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As Teams traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, tensions flared as TK & Rachel caught up to other Teams at the airport and kept pace despite their Speed Bump. Ron & Chris sailed to another victory while dating couple Nate & Jen continued fighting and became the last team eliminated, just short of the final three.

A BIG LEAD
Departing the Pit Stop in first place at 7:02am, father and daughter Ron & Christina opened their clue instructing them to travel by taxi to the Floating Garden at the "building with a hole in it", the Umeda Sky Building. Once there, they had to figure out that the Floating Garden is an observatory located on the roof.

Arriving at the Umeda Sky Building, the disappointed father and daughter discovered that the observatory wouldn't open until 10:00am. When the equally deflated dating couple Nate & Jen and grandson and grandfather Nick & Don saw the closed observatory, Nate noted, "At least if we get up there any amount of time before they [TK & Rachel] get here is good."

When the security guard opened doors to the observatory at 10:00am, Nate & Jen and Ron & Chris shared the first elevator to the roof while the slower Nick & Don settled for the next one. After taking a thrilling ride in the glass elevator to the roof, the two Teams spotted the cluebox on the observatory deck with a stunning view of Osaka in front of them. Opening the clue, the Teams discovered they would be flying over 1,000 miles to the island of Taiwan and its capital, Taipei. When they landed, they have to take a taxi to Taipei Main Station.

As the three Teams raced to the airport, dating couple TK & Rachel departed the Pit Stop at 10:18am with a Speed Bump penalty looming over their heads. In their taxi, TK vowed, "I promise you there's going to be no quitting until we get to the Pit Stop." However, as soon as they got to the Umeda Sky Building, troubles began for the pair when they couldn't figure out where to find the clue.

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
At the airport, father and daughter Ron & Christina discovered that EVA Air departed first at 1:00pm to Taipei and tried to get tickets on the crowded flight while dating couple Nate & Jen battled them at the other end of the counter for a spot on the plane. After Christina secured seats for herself and her father, she asked her ticket agent, "If there are other requests, can you please tell them it's full?" The agent then walked over to Nate & Jen to inform them that the flight was now full. An irate Nate & Jen told the agent not to listen to Christina, who told Nate and Jen, "I didn't say anything." On her behavior, Christina remarked, "I don't feel guilty at all. My dad is afraid to play dirty, but I'll just play it because if we can get an edge I'll take it for my dad and I."

With the earliest flight now unavailable, the dating couple directed their frustration towards each other when Nate interrupted Jen as she asked the ticket agent about other options. Jen sniped, "I just can't believe you're being this mean to me on my birthday. I haven't even done anything." Nate quickly responded, "I'm not even arguing with you. There's no point. There's no point at all." The squabbling pair settled for a 1:15pm China Air flight to Taipei with grandson and grandfather Nick & Don. All the Teams hoped that TK & Rachel, who finally found the clue on the observatory rooftop, would be on a much later flight.

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