Things have gotten downright nasty on the Race. The Frat Boys stooped to new lows by cancelling the other teams' cabs. They got theirs when their cab didn't show up either allowing them to temporarily pass blame on to MoJo.

There was more snippiness between MoJo and the Hippies, some mini-crocodiles and jumping out of an airplane, but none of that was very interesting.

The ending on the other hand was EXCELLENT.

The Persons of African-American Descent ran a superb leg for their first victory and it was a pretty comfortable win. The other three teams were dead even heading to the Pit Stop. In my short time watching the Amazing Race I don't remember ever seeing a three-way sprint to the finish, especially with last place at stake, but that's what we had.

And the short blonde girl didn't lose! I really hope you had this recorded if you missed this live, because Hippie BJ absolutely blew the finish. Of course the five young fit men were going to outrun Monica, and they did. But BJ inexplicably decided to bypass the bridge to Phil and try and take a shortcut over rocks down into a little ditch. This enormous blunder let Mo take the bridge and beat him to the mat by milliseconds. What a finish!

There have only been two non-elimination legs and the Hippies were saved both times. If you think MoJo are bitter now, wait and see what happens if the Bedouins end up winning the million.

So what's the deal with this TTOW thing the Hippies say? It's the "word" on their shirts, which is clearly an acronym so I did a Google search and this is what came up:

Thermal Tug-Of-War
Tactical Take-Off Weight
Tutorial Tour Of Wiki
T to W

The last one could stand for "Tyler to William," but I doubt it, especially since I found one that makes perfect sense:

TunnelTechniek en Ondergronde Werken

…which translates to "The Division of Tunneling and Underground Works" in Dutch. Obviously the Hippies plan to spend any winnings by digging a big hole in Holland. Now you know.

-TTOCS

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