♪ MTV. ♪
TJ: Previously onThe Challenge 40:
- Battle of the Eras... - [gasping]
- BANANAS: You're playing a scared game. - RYAN: Dude.
Don't worry! We'll keep carrying the team!
You can sit back
and just pretend to do fucking puzzles.
I'm sorry, I have fucking friends here.
Johnny, you have a fucking golden spoon up your ass,
you fucking idiot.
You told Michele that I'm using her for the game.
- BANANAS: Whoever-- - I'm not playing that way. I'm not trying
- to get people... - However it was relayed to you
- is incorrect. - Devin
has taken it upon himself to manipulate
his entire alliance to coming after me.
[whispering]: Okay.
- [air horn blows] - MICHELE: Oh, my God!
KAYCEE: Devin's out.
I'm out.
Congratulations to Kyland and Tori.
I think it's time to switch it up a little.
It is every man
and every woman for themselves.
- What? - [laughing]
Oh!
Are you kidding me?!
This is an individual game.
It will be harder than ever.
TJ: So, Kyland, choose
three female targets.
Tori, select three men from anyone up there.
KYLAND: Aviv, Rachel, Jenny.
TORI: Derek, Ryan and Johnny.
Bananas has really stirred up a bunch of shit.
Maybe Devin won't be here to see this through,
but he still has a ride-or-die left in this game.
BANANAS: Tori has awoken
the sleeping dragon,
and she is about to, uh,
reap the whirlwind.
♪ ♪
CARA MARIA: If you have a chance to put Johnny Bananas
in an elimination,
d-do it.
If you do Bananas, it's gonna shock the [bleep] out of him.
Why should he get a free pass?
♪ ♪
[singsongy]: He's back...
[cheering]
One high five.
Two high fives.
We're not playing in eras anymore.
We are playing as individuals.
Making Bananas a target,
it's not something he would expect from me.
But now that Devin's out of the game
and Kaycee's out of the game, I do feel a fire inside me again.
Good job, guys.
- [faux crying]: I miss him. - [laughing]
CORY: We're walking into the house
and, right away, I hear Devin's name.
Devin's not even here, so I don't know what that's about.
TORI: Devin would have absolutely lost it.
At this point, you know,
you guys might as well copy and paste Devin.
You could have a little cutout of him right there
and little scenes.
DEVIN: We're back on, baby.
Because his name is flying all around this house.
NEHEMIAH: This room's bad luck now.
- BANANAS: No, I'm bad luck. - We got all the targets in here.
BANANAS: I'm-- It's not the room. It's me.
So, everybody, my feelings will not be hurt
if you start distancing yourself from me.
Because, basically, if you're on a team with me
or you're friends with me, you're gonna be the new ones
that are picked on.
RYAN: I'm pissed.
Bananas actually has grown on me
a little bit. Era Two
still has a camaraderie
underneath this individual game.
Tori, if your endgame was
to send Bananas into the Arena
with somebody that probably would beat him,
why not send in Theo?
Theo's beat him before in the past.
Why you coming at me and Derek,
literally the peacekeepers in all of this?
It's just kind of fucked up.
JENNY: Johnny, I blame you for all this shit for me.
- BANANAS: I mean, you should. -"Um, I'm gonna pick you
because you are friends with Johnny."
Oh, right. Okay. People in this house are very two-faced.
LAUREL: The fake friendships last
- for a second. And then they implode. - BANANAS: Yep.
- LAUREL: They always do. - The friendships
- on that side of the house are-are like a spray tan. - Are fake.
They look good for a while, and then they fade away.
Surprise, surprise. Not surprised.
I've decided that I am getting
a target tattoo. It is definitely
a direct hit
on a certain alliance they feel is in the house.
I feel really bad that that went down
and I just fucking lost Kaycee.
You know? We lost Devin. So I'm like, "Fuck."
We literally lost two of the four core members
of our alliance in one night.
JOSH: Me and Tori have had
a good friendship outside of this game
and inside of this game.
So she's somebody that I'm going to look after.
But I came into this game with strong friendships
with Johnny and Rachel.
And to know that now the game's individual,
I can play with those friendships.
Rachel's obviously not playing with me.
I don't feel like we took the first shot.
I feel like they did.
Josh is definitely being pulled
in all of the directions.
He has too many friends.
And a lot of his friends are fighting,
and he's caught in the middle of it.
The vacation alliance...
Literally, like, they're headed
- to vacation right now. - I know.
- [laughing] - We're in hell.
- All right, buddy. - I love you.
I love you, too. Now, let's not come
in last place tomorrow.
♪ ♪
[flatulence]
- Ugh, I hate you! - [laughter]
Fucking disgusting!
CARA MARIA: For the pride of Era One,
how did you feel when you were the only person?
RACHEL: Back's against the wall. Everybody's coming for you.
It was like, "No, the joke's on y'all."
- You know? - Yeah.
The Rachel that I knew--
not big fan
of Johnny, at all.
Which is wild to see Rachel over on that side.
I know she's gonna play
whatever game she's gonna play,
and I support that 100%.
But...
I think Rachel's with Johnny for game
but nothing beyond that.
Very, uh, very hard path
but a very legendary one, I must say.
And you, for once, have not had to play that role.
Do you know how much my mind has blown?
But with me not constantly having to be in my shell
- and, like, knives out at everybody... - Yeah.
...like, "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you,"
like, I've actually been able to be more me.
- Yeah. - Which has been huge for me.
My real life outside of The Challenge,
I've been working hard on my photography.
I've learned a lot.
I still have that-that dog in me
that will come out when she needs to.
But I also can have a little bit of fun, and...
maybe that gym that I've been talking about
all these Challenge seasons
will finally start to happen.
- I still say don't trust anybody, but... - Yeah.
This has just allowed me the grace
- to just be me. - Yeah.
♪
The game has split for me.
Where I stand is very clear,
and it's not over there.
I am okay with whatever needs to be done for our unit.
JORDAN: With Bananas, the longer
- he's in the game, the more momentum he gets. - Mm-hmm.
- MICHELE: Yeah. - JORDAN: Bananas has went through
an entire era of riding his reputation
to finals.
