12/6 - TAR 35 Show Discussion

Whew! The beards made it!

Relief! Beards make it!

Hooray, we all know what this means ! So long Steve, you’ve done well!
But thrilled and so happy that Anna Leigh is GONE!

Anna Leigh was still pretty whiny at the end. Steve wasn't. Maybe he was just relieved not to have to listen to her harping at him to hurry up anymore.

Thank hank, we won't hear' come on dad,' in the finale. Even when her dad was swimming, she said it.
I love the F3. The beards, the brothers, and a father and son.
Rob and Corey have a beautiful relationship, one I've not seen before. I imagine they bonded when Corey learnt to sign, but still, they amaze me.
The riverdance steps weren't easy, Corey's teacher was very cute. One of the best AR, I keep saying it, but it really is.

The Beards and Rob/Corey may be getting positive screen time because that's just who they are. They don't get upset with each other or lose their tempers, even when things aren't going well. They're always hopeful that even if they're not doing well at the moment that there's always a chance they'll do better than they are doing right then. They also just generally seem to care about their partners. I'm not suggesting that the brothers don't care about each other, but so far, have they really been tested in terms of being in a situation where they have a lot of ground to make up to avoid being in last? Aside from their natural abilities, things always just seem to fall into place for them---they choose the serving the meal option, and the directions are in French, in which one of them just happens to be fluent. One of them has to learn a complicated dance? No problem because one of them happens to have a boatload of musical training. They go the wrong direction in search of a pit stop. Oh, well, so do all the rest of the teams, save one which wins and one which is hopelessly out of it by then anyway---and because they're both young and physically fit, they can outrun anyone else they're with at the moment anyway. I guess I just like teams that aren't quite so perfectly suited to the race in every conceivable way and who occasionally have to scramble because of something they can't control winning the whole thing. And yeah, I'm not liking the cockiness of their final interview sequence going into the last leg of the race. It's fine to be confident, but they were sounding like their only real competition is themselves, probably because they've yet to hit a setback they couldn't control. At the very least, could they have acknowledged that the other teams aren't complete pushovers for them to just shove aside on their way to victory? The other two teams acknowledged that they wanted to win and hoped they would but that the other teams were genuine competitors, too and hey, you never know what can happen from day to day or roadblock to roadblock.

So glad Big Mouth Yappy Texas Girl is out of the race. I swear she was trying to kill her father the entire season.

Thank you. You hit all the points about Yellow Shirt Bros that annoy me about that team, they are just SO perfect and accomplished, and had so much go right for them. I appreciate a team that had to struggle at times to get to where they are.

Ok, I havent read the comments bc I dont want to be spoilered for Survivor which i havent watched yet....

I cried just a little bit when Cory and his dad got first. They may be not just my favorite team of the season but my all time favorite team.

I am overly pleased about the top 3. I will be happy with anyone of them winning.

While I am happy to see AL and her dad not go on, I am glad they at least went out with a cute go out message.

I didn't like the brothers final message as much as the other 2 teams so now rooting of them last of the 3.

What I really didn’t like was the brothers’ condescension when they said it was “cute” that the other teams thought they could win. That’s just rude! And poor sportsmanship! I’ve liked them all season and still do, but that took them down several notches, for sure.

When Steve was struggling at the polar plunge, I was imagining AL yelling, “Stop drowning, Dad! You’re making us lose the race!” I’m glad they’re gone, but I did think she was uncharacteristically gracious as a loser. She and her dad seemed to have a sweet moment there.

Ach, please no survivor spoilers in here! Or put it in spoiler quotes. I haven't that episode yet, and purposefully stayed out of that thread.

I'm thrilled Rob and Corey came in first. I teared-up when Corey was telling us about his dad being his best friend growing up, but how they are closer now as adults from the race. I have a super soft spot for Rob. My ex-fiance's dad was deaf. He was one of the sweetest people on earth. I just love how Rob and Corey are showing that CODA relationship.

I really like the beards, and their positive friendship too.

I wouldn't exactly mind the brothers winning, but, like others of you here, I didn't like their smugness. Have they never watched TAR? Plenty of teams you'd think would win have been taken out by things out of their control. But they are kind to each other, so if they won I wouldn't hate it.

A small part of me wanted Corey to ask Anna Mei for her phone number after he completed his step dance successfully. This isn’t a matchmaking show, but they looked so cute up there dancing together.

Still impressed that Greg and John could get lost, arrive at the step dance in last place and leave in second place. 4 successful first place wins, is impressive. I can’t even imagine them NOT winning this. BUT my heart wants Corey and Rob to win this so much.

It’s nice knowing that each of these three remaining teams could win, and if not, will just be grateful for whatever place they fall.