# The Amazing Race Finale 9/21 (Spoilers, if you haven't seen it yet) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320 "2004-09-21T13:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/21 "2004-09-22T03:01:30Z")
East coast checking in here: Oh, thank you, Lord! ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/22 "2004-09-22T03:01:33Z")
I got teary-eyed at the end!! I missed a bit out of the middle, how did Chip and Kim successfully get on the earlier flight to Dallas? When I had to get up, they were in last place leaving the luge. Why were Colin and Brandon walking around with boxes at the airport? ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/23 "2004-09-22T03:02:48Z")
**yay!!!** ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/24 "2004-09-22T03:03:32Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Y’know – as much as I disdain Colin – I gotta admit, his end-game plans of limiting luggage and hiring a taxi ahead of time seem damned solid. Yeah, too bad that blew up in his face. YAY! ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/25 "2004-09-22T03:05:38Z")
We laughed, we cried, we sat at the edge of the couch, we ate thai food, and then we cheered. That soooooo rocked!!! Let’s start the next one! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/26 "2004-09-22T03:07:39Z")
Best Line: During the snowbiking, Brandon says “Nikki, just give me some peace!” To which, DeHusband replies, “Dude. I think maybe she’s given you enough pieces.” I wish the Moms did better, but really they did amazing. Also, best action of actually following the rules goes to Homeland Security! (They should have mailed the stuff.) C+C almost managed their anger. Almost. Tossled Hair Jesus Boy and Twig almost had an original thought. Almost. But Chip and Kim! The pair who actually did the tourist thing! Yippee!! I cried at the end. I’m such a sap. And now! We do the Dance of Joy!! ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/27 "2004-09-22T03:08:09Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > I got teary-eyed at the end!! > > I missed a bit out of the middle, how did Chip and Kim successfully get on the earlier flight to Dallas? When I had to get up, they were in last place leaving the luge. Why were Colin and Brandon walking around with boxes at the airport? The other team’s earlier flight was delayed 2 hours. Chip & Kim found out about it while the other’s were sleeping. Colin and Brandon decided to check their excess luggage so they wouldn’t have to haul it around, which turned out to be their downfall because they had to stay with the airline their luggage was on. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/28 "2004-09-22T03:12:56Z")
**Glory:** Colin & Christie and Brandon & Nicole checked in first on flight 848. Being last had one advantage: because of fog, that flight was delayed. Kim found out, went, “Hmmmm… I wonder if the other teams know their flight has a two hour delay?” And reserved seats on the next-best flight. She and Chip snuck out and caught the full connecting flight to Denver and then Dallas. Colin and Christie and Brandon and Nicole found out about the delay at the airport the next morning yet managed to get on the same flight to Denver as Chip and Kim. Only Colin and Christie managed to get on a flight that put them in Dallas 10 minutes behind Chip and Kim. Colin and Christie had the admittedly brilliant idea of shipping their extra luggage, which is why they were carrying boxes (not to mention the cabbie idea). Since Brandon and Nicole didn’t think of that, their extra luggage forced them tp abide by FAA rules to stay on a later connecting flight to Dallas than Colin and Christie. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/29 "2004-09-22T03:36:30Z")
GREAT episode! My heart was pounding! I was actually rooting for Colin & Christie because they were really the best racers. It kind of sucks that the last leg was pretty much determined by the delayed flight which allowed Chip and Kim to win because of the fact that they SUCKED BIG TIME on the physical challenges in Canada and got to the airport much later than the others. But I guess that’s the game. I was shocked to find out that they were coming to the Fort Worth Stockyards, about ten minutes from my house! Too cool, but I wish they’d shown a little more of the stockyards area than just the maze. (Some of my favorite bars and restaurants are down there) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/30 "2004-09-22T03:39:42Z")
I get way too worked up about these things. I finished watching about ten minutes ago and I swear my heart rate isn’t back to normal yet. Whew! And a hearty “Yay!” for C&K and an even more hearty, “Ha HAHAHAAAA!” for C&C. HAAAAAAAA! ---
**Author:** ![testride](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@testride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/testride)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/31 "2004-09-22T03:47:46Z")
Wait. Who was shipping their baggage and who was checking it? You can ship your stuff in a box like any other UPS freight (if you go to the right counter and you’re willing to wait a few days for it), but you have to travel with your checked baggage. Who did which? It looks like the mistake was checking the baggage before the last leg of the trip. If they had just checked it at the final flight, they could have abandoned it on the baggage carousel–they wouldn’t have had to carry it around in Dallas. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/32 "2004-09-22T03:52:21Z")
