It's Called Karma

The Hippies survived another last place finish, thanks to this season's second non-elimination leg of The Amazing Race. But this time, they'll have to beg for more than money at the start of the next leg.

All of the teams were forced to wait for a bell tower to open before they could hunt for their first clue, and there was plenty of tension still simmering between the Hippies and MoJo. BJ & Tyler tried to deflect some of Joseph's anger onto Eric, who had been flirting with Monica. Instead, Joseph became even angrier with the Hippies for pointing it out.

Before the bell tower opened at 8 a.m., teams called a cab company and arranged for taxis to wait for them outside of the tower. Eric, who'd reserved a car under an alias, called the company back and cancelled the cabs reserved for Ray and Tyler.

Teams grabbed their clues and returned to the bottom of the tower to find only MoJo's cab waiting, giving them a head start on their way to the airport. Ray confirmed with the cab company that their taxi had been cancelled, and he ordered a new pair of cabs. Naturally, Ray and Tyler assumed that Joseph had cancelled their taxis, and Eric didn't bother to correct them.

Ray & Yolanda and the Hippies were picked up, leaving the Frat Boys in last place. Jeremy reflected on Eric's cab-cancelling prank and figured out why they were left behind: "It's called karma."

Eventually everyone arrived at the airport and boarded the same plane to Darwin, Australia. There, teams had to wade into a pool of crocodiles at a crocodile sanctuary to retrieve their clue. In the cab to the sanctuary, Yolanda mused, "Black people wouldn't be stupid enough to get into a pool of crocodiles...or would they? Because that's what we're about to do." Ray replied, "For one million dollars, they would."

No limbs were lost in the croc pen, and the clues informed teams that a Yield awaited them at the site of the Roadblock. MoJo and the Hippies arrived at the next location at the same time, with the Hippies narrowly beating MoJo to the Yield mat. As promised, BJ & Tyler forced Monica & Joseph to wait before they could complete the Roadblock.

The remaining teams soon arrived at the Roadblock, and BJ, Eric, and Ray went skydiving to earn their next clue. Monica and Joseph argued on the mat, with Monica insisting that it wasn't fair that the Hippies yielded them. Joseph's attempts to bully Monica into cheerfulness failed, and the two fought for an extra minute after their Yield time had run out.

Teams were guided to find their next clue in a field of termite mounds. Tyler jokingly feared for the safety of his peg leg. The clue gave them two Detour choices: Wet or Dry. The Hippies and Frat Guys chose Wet, opting to hike and swim one mile through a jungle river.

The Dry option was actually the quicker of the two, even if it didn't sound so on paper. Each team had to drive six miles off-road to a rock formation, where they then picked one of several didgeredoos. Following the sound of music, they had to find a musician whose didgeredoo sported the same pattern as their own. After each team member successfully blew a note on the instrument, they received their next clue.

The off-road portion turned out to be a simple dirt road, and not the muddy fields some teams anticipated. Ray & Yolanda finished the task quickly and passed MoJo on their way back to the main highway.

Meanwhile, the Hippies and Frats endured what BJ called "prolonged torture" as they hiked and swam what felt like much longer than one mile. Both teams avoided the river's poisonous spiders and plants and got their next clue, which instructed them to drive to the Pit Stop.

Ray & Yolanda arrived in first place, winning each of them a one-year lease on a Mercedes. Ray beamed, prompting Phil to remark that this was the happiest he's seen Ray all race.

The Hippies and Frats flagged down a car to ask for directions. While they were stopped, MoJo drove past them. The two all-male teams jumped into their cars and sped to the Pit Stop. All three teams arrived at the same time, parked quickly, and raced on foot to the mat.

The five men ran in a group toward the pit stop, which was on the far side of a short and narrow bridge over a riverbed. Monica lagged behind, but only by a few seconds.

As Jeremy, Tyler, and Joseph crossed the bridge, Eric and BJ thought it would be faster to cross the river on foot. For Eric, it was, and he and Jeremy ended up on the mat first of the three teams.

But BJ, who'd driven from the Detour in only his boxers and t-shirt, struggled to navigate the river rocks without shoes. Monica ran across the bridge and beat BJ by seconds, putting the Hippies in last place for the leg.

Joseph, the sore winner, screamed at BJ & Tyler, "You yielded us! We beat you!" Phil informed the teams that Eric & Jeremy had arrived in second place, Monica & Joseph in third, and BJ & Tyler in fourth.

Fortunately for the Hippies, this was a non-elimination leg, meaning that they'll be back next week -- but with no money and only the clothes on their backs. BJ tried to stay optimistic, telling Phil, "at least we have less to lose," since most of their possessions were confiscated at the last non-elimination leg.

Next week, BJ has to find pants and a pair of shoes, and teams fly to Thailand. Eric gets frustrated while preparing a feast for some monkeys, and Monica has a meltdown that could rival her Italian fish-carrying breakdown.