Two teams proved themselves dominant over the course of "The Amazing Race 14" but being a three team finale, that left room for at least one team to bid for an upset victory. In this case, the upset minded team would be ex-cheerleaders Jaime & Cara who failed to win a single one of the ten regular legs but still survived through the race long enough to have a chance at the final prize.
The second half of leg ten proved a microcosm of Jaime and Cara's struggles to date as the pair continued lost in translation, Jaime in particular endlessly frustrated with navigational misfortunes over non-English speaking taxi drivers. Worse on the last leg, the pair wandered far off course all on their own while seeking their next U-turn destination in Beijung, China.
What allowed Jaime & Cara to make the final (aside from Jen's ridiculous bathroom stop) was the ability to keep fighting no matter what. After Jaime thought to backtrack back to the opera house to find the U-Turn, Cara powered through the eating Roadblock to keep the team in contention long enough to take advantage of the sisters' fatal mistake.
I can't say that I'm optimistic about Jaime and Cara's chances to end the final "Amazing Race 14" episode as TAR's first all-female champions. With the alliance to Margie & Luke not tenable for the finale, the pair will have to rely on their own instincts against two teams that just haven't made many mistakes. Even a single error of judgment once stateside again could prove costly.
The one saving grace for Jaime & Cara may be that back in the United States, all the issues and hangups over foreign language cabbies should go away. Jaime & Cara should get a chance to compete for "The Amazing Race 14" championship on equal ground.
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