The Challenge Recap #10 (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK!)

The Challenge Recap #10 (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK!)

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Let’s not waste any more time.  Last week we all got blue-balled by the dreaded black and white screen of To Be Continued.  Eff that.

Elimination #10: Wrecking Wall

CT v. Leroy: JESUS…Both these guys were great and moved quicker than anyone else’s wrecking walls, but CT does. not. play. CT flew up that wall like it was actual job.

Cara Maria v. Her Ex BFF Laurel:  I felt for Cara Maria because she never really had a shot.  Having a giant broken club hand is no way to go up a wall.  Laurel won easy, but not necessarily by any thing great she did.

GOODBYE LOSERS:

1. Leroy

Russ: It sucks to go home this soon, but for next time, politick, just a little bit and you might not get burned this late. 

2. Cara Maria

Russ: This fucking sucks.  The first season I actually like you and you leave me high and dry?  DONT GO BACK TO LAUREL!  She was the MVP of the season in my opinion.  Don’t sleep on drafting her anymore. 

Once Leroy and Cara Maria were eliminated, the episode was able to continue as normal, with the twist that the venue was going to shift as TJ announced they would be going to the Andes mountains.  This led to the obligatory celebratory shots before boarding for Chile.  You would think these guys have never stayed in luxury accommodations as they freaked the fuck out about the new place they’re staying in.  Christ.  Bananas, knowing how these final challenges usually go, started immediately studying up on the active volcano in the distance.

The next morning the remaining eight competitors arrived to meet TJ to find out their challenge at which point he informed them, there would not be another challenge.  Instead there would be one more final DRAW that they all had to participate in before the final challenge.  I LOVE THIS TWIST!

The Draw

This time because there are four guys and four girls, there are two safe cards and two kill cards.  Oh boy…Zach drew a clear card. Nany drew a clear card.  Johnny drew a clear card (awesome for fantasy purposes).  That means the final elimination would be CT V. Bananas.  Devyn drew the second clear card, meaning that the final elimination would be Laurel V. Theresa.  That really sucks for Laurel and CT.

Elimination #11: Puzzle Pyramid

There were six puzzles in a pyramid shape.  Each player had to start at the bottom level pyramid and solve that puzzle before moving to the next one.  The first player to solve their puzzles three would be the victor.

Laurel V. Theresa: The first puzzle was a smaller version of the puzzle from the last episode.  Neither looked like they were killing it, but Laurel beat the first one faster.  The second puzzles pieces had a pattern on it that had to be replicated and Laurel crushed it before Theresa finished the first one.  Theresa was in tears by the time Laurel got to the third puzzle, but she got through it.  Laurel meanwhile was hard at work on her last puzzle which was some weirdo number pattern stuff. Theresa did catch up to the last puzzle with Laurel, but Laurel ended up pulling it out.

CT V. Bananas (THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!):  From the start Bananas made quick work of the first puzzle, and moved on to the second.  CT wasn’t very behind, but Bananas still was edging him a bit.  CT got to the third number puzzle first and beasted it, sending CT packing.

 

Men’s Rankings

1. Zach

Russ: Welcome to the top of the mountain.  I think the win goes through Zach, easy.  Perhaps this is the season that the torch officially passes from CT to Zach as ultimate alpha male. 

2. Bananas

Russ: This fucking guy will never go away.  He’s the squirreliest guy.  Not the best, strongest, or smartest, but always at the end of things. 

3. Johnny (Portland)

Russ:  Don’t call this guy the rookie of the year…I can’t even tell you how he made it this far.  He was OK at best, but sometimes that’s all you need to be if luck is involved.  

 

Women’s Rankings

1. Laurel

 Russ: With Cara Maria gone, this is even more than it already was, the biggest lock on the board.  It’s hard to believe she’s never won. 

2. Nany

Russ: You need to be scared. I get scared even watching the finals. 

 3. Devyn

Russ:  Has yet to see an elimination and might be the luckiest player in challenge history.  Also, you deserve to get underestimated.  You’ve never proved shit.  

GOODBYE LOSERS AGAIN:

1. Theresa

Russ: I’m happy that she got as close as she was ever going to get to get sent home right before the final. 

2. C.T

Russ:  So…I think you might be pretty good at this game, or any game, or anything, that isn’t puzzles.  The champ has been unseated. 

THE FINAL CHALLENGE!!!!

TJ right from the jump called out Portland and Devyn for being better at The Draw than the actual competition.  Then he told them they had to climb to the summit of a frickin active volcano.  But the latest in a series of twists came from TJ that the final will be broken into five segments with guy/girl pairs being part of the first THREE segments.  God. But after each stage, partners will be swapped.  GOD. The final two segments will be solo segments.

1st Stage Teams:  Portland/Nany, Zach/Devyn, Bananas/Laurel

2nd Stage Teams: Portland/Laurel, Bananas/Devyn, Zach/Nany

3rd Stage Teams: Portland/Devyn, Zach/Laurel, Bananas/Nany

The 1st stage is a race out to the water to collect paddles, to then bring to shore and use to row the boat across the water to the finish line.  Easy enough right?  Bananas/Laurel obv. went out in first place, followed by Portland/Nany, and a VERY DISTANT Zach/Devyn (who was as bad as you would guess).  Their boat even capsized which is fucking terrifying and dangerous, and OF COURSE it ended there.

See you next week to find out if Zach lives!

 

 

 

About Russ Stevens

Russ Stevens is an editor and writer at Rookerville and a guidance counselor at Nyack HS. He mostly writes about either loving or hating things. In his spare time, he performs Improv comedy with his troupe Priest and The Beekeeper and is a co-producer of their monthly variety show Pig Pile. He loves all the New York sports teams that are historically bad, and he hates lateness more than anything in the world.

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