The teams start by traveling to France. Transportation confusion with trains and jets causes some teams into the lead to fall behind, while others reach the route marker in France early. There, they're surprised to find themselves faced with a Roadblock rather than a Detour. The Roadblock involves changing the tires on a race car and then doing a lap with a professional driver. All teams succesfully complete the task and then head to the next location, a lighthouse over 500 miles away. However, they find themselves all bunched together by the morning opening hours. Some teams check into a hotel, while others choose to wait by the side of the road. When Tian and Jaree arrive the next morning, after checking into a hotel, they're escorted to a parking spot by police. However, the teams on the side of the road cry foul, thinking that they're cutting in line. In the end, the original line is preserved and the fussing was for nothing. The teams receive a clue taking them to the Georges de Blavet, 93 miles away. There, they encounter this leg's Detour: Ropes or Slopes. In the end, all teams choose Ropes, except for Tian and Jaree, who fall behind and opt for the Fast Forward. The Fast Forward places them in first place. The other teams race for the pit stop and in the end, Steve and Dave, despite being behind most of the leg, once again manage to squeak in. Steve and Josh, however, fall far behind and are eliminated from the race.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 4 Episode 4 of The Amazing Race resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Amazing Race Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - Cheaters Never Win—And They Cheated!
• s04e02 - It Doesn't Say Anything About First Come, First Served. And We're Bigger.
• s04e03 - I Wasn't Even Going to Touch You Until You Slammed My Head Backwards!
• s04e04 - Check Your Tires Because...Oh God, You Never Know What'll Happen!
• s04e05 - You Are Just Deliberately Trying to Make Us Lose!
• s04e06 - I Could Never Have Been Prepared for What I'm Looking at Right Now
• s04e07 - We're Going Down the Wrong Side of the Freeway...And the Lights Are Off!
• s04e08 - The Princess Reminded Me of My Grandmother. She Was Very Old but Still Very, Very with It
• s04e09 - We're Not at Charm School Learning to How to Be a Gentleman, We're Racing
• s04e10 - That's Me. That's My Face. Just Hit My Face. Hit My Face!
• s04e11 - Such a Nice Pheremone Smell to You; Just Makes Me Want to Stay Close to You
• s04e12 - He's a Few Ticks Away from Having a Heart Attack!
• s04e13 - It's Like Adam Building His First House!

The Amazing Race Show Summary

The Amazing Race is an adventure reality show hosted by Phil Keoghan that pits 10, 11, or 12 teams of 2 or 4 people against each other in a race around the world for approximately 40 days. In a leg, they go to destinations where they will complete a roadblock, a task where 1 person completes (Season 1-7) or 2 people (Season 8), a detour, where you have to decide between two tasks that are usually opposite of each other, and a miscellaneous task.

After they complete all these tasks, they will be directed to go to a Pit stop where they will have a 24 hour rest period where they will be able to eat, drink, sleep, and mingle with other teams. The last team to check into the Pit Stop usually is eliminated, but sometimes there is a non-elimination leg in which no one is eliminated. After all teams are eliminated except for 3, these three race to the finish line where the winning team wins 1 million dollars.