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Previously on The Challenge Battle of the Eras...
You are all in four groups of eras.
If we're coming from the same era,
we're gonna have to work together, but
Bananas, you can suck it. I think you've won too much.
Michele being booed up with Devin--
he's just using her as a pawn in his game.
You told Michele that I'm using her for the game?
I saved Michele. I'm hoping
that he's not driving a wedge
between the two of us.
However it got twisted, that never came out of my mouth.
Bananas is trying to switch this thing around.
I'm not buying it.
This is insane.
We promised each other
the entire season you'll never say my name.
I personally cannot say Johnny's name
- right now. - I think it's just...
Right now, I can't do it.
Josh has so many IOUs,
he's trying to repay back people
from previous seasons.
Don't take me as a fucking idiot and act like you didn't just
just sit there
- and vote a certain way. - Who's your friend?
Not you! Not you!
Tonight you are playing Fate of the Gladiators.
Cory, Rachel, you're going to be choosing targets--
a male and a female from each era
who must win the next challenge.
If they don't, they'll have a chance
of going into the Arena.
So, Rachel, looks like no one's up there for you to nominate.
Era Two.
- My turn. - Ryan!
- Laurel. - Era Three.
- Devin. - Tori. - Era Four.
- Kyland. - I choose Kaycee.
So we have our targets set.
- Head back up there. - I am a team of one.
I now have to beat the entire house.
All right, Rachel, solo mission.
I don't like you. We're not friends.
You know, you've got your smug little smile on,
and you think it's all cute.
- You're a backstabber, and you're alone. - Okay.
Then why are you still talking to me if you hate me so much?
Because I want to let you know.
The lone soldier from Era One!
Right now, unlike every other era, it is
myself for Era One as a target.
There is no one else.
Next challenge, I need to win to keep myself out of the Arena,
and in some weird, twisted way, I'm excited.
- Love you. - Love you.
Part of the reason
that I volunteered to be a target is
keeping my girl Rachel safe.
If our era wins, I can
dictate, as the target winner,
Three and Four going against each other
and making some shit happen.
Knowing that Laurel is a target with me
lets me know that she is going
to make sure that we do not lose.
On the other side of things,
Laurel isn't the most popular person,
and any one of these ladies
that's not also a target would love
to get her out of the house.
Quite honestly, I think everyone tolerates Laurel, but her only
real friend in the house is Bananas, and I think
he's only friends with her 'cause he's afraid of her.
- You just lucky you weren't down there. - I'm proud of you, man.
Boy, 'cause if your ass was down there...
Hug me. Hug me. I'm proud of you.
That's what you want?
Josh, you've said my name
one too many times, buddy.
I've been in twice.
I'm going beyond Era Three to make my connections.
The person that I'm working with on Era Two is Nehemiah.
Me and him have been true to each other since day one.
I definitely feel like I could trust Nehemiah
more than I can people on my own team.
Babe, how long have you been
in that bed today?
I've probably been here about 15 hours.
Up until this point,
I mean, I have to be incredibly proud
of the vacation alliance. Like,
Kaycee, myself, Josh, Devin--
we have all somehow finagled our way
through this game unscathed, none of us
seeing an elimination.
But Devin and I
are targets right now.
And the best-case scenario for Era Three
is either Era Three wins, so that way, we're safe,
or Era Four wins,
and hopefully, Kaycee will have my back
so that Era Four can save us.
It's so weird, Rachel just being a party of one.
It just doesn't make sense.
Obviously,
I'm tied and locked in with
the vacation alliance.
I also have a really
strong bond with Rachel,
and I'm rooting for her.
Anybody who's fucking with Banana Man now after
he very blatantly lied to try to fracture our relationship,
and now, my position in the game,
isn't fucking with me.
What are we supposed to be like, "We're done with you,"
actively know, and then be on the other end of a target
for a vendetta that you guys have going on?
I'm not asking anyone to do fucking shit.
I can handle my own... in this game, and I always have.
But we're in the position where we have to choose. I'm there.
Devin is coming after me.
But now,
you have Kaycee and Kyland,
Tori and Devin as targets, all working together.
If there is some way
we could get the four of them in an elimination together,
absolute chef's kiss
for my game.
Definitely this pool of targets is stacked,
but I want to make it undeniable.
I am the best of the best.
I come here to win. I think about the money second.
I do feel comfortable being a target
when Tori and Devin
are also in there so we can work together.
I truly feel we are the most solid alliance in this game.
They are going to do
whatever they can to break us apart.
So, we have got to keep this momentum.
We have no room for error,
and we just cannot lose.
Being a team of one puts me at a very
big disadvantage in terms of negotiation.
I cannot afford to not win this challenge.
I am not just doing this for myself anymore.
I am doing this
for all of Era One.
Let's go! Let's go!
All right, everyone,
welcome to your next challenge here
in beautiful Vietnam on this season
of The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras.
Well, we started off with 40 of you,
and we are down to just half.
There are only 20 players left,
which means you doubled your chances
to make that final and win it all.
Today's challenge
- is called Bottoms Out. - Perfect.
Yes.
You know, we all like
bottoms out.
Uh...
Of course, Ryan would be the target on
this lovely challenge.
Now, we have a giant container
out there above the water.
Yes, you will be in that container,
but first, you will be answering
a series of equations
- that are going to flash up on that board. - No!
Yes.
Once 27 equations have gone, we're gonna stop.
