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The great news for the flight attendants is that when they arrive at Cheese Assault Mountain, there are still a handful of teams participating in the challenge. Even so, last place appears likely to come down to them or Preston and Jennifer, who experience a brief moment of solidarity while running down that cheese hill. At the parking lot outside where Phil is currently standing, Preston and Jennifer arrive first but Christie and Jodi arrive just behind them. This is the rare non-manipulated close ending of an Amazing Race leg. Sensing their opportunity, the flight attendants throw down their bags and begin to sprint to the finish line. Preston and Jennifer follow suit soon afterward, but Jennifer is simply too beaten down physically by the race itself and emotionally by her boyfriend. He winds up giving his girlfriend a piggyback ride to the finish line where they lose by about 15 seconds.

After elimination, Preston and Jennifer behave predictably. They profess their love for one another and say that they had decided this race would make or break their relationship. In their estimation, a last place finish is exactly the sign they needed that they are going to spend the rest of their lives together. Monogamists everywhere feel their relationships lessened by this declaration.

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