After Terence and Sarah have a stupid argument about his possessive neediness, the race heads to Fortaleza, the second Brazilian city in as many legs. The airport drama takes the form of Tina claiming credit for getting the airline to switch to a bigger plane, allowing all ten teams to get on a previously full flight. Terence is a total bitch about it (probably due to the massive, debilitating head wound he claims to have), but Ken manages to disarm him handily. Advantage: Ken.
In Fortaleza, the Detour is a choice between logrolling boats across the beach and using computers to locate a specific shipping container in a giant shipyard. The Geeks steal the lead by being the only team to select the latter option (not counting the Southern Belles, who picked the computers but ended up at the boats by being dumb), and one of the few to actually read the clue and pay attention. After the Detour, Terence and Sarah outsmart themselves looking for a taxi, blowing most of their lead until Toni and Dallas take pity on them. And Terence's heart grew three sizes that day.
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