[suspenseful music playing]
[Buteau] Circle, you really left it there?
Ratings are in,
and whoever comes in last will be immediately blocked.
[Kevin] It's down to me and Andy.
I don't know which way this is gonna go.
This is about to suck either way, man.
Come on here, Circle. Help me out.
I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
[Madelyn gasps]
[screaming] Yes! Yes!
Damn!
Andy! Oh man!
[Deb exclaiming]
Andy!
You are going home!
Ooh, and his picture's gone, just like that.
Circle, you just chose violence tonight.
Time to go back on tour, Andy.
Andy, your decisions have led you to walking out the door.
[exhaling]
Yep.
-[TV whirs] -[scoffs]
Strategy-wise this is good for Madelyn,
but I am sorry, Andy.
I kind of feel responsible for this.
[sniffles]
I just don't know what happened. I don't know what I did.
Like, what made me go from first to last?
Like, what did I… Did I say something? [sniffles]
Is this all because Gianna, like…
What did I do?
You know, it was a rocky start.
We made mistakes,
but we're back on track.
K Fern, the comeback kid,
lives to see another day. [grunts]
[Buteau] Careful, K Fern. It's a long way down from seventh place.
And from the comeback king to the catfish queens…
[alarm blares]
[Madelyn] "Alert!"
Can't we have two minutes of peace, Circle, please?
I'm spent, Circle. Enough.
[Madelyn] "Rachel and Madelyn, congratulations."
"You have survived tonight's blocking."
We did not only survive it,
we thrived it.
Madelyn, which was me,
came out at the top.
And Madelyn and Rachel together made sure Rachel now came out at the top.
This is a total win.
Obviously, Madelyn and I… [clicks tongue] …we're bonded. Okay.
[Madelyn] "You will now return to your original profiles." Yes!
I'm back to being me, baby!
Me as Rachel, but it's fantastic.
"You must keep your disruption a secret…"
Okay, I can do that.
Secrets are kept.
I'm not telling nobody.
Madelyn, I missed you. [sighing]
I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
[Buteau] Nope, not quite lifted yet, Madelyn.
Andy is still in the building.
So you know what's about to happen, and you know they'll all be shocked.
-Season seven, people! -[alarm blares]
[all] "Alert!"
Just when you thought it was over, it's not over.
It's never over.
You know I love a jump-scare in the evening. Thanks.
[Kevin] Back-to-back alerts now!
My body is not used to this.
I just got my heart rate down.
[Antonio sighs]
[JoJo] "Andy has been blocked from The Circle."
No shit.
[laughing] I'm sorry, Andy. Not laughing.
I… I'm laughing a little.
I'm so sorry, Andy, baby, but it had to be done.
[Jadejha] "Andy is on his way to meet one of you now."
-Wait, what do you mean "right now"? -No, no, no. Do not come here.
I'm in no state to be met right now.
[Buteau] Andy is out, which means one of y'all has the time it takes them
to do a corridor strut to get your story straight.
-Oh my God. -I feel like Andy'll wanna meet your boy.
[tense music playing]
[Deb] Pillows for your body. Okay, you're the decoy.
[Madelyn] I need a lint roller.
This is very nerve-racking.
We got two percent milk for a two-faced bastard.
[Deb gasps] Oh no.
-Hi. -You're not Andy!
Give me a hug.
[both laughing]
[Heather] You're real!
-I'm not! -You're not!
You kinda look like a female version of Andy.
Okay. Okay. Can I sit?
Please. What? I got you a Capri Sun if you want one.
-I would love one, thank you. So okay… -[laughing] What?
So my name's Heather. Long story short, Andy's real.
He is a bass player in a metal band. That's him. We're good friends.
-Can I have his phone number? -Abso-fucking-lutely.
That's what I'm here for. You are going to meet Andy for real.
-Okay, I… Done. -That's gonna happen for sure.
-You guys would be so cute. -Andy is a textbook version of like…
-Your type? -…what my type is. Like, I mean that.
As soon as I got here and I saw everyone, I said, "Andy, yummy."
[Heather laughing]
Oh my God. Oh my God, I can't believe you're real!
-Did you think I was fake? -Mostly no.
-Okay, so the last disruptor thing… -Yeah?
Okay, me and Rachel were the disruptors,
and we had to switch profiles.
So for the past two days, I've been Rachel.
So I have no idea if we've even talked recently.
We had like a conversation.
[Madelyn laughs]
About what? [giggling]
That was not me. That was not me. That was Rachel.
Sweet Rachel. I literally was like,
-"Girl, you'll have to be spicy for me." -Oh my God!
