While it is perfectly fine to explain why you think a racer or a team did not
do well in a task, or behaved badly, or just isn't your favorite, it is
NOT okay to be rude or impolite in doing so. We don't allow personal
attacks on each other or on our racer friends. Comments on how they raced are
fair, personal attacks are not.
Kristi & Jen take their pic at the peak and move up to 3rd. Meanwhile, Henry & Evan are still hanging lanterns with a smile. Everyone else is moving on to the waterfront. Cody & Jessica are following Indy hoping they can overtake them.It is not Mandarin but in Cantonese
Alex & Conor and Cody & Jess split to find the clue box at the promenade while Kristi & Jen trail along.
Kristi & Jen find the DETOUR CLUE: Hairy Crab or Grub Grab
In Hairy Crab, teams must wrap 50 live crabs by twine in a fake typhoon to receive their next clue. In Grub Grab, teams must take orders in Mandarin Chinese at a restaurant to receive their next clue. Kisha & Jen would LOVE this choice, lol.
All teams except Yale get their clues. Henry & Evan take their pic and head to the waterfront. Cody & Jessica and Al ex & Conor are doing crabs. Ouches and yows heard around the world!
Thank you for the correction. :tup:Kristi & Jen take their pic at the peak and move up to 3rd. Meanwhile, Henry & Evan are still hanging lanterns with a smile. Everyone else is moving on to the waterfront. Cody & Jessica are following Indy hoping they can overtake them.It is not Mandarin but in Cantonese
Alex & Conor and Cody & Jess split to find the clue box at the promenade while Kristi & Jen trail along.
Kristi & Jen find the DETOUR CLUE: Hairy Crab or Grub Grab
In Hairy Crab, teams must wrap 50 live crabs by twine in a fake typhoon to receive their next clue. In Grub Grab, teams must take orders in Mandarin Chinese at a restaurant to receive their next clue. Kisha & Jen would LOVE this choice, lol.
All teams except Yale get their clues. Henry & Evan take their pic and head to the waterfront. Cody & Jessica and Al ex & Conor are doing crabs. Ouches and yows heard around the world!
I recall reading something here on RFF that Jody fans in Hong Kong were sent out to help them, and someone even gave one of the other teams wrong directions?Yes. An Australian dude gave Kristi & Jen wrong directions on purpose.
I recall reading something here on RFF that Jody fans in Hong Kong were sent out to help them, and someone even gave one of the other teams wrong directions?
That's awful.I recall reading something here on RFF that Jody fans in Hong Kong were sent out to help them, and someone even gave one of the other teams wrong directions?
Wasn't a Jody fan. Was a random Australian dude messing around.
I recall reading something here on RFF that Jody fans in Hong Kong were sent out to help them, and someone even gave one of the other teams wrong directions?
whew, at least it didn't affect them.I recall reading something here on RFF that Jody fans in Hong Kong were sent out to help them, and someone even gave one of the other teams wrong directions?Yes. An Australian dude gave Kristi & Jen wrong directions on purpose.
I recall reading something here on RFF that Jody fans in Hong Kong were sent out to help them, and someone even gave one of the other teams wrong directions?
Several times in SF. There are videos of the liars gloating.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb140/ga--peach/TAR%2030/FINALE/Cookie%20Skiers2.jpgWas this not posted during filming?? Don't remember seeing the photo.
We come back to the Big Brother team in despair for a taxi. They eventually getin one. Kristi & Jen arrive in 1st at the Hornet.
"This is it!" - in unison
Teams must assemble a model biplane by arranging 12 parts (hidden around the elaborate aircraft carrier ship) representing each of the previous and current Legs of this race correctly in order to proceed to the Finish Line.
Kristi & Jen start off in a hurried mindset while BB and Yale arrive right after. Its gonna be a tight race!
I just hope Kristi and Jen van finish this quick I don't want BB or the very boring debates to win if the debates win they will be the borinest winners ever:cmaslol
*Henry gets the puzzle right*Oh man, what a simple change can do to you in the race... he's gonna be kicking himself a for a while with that fault. Sigh.
*doesn't ask for a check*
*changes one of the pieces to a wrong one*
Evan: Henry, good job!
:cmaslol
Worst. Season. Ever.Mine are still 24 and 28 by a long stretch, but this season isn't as high as several of the others in my rankings.
Team extreme is marked to be on next returning season for sureThey really fell apart these last two legs. But at least now that they have at least three women's team who could meet this distinction, they might indeed have another season of returnees. I hope that Kym & Alli and Tiffany & Krista are the other two, if they decide to cast three.
WHat was NOT shown during the Final task was that TWO teams had not paid their taxis and HAD to stop the task and come out to pay.
