- ♪♪ MTV ♪♪
[dramatic music]
[cheering]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Whoo! - Let's go!
- Oh, interesting. - Let's go!
[laughs] - 3-0, baby!
- We ain't ever leaving. - Wait, wait, wait.
I want to leave at some point. I want to leave.
- At the end, at the end, Horacio, at the end.
- [sighs] - Whoo!
- Home sweet home. - Whoo!
- Oh, you killed it. Little kiss.
- Oh, come on! Come on!
Ah!
- You don't even want to kiss me.
- You're not even going to make him work for it?
- [laughs]
- You're not even going to make this guy work for it?
Man!
- Me and Nelson are good.
Although, he did hurt me.
- We are going to have to save Fessy and Moriah.
- You know, it's probably the smartest decision
he could make, especially since my ride-or-die
and I came back.
- Horacio and Olivia win.
- I think it's something that wasn't intentional.
And I did see him struggle with it.
- I did not want to make that decision.
I was cheering for you the whole time.
- Well, duh.
What the-- - [laughs]
[upbeat music]
This dagger [bleep] is no joke, bro.
Sucks to be down there. It does suck.
- That [bleep] was-- bro, my heart was--
I could feel it beating in my throat.
- And it's not fun when you care about people down there.
- But that was executed perfectly.
You got your girl.
You didn't go up against your friendship.
- Appreciate that, my guy.
- Nelson is the friend that everyone would want
to have in their life, I feel.
- Thank you. - You're a good guy.
- I try. - I'd have throw his ass in.
- [laughs] - I'm just kidding.
[dramatic music]
- I am relieved that Nelson saved me and Moriah.
But I've just reached the point in the game
where I'm getting tired of coming up short
because I feel like I can win this game.
I could be sitting here a two or three-time champ,
but I'm not.
I'm a two or three-time loser, so it's frustrating.
♪♪ ♪♪
I just feel like I'm doing the best I can.
And it's, like-- it's not enough.
[sniffles]
I'm just tired of [bleep] losing.
- Yeah. Don't cry.
It's OK.
- I see all these people like Bananas and Jordan
who've won multiple times.
And I feel like capability-wise,
I'm right up there with them or even better,
but I just take loss after loss, after loss.
- All these challenges that we haven't won,
it doesn't mean that they're better than you.
It just means that their stars aligned, their timing aligned.
- I want you to feel like anything
you walk up to, like, we're going
to [bleep] win that [bleep].
- I don't care who wins. I still think you're the best.
In my eyes, you're amazing.
Fessy, head up.
You're going to lose a million times,
but you're going to win 100 times more.
Get your [bleep] together.
Like, we got this.
I don't like that Fessy questions who he is sometimes.
I love you.
Like, don't be hard on yourself.
If you motivate your partner and make them feel good,
that's going to show in their performance.
And sometimes, even the strongest people
need to have reassurance and be told that they can do this.
Me and you are going to win, OK?
Here, take this.
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
- I think we've managed somehow, some way,
to really fly under the [bleep] radar.
- It's crazy, man.
Sometimes, I feel like, damn, am I being antisocial?
It's OK though because Johnny's there.
Like, Johnny's doing the work for me,
so thanks for taking one for the team.
- Things with me and Nany are great at this point.
She's one of the strongest women I've ever met.
But the one thing that has eluded her
is a championship win,
and that's my main goal being here,
is to help her finally cross that finish line
for her first win.
Honestly, usually at this point,
I've rubbed someone the wrong way
or I've, like, pissed someone off,
and the fact that we've gone this far--
as I look around the house, there's really nobody here
that, like, is gunning for us.
- Exactly. - Which is pretty miraculous.
What is this world coming to? - I know.
- Have I lost my edge?
- [laughs]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Relax. You're here by yourself.
- Right.
- Forget about everything.
- My favorite thing about Horacio being my ride-or-die
is that I can trust him almost, I feel like,
more than I can trust myself.
He's always cheered me on, coached me.
I truly believe I have the perfect,
the strongest, and the best ride-or-die in this game.
- OK, Liv. - It's not my day, OK?
- I'm very, very proud of what we've done,
but I'm not satisfied.
I am definitely my hardest critic.
I was the kid that when we were playing soccer
and my team would lose,
I would get off the field crying,
but not because I was sad, but frustrated.
I'm like, why can't I do more?
I'm definitely learning how to grow from it.
Instead of just being so negative,
look at the positive side.
There you go.
[laughs]
♪♪ ♪♪
- We're in a good spot just because of what you've done
in the past few seasons and--
- Yeah. - The connections you've built.
So I get to come in here
without as much worry as a rookie.
- Yeah, that's true. - You know what I mean?
Like, a rookie-rookie team. - That's true.
I'm just happy that we get to experience this together.
You know, we've known each other for a very long time.
- [laughs] Just my whole life.
- Yeah, you know, so it's just so cool
to go through life with you and then,
you know, being my best friend,
and then now coming into a game.
I literally forget that my brother is here.
It's--I mean, I walk in the kitchen,
I'm like, ah, that's my brother.
It's the craziest thing.
But I'm glad he's here.
It's just so crazy because now you get
to see how much of a mind [bleep] this game is.
This is where I really figure out
if you're my true ride-or-die.
- We'll see. We'll find out.
[both laughing]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Oh! [laughter]
- See that like twist.
Yep, yep. There you go.
Lay on your back. Yep.
- Originally, when I saw Jordan,
it was just, like, a rush of emotion.
We haven't seen each other in a year and a half.
And now that we're kind of settling in and living
with each other again...
Stand up, reset.
I think I'd be lying if I didn't think it would be
lovely to rekindle with Jordan,
but I'm still trying to figure it out.
Ah! - Oh, come on!
Hey! Get out of there!
Get--ah! Get outta my butt!
- [laughs]
- Tori and I have a very, very deep connection.
Marry me. Will you marry me?
- For real? - Yeah.
- Shut up! Yes!
- We find safety in each other pretty easily.
We cuddle, and we wrestle, but that doesn't mean
that we are getting back together
or we're trying to rekindle anything.
It's just very easy to fall back into this comfort zone.
