The Amazing Race Season 20 Finale: Part I

Recaps

By Fran and Berry | Tuesday, May 8, 2012 | 12:00 pm | 11 Comments
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In Photo Cut Out, teams have to get a camera and life size cut outs of sumo wrestlers and get ten groups of 3 locals to take their picture in the cut out. Then they must eat the cut out. Team Boy Guns opt for sushi because they love bingo and sushi.

Team Second Chance finally finishes and Vanessa consoles herself by fixing her fake eyelashes in the cab ride to the detour.

Team Blowup goes for Sumo. Team Reality goes for Sushi. Team Blowup is going for blowup as Dave screams at Rachel for unzipping his bag. She said it wasn’t her. I bet it was that damn paper clip from Windows 7! Also we found out Rachel can’t say the word “bag” right. She says baig. That is not correct. No wonder he yells at her so much.

Team Boy Guns arrive at the sushi place, and apparently cocaine den. The people there go NUTS when they arrive.

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“PHHHIIILLLLLLLLLL!!!!!”

Team Blowup gets their camera and start trying to get pictures with the cutout. Dave tells her to use her flowery personality to convince people. They realize that young people are the way to go and get their first set. Rachel tells Dave he needs to work on his charisma. They are quit a pair.

Team Boy Guns is slowly figuring out the task just as Reality arrives to more cheers at the sushi cocaine palace. Meanwhile Team Second Chance’s cab driver, who is wearing a tux for some reason, may be lost.

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“Now let’s see here. Where is my wedding?”

Blowup is hustling to get people. They must be awful because the people don’t even need to pay for anything. They literally need people to stand there for five seconds and still everyone is saying no. Then they find their groove and finish the task! They’re in first place and must head to Osaka Castle for the pit stop for this leg of the race! The last team to check in here WILL be eliminated.

Fran wonders if it’s Phil’s job to carry the mat from pit stop to pit stop. That will be our first questions when we see him again. The second will be if he minds if we name our baby after him, Phil Shark-Tooth-Necklace Franberry.

Team Boy Guns get sushi bingo, pound all the sushi they need to eat and more and head out leaving Reality behind. Team Second Chance arrives at Sushi just in time for Reality Rachel’s multi-weekly cry and breakdown.

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“I just can’t handle fish that’s not cooked right now!”

And Blowup is team number one! Phil tells them that they tie the record for the most wins (7). They win a trip to New Zealand and Phil reminds them that it’s his homeland. I wonder if they get to go on the “Phil’s Old Stomping Grounds” tour. Also there are two Japanese punk kids on the mat with Phil for some reason.

Team Reality gets sushi bingo and are on their way leaving Team Second Chance behind in last place. In the cab Reality Rachel freaks out about getting to the pit stop in time and we have never wanted a team to lose more in our lives. Rachel works up her AR Emmy winning moment, but I don’t think she realizes she will never be sharing the Emmy stage with Bertram and Phil.

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The Japanese Jimmy Kimmel goes nuts!

Second Chance gets sushi bingo and gets in the cab, which for some reason has a clothes line of baby clothes hanging in the trunk. Huh? Stop racing and call the police!

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Bags on the left, crib on the right.

Boy Guns gets lost and Team Reality arrives and they are all lost together. Hot on their heels is Second Chance! We say “hot”

because the editors made it seem that way. It may not be the truth.

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11 Comments

  1. 1
    Mister_Dangerous
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    You think you hate Rachel and Brendan? You’ve only sat through 12 hours of these two. I sat through an entire summer of BIG BROTHER with Rachel and Brendan AND IT WAS ON THREE TIMES A WEEK!

    All these people saying, “Oh, poor Rachel. Vanessa is so mean to her.”

    Uh, Rachel deserves everything she gets. That “event hostess”: which is code for HOOKER in Vegas — is now an AMAZING RACE loser. I wish PHIL would have kicked her FAT ass off the stage and said, “GO back to Vegas you ugly, old skank and take your border patrol hating, small penis (I’ve seen the photos), “always a student” boyfriend with you.”

