User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/The Ridonculous Race Episode 24 - Team Reviews/@comment-26910203-20151009001921

Alright unpopular opinion here but as much as I loved the Surfers and although I found Devin and Carrie to be a bit bland (but they got better)....the ending of this episode seemed unnecessary. I have one question: Why? Why do we need to bring the surfers back? The ending seems like pure fanservice. Geoff and Brody already had some great development and it was going to be non-elimination regardless, I don't understand what this added to the show besides the element of "surprise". The problem with this though is that it feels kind of forced IMO. 6th seemed like a pretty good place for the bros and gave way for more of a focus on the completely new contestants. What more could they really do with the surfers anyways besides the whole Brody x MacArthur. The next episode proves my point that they're unnecesary as well....they were just there but I'll refrain from spoilers for those who haven't seen it. I just really felt like this episode kind of interrupted the flow of the game and led to a really anti climatic ending to the season (when you throw a team in it really ruins the buildup). The constant Carrie pain/abuse in the tango scene was also unnecessary.

The rest of the teams were great and although it was a pretty interesting episode I don't think it was as good as "Darjeel With It", the ending really just kind of ticked me off.