♪ MTV. ♪
TJ: Previously onThe Challenge 40:
- Battle of the Eras. - [cheering]
Eight elimination rounds right out of the gate.
CT: It's a whole new game, buddy.
TJ: Today is a very special day.
- We're gonna play a little trivia. - [buzzer sounds]
- [screams] - [TJ laughs]
- [all oohing] - [cackles]
TJ: Looks like we have our losers:
Era Four.
Our winners: Era Two.
Laurel and Bananas, you are safe from elimination.
DERRICK: We're already on life support. It's only been two challenges.
CT: That's why I don't understand why they're even thinking
about putting you in there,
like, we're... dude, we're falling apart.
If we spare them and they do win, they are gonna owe us.
There's something that happens when Laurel's in power,
and I'm just so over her lies,
her gaslighting, her bullshit.
I'm so over Laurel.
JENNY: At some point, we're all gonna have to be like,
"Like, I've not had a go," or whatever.
- I'm gonna nominate myself. - That'd be great.
TJ: Derrick, Jenny, if you compete in the elimination
and win, you get to choose the new targets.
CORY: Now we know, if you're a target,
you have a chance to go into elimination,
and if you're not a target, you're good.
- TJ: Era One. - I'll step up.
- Give it to me. I'll take it. - TJ: Tina and CT.
- TJ: Era Two. - I got you, D.
- JENNY: Nehemiah for Era Two. - TJ: Era Three.
- DERRICK: Tori's coming in. - JENNY: Dangerous Devin.
TJ: Era Four.
- I'm game. - DERRICK: Thank you, Olivia.
Any takers from you guys?
- KYLAND: Josh? - JOSH: I want to face off
against people that I feel like I can beat.
And CT, I've lost against him.
- Come on, don't make me. - KYLAND: I'm just confused.
Josh said he's okay with being a target.
- What's going on? - Should we go Kyland?
- Wait, did we change it up? - TJ: Remember,
targets must win the next challenge.
Because if they lose, they're coming into the Arena.
Get out of here.
- Good luck. - Go fucking kill it, friends.
♪ ♪
DARRELL: This goes a long way.
A lot of people ain't as old as I am.
I'm wise, and I'm always gonna represent.
I will be the best team player, and I guarantee you,
if I'm here, I will carry the [bleep] flag to victory.
♪ Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.♪
[bleep] [bleep] I'm out.
♪ ♪
- TINA: Hey! - [laughter]
[whooping]
Yeah!
CT: I'm not sure, in my era,
what is the best route to help us win.
So I nominate myself because,
yeah, we may be losing dailies,
but we're crushing the eliminations.
And of everybody on our era, I've won the most.
So, uh, if we lose again,
I'm-I'm willing, I'm able, I'm prepared.
Even if that means falling on a sword.
JENNY: The hardest is we're fucking nominating people
- in the end. - I know. I know it's hard.
NEHEMIAH: I am officially a target once again.
So, the name of this game
is stay out of elimination at all costs.
Nobody wants to go in against CT.
He is a beast.
He sent me home on my last Challenge.
So, best-case scenario, Era Two wins and I stay safe,
Era One loses, that would send them
directly into the elimination,
and my people could
avoid elimination this time around.
OLIVIA: I feel so confused and blindsided
by you.
- We were sitting on the bed... - Mm-hmm.
...right, and you said, "I will volunteer."
- Mm-hmm. - And when you say that, I'm like, "Cool."
I have lost trust now
for this situation.
JOSH: Um, so I know
that, obviously, you feel a little uneasy
and all that stuff, and I just want to say what happened.
As I'm walking into the elimination,
I'm told, "Hey, don't nominate yourself
"because it's gone around that you're going in,
"so people are gonna volunteer.
And one of those people's CT."
- OLIVIA: Yeah. - So instantly, I got on guard.
OLIVIA: Previously, we had talked
as an era that Josh was gonna volunteer
with me to be targets together.
He is very connected, and people really like him,
and I felt the safest in that decision.
Stay true to your word.
It's already hard enough in this house
trusting people, we should at least trust people in our era.
I'm really disappointed in him at the moment.
So how are we gonna fix this?
Now, I'm like-- okay, so what? The next one, I'm like,
I'm gonna literally be like, "Who's gonna bail out,
"and who's gonna be, like, cutting deals
behind my back?"
KYLAND: We definitely expected Josh
to do what he said he was gonna do and volunteer,
but here I am with an armband for the second time.
It's not sitting right.
This is definitely strike one.
And we're not playing baseball,
so I'm not gonna wait for three.
I want to be playing with people that want to be fucking heroes
and want to be dogs.
I don't want to play with people that are scared.
♪
[cheering, whistling]
♪ I'm here on the floor, yeah, I got this ♪
♪ Step up to me like a man, can you handle this?♪
♪ I drop a dime with the beat and pop it back up ♪
♪ Money tight in my hand, watch it stack up ♪
♪ Now we take it to the bar for a few shots ♪
♪ Long as we out on the floor when the beat drops...♪
BRAD: I really wish Emily didn't volunteer herself,
because she doesn't have the same relationships
on her team as I do on mine.
You're not the soccer captain or anything like that.
This is a competitive game that gets cutthroat
for life-changing money.
EMILY: This is a huge risk, to nominate myself,
because if we lose this challenge,
I have to go into elimination automatically.
But at the same time, it's inevitable.
Everyone's gonna have to be a target
at some point in this game.
It feels like the right thing,
at this point in the game,
to try to get the power in my own hands
and be the target,
to come back with a win and take control.
JENNY: This isn't any basic mixed barbecue,
this is a season 40 barbecue.
Very important thing: safety, when opening champagne.
♪ Workin' hard all day, we workin' hard all night ♪
♪ See, my ladies wanna play... ♪
TINA: Era One is in pain,
but we're still here, we're still in the game.
I have faith. I have faith.
Plus, all of the guys are absolutely terrified
of going against CT in elimination.
So I think it's gonna be a good thing
to be a target with CT.
Uh-oh. Shit, my bad.
- Ooh. - Oh, shit!
- [laughs] - LAUREL: Era Two
is a little chaotic
in terms of communication and/or leadership.
Cara Maria and I are on a team,
and she absolutely cannot get over the fact
that I sent her into the first elimination.
But my decisions are being made
with respect to what I want for the final.
So if I can widen the gap between me
and any of the women with potential for the future
in the final, that's what I'm gonna do.
Ah, sorry.
Laurel has been with me through some of my lows,
but she's also caused just as many lows.
Our relationship is so incredible,
It's just so fucking complicated.
♪ ♪
Yeah, I grew up, different country,
new language,
woke up king of the country.
♪ ♪
DEVIN: I will, again,
go on record saying being in a relationship
in this game is super dumb.
But Michele Fitzgerald,
absolute rocket, funny, smart.
Every rule has an exception, I guess,
and it's Michele in this case.
You're going to get beers? I'll come.
- I was thinking about it. - I'll go.
- Let's go. - [laughs]: Let's leave.
- [mouths] - MICHELE: Me and Devin are great friends.
