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I'm sure I will end up watching it because I've been watching this show almost my entire life at this point, but man am I dreading it. Look at teams like Alyssa and Josiah, Han and Holden, and Nick and Mike who were all overjoyed to be there and you can tell the passion they have for the show. Meanwhile, 38's cast is dependent on who is willing to accept and negotiate their appearance fees. It really is sickening. I was really hoping the CBS schedule reveal would have 39 scheduled for the spring so we could get back to the good teams, but we're going to be waiting a while for that.

Sad that Alyssa and Josiah were eliminated. Brutal loss to get eliminated after that train equalizer. Jon/Ana just flew through that mosaic puzzle. As for the final leg, the leg design was fine and I really like the scramble as a finale twist, but the editors have to do a better job of trying to disguise the results and use less confessionals/voiceovers, as it was painfully obvious Jack and Carson were winning it about 20 minutes in. Great job by Ana on the water challenge. Brutal way to deal with a phobia to repeatedly have to fall into it. Season was fine overall. I thought the first 5 episodes or so were pretty dull, which caused some cranky posts from me, but once they got to Dubai and then Europe there was a pretty good run of episodes. Looking forward to season 39. 38....not so much.

When? When have they ever had a cliffhanger with the last 2 teams headed to the pitstop? There have been to-be-continued episodes before but it's always been halfway through a megaleg.

37 seasons in and they end an episode with the last 2 teams minutes away from the pit stop. Dirty trick TAR! See you tomorrow.

Shame about season 39. Won't see that until at least summer or fall 2026. Since it will be next broadcast season, even a chance it could slip to spring 2027. I just hope we can get a normal season for 39 and then an all-stars or all-winners for 40. I think I'm fine with the show retiring after 40.

According to who? You have to provide sources if you are going to repeatedly say things as fact. Earlier in the thread you say the 'correct' location spoilers include the Maldives and Romania. When will you realize that a SPOILER thread is for confirmed things, not things you want or think may happen?

But earlier in this thread you said non eliminations didn't exist anymore, and leg 8 last week would debut something called a 'salvage pass'.... It's almost like you should stick to confirmed spoilers and not post things you don't know.

I figure leg 9 has to be a non elimination or to be continued leg. Leg 10 is apparently the return of the head to head and leg 11 says 'the final 4 teams head to portugal', which means no one is getting eliminated tomorrow.

The red and yellow AR37 that Alyssa and Josiah pointed out? Kind of drawn on in a graffiti style.

Most enjoyable episode this season. Cypher task and dance task were both good. Interesting things like the tiny store and the scene of running into the wood judge. Clue-reading mishaps. I wonder what Melinda and Erika's penalty would have been if they weren't last. Half hour per cab ride? Rooting for Alyssa and Josiah from here. Love their energy. And the only ones to notice the AR37 graffiti.

We already knew 38 was airing in the fall. Canceling The Summit does not guarantee we are getting 2 seasons in the next 25-26 window. Likely? Perhaps. But nothing announced.

Definitely the best episode thus far. Fun tasks, nice scenery, close finish. I do think the show has an editing problem - I found it obvious/extremely likely Pops and Jeff were getting eliminated when they were the only team to get a confessional at the beginning of the episode. I think it was kind of lame that the fast forward was decided by whoever saw the orange car first. Probably only enough budget/safety people to have one team do the scuba dive. I'll root for Alyssa and Josiah from here. He won me over being worried about her at the skydive. Seem to have a great relationship. I like Melinda and Erica as well and will root for them, but it's obvious they are playing with house money at this point. Good episode for sure.

I wonder what the other 'surprises' will be this season. There is supposed to be something every episode 1 - fork in the road 2 - intersection 3 - express pass 4 - drivers seat 5 - u-turn vote 6 - fast forward 7 - traditional u-turn What's left? Head to head? Scramble? We also have one too many legs based on the number of teams left so maybe there will be one non-elimination leg and some sort of twist to it.

I've come to accept that. The Race I fell in love with isn't really here anymore. If I was just starting to watch now, I wouldn't be addicted and wouldn't be hunting down the old seasons. And next season may be the final straw for me (those who follow spoilers know what i mean). I would like one more all-stars or all-winners season for season 40 but after that I'd like the show to retire. I thought this episode was alright but dislike the u-turn voting and the tasks were not particularly memorable. I've said this before, but I think I would prefer if it went back to 60 minute episodes.

Guessing the one in Bulgaria is a traditional double u-turn with the boards while the one coming up this week is the public vote. Interesting they revealed the finale already. They want people to know it's airing on that Thursday instead of the traditional Wednesday. I was wondering how they would handle that because that last Wednesday of the season is always reserved for the extended Survivor finale. Last year with s36 they combined the final 2 legs into one 90 minute episide. This year they're giving us an extra Thursday episode. Nice.