Patrick Hodges

Only six teams remain as the racers leave the sweltering streets of India for the snowy, wintry climes of Austria, home of Freud, chimney sweeps and big-ass slices of chocolate cake.

The seven remaining teams slog through the crowded, noisy streets of India. One team take the wrong flight and has to come from behind, while another team succeeds in turning their fortunes around.

What does The Biggest Loser have to do with a movie about the Easter Bunny? More than you might think. And one team takes a potentially bad situation and makes it worse.

This episode is all about tea, because Snapple is a major sponsor, apparently. And one particularly brutal needle-in-a-haystack challenge brings one contestant to tears.

At Ometepe, Crazy Phillip calls out Ashley and Natalie for their laziness. Meanwhile, Stephanie targets one of her Zapaterian tribe-mates for dismissal in a last-ditch effort to save herself.

Nine teams conclude an extra-long leg in China, which includes a double U-turn and its predictably dramatic moments, as well as some big damn dinosaur bones.

So far this season, Boston Rob has played a perfect, mistake-free game. All he needs is a little momentum, and he could be a major force to be reckoned with. How's that for foreshadowing?

On Week One, the contestants had to run a 5K in order to determine who their trainers would be. Get ready for a repeat of history, with karma coming back to bite one player.