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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 9:02 pm
Febuary!!!???? has the 2nd season started so soon in the past?? Great news though, we only have to wait less than 2 months!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 9:05 pm
I am so so happy the boys won. I wanted an all woman team to win too but not if it had to be the Bamas. I'm so happy they didn't win my feet want to dance. Don't want Janie to win either unless she is the best competitor but not at all if she's with Will. I liked the TAR9 ending where they had to solve the puzzle to make it to the finish mat. This needed to be 2 hours with a final competition. Maybe we should all send CBS a message.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 9:15 pm
LOL, if she was with Will it wouldn't be an all woman team. I agree.. TAR could easily be two hours for the finale.. In fact I was in total denial this morning.. sigh.. just couldn't make it be two hours, though. Now I will go watch it here. Sounds like Lynn and Karlyn were working very well but shouldn't have assumed they should go back to that airport without checking. And yeah.. once again it comes down to a cab factor 
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Muse
Member
08-09-2001
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 9:23 pm
I've been on the edge of my seat for a lot of TAR finales, but definitely NOT for this one. Too much running and relatively straight-forward driving. Too few mental tasks or figuring things out. And of course there's the fact that I found the final three teams kind of boring. Next season should be better. I will hope for a two-hour finale with a good mental task (kind of summing up the entire race, like the flag task Tyler and BJ did) at the end or close to it. I'm also putting more fast-forwards (perhaps even every leg) on my wish list for upcoming seasons.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 9:47 pm
Seamonkey, I meant that I thought the parents were right there in New York and would come stand on the mat with them. A phone call is ok but __
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 9:55 pm
Like everyone there expected the families to be there in person. Sort of a let down to just be on a phone call. 'squeek'
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 10:05 pm
For those of you who record the show, go back and look at Mary's face when the top two teams arrive and hit the mat. She looks less than thrilled, no smile, just kind of a forced smirk of a grin. She just wasn't all smiles and clapping like the other teams seemed to be. I certainly hope that once she got home and got to watch the show she could see for herself that Bama was not as committed to their alliance as she, her hubby and the Chos were. Maybe that's why she only asked for the Chos to get that cruise, too, that 'The View' gave them...???
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 10:11 pm
I'll have to watch for that at the end of the show. Never was a fan of Mary's because she was there to race and didn't. She took someone's place who wanted to race but I think that mostly it was because she liked the Bamas. The Cho Bros were just suckered any way you look at it.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 10:39 pm
Yeah and I seen the BQ's wore forced expressions and claps when the Lyns arrived. It went both ways.
quote:maybe our Janie will win her TAR when she's a contestant. And won't that be exciting!
Uh...no. For once, I didn't have a dog in this fight and it's an entirely different experience watching the finale. I didn't care who won and I can be just as happy that J/T won as I would have if R/K won or Bama did. All in all it was a fun season! Oh and if the families would have been there...they wouldn't have been able to do that last minute Sprint commercial. :D
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 10:48 pm
What a bummer of a finale! I am totally happy that the boys won. Did not want to see the screetchy fighting couple win and certainly not the sourpuss bamas. What a snoozefest. At first I was bummed that it was not two hours. After seeing it, I know why it was only an hour and I am way grateful!!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 11:15 pm
I haven't bothered to watch it yet. Was watching figure skating, and then Dexter, now watching I'll Fly Away, have TAR, 7th Heaven, Cold Case, Brothers & Sisters and Tsunami, the Aftermath, plus one more Figure Skating competition on this DVR. I suppose I will watch it, eventually.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 11:26 pm
The best team definitely won, so that was good. But I agree, what a simple finale - where was the challenge? I really think there should be several stunts in the last city, otherwise when everything is straightforward like that, it's a large amount of luck - getting on the first plane, getting a good taxi driver. But it turned out well. Even Bama appeared likeable this episode, so it wasn't too bad in the end. (I know this post sounds moany, but I felt it was a little disappointing compared to previous finales.)