You know, outside of this, we talk a lot.
We've never played a game together where he's been single,
and so, it's kind of never really been an option for us.
And now we're kind of looking at each other like,
"Could be an option."
But I am not in the vacation alliance.
I guess I'm in the "baecation alliance," me and Devin.
So maybe by proxy, I'm kind of in there.
I literally told myself,
"No love," and now here I am.
Girl, get your shit together.
Where are you guys venturing off to?
- MICHELE: Our separate beds, actually. - THEO: Oh, my God.
OLIVIA: Later, lovers.
♪ ♪
That's so much butter.
Well, there's, like, ten eggs in there, so...
OLIVIA: Oh, my God.
CT: Surprised you haven't hooked up
with anyone yet, or have you?
BANANAS: The only relationship I have right now
is my career and my job, because that takes up...
And my squirrels.
I've got a bunch of squirrels back home
that need a lot of my undivided attention.
Come on, give me some tea.
Let me vicariously live through you.
Who do you have your eye on?
No one in particular.
No? Who's got t-their eye on you?
- Everyone. - Oh.
NEHEMIAH: Our paths may have to cross,
with you being a target and me being a target.
I think that you're a genius
when it comes to your decision-making,
how you maneuver, um,
and I admire it.
Emily and I,
we haven't done The Challenge in ten years.
Devin and Tori
are returning champions, and they have
numbers behind them,
so this is the perfect opportunity
to try to lock something in with him.
I think, A, we're the two strongest pairs,
and I think we're on the two strongest eras,
and so, it makes sense logically.
But I'll never make a full, commit-- committed deal
in a partnership without taking Tori,
and having the same conversation with her.
Because if I, if I make a deal...
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. - ...it's a deal.
I want to take this deal,
but I-- it just doesn't feel right.
Even though we haven't talked game...
DEVIN: One of the reasons I don't like
making long-term deals
is because there may be something that happens
in the moment that's more beneficial
than something you previously committed to.
CT's on the line in Era One, I've got relationships with him.
Olivia's on the line in Era Four,
I've got relationships with her.
So this cannot just be
a half-baked agreement
that I'm just gonna blindly jump into
with people I don't know super well.
- I would have to talk to her. Um... - Yeah.
...'cause I'm not gonna-- especially because
I like you both, I'm not gonna bullshit you guys.
Right.
JOSH: So, I'm a little frustrated.
- KAYCEE: Why? - Because this narrative
that the Internet has painted about us and, like,
oh, "the-the vacation alliance" or whatever,
and it's just because we're really close friends, and, like,
- the same thing could be said... - Oh, because we went on a vacation??
- We went on one vacation together. - [laughs]
People are obsessed with the vacation alliance.
Oh, the vacation alliance.
They are trying to make it seem like that's not a thing.
It's a thing. We all know it's a thing.
The vacation alliance is a thing.
It's Josh, it's Kaycee, it's me, it's Devin.
We didn't name it. Somebody picked it for us.
Anytime people see
- a group of friends-- - JOSH: Me and Kaycee?
- JOSH: I fucking hate her. - [laughter]
JOSH: People are jealous that they don't travel with us.
People are jealous that we dominate the game
season after season.
DEVIN: Sorry if my whole life's a vacation
and I have friends.
If that makes us a vacation alliance, then so be it.
TORI: Era Three and Four have been aligning together,
kind of... Like, it's really
just been the vacation alliance.
Like, we're going to do our best to work together,
but at the same time, we recognize
that we are spread across multiple eras,
and this game is gonna get complicated.
So the best thing that we can do is
just have an open line of calm, cool communication.
To be fair, I voted him in and he went home.
- Last season. So... - [overlapping chatter]
So I wouldn't say we're as strong
as you guys think we are.
JONNA: The vacation alliance,
if you don't follow suit,
if you don't do what they want,
then, ultimately, you're the next person
to go into elimination.
It is my turn to self-nominate,
but my problem is
I don't want to be used
to benefit other people's games.
I'm not cool with that.
Wait, Jonna's in it
'cause she hosted us in Nashville.
So, Jonna, you're in it.
I'm in it!
♪
EMILY: Today, I'm a target,
which means Era Two has to win.
There is no safety
on second and third place,
and definitely not in fourth place.
I don't want to go into elimination automatically,
but I put myself in this position.
I believe my team can work together.
So even though it's a team challenge,
Nehemiah and I are the only ones on the chopping blocks.
♪ ♪
TJ: Welcome to your fourth challenge on this season
of The Challenge: Battle of the Eras.
[whistling, whooping]
Congratulations to Jenny and Derrick.
By winning the elimination, you had to select
one man and one woman from each era to become the new targets.
You did that,
and you chose a couple of heavy hitters.
CT and Tina...
- TINA: Era One! - TJ: ...from era one.
Nehemiah and Emily from Era Two.
Tori and Devin from Era Three.
And Olivia and Kyland from Era Four.
The eight of you are at risk of elimination,
so you really got to win today
'cause that is the only way to keep your targets safe
from elimination.
Now, today's challenge
is called Fast Pass.
To begin, you and your entire era
are gonna pick up a giant, Y-shaped beam.
It's heavy and awkward.
Then you are gonna navigate that beam
through these trees till you come to some sandbags.
There are eight sandbags.
Grab four of them
and bring them back to your era station,
where you'll each have one large balance beam.
Drop them off, then repeat the process.
Grab the other four, bring those sandbags back,
then select two players that you want to balance that beam.
Now, be aware because
these sandbags are all different weights,
so it's not gonna be easy.
First era to get this done will win
today's challenge, and their targets will be
the only two targets safe from elimination.
Losing team's targets are going straight into the Arena.
Good luck, everyone.
[whistling, cheering]
DARRELL: Oh, man, when it comes to communication,
we're gonna let CT take the reins, and Tina.
That's on them two today.
CT: I'm gonna take the width of this wishbone
and make it as, as thin as possible.
Tilt up the big side in the front,
and we'll be able to shimmy through.
JOSH: We just got to go to work, man.
We can't lose one of our teammates.
Everybody has their strengths,
so I'm going to shut up,
which is really hard for me, and be a workhorse.
And I have so much trust in them
that they're gonna do what they have to do
to get it done, so, yeah, let's go get this dub.
I have no doubt that this team will win.
[thunder rumbling]
TJ: All right.
- [exhales] - Everyone ready?
- Go. - [air horn blows]
TINA: Up, up, up, up!
- Come on, get the lead out. - Pick it up. Let's go!
All right, everyone ready?
- Go! - [air horn blows]
♪ ♪
- That's it, guys. Nice job. - Go, go.
Keep working. Go, Johnny.
- Go, Johnny. Go, Johnny. Go, Johnny. - Go, go.
- Drop this, okay? - Yo.
Give us the wing, give us the wing.
One at a time. We gotta go like an L. L.
All right. Left three. Left three, left, three.
Go. Go, go, go. Come on, we got to move.
[groans, yells]
- Come on. - Come on, guys.
Get on your... Go. Rotate!
DARRELL: Total chaos again.
