Coming back from the first commercial break, it looked like the shark was about to eat 2 of the racers.
"I can't look," Jen said as Tom covered her.
"Me neither," Emma said while covering her eyes. "That's my sister!"
Thankfully, with some quick thinking, and punching, Stephanie was able to shoo the shark away with a bruised nose. Everyone clapped and cheered for Stephanie.
"That's my baby!" Ryan said.
"Thanks," Stephanie said before kissing Ryan again.
Unfortunately, Stephanie's joy was again short lived because Kitty was able to get the ring first and swim back to the surface.
"Oh come on!" Stephanie said.
"Had to do it," Kitty said.
Kitty returned to her teammate with a ring. Carrie then appeared with one too.
"You girls rock!" Macarthur said.
Carrie and Kitty thanked her.
Devin: Carrie, you're amazing.
Carrie squealed a bit at Devin.
Kitty: Did you just squeal?
Carrie: No! I think it was a… uh… a dolphin. (swims away)
Kitty: You're in love with him.
"You couldn't hide that from my sister," Emma said.
"We all saw it," Erin said.
"So maybe it was a little crush I had on him," Carrie said.
"A little?" Geoff asked.
"Shut up, Geoff!" Macarthur told him.
"No wonder those people nickname you the volcano," Dwayne Junior commented.
Interview break* Kitty: Love is in the air. I know it. I have a super sensitive love detector and the alarm's been going off a lot lately.
Emma: What are you talking about?
Kitty: Nothing. So, noticed any of the guys on the other teams looking your way?
Emma: No.
This interview ends with Emma walking off because Kitty's alarm noises kept bugging her.
"You can no longer deny it, Emma," Owen said.
"We all saw that too," Sanders said. "Meanwhile, I find it hilarious that Kitty has a love detector."
"Me too," Dwayne Senior said. "Think you can make it go off when my son gets married?"
"Dad!" Dwayne Junior said. "Stop embarrassing me."
Carrie: But we've been friends for so long, and anyway, he has a boyfriend, so please don't say anything. Okay?
Kitty: I promise I won't, but maybe someone should, you know?
"We all know, now," Tom said.
"Looks like that promise has been taken out of the bag," Crimson said.
Carrie knew she was no longer able to keep it from everyone watching, which felt a little embarrassing, but not as much as Emma when everyone found out about Noah.
Don: As more teams continue to find rings, first place ice dancers say aloha to challenge number one and aloha to challenge number two.
While enjoying first place, Josee showed Jacques her lava rock.
"Makes me want to find a lava lamp," Brody said.
"Me too," Geoff commented.
"Makes you wonder why Geoff and Brody didn't get a room together," Kitty whispered to Carrie.
"I'll give them a reason to get a room together," Carrie whispered back.
"What's that you say, ladies?" Geoff asked.
"Nothing," Carrie and Kitty answered.
"Jinx!" Carrie said. "You owe me a soda."
"Nuts," Kitty said while giggling.
The ice dancers got their next tip.
Josee: It's an all-in challenge. In this challenge, teams must walk on (gasp) fire!?
"What?" Mary, Ellody, Laurie, Miles, Tom and Jen all asked in shock.
"Oh boy!" Brody said. "That fire really burned my feet," Brody said.
"Mine too," Emma said. "Needed a lot of lotion after that challenge."
"Still can't believe we had to walk on fire in Hawaii," Sanders commented.
"Me neither," Dwayne Senior replied.
Don: Technically coal.
There was a close up of Don's feet on the coal.
"Walking barefoot with closeups of our feet?" Macarthur asked. "Only Dan Schnider would come up with a challenge like that when it comes to ladies' feet."
"I don't think Don would stoop that low," Sanders said.
"He better not," Dwayne Senior said. "I heard he invites kids over to have pool parties with him."
"That isn't bad," Laurie said.
"Yeah," Geoff said. "I'd have a pool party with him any day."
"Does he let the kids' parents know ahead of time?" Emma asked.
"No," Dwayne Senior answered. "He didn't, and still hasn't to this day. That's why I don't want my son anywhere around him without my permission."
"Well then, never mind," Geoff commented.
Don: In this challenge, brides wear a grass skirt, and grooms wear wreaths of mahil as they carry their brides across this path of hot coal. It's a test of strength and honor.
One part of the challenge is to avoid getting burned, or else it's back to the start of the path.
"That sounds painful," Jen said.
"It feels worse," Erin said. "But which would you rather walk on? Coal burning at 200 degrees, or ice that's negative 20 degrees?"
"I can handle burning coal," Ennui said.
"Me too," Macarthur said. "I hear rescue squads trench through fire all the time."
"I'm sticking with the ice," Sanders said.
"Me too," Carrie said. "Better than having your feet nearly burned to death."
