Jaime & Cara had one of their stronger legs at least through the start of leg nine before a Detour gone awry knocked them down to a fourth place finish. The duo raced through early on the top two or three of the field with Jaime completing the fish retrieval Roadblock in second place.
Considering their shared background, the ex-cheerleaders made what seemed like an obvious decision in going for the choreography Roadblock only to not be able to replicate the dance. Leg nine may have been the first case where the frustrations of ongoing communication issues for Jaime in particular got in the way of the team's performance.
Fortunately for Jaime & Cara, they recovered for a fourth place leg finish. More fortunately for them, there was no possibility that they could have been eliminated given the brothers' penalty deficit.
With leg ten again in China, Jaime & Cara (again Jaime more than Cara) will need to make some kind of accommodation with their taxi drivers and other locals with unfamiliar lingos if they are to make the final episode field.
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