Debate and Skiers
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Worst. Season. Ever.Nothing can really beat season 4 or season 16 to me in terms of worst season
WHat was NOT shown during the Final task was that TWO teams had not paid their taxis and HAD to stop the task and come out to pay.Daaamn, that might very well be the reason Yale didn't win.
Debate and Skiers
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The last time I had winners I was actually happy with was Season 24. We got down to the final EIGHT teams and all but one of them I would have been happy winning, and of course not a one of them won. Instead two despicable human beings get to win a million dollars.
The last time I had winners I was actually happy with was Season 24. We got down to the final EIGHT teams and all but one of them I would have been happy winning, and of course not a one of them won. Instead two despicable human beings get to win a million dollars.
I'm sorry, hate to discuss past seasons, but didn't Dave just cry about being U-Turned and complained for most of the season?The last time I had winners I was actually happy with was Season 24. We got down to the final EIGHT teams and all but one of them I would have been happy winning, and of course not a one of them won. Instead two despicable human beings get to win a million dollars.
I'm not sorry. I have to endure almost everybody here badmouthing Dave & Connor literally all the time, so I think I'm allowed to do it for a team that I despise just as much.Fair enough.
I'm not sorry. I have to endure almost everybody here badmouthing Dave & Connor literally all the time, so I think I'm allowed to do it for a team that I despise just as much.
(lurking today haha)Why would you just spoil yourself if you're not watching???
Wow! Sounds fun and exciting for a 2-hour finale. :nut:
Henry got it right at first!? :(I can't find the facepalm emoji):
I wanna see Kristi & Jen in the next returning racers season. :torche If they do, I predict they might not do as well as they did this season. Never placing below 3rd automatically marks them off as a threat. If the cowboys were U-turned out on both all-star seasons they were in, what more with a strong FF team like Kristi & Jen? :(
In Asian timezones we are hard to catch it up on live :jam:I'm not sorry. I have to endure almost everybody here badmouthing Dave & Connor literally all the time, so I think I'm allowed to do it for a team that I despise just as much.I think there's quite a big difference between hating a racer's/team's mentality and outright calling somebody despicable without any given reason.(lurking today haha)Why would you just spoil yourself if you're not watching???
Wow! Sounds fun and exciting for a 2-hour finale. :nut:
Henry got it right at first!? :(I can't find the facepalm emoji):
I wanna see Kristi & Jen in the next returning racers season. :torche If they do, I predict they might not do as well as they did this season. Never placing below 3rd automatically marks them off as a threat. If the cowboys were U-turned out on both all-star seasons they were in, what more with a strong FF team like Kristi & Jen? :(
I'm not sorry. I have to endure almost everybody here badmouthing Dave & Connor literally all the time, so I think I'm allowed to do it for a team that I despise just as much.I think there's quite a big difference between hating a racer's/team's mentality and outright calling somebody despicable without any given reason.
Reasons for returning
Extreme:
(UB2) leading the finale until a final roadblock causing their downfall, and never finish below 3rd over the race
(AS3) highest-average placing FF teams
Indy car:
(UB2) falling short of final 3 despite winning the most number of legs
(AS3) their unique friendship among all other Male teams
Yales :
(UB2) Falling short of winning just because of Henry deciding not to get a check for final roadblock
(AS3) I don't see them having a chance to come back after the constant bashing towards Evan by casuals
Why wouldn’t they have paid for their taxis? Surely they thought this was the last stop? They’d done so much!Only 3 seasons have set the location of last task as finish line. Season 24/27/28
Why wouldn’t they have paid for their taxis? Surely they thought this was the last stop? They’d done so much!
In Asian timezones we are hard to catch it up on live :jam:(lurking today haha)Why would you just spoil yourself if you're not watching???
Wow! Sounds fun and exciting for a 2-hour finale. :nut:
Henry got it right at first!? :(I can't find the facepalm emoji):
I wanna see Kristi & Jen in the next returning racers season. :torche If they do, I predict they might not do as well as they did this season. Never placing below 3rd automatically marks them off as a threat. If the cowboys were U-turned out on both all-star seasons they were in, what more with a strong FF team like Kristi & Jen? :(
Why wouldn’t they have paid for their taxis? Surely they thought this was the last stop? They’d done so much!
Not a bad decision actually.
They were MILES away from SF, in the dark, in a locked down location.
Had there been another task they would have been up the creek with no hope of getting a taxi.
Why wouldn’t they have paid for their taxis? Surely they thought this was the last stop? They’d done so much!
Not a bad decision actually.
They were MILES away from SF, in the dark, in a locked down location.
Had there been another task they would have been up the creek with no hope of getting a taxi.
