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Previously onThe Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras...
Put Cara in again. You're just pissed 'cause
I beat you in the fucking challenge.
There's so much tension between Bananas, Laurel and Cara.
If we cannot align
to a goal, our team will crumble.
Go.
Right! Right, right, right!
All right, Era Three, you win. Great job.
Uh, we're at a stalemate.
- There's no consensus? - Nope.
A man, again, has dictated my fate.
And my voice matters, too.
Don't fuck with me. All right, let's go. It's you.
This is it. Hit that, boy.
Fuck!
Wow!
Our era is getting smaller and smaller as we speak,
and we are in short supply
of good players in the Era One.
Darrell, Averey, if you compete in the elimination and win,
you get to choose targets.
No one's safe anymore.
So, who's it gonna be from Era One?
- Derek. - Aneesa. - Era Two?
- Laurel. - Bananas. - Era Three?
- Jordan. - Nia. - Era Four?
- Jenny. - Horacio.
This is a badass lineup,
and whoever has to go against each other,
it's going to be an absolute show.
Tuck and roll.
Oh!
Ow!
Correct answer was Gauntlet III.
CT, you were on that show, dude.
Hey!
Look at that sweet armband. Yeah.
Laurel and I are both chosen as targets.
The other teams are going to be salivating
at the idea of getting
me and Laurel into an elimination
and getting rid of one or both of us.
Oh, my God.
This game's gonna be really hard to navigate now.
I know. It's gonna be impossible.
- 'Cause you can't predict... - No, you
- never can. You always have to be ready. - what someone's gonna pick
- and you don't know who's gonna go down in elimination - Yup.
- and you don't know what team's gonna win and you don't know... - Exactly.
So, you just have to always stay ready.
- You just got to go with the flow. - Yeah, it's wild.
I'm also left wondering, like, why'd he pick me?
Yeah.
Fuck you, Darrell. What the hell?
I thought we were good, and apparently, um, we're not.
I mean, at the very least, even though I don't know
what the target is going to mean,
precisely, I'm happy that
I'm doing this with Johnny.
- Thank you. - Good luck. We'll figure it out.
- I'll see you tomorrow at the challenge. - Okay. Good luck.
CT [imitating Vito Corleone]: Let me help you.
CT [regular voice]: CT pro tip:
Don't do anything drastic when the game changes.
Let it ride. Protect yourself. Have a presence.
Not too much of a presence.
People are gonna jump the gun because they're overthinking.
They're gonna get anxious, and they're more than likely
gonna shoot themself in the foot.
This is gonna get spicy.
Tell him it's best he see me.
Era Three, baby!
Era Three!
You never want
your era to lose numbers,
because we know, in this game, that numbers matter
for a multitude of reasons.
We lost Tony, but right now
we're looking real strong,
so we want to ride this wave
and keep the momentum strong.
Thank you, Jordan, for stepping up.
Yeah. Round of applause for Jordan.
Jordan!
- Let's go, baby. - Hey! Hey, buddy.
- Listen, we're all gonna have to do it. - Honorable.
So, we'll just-we'll just get it done.
We're gonna win anyway.
The whole volunteering thing--
I'm okay with it, 'cause, listen, buys me some time.
There's no drama within the team.
You know it's your turn.
Put your hand up, volunteer,
'cause we all agree to keep this rotation going.
Right now, all those other teams are absolutely
Fucking frazzled. Aneesa is pissed at Darrell.
Yeah, pissed.
Now it's we win or we're 50% chance going in.
Just all there is to it.
I am really proud of you, and I'm really glad that we've
been, like, doing this together.
- You have a fucking sick body. - Thank you.
And it irritates me, the pressure on women
that you have to look a certain way.
I look this way just purely because this is my job.
It definitely helps to have someone who looks like you
being like, "Well, I support you,
- and this is what you should be doing." - Yeah.
And I wish people would understand that strength
and being fit doesn't just have to look one way.
The last time you saw me,
I made it to a final.
Finally.
Unfortunately, after about 94 hours,
I completely ruptured my ACL, tore my meniscus,
and sprained my MCL.
The minute I got home, I was straight into surgery.
Surgery was perfect.
I walked out of the hospital
and I trained every single day.
Like, I can do anything.
Well, babe, you got even two. We got...
'Cause we're gonna be here till the end, you and I.
So we've got, you know, a fair amount of time now
to continue implementing good habits,
and now we'll work out together.
We'll... You can make us our protein shakes.
Aneesa and I, we are really great friends,
and I want her to feel the confidence
she deserves because she's got the most beautiful soul,
and she's got a reason to keep me in, in my area,
'cause I'm her coach, so keep me in, Aneesa.
If you get a chance to, keep me in.
You've got so much to look forward to with it, honestly.
- Love you. Thank you. - I love you, too.
It's right here.
I literally woke up this morning, and I was like,
"I haven't had an emotional roller coaster like that
since Ride or Dies with Jordan."
- Yeah. - Like, i-it made me so sad last night.
We're not friends anymore.
- You don't want to be friends with me? - No.
That's fucked-up, the way you came at me.
You're my friend.
I know, from you, it comes from a deep place. And, like,
- I know that there's stuff we haven't hashed out. - Mm-hmm.
And I don't hold anything from last night
against you. I want you to know that.
- Yeah. - Like, I really just want to, like,
- hear you out and, like, - Yeah.
let you say what you need to say to me
- so we can move past this. - I know.
I know your heart. Like, obviously,
you telling me, "You were-- kind of-- dead to me,"
that literally crushed me. Yeah.
- You know? - You... I love you too much and I care about you too much.
The way that I spoke to you was so out of pocket.
Like, I'm so sorry about that because it was the wrong time.
I really care about Tori.
I look at her like a sister.
I really do look at her as family.
I know that I have a solid alliance in the game.