She was spicy, dude. Like, we had sex. Like… No, not really!
[guffawing]
-[Madelyn] Go Rachel! -[Heather] Oh my God.
[Buteau] While Heather questions many, many things, the others realize
they ain't about to face the fake bass player tonight.
[Kevin sighs]
Looks like Andy decided to pay somebody else a visit.
[sighs]
[Darian] Andy did go see somebody else.
Andy, you ain't coming? I got the lemonade.
You don't like lemonade? Everybody love lemonade.
[Deb] Whew.
All right.
Phil, he's not coming to see us. Okay.
[Buteau] And Madelyn struck a chord with rocker Heather,
but is she about to drop that heavy metal bomb and fess up?
[Madelyn] Do you have any final pieces of advice for me?
[Heather laughing]
First of all, no.
[laughing] Because everything I tried to do for myself didn't work.
But if I have to leave here with something,
it's I really, really, really need you to watch out for Gianna.
Me, Darian and Kevin and you…
Like, you guys were my top three, and I know it was the same for all of us.
-Yeah. -I know you put me at first, second.
I feel like the only explanation why I'm sitting here,
it has something to do with Gianna.
[Buteau] Yeah, that's literally the only explanation. Right, Madelyn?
So, I'm rooting for you. I really am.
'Cause you were gonna be first for the rest of the game for me.
I really want you to take this all the way. I really do.
-I'm gonna cry. -I'm gonna cry. I'm literally gonna cry.
I've been crying all day.
-I'm really excited for you. I really am. -[exclaims]
You got first, and I, like, I was crying right there too.
Because I just… I'm really happy for you and, like…
-Give me a hug. -Don't forget me, please.
-I would never. -Oh my God. I love you so much.
Oh my God. I'm really sad that you're leaving. I really am sad.
-Oh my God. You got this. -You're so beautiful.
You're beautiful.
-I love you. -Okay, I love you. I'll see you soon.
-I'm gonna buy your OnlyFans. [laughing] -I'm sad that you're going.
-I am too. I'll see you soon. You got it. -Okay, bye.
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.
[silence]
[sniffles]
[crying] Oh my God, I feel really, really bad.
[sniffles]
Like, she was so nice and told me that she had my back.
Like, actually, and was gonna have my back.
I literally could not tell her
that I was the reason that she was leaving.
I do not feel good about myself right now.
[Buteau] I said it before and I'll say it again, ain't no problem
a Capri Sun can't fix.
Today has been a lot, but as our players prep for bed,
Madelyn has found one of the few perks to nighttime tears.
I won't even have to wash my face that hard 'cause I cried it all off.
[Buteau] And the others are mourning Andy in their own unique ways.
Putting on my crown because I am the queen of The Circle.
[JoJo] Honestly, I couldn't be happier that Andy's gone.
I've seen right through his shit.
At the end of the day, it's another night that we are safe,
and that is all that matters.
I didn't think Madelyn had many friends here in the game,
but she was rated first.
Maybe she's not as alone as I thought.
No matter who I talk to,
I need to be opening up about my life.
I need to be pulling on heartstrings every single conversation.
I hate that one of my party bros is gone, but the party must go on.
TT's army is formed, and today we took down the first target.
[Kevin] I am so grateful to have another opportunity to compete still.
First and foremost…
Good night, fam. Love you guys.
[sighs]
[all] Good night, Circle.
Love you too.
[Buteau] Aw, I didn't say anything, but thanks.
♪ Reach out, touch faith… ♪
["Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode playing]
[Buteau] Up and at 'em, Atlanta.
It's our first day without blocked rocker Andy.
Circle, good morning!
[all] Good morning, Circle.
♪ Reach out, touch faith… ♪
[Buteau] And The Circle is waking up to a new player sitting at that top spot.
Not that she's letting it get to her head or anything.
Well, good morning, Circle.
The queen has arisen.
One moment you're here, one moment you're gone.
You just never know.
♪ …personal Jesus ♪
[Jadejha humming out of tune]
♪ Oh, Jesus loves me! ♪
I was this close to packing my bags and going home.
But K Fern is here to stay.
I'm back to being Madelyn.
[Nicky] You wanna mess with us? Huh? You wanna mess with us?
Yeah? Huh, Kevin?
[JoJo] We'll make sure Kevin's on a tight leash moving forward.
I would love to get a group chat with these other girls.
Definitely need to get to know Rachel and Gianna a little bit better.
[Buteau] But before Tierra gets going, or even gets out of bed,
The Circle's got a target of its own… everyone.
[TV dings]
Oh!
-"The newsfeed has been updated." -Updated? In the middle of plank circuit?
