# The Amazing Race (TAR 29) begins March 30 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209 "2017-03-28T12:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/181 "2017-06-03T17:40:20Z")
I agree with what’s already been said. For a finale, it wasn’t a great episode. I’m happy for Scott, he genuinely seemed like a good guy, and as others have posted he deserves the total prize for putting up with her bs. Once again, team Lolo disappointed. I don’t ever remember a finale where they had to remember what place they finished a leg in. That seems like it would be pretty easy. I know they’ve done the order they’ve gone to locations and the flag challenge usually screws everyone up. Have they done the what place did you finish before? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/182 "2017-06-03T21:35:24Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Yup, very anti-climatic. I like the “remember something about every leg” challenge at the end, it’s a good tradition, but everyone knows it’s coming now and so it’s rarely something a team will screw up and get passed up on. I think a better idea would be, once the teams arrive in the U.S. (and get to the first cluebox) is have a ‘hub’ system where there’s 3-4 challenges to do, and they need to complete all of them, in any order, sort of like a giant double U-Turn. Maybe do the finale leg with 4 teams instead of 3 as well, just to make it more competitive. Yeah, they’ve been doing the memory task for long enough for the teams to expect and prepare for it. I wouldn’t mind seeing them shake things up a bit. Maybe move the memory task to the next-to-last leg. For the final leg, after being joined at the hip for the whole Race, how about a task where the teams have to split up and do things apart? Instead of three postcards, there are six, each player has to get three, and they meet up afterwards. That way, the stronger player can’t make up for the other player’s bad navigation and such. > [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I gained some insight from this episode since I know Chicago and the surroundings fairly well. Chicagoland Speedway is in Joliet - not close to the city. There’s zero chance you’re catching a city cab there to get to the city, and next to zero chance you’re getting a cab to take you there from either airport. It hadn’t occurred to me before that teams catching cabs from some challenges were really catching TAR producer scheduled limos basically. It would be an $80 fare each way for the cabs to go to the speedway from the city in the first place, and then tote three people back to the city. You might be surprised. I had a friend who was travelling to New York City and wanted to meet a friend about 30 miles into New Jersey. He found a cab that would take him; and the driver had a book of how much the fare would be to certain towns. And it’s been mentioned here before that the Amazing Producers don’t want the teams driving themselves on the final leg. A million bucks is quite an incentive to speed, run red lights, etc. > [@](#): > > And yes, I would have taken the Red Line to the Water Tower and hoofed it south from there. Trying to get back to an el station and wait for a train from each post card point would have taken too much time - each stopping point was what, 4-6 blocks apart. Well, yeah, do them all on foot, but you could do the fountain first and then go north just as easily. The previous clue was in an underground transit station, but I don’t remember which one. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/183 "2017-06-04T02:37:38Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Maybe do the finale leg with 4 teams instead of 3 as well, just to make it more competitive. They did have a final leg a few seasons ago that started out with four teams, and one team was Philiminated about halfway through the leg. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/184 "2017-06-04T17:54:57Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Team LoLo must have some abysmal luck with taxi drivers. I can’t imagine any other reason why they’d fall so far behind when all the teams started the leg in the same place at the same time. Here is a “secret” video, where Team LoLo makes some mistakes looking for the postcards. TAR has a lot of extra footage that they put on their youtube channel. London does have some beautiful blue eyes. She and her sister, Chase, have a youtube channel where they recap each week. Team Fun have one as well. Neither have posted a recap of the finale though as of this morning. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/185 "2017-06-05T14:23:15Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Well, yeah, do them all on foot, but you could do the fountain first and then go north just as easily. The previous clue was in an underground transit station, but I don’t remember which one. Monroe Red Line, which is pretty close to the Fountain, but since you’re already there it’s easier to just hop on and go north. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/186 "2017-06-05T14:24:55Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I gained some insight from this episode since I know Chicago and the surroundings fairly well. Chicagoland Speedway is in Joliet - not close to the city. There’s zero chance you’re catching a city cab there to get to the city, and next to zero chance you’re getting a cab to take you there from either airport. It hadn’t occurred to me before that teams catching cabs from some challenges were really catching TAR producer scheduled limos basically. It would be an $80 fare each way for the cabs to go to the speedway from the city in the first place, and then tote three people back to the city. It was definitely interesting watching an episode where I actually knew where everything was. I laughed when Phil talked about the speedway while showing shots of the loop. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/187 "2017-06-06T02:50:33Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > She and her sister, Chase, have a youtube channel where they recap each week. Team Fun have one as well. Neither have posted a recap of the finale though as of this morning. The entire cast got together for a finale viewing and so were unavailable to shoot recaps until now. Chase and London have posted their finale recap, with TAR winner Scott: I think we see why Scott and Brooke won this season and Team LoLo didn't. On the flight to Chicago, Scott was researching the city while LoLo was sleeping. During the footrace between downtown landmarks, Scott had planned the most efficient route between waypoints while LoLo kind of muddle through. Although it also supports my assertion that LoLo had bad luck with taxis - Scott and Brooke got a taxi to the racetrack that flew like a bat out of hell while LoLo didn't. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/188 "2017-06-07T00:35:56Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > The entire cast got together for a finale viewing and so were unavailable to shoot recaps until now. Chase and London have posted their finale recap, with TAR winner Scott: > > I think we see why Scott and Brooke won this season and Team LoLo didn't. On the flight to Chicago, Scott was researching the city while LoLo was sleeping. During the footrace between downtown landmarks, Scott had planned the most efficient route between waypoints while LoLo kind of muddle through. Although it also supports my assertion that LoLo had bad luck with taxis - Scott and Brooke got a taxi to the racetrack that flew like a bat out of hell while LoLo didn't. Yep, Scott was a superfan. Checking their backpacks was veteran move. London and Brooke had to change the tire because they weren’t well-versed in Manual transmissions. One of their earlier podcasts revealed that Logan and Sara are in a relationship. Sara was the partner of the guy (Shemar?) who thought he ruptured his testicles. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209/189 "2017-06-07T16:46:24Z")
I quit watching as soon as it was clear that Brooke and Scott were going to win. I don’t believe I’ve ever done that before. It was an interesting set up for the season and for the most part I enjoyed it. But I never really took to any of the teams. Team Fun was probably the closest I got. When it came down to it, I did not want to watch a whiny, I-can’t-do-it loser like Brooke be rewarded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209.md?page=9)