Oh yeah. Because the taxi ride is sometimes what causes the change in place! Crazy.
The only reason Big Brother won is because they gutted the number of roadblocks. Jessica got carried by Cody, and that's bull**** imo.
Yales :
(UB2) Falling short of winning just because of Henry deciding not to get a check for final roadblock
(AS3) I don't see them having a chance to come back after the constant bashing towards Evan by casuals
Of the seasons since the last All-Stars, my current ranking is now 25, 29, 30, 28, 27, 26, but there's a good gap between 30 and 28. I really hope TAR keeps up a streak of good seasons because that's two great seasons in a row after having two meh and one bad season.
Of the seasons since the last All-Stars, my current ranking is now 25, 29, 30, 28, 27, 26, but there's a good gap between 30 and 28. I really hope TAR keeps up a streak of good seasons because that's two great seasons in a row after having two meh and one bad season.
I like this game! I've gotta go 28 - 30 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 26. Just didn't care for either of the 'strangers' themed seasons. Something was really lacking there. I was expecting to loathe the social media season, but it shattered my expectations and I loved it. I also loved this season. 25 and 27 are in the middle for me: both good seasons, but not up to 28 and 30's quality.
The various things I'm reading are hinting that there was some drama at the finish line about teams that hadn't paid their cabs yet. Does anyone know more about this?
What was NOT shown during the Final task was that TWO teams had chosen to keep their taxis and HAD to stop the task and come out to pay.
Debate and Skiers
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**looked up for TAR reddit, especially dpthe live discussion and post discussion thread, and it was really cance than ive ever expected before, some just bashing on winners and mocking to other team's rooter instead of appreciating the finale leg itself*
I assume the thing in the bottom-right are the handcuffs from Hong Kong, but what's that crank in the top-right, presumably from St-Tropez?
I assume the thing in the bottom-right are the handcuffs from Hong Kong, but what's that crank in the top-right, presumably from St-Tropez?
That's the one that I was stumped on, too, when writing the Wikipedia table last night. St-Tropez was the oar, I thought.
The only reason Big Brother won is because they gutted the number of roadblocks. Jessica got carried by Cody, and that's bull**** imo.
Did you miss the last 15 minutes of the episode where she was forced to do the final task by herself and beat Jen and Henry and ran to the finish line or did you just chose to ignore it?
Nope, season 24 had lots of drama with RB counts.The only reason Big Brother won is because they gutted the number of roadblocks. Jessica got carried by Cody, and that's bull**** imo.
Did you miss the last 15 minutes of the episode where she was forced to do the final task by herself and beat Jen and Henry and ran to the finish line or did you just chose to ignore it?
There hasn't been such a lopsided number of roadblocks since the old 11-1's.
Could someone NAME THESE ITEMS please? :funny:
Did anyone catch the classic TAR finish line music playing at the finish line? I feel the last time I heard that was S17.
Poor Henry. I wonder if he only found out he had it right last night? Will Evan forgive him? Seriously, I wonder. Especially after the extra footage scenes with Phil asking them about being soul mates and neither being able to answer the question.
They're still together. Rob interviewed all 4 teams today.Glad to hear it! :cheer:
Did anyone catch the classic TAR finish line music playing at the finish line? I feel the last time I heard that was S17.
Anyone notice anything? #thisplanewon'tfly
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Jen said on Rob Has a Podcast that one of the hardest parts of the final challenge for her was that the clue said properly assemble a plane and solve the puzzle but in reality, "properly assembling" the plane was subservient to solving the puzzle and the final solution for everyone actually wasn't a proper assembly.
Evan is cardiovascularly exhausted and trying to catch up. Kristi and Cody are butt-to-butt at this point. But Cody still reaches the top first right before Kristi. Evan is struggling.
I love the edit for this leg! Feels like TAR12-17 now.
Cody is in some neon jumpsuit getting ready to JUMP!
Commercials.
it KILLED me when Henry had the right combination and didn't get it checked. Oh well.
Henry & Evan were boring!? I think they weren't, especially with Evan being very strategic and competitive. It's like she had some sort of villain edit at some points.
The finale is greatCody and Jessica irritated me a lot with their reactions in the past episode and the exit interview
All the tasks are hard enough to allow shuffling of placement throughout the leg
Actually I would say this season is overally good. At least unlike recent season, there are much less linear legs. The tasks are always not easy for team lagging behind to catch up
However, i have to say i dun really like the winner of this season.