That's definitely Andy's message.
I think Andy's Andy. Is Andy Andrea?
[all] Circle, take me to my newsfeed.
[TV whirs]
[Darian shouting] "Andy has left a message for The Circle."
[chuckles] Andy, I'm ready for your funeral. Give your eulogy, sir.
[all] Circle, play Andy's message.
I wish I could see the look on everybody's faces when they find out.
Hey, y'all, it's Andy. Just kidding. My name is Heather.
[screaming] Heather!
What?! [laughing]
I promise Andy is a real person.
He really is a 34-year-old bass player in a metal band
with all those tattoos, that tours.
-I knew Andy was a girl. [laughing] -[Buteau] Sure you did.
Andy's Heather. Heather's Andy.
Andy's not a guy. Andy's a girl.
Oh.
[Buteau] Yeah, it's crazy when people pretend to be other people. Right, Debs?
[laughing] Andy's just Andy, but with pigtails.
It's the girl version of Andy, man!
It's not Grandpa Andy. It's girl Andy!
-What?! -[Garret] Oh my God.
How do you think Madelyn's feeling right now?
[Madelyn gasping]
I'm kidding.
Even though I played The Circle as a catfish,
everything that I said was authentically Heather.
I am really a bro.
It really is in my nature to be like, "Circle pit!"
and, like, do the rock-hands emoji. That's just my thing.
I mean, she's gorgeous.
I'd join a band with Heather.
Oh, so the bro alliance had a sister in it the whole time.
Coming into The Circle, I thought flirting was gonna be the biggest challenge.
In Heather's real world, I don't know how to flirt or what I'm doing in that world.
I flirted with you. Oh, I said things to you. Oh!
I truly think that the disruptor power screwed me from day one
all the way to the end,
and it's a big reason why I'm sitting here right now.
I told y'all disruptor mode was evil, but didn't nobody wanna listen to me.
That disruptor mode can do a little bit evil.
At the end of the day, I really do love this game,
and I'm so, so happy I got to share this experience with all of you.
I'm trying real hard to not get emotional.
Oh my God, sweet Heather.
As sad as I am to go,
I'm really happy I got to experience this with all of you guys.
I do consider all of you guys close friends,
and I can't wait to meet you guys at the finale.
Aw, Heather!
So I'm losing somebody that I know for a fact rated me number one,
so I need to make sure that there's somebody else out there
that's gonna rate me number one.
[TV dings]
"Circle Chat is now open."
Oh my goodness.
Oh snap. Here we go.
[Deb] Wow. Okay.
I cannot wait to hear what other people thought. Okay.
-Circle, take me to Circle Chat. -[all] Take me to Circle Chat.
[Kevin] Who's gonna start it up?
Come on, let's address the elephant in the room here, people.
Okay. Here we go.
Message, "Waving emoji."
"It's your favorite #SingleDivorcee here."
"Sweating Emoji."
"Don't worry, real-life Andy is single."
"We have a date coming up, and we are hooking up."
"Devil emoji."
Send message.
[JoJo] Oh shit, I think Madelyn met Andy.
Okay. From this though, I think it's safe to assume that…
Heather, who is Andy, went to go see Madelyn.
'Cause how would Madelyn know that?
Message,
"I am shook! Exclamation point."
"Mind-blown emoji."
"Madelyn, you met Heather?"
"Any tea you could spill? Eyes emoji."
Rachel asking about the tea in front of everyone.
I'd like information.
Tea-spilling.
Heather really didn't give me that much tea,
but it could be a good strategic move
to make something up and get people mad at somebody.
Kind of drop a match and watch the chat burn,
which Madelyn is best at.
Message,
"Heather/Andy didn't give me too much info…"
"…but 'he' did warn me
that someone in the group was being #Disloyal."
"Inspector eyeglass emoji."
Oh snap!
Circle, message, "Madelyn, don't leave us hanging, babe."
"#WeNeedNames. Shocked emoji."
Circle, send message.
Well, I don't have names, Garret. I made that up.
This really could just be Madelyn trying to stir the pot.
Maybe Madelyn is, like, trying to figure out who to get out
or place doubt in other players' minds.
I'm low-key, low-key, low-key, low-key throwing Kevin out
to address the situation.
So message, "Well, based on what I've seen,
I didn't think Andy had that many alliances,
so who does that leave to be disloyal? Question mark."
"Eyes emoji, thinking emoji."
Good question, Jadejha. Message,
"I know Andy was close with the #CircleBros."
"Andy and I bonded over who to trust,
so I do have my suspicions."
