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Originally Posted by GPhiBLtColonel
Just got in from a trip out of state and missed the show --who won?
I am like the rest of many of you here - I wanted the BQs to win although I really had a soft spot in my heart for the coal miner couple....
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i didnt wanna spoil it for those who hadnt seen it. OK here's my full assessment here.
but really, i felt that last leg of the race was a matter of hustling your way onto the right flights, which upsets me cause they bust their asses the whole way and then its like, all we have to do is lose these folks? ive never see a full season of TAR, but im guessing thr producers say, let them have some fun its almost over?
what couldve changed the outcome:
1. bama staying at the first airport and asking for flights perhaps to newark? (i dont think LGA is international)
2. rob/kim & the models grabbing a cab downtown to the CUBE vs. walking (really, from where they were at the news building to the cube was a direct path straight down one avenue.
(ok i know there are others but off the top of my head)
again, i felt the ending was really anticlimatic. bama was out at paris. there was no competition once they hit NY - they couldve done so much more and used better landmarks (though the cube was a good one). and getting to that school upstate was a matter of if your cabbie knew the highway up there and if the locals could direct you. the race was close in the end, but i didnt feel the excitement behind it. i was like, eh whatever.
how did the teams get enough $$ for the cab ride upstate? thats a good $100+ being that to the airport itself is $45. and maybe this was edited out, but many cabs are reluctant to go even past the upper east side. harlem, brooklyn, MAYBE. garrison, NY? please! maybe the power of the video camera helps?
and from a TV/ratings perspective, Bama winning wouldve made better TV. they had the most on the line for their families. they seemed to be struggling a lot in the race (i started watching mid season) and to make it in the top 3 as the first female team - amazing. their day-after interviews wouldve been more interesting than the models and overall wouldve made for a better finale.