- I tapped out. I'm sweaty.
This all for the day.
♪♪ ♪♪
A part of me is like, it feels good.
And then the other part of me is, like,
just remembering that all of the work
that's happened between the time
that we ended up till now.
It's a different integration.
It's like meeting your past and your present
after you've done so much...
- Yes. - Healing.
And it doesn't feel heavy,
but I'm like, will it get heavy?
- It's totally understandable and...
- Yeah. You shared a life together.
- Yeah, totally. - Yeah, and a cat.
- And a cat, I know. - A [bleep] cat.
- And the fact he says Miso's still his [bleep] daughter...
- Oh, my God, yeah. - That kills me.
- I was talking about it. - I know.
- I was like--he was like, "Oh, my daughter."
I'm like, "Uh, um, yeah."
- God. - You took the kid?
- He made a joke, and he was like,
now he's going to file for custody.
- I'm like, it's like her cat. - Fight me.
- Yeah. - Fight me for her.
I dare you. [laughter]
Who really loves her? No, we both do, we both do.
- Jordan has emotions, OK? both: Yeah.
- There's still love there. - Yeah, yeah, so much.
- There is still love there. - Yeah.
- I don't know. It's been crazy.
I'm interested to see, like, how it's all going to unfold.
- Yeah.
- You know?
- Jordan and I, literally from the first day he got here,
we've been giving each other the eyes
because we enjoyed each other's vibes.
- Yeah. - Jordan's not even my type.
You know what I mean, like, in any way, shape, or form.
It was just the connection from the friendship.
- Yeah, and y'all have that room to yourself now.
- It wasn't even that.
Because even when I slept above him...
- Yeah. - I would go in there.
And like everyone could be asleep, and, like,
I'd be climbing into my bed.
He'd be like, "Nurys."
I'd be like--I'd come over the bed like, "Yeah?"
He's like, "Good night."
Like, it's always been the same banter.
Jordan and I, we have been getting
a little closer recently.
He's such a great guy.
Like, personality is like ten out of ten.
And our friendship now is kind of changing a little bit.
Would I like to continue to get to know him?
Sure.
But do I want to continue to get
to know him while I'm also hurting
somebody else's feelings in here?
No. - Yeah.
But at the same time, you're not friends with her.
You don't owe her anything. - Yeah.
In my eyes, it doesn't seem like they're going to get
back together, but I don't know.
- But this is the only thing I will say.
I'm sure Tori has some rage in her.
She will-- - Oh, no, 100%.
- Take anyone down that steps in the way of her feelings.
- Oh, yeah. - Are you scared?
No. - No.
- But also, if you could avoid it...
I definitely think Jordan and Nurys
talking is not going to be beneficial to Nelson
and her game.
There's more to the story between Tori and Jordan
than Nurys knows or anyone knows, honestly.
And if Tori feels some type of way, sorry, Nurys,
you're kicked to the curb, and she's coming for blood.
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- It's tough, you know?
Like, I see why it's mentally draining, you know?
- Yeah, it's that point in the game where you just,
like, hit a wall.
- Yeah, I'm just blessed that we made it this far.
- Yeah.
What I really, really love about Chauncey is,
I've never met someone that is not afraid
to be themselves.
He's not afraid to cry.
He's not afraid to be vulnerable.
He's not afraid to be that sensitive human
that it's OK for all of us to be.
- I had, you know, some mentors growing up in my life,
but mainly my grandfather Sonny,
who passed away in 2020 from liver cancer.
He--I don't know.
My grandpa would be, like, so happy to see me here,
and he would tell me to win this [bleep],
but, no, he would be so happy.
- I mean, who wouldn't want to date this, this guy?
- Oh, thank you. - Like, what?
I am so lucky.
- We just got to keep going and doing what we're doing.
- We've gotta win a damn challenge though.
- Yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Throughout this game, you're getting stresses
thrown at you from every angle.
- Honey, I'm home.
[gasps] You're in my bed.
Hi. - Hi.
Nurys and I are connecting.
It's fun.
And it takes you away from this game.
- [giggles]
- Are we making out? Yeah.
And it feels great to hold on to somebody
and be comfortable and stress-free.
[soft music]
- [laughs]
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- All right, everyone, welcome to your next challenge.
[cheers and applause]
Today, you and your ride-or-die are
going to need communication, strength, and endurance.
This is a mini-final.
If you think you have any chance
at running the real final, you'd better do well today.
It is called Haul or Nothing.
♪♪ ♪♪
It is a 6-mile course.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Jesus [bleep] Christ.
- You're going to be racing.
Along the way, there'll be several checkpoints
that you must finish to proceed.
And one more thing, you're going to be hauling
a very heavy plank the entire time.
Now, there has never been a more important time
for you to win.
The first pair to get across that finish line
will win today's challenge and also wield
the heaviest power that we've had this entire season.
There's going to be a very important decision being made,
and, believe me, you want to be the ones making it.
- This is something that definitely sends
shivers down your spine,
because you put power in the wrong person's hand,
and you never know what they're going to do with it.
- All right, good luck, everyone.
Get it done.
[applause]
♪♪ ♪♪
Everyone ready?
Go! [air horn blares]
[shouting]
[dramatic music]
- Everyone ready?
Go! [air horn blares]
[shouting]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Today's challenge is a good old-fashioned mini-final.
The first pair to complete all three checkpoints
and bring their plank across the finish line
will win today's mini-final and, as TJ told us,
have the most power yet in this game.
We're good, Tori. - You got it OK for now?
- Totally fine.
I truly believe that me and Tori are the strongest pair
left in this game, and today is our opportunity to prove that.
- These mini-finals really do test you to see
if you have that heart, that endurance,
that fight in you to keep going.
- Wanna switch? - Yeah.
It's going to be interesting to see how my brother holds up
because it's not going to be easy.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Do you want to switch arms? - Yep.
- Got it? - Yep.
- Let's not [bleep] beat around the bush.
I am not the fastest chick on the field,
but I'm smart as [bleep].
I know that soon we'll be passing people.
- Just do what we can manage.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Good job.
Doing great. - Thank you, you too.
