User blog comment:Epic~00/Epic Analyzes: The Alternate RR Finales/@comment-26910203-20170113024041

Still think the best course of action would've been something like

Best Friends: 4th

Finalists: Cadets, Sisters, Dancers.

So, I actually think the second planned finale could've possibly been better than what we ended up getting. With this finale we would've had

-Tension between ALL three teams (the Cadets were not fond of the Sisters after the plane incident and the Sisters hated the Dancers as well)

-No return for the Surfer Dudes (because a return in an Amazing Race type game makes absolutely no sense)

-The main plot points that worked well in the finale (i.e Sanders saving her team, Dancers coming in third)

The Surfers only real role in the finale was comic relief and that role could easily be filled by just about anything else