* "MTV Theme" plays *
[Bananas] Oh, my fucking God.
[screams]
-[TJ] Put it in the first. -Fuck.
[Nurys] You guys just fucked that for her.
I'm yelling at you, motherfucker.
-Shut the fuck up. -Get your fucking hand off me.
What you should have done is just shut up.
[Lete] My choice is to get close with the vets.
[Will] If the love game finds me,
you know, there's nothing I can do about it.
* upbeat music *
[Deb] Bananas!
[CT] BTA, belt to ass.
[Bananas] I think everyone on the Orange team is aware
that that was a shitty situation,
but I went down into elimination,
showed up and showed out for Team Orange.
Hopefully, now, I won't need to see
the sand until a complete rotation of all the guys,
but we'll see. Only time will tell.
-But, dude, you killed it. -Thank you, brother.
That was super impressive, brother.
Appreciate it, man. Thank you, dude.
Needed that. I needed that one.
Now I just got
to figure out what I'm gonna do next, dude. Because of how
the captains now are picking,
I feel like
Deb's the only one that's gonna be fucking
basically on the block. If I was just to go
and just shit the bed on the next one...
-Well... -...it only affects her.
...you got a little bit of time to think about it.
I know I do, because it also depends on then
who the other team captains are.
If there's anyone that's gonna figure this out
in the time that's given, it's you.
-[laughs] All right. -[laughs] For real.
***
[Tori] Okay, I'm gonna make this super quick.
This game is gonna be played on the power of captains.
-Mm-hmm. -We're both captains this week.
You're captain on a girl week, I'm captain on a boys' week.
Obviously, you being a captain right now is not ideal,
but the next best way to protect yourself is to have...
-Right. -...female captains be people
that are on your side.
I am happy to transfer power
to a girl on my team
that would be willing to look out for you
if somehow
the power falls in your hands this week
-and you throw me a bone. -Right.
Chris picked me to be team captain with Adrienne.
Tori and Michele were two competitors that I really was
looking forward to working with,
and so I do have an opportunity still
to work with them. But, uh, I came into this game
with two preexisting relationships
in Anna Leigh and Reilly,
and I don't want to be in a position where
I have to send one of them in.
And I didn't want to be captain specifically this week
for that reason.
If you're worried about me even thinking about
throwing you in, I wasn't.
You weren't even on my radar, even close.
[Tori] Keanu is interesting.
I don't really know this guy, so the likelihood of me
having his back is slim, but I do
appreciate that he will not
throw me into elimination.
If this week, Orange team
did lose and a player had to get thrown into elimination,
I would obviously
take Michele off the table.
But between Izzy and Deb,
for me, it's kind of 50-50.
We'll see how it goes.
* upbeat music *
[Deb] Will and I
are disgustingly similar.
Like, we have a very similar sense of humor,
and I'm a sucker for a personality.
So far, that's really all I know about him.
[chuckles]
[Deb laughs]
* upbeat music *
[Josh] Why in the pool?
Who talked you into exfoliating your legs in the pool?
[Josh] Oh.
Bananas did.
[Bananas] You got to love her. Girl just literally starts
rubbing skin off in the pool,
and I'm loving every second of it.
I mean, she just walks to the beat
of a different drum.
She's completely different than all the other,
you know, girls in the house.
I mean, pretty much anyone who has ever been on The Challenge.
Well, I, Johnny Bananas,
I'm going to summit Mount Lete,
and hopefully plant a flag
when I get to the top, or the bottom.
* upbeat music *
[Cory] But you really do want kids, though?
[Izzy] Yeah.
Yeah?
I've wanted them for so long,
but I've not found the right person.
That's just it.
-Such an important piece. -Yeah.
Last season, I came into the game,
and obviously I met Rogan.
Straight away, we hit it off.
And this season, I want to come in for myself,
stay away from the guys.
I'm seen as this girl that kind of
just dates around, get with boys.
And I know I have so much more to me,
and winning this would just prove that
to myself and everyone else.
That's one thing I've learned and something that, like,
I'm continually...
That's not a word? "Continually"?
"Continuously."
"Continuously." You know, just,
you deal with those people for life, you know,
and I'm very lucky, because all of my kids,
their moms, like, they're amazing mothers.
-Mm. -You know,
without them, I probably couldn't be here,
you know? Like, it's hard to get away for two months.
-Yeah. -You know, most people
can't do these type of opportunities
because they have kids, you know?
-[Izzy] Takes the stress off. -[Cory] Takes the stress off.
-Yeah. -Mm-hmm.
[Nelson] Cory and Izzy's situation, man.
Coming into this environment, not knowing
what your relationship status is
with your loved one back at home is hard.
But, Cory, you're 30-some years old, dude.
This girl's 26.
You have three beautiful daughters at home.
You're an amazing father. Respect
your baby mama.
* upbeat music *
[Chris] I think that, last night,
Sydney and my decision to...
to nominate Adrienne
and Keanu as the next team captains,
my impression
was that you were pissed.
[Sydney] In a split decision where we didn't
put a lot of thought into if we had to choose captains,
putting the rook as, you know, the captain on the girls' day
is gonna ruffle the least amount of feathers
-within the team, right? -[Keanu] And that's fine, guys.
I don't have a problem with being captain.
[Sydney] And-- But that's exactly why we're like,
"It's not a big deal."
[Keanu] Thinking strategically,
it makes more sense for one of us
to be captain on a guys' week.
-Every guy was thinking that. -Duh.
[Leo] Why does it make more sense, though?
What makes it more beneficial for you, as a rookie,
who's never done this before,
and we all have, to be a captain that third
-or fourth day? -It's not about me being
a rookie, Leo. It's about thinking strategically.