And however many equations you got right earns your team
handholds and footholds to secure on that container.
So, one team at a time, you'll step into the container,
the doors will shut.
Then you'll be hoisted over the water.
Doors will open.
That's your signal. You better start hanging on.
The goal is simple.
Be the team that lasts the longest.
The team to do so will win today's challenge
and have the only targets safe from elimination.
To all you targets out there, the only way to stay safe
is to win.
All right? Get it done.
Cara, are you okay?
You look like you ate something bad.
Math, heights over water.
You know, another day.
Math and... yeah. All right, cool.
Good luck, everyone. Let's get it done.
Ready? Go.
One.
E equals...
Oh, God.
BANANAS [whispering]: 17 times three.
Math
has never been my strong suit.
- G is 96 minus 32. - Six.
I'm just gonna yell out numbers
and pretend like I'm doing math.
- 203. - 203. For what? G?
No. H. 203 is H.
I suck at math. I always cheated at math
at school. I mean, honestly, I remember
helping my seven-year-old niece on her math homework one time,
and she corrected my answers.
51 was one of the answers.
I have gotten 100% in every single math class
that I've ever taken, including calculus.
I think math is so rude.
It's literally addition. Like, that's the thing
that gets me. People are, "Oh, my God, math!"
I'm like, "You can't add?"
What's wrong with you?
Hey, at least I'm not the target today.
There's one.
- One for K, one for K. - 66 times four
equals L. 66 times four.
66 times four equals...
Hold on. One-three... One-three-five for M.
Luckily, we have Kyland the Calculator
because he is gonna
be able to solve these equations better
than the rest of our entire era combined.
All right, now...
All these math equations,
they're moving pretty fast.
I mean,
Era One is party of one.
Although Rachel is a super freak
and a beast, I don't really know
how she can pull this one off.
Only 12 equations left.
I mean,
'Merica, you know you want me to win!
I have to win. This is bigger than me.
This challenge is representing
every little kid out there,
every adult that's ever felt alone,
that's had their back up against the wall,
that's continued to fight through it.
That is what this challenge represents to me.
Shit.
Our team has to work together to solve
27 quickly rotating math equations.
Depending on how many math equations our team gets right
will correlate to how many rock climbing holds we have
in this crate over water.
And, guess what, my math is gonna be the thing
that plummets me to my death.
- Seven. - Seven.
- 707 is W. - 707 is W.
I got it, Ryan.
Only four equations left.
Who's got the most correct?
Y equals 23 plus one...
20 times six.
120, 120, 120.
Shit.
- Hashtag is seven. - All right, time.
Okay, let's count up your correct answers.
Each equation answered correctly
will give you another handhold or foothold in that container.
So, Rachel.
Six correct.
Well done.
Era Two,
17.
Era Three, 14.
We'll take it.
Era Four.
I thought you guys just got out of school.
Oh, wow.
14.
Two each.
Two pegs per person.
Kyland,
are you sure...
you're Kyland the Calculator?
The main priority is
to find a good spot for myself,
because I'm a target
the same time that Tori
and Devin are also targets.
We know that we can trust each other 100%,
and we cannot have the vacation alliance
going against each other.
That is not a part of the itinerary!
So,
Era One, Rachel,
since you only got six points,
you'll be going first.
Eras Three and Four,
with a tie, it goes to the best average per player.
So since Era Three has less players, better average.
So, Era Four, you're gonna be going second.
Era Three, you're gonna be going third.
And, Era Two, you're going last. All right?
Listen, I'm not born yesterday
on the rock climbing wall.
I know the body distribution I need to have
in order to stay up the longest.
So the pegs that I choose allow me
a little space to stretch out.
I have no other option but to win, and...
I believe I can do it.
All right, Rachel.
Era One, you ready?
Go.
Five, four, three,
two, one.
Ooh. That's fast.
Good job, Rachel!
Way to go, Rach!
Let's crush today.
Dude, she's awesome.
She has got good muscular endurance.
She'll hold.
This is her only shot.
As far as she's concerned, this is her elimination.
This is extremely painful.
It's hot in the container, I'm alone.
The two pegs at the bottom, where my feet are,
are very small.
It is quite overwhelming.
She's chilling, dude.
We know that these handholds are not big at all.
Several minutes go by
and I'm like, "Okay,
she's gonna drop soon. She has to, right?"
You might want to go take lunch.
Fuck yeah, Rach!
You badass!
- Good job, Rachel! - Good work!
Well done, Rachel!
Can you give us a heads-up?
Rachel, great job.
All right, Era Four up next.
All right, Era Four.
Ready? Go.
Five, four,
three, two, one.
- Ooh! - Immediately.
- Theo. - I think you and Rachel
might be tied, dude.
Okay, wait, so everybody in there
- only has two handholds? - Mm-hmm.
Sorry, Kaycee.
There's Olivia.
- It's okay. - Sorry, you guys.
Nice. Nice fall.
Oh, perfect.
Shit.
Oh! Damn.
- That was Josh? - No, that's Kyland.
- Josh is up there. - Oh, wow.
Josh, you can't stand on the container.
You're out.
That was a great fall.
Hanging on is really, really difficult.
Kaycee has really got her work cut out for this one.
- Kaycee, you're doing so great. - Kaycee, killing it.
Stay calm.
One thing I do have is really strong grip strength.
I played wide receiver for almost ten years.
So I'm feeling good about it.
TJ always says, "Win or go in."