So it's only fitting
that in Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras,
that he'd have to fight just a little bit.
I'm gonna try and lay as low as I possibly can
in the bushes...
and let them all look at Johnny Bananas.
MICHELE: Him and Laurel,
that's two heads of a snake.
And it's-- I don't even think
it's Laurel that's the head.
I think he's the head.
♪ Bananas' Angels. ♪
JORDAN: Yeah.
And you cut that, and it--
everybody's game falls apart.
- I think so. - MICHELE: Devin leaving has left me
really vulnerable and exposed.
- DEVIN: Goodbye. - I knew that, by being with him,
his people would protect me as well.
But now, really, for guys, I only have
Kyland and somewhat Josh.
So I'm feeling like
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.
- RYAN: I'm proud of both of us. - DEREK: Yeah.
Way more challenging of a season than we had
- the last time. - [laughs]
Like-like, so many ups and downs.
- Yeah. This one is a... - Been a fucking roller coaster.
...roller coaster, but I'm glad that we've stayed true.
Emotions are high right now.
I am a target going into an individual game
with Ryan, who's my best friend, as a target,
and Bananas, who's one of the strongest people in this game.
I'm kind of worried, just because I've used my team
and my relationships on the other eras
as my way to skate.
But now that it's individual,
all eyes are gonna be on me.
I just need to give my 100%
and kick ass in these challenges
and make sure that I do not lose,
because I don't want to go into the sand.
I need to be in this final,
and I'm almost there.
Maybe it's a kitten heel challenge.
- A runway challenge. - [laughs]
You win. You have youth on your side with the death drops.
Whatever happens,
I feel at peace.
♪ ♪
AVIV: I need to do well in this challenge.
Winning today
is going to keep me safe.
I'm a target.
With Rachel and Jenny,
we are all aligned.
And there could potentially be a way that we can help each other.
I'm a great competitor.
I have it inside me.
It may have been sort of in a resting place
for the past two decades,
but I'm gonna leave it all out there
and do my best.
♪ ♪
TJ: All right, everyone,
welcome to your next challenge on this season
of The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras.
Whoo!
TJ: We got a hot, windy day
out here to do the damn thing, but we are going
to get it done.
This season of The Challenge
started off with 40 legends
separated into four distinct eras.
Your fate is now fully in your hands.
But hopefully people you're riding with
still have your back,
because you still represent your era.
But make no mistake about it, this is an individual game.
Only one man and one woman
are gonna claim the title
of Challenge champion, taking home
their share of $1 million.
Whoo!
- Not bad. - JORDAN: This is huge.
In the last year,
I've become a professional race car driver.
It's an absolute dream come true.
Little Jordan always wanted to race.
And honestly, goes hand in hand with The Challenge,
because the amount of adrenaline dumps
we go through in a single day of The challenge is
equivalent to getting prepared and getting in the car.
At the last elimination, Kyland
and Tori got to select three male
and three female targets.
Kyland, you chose Rachel, Aviv and Jenny.
Tori, you chose Bananas, Derek and Ryan.
From here on out,
every elimination is a single elimination.
It's either gonna be a male or a female elimination day.
And I'm gonna flip a coin right now to tell you
- what's going on. - Woo-hoo. - Wow.
Females are the eagles,
males are the bucks. You ready?
JENNY: Please, TJ,
say it's a boys' day.
Please give me
this one shred of hope.
It's either gonna be a male or female elimination day.
And it is buck, so it is men's elimination day.
- All right, ladies. - Woo-hoo.
[laughing]: Yes.
Finally.
Finally, a fucking break.
See you never.
Congrats, ladies.
TJ: So, Bananas, Derek and Ryan,
you are all on the line.
All right.
Like, this is
the worst-case scenario
because I could end up going
to elimination
against my best friend
or Bananas,
the only person in this house
that got my feathers riled up.
I have to win this.
Women, you're not all the way off the hook, though.
If you lose, you'll be penalized at the next challenge.
- Ooh. - Okay, okay. - TJ: You don't want to lose.
Today's challenge is called Fire Away.
In that field out there is a giant trebuchet.
At the far end of the field is
a station with your name on it.
When I say go, I'll launch those balls out into the field.
You will then run as fast
as you can and gather
two balls at a time.
Start filling that cylinder next to your name.
Once you get that tube
all the way filled, solve the puzzle,
and you're good.
First male and female to get this done
will win today's challenge,
be at the head of the table in the Chamber.
They will decide which male target
will be facing off with our loser.
If there's a stalemate, then the opposite sex
- is gonna be the tiebreaker. - Oh.
So the woman is gonna decide.
Good luck, everyone.
DEREK: This is right up my alley.
I can run. I'm fast.
I just want to
prove myself and show everybody
that I can compete with the big dogs.
BANANAS: I don't have a team
I could blame losing on anymore,
which kind of sucks because I had fun doing that.
'Cause it was never my fault that we lost.
AVIV: The last-place female
is gonna have a penalty,
so I definitely don't want that disadvantage.
Strategy is, move quickly.
It's hot out. But want to make sure
that we get our guys back.
RYAN: If I do poorly
today, I only have myself to blame.
I got to hustle this little ass of mine,
but I'm pretty familiar with balls and tubes,
so I think I should be good.
TJ: Ready?
[air horn blows]
[Aviv yelling]
Incoming!
Fuck.
MICHELE: So hot. It's so fucking hot.
It's a mad dash.
This is definitely
a new version of hell.
We have to run back and forth
15 times to collect all of these balls.
I wouldn't even take a leisurely stroll
in Central Park in this weather.
This is the type of weather
where you hide inside in the air-conditioning, and
maybe you'll grocery-shop tomorrow,
but definitely not something that you compete in.
JOSH: Sorry.
JOSH: Michele, Cara Maria,
Jenny and Tori.
These girls are flying, and for the guys,
Johnny and Derek are right next to me.
But honestly, the one person that I am
really locked in on
is Jordan.
The guy does triathlons for fun.
But all I know is that I cannot get last today because
the last-place guy is going straight into elimination.
