User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/The Ridonculous Race Finale - Team Reviews/@comment-1734566-20151010173448

I LOVED this finale. Up until now, the only other finale I ever gave a 10/10 was the TDR finale - and this one BLOWS that finale out of the water. Nonstop comedy from the circumstances to the lines, and ALL three teams were at their absolute best: The Skaters were diabolical, the Surfers were hilarious, the Cadets were determined...it was all just perfect. And I also LOVED the abundance of bystanders that not only presented unique designs in addition to familiar callbacks (even beyond Chris, Blaineley, and Anne Maria, a TON of familiar interns appeared as well...plus a Rob Ford lookalike. <3), but also because the sheer amount of PEOPLE reminded us of where they were; I mean, come on - you're in New York, there's gonna be people there. That was something that the New York episode back in TDWT failed miserably to do, and that was one of the main reasons why that was the worst episode of that season. But this corrected all those mistakes, and more.

Although, to be fair, this is NOT the first use of CGI in TD. They used some CG in World Tour occasionally, primarily in Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles, and elsewhere. But I agree, it still looked nice.

I also LOVED the abundance of hilarious expressions: From Jacques and Josee's evil faces, to MacArthur's face when she described driving a hot dog car, to Don's hair shooting up crazily when he sees Josee throw the alligator at him...perfection and nonstop laughs.

And sorry dude - but the Surfers ARE the canon/written winners. Since they obviously had zero time for a fan vote, they just aired whichever ending is canon/written, just like TDI. Sorry that disappoints you, and I'll admit even I was shocked by them being the canon winners and not the Cadets...but I still LOVE it - the Surfers are AWESOME! :D But even then, I can totally see this ending with the Cadets as the winners too - they definitely made sure this was a case where either one could plausibly be the winner; unlike, say, TDA or TDPI, when it's painfully obvious who the canon winner is.