As a matter of fact, I went in to the season mostly indifferent but slightly rooting for Team "Jody," as that was the only team I had prior information about from Big Brother. (Particularly seeing the way they were treated in Big Brother, I expected more from their behavior.)
In actuality, I have watched many past seasons, which is why I was supremely optimistic that all the teams this season would be 'competitive' but not nasty. 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.
In summation, Jody's cumulative actions and statements throughout the season made it difficult to for me and many others to swallow their win, especially over two hungry teams who better embodied the spirit of the Amazing Race. (To clarify, I find no fault with Jessica choosing not to inform Brittany of her forgotten gnome or being selective with her words in the phone task. It is her ubiquitous negative and personal statements towards Team Ocean Rescue and Team Yale that really garnered dislike, as well as Cody's many statements seen in the additional CBS videos.)
In my opinion, Evan and Jen seem to not only be the strongest and cleanest competitors of the season, but also the most hungry for the win. To add to that, both are incredibly intelligent well-spoken. Hope both respective teams come back in the future. They deserve it.
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.