[buzzer sounds]
Wrong one.
- Wrong one. - LAUREL: You can't get 'em out.
- RYAN: Shit. - LAUREL: You fucked up.
RYAN: Okay.
What are the chances
that I deposit my first two balls
in Laurel's canister?!
Are you kidding me right now? What the fuck?
- [buzzer sounds] - What, did I put my balls in Jordan's?
I put my balls in his. Can I get 'em back?
[TJ laughs]
This challenge is going to come down
to the wire, so,
if Jordan wins this, not only did I help him win,
but if he wins this, it's going
to put even a bigger target on him from the other guys,
being like, "Dude,
"how did this guy do so well at this challenge?
Do I really want to run against him in a final? No."
- Jordan, I put my balls in yours on accident. - Got it.
When it gets hot and when
you get tired, you make little mistakes.
Sorry, buddy.
AVIV: Good job, Rach.
RACHEL: Thanks, Aviv. You, too.
AVIV: I'm a runner, but
these are not optimal conditions for an endurance run.
We are fucking gassed, and I'm not
even an eighth of the way done with this challenge.
People are just falling
apart right now.
DEREK: Doing this challenge kind of showed how
all of us are gonna be competing in this kind of heat.
That indicates what a final's gonna be like.
There are some people like Theo,
who's a runner, who is, like,
dying and gassing out.
As long as there's a couple
of people that I know that I can beat,
I'm good in this game.
JORDAN: Attaboy, Derek! [grunts]
Good?
TJ: Go, Kyland!
[mutters]
KYLAND: Oh.
[laughs] Dummy.
Bitches.
- Whoo! - [air horn blows]
Jordan wins. Great job, Jordan.
Thank you, sir.
For as much as I didn't want to get blood on my hands,
the first challenge that we switched to individual,
and it is a guys' day,
I have to be a part
of probably the biggest blood spill of the season.
The game has started.
- [buzzer sounds] - Fuck.
Fuck.
TJ: Good job, Ryan. Well done.
- Finish it up. - [panting]: Thank you.
- KYLAND: There you go. - TJ: Good job.
- [grunting] - JORDAN: There you go, Tor!
TORI: I'm starting to see
the heat kind of wear on people.
Cara's pace has drastically slowed.
Jenny is full-blown walking right now.
It is a very taxing challenge today.
I'm just doing my best to just keep moving
because once I stop, I don't think I'm gonna get back up.
[panting]
- MICHELE: Oh, fuck me. - KYLAND: Let's go, Michele.
TJ: Good job, Nehemiah. Let's go! Finish the drill!
- TORI: Check? - [air horn blows]
TJ: Tori wins.
BANANAS: You lucky motherfucker.
Tori and Jordan come out victorious.
Tori has already made it very clear that she is
now working against me.
But I'm really curious to see
where Jordan's at so I can clarify
where everyone's playing right now.
Either way, this is not good for me.
TJ: You got to go!
Last place is going in.
This is anybody's game.
Okay. Okay.
- TJ: Ryan, nah, nah. - Oh.
AVIV: Ryan doesn't realize
that there's actually a picture
of the number 40
on the puzzle, and he basically
puts a puzzle together upside down.
And all you could see is black.
I mean, I don't even understand what the chances are of one
not falling out
and flipping over at this point.
I mean, Ryan, I'm so sorry, babe.
Not your day.
Okay, Tori.
[panting]
[panting]: Check.
This is not my ideal day.
Yeah, we're running around, we're grabbing balls,
but not the kind that I like to pick up.
[laughs]
Hopefully, I find a stroke of luck, and someone else stalls
long enough for me to stay out of last place.
CORY: Check.
NIA: Who does puzzles, Cory?
JENNY: Check.
THEO: Check.
- LAUREL: Check, check. I'm done. - RACHEL: Check.
Check.
- Check. Fuck. - TJ: Man or woman,
you do not want to get last.
Nia, Michele, Olivia, let's go!
Ryan, only one more person to beat. Last place is going in.
DEREK: My heart sinks
because this is going to come down to me and Ryan.
That's my best friend, and if a target is a loser,
only two of us plead on why they shouldn't
go in against the loser.
The pressure's on.
That math ain't mathing.
DEREK: If I lose this,
I'm going automatically into an elimination.
Not only does Jordan win, but Tori wins.
Because she had to go against her best friend,
I'm just sitting there thinking, like,
she's gonna come for payback and make me and Ryan
go against each other,
and I don't want that.
So I have to not come in last place.
Check.
[air horn blows]
TJ: All right, Derek, you are correct.
Ryan, it says the number 40 on it.
Huh? What?
TJ: Puzzle says 40.
He's last anyway.
[exclaims]
TJ: No one else left.
RYAN: This is beyond devastating.
I literally was running through hell,
only to be foiled by a puzzle
that I didn't see the number 40
on the opposite side.
♪ ♪
Am I missing a piece?
No.
My brain is nonexistent.
And I'm worried that I may have pushed myself
a little bit too hard on the run,
and now I'm suffering the consequences.
Dude, I can't see at all.
I've never looked at a puzzle piece before
and not seen the image,
but I can't think straight.
I feel like I'm dying right now.
This can go here.
OLIVIA: Check.
- [air horn blows] - Whoo!
TJ: All right, Nia, Michele, let's go.
This is it.
This is for last. Let's go.
NIA: I'm like, "Nia, just focus on yourself."
I'm trying to keep my composure, and I feel like
she's a beast in this game.
She can handle a penalty.
I certainly cannot afford to have one on my end.
Check. Check, check, check.
[air horn blows]
MICHELE: I'm done? I'm the last?
- [air horn blows] - Well done.
Wow. Out in a puzzle. Poetic.
I feel really lightheaded.
Think I'm gonna pass out.
I'm calm. I'm calm.
Oh, my God.
How hot is it out?
My hands are going numb.
OLIVIA: Yeah, it's your-your adrenaline.
- My hands are going numb. - It's your adrenaline.
OLIVIA: Okay, I need water.
MEDIC: Breathe normally.
Try to relax.
MICHELE: So dramatic. It's embarrassing.