Tori, Devin,
Kaycee, Aneesa and myself.
And I think the other thing to realize
is I'm technically supposed to be in your era.
I'm on the cusp.
I'm season 30. 31 starts you guys.
We're all across the board
in all different eras, so I think
that we're gonna be-be able to navigate this game,
um, and really dominate, and hopefully,
do really good together.
- Get over here. - Okay.
Okay. I'm happy it's over, dude.
I don't think I'm doing the best of hiding it,
but mentally, right now,
I'm not in the best place.
My girlfriend is out.
I only feel like Kyland's on my side.
So I'm just doing this
for-for other people now,
which is hard, but I have to
pull forward for Kyland.
We started with 40 and now we're down to 30.
Welcome, everybody, to your third challenge
on this season of The Challenge 40:
Battle of the Eras.
First, I want to congratulate
our winners from the elimination round.
Averey and Darrell, killing it.
As the winners of the elimination,
you had to choose targets.
So, today is a very special day.
We're gonna play a little trivia.
You hate it, we love it.
Trivia.
No one likes trivia.
You know, not for nothing, I'm freaking out.
My husband will tell you that is not my strong suit.
Trivia has been my demise. What's "demise" mean?
Does anyone know the definition of "demise"?
I actually love trivia.
Me and my friends, we do trivia nights. I do consider
myself a big fan of The Challenge.
I've watched a lot, I've studied a lot.
I'm feeling pretty good about my odds.
I'm excited.
I've never done well at trivia.
Today's challenge is called
Cradled Cranium.
To begin, each of you are gonna be starting
30 feet above this water in cradle position.
- No! - No!
I'm gonna ask you a series of questions
with categories that span The Challenge.
Geography, history, love stories, hookups,
throwdowns, a little bit of random
and Challengers in the wild.
Each category has ten questions,
with the difficulties ranging from 100 to 400.
You answer it correctly, you get those points.
You answer it wrong, two players from your era
are dropping right off into the water.
What's wrong with you?
Could be pretty awesome. I-I mean, I like it.
The team with the most points at the end will win,
which means if everyone falls off into the water,
you're still in it.
In the event of a tie, you'll go to sudden death.
Targets, if your era loses today,
you are going straight into the elimination,
so you do not want to come in last.
It's a hot day. Let's get wet.
Get on out of here.
- I feel confident. - I feel good.
- I believe in us. - I believe in us, too.
I have been a part of some of the love stories.
I've also been there for a lot of the throwdowns.
We might be all right.
It's trivia day.
I am super excited because I kick ass at trivia.
Really excited to go against Kyland the Calculator
because I know how smart he is. Era Four--
they are really good, and we need
to dismantle that team as soon as possible.
Era Three, you're up first.
Who's gonna be answering the question?
- Jordan. - Jordan.
- History for 100. - All right.
History for 100.
Who is the first person to become
a solo Challenge champion?
Wes.
For real?
The disrespect.
He was there.
Bye, bitch.
Aah!
- Oh, hell, no! - The right answer
is Cara Maria.
Era Four, who's gonna answer?
- Josh, Josh! - Me, TJ!
Teej, I'm-a go with Throwdown for 100.
During Duel II,
which two competitors had a heated argument that escalated
into a physical fight at the top of the season?
That's gonna be Darrell and Derrick.
Bye.
Aah!
Oh!
God.
I wonder, like, does he practice
that laugh at home in the mirror?
Like, he's like...
Come on, Josh! The correct answer
is CT and Adam.
What the [bleep] is up?!
Era One.
Love Stories and Hookups for 100.
Derrick and I are targets, so,
we're trying to win or at least not come in last.
What Challenger
did Kendal have a showmance with?
Wes?
That answer is incorrect.
- Mike "The Miz." - I didn't know.
Next up.
I'm going Love Stories and Hookups.
Just give me a hundo.
On Spies, Lies & Allies,
who did Berna couple up with before her elimination?
Um... Um...
Emanuel.
Aah!
It was Nelson.
Good try, Cara.
Right back in Era Three. Here we go.
I'm gonna go Throwdowns, 100.
On what season did Devin famously
antagonize Big Brother alum Josh
by saying, "Big Brother sucks!"?
Double Agents!
Big Brother sucks!
You suck, Devin!
That was Double Agents. Do you remember?
Big Brother rules!
Put it on the board, baby!
Come on, Era Four!
I'm gonna do Geography for 400.
Now we're talking!
With Horacio being the target,
it's more important than ever
that Era Four wins to keep him safe.
It might be worth it to take a really big swing
and get on the board in a big way.
Contestants had to swim in which body of water
during a challenge in Battle of the Bloodlines?
Red Sea.
That is incorrect.
Oh!
It was the Aegean Sea.
Era Four superfans,
what are you doing?
Kyland trying to show off with that 400-pointer?
Get out of here.
Era One.
History for 200, baby. Come on.
Who competed in the first-ever
Hall Brawl elimination?
Come on, Derrick, you know this!
I don't think he does.
CJ and Zach.
Oh! Oh, my God.
Oh. CT's... CT's hurting.
Damn.
Did I just accidentally take out
the best player on our team?
One, two, three, ready, go.
Stay calm, CT.
We love you, Chris.
You're gonna be all right, big guy.
At this point,
I'm fucking nervous for him.
Honestly, I just don't know
what to think because he's such an animal
and such a machine.
You just never see this happen to him.
I'm, like, damn near goosebumps
just trying to figure out, is this man gonna be okay?
Which male Challenger became Leroy's partner on Rivals?
Mike from the season of Real World.
Nany and Kaycee met on what season of The Challenge?
Total Madness.
The Challenge went down under for what season?
Inferno II. No. Nope, that's wrong.
It was Fresh Meat I, baby!
Darrell-- what was the first season he won?
She was there. She was there.
Inferno?
