– Jeannie is once again off to a slow start due to refusing help from Laurence until the last moments. Despite this, she manages to finish the end table. Episode 4: Counter Revolution: The Switcheroo Original Airdate: April 3, 2006 This episode focuses on kitchen renovations. For each individual challenge in this episode, the nominees were paired with other nominators. In an interesting twist, Andrew named David the episode's most improved for assisting Darryl, Barry and Merle in completing their respective tasks, while Keith himself was named the worst, largely due to his lack of leadership in the Fencing Challenge and the fact that he had completed only one of the 19 challenges so far, building the presbyterian chair in the previous episode that led to him being named the most improved. His extra work consists of building a smaller-scale fence from popsicle sticks. The Kitchen Sink The nominees must remove the existing sink and countertop and replace it with a new sink and countertop, including disconnecting and reconnecting the plumbing, all in two hours. This is indeed the hardest challenge to date, involving many skills from previous episodes. Darryl – Darryl is paired with David, who had been annoyed with his seemingly rude behavior, particularly toward Jeannie, in previous episodes. However, the two work very well together due to Darryl believing that David is more helpful in this challenge than Sara in the previous ones. The two together finish every step correctly in 90 minutes with the challenge's only passing grade and proceed to help the other nominees together in their spare time. Merle – Merle's speed annoys Sara as she helps him through the process: after disconnecting the sink, the countertop and the sink were removed together and some of the counter's framing remain attached to the countertop after it was removed, forcing Merle to reassemble the kitchen counter itself before attempting to attach the new countertop. In the plumbing portion, Merle insists on eyeballing the lengths of the pipes needed to connect his sink. Unfortunately for him, his cuts were too short and knowing Merle would try to use duct tape, his go-to quick-fix remedy, in the challenge, the crew had intentionally removed every single strip from the premises. However, he does manage to find plumber's putty, which he uses to seal the numerous joins in his plumbing. Although Merle's "patch-up" plumbing initially holds water, it is