Ashton Kutcher's a Genius

No really, the last episode of Beauty and the Geek had three teams facing off in a hiking race. It was the uber-geek Richard versus his arch rival Chuck and the boy scout Shawn & superfit Scarlet. Now the fix was on. Now if this wasn't fixed it was some perfect timing, Shawn takes about ten steps and falls over with all the dramatics of a 40's screen siren. His partner, not in on the fix I assume, jets past everyone else. Chuck and Caitilin win and are safe but wait how are the producer going to insure that Richard wins, well during the final quiz his partner Mindi aces her questions and Shawn stumbles and loses the game.
If the WB and the producers of this show haven't Punk'd us then they just edited the show nearly perfectly to suit the situation. I'm mean if Richard is real then everyone must hate him, they just opted to only show the audience the run-ins he had with Chuck.
Either way one more episode left and it's the two rivals going head to head. Whoever wins the star will be Richard even if he loses the $250,000 he is still going to get swept up by Kutcher's production company.

Update: For another great opinion check out Blessed are the Geeks, For They Shall Inherit the Earth. he makes a good point about the reverse roles that I didn't even think of.

Update2: Reading tvGeek I was reminded that for those who want to watch from the beginning the WB will have a Beauty and The Geek marathon on July 3. Enjoy.