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What factors would you consider for an episode to be good?

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RachelLeVega:
1) The tasks!
You can visit anywhere the route desires, but it always boils down to how challenging and creative the tasks are. Weakly anticipated routes can be saved by great missions (AKA season 26 to some or 14), but mediocre or simply poor tasks will drag down the quality of the leg (24) regardless of how much drama or fun goes into that night's episode.

2) Suspenseful editing
This has been the main struggle since TAR21 and I am still questioning why editors made such a drastic change from edgy, exciting soundtrack with consistency in scenes to localized, modest music with sacrificing important race aspects for excessive drama/unnecessary chatter. Great suspenseful magic can fix a boring or poor mix of teams and bring out the adventurous qualities of TAR (season 6 and 15). It makes people WANT to watch like a true competition between the teams and the travel world, and not just teams in a country doing a laundry list of tasks.

3) A pleasant balance between tasks, humor and drama
I personally don't want a certain aspect of the show to overpower another. Otherwise, the episode feels extremely centralized on certain topics, such as the Express Pass, the U-Turn or inter-team romances, and the issue becomes irritating. A relatively equal medley of teams completing tasks, showing off every teams' fun/funny side, and competitive spirit is all one episode needs to capture my heart.

4) Competiveness
What is a race without competition between others and each other? The big, happy family edits can be left for extras. This doesn't need to be part of the show, let alone episode, unless it affects how a team performs or fits into a deeper story line later on. Heck, even the Family Edition cast was not a big, humble, smiley family. :lol:

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