I would guess those two just because Tammy and Victor are pretty much not that interested in cooperating.

I guess I missed the friendship between those two teams specifically. Probably for all the assorted screeching. The redheads at the locals and Margie and Luke at Keisha and Jen.

There's been more than a few cases of Margie/Luke and Cara/Jaime helping each other or communicating with each other throughout this season. Just last week, Luke was seen pointing the way to a clue to the redheads. There was, of course, the U-turn that Luke/Margie slapped on Kris/Amanda to help Cara/Jaime survive in the game. We saw them back in about episode 3 in Switzerland when the girls were fingerspelling to Luke while on the train.

>Can’t believe we are almost at the end of this season. I feel like this is one of the best editions we've ever done. The cast was amazing, the challenges were creative and unique and the pace was unstoppable. I hope you guys feel the same.

I don't feel the same Phil. I am disappointed with the finale. I thought there was weak casting and challenges this season.

>Can’t believe we are almost at the end of this season. I feel like this is one of the best editions we've ever done. The cast was amazing, the challenges were creative and unique and the pace was unstoppable. I hope you guys feel the same.

I do feel the same. The last few seasons were getting stale, this one was much better. Not as much Airport drama, better tasks for the most part, and not as much drama between the teams, more concentrating on racing. I liked it.

I think Jaime is the Racer who has Karma to pay for, mainly because she's the one who yells at taxi drivers, although it could also be Luke because of his sneakiness.

The two teams who put friendship first are Cara & Jaime and Margie & Luke. We've seen several examples of their friendship in the Race -- most notably when Margie & Luke U-Turned Amanda & Kris to help out Cara & Jaime.

I'd say based on the positioning in this picture either Tammy/Victor or Jaime/Cara win.

Perhaps it's 4-3-2-1 (Kisha/Jen, Margie/Luke, Jaime/Cara, Tammy/Victor), or Cara/Jaime win with the runners-up on either side of them, a la the Olympics.

Tammy and Victor look the happiest, but they are always grinning like that.

Cara and Jaime actually look very happy as well, I'm not sure Jaime would be smiling so much if she lost. Perhaps her apparent frustration with the surfboard task and the taxi karma thing are red herrings... or maybe she's just happy to be done with foreign countries for awhile.

Luke looks the most pissy, so I really doubt he and Margie win.

Yeah, I don't think Margie & Luke win either. I'm going with a Cara & Jaime win although I'd be happy with a Tammy & Victor win as well. I think that Jaime's apparent frustration with the surfboard task (which I believe is a Roadblock) and the taxi karma bit are red herrings, but I could be wrong. In either case, as long as Margie & Luke don't win I'll be real happy.

I think Tammy & Victor win. Victor is holding up 1 finger in the picture. Although, I know I'm in the minority but I would like to see Margie and Luke win.

Yeah, I saw that and that's why I said that Tammy & Victor could well win and that I'd be pleased if they did. But we'll find out for sure on Sunday. For all we know, he could just be putting up one finger for some other reason.

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FWIW, Jennifer (of Preston and Jennifer) had her hand raised in a number one position as well.

I agree, Luke doesn't look all that happy in the picture. It's probable he was reacting to not winning as he's fiercely competitive and being on TAR was such a dream for him, but it's also possible that it's a delayed reaction to what an interpreter was relaying to him from the photographer. Everyone in the picture looks like they're reacting to a cue, and Luke wouldn't hear that particular cue on the fly. There's usually a delay of 1 to 3 seconds from an interpreter, and can be as long as ten seconds if it's during a speech as the interpreter has to hear the whole bit and get the right tone/inflection before relaying it.

Truthfully, I don't think you could infer anything conclusive from the photo about the possible final order or winner.

Maybe not. Still, I don't think Margie & Luke win. It's down to Cara & Jaime and Tammy & Victor, and I'm torn between the two teams as to which one I should root for. I'm just going to wait until tomorrow to find out.

On the other hand, Luke cannot hear instructions from a photographer/director (whoever) and Margie is standing next to him and is facing the camera. Even though he is usually pretty animated, in this situation he may simply be trying to follow the actions of the rest of the group.

It is possible that Cara and Jamie are just doing the "we are peppy cheerleaders" pose.

I'm hoping that the Victor pose is "we're number 1" as in he and Tammy won. I don't like Cara/Jamie or Margie/Luke. But we will see in a few hours. ITA Luke doesn't look as happy as the others in the top 3.