- I know a lot of ride-or-die pairs are going to try to be
slow and steady and set a good pace,
but I'm telling Moriah, like, we came here to win,
and we're here to set the tone.
So every chance we get, we're gonna be out in front.
Come on.
- I'm confident about this min-final
because I know if Fessy sets the tone and the pace,
I could keep up.
- There you go, Moriah. I'm proud of you.
I see the first checkpoint too. - First checkpoint.
Let's go.
- Use your plank and three barrels
to get across without touching the ground.
If you touch the ground, you must start over.
♪♪ ♪♪
- You know when you're a kid and you play, like, Hot Lava,
and you don't want to touch the floor?
That's all that's on my mind.
- Put the platform up.
- I'm like, OK, so we just got to build,
and build, and build, and just not touch the lava.
OK, we're going to have to roll this.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Good job. I'm gonna come around.
- Now I want you to stand in the back barrel
and slide that forward to me.
Slide it.
Yeah.
All right, move it.
♪♪ ♪♪
- You see how we're going to do it?
Drop.
We're gonna catch you! You'd better hurry up!
- [laughs]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Nelson and I got this in the bag.
When it comes to endurance and speed,
you know, we got that.
- [grunts]
- There should be no reason why we don't win.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Roll backwards. Roll.
- Bananas looks like a cat trying not to touch the water.
Look at what they're doing.
Johnny, look what they're doing.
What the [bleep] are we doing?
Everyone's kind of on the same page,
and Bananas is in a whole different world.
- Can you roll that barrel forward?
In theory, I thought this was a pretty good strategy.
There you go, good.
But Nany is just totally confused
by what I'm trying to do here.
I'm partially confused at what I'm trying to do here.
Everybody on the course, including most
of the people even on production
are confused what I'm trying to do here.
- Whoa! Ho, ho, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
- But it worked in my head.
♪♪ ♪♪
[air horn blares]
- Nany, your feet hit the ground.
You got to start over. You touched.
I'm sorry. - And let's do it right.
- Right? - This is not working.
- We just caught 'em!
- And then what happened?
- You [bleep] touched the ground!
That's what happened.
- All right, I'm not listening to your bull[bleep].
Just [bleep] move.
- I got it. - There you go, just like that.
For as hardheaded as we are in life, in the game--
- Good job. - Whoo!
- I'd say we work together better than anybody else,
as far as, like, teamwork first...
- Mm-hmm. - To get the job done.
We're gonna catch them. We just got to work steady.
- Yeah, definitely.
Like, I can ignore some of your [bleep]
so that I can perform well, but it has worked for us.
- Yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪
[air horn blares]
Jordan and Aneesa, you've got to go back.
Jordan, you touched. - No!
I will not stop.
We'll just keep going.
And that's what it takes to win.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yeah, Faysal! Moriah, looking good.
- Yeah, Nurys!
Killing 'em.
- I'm upset because Nelson and Nurys
are ahead of the whole pack,
and, Nelson, you blindsided my girlfriend, Amber.
- Amber and Chauncey will be going into the zone.
- You guys had a serious friendship coming into this.
Now I don't trust you in this game,
so I do not want to see them win.
- Ah!
- You're right there.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yes!
We finished the first checkpoint.
[laughs]
I'm telling you, baby!
This is my season.
I'm the captain of this ship.
Even it out.
I'll take the front.
One, two, three.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Jump.
- Good job.
- Yeah.
Nelson is incredible at this challenge.
He is literally, like, all muscle.
I'm barely having to do anything.
He's like Superman.
- Nurys and Nelson killing it.
♪♪ ♪♪
- All right, Tori and Devin.
- Everything in the middle.
Good.
- Yes!
- Front or back? - I'll do back.
[grunts]
- Holy!
That's a lot of baggage!
[bleep] weighs more than I do.
- Let me know if you want to switch, OK?
The pain is excruciating.
My knee is on fire.
And my shoulders are on fire from the plank.
I probably never have pushed myself this much through pain,
ever in my entire life.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Can you put it on the back of your back?
- Come on. Ready?
- You got it? - Yeah.
Ready? Pick it up.
- Wait, I need to-- sorry, sorry, sorry.
I'm not ready. One, two, three.
OK. - Let's go.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Going up.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hold on, pause.
Sorry.
[bleep]
- Come on. We can't stop.
Not feeling too great about this right now,
being at the bottom of the pack.
I get quiet and kind of just see red.
We have to get better.
We have to push ourselves more, but Olivia is not doing that.
You're fine, you're fine. Just keep going.
Just walk.
If you can walk faster, then walk faster.
- This is good.
I guarantee everyone's gassing out right now.
- Yeah, but they're ahead of us.
- I don't give a [bleep].
Horacio is definitely trying to push me past my limit...
- Go faster.
- No.
And kind of not listening to anything I'm saying.
- Let's go, let's go. Keep moving.
- Which stresses me out, and I think is setting us up
for failure.
- Come on!
♪♪ ♪♪
- [exhales]
[dramatic music]
- Yes, sir!
It is so important to keep a lead
and set the tone in this mini-final.
TJ said there is a lot of power
at the end of this challenge.
I love power! I love the responsibility!
Let's go get it!
- You better run faster than that!
- You're such a little workhorse.
I'm sorry for losing my cool in the beginning.
- It's OK. - You were right.
Dude, all three teams are right there.
- There's one team right there. We're not too far behind.
- That's Devin and Tori. Don't worry.
We're catching up.
Listen, we have our little hiccups here and there.
- You know what though?
- The sparks will fly in the beginning,
but then it's like we get on the same page.
♪♪ You're the best partner a guy could ask for ♪♪
- And it's kind of funny though because, like,
we go from yelling at each other to, like,
supporting each other.
I feel like there's a lot of pairs
that are, like, slowly falling apart,
if not fallen apart already.
- Yeah, I think they're more like ride till near death.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Every one of my finals I've ever won
has been a come from behind.
- Yeah. - To the right!
- I'm carrying it on one shoulder at a time.
I can't do two. - You can't?
Here, I'll-- - My shoulders don't fit.
- OK, well, just communicate with me.
I'm on the right now. We're good.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I am on the verge of just shutting down.