Standing this thing up like a sailboat
ain't gonna work.
Physics, brother.
This motherfucker's heavy and my back--
my shit ain't a hunnid.
All right, should we go left?
We need to go left. We need to go left.
- We need to go left. - Full rotation.
This way!
AVIV: This challenge, our team has to carry
this large Y beam,
pick up four sandbags,
bring those back,
do a second round of that,
pick up four more sandbags
and put them on a balance beam and arrange them
until they're perfectly balanced.
Come on, this way. It's wide.
- Look how big the gap is. - It's wide.
- This way. One, two, three. - AVIV: Nehemiah, go, go.
Yep, go that way.
Full rotation. Tori, go right.
DEVIN: The name of all of these games
is "Do not lose."
But we still need to try to win,
because if we can win, we can leverage our power
and probably earn some favors
that can be paid back later when maybe we need them more.
Long story short,
we need a dub, Era Three.
We need a dub in a big way.
- Nope, nope, nope. - JONNA: I'm not through.
JORDAN: Come back, come back, come back.
Yeah, this way up.
This way, this way.
- Straight left, left. - Theo, don't say left.
Go. Keep going, keep going.
- Go, go. Go, go. - Okay, go that way. Go that way, Tori, straight.
These need to go forward. These need to go forward,
- in between the trees. - Watch out! Drop it!
- What? - TINA: Drop it!
You guys,
it's harder to tilt this. This needs to be the tilt.
Listen, I am a fucking leader here. Listen.
This needs to st-- Turn around, Tina.
This needs to stand up and go through it that way.
You guys lift it up. Tina, help her, help her.
We need a new strategy.
I never get to fucking talk on this team.
Nobody wants to listen to any strategy that I have
even though I am a target.
- Listen. - Pull it. Pull it!
TINA: Not one person on my team wants to hear
any suggestions from me.
Look at the other team.
I want this part to touch every tree.
You rotate this way.
You need to lift up, you look down.
DERRICK: But why can't we just stand this up
- and pull it through here? - We tried that, Derrick.
Like, why am I even here?
- Pull it, pull it. - It's gonna break.
Go in and out of the branches.
- In and out. Go like this. - Drop your end.
Drop your end. Drop it. Your end, drop it.
Fucking hell.
TORI: You act like I'm not doing it with you.
JORDAN: Jesus Christ. Tori.
TORI: This challenge is all about communication
and I just want
to remind everybody I am on a team with my ex-fiancé.
Rotate, keep rotating.
Keep-- Rotate.
- Just... Walk forward. - Walk forward.
Goddamn it.
And he is so difficult to work with sometimes.
We're gonna have to angle it up there.
- We can go this way. - I know, but I want
- Jonna to flip her end. - Tori, stop.
When you have too many cooks in the kitchen,
it just goes south
and I just know I'm getting to this point
with everybody and we're all about
to start barking at each other.
Through, through, through, push it.
Going through.
Toss one this way. Toss one to me.
- Toss one to me. - I can get 'em...
- I got it. - OLIVIA: Era Four,
we are working so well together.
We are communicating, not shouting over each other.
We're honestly really impressive right now.
Go, Nehemiah, go, go!
- Lift it on there. - Grab up, Nehemiah. - I got it.
Put it on here, Cara.
- All right, grab that, Cara. - One more, right?
- Go. - Toss to me.
- JENNY: Go, go, go. - I got it. Go.
JENNY: Go.
And back. Same way. Is that all four?
- We got 'em. - All right, towards me.
- On me, on me. - Guys, we can wiggle
- in and out. - Push.
There you go, Tori. Pick that one up. I got one.
We need four. Let's go.
We know the way back.
AVIV: This shit's fucking heavy, guys.
Let's keep it rotating.
We got to go back. No, no, we don't.
Derrick, shut up. Just go forward.
Darrell, we can use some muscle over here.
We had it stabilized, we could've just dragged it.
CT, everybody, take my goddamn lead!
CT Pro tip.
Keep it simple.
I will be in the center.
I will say left, right, left, right, up, down.
Why not just move it two feet
and you have more room to work with?
Why don't we just do that?
And then you got more room to play with.
You overthink, you over strategize,
the next thing you know...
you're over and done with.
One, two, three, lift.
- Shoulders. - [grunts]
♪ ♪
KYLAND: Boom. Let's go, team.
JENNY: Run, run, run, run, if we can. They catch us up.
- We're almost there. - Good job, guys.
[groans]
OLIVIA: That's good.
- We're good. - JENNY: See you later.
It's the way we came.
LAUREL: We'll pass them down to Emily.
Emily, you're point, you're point.
Pass them down. Pass them.
Keep going.
EMILY: This is close.
We are neck and neck with Era Four.
But it doesn't matter if you're second or third.
It matters if you win.
And we have to win, we have to beat Era Four.
Same way we came.
- All right, rotate, Johnny. - I'm rotating.
Okay, four, straight to the tank.
NIA: He's dropping the bags.
JORDAN: Drop your bag and rotate.
Okay, one, two.
JORDAN: All right, let's rock.
♪ ♪
KAYCEE: Hurry.
- Toss one. Toss one. - KAYCEE: Hurry.
Don't let the bags fall.
Grab the bags.
Put it down.
- Emily. Emily. - Put it on here, Cara.
All righty, this is it, guys.
- Go. Come on, go, go. - Go, go, go, go.
- It's not gonna fit. - This is clearly not gonna fit, guys.
We got to go through this wide one here. Geez.
Even though we're not in first or second place,
thank God for Era One
because if they weren't here right now,
we would literally be
in last place and going into the Arena
no matter what.
This is so heavy. Wait, wait.
- Really? - Let's switch.
So I'll take it right now.
- Look, we're here. - Okay.
- Give it to me. - TJ: Tight race, it's a tight race.
MICHELE: Come on, this is it!
Come on, Theo. You got it, boy.
- Sway! - I need help back here.
Fuck.
We see that Era Four is in the lead,
but we are hot on their tail.
JENNY: This way. Forward.
Go. Guys, how much we want it?
- TORI: Guys, we need to reset. - NIA: Come on!
EMILY: The finish line is right there, and all of a sudden,
my beam is on the ground, and some of my team members
are nowhere to be found.
Guys, we are almost there.
We just need to fucking go. Pick up.
NEHEMIAH: Where are you, Laurel?
It's starting to look a little fishy
because you have not been on your post
for pretty much for this whole entire challenge.
Fuck. Hey, get back here, somebody.
EMILY: Nehemiah and I are the only ones that are at stake here.
And when that's the case,
your team can throw you under the bus.
And I am pretty sure that is what's happening in this moment.
LAUREL: Yeah, so-- but here's the thing.
Honestly, Emily is competition.
Why would I want her here?
- We need help back here. - LAUREL: Go, pick it up.
- What are we doing? - NEHEMIAH: It's right here.
- JOSH: What end? - JENNY: This way, forward.
- Fuck. - Go, go, go. CT, go.
Ah, it's fucking too heavy!
We have to do it in and out, bro.
Yeah, we're trying to!
