One of the most exciting twists implemented on The Amazing Race has been the U-Turn, so it's surprising the twist has yet to return. Viewers were first introduced to the U-turn during The Amazing Race season 12. The U-Turn was created as a response to criticism of the previous twist, the Yield, which forced teams to wait a pre-determined amount of time before they could continue on the race. The U-Turn appears on certain legs of The Amazing Race to allow one team to force another to perform both sides of a detour, slowing them down and potentially eliminating them from the race.

The twist underwent a few changes, such as the blind U-Turn, in which Amazing Race teams could U-Turn without the others knowing, and the double U-Turn, which allowed two teams to use a U-Turn in a single leg. Reddit user tmarengo created a thread asking what happened to...