Okay, TJ. Well, we-- we're trying to win this one.
I don't want to go into the Arena.
- Good job, Kaycee! - Nice, Kaycee!
Way to fight, girl.
Stay in it. Good job!
Kaycee is truly my rock in here.
We've become so close throughout the years,
and I look at her like one of my siblings.
If I had to put my game in anybody's hands,
it would be Kaycee,
and I need her to pull through
and win for Era Four today.
Good job, brother!
Nice job.
- Good job, Kaycee! - Good work, Kaycee!
All right, Era Three!
Up next.
All right, everyone ready? Go.
Oh, shit.
- Uh-oh. - Nia.
Damn, she lasted longer than me.
Guys, I'm slipping.
- Okay. - Okay. Go ahead.
- Who was that? - Tori?
Tori. Cory better drop.
And Jordan. They deserve to drop.
Get ready, TJ, 'cause they're gonna be up there all day.
- All right, fellas. - All right.
- You guys hold it down. - Yep.
- Ooh. Cory. - Cory, it looks like.
That's huge. That's three right there.
Fingers crossed that they have what it takes right now
to do it.
Today is a huge day to win
because we cannot lose Tori and Devin to an elimination.
But let's remember, guys,
a target does not mean you're going in.
We have got to hold on.
TORI [distant]: Stay in it!
- Fuck. I got to go. - All right.
- Fuck. - Was that Jordan?
- Oh. Jordan. - Yep. That was Jordan.
That was Jordan.
Oh, my God, this is literally
what I've been visualizing.
Stay in it, D, this is pretty much
our elimination if you don't.
No pressure.
Good job, Dev.
Hang up there.
I'm rooting for Era Four to not lose.
At the same time, I don't want Era Three to lose, either,
because I don't want Devin to go into the Arena.
Internally,
I'm screeching and screaming
and freaking the hell out,
but he can't know that.
Find your sweet spot. You've got this.
Good job, Devin!
It's so hard to keep track of time up here.
I have no idea how close I am to Rachel or Kaycee.
I just keep telling myself, "Hang on,
hang on, hang on."
Ooh.
Era Two, finish it off.
All right, everyone ready? Go.
Oh! Aviv!
Ryan. Aviv and Ryan.
I'm going, guys.
I'm a target.
Doesn't feel good to just drop immediately.
But I have so much trust in Nehemiah and Cara
and, I guess, Laurel because she's a target, also,
so she's got to hang on for dear life.
I don't want to put it in anyone else's hands
whether or not we win
or lose, or what place we come in.
It's time to show people I can still
push this team forward to
hopefully bring us the win.
Good job.
Bananas.
Let's go, guys.
Cara.
Nehemiah and Laurel are the last two for Era Two.
Obviously, we knew Laurel was gonna be up there
because her ass is on the line.
Good job.
Good job, Laurel.
- Good job, Laurel. - Good job, Nehemiah.
Nehemiah, you got this.
But, Nehemiah, like, way to go, yoga. Like,
this is insane strength.
Stay in that zone, Nehemiah.
MVP, carrying the team.
Nehemiah, thank you so much.
You proved yourself why you belong in this game.
- Nehemiah, you are so powerful. - You got it.
I'm worried, because to be safe,
I need to secure this win.
Good job, Nehemiah!
Well done, Nehemiah.
All right, everyone, great challenge today.
Well done. However...
...it always sucks to go first in the challenge.
Unless you are built like Rachel Fitness.
- Yes, mama. - With a time of 14:48,
Rachel, you are the winner.
Good job, Rach.
Great job on killing it for you and your team.
I just won.
And not just for myself, but for my era.
This is our moment.
Against all odds,
right when it counted the most.
So, Rachel, you have just earned the most power we've ever seen,
being the only person to decide
who's gonna face our losers in the Chamber. All right?
Now, as for the losing era, the one team
that fell in the water the fastest...
was Era Three.
- So... - We're good.
Tori and Devin, I'll be seeing you in the Arena.
Which means, Laurel and Ryan, and Kyland and Kaycee,
you're gonna have to go into the Chamber
and plead your case to Rachel as to why you
should not be sent into the Arena
to go against Tori and Devin.
The stars have aligned to deal
the vacation alliance a huge blow.
Just the thought of
a potential matchup between
Devin and Tori, Kyland and Kaycee,
seemed unfathomable.
And now it's one Chamber nomination away
from becoming a reality.
I'll see you in the Arena. Get out of here.
Who knew that it would take knocking out
nine people in an era in order to collect a W?
But Rachel's a party of one,
and she's the most badass bitch here.
And that's a huge threat.
Good job, Rachel.
I can't help but look at
the people of my team that might be nominated.
I could find myself in a situation
where I'm losing either Devin or Kyland,
Kaycee or Tori. One way or another,
we're gonna lose a champ.
And those are four people that
I'm actively working with in this game.
It's a bad week to be Michele.
And I'm not even a target.
And it just took one woman on her own to get it.
Yeah, for real.
Everyone loves an underdog story.
- Well, thank you. - Very inspirational.
Now you get to put on a show, Tori.
Like, I knew that season 40 was gonna be big.
Like, there is not one single person here
who I'm not like, "Damn, like, they're not amazing."
I'm not gonna lie, I'm happy to have that shield
- next to my name. - Mm-hmm.
Life does not get much better than this right now.
Both women options are very exciting.
I'm gonna let everyone offer me something
so that I get what I want out of this win.