While watching the interview, Jessica just kept saying that she defeated team Yale in written test but i would like to point out that she had a head start over Henry (although i dunno the exact length of the head start). I am pretty sure Henry spent less time than Jessica to finish this final task. I agree that they defeated Team Yale in the race, but in terms of the final memory task, I have conservation about her saying she defected Henry
Also, Cody accused Henry of copying Jessica’s work but where is the evidence? I am very annyed by his accusation without any evidence
I just feel they are so arrogant that i dislike...
Finally caught the last 2 episodes, and got to say quite disappointed about the result.I'm guessing the race planners found this article and assumed "destruction therapy" is from Hong Kong's entertainment subculture. Even the writer for this story says that there are rage rooms all around the world, so I'm not sure why they particularly chose HK.
The Hong Kong leg is generally great. Growing up in Hong Kong I always enjoy when TAR came to my city, and I always think the Peak should be visited as it is so beautiful, glad that they finally did it this time. If they also did a tram ride up the Peak that would be great! Detour is very good as well as it creates some challenge on either side, roadblock just meh and it doesn't represent any Hong Kong culture (what Phil said was not true and I have never seen any people here smashing electronics to release stress...). Last task at LKF is just awesome, and it is a genius plan to do it in a crowded place without letting them get people help easily, would be the best if they are not allowed to do trial and error without getting all 3 correct signs.
The finale is greatCody and Jessica irritated me a lot with their reactions in the past episode and the exit interview
All the tasks are hard enough to allow shuffling of placement throughout the leg
Actually I would say this season is overally good. At least unlike recent season, there are much less linear legs. The tasks are always not easy for team lagging behind to catch up
However, i have to say i dun really like the winner of this season.
While watching the interview, Jessica just kept saying that she defeated team Yale in written test but i would like to point out that she had a head start over Henry (although i dunno the exact length of the head start). I am pretty sure Henry spent less time than Jessica to finish this final task. I agree that they defeated Team Yale in the race, but in terms of the final memory task, I have conservation about her saying she defected Henry
Also, Cody accused Henry of copying Jessica’s work but where is the evidence? I am very annyed by his accusation without any evidence
I just feel they are so arrogant that i dislike...
1) They claimed Henry copied Jessica's work with no evidence
2) their reaction towards Yale's congratulation at the finish line
3) They literally said they were unhappy with Yale getting into final 3 directly next to Yale at the Hong Kong mat
4) Cody mentioning of not enjoyed travelling around the world constantly throught out the race, as well as in their exit interviews
I mean, you can dislike Yale. But your way of aliening them just show you are not good people either
The finale is greatCody and Jessica irritated me a lot with their reactions in the past episode and the exit interview
All the tasks are hard enough to allow shuffling of placement throughout the leg
Actually I would say this season is overally good. At least unlike recent season, there are much less linear legs. The tasks are always not easy for team lagging behind to catch up
However, i have to say i dun really like the winner of this season.
While watching the interview, Jessica just kept saying that she defeated team Yale in written test but i would like to point out that she had a head start over Henry (although i dunno the exact length of the head start). I am pretty sure Henry spent less time than Jessica to finish this final task. I agree that they defeated Team Yale in the race, but in terms of the final memory task, I have conservation about her saying she defected Henry
Also, Cody accused Henry of copying Jessica’s work but where is the evidence? I am very annyed by his accusation without any evidence
I just feel they are so arrogant that i dislike...
1) They claimed Henry copied Jessica's work with no evidence
2) their reaction towards Yale's congratulation at the finish line
3) They literally said they were unhappy with Yale getting into final 3 directly next to Yale at the Hong Kong mat
4) Cody mentioning of not enjoyed travelling around the world constantly throught out the race, as well as in their exit interviews
I mean, you can dislike Yale. But your way of aliening them just show you are not good people either
I agree with these sentiments and opinions. It is disappointing to see Jessica and Cody's lack of decorum. They continued their ungraciousness towards Evan and Henry in the finale even after their win.
While Evan is portrayed to have competitive qualities that can justifiably alienate them socially, the behavior and verbal language of Jessica/Cody and Conor/Alex are atrocious and disheartening. Evan maintains a true competitive nature whereas the other two teams are just ugly spirited. Anyone catch Conor calling Henry a dirtbag?
More than anything, Jessica's failure to display even a minimal level of grace at the pit stop in Hong Kong and San Francisco next to Team Yale is majorly off-putting. Additionally, the Amazing Race, at its core, is a reality show of competitive adventures while simultaneously showcasing travel to multiple destinations in the world. Cody's continued statements of only wanting to be in America goes against the very spirit the show. Just sad.
I agree with these sentiments and opinions. It is disappointing to see Jessica and Cody's lack of decorum. They continued their ungraciousness towards Evan and Henry in the finale even after their win.