OLIVIA: It's okay. You can cry. It's your, it's your,
it's just your endorphins. You can cry. It's okay.
MEDIC: Michele...
OLIVIA: What is happening? This is my best friend.
To see her in this much pain
or this much distress is so concerning.
MICHELE: I'm never gonna win that.
It doesn't matter how much I work out.
I've never... [sniffles]
I've never played a sport in my life.
Like, I came here, like, for this...
Like, to have fun, do the social game,
and, like, I just am never gonna be those girls.
- I know. - So I'm like, why?
[stammers] If, like, if it's not tomorrow,
it will be the next girls' day.
I definitely am struggling to find reasons
to stay in this game right now.
I feel like, with Devin leaving, that was a really big hit
to my "why" to be in here.
Now I find myself going down
from heatstroke, which makes me feel like
maybe I'm not capable to compete at this level.
I believe in you,
and a lot of people here believe in you,
or they wouldn't align with you...
And honestly, if it's me and you...
...I'm happy with that.
Well.
Fine. I'll kiki it a little longer with you.
Okay. [laughs]
Michele finally gets her sanity,
and thank God. I do not need her to leave this game
'cause I need her.
And our alliance with Nia
is looking a little fragile right now.
The LOLs are definitely an alliance.
And we are officially
Ladies of Leisure.
We like to vacation, vacation, go on yachts, buy purses.
I don't know how powerful this alliance is,
but somehow, we still like to compete
and get down and dirty.
- I love you. - I love you.
♪ ♪
Great job, everyone.
Hot out there. No one gave up.
Loved it.
Michele, how you feeling?
Uh... [laughs]
Well, I see like about three of you,
but other than that,
I'm fantastic.
Who wouldn't want to see three of you, you know?
Very sweet.
Unfortunately, you lost
today's challenge for the women,
so I'll see you next challenge
and you'll be getting a penalty, all right?
Now, as for the men,
Ryan, you lost today's challenge,
so I'll be seeing you in the Arena no matter what.
The winners of today's challenge were Jordan and Tori.
Congratulations.
So, Jordan and Tori,
you will be at the head of the table in the Chamber
when Bananas and Derek plead their case to you
as to why they should not be sent into the Arena
to go against Ryan.
Get out of here, everyone.
Thank you.
TORI: I'm happy to be in a position
of power right now, knowing
that I'm the person that picked these three guys as targets
and one of them is for sure going in,
either which way, I'm going to be getting somebody
who probably would have said my name out of this game.
So it is a win-win for me regardless.
BANANAS: I'm not gonna go into this Chamber and plead.
I'm gonna go into the Chamber and dare her to send me in
and almost guarantee that I come back
and take an absolute dump
on her game.
Would you say you're a ball-breaker today?
I would say I'm a ball-breaker. [chuckles]
Hell hath no fury like a banana scorned.
♪ Go ♪
♪
[grunts]
[laughs] Yeah!
How good was that?
Good job.
♪ Go. ♪
This was, like, the worst-case scenario.
NIA: This would be painful to watch.
OLIVIA: 100%.
Derek and I came in solid besties,
and I want one of us to have a fighting chance in this game.
This is like the most depressing moment
in my Challenge career right now.
♪ ♪
DEREK: Although Ryan and I have talked
about going in against each other
and just being friends
and trying to see who can best the other one,
I don't want to send my best friend home or vice versa.
Like, if we can get Bananas out, you know, I'm-I'm here for it.
If I had to go into elimination,
I would be able to exact
immediate revenge
on the remnants of the vacation alliance.
So I'm looking at this more from a strategic play.
Off to a good start. [chuckles]
Off to a good start.
JORDAN: All right. [clears throat]
Let's get this party started.
TORI: Should we start with you, Ryan?
RYAN: Um, I learned a lot
about myself today when I compete
that it's the details that I often lose track of.
I'm so sorry that you're both in this position.
I've loved competing on team green
up until it turned individual.
Johnny, you've had my back. We had a hiccup.
We're human.
Derek, you're my best friend in the game.
I don't want to go against Derek.
Call me an underdog, call me whatever you want,
but I know that I have a lot oomph in this tank,
and I want to win to prove to myself
that I'm a competitor.
Never wanted to come down to this.
We've kind of, like,
talked about this being worst-case scenario.
I haven't talked game with you or anything at all
this entire time, you know,
so it's not it to do it now.
Never said your name.
I agree lines were drawn in the sand.
Not by me.
Your friend Devin drew the lines in the sand.
Okay? So...
I began doing whatever I could to undermine his game.
Whatever transpired between Michele
and myself and him was simply for me to be like,
"Do not fall into this guy's trap
and do not let him turn you against me."
And I feel like that's exactly what he did with you...
...throughout this game and prior to him leaving,
because the move you made last night,
I don't think was in the best interest for your game.
I think that was in the best interest of his game.
That was a way for him to have a parting shot
before he left.
And I feel like what it kind of did
caused some interference now between you and I.
I don't believe he is shadowing my opinion of you.
I believe that you are dictating your opinion of you to me.
Our friendship was completely out of the picture
because you were so focused on getting Devin out of the game.
And my thing was-- hear me out--
I know that you want to, like...
No, I'm just, I'm just trying...
I'm just trying to make sense of this
because I didn't send you guys in.
You guys lost.
TORI: You were going up to Michele
and telling her that you need to be careful with Devin.
- Yes. - Yeah, but that's fucked up, Johnny.
No, it's not. I talked about it as game.
I said, "You need to be careful with him,
because he is going to try and turn you against me."
- And then, I also heard-- - Which is exactly what he did.
I think most people come into this Chamber
with, like, hope.
I hope I don't get fucking chosen.
I'm coming in here with the "I wish" creed,
which is, I wish a motherfucker would.
Because if I go in,
the chances of me coming back are pretty fucking good.
No offense.
You've played with me before,
and you've seen how dangerous of an adversary I can be.
I'm gonna have all the power then.
JORDAN: This right here is exactly why
I do not hop in the drama of The Challenge.
All right?
Tori's upset because Bananas hopped
into Michele and Devin's relationship.