Me and Tori going against each other,
that cannot happen.
I think she's going to do
- what's gonna position her best. - Of course.
If I'm Rachel,
I'm looking at this as what nets me the most benefit.
Now, Laurel
probably doesn't have Rachel's back.
Rachel and Ryan have a good relationship.
But how much power can Ryan really gain
throughout the game to actually help you?
Rachel, you've literally got a smart move in front of you
by gaining the trust of Eras Three and Four.
We will have your back.
I think the whole friends card--
I mean, it's gonna be played, obviously,
because you can't deny a connection
in our relationship.
Me and Rachel are actually friends from back home.
She is one of my trainers,
and we just blossomed this really good friendship.
So I know that everybody's gonna be looking at me
to try to find a way out for Kaycee.
Josh, this is a chance to actually show that
you're actually useful as a friend for once.
Whoa!
Whoa. Says the man that got dunked first today.
- Man. - Wow.
I kind of feel like
I let Kaycee down
because I got DQ'd from the challenge.
But I'm going to try my best
to let Rachel know not to target Kaycee.
But I really don't know where Rachel's head is at.
And that's a scary spot to be in.
I am ready to party.
I know I'm safe, I know I can have a good time,
so it's time to play.
If I'm gonna take anything away from this Challenge,
it's that I met you.
Aw...
I know that you do have a close relationship with Josh.
And I truly feel that it's always been
an unspoken thing with, like, you and I.
'Cause I know you don't talk a lot of game.
- Yeah. - But you do have an ally in me.
I would love to--
I want to say, 'cause it was unspoken before,
but continue to work with you.
All of a sudden, Kaycee thinks
she has an alliance with me.
But you've never really spoken to me about it.
Are you close with Laurel?
However, I am definitely thinking about
putting Laurel versus Tori because that is
a pretty good move as a woman in the game.
I don't know.
I don't think Rachel would do that.
But she wants to have that security.
- Does she? - Yeah, in the female department.
- Interesting. - Yeah.
Rachel. I'm probably one of her favorite people in the house.
We've been friends for literally 20 years.
That's, like, my number one person.
But honestly, I don't know
where this is gonna go with Laurel.
Rachel's a very impulsive human.
Like, she could switch it up.
No one's ever safe,
and you've got to be ready
to be thrown into that Arena.
Right now it's ideal to not go into elimination,
but do you have any idea what you want to do?
My kneejerk reaction was Ryan's on Era Two.
He's my best friend in the game.
- Totally. - Protect him at all cost, right?
But then I actually sat down and said, you know what,
this is an opportunity for me to do
what's best for my game.
The truth is, is that Kyland could help my game.
He's very smart, he is very good at the game.
And I'm ready now
to really start aligning myself
with the people I want to run a final with.
So I would propose to you
working with me and Kaycee.
We can provide a direct benefit,
more than the other option.
We're gonna be fine. I'm not worried about it.
I'm not leaving. And if I do,
I'll be in the Philippines, waiting for your arrival.
Okay.
Looking at Ryan and looking at Kyland,
the preferred matchup is Ryan.
He's got a worse elimination record,
and Kyland and I are allies in this game.
But Ryan and Rachel have a really good friendship,
so I don't know if there's even a shot
we're gonna be able to get out of this one.
So, the vacation alliance
wants to rope me in to protecting them.
I want to know that if I don't go that route,
that I have you in my corner.
Okay, so, first and foremost, I have no one to protect.
- I have no promises that have been made. - Yeah.
So if you want to go forward, moving forward in this thing,
even if it does break up individual,
- I probably will win a lot of challenges. - Yeah.
Vacation alliance... this is not your day.
And as much as I'd love to see a Laurel/Tori situation,
I don't think that that's what's going down.
I feel like this would be a good situation moving forward.
And if that's what you want,
let's, let's, uh...
kick 'em out.
- Hello. - Morning, beautiful.
- So? - I just wanted to see
where your head was at before going in there.
I'm just looking at it as
what will most likely come back around to me.
Mm-hmm.
Is putting Laurel in there tempting?
Absolutely.
But is it tempting enough
to sacrifice Ryan and give Devin something?
Yeah.
I don't know.
I know Josh wants me to not pick Kaycee.
I love Josh,
but I play my own game.
And although I do like Kaycee,
there are several people I know
that will come before me to her.
I'm in a survival mode.
I have to look at this as just,
what's more advantageous for me.
Yeah.
I just am praying that the relationship
Josh has with Rachel,
that will be enough to save Kaycee and Kyland
from going into elimination against us.
Fingers crossed.
I'll be honest with you, it's hard.
I wish I could say something,
but I know that you're smart
and I support whatever it is that you got to do for you.
If it was any other person, I would have gone to bat--
I would have literally gone to war protecting Kaycee.
But in hearing Rachel's point of view,
I kind of have to respect it and I get where she's coming from.
It's not fair also for me or anyone
to tell you how to play your game.
I am surprised that Josh didn't fight harder
for Kaycee,
but I think he understands
that it's my decision.
Also, like, I've been in there twice.
Nobody can come to me and, like, cry wolf about having to go in.
Like, I'm sorry,
put your fucking big girl and boy panties on...
- Yeah. - ...and go in there and win, then.
- Yeah. Well, go take care of business. - Okay, I love you.
Thanks. I'm off to the Chamber.
Regardless of how it looks on the outside,
I struggle with my confidence in this game.