- TORI: Stop walking! - DEVIN: Guys, we can chill.
What do you mean? We don't want to get last.
- They still have four more bags. - TORI: It does not matter.
NIA: It doesn't matter. Let's go.
- We're almost there. - TORI: We're right there, I don't--
Can you give me a goddamn fucking second?
- Fuck! - AVIV: Pick up that shit!
- Let's go! - LAUREL: Guys, we are almost there.
We just need to fucking go.
KYLAND: We're gonna do a light one? How's that?
- Nope. Too heavy. - Let's go.
DEVIN: You guys ready to rip?
- Three, two, one. - NIA: Lift up. Lift up.
EMILY: Drop it at the box, pass the bags.
No, further towards the edge 'cause it's smaller.
JENNY: Guys, heaviest at the top.
- AMANDA: All right, guys, we're here. - Heavy ones right in the middle.
KYLAND: Oh, yeah, put that one down.
JENNY: Stack it. Yes.
- KYLAND: Okay. All right. - JENNY: Yeah, got it.
That's it.
- [air horn blows] - All right, Era Four, congratulations, you win.
- Fuck yeah, team! - [screaming gleefully]
[Era Four cheering]
Let's go.
Not only was I a target and I took one for the team,
but we won, I'm safe and I have power.
[cheering]
Good job, Era Four.
- Check. - RYAN: Check.
TJ: All right, Era Two, you're in there. Nice.
EMILY: Fuck! No, you're fine. - DEREK: Yes!
RYAN: I honestly think that Era Four
is going to wind up being the team to beat.
We just need to get some heavy hitters off that team.
- Big, big, little, little. - Okay.
JOANNA: Good job, guys.
CORY: Check.
- That's good. - [air horn blows]
All right, time. That's it.
Goddamn.
Three, two, one.
TJ: Era One, you're the losing team.
So, I'll be seeing CT and Tina in the Arena.
I'm pissed!
You guys don't want to fucking listen to a woman?
Is that what it is?
Tina, we went your way.
I said, let's go that way. You said go the short way.
Don't even fucking try that. No, it's fucking bullshit.
You don't take any accountability.
- You wanted to go that way. - TINA: Accountability?
- We said it was too short. - TINA: What about--
We said go this way. You said your ass is on the line
- and you want to go that way. - Failed technique. Failed technique.
Well, how else are you gonna get it through?
- It's too small, Tina. - Bob and weave, bitch!
- It's too small! - Bob and motherfucking weave!
It's too small!
CARA MARIA: Era One, dude.
They had one job today,
and that was just don't come in last.
Look, Tina, I'm sorry for yelling, I'm frustrated, too.
TINA: I know. I'm sorry, too, CT.
I'm sorry, too.
Fucking hate losing, that's all.
TINA: I'm embarrassed, I'm pissed,
I'm mad and I'm a target.
What the fuck is that?
Congratulations, Era Four, getting it done.
- [cheering] - Yeah!
So, Olivia, Kyland,
you're the only targets safe from elimination.
Well done.
As for Era One, CT and Tina, I'll be seeing you in the Arena.
DEVIN: Listen, there's absolutely no doubt
that CT is the best Challenger of all time,
and he's going into elimination.
So I don't think anybody saw this one coming.
It's just not a good day to be a target.
TJ: Emily, Nehemiah, Tori and Devin,
you will have to plead your case as to why
you should not be sent into the Arena.
Big decisions.
I'll see you all at the Arena. Get out of here.
NEHEMIAH: Era Four won.
I don't really know where their head is at
or who they're playing with, so I don't know
what's gonna happen when it comes down to this Chamber.
My last Challenge was Rivals,
and CT was the person who sent me home.
- [both grunting] - [air horn blows]
[cheering and applause]
Literally, my last image
of being on the Challenge floor was losing to CT.
I'm very nervous right now.
♪
- [whooping] - The champions are here.
[clapping, laughter]
CT: I can honestly say this.
When Era One, when we get mad,
we yell and we scream at each other,
it's because we care
and we want to win. I love Era One.
I don't want to go in, but I knew going into it,
there was a risk when I nominated myself
that that could potentially happen.
I don't want to go home.
I just want our team to win.
- Let's fucking do it. - CT: Let's do it.
TINA: Let's do it. Let's just have fun. [laughs]
And now's the time for you. You're a target.
You know what I mean?
I think you make whatever deals you have to make
to get it done because they're playing.
Mm-hmm.
You, CT, Devin. It's a matchup.
I definitely feel like I could trust Nehemiah
more than I can people on my own team.
The Devin/Tori/Jordan relationship,
it's very sketchy to me.
Jordan just cut a deal with Laurel.
I just don't know.
Like, does Devin have my back? No.
But does anybody? Nehemiah? Yes.
- It's game time now. - Mm-hmm.
And I've been able to go this far without deals.
- Mm-hmm. - But now it's deal time.
- Yeah. - It's like, 'cause if you don't,
then they will determine your fate.
- Yeah, man. It's time. - It's time.
CORY: Let's do it.
♪
Whew. Powerful flip.
Uh, I think me and my partner have some questions.
I'll just say that there has been rumors
throughout the house of deals being cut.
NEHEMIAH: There are strong alliances.
We have the whole vacation alliance.
You know what the strategy is.
And if you're not a part of the conversations
and if you haven't been yet, then they're about you.
OLIVIA: This is a time that we would like to hear
if you do know anything about it.
There's some strong groups in this house,
whether it's admitted or not. One of them has a name--
it's called the vacation alliance.
That is a vicious rumor that has swept the house.
And again I will publicly say
number one, right here, it's a girl.
Number one guy spot, vacant.
I feel like you have made it clear
in other ways, whether it's official or not,
that you have other people's backs.
DEVIN: If you really want to talk about deals,
let's talk about the one
that you and Nehemiah proposed to me and Tori
that we didn't take.
There was no... [stammers]
Was I there?
I know nothing about Nehemiah
trying to cut a deal with Devin.
But this, again, is why I hate this part of the game.
Because even though we're both targets,
he's speaking for himself and not for me.
And that has to be clear.
- What was the deal? - NEHEMIAH: There was no deal.
- There was no deal. - Exactly!
- NEHEMIAH: I came up to him-- - 'Cause we didn't take it.
NEHEMIAH: I came up to Devin and I said,
"The relationships that I have outside of this,
they weigh and they mean something to me."
And you led right into,
"We don't want to say your name tomorrow.
Can you offer us the same thing?"
And I said, "Let me talk to Tori,"
and I talked to Tori,
and we decided together
we could not promise the same thing.
That is, verbatim, exactly what I said.
So you guys can call Era Three shady all you want,
- but now, under the lights... - I didn't say "shady."
- ...don't put it on me.
'Cause I've never played that way
and I'll never play that way,
and that is some bullshit.
TINA: I am so glad that CT and I decided to stay quiet
because this is the Chambers of revelations, people.
Just let these dipshits talk.
- So... - That's what you said.
So what would that mean? If a relationship...