Oh, my God!
You was there.
Which Challenger did Katie get in a fight with
on Inferno?
Veronica.
Which Challenge champion played Ed Helms' fiancée
in the Hangover franchise?
Jamie Chung?
Challenge 30 was in Colombia.
Name all three colors of the flag.
Blue, yellow, red.
That is a massive 100 points!
- Yeah! - Let's fucking go!
Yeah!
Which Challenger tried to unhook
Veronica's safety harness?
- Julie. - What is she doing?!
What season did married couple Zach and Jenna meet on?
Exes II.
Laurel and I are the two targets.
I think you do gain a lot of confidence
and a lot of strength from the person that you're at risk with.
But because the rest of the team
is in no way, shape, or form in jeopardy
of being nominated to go in,
we got to win 'cause if we don't win,
there is a very strong possibility that we go in.
It's a lot being Pat Sajak and Vanna White, you know?
Okay, which two Challengers got into an altercation
on Final Reckoning that was dubbed "Pastagate"?
Cory Wharton and Tony Raines!
Era Three!
- Prime ballgame! Let's fucking go! - Let's go, Dev!
Era Four, you're doing terrible.
It's very important
for my era to win
because I'm the target,
Jenny's the target, and I know that
looking at the other targets on the other eras,
this is gonna be a very big elimination.
Whoever goes down there is gonna have a fight.
So, for me, it's very important to-to get this win.
On what season did The Challenge celebrate
500 episodes?
38, Ride or Dies.
This is the 500th episode
of The Challenge.
Yes!
To come up short,
especially when there's so much at stake for me
personally, with Horacio being a target,
it just feels like I failed.
Era Four, you are the losers, officially.
Horacio and Jenny, I'll be seeing you in the Arena.
It is disappointing,
but it is not surprising.
So I'll have to go in there and prove myself.
It kind of feels good sometimes to be in there
and just get your hands dirty a little bit.
Aneesa.
- Geography, 400. - Now we're talking.
Which one of the Pillars in Hercules
served as the starting point
for the competition in Vendettas?
Hercules?
That is incorrect.
It was the Rock of Gibraltar.
Oh, that.
Like I would've fucking known that one.
All right, this is it.
Era Two and Era Three.
It's all tied up.
These cousins shared a fight where they cited a family bakery
as a reason for their contention.
It was Jenna Compono...
and Bri.
- That is correct. - Congratulations, your dad owns a bakery.
"It's not my fault your dad owns a bakery!"
Bananas' backpack was famously seen in 2023
on which Showtime TV show?
Shameless.
That's incorrect.
Yellowjackets.
Is that the...
Is that the show where they eat each other?
In which city of Brazil was The Duel hosted?
- Buzios? - That is correct.
On Battle of the Sexes, Challengers were competing
in which Jamaican city?
Kingston?
Correct answer is Montego Bay.
Jordan, the lone soldier.
I'm especially nervous because the only way
Jordan and I are safe is if he wins this.
But if anyone can pull off a ridiculous upset,
it's this man.
Nurys.
It's in the Czech Republic.
Sarah Rice.
Theo Von.
Which married couple entered the game as a team
on Ride or Dies?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh!
Sam and Kailah.
All right, so it's all tied up again.
But Jordan has a chance.
Jordan, to stay in the game, what do we got?
Challengers in the Wild for 100.
Jonna won what competition show before The Challenge?
The Challenge: Spring Break.
That is incorrect, Jordan.
Oh, really?
- What was it? - Endurance. - Endurance.
Era Two, you get this right and you win.
You get it wrong and you got to answer another question.
What male Challenger competed on So You Think You Can Dance?
I need an answer.
The correct answer is Asaf. Still tied up.
Era Two, if you get this right, you win.
If you get it wrong, it's sudden death.
This Road Rules: All Stars cast member
went on to work in politics.
I don't even know how someone from The Challenge
could be in politics, but look at
the history of our politicians.
I don't know.
That is incorrect.
Let's go!
All right, it's all tied up.
Now we are in sudden death, Era Two and Era Three.
The Laurel-Jordan showdown we've all been waiting for!
Wow.
Okay, so Laurel's first.
What season did Pole Wrestle elimination debut?
The Duel.
That is correct.
- Yes! - Yes, yes, yes!
Good job, baby.
Hey, you're still in the game. You're still in the game.
Let's go, baby.
Jordan, to stay in the game,
what was the name of Devin's rival on Rivals III?
Um... Um...
Shant... Uh, um...
Fuck.
Now we are in sudden death. Jordan, what was the name
of Devin's rival on Rivals III?
Um... Um...
Shant... Uh, um...
Uh...
I'm just like, "Oh, my God.
Bro, hey, I'm here. Hello?"
Last night, me and Jordan were talking about Cheyenne
and how he came to my gender reveal.
He knows her name.
Um...
Um... Sylvia?
- Cheyenne. - Oh!
- Yes! - That's your baby mama!
That's his baby mama.
Yeah!
Good try, Jordan.
Jordanimal. Cory's got a child with her.
Something's not right here.
Something's going on.
Sylvia?
We're safe, we're safe.
Fuck you, Darrell. We're safe.
Fuck you, too. Fuck you too, Laurel.
- Fuck you, bitch. - Fuck you, too.
Don't fuck mess with me.
- Yeah, fuck you. - That's right.
Lingering Laurel. Always-always trying to jump in conver...
Can you just shut the fuck up?
- Fake-ass bully. - Shut up, Darrell. You look stupid.
You the one who said something.
Nobody wasn't even thinking about your ass.
- You look stupid. - Enjoy your win.
- You look stupid. - You look stupid.
You look stupid.
Ooh.
Get more massages when you're married.
That's why you made the decision.
'Cause Emily gives you more massages than me.
Oh, my God.
Don't put my name in this.
