The Amazing Race featured Carson McCalley and Jack Dodge and Han Nguyen and Holden Nguyen advancing to the final leg during Season 37's penultimate episode that aired Wednesday night on CBS.
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The Amazing Race episode ended in a cliffhanger with the remaining two teams -- "Married parents" Jonathan Towns and Ana Towns and "Married nurse anesthetists" Alyssa and Josiah -- racing in Portugal to become one of the Final 3 teams.
The Amazing Race broadcast began with the Final 4 teams leaving Strasbourg, France and flying over 1,200 miles to Porto, Portugal.
Carson and Jack departed in first place at 1:52AM, and they were followed by Alyssa and Josiah at 2:07AM, Jonathan and Ana at 2:17AM, and Han and Holden at 2:25AM.
All of the teams boarded the same flight, which landed in Porto at 11:20AM.
Once the teams landed in Portugal, they had to play "Valet Roulette" inside the airport's parking garage.
The teams had to choose a key off a valet wheel to determine whether they'd be driving an automatic or manual car for the rest of the leg. There were two automatic cars and two manual cars available.
All of the teams grabbed their keys at the same time, but Carson and Jack ripped open their next clue in first place.
Carson and Jack learned they must drive to Granjao, Vila Marim to find their next clue. No directions or further instructions were included, but a map was provided inside each car.
Carson and Jack received an automatic car, and so did Alyssa and Josiah.
Once at Granjao, Carson and Jack were told they must hop in a raft, paddle across a river, and then roll two heavy wine barrels uphill to a winemaking house.
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Jonathan asked his wife to stop being annoying during the car ride, and Han and Holden had to stop and ask for directions.
Han and Holden got to the river in second place, and Alyssa and Josiah were racing in third.
Jonathan and Ana got lost on the way to the river. When Ana, who was driving, accused Jonathan of not communicating his directions clearly, he said they'd never switch because she was worse at navigating.
Jonathan and Ana ended up asking locals for directions, and Jonathan did take over driving the car. Jonathan was complaining about how it was a crappy start to the leg, but Ana asked him not to complain.
"It doesn't help," Ana said.
"It's not supposed to help," Jonathan snapped.
"Okay, but it makes it worse," Ana responded.
"No it doesn't," Jonathan argued.
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Ana was upset Jonathan only had fun when they came in first place, and he called her "irritating."
After completing the exhausting wine-barrel task, the teams headed to the Castelo De Santa Maria Da Feira to find their next clue. Carson and Jack were still racing in first at this point.
Once at the castle, it became time for one member of each team to complete a Roadblock task.
The participating Racers were required to suit up in medieval armor and take an archery test. They would be given seven tries to hit three bullseyes in moving targets.
Carson and Jack did "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to determine who would do the task, and Carson got to do it.
Carson was then joined by Alyssa, Holden and Jonathan.
"It's tough to enjoy it when you know you're going home," Jonathan vented.
The teams finished the Roadblock task in the order in which they had arrived.
The teams' next set of clues sent them to Campanha Porto train station, where they'd take a train to Sao Bento Porto Train Station. Once they arrived at their destination, they had to search for a man selling tiles.
Just as Jonathan thought his race was over, the other teams struggled to find Campanha Porto train station.
Alyssa and Josiah also got hit by another car. Since there was no damage, Alyssa and Josiah moved on from the incident and continued racing. However, the pair couldn't figure out where to park their rental.
Carson and Jack ended up on the same train with Han and Holden.
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"It's us and them, this sucks," Alyssa lamented as she could hear Jonathan and Ana bickering.
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Jonathan and Ana were arguing about whether Ana had cut him off in line to get tickets. Jonathan admitted the pair had been butting heads the entire leg and it wasn't their finest hour.
Once at the Sao Bento train station, the next clue read, "Ode Porto Wine House Ribeira."
Teams were then instructed to complete a huge mosaic by sticking blue and white puzzle pieces onto a building. The completed puzzle was going to reveal the location of the teams' final international Pit Stop.
Carson and Jack finished the puzzle in first place, and the men had to figure out that they needed to cross the Luis I Bridge and find The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan on the other side of the Douro River.
The first three teams to arrive at the Pit Stop would race to the finish line for $1 million.
When Alyssa and Josiah started the puzzle, they didn't see Jonathan and Ana anywhere.
Carson and Jack met Phil at the Pit Stop in first place, and for winning the leg, they got to fly back to the United States in Business Class.
"The reason people keep coming back to games is because it brings you joy, and if that gets sucked out of it, what's the point?" Carson said.
"I think [our success] is a huge testament to our ability to understand each other and to respect each other, no matter what happens -- to just feel excited and lucky to be here," Jack added.
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"All of that hard work and the tears and the fighting, it actually amounted to something, which is insane!" Han told Phil.
Holden hugged his sister and added, "We have truly figured out our racing strategy and our racing plan, and we put it into action today. There is no better time to peak than the end."
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The Amazing Race ended on a cliffhanger, with the remaining two teams working on the mosaic puzzle.
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