The Twinkies head for a phone to work on their travel arrangements, trying to improve on their Qantas flight, unaware that if they don't fix it, it will put them behind Colin and Christie by about three hours. Chip and Kim, on the other hand, know just where they stand as they book a New Zealand Airlines flight landing at 11:55. (Again, the yellow letters say "PM," but that's clearly not right. I hate it when post-production pays less obsessive attention than I do.) Chip explains that this will put them 20 minutes behind "that doggone Colin and Christie." Heh. "Doggone." Brandon and Nicole come up behind Chip and Kim at the counter, and the teams exchange friendly greetings. Nicole asks the guy behind the counter when the flight arrives in New Zealand. "12:20, baby," Brandon says, gently insistent, as if she's not listening. "Air New Zealand arrives at 11:55," the guy answers. (Once AGAIN, the yellow letters incorrectly say "PM.") They stand back from the counter, and Nicole teases, "So you know it all, don't you?" Brandon looks embarrassed, and then makes a "blah blah blah" face that's kind of hard to explain, but I thought it was pretty cute and not at all malicious. The guy offers Nicole a printout, and she says to Brandon calmly, "No question is a stupid question. Didn't you ever go to Pre-K...kindergarten?" "You stayed there a few years, didn't you?" he banters back. She mock-smacks him. "Did that stick out because you were in Pre-K for three or four years?" he deadpans. "Three years? Or four years?" he persists. She picks up her hand. "I'm gonna backhand you, boy," she says. "You won't be able to model ever again in this town." (At which point I said to the assembled horde in M. Giant's living room, "Where, in...Calcutta?")













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