"Eyes emoji. #MyMindIsReeling."
Send message.
Wait a minute. Is that a shot at Kevin?
The only person we know Andy was close with is Kevin.
-Oh shit. -She definitely hinted that it was Kevin.
People are clearly starting to smell the bullshit.
-Yeah. Oh man. -It is clear as day right now, Kevin.
Kevin's gotta be worried.
Kevin is probably shitting himself right now.
Dude, there's no way they're gonna try to spin this narrative on me.
Message, "I vouched for Andy at the last blocking."
"I'm absolutely devastated to see one of my closest friends go."
"#HeartBroken."
Send message.
Okay. Circle, message, "Yeah, I'm curious too
because I talked to Andy on his last breath
right before the blocking. Period."
"He didn't share that information with me. Hmm."
"I talked to Andy on his last breath." He's still breathing, probably.
My goal here is to kind of have people point fingers at Darian
because I have a really good alliance with Kevin.
Message,
"I'm curious as well… dot, dot, dot, Darian."
"Eye emoji."
"Heather was such a sweetheart, and she didn't wanna reveal the name…"
"…but she did tell me it was someone Andy was close with."
Oh!
[groaning]
Darian and Kevin are the original bros. Are one of them being disloyal? [gasps]
And I've been focusing on Kevin, but maybe it's Darian!
Somebody's being disloyal, but they didn't say no names.
So what the hell you talking about, Madelyn?
Circle, message,
"Doesn't sound right that he wouldn't drop names with his '#CircleWife,'
LOL, but Heather's personality does seem sweet."
"Don't think that she would be the pot stirrer."
[Antonio laughing]
Darian absolutely just called Madelyn a liar.
Point-blank, period-poo.
Ew! Ew, Darian.
I think Darian's a good judge of character, and I definitely trust Darian
more than every other guy in The Circle right now. By far.
Darian is kind of alluding in his message that I'm making everything up,
which is true, but, like, we don't need anybody else to think that.
So message,
"Darian, if Andy seemed so sweet,
doesn't it make sense that he wouldn't call anyone out?"
"#DefensiveMuch."
Mic drop.
[Deb exclaiming, laughing]
Oh snap.
[Antonio exclaiming]
Madelyn, you better come for him.
I knew she was trying to go there.
Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.
Darian and Madelyn don't like each other at all.
Do not come for me, Darian. Do not.
This isn't my fight.
But also, like,
how you gonna take shots at my man, girl?
Okay, message,
"Honestly, if we're not getting any names, we should just move on."
[Darian] "If we're not getting any names, we should just move on. Period. "
Shout out to the queen. Shout out to the queen. But, yeah, Madelyn…
That's just Madelyn trying to stir up the damn pot.
Who is falling for it, and who's not?
You can't be talking about loyalty in The Circle,
and then be all like, "I know, but I don't wanna tell anyone."
"I have my suspicions, but…" [vocalizing]
Like, "Ooh, I got something that none of y'all got."
Okay, we get it.
I'm so happy at how this chat went, that not only is the attention off of us,
Madelyn and Kevin have some serious explaining to do.
-Oh yeah. -Mostly Madelyn though.
If people start shifting the blame to Darian, then it's off of me,
and that might be what is needed
to put Darian at the bottom of the ratings.
We're weeding them out, one by one.
And, Darian… [smacks tongue] …you're next, honey.
[chill music playing]
[Buteau] Ooh, that Circle group chat just got heated.
Madelyn is ready to slay.
I got my party glasses on.
[kazoo blowing]
[Buteau] Some of the others, though, are just ready to play.
[Kevin] Let's boogie, baby. Let's go.
Oh yeah, we're doing the celebration dance.
-[bell clanking] -[kazoo blowing]
[Antonio] Darian.
[Buteau] And however they choose to express themselves…
[sighing] So, so sad,
but this is the casket I'm gonna carry you in. [exclaiming]
[Buteau] …is absolutely fine with me.
And with all this high-energy daytime activity,
Madelyn has found a quiet relaxing five minutes to herself on the roof.
Enter K Fern.
Strategically,
I need to absolutely make sure
Madelyn is on my side.
Circle, invite Madelyn to a private chat.
[TV dings]
Oh shit.
I feel like Kevin wants to talk to me
to get more information about what Andy/Heather said.
[Buteau] Girl, you could really be in hot water now.
And I made it all up, so this should be interesting.
Circle, take me to the private chat with Kevin.
Message, "Madelyn, I'm truly sorry."
"I wanted to check in to see how you're doing."
"Andy and I were very close, so I know how you're feeling."