If you win, if Era Two wins,
- you don't want to say our name. - [shushing]
If you guys are gonna start the fire, you better be ready
for the heat because Devin and I didn't want to have
to come into this Chamber and blow up anybody's game.
And knowing that CT's in the elimination,
I mean, to be fair,
Devin has taken out Wes and Bananas in the past.
He's beaten Jordan in a final.
And I do think that he could beat CT,
but I don't know if he wants that on his résumé.
I mean, it's a little risky to try to beat CT.
Better to just leave that to someone else.
If a relationship outside of this means something to me,
then what does that mean?
I would not want to say that person's name.
- Right, and you said... - Okay. That's fucking blank.
- That is bare. - Then I said, "Can I say the same thing to you?"
- That is fucking-- that is very basic. - And I said, "No, I can't,
- I have to talk to my partner." - That is very bare.
KYLAND: Nehemiah, what are you doing?
Before coming into this Chamber,
you just told me that you were approached by Era Three
for a deal, and now it's coming out that you
approached them for a deal.
I was trying to save you, my boy.
And now you are making it very hard
because Devin has a really great track record
of doing the things he says he was gonna do.
I don't lie, I don't fuck my friends over.
I don't break deals. I also repay favors.
So this would be exactly that.
He just navigated Ride or Dies making deals
just like the one that he's offering me.
Well, I think we're out of time.
I definitely want to thank everybody
for all of your input.
Yeah, so you guys are dismissed.
Well, good luck, gentlemen, and now may the best man win.
Thank you, guys.
NEHEMIAH: This is bad.
This is, this is real bad.
I'm starting to regret even thinking
that I could work with Devin,
and now I might have to go
against CT, the monster.
I actually feel like I got a lot more clarity
than I was expecting.
I really feel like Devin and Tori are
being real.
I have been offered a deal by them one time,
and they followed through with it.
But I really do feel this intuition in my gut.
I feel like we need to give it a second...
- All right. - ...and let's do
what's best for our game.
- Yeah. - Let's go.
Let's go tell everyone that we have no answer.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
CT: You know what? I might just go in the pool.
TINA: I want to let you know that Devin said in there,
- if they won, they would have saved Pink. - Without question.
It is basically the allegiance
of Era Three and Era Four,
so Devin basically promised the whole team.
Yeah.
RACHEL: Up until this point,
I haven't been making waves,
but I don't really like
watching Era Three,
especially Devin,
think they can run this game,
so I've now been activated.
It's game time,
and Tina is a dangerous player in this game because
she doesn't give a shit.
So she will pick her targets accordingly.
TINA: I want fucking transparency. That's what I want.
I've always said transparency has been
fucking everybody's downfall.
RACHEL: I like that game, too.
♪
Where did you sleep last night, huh?
- Well, I came in here. - Mmm.
- And then where did you end up? - But then I was like...
JOSH: You twinkled your way
to someone's bed.
Well, because here was not a safe space at that moment.
[laughter]
Oh, there wasn't enough "space."
I'm here rooting for my friend's happiness, all right?
- I know you are. - JOSH: I want to see my friends
fucking thrive.
[laughs]
Hi.
- JENNY: Aah! - KAYCEE: Oh, God.
LAUREL: Oh, wait. Wrong person.
Sorry, I thought you were Averey.
MICHELE: I truly don't understand Laurel.
I've tried being nice to her,
fighting back, being indifferent,
and there's absolutely no variations
of Michele that she likes.
At this point,
I should probably just throw in the towel,
but Lord knows Mama didn't raise a quitter.
♪
MICHELE: I'm very big
on energy. I can read when somebody
doesn't... isn't vibing with me or whatever,
and from my perception
you turned cold to me,
and... and that's fair
- because you had all of these... - You threw me in.
We're going with Laurel and Jakk, unfortunately.
I get it. You-- On Ride or Dies,
I did you wrong.
[sighs] This is draining me.
I'm kind of done with it already.
I don't want to be
forced into a friendship with someone.
I don't want to be--
Wait, give me a second. Give me the fucking floor, dude.
- I'm not speaking. - I know,
but you're rolling your eyes.
You're doing all these things, like...
I was developing my perception
about who you are as a person,
and then you threw me in.
- Okay. - So you really
put the nail in the coffin there.
MICHELE: Laurel has built
a brick wall,
and I'm taking a tiny little hammer and nail,
trying to chip away
to break through it.
But I'm starting to realize
I don't have the right equipment.
This game is stressful enough.
I don't need to try to be, like,
battling whatever this is.
LAUREL: Well, I feel like you are,
so I feel like you need to stop the battle.
This is not one-sided.
It is one-sided.
This is not me seeking you out to...
Yes, it is. It is you seeking me out.
- Okay. - But I want to be clear to you
because I felt like you had
the wrong perception and I wanted
to keep you on the same page.
MICHELE: No, it is clear as day.
I will not be under any sort of false notion
that we are moving in any positive direction.
It's almost like if I could go back in time
and tell myself what I know now
and be that protective, stronger,
smarter, wiser, "been through it" person,
and if I could protect myself back then,
that's kind of what I see with Michele.
And in this moment I'm like,
it's all clicking,
and I just don't like what I'm seeing.
- We can be cordial... - Yeah.
- ...and that's fine with me. - That sounds great.
Thank you.
Michele, I'll be your friend
- outside of this. - [Tori clears throat]
- Come with me. - MICHELE: Stop.
LAUREL: This conversation
has nothing to do with Cara,
and Cara needs to mind her own business.
This is Cara rallying people so that she can have
people in her corner and...
and people against me.
I don't respect that
and I don't respect her.
I'm doing everything that I can
to avoid being around her,
and I feel like this is intentional
on Cara's part, and that's the worst part.
♪ ♪
CARA MARIA: I'm gonna take off
my gloves. 'Cause I was gonna dye my hair.
I came in at the tail end of, um,
of Michele and Laurel
- getting into it. - This is just today?
Just hap-- It just happened.
It's almost like she's finding a new me to pick on.
You have been through it
with her in a way that makes my skin crawl.
- Yeah. And so... - I'm so sorry.
So she sees Michele as...
So now I see, now I see that she's kind of--
She's starting that with Michele.
I think she knows now that, like,
the power she had over me is fucking gone.
- It's gone. You killed it. - It's gone.
And by the way, fuck yes.
I'm so proud of you.
Nobody fucking knows Laurel the way
that I know her,
on all the levels that I know her.
And Laurel is extremely insecure.
I see who she goes after.
Like, I see her not liking you,
and I'm gonna be-- and I don't mean to be this person,
but you're beautiful, okay?
You're beautiful, and she is not confident in herself
or her... or her... anything about her.
She-she doesn't like herself.
I see the way she watches.
She wanted you against Tori.
- Oh, my goodness. - So, just so you know, it was like...
Nehemiah, he was telling me earlier. He goes,
he goes, "Laurel was nowhere."
Yeah.
Yeah, we lost all gas at the end,
and, Cara, we were in the lead.
EMILY: Come on.
Laurel, you threw the fucking challenge.
You want me gone,
and I don't want to give you that satisfaction.