Well, don't fuck with me, then.
All I'm here
to do is take care of people
and help them not be in pain.
That's what I do for a living.
And so for her to call me out,
it makes me realize that
Laurel sees me as a huge threat.
Something is brewing.
And she wants me out.
Okay, our winners: Era Two.
Congratulations.
Which means the targets of Era Two--
Laurel and Bananas-- you are safe
- from elimination. - Let's fucking go!
Now, as for the losing squad,
it was Era Four.
So, Horacio, Jenny, I will be seeing
you in the Arena.
Horacio is such a badass competitor.
And Jenny is an absolute beast, so this just sucks.
I don't want to lose Horacio
or Jenny 'cause I know that that's gonna
keep us strong as an era.
Era One: Aneesa and Derrick.
Era Three: Nia and Jordan as the targets.
You guys will be going to the chamber
to plead your case to Era Two
as to why you should not be sent into the Arena
against Horacio and Jenny, got it?
Get out of here, everyone. I'll see you at the Arena.
Hey!
I'm really happy with the way
Era Two performed today.
I think this is gonna do a lot, team morale, but this decision?
This is gonna be tough.
Oh, babe, you look beautiful.
- Hi. - Oh, my gosh.
- You're glowing. - He's growing a lot.
Aw, look at little man.
I'm in the game, and the truth is, is that I-I am
one of the strongest people in my era.
- A hundred percent. - So I can really take this as far as I can.
If there is any strategy to
Laurel and Bananas playing this game,
it is a no-brainer
that Jordan and Nia will be the choice
to go against Jenny and Horacio.
All right.
A little tender, little tender.
No broken bones, no concussion, no internal bleeding.
Why you go to worry us all
- like that, man. - What... Worry you guys?
- Worry me. - Huh? He's alive.
Being able to walk back into that house,
I'd like to think
that means something to our team.
'Cause I'm here to fight for them, and I am.
Era One, we're a different breed.
We got thick skin.
But as of right now, we're struggling.
The only thing I lost was my dignity.
Feels like a lot of bad decisions
have been made in this place.
For my game,
Jordan and Horacio-- one of them going home...
Hey, man, love you,
but don't want to run a fucking final against you.
I'm thinking, like, about tomorrow.
Not in a cocky way or anything.
It doesn't matter to me.
I'm ready for whoever it is.
It's gonna be a dogfight. Whoever it is.
- If it's Jordan or if it's Derrick, - Either way.
- it's gonna be a fight. - Yeah.
The name of this game
is keeping your team together and strong.
Bananas and I look at this game as, like,
"Hey, we really don't need to fight it out now."
It obviously took me a few seasons
to earn that respect with him.
But Bananas and I kind of do this thing
where we keep the peace.
What I would suggest is, when we go into Chamber...
- Okay. - let's be very prepared
on what you can say to him. You can just be like,
"Hey, like, you know, I-I know...
"Bananas, I know you and I haven't played a lot together,
"but I know you and Jordan have.
"And Jordan always has
- good things to say about you." - Yeah.
-"About how you guys play together
"and this kind of honor thing that you guys have going.
And I feel..."
Hey, kiss the ring.
- Right? - Me and Jordan, I don't
necessarily know where we stand
in terms of popularity in the house.
Jordan is a force,
and I'm attached to him. I think I'm just starting
to quickly realize that a lot of these ties run deep,
and I'm just learning really quickly that I'm gonna have
to step my political game up fast.
This is insane.
Rooftop!
- Can I have a beer? - Yeah.
Let's have fun.
I feel safe around you. I feel like I can be myself.
The time has come.
From Final Reckoning
to us now being on the same team
and showing that we deserve to be here, right?
Well, first of all, we should've won.
- Yeah. I mean, that, too. - Not knowing Cheyenne's name
is blasphemy.
He knew Cheyenne's name.
I think so.
I smell something funny
in the air. He's been to my gender reveal
with Taylor and Cheyenne there.
So they have a deal?
Something's
going on, bro.
Cheyenne just slipped my mind.
- No, 100%, he knew that name. - Okay.
Even though we're still stuck in these eras, you know--
Era Three all day--
it still feels like an individual game.
I'm safe. I'm okay.
But, um, we're gonna have to move around
and figure out who I can trust
and who I can't trust in this house.
We made it through trivia.
We're not on the block.
We're on a beautiful rooftop,
and we got the weekend off.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
Um, did they get a bottle of wine?
They're on a date!
- They're on a date. - That's cute.
Brad and Emily kind of...
I'm enjoying it, because I sure
as hell can't hook up with anybody.
So, uh, might as well enjoy, uh,
living vicariously through you guys.
Like, I-I'm a pervert for sherbert.
Oh, amazing!
This game's gonna get so sketch so fast.
Someone's always gonna get the short end of the stick.
- Okay. - At this point, moving forward.
Everyone's gonna be mad about the decision that happens.
You're right about that. 'Cause it does get intense,
like you were saying.
But...
how do you survive that madness in this game?
You know, there's a decision that has to be made for me,
which is...
how much fun do I want to have?
And that's it.
Brad and I are
so similar.
We love to meditate. We love to be in nature.
To be in the house with someone like that is really fun.
I'm really grateful for it.
But Brad and I still play very differently.
Brad has done this so many times that he knows
how to shut off certain parts to survive.
And I'm not there.
Cheers to that.
When I saw the group that was coming in the house,
I'm like, "Dude, this-this is gonna suck, man."
- Yeah, anyway. - I feel like every week, any time you win,
any time you're in position, you're gonna have to fucking,
like, make shitty-ass tough decisions, dude.
I just want a fucking break for a week, bro.
- Like... - Yeah. I know.
My cumulative years of knowing you and Derrick,
obviously, is way more than Jordan and Nia.
And it's like I obviously love you guys.
Like, we're like family.