While Evan is portrayed to have competitive qualities that can justifiably alienate them socially, the behavior and verbal language of Jessica/Cody and Conor/Alex are atrocious and disheartening. Evan maintains a true competitive nature whereas the other two teams are just ugly spirited. Anyone catch Conor calling Henry a dirtbag?
More than anything, Jessica's failure to display even a minimal level of grace at the pit stop in Hong Kong and San Francisco next to Team Yale is majorly off-putting. Additionally, the Amazing Race, at its core, is a reality show of competitive adventures while simultaneously showcasing travel to multiple destinations in the world. Cody's continued statements of only wanting to be in America goes against the very spirit the show. Just sad.
I take it you were cheering for Yale? lol. I can promise you there have been FAR worse comments made on past races about teams. Also, while I concede that they showed little grace at the hong kong pit stop and Cody's statements at times went against the spirit of the show, I don't see your point with the minimal level of grace at the finish line. Don't really see what they did wrong there and I've watched the finish multiple times.
Furthermore, in an exit interview, Cody claimed Henry copied Jessica, whereas one can easily accuse Jessica of copying Henry's work since she was next to him.. What an incredibly tactless statement.
Furthermore, in an exit interview, Cody claimed Henry copied Jessica, whereas one can easily accuse Jessica of copying Henry's work since she was next to him.. What an incredibly tactless statement.
The difference is, he wasn't accusing Henry of copying throughout the task. What he said was that after Jessica was informed that her plane was "cleared for takeoff" or whatever, while she was bear-hugging the judge, Henry started to look at Jessica's plane and then started speeding up. Being that Yale got to the finish line minutes after Jody, it's not inconceivable.
Furthermore, in an exit interview, Cody claimed Henry copied Jessica, whereas one can easily accuse Jessica of copying Henry's work since she was next to him.. What an incredibly tactless statement.
The difference is, he wasn't accusing Henry of copying throughout the task. What he said was that after Jessica was informed that her plane was "cleared for takeoff" or whatever, while she was bear-hugging the judge, Henry started to look at Jessica's plane and then started speeding up. Being that Yale got to the finish line minutes after Jody, it's not inconceivable.
You couldn't simply "copy" someone else's plane. Though we all had the same images on our planes, they were on different airplane parts. For example, on my finished plane, my propellers had Fish representing Morocco and a Helmet from Iceland, while Jess' prop had a Scale from Bahrain and a Cantene from Imire. But one of my wings had the cantene and scale, while Jess had the fish and helmet on a wing. Of course, we didn't know that while we were solving the planes.
Furthermore, in an exit interview, Cody claimed Henry copied Jessica, whereas one can easily accuse Jessica of copying Henry's work since she was next to him.. What an incredibly tactless statement.
The difference is, he wasn't accusing Henry of copying throughout the task. What he said was that after Jessica was informed that her plane was "cleared for takeoff" or whatever, while she was bear-hugging the judge, Henry started to look at Jessica's plane and then started speeding up. Being that Yale got to the finish line minutes after Jody, it's not inconceivable.
You couldn't simply "copy" someone else's plane. Though we all had the same images on our planes, they were on different airplane parts. For example, on my finished plane, my propellers had Fish representing Morocco and a Helmet from Iceland, while Jess' prop had a Scale from Bahrain and a Cantene from Imire. But one of my wings had the cantene and scale, while Jess had the fish and helmet on a wing. Of course, we didn't know that while we were solving the planes.
Furthermore, in an exit interview, Cody claimed Henry copied Jessica, whereas one can easily accuse Jessica of copying Henry's work since she was next to him.. What an incredibly tactless statement.
The difference is, he wasn't accusing Henry of copying throughout the task. What he said was that after Jessica was informed that her plane was "cleared for takeoff" or whatever, while she was bear-hugging the judge, Henry started to look at Jessica's plane and then started speeding up. Being that Yale got to the finish line minutes after Jody, it's not inconceivable.
You couldn't simply "copy" someone else's plane. Though we all had the same images on our planes, they were on different airplane parts. For example, on my finished plane, my propellers had Fish representing Morocco and a Helmet from Iceland, while Jess' prop had a Scale from Bahrain and a Cantene from Imire. But one of my wings had the cantene and scale, while Jess had the fish and helmet on a wing. Of course, we didn't know that while we were solving the planes.
