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  • The ending of Crime Spree, also known as season 0. Sam has to forfeit because of JT's severe food poisoning and the general lack of controls for the contestants' health and sanity. However, Ben and Adam agree that Sam deserves the win, and supply him with the final law he needed to break: failing to pay JT his legally required overtime.
    • Doubles as a crowning funny when Sam, who has spent the entire game breaking obscure laws to win, immediately begins insisting that he didn't actually break this one.
  • At the end of season 2, a very drunk Ben earnestly tells Adam that the world is a beautiful place and he's glad that he and Adam got to go around it together.
  • When Ben & Adam finally sing the Okaihau Express song correctly, they celebrate together with a hug!
  • A lot of Sam & Toby's interactions in season 5 show that they make great team-members together.
    • Sam & Toby arrive at Tane Mahuta, and they both think the tree is majestic. While there, Toby channels good vibes from the tree while Sam compares it to the Tree of Souls. When Sam asks her if she has any hot takes, she doesn't and only wants to admire it even more.
    • Sam wishes Toby good luck before she goes into the water at the Kai Iwi lakes, and then she meets a teeny tiny but adorable fish and introduces herself to it.
    • When Sam & Toby summit Tokatoka, a mountain meant to be summited by lovers, they have a nice heart-to-heart moment.
      • Toby gives Sam a small berry as a friendly gesture, and thanks him for being so patient and friendly with her. note 
      • Sam remarks that Toby makes math content in her channel really fun and enjoyable to watch, even though he admits privately to the camera that he normally hates math.
  • The Christchurch Challenge involves taking a live plant around the city and taking pictures. Sam & Toby get a small but very cute plant, and despite wanting to finish the challenge quickly, they make this a very wholesome part of the game.
    • The two enter the International Antarctic Center and tour with plant in hand. They find a penguin exhibit and watch a documentary together before taking a selfie.
    • When visiting the botanical garden, Sam places the plant on a tree stump, and tells it that one day, it too will be as big as the tree.
    • Sam & Toby have a really fun time at the toy museum, to the point where even though Sam is trying to stay focused on completing the challenge, he remarks that he wishes he could stay.
    • If you didn't know that Sam and Toby were teammates competing in a high-stakes race the montage is almost indistinguishable from a platonic date.
  • The overall sportsmanship. Everybody gets competitive, but there's no bad feeling whatsoever when someone gets outplayed. In the Japan season, Ben waits 30 minutes for Sam to get out of a trap so he can hit Sam with a different 30-minute trap, severely inconveniencing Sam's team; the two still spend the whole time joking around together.
  • The series shows the willingness of complete strangers to help out the players when the situation calls for it, no questions asked.
  • Ben, Adam, and Sam defending Michelle's astrology skits in "The Layover" podcast after fans rudely criticized her on Reddit.

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