes of cow parts that needed to be eaten. Our diners would be given five minutes to chow down (they would be fed by a partner) and whatever was left over would be compiled on a tray to be consumed at the end of the mission. Pretty convoluted for a mission whose sole purpose is to just make these kids throw up. But I guess it worked. Even though beef may be what's for dinner, the Road Rulers approached the challenge with an unreasonable level of dread, especially Danny who was already yakking his brains out before the first dish even surfaced. He did his business in the bathroom, not realizing that Bunim/Murray had furnished him with, yes, an official Road Rules barf bucket, complete with decal. I guess if there's any one prop that would exemplify this show, that would be it.