Right now, I'm looking
at two previous champions as potential opponents.
So I'm really fighting to see where I fall amongst the greats.
Do I have what it takes to be a champion again?
The worst-case scenario for me is to go against Tori,
but Josh is like this with Rachel.
So hopefully he was able to do something to help us out.
Game on.
All right, so would anyone like to speak first?
I'm staring down the barrel of two dogs right now.
So if you think
I'm calling somebody out, that's not happening.
And I think, like, looking at the lineup from the girls' side,
like, I really love you guys individually as people.
Kaycee, you are my brother.
- Brother. - You've done so much for me in this game.
It would kill me to have to go against you,
but I will respect Rachel's decision
any which way she cuts it.
I'm ready to make this vacation alliance
become a vacant alliance.
Their game has not affected me,
but I think Tori, Devin,
Kaycee, Kyland, any of those four people
going home is huge.
The fact of the matter is,
if we won, you were safe no matter what.
That was the understanding. You are my ride-or-die.
You are my number one. You know that.
I think it's pretty evident there are people
that have alliances that are
very deep-rooted and deep-seated, and I don't have
anyone that I'm working with,
which means that I am completely available
for the taking in terms of, you help me, I help you.
I know that this decision is probably being made
independent of me
because Rachel is friends with Ryan,
but there is always a shred of doubt.
Tori is the champion,
and I'm doing everything that I can
to avoid going in against Tori in an elimination.
Within Era Four,
you have never been a target, right?
It's always like, kind of just looking out for you
as best as we can.
Ideally,
I would not want to go against my brother,
so there's, there's that aspect.
No one's been at the head of that table more than Era Four.
We've won almost half of the challenges.
And whether or not Kaycee and I go into elimination,
Era Four, and most likely, Kaycee and I
will be back at the head of the table.
Era Four will have the ability
to continue to pay you back.
This is a very pivotal moment in the game.
I think anyone who is a champion
and anyone who has played this game knows
that these decisions are game changers.
So I'm not looking at it lightly.
All right, well, I think we're done.
Regardless of who I send into elimination,
there will be a strong woman and a strong man
in the game coming at me
as enemy number one.
So I really have to step it up
and play my cards right.
I love that you won.
It seems like the perfect storm.
I can't miss this opportunity.
No, I know.
And there have been
missed opportunities in this game so far.
- Not like this. - No.
Not this one.
No, this is the one.
It is in my best interest to break up
the vacation alliance,
so let's keep our fingers crossed that
once there's no more BFF here,
once Devin's no longer here...
Well, guess who's your new alliance?
Thank you.
Okay, so...
the vacation alliance and their doom.
This is going to rock
Three and Four.
I do feel bad for Tori and Kaycee.
But overall, I think taking Tori, Devin,
Kyland or Kaycee out is going to just up the chances
of everyone that's still remaining in a final.
I should go tell them. Maybe.
- Hey, Case. - What up?
- You want to chat? - Sure.
It wasn't an easy choice, you know.
I know, I know, he's your friend, I...
But I think putting in Ryan is the best choice as well.
I agree.
- Yeah. So you already know. - Yeah, yeah.
I am very much
- rooting for you tonight. - Thank you.
And, like, really hoping that you come back.
Making it official that we are going into elimination,
it doesn't make Rachel my enemy,
but it does solidify her as not being
an ally that I owe anything to.
- All right, guys. - Good talk.
See you in a little bit.
There's no more being friends. It's all-out war.
And I know this is a unique concept.
You can't be nice to everybody
because when they figure it out, that there's no repercussion...
"Well, there's no pushback." What the fuck?
- I'm just gonna... - I'll do it again.
"I'm just gonna keep shooting."
And now they got their pie-in-the-sky matchup.
Oh, yeah.
Josh needs to feel the heat
and remorse.
His decisions in this game have helped
to contribute to three members
of his core alliance going down into the sand.
You cannot hide anymore, Josh.
You have a big part in this.
Hello.
Did you talk to Rachel at all?
I just spoke to her. Yeah.
And what did you say?
Did you say that, "Hey, I'm not gonna be mad at you,"
or did you say, "Do this and we're cut"?
No, I-- I didn't say that. I didn't...
- But you should say that. - Yeah, I didn't say that.
Well, tether the ties then.
But I said, I said...
You can't be like, "Hey, this is cool.
That's your fucking number one."
And be like, "You make that call,
and now we're completely done."
Up until this point, people have been indifferent
to decisions that affect the team
because people feel
too comfortable in their friendships.
And now they have momentum.
It's fucking dangerous.
It's not my fault that this all happened.
Up until this point,
you've been very publicly rooting for Rachel.
You've been attempting to save Johnny.
It is so sloppy.
Josh can play the game that he wants to play.
And I think the fact that Devin is not getting what he wants
is making Devin yell at Josh,
and it's just making Devin look stupid.
Why do I always have to be
the one to choose a fucking side?
Because if everyone's gonna play an individual game,
and they are not, they're gonna pick us apart one by one.
Every season I play with Josh,
he is some kind of liability.
Josh just sometimes
thinks about himself and doesn't think about his alliance.
So I'm trying to figure out,
do we drop Josh from the vacation alliance?
I'm frustrated with Rachel.
I'm frustrated with Josh.
I mean, the list is long
of people I am frustrated with.
Kyland is an incredibly well-rounded competitor,
so I'm gonna try to win,
but going up against him is a coin flip.
