This week's episode began in the always exciting state of South Dakota. I could already feel the adrenaline coursing through my veins! After having found their artifacts at Mt. Rushmore last week, everyone had now migrated over to the Blue Coyote B&B where they'd rest, relax, and do all the other things that people do on Amazing Race Pit Stops.

For a brief moment, the cutthroat nature of the competition gave way to general camaraderie as the teams all toasted each other and perhaps talked shit about those Young Professionals. We then saw a full moon float across the screen, but sadly, Teen Wolf was nowhere to be found. Dammit. That would have been awesome. At 2:20 AM, just a mere two hours or so after everyone had gone to sleep, we then suddenly heard that pseudo Tangerine Dream music that indicates an incoming call from Lairdy-poo. Could there be a more exciting phone call? I think not. Anyway, our cardboard host told the teams that they'd have to follow the footsteps of Lewis & Clark, and instantly, my heart sank. First Mt. Rushmore, then Lewis & Clark? The Americana overdose meant only one thing: return of Amazing Race: Family Edition. Look, The Amazing Race is at the top of its game, but if even Jerry Bruckheimer couldn't make America the Beautiful exciting, I didn't have high hopes for Treasure Hunters. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the only way to make an American adventure series fun is to embrace the kitsch value -- like Cannonball Run 2001. But I digress...