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Here's where I really start yelling at the screen. My job takes me up through Garrison a lot and I know exactly where the Academy is. And I got to tell you, I would have won this race for Rob and Kimberly if I was with them. Both their cabbies went a route that was far longer than it needed to be. The way I would have gone would have shaved at least 15 minutes off the trip (for those of you scoring at home, that would have been FDR North, to the Major Deegan, exit off at Central Avenue North in Yonkers, get on the Sprain North, to Route 9A, which turns into Route 9, go around the traffic circle, turn left past Graymoor Seminary onto what I think is Route 403, turn right onto Route 9D and St. Basil's is on your left.) The fact that they made a right into St. Basil's meant they were going south down Route 9...they both passed the Garrison on whatever route (probably Route 301) and ended up in Cold Spring, the town just north of Garrison and had to swing back south. I'm basically yelling at the screen at this point, but the bottom line is, as both cab drivers seemed to have taken the longer route, James and Tyler get to St. Basil's first and win the $1 million prize.

The amusing part of all Amazing Race endings is the fake cheers of the former racers. After watching episode after episode of teams bitching about each other, it's always fun to watch the fake smiles of the losers. And boy, did the editors like Dustin and Kandice, who got a lot of play at the end. They were standing next to David and Mary, who also got a lot of shots, lending credence to the rumors that both these teams are competing in the Amazing Race All-Star edition which is debuting in February. Rob and Kimberly get there second and Rob says he'll still marry Kimberly even though they lost. Team Bama finally arrives, and it seems unlikely that the producers forced them to complete the New York tasks as they were so far behind due to the flight difference. They get lots of hugs from their alliance mates. Tyler and James have this weird moment when Phil seems to indicate that their families are there in Garrison, but he fakes them out and hands them the product placement phone for a telephone call to their parents. James' father has the scariest eyebrows...they are ridiculous. The teams hug, hug, all the teams cheer, another shot of Dustin and Kandice and David and Mary and then...we're done. It's been good traveling with all of you, hope you enjoyed the ride.

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