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Lizziedi
Member
10-05-2005
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 1:06 am
I thought, as a whole, the finale went quite well, until the New York leg. The skydiving was fun to watch, the pattern cutting was much harder than it seamed(lol). A series of back-to-back challenges, the teams very close. The Lyns choosing Orly was a first a very smart move. That being said, I would guess the producers were a bit disappointed in the end. How could they forsee that two teams would find a way to get the earlier flight? Remember when the Guido's ended up being a full day behind in the Arctic? (It was the Guido's, right?) The only way to prevent this possibility is to bring them all back to the states before the last leg, I think. Still love the race! Happy for the models, I really think they deserved it, were the best racers when all was said and done.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 1:44 am
Booooooooooooo!!! I didnt want them to win SIGH so next season is another ALLSTAR? i saw the ad during the show. Oh lordy, you just know Romber will give it another try.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 3:34 am
I think the problem with the ending was that things they had to find were too well known. The unfinished church and the sculpture in the last leg was too well known, unlike the resturant with a foreign name like last year. Just about everyone they asked knew about them.It turned out to not be much of a challenge to find them and so there was not a lot of drama. I would have been OK with any of the teams winning but I am glad the guys won, mainly because I think they really ran the best race the entire season. Look how many times they came in first or second. And they did not bicker much. They had a pretty good attitude throughout.
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 5:13 am
Nickovtyme - here's the difference: We all know about the animosity between the BQs and Bama, so no surprise there. However, Kentucky - and especially Mary - has been gushed over for her 'friendliness, support, great-attitude, etc'. But I don't recall the Models or Kim/Rob ever getting into it w/Kentucky, so why the sour expression? Or rather, why the pout? Certainly not the 'great attitude no matter what' that she's been touted for...
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 5:18 am
I rewatched the ending. I don't see any big deal with Mary's expression. David look more unhappy than Mary did. She never was really Ms. Smiley Face so she looked normal to me. David/Mary I don't think got into it with anyone they were just echoing the Bamas in their actions.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 5:35 am
Maybe she had just eating some bad chinese food before the Finale. I know when I sometimes eat the Number 6, it really does a number on me...and I'm not gonna be cheerful or happy for anybody. but really, seems both of those teams are getting a do-over anyway.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 8:51 am
I think the problem was that they really couldn't do a big challenge in the NYC area....they'd likely be spotted for sure. Unfortunately, that made the final part basically anti-climatic...whoever got to the sculpture first would win (and that was decided by a freaking EZ Pass..)
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Nerovh
Member
06-11-2005
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:07 am
Maybe James and Tyler should donate some of their money to the toll system in thanks for the invention of the E-Z Pass. Or maybe donate to the NY cab drivers' association to buy E-Z Passes for underprivileged cabbies (like Rob and Kim's) who don't have one LOL.
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Sportygirl
Member
06-14-2005
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:47 am
Of the remaining teams, I didn't mind the boys winning but I agree that there should have been a little more challenge at the end of the race to determine the winner. I thought for sure when they went to the News Building that they would have a challenge there but all they had to do was get to St. Basil's. Definitely very anticlimatic. Plus another all male team as the winners. If it was a father/son team I wouldn't mind but I am tired of the 20-30 year old alpha male teams even if most of them are nice to look at 
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 10:41 am
Amen to that Sportygirl.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 10:59 am
or maybe Rob/Kim can get a job advertising the benefits of the EZ Pass ("We lost a million dollars because we didn't have an EZ Pass, don't let this happen to you...")
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 11:09 am
Wilson, that is hilarious!! I think they should kind of make all the teams more even from the start. Like don't have any 20 something double male teams. If a 20 something male wants to race, they have to be paired up with a dad or something just to give some of the other teams a chance. Let's face it, when you see a team like an older couple, you know that there is no possible way they will win.
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 11:22 am
I pretty well figured a number of shows ago that the boys were the "odds on" to win so I'm not surprised nor disappointed. I too thought the final show was weak. Another choke point plane situation that really brought all the teams to equal and only the luck of the draw with the limited seats knocked the Lyn's out of the race. From there on there really wasn't much challenge that the pairs had control over. Get in the right taxi with a "speed pass" and you're home free.
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