So I'm just going to put my head down,
keep working, maybe not say much,
but just give it my all.
And hopefully, Olivia can see that
even if I'm not communicating it.
- Which way?
What are you wanting? - Drop it.
- Drop it? - Drop it.
Just drop it. Let it go.
- I just know how I work best,
and it is with clear communication and a plan.
He's not really a man of many words,
so I would say when I'm talking to him and he doesn't respond,
I just think like, what am I doing wrong?
- You got it? - [bleep]
- You good? - Yep.
We're coming!
You guys better not [bleep] up!
We're going to catch you!
♪♪ ♪♪
- We here. - Yes, we are.
Sabotage your opponents... - Hold on.
- Clipping your sandbags to any of their sleds.
Head to the start and pull your sled.
Bet. Nany and Bananas?
- Yeah. Who's behind y'all?
- Devin and Tori. - Pink!
- Pink, pink, all right.
- I remember the [bleep] barrel was pink.
- We've got to put them all on the same one.
- We are in the lead.
We're blowing everyone out the water.
This is--it's not even a fair race at the moment.
Sabotage. - [bleep]
- Come this way.
- What color was Devin and Tori?
I think--were they purple?
- I feel like that's them.
Yes, because they're right next to us.
- We're going to dump all our sandbags
on Tori and Devin's sled.
Because they are right behind us,
and they're making deals with everybody,
so I think if they were to win,
that Moriah and I would be on that board.
- Grab a sled.
Pull. Keep going.
As far as you can.
Keep going.
♪♪ ♪♪
- All right, Nelson.
Good job, Nurys. Get it.
- Stack your cubes at each side of the stack.
Show each of the four symbols.
The star, sword, chain link, and the double sword.
So--
- Star.
- It's like sudoku.
- Pink's Nany and Johnny. Don't do it.
- OK, who's yellow? - [bleep] 'em.
- Should I just go put two here just in case?
- Yeah. - OK.
- Let's go.
- There's one on each side. Here, put that one on.
Chain link, star.
Sword on each side.
Nothing's duplicated. - Is that good?
- Check!
- Faysal and Moriah, that's correct.
Go. - Come on, this way.
- There's no chance Fessy and Moriah just solved
this puzzle in five seconds.
If Fessy and Moriah are going to start
solving puzzles in under ten seconds,
we got [bleep] problems.
- OK, put it on.
- It's done. - Dump 'em.
One, two, three. Amber, Chauncey--come on.
All right, let's start pulling that.
OK. - Go.
- Oh, that's a yes over here. - Come on.
♪♪ ♪♪
- No, one of each.
If Nelson just lets me take the lead on this,
I can figure it out.
But he wants to keep putting his input in,
and it's just taking us back a lot.
Each side has to have it. - OK.
So these are two stars right here.
- And I cannot believe this because we just had
an unbelievable lead on everybody.
- Look for the stars.
- They're all there. Five, six.
We've got to keep talking to each other.
You're not really talking to me.
- Over here.
- ♪♪ Sign an autograph ♪♪
- Does that work? - No.
They have to all be different. - Ugh!
- How about that? - No, it says double.
- That doesn't work.
- Check. - That's good, go.
- Ra-ba-ba-ba! Ba-ba-ba-ra!
- Oh! I'm sorry.
- Done. - Good.
- Let's go.
- ♪♪ Now it's only black and white ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, it's only black and white ♪♪
- Hey, [bleep]! I'm gonna catch you now!
- No, Kaycee, they all have to be different.
- No. [bleep].
- No.
- ♪♪ Or do we all just hum along? ♪♪
♪♪ Sell your soul and sign an autograph ♪♪
- There's got to be a trick to this.
I'm counting stars. I'm counting daggers.
No.
I feel like I'm trying to do quantum physics at this point.
Nothing is working.
[bleep] two links, mother[bleep].
- It's OK. Calm down.
- Almost there, one more.
- All right, check, check.
- All right, good job, go.
- Nany, pay attention to the stars.
- Come on, Kayce.
- Check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check!
- That's good. Go.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Oh, you got to be [bleep] kidding me.
- See that?
Nobody's in [bleep] sight, Moriah.
Keep going. We got it.
We're gonna [bleep] win this [bleep].
- Even though I haven't won a final, I want--
when we show up to a daily challenge,
I want it to be night and day who's the better competitor.
I don't want it to be close.
I want to just blow the competition out of the water.
- Damn it. - No.
- One of us is going to win this thing.
- Check, check! - Keep going.
- All gas, no brakes, Moriah. Come on.
- You're doing good, man.
[dramatic music]
- Bring all six of your tires
with you to the next checkpoint.
All right, come on.
- Jesus Christ.
Here we go again.
- I'm super proud of Moriah.
She's holding her own. She's not quitting.
And I know this is hard,
but we were on the board last week.
We need this power. TJ said this is a must win.
So let's just thug it out, and let's get this W.
You good? - I mean...
♪♪ ♪♪
- Check.
- Two daggers, a star.
♪♪ ♪♪
- OK, so we got three stars. - Right here.
Three stars, three swords.
One, two, three.
Yes!
- No, you just put the sword
over the one I said it can't be over.
- Oh, oh, oh, oh. Stop yelling at me!
- Three swords have to be on this side.
- OK. - Check.
- Check! - Just leave it!
- Bye, Bananas!
- [bleep] - Bye, Nany!
- Bye, Nanas! Love you!
- You work for a little bit--
- OK, OK, I will, I will, I will!
I'll figure it out.
- You work for a tiny bit, all right?
I need to rejuvenate my brain juices.
- [laughs]
- We are going to get [bleep] roasted.
- Let's go.
Put them down.
- Damn.
- It's not that bad.
Let's go. We got this.
Ah!
- You got it--ah!
- All right, let's go.
♪♪ ♪♪
- You got it? - Yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪
- My back is blown.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Where the [bleep] is this checkpoint?
♪♪ ♪♪
- Oh, how'd we get this so easily?
All right.
- A little my left-- not too much.
- Stay centered.
Stay balanced.
- Checkpoint.
Get a...
get all of your tires up and over.
Stick them from-- - Keep going, keep going.
