After many weeks of gameplay and 30 deactivated brokers, solely 10 seconds separated the 2 new Problem champions and the second-place finalists in a photograph end for the ages. So which Spies, Lies and Allies man and girl got here out on high, and which misplaced out on an enormous money prize by solely a hair?
The second a part of the Season 37 finale picked up with the newly shaped Purple and Orange Cells battling for first-place finishes. TJ warned the remaining eight finalists that whichever staff accomplished the primary day in second place would face a penalty, and after free dives that left Nelson breathless, marches up mountainsides with enormous missiles and beans-in-a-can dinners that preceded a sleepover in a cave, Orange Cell — which struggled to maintain up — found simply how punitive the consequence could be.
TJ advised Kyle, Nelson, Nany and Kaycee that just one man and one girl from their staff would advance and that whichever man and girl misplaced the looming sport of “Again Up Off Me” would instantly go residence.
Kyle, who mentioned he’d been combating to provide his baby-on-the-way a snug life together with his winnings, shocked the solid when he despatched residence Nelson, an odds-on favourite in bodily elimination rounds. However the actual present got here when newly confirmed couple Kaycee and Nany squared off, leaving practically all the solid in tears.
“Simply final evening, we have been speaking about crossing the end line collectively,” Nany mentioned. “Now we’re going head-to-head on this elimination. It’s loopy how this sport works.”
Kaycee, who struggled to not cry, finally bounced her girlfriend from the sport in a second that even the sometimes stone-faced CT referred to as “depraved unhappy.” However Nany mentioned the actual prize got here from her development as Kaycee’s higher half.
“Kaycee has undoubtedly modified my life,” Nany mentioned. “I’m assured in who I’m as an individual…I’d by no means even held fingers with a lady in public. I’ve by no means been open about any of that.”
Kaycee, much more decided to win, found her ugly victory got here coupled with an upside: As victors, she and Kyle acquired to decide on new companions with whom they’d full the final leg of the ultimate mission. Kaycee picked CT, Kyle picked Tori and Devin and Emy — the one duo that had beforehand labored collectively — shaped the ultimate pair as final man and girl standing.
And although Emy mentioned she and Devin have been actually at a deficit, she was decided to press ahead.
“I really feel a variety of strain as a result of each individual right here ran earlier finals,” Emy mentioned. “[But] I need to make my household proud…I can’t cease. I’m not allowed to cease.”
Sadly, her associate did must cease…a complete bunch. Through the sport’s final problem, gamers needed to race up a mountainside, memorize a 20-digit code, and race again down the mountain to unlock the million-dollar prize inside a secure. And Devin, who blew his fellow opponents away together with his puzzle acumen, conversely struggled through the bodily taxing trek.
“I’ve at all times been the one factor standing in the best way of changing into a Problem champion,” Devin mentioned. “It’s by no means anyone else. I’ve tailored. I’ve reworked.”
The transformation would solely quantity to a third-place end, although, and the last word horse race boiled right down to Crew CT and Kaycee and Crew Kyle and Tori, which each barreled down the mountain like bats out of hell. And Tori, who’d performed her greatest sport in ages, mentioned it was about time her efforts paid off.
“I’ve made numerous errors in entrance of tens of millions of individuals,” Tori mentioned. “I really feel like I deserve a win.”
Sadly, although, she and Kyle would finally lose by solely 10 seconds, as CT took residence his long-awaited back-to-back win and Kaycee earned her first Problem victory, a redemption of types after an harm knocked her out of the Double Brokers finale.
And whereas the victors got the selection to maintain the winnings all to themselves, they finally awarded every of their fellow finalists $50,000, leaving themselves with $400,000 apiece.
“Everyone’s joyful, all people goes residence with one thing — it’s an excellent day,” CT mentioned.
What did you consider the Season 37 finale? Share your ideas, and do not miss the reunion subsequent Wednesday at 8/7c.
