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The Amazing Race: Season 28

12 episodes Premiered Feb 12, 2016 Updated Oct 18, 2026
Previously on The Amazing Race

Season 28 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Amazing Race Season 27.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 28 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 28: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (9): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S28·E4 Core

Get It Trending

Mar 4, 2016 · 42 min

A romance blossoms between two racers, and teams are caught in one of the largest-ever footraces to the mat for first place.

S28·E5 Core

We're Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today

Mar 11, 2016 · 42 min

The Race reaches new heights as teams climb 15,000 feet in the French Alps, and one team may be in jeopardy of elimination after dropping their clue down a mountain.

S28·E6 Core

Let the Good Times Roll

Apr 1, 2016 · 42 min

For the first time, teams travel to Yerevan, Armenia, where an express pass is on the line for the winner of the leg.

S28·E7 Core

Welcome to Bloody Fingers 101

Apr 8, 2016 · 42 min

Teams travel to the country of Georgia where they learn how to make a traditional candy and go deep into the trenches at an old Georgian winery.

S28·E8 Core

I Have a Wedgie and a Half

Apr 15, 2016 · 42 min

Teams travel to Dubai where they race camels and swim with sharks.

S28·E9 Core

Salt That Sand!

Apr 22, 2016 · 42 min

In a tight race to the mat, teams row and swim to the Pit Stop located on a boat, where the losers walk the plank and are eliminated.

S28·E10 Core

Monkey Dance!

Apr 29, 2016 · 42 min

Racers embark on a gut wrenching, 40-foot plunge and teams make a difficult decision when faced with a double U-turn.

S28·E12 Mytharc

The Only First That Matters

May 13, 2016 · 42 min

As the final three teams race from Shenzhen, China to Santa Barbara, California for the final leg of the Race, they face a gut-wrenching leap of faith: jump off a building more tha

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