'The Amazing Race' recap: Joan of Arc is Not That Guy Who Saved All those Animals

Back to the grapes went Caite and Brent… and that's how, completely by accident, they ended Jordan and Jeff's chances. J&J arrived at the Chateau and saw the Models searching for grapes. Jeff: ''Maybe we should do the thing, because they can't find it.'' Viewers, is it just me, or do you think that Jordan and Jeff would have been better served to go grape-hunting?

But no, they tried (and failed) to build the pyramid. Caite and Brent manage to find the marked grape, and zipped over to Phil. He held up six fingers. Caite: ''Fi… Six!'' How can someone who looks so much like a young Britney Spears be so airheaded? Don't answer that.

That left Jeff and Jordan running around with flashlights in the middle of a field of grapes. Jeff had one last hilarious one-liner: ''What are we doing this for? To teach kids to stay in school?'' Double J: you will be missed. Phil summed it up rather adroitly to the couple: ''Maybe now you guys will get some time to be alone.''

How did you feel about last night's trip through Champagne, viewers? The Detectives have certainly owned Europe, but I wonder if they'll lose their way when the race moves on to slightly more exotic locations. (I'm pretty sure the Cowboys will have the opposite reaction: after some tough days navigating the back roads of Western Europe, they'll probably surge ahead when things get a bit more rural.)

I'm getting a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race vibe from Brandy and Carol; without necessarily being awesome competitors, they seem pretty good at staying in neutral while other teams implode around them. My money's not on Jordan and Dan; I get the vibe that they're a bit too hasty. That can be a good thing: it means they follow their instincts. But it also means they follow a pretty French girl's directions, without checking to make sure there isn't more than one place in France called ''Taittinger.'' Steve, of course, might just be the best player in the game this season. If only he didn't have that daughter-sized weight on his shoulders…

As for Caite and Brent… well, I think the betting game here isn't ''are they going to win'' but ''is their relationship going to survive another episode?'' What did you think of last night's episode, viewers? Do you think Carol and Brandy are beginning a mid-game surge, or did they just luck out when everyone went in the wrong direction? Were you, like me, waiting for Jet and Cord to turn to the statue of Saint Joan and say, ''How d'you do there, Ms. Of Arc!'' Between the Champagne trip to France and the Beer-themed trip to Germany, can a vodka-heavy trip to Russia be far behind? And is ''Cathy Drone'' the most hilarious thing you've heard this week?

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