So no matter which way I look, I literally see
nothing but drama mamas all the way around.
The crazy thing about the twist that TJ's thrown in there
is that, ultimately, I can blame it all on Tori.
She controls a guy's fate,
so I'm just gonna blame it all on her.
Bananas and I are still gonna be boys
'cause I'm gonna go at this thing like, "Hey, man,
I couldn't control her. Who can?"
- Thank you for your time. - Thank you.
JORDAN: Thank y'all.
I know.
Throughout Johnny's entire career,
the more time he has in a house, the stronger he gets.
- Mm-hmm. - That's a smart move.
You take the shots that you can,
because anything can happen in the elimination.
TORI: There's layers to this decision.
I, at one point in time,
had a very good friendship with Bananas.
If he wins, he can make it tough.
But we're pretty fucking tough ourselves.
TORI: If I do put in Bananas,
this is going to be detrimental to our friendship.
But at the same time, I feel like he needs
to take accountability for the things that he's done.
If you don't take this swing, it's 100% not gonna happen.
Yeah.
CORY: I mean, so are you saying right now you're kind of
at a stalemate, or you think you're both gonna agree?
JORDAN: I told her, "Take a night.
- Yeah. -"Really think about
- each one of those roads and play it out." - JOSH: Yeah.
- CORY: Yep. - JOSH: Yeah.
If it's me, you know, I'm-a come back mad.
JOSH: I think that Bananas kind of sees it coming,
and if I know anything about him,
it's that he's not gonna take this well.
And if Bananas does come back,
the man is going to raise hell.
If she's going to make this move, she better buckle up,
because I know it's just gonna come her way
when he's back in this house.
CARA MARIA: Spill all the tea.
I want to know what happened in there.
BANANAS: In all honesty, Ryan's in a spot.
You either go against your best friend...
- Or... Yeah. - ...or fucking me.
CARA MARIA: Tori is, like, taking over
my position since I've been gone, and...
now her and Johnny
are duking it out, so, I mean, have at it, you guys.
I've always been in that position.
Still am.
I was just like, "Tori," I'm like,
"what you did makes no sense.
For when it-- in-in, as it relates to me."
In all honesty, I'm torn.
You never want to go in because you know it's gonna be...
but part of me wants to go in, so I told her,
I was like, "You know what I'm capable of doing."
Tori really has put herself in quite a box.
You're either gonna put two best friends against each other,
or you are gonna put arguably the most dangerous,
petty, vindictive prick that has ever graced
the Challenge landscape in.
And, uh, I don't know if you want to see
what's gonna happen if that's the case.
I was like, "Uh, do you-- are you sure you want
this fucking smoke?" So...
♪ Let me kiss myself ♪
♪ With my ego ♪
♪ Let me kiss myself, myself ♪
♪ Tell the truth, let me kiss myself ♪
♪ Oh, no, ain't no way, never think about it ♪
♪ I'm a 20 on the skeleton, ain't got to touch my body ♪
♪ Making it a habit I'm about action on they head ♪
♪ Like got me pull up in the photo, better duck ♪
♪ I be here with my ego... ♪
Does anyone besides Tori want a drink?
Sir, he-- she would like a glass of my bathwater, on the rocks.
NIA: We got to figure out
how we can get our girl to take the shot.
And make sure she knows that it's beneficial to her.
And this is a game, and he has played it for 20 fucking years.
And he would do the same and he's made bold, cold moves, too.
Maybe 18 years ago,
I would have been a lot more nervous to go against
somebody like Bananas, but...
I am so focused and so clear.
I feel like Bananas is all bark and I'm all heart.
So if Bananas sends me home,
I want him to have some war wounds.
RYAN: Yeah.
RYAN: It's an easy one... Right.
BANANAS: I don't necessarily
have all that great of a...
alliance/relationship with Nia.
In addition to the fact that Nia's probably not
gonna be winning a challenge,
she's also connected to Jordan.
And anyone connected to Jordan
is not connected to me.
It's annoying to watch,
but she's playing a pretty good social game
up to this point.
If I go into elimination
and if I win,
I get to pick targets,
and I might put Nia up as a target.
She's connected to Kyland, who I am not connected with,
and I know they're coming for me.
And we're just gonna see, uh,
who has more bullets in the chamber.
- NIA [laughs]: Yeah. - You know?
THEO: Oh, I got a mojito as well, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, it's for us and a mojito for our other friend.
- RACHEL: Is this a Johnny's Angels' meeting? - I love men for that.
- BANANAS: Yes. - This is...
- Do sit down. [laughs] - Johnny's Angels.
AVIV: Over time, when you're living in a house with people
and you find those few people that you trust, if you're lucky,
you know, you just get closer.
And Rachel, Jenny, Laurel,
Johnny and myself,
we've been a close group from day one.
That's where our strength lies.
CARA MARIA: Johnny's trying to make a big thing about
who's floaters in this house.
And I'm like, "Oh, I guess I'm not an Angel."
Oh, no. [chuckles]
Honestly, I wouldn't even call them Johnny's Angels.
I'd call them Rachel the CEO,
and then Johnny and his Girls.
[laughs] So...
Oh, shucks.
[sighs]
TORI: Bananas made himself
a decent amount of enemies in this game.
He also found himself a decent amount of protectors.
And Rachel is the epitome of, like,
this boss-ass bitch, like, no one can touch her,
like, she's just a badass, so it is interesting
that, I think, like, she's labeling herself
as a potential Angel.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
I have mixed feelings about
working with Rachel,
but I am a female in this game.
I'm never gonna be able to make her a target
and I'm never gonna be able to throw her into elimination.
So what I'm gonna do with Rachel is
keep an open line of communication,
and with Bananas as an enemy,
maybe I do need her as an ally.
Yeah.
Tori, at this point, has
the game in her palm...
RACHEL: ...and working with Tori
is like working with Jordan.
You kind of take them as a team.
TORI: If I won The Challenge,
I would definitely invest in myself and my business.
As a female entrepreneur, I have been writing books.
So, I'm an author of two books right now,
currently working on my third.
