I know why you’re here — so let’s get right to it.
Brad, Britni and last week’s cliffhanger
We finally get to see the phone call between Brad and Brit. Brad opens up about Paulie’s accusations of infidelity. Brit vehemently denies any wrongdoing but also fails to mention how Paulie had announced in the Redemption House kitchen his plan to lie to Brad. Brad says he believes his girl but doesn’t sound convinced. The phone call doesn’t seem to do much to settle Brad’s mental state as he keeps seeking reassurance from his friends. Kyle, not one to go an episode without bringing up his man crush Paulie, seizes the opportunity to keep the witch hunt alive in case Paulie returns to the main house.
CT’s crazy wall
Like a true veteran champ, CT takes advantage of the vacation time given to him at Redemption House. His body may be at rest but his mind never stops. He develops an alliance/power team connection web to the likes of which I have only seen onserious detective shows. With this power board, CT hopes to work out how votes will go as the game unfolds.
The Hen House
Joss, Kyle, Nelson are frequent visitors in the girls’ room. They get in and get out nightly if you catch my drift. At this point inTheChallenge, I am still in the dark about Kyle and Faith. He doesn’t interact with her much in the house, so aside from the kiss, I am clueless.
Cue Never Have I Ever, which is one of the games we play in theChallengehouse to sort out the tea on each other. Shane puts theChallengehouse sex-capades on blast when he asks who has had sex since being in this house — and Faith admits she has had sex with Kyle.
From downstairs I hear screaming and assume some juicy info has leaked. When I find out what happened, I am feeling hurt. Everyone’s single and can do what they want (Kyle recently did an interview where he admitted he was, in fact, NOT single coming into the house, but his girlfriend allowed him to hook up with anyone except me because she knew he had feelings for me).
Here’s the common denominator: Kyle was being manipulative.
Today’s Challenge: Off the Rails
The objective:Get your teammate through an obstacle course on a moving train.That winner advantage:Brad and Kyle can take away a supporting lifeline rope from any team, making the obstacle course considerably more difficult to complete.They choose:Me and Marie. I am pretty sure a lot of strategy was involved in this decision, but here are the main two:
- The winner of this challenge is 100 percent safe and has a power vote. Clearly, you want to handicap the team you believe is the strongest so you have a better chance at winning.OR2. Or maybe you are friends with a strong team so maybe you want to give the handicap to a team who is newer and doesn’t have a lot of alliances, therefore not ruffling any feathers.
Clearly Kyle and Brad see me and Marie as the biggest threat to beat them today. I am flattered. I did beat Kyle, Zach, and Tony in last season’s final so this does make sense. Thanks, guys!
But not only do we get a handicap, we get to go first. Marie and I are ready to school Bananas and Tony and set a time to beat for the rest of the teams — handicap be damned!
We try a couple of different strategies but ultimately it’s easier for me to walk backward and push Marie’s hips down to keep her secure. She has weak ankles and not the best balance. She is like Bambi on ice with her legs wobbling and shaking. I just hold her down and encourage her as she scrambles to grab the ropes for support. She still doubts herself but I know she can do it. We eventually make it to the second obstacle with Johnny and Tony. This is where Kyle and Brad have taken away a lifeline rope from us. I feel secure and confident that we can do this, but Marie’s legs are shot and she scrambles to grab at a rope that isn’t there as she loses her balance. I can’t hold her up so there is nothing more we can do. I feel that we didn’t need the ropes physically as much as Marie needed them mentally. She needs to take a breath and believe in herself. This is my challenge with her this season. Kyle and Brad got us here even though Marie gave me her best.
Only Tony and Johnny, Joss and Sylvia and Amanda and Zach manage to complete the challenge, and Zach and Amanda walk away with the win.
What you don’t see
After the challenge, we go to the club and get wasted. I am angry at Kyle for the grenade, so I tell producers I am going to bite the anger bullet and go play nice so Kyle and Brad don’t vote for me and Marie.
What you do see
After the club, drunk me and Kyle decide to talk. This is where I think I am playing Kyle like a fiddle (even though the edit is meant to make me look like a lovesick loser). As we talk, I work angles to make him think I am not mad at him for throwing the grenade at me. I pretend everything is squashed. Kyle thinks he’s the genius, when in fact I am the one playing him this time.
Shane-anigans
Shane wants to come for Johnny but is on the same wavelength as Tori in getting rid of their girls first. He tries to rally Jozea and Da’Vonne to vote Faith and Angela. He tells them it will be a close vote and they need to vote this way to save themselves. Jozea and Day pretend to listen but make no promises. These two are independent agents playing their own game.
Time to vote
I want to vote in Brad and Kyle to send a message that you can’t treat me like dirt and throw me a grenade and expect to get off free and clear. You do it to me, I get you back; we are “even.” Marie agrees. We don’t want to look like pushovers. So we own it.
That final confrontation
Shane realizes that Da’Vonne and Jozea do not vote according to plan. Day makes it known now that she isn’t a puppet. She is here to play her own game and no one can tell her what to do. Shane takes this as a declaration of war and vows to take her team down come high or hell water.
The heat is high and an elimination is on the horizon. Stay tuned for next week’s recap and juicy inside info you can only get here.
STAY WEIRD!
source: people.com