But at this point, it is my time
to prove that I belong in this game.
Time for a day.
Oh.
Oh, my God, those are electrical currents.
Extension cords.
Think he's gonna hook them up to their nipples?
I'm confused.
Welcome back to the Arena.
We're gonna start it off with congratulating
our winner, Rachel.
In dominating fashion. Amazing.
By winning, you were the only one safe from elimination.
As for the losing squad, Era Three, Devin and Tori,
since you lost the challenge,
you're coming straight into the elimination. Come on in.
Let's go, guys.
If Devin goes home,
it would be such an amazing moment.
But Tori and I have always kind of worked together,
so I actually kind of feel bad that she is in this situation.
So, Rachel, who's it gonna be?
I believe tonight, Kyland and Kaycee
are gonna be joining.
What?!
- No, I'm just kidding. - Good luck, guys.
My heart literally drops.
There's no winning after this.
I'm gonna lose some of my friends.
I knew it was gonna happen at some point.
I just didn't think it was gonna happen this early in the game.
Tonight, you are playing Cable Connection Showdown.
As you can see, there are two giant signs
on the side of the Arena
that have all 40 of the seasons of The Challenge.
Your job tonight is to light those signs up.
At opposite ends of the Arena are two motherboards
with different outlets.
And in the gap between the motherboards,
there are two tables full of tangled cables.
Untangle the intertwined cables
and free up enough slack to plug in
each outlet on the motherboard.
When you think you've made a successful connection,
run over and hit the red button.
If you plugged it in correctly, they'll light up nice.
If you didn't, they'll stay dark.
Now, the logos will only remain lit for a few seconds,
so you better remember which ones are right
before you start adjusting. It could get messy.
First one to light up their entire board
will win tonight's elimination and stay in the game.
- Losers go home. Got it? - Got it.
Kyland and Devin, you're up first. Let's go.
- Good luck, boys. - Let's go, Kyland!
You know, you never want to get too comfortable.
Devin's one of the best opponents in the sand.
It's going to be a tough fight. Hopefully, my speed and calmness
can give me the edge.
Honestly, this bundle of cords pales in comparison
to the tangled web of lies and deceit
being spun by Era Two.
Y'all better hope I lose, Banana Man,
Rachel and Laurel,
'cause if I don't, I'm fucking coming.
All right, Devin, Kyland, you ready?
Battle of the Brains.
Go.
Okay, well...
Okay, different strategies.
Yeah, just start doing them all,
get them out of there.
This game is pretty simple.
Untangle the cords, plug them into their corresponding plugs,
and light up the board.
Unfortunately for me, I've had a very successful life.
I don't untangle my own cords anymore.
I have Katya for that. She comes over once a week.
She cleans my house, she organizes all my stuff.
But I don't think this game
is about unraveling the cords.
I think it's about
correctly finding the plugs.
So, although it seems like I'm taking my time,
that's part of my strategy.
This is surprisingly tiring.
All right.
My mantra during this elimination is: keep moving.
So, any time that I'm untangling a cord
and I meet resistance that I cannot overcome,
I move on to something else.
Right now, it's my opportunity to show
all of the people who have been watching me and supporting me
and seeing themselves in me,
whether it is because they're on the autism spectrum
or ADHD or Black or Mexican,
that, yeah, you can come in.
You can be a champion. That's what I'm here to do.
Devin has very few things he can hang his hat on
as far as The Challenge is concerned.
One of them involved when he's bested me
in a very similar-looking elimination.
Lock it in. Lock it in.
Whoo! Good job, baby.
Devin wins!
Devin looks like he's trying to, like,
I don't know, untangle a hairbrush.
Look at the pile difference. Like, from his to his.
- This is the harder one. - I know.
People are trying to tell him
strategies and what to do,
and he just keeps saying he has a plan.
Well, unless your plan is to shit the bed
and fail miserably, none of us get it.
Start on a different one if you need to.
I'm definitely struggling watching this elimination.
Obviously, I want Devin to come back in this house
because we have this relationship,
but I need Kyland here because he's been
my voice of reason, my support.
Either way, it's gonna be
a bad day for me.
All right. Okay.
- Wow. - Good job, Ky.
Good job.
Okay. What do we got?
Two...
This is interesting.
Gotta get this big fucker out of here.
Let me tell you, as someone who
worked construction and has tangled up a lot of cords,
you don't do it slow, okay?
You gotta be a little bit frustrated.
You gotta be a little sweaty.
But Devin is doing a classic Devin.
He's overthinking it.
Wow.
Dude, untangle the cords!
Come on.
- Oh, wow. - Stay in it, babe,
anything can happen. Stay in it.
I'm team Devin right now.
We need to get Kyland out
because Kyland might be the one
to beat in this whole game. Like, I swear,
he's not a human, he's-he's a "Kyborg."
He just doesn't lose at anything.
How many more of these fuckers are in here?
Although this seemed pretty straightforward,
it is anything but that.
My only shot is
to hope that Kyland cannot figure out
what plugs go where.
That's all I got.
Good job, Ky.
There's some sort of pattern.
There's no fucking pattern.
Just a tangled mess of lies.
You're right there, Ky.
- Oh, shit. - Keep going.
- Good job, boys. - Nice job, Kyland.
Kyland loves anything
that is gonna be stimulating to him mentally.
So, like, this game right now is really tailor fit for him.
But just because you start out with the lead
doesn't mean you're gonna maintain it.