- Especially you and her in the long run. - Oh, bro.
Yeah.
She has a intimate relationship
and past intimate relationship with both of those guys.
Dude, I'm obviously gonna fight for you guys.
But what I'm saying is, if she puts her foot down...
Oh, I know.
Right. Right.
It's not that I'm afraid to go in.
- Yeah. - Okay? It's that it's...
It'd be stupid to not make this move.
I get it.
It's going to come down
to getting Laurel to change her mind
and do something she doesn't want to do.
And that is no easy task.
This is gonna... This one's gonna be tough.
- This would be stupid for you guys to miss on this. - I agree.
- And not take a swing. So stupid.
For me, 'cause...
I'm not as close with Derrick
but I am close to, like, Aneesa.
- I know. - But, yeah,
- it's tough. She's been down there fighting. - Yeah.
- Every season. - And I can kind of relate to her, you know?
Obviously, I've-I've been there, so it's not an easy path.
But, yeah, I do want to run against Jordan.
I think Laurel feels a lot closer to me
than Aneesa and Derrick.
And I think when it comes to Jenny,
she might see her as a threat.
I've already had the opportunity of going down against Jordan.
Derrick, I know what he can do.
He just beat Mark. But at the end of the day,
I've always said I want to run a final against the best.
I think Jordan is the best.
So, you know, if that means
having to not go against him now
and having to go against Derrick, I think that's...
that would be the move.
- It's time to go to work. - Okay.
Time to go to work.
Come over here. I'll show you. I'll show you my scenarios.
I don't know if I should show this to Laurel before or after.
You can't-you can't sit down?
Because I can't sit. I have to sit...
I have to lay on one cheek. I can't...
- Where's the cane? - We're already on life support.
It's only been two challenges.
That's why I don't understand.
We're...
Yeah.
Derrick's a monster.
Hall of Famer.
One of the best to ever do it.
But let's be realistic--
our team isn't exactly stacked.
If you're playing a smart game,
Bananas and Laurel send other eras
into elimination.
We're still playing a team game.
Like, we want to weaken these teams.
We are not the problem. We're a complete mess.
Yeah, seriously. Did you know I shit myself yesterday?
We are not the problem.
Do we want to go to a different area?
We should probably
- not do it here. - Out of here, Era Two!
Last night, like,
oh, we're gonna go out. We're gonna have, like,
a teams cheers.
We're gonna, like, celebrate. You know what I mean?
Like, in my mind, that's...
what I thought was gonna happen, and it just didn't.
Now, I would love to feel some type of team camaraderie.
I think, Laurel, so what it is, is they want,
as a team, to feel involved in the decision that we make.
Um, so it doesn't feel like it's just...
you and I making the decision.
- Is that kind of why everyone wanted to do this? - Yeah. Yeah.
The last game that I played, I got
sent in twice by two people specifically targeting me.
And when I left the house, I said,
"Jordan, please eliminate those players." And he did.
If somebody has extended themselves to you,
I feel that I want to extend myself back.
And I love Jordan, but all... You know, like,
the first thing said as soon as you walk into
a Challenge house is "You don't want Jordan in the final."
That's the f... Like,
that's the biggest fear of every single male competitor.
For me, there's no other option.
You know, this season,
Laurel makes me want to scream.
Last time I checked, this is Battle of the Eras, not Laurel
trying to be puppet master
with all of us. I just feel sad
because outside of this,
we were fast friends.
And as fast as that relationship started,
it burned out very quickly,
and she basically discarded the friendship.
So, I will smile, I will dance the dance,
but you do not have my back,
and I definitely don't have yours.
Think about who won the first challenge.
Three. Who almost beat us in the second challenge? Three.
Era One-- they are not a threat.
They're the best thing we have in our pocket to keep us
ahead in... in ways that we don't see yet.
But also now, if we spare them and they do win,
they are gonna owe us.
That's a very interesting angle as well.
There's something that happens when Laurel and Johnny
are in power, and it's like they are this
extra obnoxious, most
annoying human beings on the planet.
Even though this is a decision that I don't want to make,
it has to be done.
I have put my trust
into Jordan multiple times
and he has come through.
I'm willing to do anything
to save him in this game, and I'm willing to do
anything for him in this game.
Looking at the Chamber, there are
a ton of relationships.
Bananas and Derrick have done
a lot of seasons together. Bananas
and Aneesa have done a lot of seasons together.
Laurel and I have literally dated.
So, I trust her.
Bananas, on the other hand-- he's sneaky.
Real sneaky.
We're gonna open the discussion.
Turn that around. Time's up when that ends.
Now, Horacio, there's only
30 minutes of sand in here. We know how much you like to talk.
- Does anyone want to start? - May I approach?
Wait, hold on. I have notes.
I've been working with Era One,
which doesn't completely
help me because, really, you need
alliances in the other eras.
Here's the situation, right?
Now I feel like I need to do everything I possibly can
to switch up the strategy.
Era Three and Era Four are your biggest threats.
- Here's the situation, right? - There's a diagram.
Era Three and Era Four are your biggest threats.
We're on life support.
- It actually says, "Life support. We need a doctor." -"We need a doctor."
You may have to face Jordan and Tori
or Jordan and Jonna at the end of this game.
Derrick, you
weaselly little bastard!
If me and Aneesa leave the game,
it does nothing here. You're still competing
against Era Three and Era Four
at their strongest.
I'm really proud that Derrick did so much work.
Like, if he could have, he would have pulled out a PowerPoint
and done a whole presentation.
Derrick, you can sit back down.
But still,
I don't feel safe.
If you take Jordan out,
you're sinking this whole ship.
If you take Horacio out here,
you're in good shape for-for a while.
Derrick,
if I was a teacher grading this assignment,
you would get a A-plus with a star.
Respectfully.