The Hong Kong pitstop of TAR30 was not purely just a random street corner! :hfive:
1. The tree at the Junction was planted by an American Country Singer John Denver in 1994 :jumpy:
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Source :
(Left) Facebook page 'Hong Kong Taste 香港原味' https://www.facebook.com/hongkongtaste01/photos/a.1129330710505804.1073741837.183787531726798/1129331093839099/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/hongkongtaste01/photos/a.1129330710505804.1073741837.183787531726798/1129331093839099/?type=3&theater)
(Right) live sighting photo by @vicdemort
photo merged by Peach
Back in 1994, a large scale greening project was carried out in the Wan Chai district. Among these 1000 trees planted in the project, this was one of the the only two trees planted by a celebrity, that is an American Country Singer John Denver (the other one was no. 600 by Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong before it was returned to China).
https://www.facebook.com/hongkongtaste01/photos/a.1129330710505804.1073741837.183787531726798/1129331093839099/?type=3
2. Besides, Joshston road was also the original coastline of Wan Chai before the large scale reclamation project back in the 1920s. :girly
They should have made the racers guess the location of pitstop instead of using the street board to shuffle the placement more! >:( :'( :drama
That's good to know that you all got different images on different parts, I kept thinking whether the planes are too close between one another and very easy to peek on other people's plane, though the final combination of the 12 pictures could still be the same so one could see what the other had to pass the challenge.I think that's why it's really good the finish line was at the same location, so that there was no chance for someone copying another team's work, and then beating them to the finish line in a cab race.
The finale is greatCody and Jessica irritated me a lot with their reactions in the past episode and the exit interview
All the tasks are hard enough to allow shuffling of placement throughout the leg
Actually I would say this season is overally good. At least unlike recent season, there are much less linear legs. The tasks are always not easy for team lagging behind to catch up
However, i have to say i dun really like the winner of this season.
While watching the interview, Jessica just kept saying that she defeated team Yale in written test but i would like to point out that she had a head start over Henry (although i dunno the exact length of the head start). I am pretty sure Henry spent less time than Jessica to finish this final task. I agree that they defeated Team Yale in the race, but in terms of the final memory task, I have conservation about her saying she defected Henry
Also, Cody accused Henry of copying Jessica’s work but where is the evidence? I am very annyed by his accusation without any evidence
I just feel they are so arrogant that i dislike...
1) They claimed Henry copied Jessica's work with no evidence
2) their reaction towards Yale's congratulation at the finish line
3) They literally said they were unhappy with Yale getting into final 3 directly next to Yale at the Hong Kong mat
4) Cody mentioning of not enjoyed travelling around the world constantly throught out the race, as well as in their exit interviews
I mean, you can dislike Yale. But your way of aliening them just show you are not good people either
I disagree with 1-3. With regards to 1, Cody said that he was yelling for Jessica to roll the plane because he saw Henry looking at the plane and start rushing to finish. You can't say it's not valid because you were not there and it's edited. Regarding #2, Jessica said "thank you" and Cody has that face a large majority of the time. Number 3, They never explicitly said they were unhappy right next to Yale, they just said it was hard seeing the other teams get eliminated. In fact, Yale didn't even know teams disliked them until they watched it back. You can dislike Jody, but dislike them for valid reasons lol.
The finale is greatCody and Jessica irritated me a lot with their reactions in the past episode and the exit interview
All the tasks are hard enough to allow shuffling of placement throughout the leg
Actually I would say this season is overally good. At least unlike recent season, there are much less linear legs. The tasks are always not easy for team lagging behind to catch up
However, i have to say i dun really like the winner of this season.
While watching the interview, Jessica just kept saying that she defeated team Yale in written test but i would like to point out that she had a head start over Henry (although i dunno the exact length of the head start). I am pretty sure Henry spent less time than Jessica to finish this final task. I agree that they defeated Team Yale in the race, but in terms of the final memory task, I have conservation about her saying she defected Henry
Also, Cody accused Henry of copying Jessica’s work but where is the evidence? I am very annyed by his accusation without any evidence
I just feel they are so arrogant that i dislike...
1) They claimed Henry copied Jessica's work with no evidence
2) their reaction towards Yale's congratulation at the finish line
3) They literally said they were unhappy with Yale getting into final 3 directly next to Yale at the Hong Kong mat
4) Cody mentioning of not enjoyed travelling around the world constantly throught out the race, as well as in their exit interviews
I mean, you can dislike Yale. But your way of aliening them just show you are not good people either
I disagree with 1-3. With regards to 1, Cody said that he was yelling for Jessica to roll the plane because he saw Henry looking at the plane and start rushing to finish. You can't say it's not valid because you were not there and it's edited. Regarding #2, Jessica said "thank you" and Cody has that face a large majority of the time. Number 3, They never explicitly said they were unhappy right next to Yale, they just said it was hard seeing the other teams get eliminated. In fact, Yale didn't even know teams disliked them until they watched it back. You can dislike Jody, but dislike them for valid reasons lol.
