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Back at Kota, Bob tells Ace that he's thinking he's voting for either Paloma or Sugar when they have to vote someone out. Ace spends a lot of time insinuating that Paloma is worthless in a bid to save Sugar, but Bob is not biting. In fact, he takes this information to Corrine, telling her that Ace is really worrying him with his obvious attempts to keep Sugar out of the crosshairs. Corrine takes this opportunity to tell Bob about her alliance with Marcus, Charlie and Jacquie, inviting him to join and create a solid majority. Corrine voiceovers that she thinks Bob appreciates it when you speak to him directly, so she tried to take advantage of that and lay things out for him. My question is this: if Bob is worried about an alliance of two, what makes you think he's going to be overjoyed at the news of a four person alliance? Bob is a smart guy, so you'd think his new targets would be now Corrine and her friends, because they're now the biggest threat to his long term safety. I don't see how this news can be comforting to him.

A treemail arrives that contains swimsuits, so these people finally have something else to wear besides their skivvies. It's the end of the underwear era, and it's only episode three. The Immunity Challenge is actually pretty cool: there are these two slip and slides set up, and tribe members have shoot down them and retrieve some tiles from the water at the bottom. Once all the tiles have been collected, one tribe member uses them to solve a mathematical puzzle which will reveal the combination to a safe. The first team to open the safe wins immunity.

The challenge is really entertaining to watch: Fang actually begins in the lead, but when Susie takes her turn, Corrine catches up to her and overtakes her. Kota actually ends up ahead by a full rotation by the time all of their tiles are collected, giving Bob some extra time to solve the puzzle. Since the puzzle is pretty difficult, Fang is able to do some catching up, and the challenge culminates in a very tense race between Ken and Bob to get the safe unlocked. The teams cheer on their respective dorks, and after several failed attempts by both people, Ken manages to deliver the right combination, giving Fang their first immunity challenge victory. I guess this means GC won't be going home, which is too bad.

Back at Kota's camp, Sugar takes Ace out in the boat to tell him that she found the immunity idol. He immediately starts referring to it as "ours", which is gross and obvious. Later, Ace hangs out in the water with the Swimfan Alliance, where they seem to be in agreement about getting rid of Paloma. Paloma herself watches all this from the sidelines, chewing on a piece of grass. "My strategy is to be like the animals and just watch," she says. "And then I'm gonna prounce(sic)." Maybe she should "prounce" on a dictionary before taking further action.

Said prouncing commences immediately as Paloma takes Corrine aside, telling her that Ace deliberately set her up to fail by putting her on the pole against Crystal. She works Corrine over pretty well, to the point that Corrine begins to consider the possibility of removing Ace from the equation. Corrine finally says what we were all thinking: "We can get rid of Paloma later," she says. "I don't trust Ace, and I'm not sure his accent is real." Please, everyone in Florida talks like that.

Armed with a new conspiracy theory, Corrine broaches the idea to Charlie of eliminating Ace. He immediately calls Ace out for trying to make Sugar look competent during the reward challenge, and they agree that Ace is going to be a threat to them down the line. "I dislike so many damn people on this tribe that it's a toss-up," Corrine says. That's the way I feel about The Amazing Race this season.

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