But at the end of the day,
it's going to come down
to Laurel, so the only chance
he's got is to potentially sway her.
And good luck doing that.
If I could add a little.
To have power, got to be able to win.
So if they're gonna be able to return a favor,
- you got to have power. - Mm, I hate you, Jordan.
We have the two best teams out here.
We both know Johnny. We played this game a lot.
You'll have another opportunity. Everyone else
is gunning for me as well. Everyone else
is gunning for him, too.
It doesn't make a lot of sense
to put this much smoke out there early.
If there is a courtesy
given to me and Jordan tonight, then I would happily
extend it back to you guys.
I get that Jordan
is a threat in this game,
but I'm not right now.
I not only am
playing on a strong team, but to have
as many allies as possible within the other eras
is so important because I want to feel like I have people
on every side that are willing to protect me.
Also, like, if you do have to go into elimination,
you have to factor in whoever wins
then picks the next targets.
There is a strategy to that as well.
It's the game and personal
that's fucking with me.
The amount of time that I've spent with people
that are on multiple different eras...
Obviously Era One,
Jordan and I are friends.
Jenny and I share a special connection.
- Yeah. - And, um, I knew that things were gonna
come to a pass eventually.
It sucks that it has to happen this soon.
The big test is gonna be for her and I to figure out
how we're gonna come to a consensus.
- Yeah, that was nuts. - Yeah.
All right, well, thanks for making
a complicated decision that much more complicated.
You guys can fuck right off. Thanks, guys.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Era Three and Era Four--
they're at the top
of this thing.
They are going to be a problem.
I'm thinking this might be a time where
Era one and Era Two do work together.
That's the game move.
You think they made a decision in there or are they gonna wait?
They said they were gonna discuss it.
If we come back, we've now got to pick,
which is great on other teams,
but we've also got to now be picking our own.
So we thought it would be best, like, the girls kind of, like,
who feels like they could take this next round as such,
'cause I feel like, at some point, we're all
gonna have to be, like, "I-I've not had a go"
or whatever, but we've got to make decisions,
obviously, that's best for the team.
I am chilled to do elimination. I'm nervous
to pick the targets if I win. And I'm looking around
the options of my team, and I've got Theo
and I've got Josh and I've got Kaycee.
But they've also got
people in my era they are even closer and tighter with.
I hate being in positions of power,
because with power comes responsibility,
and responsibility becomes a light
with an arrow pointing at you saying, "Pick me next time."
I know, hopefully, some... The next thing is gonna...
it's gonna be good for us,
something that we're gonna be really good at.
I'm gonna nominate myself.
That'd be great.
I've just been training,
getting myself mentally, physically,
and spiritually in a good headspace,
and I've put a lot of time into bettering myself as a man.
I am probably in the best shape of my life,
and I think that I know what it takes to win.
So I'll play for the era.
Self-nominate and be the target for my team.
- We're gonna be all right. - So just get back. - Yeah. Yeah.
- You just have to get back. - Come back, 'cause we need you.
Off to elimination I go.
I really adore Jenny and Aneesa, and I don't want to see
either of these bitches in the sand. [chuckles]
But Jordan tells me that him and Laurel are
locked in and that she would never say his name.
Okay, that's great.
I still have concerns about Bananas.
I could see a lot of the house just agreeing
that this would be a great time to take a massive shot
at Jordan and Horacio,
but I can't worry about that now.
I just have to be ready
to clock in and send one of my girlies home.
Going in tonight, it's crucial
for Jenny and myself to come back to Era Four.
Unity is power. Unity is strength.
And if we start losing people now,
that could be a downfall for the era.
Ooh!
Well, this is interesting.
The fuck is going on here?
Does this look cool.
This could be anything.
Welcome back to the Arena
for your next elimination on this season
of the Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras.
There you go.
Congratulations, Era Two,
squeezing out the victory
in a unexpected sudden death round.
Well done.
On the other end of the spectrum, we have Era Four.
And Horacio, Jenny, as the targets of Era Four,
you are coming right into the Arena. Come on down.
- Do it. - Get it.
Yeah.
- Two in the pink! - Get it!
Now let's get some opponents for these guys, huh?
Bananas, Laurel, who's it gonna be?
This is gonna be tough because
Jordan and I are friends, uh,
but he's also an amazing competitor,
not someone I want to compete against in the final.
So the thought of being able to put
Jordan and Horacio in against each other--
either way, you got an absolute dog going home.
Um...
Bananas, Laurel, who's it gonna be?
There's a zero percent chance I was gonna stalemate, so...
Tonight we're gonna send in Derrick and Aneesa.
Uh.
All right, so, Derrick, Aneesa, come on down.
Aneesa might be the scapegoat
for people to just continue to send her in.
This should not be her elimination.
This should be between Jordan and Horacio,
and Jenny and Nia.
Break down the teams that are giving you
the most competition on a daily basis.
How you feeling?
Um... we respect their decision.
I still don't agree they made the right one.
And we all know that Bananas is a man of integrity,
so let's just get that straight right out there,
all right?
There's no honor amongst thieves, TJ.
- That's right. - This decision--
it's more, I think, personal than strategic.
I'm just hoping that Derrick's able to pull this one out.
Derrick beating Horacio would eliminate
one of the strongest competitors.
And if he does, this will completely change
the dynamic of this game.
All right, everyone,
tonight you are playing Pick It Up.
Cue the drums.
As you can see, there are two giant bamboo tracks
right here in the middle of the Arena. There are also
80 jacks, 40 for each player.
To begin, you're gonna reach in that basket
and grab a ball.
You're gonna shoot that ball up into the track.
As your ball is rolling down the track,
you'll only have precious seconds
to gather as many jacks as you can
before the ball makes it to the end,
'cause you got to be there to catch it
in order for those jacks that you picked up to count.
