This week, unfortunately, we don't see much of the bad ass Tully that we got a glimpse of last week. That's a bummer, because that is a good storyline. Instead, we saw Tully retreat back to his shy gardener persona as he faced the challenge of robbing a bank in order to jump ahead in the race (kind-of like a Fast Forward in The Amazing Race). Then, Bank Robber Tully emerged again only when he had to- when a security guard caught his partners robbing the bank. From the previews for next week, it looks like Tully is in his old stomping grounds and still has some contacts in the underworld to care for Sean Salazar, who was shot in the robbery. I wonder how much more of this Godfather-style story we're going to see from Tully before he finally adopts one persona or another permanently.

Leigh and Susan's storyline got more interesting this week. We kind-of forgot about them after Ivy ditched them for crazy Wendy and her minivan. They were eliminated from the race for not arriving at the drive-thru in time, but Susan refused to accept her fate. She gave a great, impassioned speech to the race organizer about how she talks to God (including the great line about her woes, "...and the Preston's drive-thru where they left the meat out of my double-meat burger!") We learned that she's about as nutty as Wendy-- she talks to God, and has done so since Hurricane Katrina.

Too bad we're not going to explore her character any further, though, because she got killed this week. The crash scene was pretty damn rad, though, as we rode around in the Ford Focus with the women while the car spun in circles. During his Twitter extras last week, director Greg Yaitanes said they were striving to shoot action scenes like you've never seen them before. I'd say this one qualifies. My question is: who killed Susan? Was the driver of that giant truck that hit them (multiple times) part of the race? If so, that's pretty brutal.

I am very disappointed in the Ellie-Rob/A.W.O.L. storyline. I'd like to see a little more motivation on the part of Ellie. Her bids to keep her husband out of Iraq are understandable and emotionally charged- yet, that's not enough for me. I don't trust this chick and I don't think it's just her husband that she is worried about. Hopefully there's more to her because so far she's a one-dimensional character.

And as far as Wendy goes, I think that storyline was just a set-up for more excitement next week. Wendy found out that her son's "safe house" was being watched and she was told to come pick him up, so she turned around and started heading for Ohio. Her new (and annoying) race partner, Ivy, was a little peeved about not winning $32 million, so she pointed the gun at Wendy. We also learned that Ivy cannot drive. What is she doing in this race, exactly?

I'm giving this episode a '5' rating because I didn't feel like anything really exciting or revealing happened. Sure, Susan was killed off, but we barely knew her before she died. I didn't feel any real loss for her, except that I would've liked to have seen more of a character in a race who thought she was being driven by God. Maybe Leigh will pick up that mentality. I can't be sure yet whether she is racing for Susan or God.