- From south to north. Do you know that [bleep]?
- South to north? No, but we'll figure it out.
- OK.
- All right, just throw it over.
- Thanks, Fessy. - Good job.
Yeah, I love it. - Thanks, Fessy.
Thank God you're tall. - I love it.
♪♪ ♪♪
- OK.
♪♪ ♪♪
I'ma be honest, I have absolutely no clue.
I am so thankful to have Fessy
because I don't look at maps lately.
I have not--I don't know anything about maps.
This is London.
Was it south to--
- What's that one? - London.
- I'm pretty sure Sydney is [bleep] south.
I know Reykjavik is the most northern city
because we did a season in Iceland in Double Agents.
I know Sydney is the most southern city
because I used to DM this girl.
Ah, I don't want to say this.
[laughs]
She lived in Australia.
And I remember googling Sydney, Australia, on the map.
♪♪ ♪♪
Check. All right, good to go.
- [grunts] - You all right?
- Oh, ho. Oh, am I all right?
♪♪ ♪♪
- Have to be careful lifting up.
- One, two, three. [grunts]
- You got it?
- Good job, Fessy.
- Keep this lead.
♪♪ ♪♪
[grunts] OK, I'm up, I'm up.
- It's not that bad.
- Let's go.
- OK.
There's just so much [bleep].
We're about to win, Moriah.
- This is it! - Come on.
- Finish line is in view!
This is how you get all the power.
[air horn blares]
♪♪ ♪♪
Bring them all in! - Thanks for pushing me.
You're the best. - That was so sick.
- I'm absolutely gassed,
but I'm so happy to have Fessy as my partner.
- I'm so proud of her.
She didn't stop moving her feet.
That's all I asked from her.
And we killed every checkpoint.
I mean, I don't even see another team in sight, so...
- Yeah, good job.
- I couldn't be more proud of my partner.
- Fessy and Moriah literally just left.
We got up to the puzzle that Nelson--
- You think Fessy's [bleep] organizing
this [bleep] south to north?
- He already did.
- There's no [bleep]--there's no tires on the [bleep]--
oh, they're green.
Oh, they did win.
Hmm.
Terrible.
- I need water really badly, honestly.
- Ugh!
♪♪ ♪♪
You guys are coming over here to console me?
My partner just [bleep] takes off?
- It's OK.
I know, I know. - No, he's an asshole.
Watching Horacio walk away from me
and leave me in this dust of failure is so hurtful.
You left me. Like, you left me.
I would have never left you.
I go coached him every single way which side--
I kept saying, talk to me.
He would not talk to me.
- Oh, Olivia.
Come here.
- But it's just a lack of respect
when you [bleep] walk away,
don't even console me or hug me.
Just walk away to the car like a [bleep] bitch.
- I feel you.
- Although me shutting down is probably not the right thing,
I think it's what is needed from me,
not just for me, but I think for both of us.
I don't want to blow up.
I just have to isolate right now.
I can't.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Anyone know the way to the Zone?
- [laughs]
I swear, we do care.
We do--
- Is this how we get to the Zone?
- We really do care, you guys.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Faysal and Moriah, completely dominating the mini-final.
- Good job, y'all. - Good job, guys.
- That's my roomie. - Thank you.
- Wow.
Congratulations.
You now have the most power that we've had
in this game so far
because...
we're going to switch it up a little bit.
- Oh, yeah!
- I don't know if I like that yet or not.
- Everything you think you know about this game is changing.
Ride-or-die pairs are no more.
[all exclaiming]
- What? - Let's get it.
- No more pairs.
No more ride-or-dies.
What's going on?
- Oh!
- TJ, why?
Why would you do this?
- What the...
- Now I'm gonna have to be teamed up with God knows who.
- Yikes!
[dramatic music]
- Ride-or-die pairs...
are no more.
- Oh! - Yes!
- Ahh! - Oh, my God!
- What the...
- TJ really knows how to take the wind
out of your sails, now, doesn't he?
An old "Challenge" classic, a tale as old as time,
the mid-season switch up.
Oh, you're comfortable?
Eat [bleep]. Switching it up.
- Say goodbye to partners
because we are splitting you up into two teams.
And you're going to be on opposite teams,
on opposite sides.
- We're all going into teams opposite of our ride-or-die.
I can't lie,
it could not have come at a better time.
- This is my brother,
and we're gonna play on separate teams?
It's kind of weird.
- We came in together, but now we have
to compete against each other?
- Aha, enemy! [grunts]
- Faysal, Moriah, as the winners of the challenge,
only you two are responsible
for making these teams.
- Whoo! - Oh, my God.
- You're the two team captains.
Now, Faysal, Moriah, believe me when I tell you,
you want to make sure that your team is stacked.
You do not want to lose a challenge.
♪♪ ♪♪
You have the night to talk it over
and decide what you want to do.
Make sure you really think about who you want
on your team.
I'll get your answers at the Zone.
Have a great night. - Ah!
[all shouting]
- Wowzers!
- I'm actually very worried that it's
not gonna be a fair pick
because, honestly, in Fessy and Moriah's team,
it's the Fessy team,
and Moriah just listens to whatever he says.
Fessy's gonna manipulate it, so that way,
he has the stronger team.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm free! - Whoo!
[cheering]
- I'm free!
- I don't want to be split from my ride-or-die.
Fessy's the closest thing from home to me.
There's no one else that I would
rather play the game with.
- OK, a little hug.
♪♪ ♪♪
- First of all, congratulations again.
I see you.
Do you have any idea of what you're going to do?
- Obviously, if I had it my way, I'd pick--
I'd stack my squad.
- What about elimination?
What about if you lose a challenge?
That team has to vote somebody else in,
so you want friends on the other team too.
Don't you? - I know.
That's why it's like there's so many moving pieces.
- Right.
- And I've kind of walked Moriah
through this game and stuff, and now it's time
for her to walk on her own.
And now I think she's gonna give me a little hard time
when it comes to picking teams.
Like, obviously, she doesn't want to get stuck
with all the leftovers.
So I got to talk to her and see where her head's at
because I'm sure she's going to want some
of the same people I want too.
- Right.
