As for Brandon\'s actions/reactions/behavior at that moment he knew it was over for him, try to keep in mind that the kid certainly must have been both physically and mentally exhausted by this point...for him to act the way he did, to me, was not surprising under the circumstances...
Or maybe he is just a big ole baby all the time (JUST KIDDING...JUST KIDDING!)
As for any changes for any future series, I just have two...since such emphasis is placed on the whole time factor, find a way to time the game segments vs. commercial breaks differently so that somehow, each timed bout is played uninterrupted from start to finish...the constant breaks during the bouts was distracting for me and took away a lot of the intensity of the game.
And finally, about the line jumpers being \"surprised\" by the camera crews at their homes (or whatever location they happen to be), can we not all agree that NONE of those people were \"surprised\" at the moment that we home viewers were introduced to them by the local camera crews? I could be wrong but didn\'t it seem odd that all of the line jumpers were reasonably well-dressed at the time of their \"surprise\" (when, in reality, aren\'t most typical working people probably somewhat dressed down by that time of the evening), not to mention that it seemed a bit odd to me that most, if not all, of them seemed to have a whole bunch of people with them at that moment as well...I dunno...it all just seemed more than just a little bit staged to me...
As usual, I could be oh so wrong...
JakeT