Frank and Margarita, on the train.

Esquire, running. Matt and Ana, applauding. Esquire feet. Emily, yelling. Lenny, clapping. Rob's hand goes out, Brennan's hand drops into it, and they raise them and keep running. Drew, beaming. Kevin, clapping above his head. Margaretta, gorgeous and grinning.

Frank and Margarita, on the train.

Long shot of the boys, heading for the finish line. Light Hair, smiling. The boys run, and Brennan raises his fist. Brenda, waving them in. Phil, waving them in.

Frank and Margarita, getting off the train.

And here it is. The boys run up to the crowd of contestants, slapping everyone's outstretched hands, and bang! They're at the red podium. They hug Phil. They hug each other. Rob pumps his fist, and they high-five. Brennan spreads his hands and looks at the sky. Rob crouches low. He's about to cry, and is desperately attempting not to, which works, except for the little spit bubble. I won't tell. They grin. "Nine countries, four continents, thirty-five thousand miles," Phil says. "You guys are the official winners of The Amazing Race." Rob: "It's the most fulfilling, grueling, horrible, exciting, wonderful experience of my life, and I did it with my best friend." (Okay, I'm letting that go this time.) "It was amazing," Brennan says, working in the theme of the show. "We had no idea we were going to end up here." Drew, smiling. Kevin, smiling. "We started off the race feeling strong, but we there were a lot of low points, so we, we didn't think we were gonna make it, but we worked together, we never had any big drop-down [sic] drag-out fights, we both did our job -- I did my job, he did his job, we knew where each other's strengths were, we rode 'em, and this is where we ended up." Rob, pointing at the group. "And it's all these teams pushin' us. What kick-ass competition." He applauds. Davey waves V signs. Nancy claps her gloved hands. Emily's working the cornrows again, but that's all right.

Frank and Margarita, running up the straightaway. Don't misunderstand this -- they think they won. Actually, they're sure they won, even now. This just hurts. "I can't believe it," she says to him as they run. She voices over about how they came around the bend and heard the contestants cheering -- because indeed, everyone is cheering again. You can even see Margarita look over her shoulder to see if Esquire is back there. Umm, Margarita? Esquire's not back there. Sniff. Phil is waving them in, but they just don't see the boys, who are in plain sight on the mat next to Phil. I know they don't see them because Margarita talked about it on The Early Show. They didn't see them until they were up on the mat. It's edited to look like she saw them while they were running, but she didn't. (Is it wrong of me that I'm sitting here thinking...man, Brennan's got the Hating-Hat on! How can they not see the Hating-Hat?) A beaming Frank and Margarita come up to the podium, and as they slap hands with the waiting contestants? They still think they've won. Margarita stops to throw herself into Margaretta's arms, while Frank climbs up on the mat -- and there, he sees the boys. You can see him turn and say something to Margarita. And then she's there, and she gets it, and she hugs Brennan, and she hugs Rob.