All right.
- Nice. - Check it out.
Oh, it's gonna be...
- Whoa. - Well done.
Holy shit.
Whatever it is that's the opposite
of crushing an elimination,
if you look it up,
it'd be a picture of Devin.
And I'm so happy about it because
he is such an ego-driven guy.
- Just keep plugging them. - Stay calm.
Okay, let's see what this does.
- Oh! - Whoa!
I only have two left.
Takes a second.
Come on, dude.
Way to move.
It's not over till it's over, keep going.
Wait. Oh, they do two each.
Oh, my God. So it's just one?
I think it fits. Oh, shit, it literally did just fit.
Oh, my God!
- Well, that's a blowout. - Good job, babe.
- Yes, Kyland. - Good job, Devin.
Right now, confidence level feels high
because Devin is so good in the sand.
So, getting this win
helped me build a little bit more respect in the house
and opens up more doors
rather than
making me a bigger target.
I love you so much.
Love you. Love you.
Best man won.
Uh, some days you have it and some days you don't.
If one member of the vacation alliance exits,
the others eat their soul
and become superhumans.
So, good luck.
It has not been an easy road with me and Devin in this game,
but he was literally my sanity.
I have no time for people
that are trying to drive a wedge between us.
Now, really, for guys on my side,
I only have Kyland and somewhat Josh.
So, I'm gonna need to put in some work
to make myself valuable to some of the men in this house,
because they're the ones choosing my fate.
Next up, Tori and Kaycee.
Trash talk each other more.
Give me some trash talk.
- Pull her hair. - Kill each other.
This is the absolute worst-case scenario for me.
It's not fun having to go into elimination
against someone that you really care for,
but I know she's gonna give it 100%, and so am I.
Well, the vacation alliance is not on vacation right now.
We are clocking into work, and that's not what we're good at.
We're good at vacationing.
So, this is really against what we stand for,
and we're just gonna have to put up with it.
I feel pretty nervous because I'm going up
against one of the best competitors in the house.
But, you know,
I'm just gonna do my best tonight and give it my all
and get back in the house so I can go fuck shit up.
All right, Kaycee, Tori, you ready?
Go.
Let's go, cable queens.
Yep. Good work.
Kaycee, keep movement going.
- Yeah, I like that. - Oh, yeah.
Rip that shit.
My strategy going into this,
especially after watching Kyland and Devin, is move fast.
I am going to rip through these cords as fast as possible
and just start plugging things in,
because I really do think this is going
to come down to speed.
Keep working, kid.
Boom, boom. Let's go, Kaycee.
This is my life at home.
I legit have a bag full of cords and plugs
that I'm always sifting through,
trying to find the right one for what I need.
Good job, girls.
It is important for me to win because
Nany and I are trying to start a family.
That shit ain't cheap, okay?
And we got a wedding to plan,
so I can't go back home without the money.
There you go, Tori. Way to work, babe.
We got a real nail-biter on our hands.
Good job, Tori.
Tori and Kaycee are neck and neck.
And I can barely breathe.
I know how hard this would be for Tori
to send her friend home,
but I'm gonna need her to do that,
because we've already lost Devin.
We cannot lose her under any circumstances.
- Done. - There you go, Kaycee!
This is a hard one
because I love both of these girls.
But my heart is with Kaycee.
- Count the notches. - I got it.
- Quiet, please. - Let her focus.
- Thank you. Sorry. I love you.
Yep, now you're in it.
- Uh-huh. - Plug and play. Blow on it!
No sand!
- Good job, ladies. - You're good. You're real fine.
In your zone.
Whoo!
Tori and I have gone through a lot in
and outside of this game and
our relationship is confusing
to some competitors because I think most people--
it's like a rule: you got to hate each other
once you break up, but we've grown
into this amazing relationship.
And respect earned.
Respect given both ways.
I'm very, very confident in Tori.
I don't even think Tori knows how good she is.
She's gonna find out.
Kaycee!
- I love you, brother. - Love you, brother.
There's so much moving around that has to be done
in order to figure out where the right plugs go.
But Kaycee's right on my tail.
So I need to do everything in my power
to get this done.
Ooh!
Oh!
Come back! Hey, Case!
No, I moved something over here.
Okay, but didn't you also leave something unplugged?
This has got to be the closest elimination I have ever seen.
Kaycee and Tori are neck and neck.
They're hitting the buzzers.
The board's lighting up. There's two missing.
There's four missing.
I feel like I'm watching
an aggressive tennis match
- at this point. - Press them all in.
Their place on the line comes right
down literally to the wire.
Okay! Okay!
It's all tied up!
- Here we go, come on. Tori. - Right here.
Good job, Kaycee.
Good job, Tori.
Don't give up!
Oh, my God.
It's all tied up!
Good job, Kaycee.
- Try it again. - Here we go.
- Right here. - Come on, Tori.
Oh!
Yeah!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Oh, Kaycee got it!
- Wait, what? - What happened?
- What the fuck? - That is the closest fucking...
- Holy shit. - Oh, my God.
Tori wins. She hit that buzzer first.
- Well done. - That was fucking close, man.
You know you want, like, a win to feel good, but, like,
I lost two of my best friends tonight. Now I just got to go
back into this house and fuck shit up.
I want them to fucking suffer.
Devin's out, and I'm out.
Just fuck shit up.
It wasn't in the cards for me to go against Tori.
That was by far the last thing I wanted to happen.