Don: Once they reach the end untoasted, it's off to the chill zone. Great! Now, I have to take foot modeling off my resume.
"Yeesh!" Everyone winced.
Back at the first challenge, Stephanie and the twins still had trouble, but Noah was able to find two rings.
"How did you not get penalized for finding two rings at once?" Stephanie asked.
"He didn't say it had to be just one," Noah answered.
Taylor then returns with one and is ordered to swim to the beach.
Taylor: No worries, mom. I'm serving up this challenge with a side of chipotle.
She then doggie paddled her way to the beach.
"Yeah," Stephanie said while giggling. "Serving it up alright."
While swimming, it felt like a shark caught Noah.
"Oh my god!" Emma said. "Makes me wish I was born a mermaid."
"Was it really a shark?" Laurie asked.
The thing that grabbed Noah appeared. Everyone sighed with relief.
"It was just Mickey," Erin said.
"Thank goodness," Owen said.
"Yeah," Miles commented. "Glad it wasn't a real shark."
Noah: I'm not getting soft or anything. Mickey was just so pathetic. Yes, I've been a little distracted by Emma lately, but it's not some whole thing where I'm all warm and gushy like a fresh chocolate chip cookie and suddenly I want to do nice things for people just because I'm falling for… ahh! Give me back my ring!
"You already had one," Dwayne Junior said. "And wasn't it okay for nerdy people to have a heart?"
"Some can say," Geoff answered. "That's what happened with Duncan before that chain reaction with him, Courtney and Gwen."
"What chain reaction?" Ellody asked.
"Long story," Owen said.
Meanwhile, the ice dancers began making their way across the hot path.
Josee: This is one ginormous mind game.
Jacques: This challenge is pretty easy.
"I wouldn't count on it being easy," Jen said. "All that coal is burning hot."
"Glad warnings about that were given," Carrie said.
"Me too," Dwayne Senior commented.
The second Josee brought up coals, Jacques dropped her and ran the other way, passing Geoff and Brody in the process.
"Told you not to count on it being easy," Jen said.
There was agreement going around the entire room. On screen, Brody has to carry Geoff. Many asked how they were able to make it across without feeling the burn of the coal. Geoff told them it wasn't easy.
All they did was try to distract themselves while walking.
Geoff: Remember the time we went paddle boarding, and we forgot our wetsuits? So cold, dude.
Brody: Yeah. Keep it coming.
"Hold up," Jen said. "You forgot your wetsuits?"
"One of the dumbest things we ever did," Brody told her. "Plus, the fall weather made the water even colder."
"There's one reason for cold water," Crimson said.
"I agree," Erin commented.
Geoff: And the day your tongue froze to the flagpole, or when I dump that cherry slush down your shorts? Nar-nar dude.
Everyone else laughed.
"Cherry slush in Brody's shorts?" Crimson asked.
"6th grade," Geoff answered. "It was a dare I got dragged into."
"I could go for a cherry slush soon," Kitty said.
"Meanwhile," Tom interrupted. "What was that about flagpoles?"
"You try hiking in the valley during the wintertime," Brody answered.
"Hey," Owen said. "That reminds me of when Noah and I went to the Yukon. Noah sure froze on that deal."
"Yeah," Noah commented. "Bridgette got stuck to a pole once, and there was also a song about it."
Everyone laughed again. Little did Geoff and Brody know that they made it across.
Brody: We did it!
Geoff: First place, bro! Let's motor to the chill zone.
Brody: (looking at his feet) Oh man. I'd love to stick my feet in a tub of cherry slush right now.
The guys laughed again from what Brody said while a majority of the ladies felt weird out. Back at the start of the challenge, more teams were preparing to walk across the hot path.
"There goes Noah with that look again," Ennui said.
Carrie: Hey kid, could you help me tie this? (while Kitty ties her wreathe) You really think I should say something to Devin?
Kitty: Life's short, and he's really cute. What if he feels the same way?
"He did before we broke up," Carrie said. "I knew something about Shelly was less than welcoming in my heart."
Meanwhile, Owen is telling Kitty about Noah, who's still oozing in awe over Emma.
"How long was it going to take for Noah to speak up about his crush?" Miles asked.
"Still gonna be a while," Noah answered.
Owen and Kitty commenting about Noah's crush on Emma leads to another commercial break.
"So," Jen said to Kitty. "You and Owen had a plan to get those two together?"
"Not at that moment," Owen answered. "Some of us were too busy trying to complete the challenge."
"No kidding," Kitty commented. "Did we mention the burning coal?"
"It was burning alright," Geoff answered to Kitty.
"You two sure handled it well," Jen said.
"Yeah we did!" Brody said.
He and Geoff bumped each other's chest. Stay tuned for the final part.