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11. Lucas & Brittany (The Amazing Race 30, 5th Place)

Almost had FOUR teams from TAR30 (4/5 of the final five) make my top ten. Im not sure if thats praise for a great season of Amazing Race, or scorn for how shitty the rest of the year was overall. Probably a little bit of both. The point is, despite just missing out on the top ten, Lucas & Brittany were wonderful. Brittany was an emotional ball of energy who tied herself to a rigid (and admittedly somewhat dickish, hence missing the top ten) partner in Lucas. They had cute little quirks, like Brittany saying pineapple whenever Lucas was being too much of a dick for his own good. And after bottomfeeding for the first half of the race, they came back and showed some strength, leading into Lucas proposal in Bali. It was really sweet.

I also loved their inadvertent rivalry with Cody & Jessica. It reminded me of the one-sided rivalry between Nick & Starr and Terence & Sarah. Theres always something funny about one-sided rivalries, because you have one team thats cheering whenever some misfortune befalls their enemyand then that enemy is just whatever. That, to me, is hilarious. And then, for all his rigidity, Lucas wound up getting undone by his own hubrisin forgetting to grab his passport when they were departing their plane for a connecting flight. Was it the best ending to their storyline? Not reallybut at the time, they were worse than three of the remaining teams, so better these two than one of my top three for the season.
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