"I gotta ask…"
[Madelyn] "…who were you referring to in this morning's Circle Chat?"
[screaming]
Okay. I gotta get my lie in order.
Do I tell Kevin that Andy actually told me who he was talking about,
and that I was lying in the Circle Chat earlier?
This next message right here could be monumental.
Darian and Jadejha are too powerful.
They have each other's back too hard, and we need to split that up.
It's not personal, Darian. It's really not.
Message, "Kevin. Red heart."
"I'm so happy to hear from you."
"Even though it seems like I was stirring the pot,
I was just trying to look out for you because I still have your back."
"I was referring to Darian."
Oh snap!
Wow, wow, wow, what a message from Madelyn.
That son of a gun is moving sneaky!
Circle, message,
"You're kidding?" All caps.
"What did he do?"
"#NotARealBro? Question mark."
Okay, this is good. He's open to hearing what Darian did.
Now we have to make something up.
All right.
What did Darian do?
[Buteau] Oh, Madelyn. Always three steps ahead.
Now we can change our whole game plan too,
knowing that Darian is out here playing dirty.
Message,
"I was shocked too… Dot, dot, dot."
"Andy told me that Darian planned on ranking you
towards the bottom…"
"…to save his Circle wife and her alliances."
"Mind blown."
What a shady dude.
Darian started to try to point the fingers at me making stuff up,
so I had to do what I had to do.
[Kevin] That is crazy.
With the way this chat's going, it sounds like we're both on the same page.
We gotta get Darian the heck out of here.
Message,
"OMG!"
"We can't let Darian get away with this."
[Madelyn] "What's the plan?"
Yes, Kevin!
I knew Kevin would believe me.
What is the plan?
Madelyn's someone I feel like I trust.
I trust her more than Darian,
who I don't know on a personal level at all, really.
Message,
"I'm a genuine person,
but I do think we need to do a little damage control
to make sure people know I wasn't just trying to stir the pot."
"We need to get our alliances on the same page as us."
"#InThisTogether."
Madelyn, you read my mind. You read my mind.
♪ Kevin and Madelyn, scheming in a tree ♪
[Buteau] ♪ Chilling in the hot tub Spilling fake tea ♪
Message, "Sounds like a plan!"
"Let's promise to keep each other at that number one ratings position…"
"…and get as many people to put Darian last. #InThisTogether."
Kevin!
I love Kevin. This is perfect. This is exactly what I needed from Kevin.
Message,
"I pinky promise."
"Nobody comes for my #BestMan."
"#ByeByeDarian."
Whoo!
Perfect way to seal this chat.
[exhaling]
-Let's get this dude out of the game. -Operation Bring Darian Down is a go.
[upbeat music playing]
[Butaeu] Unaware that part-evil hot tub genius,
part-bro is assembling above them
as we speak…
How's my favorite room in The Circle doing? Let's get sweaty!
[Buteau] …Super Circle soldiers, Darian and Garret,
are getting down to some serious training.
And General Jadejha is about to gather her troops.
That Circle Chat, there was a bit of, like, animosity
or some, like, fingers being pointed.
Now would be the perfect time
for me to kind of reach out to those people who I am the closest to.
Circle, invite Darian, Garret, and Gianna to a group chat.
[TV dings]
"Jadejha has invited you to a group chat"?
[Nicky] Get your ass over here.
[Darian, Garret] Okay, Circle…
Take Gianna to group chat.
Message,
"Well, if it isn't my three most favorite people."
"Heart eyes."
"Shots were thrown,
and I had to make sure none of y'all felt hit."
"How is everyone feeling?"
Well, I feel hit. Bam! Oh! Bam! Bam, bam, bam!
So I've been hit, but I ain't down.
Message, "OMG, what a crazy morning! Two exclamation points."
"Between someone possibly being disloyal and Madelyn not dropping a name,
my head is… Mind-blown emoji."
Mm. Well, we're calling Madelyn now for what it is, you know, just being fake.
So, Circle, message,
"Not feeling the energy from Madelyn because I'm 100% loyal."
"She's stirring the pot."
[Jadejha] "Thank you, Jadejha, heart emoji, for seeing past her antics."
Aw!
[JoJo] "Hopefully none of you believe that as well." I like that, man.
Yeah, I knew Darian was gonna come out firing on Madelyn.
Madelyn really did no favors for herself this morning.
She put a target on her back, she showed she might be a liar,
and she's caught in the act.
There's no way she was throwing shots at someone directly,
which means she was just trying to be messy.
Because it's like, why bring it up if you wasn't gonna say anything?
Yesterday, yeah, we… we formed an alliance with her and Rachel.