And to be here now, ten seasons later, as a champion,
playing against some of the greatest in the game,
like Laurel and Cara, it's just
an honor to be here, and I want to prove to myself
that I am as good as some of the females
on the Challenge Mount Rushmore.
I had preplanned who I was gonna pick from each era,
- and then was very... - Yeah.
...kind of blindsided last second of, like,
"How am I gonna go about this?"
Especially after what I experienced yesterday,
- like, gong against Kaycee... - Yeah.
...that, like, truly broke me.
So I don't necessarily want to put you in that position.
At first, I was working with Laurel and Aviv and everybody
on my era, but as soon as this became an individual game,
I don't seem like I'm a priority to all of those girls anymore.
So, if me talking to Tori is gonna be the way to keep me
out of this elimination against Ryan, I have to do it.
If I were to not put you in, is there a possibility that,
like, you could save me from being a target
the first time that you had the chance?
- Yes. - I really don't like
to have to talk to people like this.
I feel like I'm begging.
But right now, all I have is Ryan
and Olivia that I know for sure have my back.
And then, maybe, our little ladies of leisure,
Michele and Nia.
I need numbers in this game,
so if Tori can work with me, I'm all for it.
TORI: Like, Bananas
is the other person up,
and this is a very difficult decision for me to make
because he is somebody who I've been friends with
for a really, really, really, really long time.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
OLIVIA: Johnny thinks
you are not gonna do it.
I truly feel like what he did to Devin is fucked up.
- DEVIN: It is. - And I'm pissed.
People who actively come for your people
need to feel the repercussions.
And, like, that's the case right now.
I'm not so focused on what's gonna happen tonight.
I'm more focused on moving forward with you.
Knowing that you have
three guys in there who would have
your back, I don't want you to feel like,
- fuck, I'm down a guy now. - Mm-hmm.
I would like you to feel like you just swapped out.
- Yep. Yeah. - Whatever happens.
If I do something big, something that does benefit your game,
I want to know that you guys will
still all want to ride with me.
Hey, whatever you choose, I'm with you.
JOSH: Same.
I don't think anyone's opposed to it.
Yes, I support you.
I think it's her time to take her shot against Bananas.
Get revenge for Kaycee.
'Cause I fucking miss her
and I miss Devin already.
TORI: I feel that.
JORDAN: Tori is handling this power very well.
I'm watching her get all of these young,
strong men to pledge their allegiance to her.
It's absolutely brilliant because they want
someone to go for the goat.
Who am I to stand in the way of fate?
♪ ♪
[laughs]
Come out, Nana man.
It's time for some bad news.
I was just packing my stuff.
[laughs]
I have a bunch of--
You guys want hangers?
- Derek? - No, no,
we're not looking for Derek. Um...
I know you're gonna be mad at me.
I just feel like
I'm doing right by Devin,
to...
toss you into elimination.
BANANAS: Say that one more time.
I'm doing right by Devin.
So you're playing Devin's game?
- No, no, no. - Yep, Tori, you are.
I feel like Devin's game was my game.
I know that you were just playing a game
and doing things to kind of fuck up his game.
Operation "Make Devin Go Crazy."
It may be stupid, but this goes back to one
of the reasons why I wanted to play.
I wanted to be a better friend to people.
And I feel like I'm...
I feel like I'm doing that right now.
I believe what you're doing is,
again, trying to justify an unjustifiable decision.
If we're friends, Tori, and if you're my friend,
then when he said he was going
to come after me and try and take me
out of the game...
where were you as a friend to be like, "Devin,
"that's probably not smart. You probably shouldn't do that.
Like, why don't we just work together?"
He was sitting back playing an innocent game,
and somehow I just came out of the woodwork
and tried to make his fucking life miserable.
And if that's the narrative you want to continue to run with,
and if that's the narrative you need
to justify your decision, then so be it.
I'm ready to either fucking
- get to living or get to dying. - Mm-hmm.
So buckle up, young lady.
- All right, Nana man, it's on. - All right.
As sad as I am to see
Ryan in an elimination--
he's one of my really good friends--
you know, I'm excited to see Johnny's attitude
about the game and changing the game
and making moves.
This is a win because
whoever wins this elimination tonight,
whether it's Johnny or Ryan,
they're not gonna be putting the targets back on me.
BANANAS: Now, Jordan, just so you know,
this decision's on you, too.
- This ain't just her. Okay. - I know. I know.
You're gonna have to pick a side, too, my friend.
Just because Johnny Bananas has played this game for a long time
does not mean he plays it maturely.
You're gonna have to either choose to protect her
and to ride with her to the end or the girls on this side.
JORDAN: Because of this game, Johnny can only nominate
female targets, so what are you gonna do to me?
I just have to let him peacock for just a little bit, and then
we'll be fine, you know?
Be strumming that guitar, howling at the moon
before the end of the day.
You can't have her back, Olivia and Michele's back...
- I know. - Nia's back, but then also have
Rachel's back, Laurel's back, and Aviv's back.
I've chosen my side.
It's fucking obvious where I'm rolling.
It's time for probably you to do the same thing.
If Ryan could somehow beat Bananas,
I think that that would completely
change the course of this whole competition.
This is a big shot, and I'm all for it
because I think we need some bold moves made.
And the bolder the move,
the closer that I get to winning this game.
♪
[cheering, clamoring]
Oh, my God.
This is fun.
TJ: Welcome back to the Arena here in beautiful Vietnam,
on this season of The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras.
- Let's go, baby! - [cheering, clamoring]
At the last challenge, our winners, Tori and Jordan,
you earned the head of the table in the Chamber.
Ryan, since you were the male loser,
you were sent straight into the Arena.
- Come on down. - [cheering, clamoring]
Okay, he's got hops, he's got hops.
All right, so let's get you an opponent.
Bananas, Derek, because you did not win the last challenge,
you had to enter the Chamber and plead your case
with Jordan and Tori as to why you should not be sent in.
Tori, the woman ultimately has the final say
in a male elimination.
Who's it gonna be?
You know, I was just in the sand
last week and I went up against
one of my greatest friends in the game,
so it would have been really awful to put
Derek against Ryan tonight...