[tense music]
- Moriah and I have come a long way in this game,
but this is how the game goes.
There's twists and turns.
And I definitely feel like I have the upper hand
because I know all these people in this game.
I know their strengths. I know their weaknesses.
And Moriah just met them, so she doesn't know
what all these people can do.
- My mindset has always been, you know,
it's not about winning daily challenges.
At the end of the day,
it's all about getting to that final.
♪♪ ♪♪
[Fall Out Boy's "Dance, Dance"]
♪♪ ♪♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Don't look back. - Whoo!
[cheering]
- ♪♪ She says she's no good with words, but I'm worse ♪♪
- Where's my partner? - I'm your partner!
- But I don't have one! [laughter]
♪♪ ♪♪
- ♪♪ Dance, dance, we're falling apart to halftime ♪♪
♪♪ Dance, dance, and these are the lives you love to lead ♪♪
♪♪ Dance, this is the way they'd love if they knew ♪♪
♪♪ How misery loved me ♪♪
- I just feel like you're breaking up with me right now.
[laughs]
Would it be easy for you to say my name?
Would you say my name if you ever had to?
- No.
- Yeah.
Ugh, this is probably one of my biggest fears
because if there's no more pairs,
it means I'm kind of by myself in this game.
At the same time, I'm actually happy
because I've been wanting Chauncey
to find his place in the game
and not be known as just my boyfriend.
I'm telling you, if it comes down
and you have to for your game and that's--
- Wow.
- Do it. - Why would I have to?
- We're not on a team anymore.
Like, we're not pairs anymore.
- But it's ride-or-die, so that way,
regardless, you need to stay with your ride-or-die
throughout it.
- I just hate not having you fooling with me.
- Yeah.
I'm never not going to stop having conversations
with Amber in this game.
She's my ride-or-die.
There's no way I'm not gonna tell her anything.
She's my girlfriend, and I know
she's gonna reciprocate that energy right back to me.
- I love you though. - Love you too.
- I hate to know, like, now that the game is splitting,
that that was our last challenge together,
and it was--it ended in that form.
I'm really, really sorry for that.
[soft music]
I know you gave it your all.
I really know you did, Olivia.
Like, I have no doubt about it, and I didn't communicate that.
That goes back to me also as well.
Like, I'm not the best at saying, hey, well done.
- I would never have done that to you.
- Yeah.
- I literally felt like I was just so alone
and that, like, all today, I felt like I was so alone.
- Today was just a very, very bad day for me.
And I'm sorry. I did just walk away.
I didn't say like--
you actually--you killed it, you really did.
- Well, thank you. - And I'm really, really sorry.
- I can't help but to forgive him.
Moving forward, Horacio is someone
that I have to continue to protect in this game.
He is my ride-or-die, and I have to understand,
not every moment is gonna be amazing,
and, you know, that's what we're here for.
We're here to work through things together.
I think there was just a moment that something happened
where we were just not on the same page.
I do care about you. You're a good person.
- I really appreciate that and just showing that support.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yeah, but I don't know why they would even be in her ear.
Like, you're going to convince Moriah to pick the whole team?
Like, no, you know I'm--
we're probably gonna-- she picks, I pick,
vice versa, whatever.
So you can't even really be in people's ear.
- Yeah. That's what I'm saying.
- Yeah.
- Smart, that's smart, that's smart.
- I've done so much for her in this game.
And now that she knows we're not going to be in teams,
she's trying to build the best team for herself.
And I'm just going to have to outsmart her interrogation
and put together a better squad than her.
[dramatic music]
[soft music]
- Five, four...
- Chicken quesadillas, baby!
That cooking made me hungry.
- Watching somebody move on is life.
But when you're in a competition,
it's way heavier than it would be in the outside world
because I have to deal with it happening
right in front of my face.
- Nelson, Nelson! - Nelson!
- I'm not going to cut this thing off
with Nurys just because Tori doesn't feel good about it.
It feels good to have someone in this game
that you can just not think about anything with.
So I'm gonna look out for myself,
and if that means Nurys and I continue
to cuddle and lay around together,
then so be it.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Well, what's going on here?
- Well, I mean,
it's just when Jordan's snuggling with another person,
it's like here I am, in a situation with my ex,
and it's not comfortable.
The most toxic trait about me is that I am spiteful.
And that's something I've really been working on,
or trying to work on, since Jordan and I broke up.
What?
- What's happening?
Wait, can you just come say it to me?
- No, they, like, are cuddling, handling each other,
holding each other.
- I mean, listen, it's all good.
I just don't want to be in there.
Like, why would I want to see that?
- Oh, I'm so sorry. - No, it's OK.
I appreciate you. Thank you.
- That sucks.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm just praying that I have the strength
and I've done enough work on myself
to not make this even more complicated.
Because there's a little me inside, you know,
a little Tori being like, "Do it, get crazy."
- It didn't have to be this way.
- It could have just been fine,
but it just doesn't feel that way.
- Yeah.
Tori's my ride-or-die for so many reasons,
but I'm afraid right now for her outside of this game.
This is an incredibly triggering event.
I just can see the snowball rolling down the hill.
We've got an F4 tornado on the horizon here.
And it's only a matter of time
before this "Challenge" volcano erupts.
- The last thing I want is for me to be able to lose my cool.
- I'm a screen door.
- [chuckles] You can take a vent?
- Ventilation.
- Oh, God. - Yeah.
I'm a ventilator. I'm a literal ventilator.
- Thank you.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Where'd you get these cute little dogs from, huh?
So I'm just gonna say, pick Jordan first,
and that's way you can put Aneesa on the other team.
- Yeah, I don't want Aneesa on my team.
- Because then, you know that that
most likely then is gonna put me on Fessy's team.
- Well, my hopes is that he'll pick Nelson first,
and then I'll pick you.
- I don't think that's going to happen.
- Fessy gets a bad reputation,
but I do 100% fully trust Fessy.
I don't think Fessy would cross me ever.
We came in this together. I would never cross him.
I don't think he would cross me.
But if Fessy ever does cross me,
I will be very freaking upset.
I want you on my team.
Nelson and Fessy want to be on the same team.