Then you're gonna race over and place your jacks into the board.
You'll continue this process for 40 jacks.
Catching that ball is key,
'cause if the ball drops and hits the sand,
all the jacks that are in your hand--
you got to bring them over
to that bamboo line over there
and drop them off,
and then they'll be over there waiting for you.
And you got to run even further to pick them up
and further back and catch the ball, so it's gonna suck.
First one to get 40 will win tonight's elimination
and stay in the game. This is gonna be played in two heats.
One men's, one woman's. Aneesa, Jenny,
you're up first.
Let's go, ladies. Let's go, ladies!
ANEESA I know it's part of the game.
Feels a little personal at this point,
but I just got to get it fucking done.
I mean, I need to get back in the house, but more importantly,
I would love to just give out targets
because motherfuckers deserve it.
I'm actually feeling real excited.
I've been dying to get my teeth into a task
and just show my team
how I can perform and how I can make them proud.
So hopefully this is an opportunity to do that.
Aneesa, take your breath. Focus on it.
It's a sprint.
Aneesa is,
seriously, one of my best friends.
I love her
so much. So to know
that she has to be
fighting for her right to stay in the game,
it just...
it makes me want to puke.
All right. Aneesa, ready?
Jenny, ready?
- Go! - Let's go, girl,
let's go.
Let's go, Elimineesa!
Go, go, get one... Go, go!
Get that.
Oh, my God, yes!
Aneesa and Jenny.
Jenny is challenge-built.
She has the muscles.
And she's going against one of the biggest women
in elimination history, Elimineesa.
She's always the underdog.
Everybody's surprised by what Aneesa can do
every elimination.
That's Aneesa. She's fucking incredible.
So, Jenny's gonna get a little taste of Era One flavor.
Don't count us out and don't underestimate us.
Good work, girl!
- Bend your leg! - Use your legs!
Coming into this season,
I feel like I have proven
I can be physical, but a lot of people here
have never seen me compete.
Yeah, they know I'm a champion, but they don't know
I'm like under pressure.
Hey, this is a long elimination.
Relax, Jenny. You're fine.
Listen, my parents are both music teachers, okay?
They just did not encourage sports at all.
So, no, I don't shoot basketballs in my days off.
She got it. She got it. She got it.
You're too close.
- Run! - Run! Run!
I love Aneesa,
but having Jenny on my team means that
I will have some sort of
female target besides me,
Olivia and Kaycee that we can kind of focus on.
Because the more girls that are available in our era,
the easier it is to hide amongst them.
- There you go. - Tuck it back, keep up the pace.
- Let's go! - Era one is going nuts for Aneesa.
We want her back.
We cannot afford to lose any more players in era one.
And I know she has this one.
- Go, Jenny, go! - Yes! Yes!
I want to be in this game.
I want to go back to my era
and win some challenges.
I put the work in on the offseason,
and it's important for me
to show that I still have it and I'm willing to do
whatever it takes to get back into the house.
Yeah! What a pitch!
Go! Go!
Go, Jenny, go!
- Run. - Got one. Yeah!
You got it. Come on.
When it comes to Jenny,
her strengths are the fact that she is fearless
and strong.
Aneesa, on the other hand,
is a bit more athletic.
Her cardio is there.
Jenny is taking breaks
to just get her breath,
so I'm thinking this is looking good
for Aneesa right now.
Let's go! Let's go!
- Why isn't she moving? - Wait, what's happening?
- Jenny. Jenny! - Let's go, let's go!
I'm shocked.
This thing is neck and neck.
Jenny, you better get your cardio up
because you look gassed right now.
And if, somehow,
Aneesa can pull this off for Era One,
this is gonna be huge.
All right!
- Is she giving up? - Yeah.
I'm a competitor, and seeing people give up--
that's just not a good look.
Jenny is so tired. She's got to
finish the drill, get it done,
come back to her era.
I can't tell how many she needs.
She has four more.
I can see them. There's holes.
Aneesa, stay on your game.
You got to go, though.
She's not moving! Come on, babe.
Let's go.
I need to open my fucking airways.
It's like someone is literally holding
their hands around my neck.
But I would rather die trying than quit.
DARRELL [echoes]: Good job, Aneesa. Good work.
- Good job. Good job. - Way to go, baby.
Go.
- Oh... - Aneesa!
You got to dig deep right now.
You have to dig deep.
- Go, go, go! - Uh-oh.
- Dive! - She's gonna miss it.
Come on!
- Go! - Go.
The fact that Aneesa
could actually take out Jenny
in this elimination is wild.
Here Aneesa is, with the last three jacks.
All she has to do is get that ball.
It all comes down to this.
- Come on. - Can she do it?
Oh, my God!
Jenny, this is it.
- Go! - Oh, shit!
Come on. This is what you train for.
This is what you do this for, Aneesa, you can do it.
Jenny, last one. You got to get that one.
Let's go, Aneesa.
Oh, is that it?
Oh, my God!
Jenny's got it!
Good job, Aneesa.
Wow.
Jenny, good job.
Neesa, you did so good, Neese.
I-I will always
give it my all, no matter what it is.
Whether it's the last man standing in trivia,
whether it's the only person running in the sand with Jenny,
I'm gonna give it everything I have
till there's nothing left.
I'm sad to go, though.
I really wanted to show this season what I had.
If people can't tell that I want it... [scoffs]
...I don't know what else I have for you.
- Couldn't be more proud of you. - Good job, Aneesa.
- Well done. - Ugh. I can't
- even breathe. - I'm so fucking proud of you.
I cannot wait to get this fucking weave out,
'cause I don't know how it would have lasted eight more weeks.
Derrick and Horacio, you're up next.
I'm hoping that my unborn son
can watch this someday and be proud of his dad,
along with my high school son.
I really need to show the young kids
how the old dogs get it done.
I have a dog in front of me.