Oh, so you just changed your tune.
Why don't you use that excuse earlier?
Not only that, this person here
has actively tried
to mess with one of my friend's games.
And out of respect for him and him not being here,
I'm throwing in Bananas.
DEVIN: Eat my ass, Bananas.
TJ: All right, Bananas.
Come on down.
Wow. I did it again.
I'm literally just, like,
dodging bullets left and right, but I can't
have Ryan go home right now.
I know Ryan's a fighter.
And I know that he's gonna give it his all.
And I know that Ryan's going to come out of this with a win.
As you two know, I love everything
with handlebars and wheels.
If you look good, you feel good.
If you feel good, you ride good.
If you ride good, you live good.
So that is exactly what you're gonna be doing tonight
as you play Killer Quads.
[cheering, clamoring]
Look at those things, huh?
Yeah. Just as big.
To begin, you two are gonna
start on your own quads on opposite ends of the track.
And when I say go, your goal is to race up
as fast as you can, trying to catch up to your opponent
and rip the ribbon off their four-wheeler.
First one to do this two out of three times
will win tonight's elimination and stay in the game.
- Good luck. - Let's go.
[cheering, clamoring]
DEREK: I've lived in New York City 25 years.
I drive when I go visit my mom in Jersey.
But, like, I don't drive on the regular.
But this looks just fun.
And I feel like I can be a little boy out there
and just fucking chase Johnny like a little demon.
Let's send him home, 'cause you know what?
He's got other things to do. I need to be here.
I do have a lot of experience in eliminations.
I have experience on quads.
I also have a lot of experience playing Mario Kart.
You look like Princess Peach.
When Ryan's behind me, I'm gonna strategically
drop banana peels to make him spin out.
So I think I might have a leg up on the competition.
But one way or another, there's gonna be some fireworks tonight.
Gentlemen, start your engines.
[engines rev]
- Go! - [shouting, clamoring]
Uh-oh. Come on, Ryan!
I'm rooting for Ryan.
He is definitely the underdog.
And he is someone that keeps me sane.
Go, Ryan, go!
So I need him to stay safe.
And you know, Johnny, honestly, like, you got to go.
My strategy is to not take the turns too sharp.
Every time I turn, I'm shooting out
a little bit further that way.
I could get the most amount of speed
down the straightaway because if not, you're gonna get buried.
Yeah, Ryan, go! Come on, Ryan!
Oh, my God! [laughing]
I don't really have, like, enough time to strategize.
MICHELE: Pretty even. Pretty even.
My strategy is to keep going.
[shouting, clamoring]
[cheering continues]
[shouting, clamoring]
Ryan, come on!
If there's one thing anyone could take out of this
is always look at where you're going.
Especially on children's quad bikes going four miles per hour.
Oh!
Go, go, go, Ryan!
[air horn blows]
OLIVIA: It's okay.
THEO: Look where you're going, boys.
JOSH: Good job, Johnny!
Wow, I just took a shot at Bananas for this?
Ugh.
Sorry.
TORI: If Bananas comes back in from this elimination,
my ass is about to be a target.
Bananas gets the first one.
Ryan, you can't crash into the hay bale.
You have to win this next one,
or you're going home.
All right, lesson learned.
I need to keep my head in the game.
Like, get it together, Ryan.
Like, get your shit together.
It's go time.
Come on, boys!
- TJ: All right. - [shouting, clamoring]
- Come on now. - Ready, set, go!
TORI: Come on, Ryan!
- Come on, there you go! - There you go.
[whooping]
There it is.
Get him, Ryan!
I think Ryan's having a very similar experience as I am.
When everybody looks at the group as a whole,
they see me and him as sort of the weakest links.
I feel like that's making
Ryan feel a little bit dejected.
And he needs to have faith in himself that he can
get through this game and be a beast.
I feel much safer with Ryan coming back
than Bananas because I feel pretty sure that Bananas
will not only nominate me, but nominate my friends as well.
[cheering, shouting]
- TORI: Go! - Come on.
Ryan caught him.
But it's more entertaining than sitting in the house
and talking to these people.
Johnny's neck is on the line. I know Johnny.
I could trust him with my life. There's no question there.
And I know 100% that my name will not be called.
I've not felt this at all since I've been here.
So, fingers crossed that he's got this one
because we need this.
Slow and steady!
- Good job, Ryan. Come on, Ryan. - That's it.
Come on, Ryan. Come on.
Nice!
Uh-oh, go, go, go.
ALL: Go, go, go!
Go!
Ryan caught him. Come on, Ry.
- There you go. - Good job, Ryan. Come on, Ryan!
Come on, Ryan!
I never thought I would end up in a position
where I felt Ryan this close behind me.
He finds a different gear, hits a nitrous button,
and makes up a tremendous amount of ground on me.
- [shouting, clamoring] - Come on, Ryan!
Hurry, Ryan! Come on!
Come on! Come on!
I'd say about 98% of the people standing up
on the stage want Ryan to come back,
and it's not looking good for me.
Come on! Come on, Ryan!
[all shouting]
- Uh-oh. - ALL: Go, go, go!
Still in it.
The object of this game is basically just to have fun,
drive around on some quads, try to pull the flag.
This is an elimination that all of us wish we were in.
Any Mario Kart fans out there know.
No one's gonna beat me.
I hold a couple of world records online.
This would've been perfect for me.
I wish that I was down there right now.
[shouting, clamoring]
Are they done yet?
[cheering]
Ryan. Jesus Christ, Ryan.
THEO: Oh, I told you he was gonna spunk it.
Gonna get close and lose it.
Ryan hasn't really driven since 1999,
but I have faith that he's gonna figure it out.
Stay focused!
DEREK: And I know there's a lot of people,
even if they don't say it out loud,
who actually want Ryan to win this,
because that means Bananas is gonna go home.
It's okay. It's okay, you're still in it. Come on.
[whooping]
After winning seven times,
I asked myself, why keep coming back?
This season, I am playing for my dad.
My dad was here in 1966 as a teenager,
fighting for his country in the Vietnam War.
Eyes on the road.
My father served in the military from 1969 to 1971.