- I'm just worried that Moriah and Fessy are gonna go
into the interrogation room,
and Fessy's just basically gonna bully her
into getting everything that he wants,
and she's gonna be stuck with a not so well-performing team.
I'm so scared for us right now.
- [laughs]
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- All right, well, I just want to say,
we have all this power, but I think for us,
as much as we both want to build good teams,
I think we want friends on both teams
to keep us both safe in case our team doesn't win.
- Is there anyone you really want?
- Kaycee, I'd like Kaycee. - Oh, of course.
Well, let's put Kaycee with you.
And then let's put Jordan with me.
And then let's put Aneesa with you and Kenny with me.
Where would you want to go from there?
- Hmm, I mean, it'd be between Nelson, Devin, and Bananas.
Nelson's my boy. I would love to work with him.
- Yeah.
- But also, Bananas and Devin have a lot of experience
in this game, so say I go Bananas.
OK. - It's just not gonna work.
Yeah, it's not gonna work because I want Johnny.
- If you give me Jordan, I'll give you Johnny.
- I can't.
- You can't have your cake and eat it too.
I know Moriah wants Jordan
because he is a strong male competitor,
and I'm gonna use this to my advantage.
Now I'm going to take all these other pieces
and just build a well-rounded team
because one person can't win you everything.
Let's just plug and play right here.
I get Nelson, you get Nurys
because ride-or-dies go on separate teams.
- No, your team is-- hell no, actually.
Your team is a workhorse. - What do you want?
I'm like-- - Well--
- You pulled the biggest first move,
and I'm OK with it, and now you want
to [bleep] run all over me.
I'm like, I'm here to play ball.
- I don't know.
I feel like now that we're in separate teams,
you're doing what's best for you
when I was thinking what was best for the both of us.
- Like, let's play fair here.
I brought you in this game because I trust you.
- People say that Fessy is very selfish,
he'll do anything to win,
and that his true colors always show.
And I always defended him, but now I'm not sure
if Fessy is the person that I thought he was.
Fessy is not my friend anymore.
And he's gonna do what's best for him,
so now I need to think about what's best for me.
- If you want to sit there and not tell me
what you're thinking, then that's on you.
- I don't know if I even can trust you.
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
- I don't know if I even can trust you.
- I sat there and I made sure you were
good every single challenge.
All of a sudden, you don't know if you could trust me?
Do you want to start over?
- Yes.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Can we have a talk?
- What's up?
- [sighs] I mean, we obviously should just
clear the air a little bit.
- Sure.
- You're obviously feeling some type of way.
- Like, what do you have to say?
You guys have something going on,
so I'm not a [bleep] idiot.
- We don't have something going on.
- Really, Jordan?
Really? I'm making this up?
People came up to me at the fireplace and said,
Tori, that's so uncomfortable, I'm sorry for you.
I didn't even-- I just removed myself.
I just didn't want to see it.
- Like, this isn't some elaborate thing
to get back at you.
Like, we just cuddled.
- The disrespect!
- Is it hard to see your ex-significant other
snuggling, hooking up with people
in front of your face?
- You already apologized for all that [bleep].
- And since then... - And I took that!
- You've laid in my bed with me.
I've been naked. We've said we love each other.
You said you wanted to see me out of this--
- I still love you! - OK!
That's not what you-- that is not how you act
when you love somebody!
- This tiff with Tori puts me right back
in to the last few months of our relationship.
- If you're still gonna bring up all this [bleep],
then you should have brought it up in this bed.
This is putting [bleep] in my head.
- If Tori feels bad, you have to feel bad.
If she's upset about something,
you need to be upset about that thing too.
It's the reminder that I needed of why we are not together
and why I hate being part of the Tori show.
There's a lot of hurt here.
- If you're not there, then why would you get in my bed?
What's the point?
- Once again, it's all Jordan's fault.
- We are different people. And we are not together.
And all of the things happening in the last 48 hours
has been a lot to process.
There's nothing more to say. It's all good.
At this point in time, my relationship with Jordan
is only about the game.
I have absolutely no interest in even, like,
trying to salvage a friendship out of this
because there's no way to communicate with him.
And if we can't talk without blowing up into an argument,
then we can't be friends.
[Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"]
- ♪♪ At first, I was afraid, I was petrified ♪♪
♪♪ Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side ♪♪
- I'm being split up from my ride-or-die.
We have the same blood, and he's about to be my enemy.
- ♪♪ And I grew strong, and I learned how to get along ♪♪
♪♪ And so you're back ♪♪
- I thought for sure that Bananas and I
were going to ride this season out together.
Just knowing that we're going to be split up
sucks so bad because I envisioned us
running a final together
and crossing that finish line together.
- ♪♪ Oh, no, not I, I will survive ♪♪
♪♪ Oh, as long as I know how to love ♪♪
♪♪ I know I'll stay alive, I've got all my life to live ♪♪
♪♪ And I've got all my love to give ♪♪
♪♪ And I'll survive, I will survive, hey, hey ♪♪
- All right, Faysal, Moriah, congratulations.
You two absolutely killed it.
By winning, you sealed your own fate
by having to go back to the house,
deliberate, and decide who was going to be on your team.
Every loser from the last challenge, come on out.
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
Faysal and Moriah, you are now splitting up
all the ride-or-dies into two teams.
But first, we're gonna have to flip a coin
to see who goes first.
Moriah, go ahead and step off the stage.
You are right down there.
Faysal, you are on this side.
All right, this is going to be heads,
with the 50 on it.
Faysal, you're going to be the 50 because F.
♪♪ ♪♪
All right, here we go.
♪♪ ♪♪
All right, Faysal, you are first.
Remember, every person you pick,
their ride-or-die goes on the opposite team automatically.
Which female do you choose to be on your team and why?
♪♪ ♪♪
- I think it's a no-brainer here.
I'm rocking with Kaycee, 100%.
We've got unfinished business ever since Double Agents final,
so get your ass over here, Kaycee.
- Aw, let's go.
- Which means, Moriah, you have Kenny.
Go ahead and join your teams.
- Whoo! - Look at that!
- Let's go, boy.
Because me and my brother were partners,
I was kind of his shield in this game, right?