Wait....are you saying Cody was yelling instructions to Jessica in the final task?? Didn't Shawn and Cedric receive a time penalty in Iceland for one of them making a comment (which, according to Phil, didn't matter WHAT was shouted) during the task?? I still haven't watched the finale....don't know if I ever will because I am not a fan of the winning team, but if Cody actually said this to Jessica during the final task, they should have received a penalty.
I also appreciate the clarification. That was smart for production to do but it must have made it harder for the judge. Did he have to remember all three planes or was there a cheat sheet?
She had not finished the task because they could not leave the area and run to the finish line until the verbal instruction was completed. The judge gave verbal task instruction to taxi the plane to your teammate. Jessica should have figured out how to taxi on her own. Cody did provide instructions on how to taxi by yelling roll the plane.
If the task was complete with the plane assembled, why didn't Cody run over and help push?
If the task was complete with the plane assembled, why didn't Cody run over and help push?
Ok so let's run through it. It was an ARI with a roadblock-like component where the member who didn't do the roadblock had to assemble the plane on their own. Keep in mind, that was the only part that was stipulated in the episode, that they had to assemble the plane without help. Teams were able to strategize though while getting the plane parts about the stickers and such apparently, so obviously, the rules were not the same as a roadblock. From what I'm getting, the only things that the other teammate couldn't help with were saying what plane parts to use, actually helping put the parts on, and physically pushing the plane to the line (the judge told the assembly participant to push the plane to their shipmate, meaning two couldnt push). Not to mention, by your logic, Kristi saying "Good job Jen, push it to the line" would also be a penalty. If multiple teams did it and no penalties were handed out, I'm pretty sure it wasn't against the rules.
Jen, do you know how far were Indy behind you at the Hong Kong pitstop?
Checking the episode with the operation hours of the train and buses, it seems like all 3 teams finished within 00:00 - 01:00, while Indy car said they met Phil at 3:30am.
Is it just me or did I see someone taking pics and/or videos outside the fortune cookie place? ;)
I also appreciate the clarification. That was smart for production to do but it must have made it harder for the judge. Did he have to remember all three planes or was there a cheat sheet?
I think he remembered the 12 images that needed to be on the plane. But each check took about 60-90 seconds. It wasn't a fast process by any means. I also think that the "rules guys" had a cheat sheet for each of our planes and probably indicated to the "Captain" when we had it right.
Jen: The thought has occurred to me about that final task, that perhaps all twelve symbols appeared twice on different parts, so that if someone doing the task had the right set of parts on the plane, then the unused parts also had the same 12 symbols, but in a different order.Wait, this doesn't make sense. I believe there were 12 pieces and each had 2 symbols? Then for sure we couldn't have had 2 sets of the correct symbols.
Jen: The thought has occurred to me about that final task, that perhaps all twelve symbols appeared twice on different parts, so that if someone doing the task had the right set of parts on the plane, then the unused parts also had the same 12 symbols, but in a different order.Wait, this doesn't make sense. I believe there were 12 pieces and each had 2 symbols? Then for sure we couldn't have had 2 sets of the correct symbols.
Thanks. The show wasn’t clear about some aspects of the 24 images, so I wanted to verify exactly what the Racers were dealing with.Jen: The thought has occurred to me about that final task, that perhaps all twelve symbols appeared twice on different parts, so that if someone doing the task had the right set of parts on the plane, then the unused parts also had the same 12 symbols, but in a different order.Wait, this doesn't make sense. I believe there were 12 pieces and each had 2 symbols? Then for sure we couldn't have had 2 sets of the correct symbols.
I share the drawing of all my plane parts on my blog: jenhudak.com/amazing-race-30-11-12
There were 22 unique images and two repeats (the helmet for Iceland and the fish for Morocco). There was only one correct solution, and it was the same combination of 12 images for each team. Each piece had two images on them, and the combination of two images was the always the same across each plane. The only difference was what piece had the images on them. For example, one of my wings had the scale from Bahrain and the cantene from Imire, but those were on Jess' propeller.