C&C and B&N both checked those boxes. They both had to connect on American because of it. They both came into Dallas on the same plane. C&C got so far ahead because they had a driver waiting for them who wasn’t afraid to put on a little speed (or to drive on the shoulder). I know I wasn’t the only person who was waiting hopefully for their cab to be pulled over for the idiotic shoulder trick… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/33 "2004-09-22T03:53:50Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > C&C and B&N both checked those boxes. They both had to connect on American because of it. They both came into Dallas on the same plane. > > C&C got so far ahead because they had a driver waiting for them who wasn’t afraid to put on a little speed (or to drive on the shoulder). I know I wasn’t the only person who was waiting hopefully for their cab to be pulled over for the idiotic shoulder trick… Ahead of Brandon & Nicole, that is. And can I just mention Brandon’s little inspirational speech on Lookout Mountain? “Just imagine Jesus is up there with his arms open, running down to meet you…” :eek: Way to reduce your Savior to a bad romantic movie cliche, GodBoy… ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/34 "2004-09-22T04:01:07Z")
So, how many other people here are a familiar with DIA, and were hoping for an extra kick in the nuts for Colin and Brandon when they kept arguing with the counter dudes rather than run to the American Airlines flight? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/35 "2004-09-22T04:03:38Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > So, how many other people here are a familiar with DIA, and were hoping for an extra kick in the nuts for Colin and Brandon when they kept arguing with the counter dudes rather than run to the American Airlines flight? I kept hoping that TSA agents would ask C&C and B&N to step to the side for a little “discussion”. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/36 "2004-09-22T04:16:57Z")
Hehe that too, I was talking about occasional 20 minute wait for a train. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/37 "2004-09-22T04:22:10Z")
Yay! Team Blue Lagoon embarassed themselves, Chip and Kim won by smarts and hard racing and Colin and Christie ran another good tough leg–note that no-one else ever seemed to hear of the strategy “always turn left”? And reserving the cab in advance was SMART. But then…Team Blue Lagoon might not have…it comes from _mythology_ after all. Or Dungeons and Dragons. Team Blue Lagoon showed themselves to be just as dumb as a box of bricks. In addition to sniping at the ticket counter (“YOU’RE SAYING THERE’S _NOTHING_ YOU CAN DO FOR ME?!”) while B&N had already taken off–note to **Wolfman** –C&C only quibbled, then took off. It was B&N who were having the hissy-fit. And yeah, DIA security guards are notoriously unfriendly (actually that should be ‘were’. ISTR that we got a new security company in charge)–I was hoping Blue Lagoon boy would get dragged to a back room somewhere. And c’mon. The trains at DIA are _neeever_ late. Ever. Really. Honest. Mayor Webb _said_ so! 😉 The best one part of the episode though? Bradon’s “Dur…what do ‘vert-i-go’ mean?” Damn, I’m glad they didn’t win. So, in the final tally, IMO the nicest team won and the most competent came in second. I agree with the earlier poster: Best. Episode. EVER! (Plus I _loved_ the maze–for once the last leg _didn’t_ come down to a pure foot or taxi race. Good job, Phil and Co.) ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/38 "2004-09-22T06:22:50Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > And can I just mention Brandon’s little inspirational speech on Lookout Mountain? “Just imagine Jesus is up there with his arms open, running down to meet you…” :eek: Way to reduce your Savior to a bad romantic movie cliche, GodBoy… The best part was the cut to the clouds and the angelic music after he said that. That gave me a good laugh, best edit since the Evil Goat. D ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/39 "2004-09-22T06:36:42Z")
Wow! Best finale EVER!! Way to go, Chip & Kim!!! They are the first team ever that I’m _glad_ to see win. Gotta admit, Colin reserving that Andretti Cab was the smartest move of the Race. Too bad it didn’t pay off. Oh, wait…make that, THANK GOD it didn’t pay off! 🙂 (I actually shouted, “Thank you Al-Queda!” when the trailing teams were informed of FAA rules. Can only imagine what the neighbors thought…) The local news had a piece on TAR5 tonight and said that the 6th season “is being raced as we speak,” so no wonder it got delayed. I’m actually glad the next race isn’t being shown right away, need a couple weeks for this one to sink in. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320/40 "2004-09-22T06:48:28Z")
> [@Dahnlor](#): > > The best part was the cut to the clouds and the angelic music after he said that. That gave me a good laugh, best edit since the Evil Goat. > D He’s yelling about imaging they are running to the open arms of Jesus and then it cuts to Collin yelling, “One million dollars!!” My wife and I laughed for the rest of the night over that. One’s on a religious quest and one is simply after the money. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-finale-9-21-spoilers-if-you-havent-seen-it-yet/265320.md?page=3)