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Okay, after wading and slogging through 11 pages of RFF on this upcoming episode, here's what may happen (don't read if you still want the finale to be a surprise -- as if I really know the exact happenings):

After getting their TBC clue from Phil, all of the teams get bunched up at the next location where the gnomes are stashed. The gnome pickup occurs very early, like 7 or 8 AM. T/V are the first to find a gnome and J/C are a close second. J/C follow T/V because the brother-sister speak/read the language; thus, both teams end up doing the same detour that doesn't involve any make-up. T/V finish the detour first and they find the U-Turn clue box first. They U-Turn J/C because the gingers are right behind them, plus they don't know where the other two teams are and don't want to risk of wasting a U-Turn if M/L or K/J finished their detour first. The morning sun on unmakeup'd J/C suggests sometime around 8 or 9 AM.

Meanwhile, M/L and J/K do the other detour involving makeup and dress up, they finish quickly, but have a hard time finding the U-Turn clue box for several hours (apparently they couldn't ditch the costumes). By this time, T/V have completed the food eating roadblock and found the pitstop -- possibly hours before the production staff expected. The shadows at the pitstop could indicate as early as 11 AM.

While the other teams wander, J/C arrive at the makeup detour, do it and then get back to the U-Turn clue box before K/J and M/L. J/C hammer out the roadblock quickly, but then have a hard time navigating to the next road info clue or pitstop. This is when M/L get to the roadblock -- maybe they see three trays -- not knowing there was five -- so they get excited that they might be ahead of both J/C and K/J. Ultimately, M/L are second to arrive at the pitstop as evident by their happy -- instead of relieved -- reaction. The shadows suggest mid-afternoon for M/L check-in. They do their confessional before they know if K/J get eliminated, so they continue to recount the Bitchgate dynamics.

J/C struggle to get to the pitstop encountering language problems again, but to their surprise, they beat K/J. They have a confessional in the late afternoon. Knowing they are in last place, K/J are joking with each other at the roadblock, then make their way to the pitstop. K/J are eliminated, but not surprised they were last after all of the time lost to trying to find the U-Turn clue. It's possible their confessional is done the following day because they look cleaned up and relaxed (Jen's hair is made up, not mashed down by her striped hat).

The early arrival of T/V at the pitstop ultimately leads to T/V getting on a significantly earlier flight out of China and earlier flight to Hawaii. So much earlier that coincidentally PK and BVM are on T/V's flight. Note: PK and BVM probably had a tight schedule to begin with because of the post-pitstop interviews that had to be done, then get on the next flight out of China. Production probably thought all three teams would get bunched up on the same set of flights that occurred after PK/BVM's flights.

In the end, T/V easily cruise to the finish line in first place. Don't know which team is second or third -- who are on the same set of flights. Since PK keeps referring to Margie as the Bionic Woman, it may come down to a run for second place and M/L sprint past J/C.

(I'd put some or all of this in the spoiler [+] click-link, but I don't know how to format it that way)