He jumped out of planes at 17 years old,
fighting for his life, fighting for his country.
When they came back from Vietnam, they didn't treat PTSD.
They didn't have medication. They didn't have therapy.
So my dad had a lot of pain.
- Watch where you're going. - Ryan, don't get too close.
- Go, go, go! - Get closer!
That's it. That's it.
I am such a mirror of my father.
I have battled with addiction the way my father did,
battled with my sexuality the way my father did.
And he's no longer with us, unfortunately.
But my dad's story was not finished.
And there's a reason for me to be here and represent
for him, and represent for myself.
[Bananas whooping]
BANANAS: No matter how old I get,
I could give a shit about what anybody else
says about me or thinks about me.
As long as I got my dad's approval,
that's all that matters.
No matter how many years go by, my dad will always be
the one who taught this little boy to fly.
RYAN: Here I come, motherfucker!
There you go.
[cheering, laughing]
THEO: Get closer, watch where you're going.
TORI: Go!
Oh, he's catching him.
- [contestants cheering] - Uh-oh!
BANANAS: Here I come!
[clamoring, shouting]
- Oh, my God. - Oh!
[air horn blows]
All right, Bananas got the second one. Well done.
- [applause] - [Bananas whoops]
[laughter]
- TJ: Well done, boys. - Thank you, Teej.
I'm really fucking bummed because I fought to stay here.
Had some bumps in the road with Bananas, with Laurel.
And I cleared the space.
I didn't leave with anyone on this season hating me.
And I didn't play a slimy game.
Like, I've never changed my character, or who I am.
Derek, take this home. Show them what you've got.
Represent for the gays.
- Good job, Bananas. - BANANAS: Good job.
Listen, dude, be proud of yourself.
- RYAN: Thank you. - This was a hard season.
Tori began to draw a line in the sand.
And I'm about to build a sand castle
between me and anyone on the other side.
You activated me. Congratulations.
Couldn't just let a sleeping dragon lay.
But now is when the game gets fun.
TJ: Win, lose, or draw,
that is how you have fun on The Challenge, huh?
- Hell yeah, dude. - So fun.
Can't believe that was an elimination.
And you know what, Ryan? You did really well
for someone who doesn't really ride four-wheelers at all,
aside from the first lap.
Well, just-- Can we edit that out?
You almost caught me. You almost caught me, dude.
I regretted, I regretted that real quick.
RYAN: Bananas, you're just a fucking dick.
You love yourself more than you love anyone else,
and that's very clear.
But I do kind of find you to be charming.
You're growing on me.
Just don't tell anyone.
TJ: Congratulations, Bananas.
[cheers and applause]
Hell of a season, dude.
Love you, buddy.
Era Two, baby.
So, Bananas, winning an elimination gives you power.
And I am fucking drunk with power right now, TJ.
[laughter]
TJ: Now, I'm gonna need you to select
three women to be the new targets.
Oh, this is gonna be fucking tough.
At this point, there is absolutely no possibility
of the problems between Tori and Johnny getting resolved.
Tori should not have
drawn a line in the sand.
Thus starts the war.
TJ: You can choose any three women you want,
- except for... - No.
...the winner of the challenge.
Ha-ha, motherfucker! Eat my dick!
Eat my dick, bitch! [laughs]
- Kiss my ass, bitch. - [laughter]
CARA MARIA: I've done enough Challenges to know
that winners are always safe, so I don't know on what planet
Johnny thinks that he's gonna be able to say Tori's name.
You're wrong. But I'm on the table,
and Johnny's already said my name before.
That is fucking bullshit, dude.
- Eat my dick, bitch. - Wow.
That is fucking bullshit.
[mock crying]
So, Bananas, three women to be our new targets
right here, right now.
BANANAS: The reason I'm down here
is because apparently we're still playing Devin's game,
even though he's no longer with us.
DEVIN: You're obsessed with me.
So, I'm gonna follow suit.
I was originally gonna go with Devin's main cult member,
which is Tori, but she's off the table,
so instead, I'm gonna have to go...
Sorry, Nia, but you.
Uh, I will have to pick Devin's pet snake, Olivia.
Oh, wow.
And his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend, Michele.
Damn.
- What the fuck? - [laughter]
That's fucked up.
You can call me that all day.
Show me the receipts, show me the facts.
I mean, right now, you're grasping at straws,
and it's embarrassing.
What a power move.
Those are my choices, so let's fucking go.
Damn, bro. Damn, what a power move.
I'm already disadvantaged.
Great, great move. Love that for you.
Yeah, me, too.
Now, why am I in it? [laughs]
And soon-to-be ex-girlfriend? What the fuck?
I knew what I signed up for when I put Bananas into elimination.
He wants to seek revenge.
But, you know, at the same time,
I'm not the only girl that he's made an enemy out of.
He also is an enemy of Michele's,
Olivia's, and Nia's, and their boyfriends.
So, yes, I've made an enemy out of one person in this game.
But Bananas has four girls
who now want him out of this game.
So even though he won the elimination,
he still has an uphill battle.
Nia, Olivia and Michele, you are now the new targets.
However, all of you need to start thinking about winning.
And even if you're not a target, do not come in last place
or else you're gonna be in the sand.
- Got it? - OTHERS: Got it.
All right, get out of here.
Leave it to Johnny to not sugarcoat anything
and make it very clear
that he obviously does not like these ladies.
No, fuck them for doing that, man.
That's such fucking bullshit.
JOSH: Now the house is just going to erupt
and it's going to be absolute madness
because Johnny is going to blow shit up.
You warned me he was going to hurt me.
The person who hurt me was you.
BANANAS: Well, I'm glad you did it
this fucking publicly.
TORI: You made it publicly.
You don't know anything about me.
Because if you did, you would know
that I'm not your friend anymore.
Because how you treat my friends.
At least everybody knows who I'm rocking with.
Nia, where do you think you stand on Jordan's list?
He's written my name on a grenade.
Pulled the pin, tossed it.
Don't act like you fucking know shit because you don't.
I've been taking fire this entire season!
NIA: How much truth is there to what you said yesterday?
100%.
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