I know Tori's gonna go back in the house
and really stir shit up.
I would have done the same. Game-wise,
something I could have done differently?
Get Josh under control.
Josh thinks that you can just sprinkle all these little
I-got-yous to everyone and think it's gonna be A-okay.
Will Josh ever learn?
I feel like Kaycee doesn't even know
how much I truly appreciate her friendship.
She's kind of been somebody that has helped me
keep...
just...
just myself in a happy place.
Just seeing her every single day
and being next to her just lit me up.
Congratulations. That was a very tight race.
All of you did really well, except Devin.
He did great.
I'm fast, all right?
Sometimes you win 'em
and sometimes you lose 'em.
Now, with winning comes power.
And I need you to go ahead
and select targets.
You know what?
What?
Let's go, baby.
- Oh... - Are you kidding me?
I think it's time
to switch it up a little bit.
- Shit! - There it is.
It is every man and every woman for themselves.
While still carrying the flag for your era forward.
Make your era proud.
Let's go! Let's go!
Game time!
I am terrified.
I've been hiding in this cute little unit, Era Four.
I'm not trying to go out into the big, bad world
and be exposed as an individual player,
because, uh, I'm better on a team.
I'd like to welcome all the other eras
into playing the game I have played,
which is individual, and I could not be more happy.
Had I not made the move I made to take out Devin and Kaycee,
I would be a sitting duck to their alliance.
Let the games play on.
- However... - However?
...there are still targets.
- So... - Wow.
I need Tori to select three men...
Oh, my gosh!
...to be the new targets.
This has opened up the playing field.
And relationships are gonna
matter even more than they did prior.
So as long as there's always three women
that the men hate more than they do myself,
then I can stay safe.
Any three, anywhere, doesn't matter.
Whoever you want.
Light him the fuck up.
Okay, uh...
I'm not gonna throw in anybody from Era Three.
I've been working with them all season.
Maybe Devin won't be here to see this through
and battle it out, but he still
has a ride-or-die left in this game, and I'm gonna ride
for him until I'm kicked out of the game.
Derek, Ryan and Johnny.
I've always thought I was friends with Tori,
but Tori is nothing other than Devin's puppet.
She's awoken the sleeping dragon.
And she is about to, uh,
reap the whirlwind.
Kyland, choose three female targets
from anyone up there.
All right.
Rachel, Aviv.
Ooh.
Feels like we're taking a shot towards
some people in Two
that are being backed, and the only person
on our team backing them is Jenny.
I'm sorry. Jenny.
Oh, my God.
I've just gone from, like, a high
to a low, to be told
I'm being targeted again.
I honestly didn't think Kyland would do that
to me again, but bring it on.
Derek, Ryan and Bananas.
Jenny, Aviv and Rachel
are the new targets.
Go ahead and rejoin the group.
Great work. Great work.
So, the only thing I would be thinking about right now,
especially if I was a target,
is those relationships. Get out of here.
We've been fighting as eras.
That is no more.
We've seen tears, blood and stitches.
We've seen people get backstabbed.
We've seen huge upsets.
It will be harder than ever to get
people where you want them.
So when you do, take the shot.
Because I do think that TJ has more up his sleeve.
I need you to do one more thing before you leave.
- You got it. - Just know
this next decision that you make
could make the difference between somebody
- winning and losing... - Ooh.
- Okay. - ...their share of $1 million.
This is the karma vote.
Wow.
Karma vote.
This is legit.
Oh, shit. Karma vote.
"Rate the remaining Challengers on a scale
from one to five."
- He's back. - Yeah!
Rachel gets a one.
Rachel, zero.
Tori gets a five.
Vacation alliance.
Tori, Josh, you all get five.
Josh gets a two.
Michele gets a five.
In more ways than one.
I don't want anyone else
to be above Tori, so I'm gonna have
to do maybe...
All right, all these motherfuckers
getting one, one.
Bananas gets a one. Eat my ass, Bananas.
- Aha. Karma vote. - Karma vote, baby.
Mark my words, I will haunt you
from my Challenge grave.
Going forward, you will be representing your eras
as individuals.
Thus starts the war.
The game has started.
Maybe karma's a bitch, but guess what?
I'm a bigger bitch.
The more time he has in a house,
the stronger he gets.
Hell hath no fury like a Banana scorned.
This is my hit list.
What's up?
Incoming!
This is the time when either helping people's game
or exposing their game.
- You and Johnny are at odds. - Okay.
- That's fine. - That's not my fight.
You're taking low blows at her.
Oh, my God. Why am I involved in this?
People in this house are very two-faced.
How many guys is Tori protecting?
Don't act like you fucking know shit 'cause you don't!
This is someone that I just trust blindly.
I'm not even on his roster.
Don't drag me, 'cause that's not a fucking friend.
Show me the receipts.
You're grasping at straws, and it's embarrassing.
The game is meant to make you choose a side
between close friends.
You're the one starting the divide.
All of this drama is taking its toll.
Fake friendships last for a second, and then they implode.
She is the most manipulative sack of shit.
See you never.
I'm fucking sick of your fucking attitude
every time you get heated, bro.
Derek!
Backs against the wall, everybody's
coming for you.
That's it, get out of here.
The next time I see you,
it'll be a lot less green.
My era of The Challenge is the best.
I smell an upset of all upsets.
I need water.
Let's fucking do it.
Fuck my era.
Time to either start living or dying.
So buckle the fuck up.
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