We agreed with her to get Andy out.
Ally or no ally,
Madelyn is not a stronger ally to us than potentially Garret and Darian.
-And Jadejha. -Yeah.
There's no world where we would take her over these three.
-No shot. -It can't happen.
If I am going to build a deeper connection to Jadejha and Gianna,
it's clear that I need Darian on my side.
Circle, message,
"Madelyn played dodgeball with all of our questions."
"#SheGaveUsNothing."
"Darian, I was right there with you."
"Do you think she stirred the pot 'cause she lost her number one?"
Yes. Absolutely, Garret. Absolutely.
[JoJo] I like that Garret. He's calling her out on her shit.
It was super fishy that she wouldn't drop a name.
Yeah. Message,
"Darian and Garret, I 100% agree."
"I guess desperate times call for desperate measures."
"Eye emoji, thinking face."
"Jadejha, how are you feeling?" So that's good.
Gianna, Darian, and Garret are all on the same page,
which means they all on the same page with me.
That's what I wanted.
[Darian] Circle, message,
"She gave us nothing because she literally has nothing!"
"Exclamation mark."
"Andy was all about the bros."
"Doesn't make sense for him to throw shade at people that had his back the most."
[Jadejha] "#GameplayIsKickingIn."
Exactly.
Message, "I don't think that was the best move for Madelyn."
"I just want y'all to know that I don't question your loyalty…"
[Garret] "…and I'm willing to jump into a burning building for you."
"100 emoji, red heart emoji."
Jadejha.
[grunting]
-Yes. -Jadejha, we frickin' love you.
-Love it! -We frickin' love you.
Madelyn's full of shit it seems like, and everyone's smelling it.
[JoJo] Message, "Loyalty is not a question with you all."
"#GotYourBacks."
That's all I needed. That's why I brought y'all here.
[Buteau] Jadejha's got what she needed,
and what Tierra needs right now is to make her own alliances,
so she's about to interrupt reading and recreation time with a group chat.
-Ooh, this better be good. -[TV dings]
Oh my gosh, okay.
[Deb screams]
"Tierra has invited you to a group chat."
Oh my God, I wonder who's gonna be in this group chat.
Is this an ambush? Or is this good?
-[Deb] Circle, take me to the group chat. -Take me to the group chat with Tierra.
Rachel! Okay, this has to be good.
Message, "Hey, ladies!"
"Wanted to connect with y'all and see where your heads are at."
"Madelyn, thanks for all the tea about Kevin."
"Let's spill some tea about who's next."
"#HitList."
Send message.
In our Circle Chat, I say, you know, "I'm coming for the tea."
Also, last ratings, they were one and two.
So if I can solidify one and two, that's what Tierra gotta do.
Love this.
Boom, right to the question.
Message, "As for the #HitList,
I don't think Kevin is a huge threat anymore."
"#DarianDeflectsTooMuch,
so maybe Darian is on the list. Shrugging emoji."
Period, Rachel.
Thank you for having my back.
Absolutely, Rachel. This is what we want!
Ticktock, ticktock. You are ringing those bells, Rachel.
We just honestly need to build on this
and let them know about Darian.
Message,
"Hayy, girls." H-A-Y-Y.
"Star-eyed emoji."
"TBH, Darian is giving me #BadVibes."
"Him being so defensive in the Circle Chat earlier
is definitely a red flag."
[Deb] "#Sneaky, #HitList."
Whoo! Now, we've got Darian… people questioning Darian.
Message, "Let's not forget he was playing with both Gianna and Jadejha…"
"…when Jadejha was 'supposed to be' his only boo. #TwoTimer."
Beautiful!
Wait, he was juggling two?
Ooh, I didn't know that. I didn't know that.
Message,
"Absolutely." All caps.
"Darian definitely was #MrDefensive."
[Deb] "It opened my eyes so much, and with him being the strategist,
taking him out is best for us ladies."
Did I create Tierra? Did I will her into being?
Because this is how you play the game.
This is great. Kevin, Rachel, Tierra, and obviously Madelyn
is going to rate Darian very low.
Message,
"Three strikes, you're out."
"#ByeByeDarian… Dot, dot, dot."
"Heather/Andy had only good things to say about Kevin,
and I was also able to chat with him today."
"With Andy gone, he might be #ForTheGirls… Dot, dot, dot."
"But we shall see."
"Scared emoji."
Message,
"Darian it is! Exclamation point."
"#StrategySquadFTW."
Send message.
Message, "Absolutely, my sentiments exactly."
"Looks like Darian is the next one out."
"Ladies, I am down to rock with you till the end."
"#LockedIn." Send message.