    Felt bad for Ralphie and Vanessa. It was painful to watch her running and jumping. It wasn’t her fault. They just got dealt a bad hand.

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    trixiebell
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    I just noticed the “about the author” tab and found out that you are not the real Fran and Berry from Amazing Race 9. That explains how “fran” can be pregnant. I wondered all season about that.

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    Jimbob Jones
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Blowup Rachel was friggin’ adorable this entire episode. From Dave’s initial schpiel (where she kept saying “soldier” over and over again until he conceded) to her “poopy pants” comment (and her multiple smackdowns of Dave in the second half), I think I fell in love with her a little bit. Too bad she’s married to such a humongous douchewad.

    I understand disliking BB (I dislike them myself), but the simple fact is, being a catty bitch to someone who has done NOTHING to you makes you more unlikable, which is why I hated Team Eleventieth Chance more than Team BB.

    I hated them even MORE because their nasty attitude had me rooting for Team BB to beat them. Since I hate Team BB, that put me into a bit of a quandary, making me hate Eleventieth chance even MORE. It’s a vicious cycle. Too bad Vanessa couldn’t have shown half the heart the rest of the race that she showed this episode — I might have actually been cheering for her instead of wanting her to lose.

    All told, outside of Bopper and Barfer and Blowup Rachel, this season was a whole lot of boring teams, and a whole lot of unlikable ones. Not a stellar season by any stretch of the imagination. Especially when it came to the final 4 and I didn’t like any of the teams (except for one member of one of the teams).

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    Am I the only one rooting for Border Patrol (or was rooting for Border Patrol) during the second half? Not because they are awesome or deserving of the win, but only because they gave Bopper and Mark part of their money they won one leg. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t be sad if a big sinkhole swallowed all the teams up on the way to the hotel after the pit stop.

    I did like Blowup Rachel when she started talking back to Capt. Dillweed, but it was about 14 legs to late for me to actually cheer for her.

    Team Kentucky for All Stars!

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    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    @trixiebell: I found out last season was shocked, I tell ya, shocked! This was pre-pregnancy so they even deeper in character…it was seamless. After, I found out the weren’t the real Fran and Berry I felt duped. Then I loved it because, boy, are they committed.

    Keep up the good work guys!

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    Clair Clair
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    I stalked… I mean checked them out a few months ago on IMDB.

    Great recap. Pat your belly for me, Fran!!

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    crankyguy crankyguy
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Mr. D said of Brendan, “. . . small penis (I’ve seen the photos).”

    Uh, I’ve seen the photos too. Just WHAT are you packing that you think he’s a tiny dicked guy?

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    JimbobJones Jimbob Jones
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    “Am I the only one rooting for Border Patrol (or was rooting for Border Patrol) during the second half?”

    Yes.

    ;-)

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    zerocool
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    He must be psychic because everything Jimbob Jones said is what I was thinking!!

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    carol
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 10:33 pm

    Out of the four final teams, I was definitely rooting for Border Patrol. Reality Rachel and Second Chance Vanessa are both evil b***hs. Rachel is just as catty and mean, some of the things she was saying in the PI were awful. And the way she acts all the time, it is such a cry for help (no pun intended). Since she totally DVRed her Big Brother time and watched it all, you could tell she knows how to play for the cameras. There were a couple of times that after doing something, she would quickly look directly into the camera.

    I know someone has asked this earlier in the season, but what happens if a team wins a trip during this race by coming in first, but they break-up, no longer friends, etc. Who gets the trip? Do they have to pay taxes for the trips/prizes they win?

    Can wait for part two! I will admit, I was yelling at my computer while watching.

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    Theo
    Posted May 12, 2012 at 9:49 pm

    Funniest tvgasm comment ever: She’s the second worst thing to happen to Hiroshima. Priceless.

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