‘Jet Lag: The Game’ Team Breaks Down Season 10 Finale’s Airport Twist and the ‘Desert Power’ Effect

variety.com:

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 10 finale of “Jet Lag: The Game,” now streaming on Nebula. “Jet Lag: The Game” dropped its Season 10 finale Wednesday on Nebula, featuring the epic conclusion to the Down Under saga of the travel game show and the presentation of a cartoon-kangaroo-balloon-shaped trophy to either Adam Chase and Ben Doyle or Sam Denby and two-time guest player Toby Hendy.

When the trek-across-Australia-territories gambling game was said and done, it was Hendy and Denby declaring they were Jet Lagged, leaving Chase and Doyle in complete shock at the upset because 1) They did not expect Hendy (who is now twice undefeated at “Jet Lag”) and Denby’s to head to the Gold Coast Airport, and had no idea about its location on the border of Queensland and New South Wales, and 2) Chase and Doyle had amassed a truly impressive amount of “Desert Power” (and “Dune” references) while in the Outback that they believed would take them all the way to the win.

In the interview below, the “Jet Lag: The Game” team unpacks the Season 10 finale’s twists and turns with Variety. Ben and Adam – can you break down losing the “Desert Power” and the moment you realized you weren’t going to win? BEN DOYLE: Oh, it was devastating.

I think some people might think we just edited it this way, but we were literally certain that we were going to win the game until the last, like, half hour. ADAM CHASE: We entered the day with so much Desert Power.