I feel good about this message. I got everything I needed from this chat.
And, Darian, I'm getting your casket ready, boy. [giggling]
[Buteau] It's been a big day for our players,
and it might be dusk,
but we're about to see the Dawn of The Circle Dead.
[TV dings]
[all] "Players, the apocalypse is here."
I thought it's been here, the way things are going around here.
-[all] "Zombie Pep Rally Party." -[Kevin] "Zombie Pep Rally Party"?
-Let's get spooky. -[Antonio] Hey!
Are we about to have a pep rally?
[Kevin, Jadejha] "Welcome to the Zombie Pep Rally."
[Deb] Let's get a little bit rowdy!
R-O-W-D-Y!
-Zombie! -[Darian] Let's go, let's go, let's go.
[Buteau] He said the magic word!
Circle, send that undead school spirit to their doors.
Now this fit is cold.
I'm sure one of the cute girls was made cheerleader.
[excited] Yes! It's a cheerleader uniform!
Circle, I'm kind of spooky.
[Buteau] Garret, are you okay?
Let's get zombied up, baby!
-[Darian] We got makeup. -[Antonio] We're going all out.
[JoJo] I mean, it shouldn't be that frickin' hard.
All right, Circle, welcome to my zombie makeup tutorial.
First, you gotta look nasty as shit.
[JoJo] Yo. Is that a dick? On my forehead?
[Deb] There it is! Okay, I got some color.
[Kevin] Cute.
[all growling, grunting]
Okay, I don't think it's on right, but let's just pretend that it is.
[Buteau] Okay, all my rotting corpses ready to rally?
Circle, let's see the Dance of the Dead.
[Darian exclaiming]
[JoJo] Brain!
[Antonio] Oh my God.
["You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive playing]
♪ All I know is that to me You look like a lot of fun ♪
♪ Open up your lovin' arms Watch out, here I come ♪
♪ You spin me right 'round Baby, right 'round ♪
♪ Like a record, baby Right 'round, 'round, 'round ♪
♪ You spin me right 'round Baby, right 'round… ♪
[Madelyn exclaiming]
[music fades out]
[alarm blares]
[all] "Alert!"
[Kevin shouting]
[Antonio] What can this possibly be?
Oh. And it was just getting good.
"Players, you must now rate each other."
-Damn! -[Antonio] Oh my God.
My heart is in my ass right now. What? Rate each other?
I feel pretty confident where we stand.
Yeah. I'm not confident in our makeup, but I'm confident to rate for sure.
[Antonio] Tierra, you have an idea where you wanna go with this.
Be strategic.
You have the allies you wanna protect, now take out your enemy.
"Rate your fellow players from first to seventh."
-I think I know what I'm going to do. -All right, Circle…
-…take me to my ratings. -Oh God.
[suspenseful music playing]
Circle, lock in Darian as my first position.
I feel like Darian needs the most help right now in the ratings.
Madelyn kind of called him out, and I need him around.
Better pay off, okay, 'cause I feel like
I'm the only thing keeping him in this game.
I ain't gonna lie to you.
For my first place ratings, put Jadejha in first position.
[Madelyn] Circle, lock in Kevin for first.
I gotta think of this from a strategic standpoint.
I feel like Rachel is gonna be rated high by a lot of other people,
so let's give first to Kevin.
Circle, put Gianna in first position.
I gotta get Gianna up there.
She is the only reason, the only reason I'm in this game.
Lock in Gianna in my second position.
Second position, this is giving someone potential power
to make the decision whether or not to keep me here.
Gianna says she has my back.
I have to trust her.
I wanna lock in Rachel in my second position.
Every time we're in chats, she's giving me drops of tea.
Little dribble-dribbles, but then she shows me her cards.
Place Tierra in second position.
That is someone who I just wanna be aligned with.
Lock in Garret as my third position.
I know he has my back 100%.
We're gonna lock in Garret as Gianna's fourth position.
We haven't solidified anything with Garret yet,
however, he told us he rated us high…
Lock in Gianna at fifth on my ratings.
I hate not putting Gianna at last…
but I gotta do what I gotta do for the game at this point, man.
One person we had trust in, Darian,
is actively trying to block me from The Circle.
Lock in Tierra in my sixth position.
Tierra seems so sweet,
but I have no idea who her other allies are.
We're gonna lock in Kevin as our sixth position.
His back's against the wall. He's probably shitting himself right now.
Plain and simple, Jadejha, Madelyn, they all came at his neck today.
We might not be his public enemy now.
Circle, lock in Madelyn as my last position.
Madelyn has lost her number-one alliance in the game.
