Just watched on the DVR. Loved the conclusion. Good to feel like I was rooting for them to win, they played the game with such wide-eyed optimism throughout.
Yep. If you just randomly throughout a NEL, it would be a logistical nightmare. CBS already clears X number of spaces on international flights to make sure that their people fly 1/2/3 different flight options. If a leg which was to be an elimination is flipped and becomes an NEL, then the next...
Without some bunch ups, I think you'd end up with boat racing. One team would get far enough ahead early that it would be almost impossible for them to be caught, and then you've just got several episodes to drag out the inevitable. I don't mind the bunch ups at all.