The Amazing Race 7: Finale
I knew the spoilers going in but that didn't make the end of the Amazing Race any less interesting. The teams head to Kingston, Jamaica. Rob and Amber and Uchenna and Joyce are jubilant while Ron and Kelly seem to be gritting their teeth. In the airport, Ron tells Kelly he has no immediate plans to marry her, making matters ever so much worse. The Roadblock has the teams doing the limbo which only Ron and Kelly manage to make a completely humorless activity. Limber Amber and Kelly earn an early time. The Detour gives the teams the choice of raft it or build it—either create a reed raft or take an eight mile raft ride. All the teams opt to build it which gives the men a chance to be bossy and the women to try to be supportive. Joyce and Uchenna work well together while Ron and Kelly's growing dislike for each other slows their progress. Amber stays out of Rob's way saying that she will make him happy and "after the race you can make me happy."
The teams are off to Montego Bay for a pit stop but Rob and Amber get waylaid at a gas station and then a police checkpoint giving Ron and Kelly a chance to leap ahead. Rob laments that the cop cost him one million dollars but then Uchenna and Joyce get a flat tire. In a dramatic race, Ron and Kelly are first to the stop followed by Rob and Amber and Uchenna and Joyce but the stop is a non-elimination round. Joyce and Uchenna have to surrender all their possessions and cash.
Next teams have to go to Lucea, grab a 50 pound bag of onions and chop them at a local restaurant. Ron and Kelly are first to head out. Uchenna and Joyce get a free ride to the airport and then go begging which starts hard as the meanies make Joyce cry. Rob says that he learned to chop onions because his mother made him chop them in the basement.
At a Detour each team has to either play golf and hit a tee or take a horse for a swim. All the teams choose golf with varying degrees of success. The teams must fly to Puerto Rico and then drive to their next clue. The teams have to wait for the gates to an abandoned sugar refinery to open so amazingly they all catch up with each other. The Roadblock requires one team member to jump off a bridge and swim. Rob and Amber get confused and lose valuable time but to Rob's credit he doesn't seem to get overly angry. Ron and Kelly get lost on the way to the airport and bicker yet again. Rob and Amber sneak onto a flight and amazingly, after it is closed, Uchenna and Joyce get on too. In Miami, the teams have to find the King of the Havanas and Uchenna and Joyce are first to find the clue that sends them to the Bonnet House in Fort Lauderdale. Uchenna and Joyce get to the house gates first but need to beg for money to pay off their cabbie and still manage to make it in first. Rob and Amber are a not-entirely-gracious second and Ron and Kelly are a very uncomfortable third. Congrats to Uchenna and Joyce who plan to use the money to fund their dream of having a baby via in-vitro.

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