CARA MARIA: It's like she has, like, this deep insecurity
and anger in her that just,
it projects. Whenever she feels
she's in power or she feels untouchable,
- boom, it comes out. - Yep.
It sucks being on her team.
♪ ♪
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it stupid
for me to nominate myself?
Well, you nominate yourself as a target
and not into elimination, so it depends.
I'm afraid that if I put myself in as a target,
it's gonna be a rare moment, and other people are gonna
seize the opportunity when they can.
I'm basically being pressured into
self-nominating from Era Three.
DEVIN: Not everything
in this game is fair.
JONNA: What am I gonna do, sit here
and say, "No, I won't do it,"
and now we're not cohesive as a team?
CORY: It's an easy
problem solver.
JONNA: This team meeting was not about
team cohesiveness.
This team meeting was about
pressuring me into self-nominating.
I'll be really upset if I end up going home
to my husband and kids and being like,
-"Oh, I nominated myself." -"I did it to myself."
- Right. - Like, I didn't come this far and leave them
- to put myself in that position. - Well...
CT: I mean, I love Jonna,
but she's doing too much.
She's acting like she's the mayor
of Challengeville or something.
People are playing the now,
and it's like checkers.
But at some point you have to start playing chess.
And I do think she's playing selfishly.
I don't want to go in, but I knew,
when I nominated myself, there was a risk.
I said I was going to fight
for my team, and I mean it.
It's a game, and you're doing
what you think is best for you,
and I can't fault you for that.
In the end, you can play the game however you want,
and rule number one has always been:
- Avoid elimination at all costs. - At all costs.
♪ ♪
LAUREL: Are you okay?
CARA MARIA: Just dyeing my hair.
LAUREL: You have an attitude.
CARA MARIA: You're the only person, Laurel,
that I'm like this to right now.
You're being an asshole to Emily,
you're unleashing on Darrell.
Like, maybe the problem is you, Laurel.
- [chuckles] - You can laugh about it,
you can plug your ears, you can sing a song,
- but I think, at the end of the day... - Cara...
- ...you're the problem. - Cara, no, you're the problem.
CARA MARIA: You're the problem. It's you.
You remember, when you point the finger at someone else,
there's three pointing back at you.
The three pointing at you are literally all you,
- and until you realize... - Laurel, I don't back down to you anymore, Laurel.
...until you reali...
- All you do is scream. - Back up.
I personally just think Cara is childish,
in a state of an adolescent mind,
and I'm doing everything that I can
to avoid the situation
that is basically about to explode.
I can only take so much.
You are so un-self-aware
- that it's fucking mesmerizing. - I'm un-self-aware.
I'm not the only one in the hou--
Laurel, me and you are the only ones
that don't fuck with each other.
You think that because Michele agrees with you,
that you have got the whole house thinking the same thing.
- Laurel, it's not just me. - You are so...
- You are, you are being an asshole
to everybody in this fucking house.
Screaming again. You're screaming again.
Do you realize you're screaming again?
Because you are fucking manipulative.
Oh, there's some major shit going down.
RACHEL: There was a chance
in the beginning of this Challenge for there to be
a new story between Laurel and Cara Maria.
However, Laurel chose
to throw Cara Maria in the first chance she had.
LAUREL: Yeah, Kelly, that's it! That's it!
- All right, go, go, go! - [air horn blows]
CT: Let's go, Cara!
So, Cara Maria's days of forgiving Laurel
need to come to an end.
LAUREL: Do you realize...
- And you do not intimidate me. - Do you... I don't...
- Talk down on me all you want, Laurel. - I'm not, I'm not...
Cara, this is your story.
You're the one that's manipulative.
- Like I said, when you point a finger... - I'm manipulative.
Like I said, when you point a finger at someone...
- I'm manipulative, everybody. - Like I said,
when you point a finger at someone,
you're pointing three back at yourself.
Three are pointing right back at you, Laurel.
I'm not pointing the finger at you.
- You literally just did. - You're pointing the finger at me.
CARA MARIA: You're the one that fucking started it.
- Oh, I started it? - I said, I said...
LAUREL: Here's the 13-year-old!
Sit the fuck down, you stupid bitch.
But you just yelled at me.
I wasn't yelling at you. We were having a conversation,
and I respect that about you.
This girl, I don't respect.
BANANAS: Laurel and Cara Maria's relationship
is beyond repair.
It's beyond dysfunctional.
But I also feel like there is this weird
older sister, younger sister dynamic
that Laurel, for whatever reason,
wants to keep in place
and Cara wants to break out of.
LAUREL: She breaks me to my breaking point.
The two of them are like oil and water, dude.
- And then-- And then-- - You... you can't--
And then-- And then-- Let me fucking finish speaking.
- CARA MARIA: You're gaslighting me. - LAUREL: Like Paulie?
- What about fucking Paulie? - Yeah, exactly. Just like Paulie.
- What about Paulie? - Right. This is what you do.
- Paulie's actually had my back. - And I'm not gonna take it.
Cara, I also had your fucking back.
No one likes you. No one [bleep] is...
- I like you, Cara. - I don't give a [bleep].
I'm the only one that has Cara's back.
Stand the [bleep] up and get the [bleep] out.
If you need to stand up for yourself, then you do that.
- Okay. - You know? I got your back.
I got yours.
- LAUREL: Come here, babe. - [Cara Maria crying]
Cara Maria is specifically antagonizing me,
and it's really frustrating because
who was there for you? Me. I was there.
You know I fucking had your back.
Don't you fucking pull that shit on me.
Yeah, and I had your back on fucking All Stars, too.
She's crying to me. And then the two of you are making out.
Cara, you don't fucking know me!
LAUREL: This is about a game?
This is about All Stars 4 'cause I beat you?
- No. - 'Cause I beat you on All Stars 4?
CARA MARIA: It's not 'cause you fucking beat me. It's not.
LAUREL: Don't you fucking say that about me!
CARA MARIA: I had your back and you came at me.
Don't you fucking say that about me.
Because when it comes down to it, I am with you.
Don't you ever fucking accuse me of that ever again!
Ever!
[Cara Maria sighs heavily]
MICHELE: Don't take the bait.
You have so many friends in this house that love you.
Cara just needs to know she actually has support.
You're so loved.
RACHEL: Take a deep breath, Cara.
You know, you have more support in this house.
EMILY: And I can tell,
by us surrounding her and the way she's reacting,
that she hasn't ever felt this way.
And I want her to keep feeling this way,
that she does feel supported.
CARA MARIA: I'm sorry, guys.
- RYAN: Don't be sorry. - MICHELE: What are you sorry for?
- Are you kidding me? - I don't know, that.
MICHELE: Don't ever apologize.
RYAN: I am so happy to be
part of this new era for Cara Maria because
she's very misunderstood.
She's definitely been labeled the oddball out.
I myself have felt that way in the Challenge house.
CARA MARIA [crying]: Thank you.
[laughter]
So, if Cara's gonna come down
and start this whole tirade again,
which she always does to me,
tries to blame everything on me. I always get the heat.
So, no matter what Cara's doing, I get the heat for it.
I'm not allowing it this time.