| White (Jessica) | Red (Jen) | Blue (Henry) | ||
| Helmet (Iceland, 1)/Fish (Tangiers, 3) | Left wing | Propeller | Wing | |
| Fries (Antwerp, 2)/Elephant (Chiang Mai, 10) | Left wing | Tailplane | Tail fin | |
| Pontoon (Imire, 7)/Scales (Bahrain, 9) | Propeller | Left wing | Tailplane | |
| Magnifying glass (Prague, 6)/Paddle (San Francisco, 12) | Tail fin | Left wing | Propeller | |
| Rudder (St-Tropez, 4)/Handcuffs (Hong Kong, 11) | Tailplane | Tail fin | Tailplane | |
| Knight (Arles, 5)/Microphone (Harare, 8 ) | Tailplane | Tailplane | Left wing | |
| Map of Geneva?/Train (Imire, 7) | Propeller | Right wing | Tailplane | |
| Drinking horn (Iceland, 1)/Rope ladder (Antwerp, 2) | Right wing | Tailplane | Propeller | |
| Fish (Tangiers, 3)/Fortune cookie (San Francisco, 12) | Right wing | Propeller | Tailplane | |
| Tyre (Harare, 8 )/Scorpion (Chiang Mai, 10) | Tail fin | Tailplane | Wing | |
| Helmet (Iceland, 1)/Falcon (Bahrain, 9) | Tailplane | Tail fin | Right wing | |
| Beer spa (Prague, 6)/Baseball bats (Hong Kong, 11) | Tailplane | Right wing | Tail fin |
Interestingly, Jen said in her AMA on Reddit that the taxi situation was resolved by production pausing all three teams so whoever hadn't paid could go do so. It was Extreme and Yale who had not paid.
It seems weird they would make everyone stop, no? Wouldn't it be considered an advantage for the team who did pay theirs? If they had had to go to a new location, would they pause for the team that didn't have a cab to get one?
Thanks Jen for detailing your travels! Do hang around for a while, us obsessive types might have a few questions as we map out the route and fill in the gaps in the timeline!
Agreed that the final challenge was set up unfairly, and your team was shortchanged at this crucial juncture. Here are the pieces each team had:Bold denotes correct answer.
White (Jessica) Red (Jen) Blue (Henry) Helmet (Iceland, 1)/Fish (Tangiers, 3) Left wing Propeller Wing Fries (Antwerp, 2)/Elephant (Chiang Mai, 10) Left wing Tailplane Tail fin Pontoon (Imire, 7)/Scales (Bahrain, 9) Propeller Left wing Tailplane Magnifying glass (Prague, 6)/Paddle (San Francisco, 12) Tail fin Left wing Propeller Rudder (St-Tropez, 4)/Handcuffs (Hong Kong, 11) Tailplane Tail fin Tailplane Knight (Arles, 5)/Microphone (Harare, 8 ) Tailplane Tailplane Left wing Map of Geneva?/Train (Imire, 7) Propeller Right wing Tailplane Drinking horn (Iceland, 1)/Rope ladder (Antwerp, 2) Right wing Tailplane Propeller Fish (Tangiers, 3)/Fortune cookie (San Francisco, 12) Right wing Propeller Tailplane Tyre (Harare, 8 )/Scorpion (Chiang Mai, 10) Tail fin Tailplane Wing Helmet (Iceland, 1)/Falcon (Bahrain, 9) Tailplane Tail fin Right wing Beer spa (Prague, 6)/Baseball bats (Hong Kong, 11) Tailplane Right wing Tail fin
While I'm not sure about Henry, it was impossible for Jessica and Jen to finish with a structurally-sound plane; they both needed a plane with two left wings.
Shame on the producers! Why would they bother making the wings differently if they didn't bother to make them count?
Sorry this is kind of off topic but I can't resist. Correct planes having two left wings. There has to be a political comment about mainstream TV network political views here somewhere. :)
The only reason that this is significant at all, is that it makes me wonder if Henry actually had the solution on his plane when he switched parts last second. You can't see any of his plane parts when he's asking for that check. Makes me wonder if they were building up dramatic effect. But of course, it's truly impossible to tell. And again, makes no difference to the results. Just curiosity.I was wondering that too. It wouldn't be the first time TAR or any reality show did some creative editing.
4) Cody mentioning of not enjoyed travelling around the world constantly throught out the race, as well as in their exit interviews
4) Cody mentioning of not enjoyed travelling around the world constantly throught out the race, as well as in their exit interviewsi don't know if he was being sarcastic most of the Race whenever he mentioned stuff like that, but he sounded like all the TAR Canada contestants and Jon himself who basically say different variations of: "You don't need to travel somewhere else!" or "It's… better getting to explore our own country." (actual quotes from the TARC3 and 4 finales)
I do have one other nerd question, if you feel up to the task. The images that they flashed on the screen after two of my checks seem like impossible combinations. For two reasons: 1) I never had the Left Wing/Left Wing combination until my final solution (as that was the major roadblock for me solving the puzzle) 2) one of them is showing an incorrect image of a keel, which is the stand alone image for St. Tropez.
The only reason that this is significant at all, is that it makes me wonder if Henry actually had the solution on his plane when he switched parts last second. You can't see any of his plane parts when he's asking for that check. Makes me wonder if they were building up dramatic effect. But of course, it's truly impossible to tell. And again, makes no difference to the results. Just curiosity.