I have all the relationships in this game.
He's new to this game.
So now that we're not together,
he's gonna be an easier target.
- Moriah, you need to select a male.
♪♪ ♪♪
- She's gonna have to pick her poison.
Do you want Jordan, or do you want
to build a versatile, well-rounded team?
- I want Johnny on my team,
but I need a strong athlete like Jordan.
I know that I can't have it all,
so it's gonna be a really hard decision.
♪♪ ♪♪
- So, Moriah, who's it going to be?
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- All right, Moriah, who's it going to be?
- I'm going to pick Jordan. He's an amazing athlete.
And on top of that, I want someone
on my team who's going to motivate me
and push me to be the best.
- Number one draft pick. Look at this guy.
- I got to say, Bananas.
I think I'm more liked than you are.
I'm handsome. I'm young.
I'm on the come up. You're on the come down.
- Faysal.
That means you have Aneesa. - Thank you.
- Go ahead and join your new teams.
- Oh, watch out!
Number one male draft pick.
- Be nice to me again. - I will.
I love you. - No more being mean.
- Oh! What's up, team?
What's up, coach? - Let's get into it.
- Faysal, which guy are you going to choose?
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm going to go Bananas.
♪♪ ♪♪
This dude has a lot of experience.
21 seasons, 7 wins, so figured I'd work
with him than against him.
So get your ass up here, Bananas.
- Aha! - All right, fair enough.
- I think she really thought she was going to get Jordan
and Bananas on her team, which is a rookie mistake
because she thought I was going to pick Nelson first.
But I'm going to go Bananas first
because I know how close she is to Bananas,
and I don't want her to have
that much experience on her team.
- Bananas, you are on Faysal's team, which means,
Nany, you are going to be going up to Moriah's team.
- Obviously, I would have loved to have been
on a team with Moriah.
But, I mean, Fessy's a dog, man.
And Aneesa, she's got experience.
Our team is starting to look really stacked out of the gate.
- Enemy! - Give me a hug.
- Leave me alone. - Yeah, let's hug!
- Hi, hi, team.
Hi, hi, brother.
- It is now Moriah's pick.
- All right, I'm going to go with Amber.
Not only is she a champion, but she always impresses me.
And she is very loyal, so I'm super excited
to have Amber with me.
- Oh, my God, I'm so excited!
[cheering]
- Welcome to the club!
- So we only have a few teams left.
♪♪ ♪♪
It is now Faysal's pick.
♪♪ ♪♪
- TJ, it's going to be my dog, Nelly T.
That's my boy.
We've been rocking with each other for a long time coming.
We've got a lot of making up to do,
or I've got a lot of making up to do to him.
So let's get up here. Let's make this final.
Let's win this money, boy.
- Which means Nurys is going to be going to Moriah's squad.
- Yeah! - Let's go, girl!
- I can see kind of where it's going.
Fessy right now has all the stronger players.
And Moriah has a lot more brains on her team,
but I feel like that could backfire on us.
- Get up there and join your new team.
- Just watching Fessy pick his team,
can't deny it's a strong team,
but they all are very similar-minded.
They're all leaders, and they all have years
of experience in this.
And, you know, that could blow up.
- All right, Moriah, this is a big pick
because it determines where everyone else goes.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I don't want to be picked last again.
Do you know how many times I got picked last in my life?
- So who's it going to be?
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm going to pick Horacio.
Not only is he an amazing athlete,
but he's going to bring a lot of strength to the team,
and I'm excited for him to be a part of it.
- All right, go ahead and join your new team.
- I thought we were over this.
I thought I ran enough miles to at least get
picked second to last.
- Yeah, Livvy!
- So, Devin, Tori, the last ones picked.
- Yeah. - What a fall from grace.
- Yeah, here we are. - You know?
- Down here. It's all good.
I have a lot of proving to do, apparently.
But you know what? [bleep] it.
If I'm an underdog right now, I'm an underdog.
If people don't think that I'm worth being picked first,
then I got to show them why I am.
- Faysal, how do you feel?
- I think Tori is an absolute monster in this game.
I've seen what she can do.
And I think our team is absolutely stacked,
and Tori's just the cherry on top.
- All right, go ahead and join your team.
- Cherry on top! - Come on, cherry!
- Now that I have my whole squad standing next to me
and I see the other team...
- This is the squad.
- I mean, I can't help but be impressed at our team.
- Faysal's team is stacked.
I think they outweigh us by a collective 500 pounds.
This is not a fair fight starting off here.
- I know that we are smaller in size,
but I know that you shouldn't underestimate anyone.
And the second that you do, you know, you eat your words.
♪♪ ♪♪
- The game has changed, so get back to the house
and get to know your new team.
And make sure you win those challenges
because you never know what's to come.
I'll see you soon. - All right.
- Whoo!
- [laughing]
- ♪♪ Smoke in the air ♪♪
♪♪ I don't have a care ♪♪
♪♪ Double, double, double, double, double, double ♪♪
♪♪ Double dare, falling down the stairs ♪♪
- It's almost like we're playing a game
within the game.
We're obviously gonna try and do
what's best for our team.
But at the same time, we also want to do
what's best for our own game and our ride-or-dies.
And I think this is where things
are gonna get sticky.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I don't want to let my team down,
but if you go home, then I let you down.
- Same blood, different team.
- Maybe I'm part of this team,
but there's a team within a team,
and that hurts me.
- Stay calm, stay calm.
- ♪♪ Never giving in, never giving up ♪♪
♪♪ Never backing down, no, I never stop ♪♪
- This is a very special night. Bring them out.
- What?
♪♪ ♪♪
- I would have never snuggled your ex in front of you.
- I feel betrayed by you. - Oh, my God.
- This is no place for love.
- ♪♪ Time's up and it's down to the wire ♪♪
♪♪ Who will it be left standing in the fire? ♪♪
- If we don't leverage this power,
it will be a fatal error.
- You take Devin out of the equation,
we dominate this team.
- Everyone, pack your--
You can no longer continue without a partner.
- What the [bleep]? - Ride-or-dies!
Your fate in this game is at stake.
- Oh, my God!
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