Cara kind of started this fight here.
It's hard for me to listen
to Cara talking about
all the things Laurel are doing wrong,
as if there's not two people involved in this argument.
I literally just came down here to make a sandwich,
and that hopped off.
I'm not going to jump on this bandwagon
of hating Laurel because I don't believe
she gets a fair shake.
She's just not nice either.
Like, she likes to say I'm not nice,
but, like, she's literally
the one that's not nice.
THEO: It's such a long battle
these two have been going on for.
I've heard the same argument between 'em both.
You know, no one wants to see it.
I don't want to see it.
I feel bad for them both.
So, sometimes in life, all you need is a hug.
So, if you're at home right now with your partner
or a loved one, just give them a hug.
TJ: Congratulations, Cara Maria and Laurel.
Okay. [sighs heavily]
I want to be at peace with this outcome,
no matter which way it goes,
because I want to be here till the end.
The vibe, the cloud, the darkness,
there's too much energy around me.
It's-it's pure chaos,
and if I don't get my own shit figured out,
there is no way I will be able
to survive this to the end.
Inhale. Three.
Two. One.
You are safe.
You are stable.
You are centered. You are rooted.
[sighs heavily]
Exhale through the mouth.
[all exhale forcefully]
I got to lock in. I got to go into my Zen mode
and just get ready.
There is a large percentage chance that
I'm gonna be the one going in.
TINA: I'm very confident
in my body. I have been training
off-season for this moment.
Era One is being picked off easily.
I need to win this elimination.
Okay, we have hammers.
Oh, nails.
Welcome to your next elimination
on this season of The Challenge: Battle of the Eras.
[cheering]
Congratulations to Era Four. You got it done. Well done.
Go, Four.
TJ: As for the losing squad, Era One,
that's CT and Tina. Come on down.
Now we got to get you some opponents.
We have Emily and Nehemiah were the targets on Era Two.
And we have Tori and Devin on Era Three.
The outcome of the Chamber is still undetermined.
CT's automatically going
into elimination, and you do not want to be staring
down the barrel of CT at any point in this game.
Kyland, Olivia, who's it gonna be?
Well, TJ, it was definitely a tough choice.
I mean, we're sitting there looking at four
Challenge champs, and this isn't just a decision
for us but also for our team, for Era Four.
With that in mind, we were gonna go with...
...Emily and Nehemiah.
TJ: All right, come on down.
[contestants applauding]
No matter who goes home, it is a win for the house
because they have such big players, and this is
just the beginning
of Era Three and Era Four
working together, so maybe
a little vacation doesn't hurt anyone anyway.
Tonight you're playing Getting Hammered.
- Oh, I did that last night! - [cheering]
To begin, there are four stations right here
in the middle of the Arena.
Each station has two giant boards.
One with 100 nails nailed into it.
One with 100 holes.
When I say go, your goal
is to remove all the nails
as fast as you can
and then nail in 100 nails on the other side.
Soon as you do that, come over, hit the button.
First one to hit their button will win tonight's elimination
and stay in the game.
Emily, Tina, you're up first.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
[cheering]
I'm about to nail this. [laughs]
It's been a long time since I've been in here.
It feels good to be back.
Tina is legend.
She's an OG. I hate that I'm going against an OG.
I have volunteered myself into this position.
This is a game, and I'm ready to play.
It's very important for me to win tonight.
For Era One, we are down to two girls,
and we need both of us.
I'm feeling pretty confident.
I do woodworking
at home as a hobby, so I'm familiar
with hammer and nails.
Keep the hope alive.
I fucking think I can win this shit.
[lion growls]
TJ: Tina, Emily, ready?
- Go! - [air horn blows]
[cheering]
- Yeah! - Oh, my God, I love her so much.
BANANAS: Emily, no. Just push 'em out!
- Push 'em out, Emily! - Holy shit, Tina.
BANANAS: Come on, let's go!
Way to work!
- Oh! Oh! - Oh, shit, Tina! - Holy shit.
Wow.
Emily, you have to push them down
with the hammer like she did.
Fuck. [laughs]
EMILY: I can't tell what Tina's doing.
I just hear nails dropping like a machine gun is shooting off.
Keep going. Keep going.
BRAD: Oh, my God.
Even though it's a conflict of interest
for my situation with Emily,
I do want Tina to win because we would lose a key player.
Rachel would have to go into every single elimination
moving forward. Let's just get this done.
No more Ls for Era One.
Come on, you fucker.
RACHEL: Let's go, Tina.
BANANAS: Use the side of the hammer and bang 'em out. No.
I don't understand what you mean.
You rake 'em down! Yes.
Bang them down with the hammer.
Hold it sideways.
I don't understand.
NIA: Potentially losing Emily
tonight is great for my game.
I love the girl, but she terrifies me.
I mean, just look at her. She is stacked.
- DEREK: Good job, Em. - BANANAS: You got this, Em.
- Come on, Emily. - There you go, Emily.
Let's go, Tina. Finish now.
Don't fuck with me.
Feels so good to finally come into my own.
EMILY: Come on, babe.
There's nothing worse
than knowing you're behind.
I have to stay calm and clear.
This can't be the first elimination
in Challenge history I have lost.
- Finish it. - Last three.
- You are a rock star. - Come on.
- Oh, come on, baby. - Keep moving.
Good work, ladies.
LAUREL: Go hit the horn.
- [air horn blows] - [cheering, clamoring]
Oh, my God.
[whooping]
TINA: I feel incredible,
like I want to cry when happy.
I'm sad Emily's leaving.
I'm really sad.
She's such a good person.
This one was right down my alley.
Thank God. I feel like I already won the entireChallenge, dude.
Like, that's how excited I am.
Yeah...!
Don't breathe that smoke in!
Wow!
[shouting, clamoring]
EMILY: I'm so bummed.
I've never lost an elimination round,
so I'm trying to take this with my head high.
Taking out the nails,
if you try the Tina Tornado method,
was actually jamming them in closer.
Following her technique actually
pushed me back a little bit,
so apparently Tina had a little more frustration
than I did. [laughs]
She figured out a technique that was
fast and effective.
I tried to catch up, but it is what it is.
LAUREL: Tina!
Are you kidding me?
Losing Emily is not a loss
to me because Emily
is one of the stronger girls.
And getting out some of the stronger girls is definitely
a good thing
when you're thinking about the final.
TJ: All right, boys.
CT, Nehemiah, let's go!
CT: I will say I...
I know my way around a worksite,
coming from a blue-collar family.
I want to win tonight.
Of course I want to win. I'm here to win.
That's what we do, you know? I'm gonna get the nails out.
Put new nails in. Keep 'em moving. We're on the clock.
Hurry up before boss gets back from lunch.
NEHEMIAH: I'm gonna be going
against one of arguably the most
feared and the most respected Challengers.
If I knew we were doing this, I would have spent more time
hammering pictures up
instead of running on the treadmill and running miles.
But I'm excited to test myself and see, you know,
what I have against... against a monster.
TJ: All right, CT, Nehemiah, are you ready?
