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Wow . . . don’t hold back, John. Seriously, though, it’s great to read a rave about the season, even as TAR26 looks to be a nightmare.

As for “best season ever” . . . I tend to lean towards TAR5, mostly because the show was going for broke, and it was the first time a fan favorite team (in this case, Chip & Kim) wound up winning.

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a different Jason said on December 20th, 2014 at 7:32 pm

Great summary to a great season. I did feel like the “Save” was a mistake though, giving far too much protection to a team that did not need protection.

You’re spot-on with the observation that no teams were so bad that you wanted them gone just to make the show watchable. But that’s what I fear most about next season. Bickering dating couples are my least-favorite team type.

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I don’t know if I’d want to see the Save again, but it did force some interesting strategizing. For example, I don’t think that Adam and Bethany would have entered into the alliance to get rid of Kym and Alli if the Save hadn’t been in play; knowing they’d have to get rid of Jim and Misti twice, in effect, made it more lucrative for them to take out their other strongest competitors.

Likewise, I don’t think I’ll want to see the “Blind Date partners” twice…but it might be an interesting thing to try once, just to see what happens. I’m okay with shake-ups so long as they’re relatively rare.

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Huh. We didn’t watch this season because it came right on the heels of TAR:C and at the start of a new tv season that left too much stuff on the PVR.

I see now that may have been a poor choice.

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Sean MArtin said on December 22nd, 2014 at 12:20 pm

@Jason: I tend to lean towards TAR5, mostly because the show was going for broke, and it was the first time a fan favorite team (in this case, Chip & Kim) wound up winning.

The show having good challenges is key, but a season really lives or dies on the cast. And Season 5 had the horrendously hypocritical Charla/Mirna and the here-only-to-advertise-our-restaurant Marshall/Lance who up and quit mid-leg.

Colin’s classic “My Ox is broken!” wasn’t enough to make up for it.

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I was glad to see the wrestlers go, but a part of me really, really wanted to see them attempt that last challenge.

The low hanging fruit insult bothered me, mostly because that’s not what the expression means.

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Person of Con . . . I know what you mean. It would’ve been great to see (probably) Brooke struggle at that task. Phil would’ve brought the celebration to the Roadblock site, because her and Robbie were that hapless.

I posted my thoughts on TAR25 on my blog. Any feedback would be appreciated.

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