I mean, Derrick is the real deal.
Just got very solid win against Mark in a full wrestle.
- And he was the underdog and he came out on top. - There it is!
And tonight, he's probably the underdog as well.
Who doesn't love an underdog story?
But tonight, I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to kill that one.
Ready?
Go!
- Go. - Come on, precision,
and then get out there.
Here we go. Feel it out.
Come on, Derrick.
Go, go, go. Go, go.
Yeah, that's it, you found it. Go!
- Yeah! - Fuck yes.
Here we go.
Let's go!
My motivation is pride.
Proving it to myself that I can get it done,
that the last two seasons weren't a complete failure.
I do think that you have to lose in order to win,
and I've lost.
I want to help out my family, I have Nurys.
But it is
all about the win for me.
Come out wide! You got it!
Derrick, this is right in your wheelhouse.
You've played baseball, you've played football,
you played basketball all through high school.
Era one is on life support,
So we need you here.
Let's fucking go.
- Put 'em up, put 'em up. - Good work.
- There we are. - Let's go!
- Let him know! - We got Action Man,
aka Horacio
versus Derrick the Dog.
Even though Horacio is a bit more of a polished athlete,
it's a pretty simple game.
And maybe Derrick,
being a bit smaller, has a little
bit more agility.
- Yes! - Go!
Horacio missed!
It's Derrick's game to lose.
- Holy shit, dude. - Ooh.
One, two, three, four.
- Go, go! - He's coming!
Go! See it!
Oh, shit!
Why'd he gamble?
CT pro tip: when you're in the lead...
...don't get greedy.
Go!
- Go, go! - Quick, quick, quick.
You got one under. One under!
Horacio, uno más!
- Right there! Right there! - Come on!
This is so insane.
This is all about the final ball toss.
This is the closest elimination
I have ever seen.
Hurry up! Hurry up!
- Go! - Go, go, go!
It all comes down to this!
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
- Last one! Last one! - Got to go!
It's neck and neck.
It's gonna be down to the last jack.
I know for a fact Horacio is gonna give 110%.
If he goes, Josh, Kyland and I
have got a lot more weight to carry.
- Just finish the drill. - Finish it.
Catch it.
Put it in.
Go, go, go, go!
Check.
- Wow. - I have never seen an elimination end
and nobody knows who wins.
Who just won?
Who won?
What happened?
First of all, Aneesa,
Jenny, both of you put on a clinic.
Thank you.
And the gentleman took note.
However, the one player
out of the gentlemen
that placed all 40 of their jacks
on the board first...
...was Derrick.
I obviously wanted
to finish the season with, uh, hopefully,
walking away with the... with the champion title,
but complete opposite.
I think, uh, my best season was my rookie season.
Didn't do too great last season, and this season I go home early.
Coming up short, losing--
I think those are the ones that stay with you the most.
I really, really am sorry.
Um...
Yeah.
Derrick, Jenny, as the winners,
I need you to select the new targets.
Derrick, you're gonna select one woman from each era.
Jenny, you're gonna be selecting the men.
Who's gonna be the woman target for era one?
I'm just gonna start off by saying,
like, if you haven't stepped in the fire yet,
you need to come and feel the fire.
I'll step up.
- I'll step up! - Come play with the fire.
Okay, Jenny, which guy?
- CT? You want to take it? - Yeah, come on. Give it to me.
I'll take it.
CT is never going to self-nominate
if the guy doesn't think that he could beat
the possibilities of a matchup that he's gonna have,
and I've lost against him.
What's gonna happen tomorrow?
I get rid of the goof. Give me the goof, and that's it.
CT, you won.
I want to face off against people
that I feel like I can beat, so
Fuck that, I'll be a coward. I'm gonna r...
I'm scared. I'll see you in the final.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna wave the scared flag.
- Who's on Two? - Somebody step in the fire.
- My girl. - Jenny, who's the man?
I'll go Nehemiah, just 'cause you're the only one so far
who hasn't done any nominating.
So Era Two is Nehemiah and Emily.
Era Three? Era Three?
Anyone who wants to volunteer at this point at all?
No? Cory? No? No?
Cory, now would be a good time to put your hand up.
Like, literally right now.
Jesus, take the wheel.
Devin?
Cory, what are we doing here?
What happened to the whole Era Three rotation, my man?
Not a good look.
Ladies?
Thank you, Tori.
Tori and Devin. All right.
Which woman out of Era Four do you want to be the target?
- Thank you, Olivia. - Yeah.
All right, and Jenny, which man?
Uh, who's not been in so far?
J... Josh and Kyland?
Any takers from you guys?
The two?
Come on, don't make me.
I'm just kind of confused.
Josh said he's okay with being a target.
Like, what's going on?
Um...
Should we go Kyland?
Doesn't matter.
It's not sitting right. This is definitely strike one.
But we're not playing baseball,
so I'm not gonna wait for three.
Derrick, Jenny, go ahead and rejoin your eras.
Good job, guys.
Okay, so, new targets.
Only way to stay out of the Arena...
...is to win.
All right?
Get out of here. Good luck.
I'm playing it smart, and
I'll deal with all the backlash, but guess what?
I'm safe and I'm not a target, so it's a win for me.
Fucking kill it, friends.
I came in thinking
that despite
not being a very competent competitor,
this would be the season Josh would turn a new leaf, but
not following through on his word,
setting me up to be a target--
my guy, you're all over the place.
None of this is looking good for you.
- CT, go. - I'm fucking...
- God. - Come on, guys.
The finish line is right there, and all of a sudden,
some of my team members are nowhere to be found.
Honestly, Emily is competition. Why would I want her here?
Michele, I'll be your friend outside of this.
This conversation
has nothing to do with Cara.
I won't back down to you anymore, Laurel!
Sit the fuck down, you stupid bitch.
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