- Go! - [air horn blows] - [cheering, clamoring]
- [whistling] - Come on!
There has to be a catch, right?
It can't be so simple.
Oh, no.
[grunts]
Just take 'em out and put 'em back in.
It-It's far more grueling than you-- it may look.
CT, pull 'em out.
I do home renovations and I go to Home Depot.
I go to Home Depot more than I go to the grocery store.
I guess this stupid little housewife has more to offer.
LAUREL: There you go, attack it!
There you go, there you go!
There you go!
Nehemiah, you're doing great.
Nice work.
RYAN: Nehemiah is methodical,
he is meticulous.
The fact that we've lost Emily this early in the game
is pretty rough.
We need Nehemiah to win this.
RACHEL: Go, CT. You got this.
BANANAS: Good job! Keep it up!
JONNA: Go, go, go. Tied, it's tied, it's tied, it's tied.
- Just like that. Just like that. - Good job, Ne!
JONNA: I don't think
people in the house expect
Nehemiah to win this one tonight.
I want Nehemiah to win tonight because
I do not believe he will select me as a target.
- Good job, Nehemiah. - Let's go!
Lock in!
Pick it up a little bit.
It's close, guys!
LAUREL: And finish the trail.
I can't tell who's winning, honestly.
Good job, good job!
- Good work, boys! - Good job, boys!
TINA: Come on, CT!
♪ ♪
[air horn blows]
[CT groans]
[cheering, applause]
NEHEMIAH: I think I just beat CT.
What the fuck?
[applause]
For so long, I've just been wanting to be
in that list of competitors, you know, like, top competitors
and, you know, people who are remembered
on The Challenge. And I think now finally starting to get
some momentum and start to submit my legacy here
on The Challenge. I mean, I think that I just really, uh...
I think I just shocked the world.
Good job, Ne!
CT: You deserved it. You heard 'em, brother. Straight up.
Straight up.
JORDAN: At the beginning
of any game, if CT is there,
CT is the biggest threat on the board.
Psychologically, physically.
He has the power to sway the people
as well as the ability to get it done himself.
So CT
coming off the board is a huge win.
[grunting]
All right, brother.
JOSH: I'm shocked that Nehemiah pulled out this win.
CT worked in construction
his whole life.
This is a big win for all the guys
in the house because I don't think anybody wanted to see CT
in the sand, especially me.
Man, I'm bummed. I, uh...
I mean, I can't take anything away from Nehemiah.
I mean, he-he beat me straight up. That's The Challenge, man.
You never know
in these games. That's why I love it.
Everyone, keep it cool, keep it simple,
keep it about the team.
I love The Challenge. It's been basically my home for 20 years.
And win or lose, uh,
I had a lot of fun.
Man, I thought I was gonna get that one.
TJ: Tina
and Nehemiah, very impressive.
I'm not alone in saying you both were underdogs.
- What? - You both got it done.
Yeah, we did.
TJ: CT, Emily, you put up fights,
but Nehemiah and Tina getting it done.
- Great job, guys! Great job! - [cheering]
As you know,
winning an elimination gives you power.
We need to find some new targets.
Tina, start with Era One.
TINA: Oh, I have a volunteer.
I'll take it.
The fact that I'm on this team
with two other males right now.
It's Darrell. It's Derrick.
I've got over a decade of history
with both of these gentlemen.
I need to volunteer for my own mindset.
- You sure? - Yep.
And, Nehemiah, looks like you're giving it to Rachel.
- [chuckling] - Congratulations. - That's right!
TJ: Okay, Nehemiah, Era Two.
NEHEMIAH: Unfortunately,
there's been a lot of turmoil on our team.
And I'm gonna have to go with Laurel.
RYAN: Damn.
Nehemiah, I see you.
Thank you. You're looking out
for the greater good of our team.
Karma's a bitch, bitch.
TJ: And Tina?
TINA: I've been friends with Derek and Ryan for a long time,
and I'm gonna go with Bananas.
TJ: All right, so Bananas and Laurel.
LAUREL: Nehemiah selecting me
to be a target for the second time just shows me
that Nehemiah first and foremost doesn't know how to play
this game. And, yeah, Nehemiah chose
the wrong side. Oh, my gosh.
I can't catch a break. [scoffs]
Era Three.
I like to play a clean game,
and I want to give-- Thank the Lord.
TJ: Cory.
- Thank you, Cory. - Nehemiah.
Is there any volunteers to step up?
♪ ♪
AVEREY: For Jonna to just be silent
on our podium is just...
[groans]
[sighs] I don't think nominating myself
is the smartest thing to do, so...
- [sighs] - TJ: All right, Nehemiah.
It's gonna be Jonna.
[sighs] I'm crushed.
I made an assumption that Nehemiah
would never say my name.
And, you know what,
in The Challenge, you can never assume anything.
Ugh, gosh. Why? [groans]
TJ: All right, Jonna.
Era Four.
Jenny.
Fuck this shit.
Honestly, the second time I've been targeted.
No one talked to me. I am done.
I am so fucking done.
TJ: Tina.
Any volunteers?
I got it, Tina.
- Whoo... - Nice.
- Ooh, he did it. - [applause]
TJ: All right, so...
it's Josh and Jenny.
Okay, we've got our targets.
So go ahead and rejoin your eras.
Tina time.
- Yay! - Tina time.
Get out of here. I'll see you soon.
♪ ♪
BRAD: Emily and I have a great connection.
It's very hard to see her go, and I'm sure
I'll talk to her soon.
Miss you already, C.
RACHEL: On one end for the women,
we took out one of the strongest competitors.
On the other end, Era One lost
our biggest intimidation factor.
There is definitely a divide
created in the house at this point. It feels like
Three and Four are creating more relationships.
So...
we need our friends to step up.
TJ: Before you go,
I have one last thing
- for you to do. - Okay.
I've been saying over and over again,
how you treat people in this game matters
and how people treated you really matters.
So, I'm not gonna tell you how it's gonna affect the game.
However, just know
that the decision that you're about to make
could have an impact
on who's gonna get their share of $1 million.
[gasps] Oh...
[rapid clicking]
I'm just gonna shoot from the hip here.
♪
Bananas. [sucks teeth]
I'll give you a three-piece. Keep you neutral.
Brad, five.
CT: Jonna,
I'll give you a two.
EMILY: Laurel,
you get a one.
CT: Jordan,
he grew on me this year.
Give you a two.
EMILY: Cara Maria, you've been through it.
But you also have a part to play
in some of the stuff you've been through, so...
I'm gonna give you a three.
CT: Cara is five.
Ain't nothing but love in my book.
- Mom! - JENNY: No one wants to fucking step up,
so guess who's gonna do it every single week. Me.
He's just using her as a pawn in his game.
AVIV: Protect yourself. Work on your own survival.
It's risky.
CARA MARIA: As soon as TJ throws the horn,
fuck you guys. Figure it out.
- Go! - [air horn blows]
[yells] I think I broke my leg!
- BRAD: Oh, my God. - [yells]
TINA: He broke his fucking leg!
- [yells] - DARRELL: Medic!
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