Andy, or Heather, didn't actually say any names,
and Madelyn was trying to be strategic.
And hopefully, I want this to show
that strategy is not the only way to win this game.
You still have to play with your heart. You still gotta be genuine when it counts.
Circle, place Madelyn for my last-place position.
She threw a bunch of unnecessary shade and negative attention my way.
I don't feel like she's someone that people can trust.
Hopefully, karma comes back to get her.
Circle, let's lock in Darian for last.
Darian, you came for me today in the Circle Chat,
and you should not have done that.
Circle…
…submit our ratings.
[grunts] "Ratings complete."
[Jadejha vocalizing]
We're getting to the point in the game where if you have power, you're a threat.
I feel pretty good about these. Let's rock and roll, baby.
[Deb] And now we wait.
[calm music playing]
[Buteau] A night of the undead, and those ratings were
the most terrifying thing so far.
But they ain't seen nothing yet,
'cause The Circle has another jump-scare for them.
[alarm blares]
[all] "Alert!"
Oh my gosh.
Every time you think you're in the clear, just hits you with something.
"Shortly, you will be given the chance to activate disruptor mode." Oh!
Dang!
The last disruptor did me dirty.
I'd like to not be a part of any more disruptions.
[shouting] What in the hell is disruptor mode, Circle?
[Buteau shouting] You're about to find out, new girl.
This is the biggest 50/50 shot.
Disrupting right now would be too risky.
I can't do it. But then, maybe I want to.
The actual doing of the disruption was not pleasant,
but the outcome was good.
It was good for us, and it was good the other time for Kevin.
-What's the chances this one also is good? -It's such a roll of the dice.
But where I sit right now, I might have to roll that dice.
-"Three." -Dang, we starting the countdown already?
I just had a lot of attention on me today, and I may wanna take that chance.
Oh God, "Two."
What if we do disrupt, and it gives us the power
that no other player in Circle history has had?
-Yeah. -I know there's people
actively trying to get me out of this game.
-"One"! -[JoJo] I don't wanna disrupt.
I don't think we should.
If we were in a desperate need, yeah, but I don't think we're desperate now.
I need that thing that just kinda pushes me over to the top.
I need to change my game.
I need momentum.
When the button shows up, I'm gonna look at it.
I don't know what's gonna come out of me.
No shot in hell. We are not disrupting.
-Not happening. -Disrupt!
-Disrupt.
Disrupt!
Disrupt! Disrupt!
Disrupt!
Oh!
I just need a moment.
[Garret] What did I do?
I feel like I might regret that.
Was that dumb?
I'm either the dumbest person around, or I'm playing a great game.
I've shaken my ass too hard for something bad to end my night, Circle.
Please don't make this bad. I'm begging.
[Buteau] Okay, those players are wanting to play.
Everyone but Gianna chose to disrupt, but who did it the fastest?
[alarm blares]
[all] "Alert!"
[Antonio] Oh my God.
This is the moment of truth.
Don't hold your breath. No, you gotta breathe. You watching?
[both] "You are not the disruptor."
No way.
[both] "You are not the disruptor."
You know what? I'll take it.
[Deb] "You are not a disruptor." Oh, thank God.
[shouting] Oh!
[laughing] "You are the disruptor."
[laughing] Oh man.
"Your disruption will be revealed soon." Oh my goodness.
Lord God, I just pray that it's good for your boy. Oh, come on.
It's been a spooky day. It's been a spooky night.
[Buteau] You got that right, Darian.
It's been intense,
and our zombie players are moaning and shuffling towards those beds.
[Deb] I think I just need to go to bed.
Start a new day. The Circle is day by day.
[Buteau] Well, zombie Rachel, this day ain't dead yet.
[alarm blares]
-[all] "Alert!" -Oh my God, another freaking alert.
Does this day ever end?
What do you got for us, Circle?
"The rating results…"
"…are in."
This is the first time Tierra's being rated.
This is gonna tell me if all the plotting, all the messiness,
all the pettiness, if it's paid off.
"The highest-rated player…"
"…will become the first influencer."
Oh wow.
I don't like this.
This got a twist to it that I ain't really feeling.
"The second influencer…"
[Antonio] "…will be chosen…"
"…by the disruptor"?
So the-- [shouting] Oh! Okay!
Are you kidding?
This is an absolute game changer.
All right. So that means the disruptor is going to choose
whoever they're the closest with.
So they have to choose someone they trust.
The disruptor's gonna have to have a lot of faith in whoever they choose.
Oh my God. Wow.
This is about to be one hell of a decision.
[theme music playing]
[theme music ends]