-So what are we doing here? -But that's not answering
the question. How does that make you a better fit?
Because I feel like I would owe, uh,
Anna Leigh and all these other people favors,
and I don't want to feel like I do.
Oh, then what? Is Anna Leigh rocking gray all of a sudden?
I don't understand.
At this point of the game,
there can be a benefit in strategizing
with the other team, because if they have
more say when it pertains
to keeping you in or out the sand.
However, when it comes to the final,
Blue isn't gonna give my ass 500,000.
Working with your team
is very crucial this season because
we are all we got.
[Chris] The reality is,
everyone has connections outside of this team.
But the only thing that's keeping,
like, me safe, you safe,
you safe, you safe,
is you, you, you, you, me.
Right now, this is what all of us
have to understand.
We are the alliance.
-Mm-hmm. Yeah. -[Sydney] Yes.
-[Adrienne] Yeah. -Like, this is
the only thing that keeps us safe.
[Sydney] Yeah, 100%.
* upbeat music *
[exclaiming]
[Cara Maria] Oh, no, no, no.
[Bananas] Oh, my fucking God.
Welcome to your next challenge here on Cutthroat
in beautiful Thailand.
[cheering]
[TJ] I really hope that everyone
has been bonding with their teams, and you've been listening
-to what I've been saying. -There we go.
[TJ] Because, tonight, you are definitely
gonna need it as you play
If You Know, You Know.
[group exclaiming]
Fifty floors above
the bustling Bangkok streets
is a giant platform. On that platform
are four bays.
Each bay has a trapdoor.
One person will be in the mystery box, and
I'm gonna ask the mystery box some questions.
And they're gonna have to answer
yes or no.
Red is no,
green is yes.
Then I'm gonna ask
everybody else, the guessers,
to write down their answer
on the whiteboard as to who
is in the mystery box.
If you guess wrong, your trapdoor will open.
Fuck.
And it's see you later, alligator.
-[laughter] -That's, uh...
[sighs] I'm gonna pass out.
I have been
pushed out of an airplane for a final.
I have fallen every which way imaginable,
and I can't explain the level of fear.
I'm freaking out.
This game is gonna be played
in six heats,
two for each team.
Questions must be answered truthfully. Also,
you have to stay silent.
Making any sounds or noises
will get you disqualified.
There cannot be any noise at all,
because even if someone sniffles, if someone coughs,
we might be able to tell who it is.
[TJ] Good luck to everybody.
-Let's get it done. -[cheering]
* upbeat music *
[TJ] All right, mystery box, first question.
Would people say you are hotheaded
or that you start drama?
Answer is no.
[Cory] Would people think
that I start drama?
Probably yes, so my team should know I'm off the table.
[Cassidy] Are they hotheaded? Thinking it could be
either Cory, Nurys or Chris.
Have you ever won
a pole wrestle?
The answer is yes.
Hmm.
[TJ] Have you competed in more
than three Challenges
or Challenge spin-offs?
No.
[Adrienne] I know that that is only
Chris,
Cassidy and Leo,
but I know that Leo's never done pole wrestling.
And I also know that Cassidy
has never done a pole wrestle, because I'm a nosy bitch,
and I ask a lot of questions.
[TJ] Have you competed in a final?
The answer is yes.
Go ahead and write your answers.
***
[Cory] My boy
Chris "Quarterback" Underwood.
Let it down
and keep me safe, baby.
So let's see how you did.
Everyone guessed correctly.
[screams]
Oh, fuck me.
[laughs]
Yes!
-Whoo! -[screams]
[cheers]
Team Gray!
[TJ] Mystery box, would people
consider you to be good at math?
The mystery box said no.
[Lete] CT saying that he's bad at math.
I was like, "That's not true."
That man is good at math.
There's a little sus energy going on.
Would people consider you to be good
at eating challenges?
The mystery box
said yes.
Go ahead and write your answers.
The answer was...
...CT.
-Oh, let's go! -Oh, fuck yeah!
Let's fucking go, baby!
[yells]
[laughs]
[Cara Maria whimpering]
[exhales] Oh... [exhaling]
I understand we can't make noise,
but I cannot catch my breath.
It is immense
terror.
[whimpering]
I'm a land animal.
Sea level, okay? And no matter how
terrified I am, no matter
what I say, I do it.
I don't know why this is affecting me
as hard as it is, but I'm doing it.
[TJ] Remember, stay silent.
[breathing heavily]
[Josh] I can hear panting and it sounds like Cara Maria.
[imitates whimpering]
I'm thinking that I got stuck with, like, the Single-A vets
instead of, like, the MLB vets.
[exhaling sharply]
* tense music *
Oh, God.
[TJ] All right. Normally,
this is where I ask the questions.
[exhales sharply]
However,
one of you
has been making way too much noise.
So, Blue team, you are
disqualified for this heat.
You already know
how I feel about cheating.
[Josh] You've done 16 seasons, you're team captain,
and you're sitting here like you're a rookie who's never done
any of this before. What the hell is going on?
We got to figure out a way to do this.
***
[Anna Leigh] I feel a cool breeze,
and, all of a sudden, I feel a cough coming on.
[coughs]
* dramatic music *
[coughs]
[Anna Leigh] Lord, have mercy.
Please. Please, help me.
[sniffles]
[clears throat]
All right, now, normally,
I'd be asking the mystery box
the questions, but there was too much noise.
So, Blue team, you're disqualified.
* tense music *
How do y'all not know how to listen to rules?
-[Reilly] I didn't do anything. -Somebody was talking.
Well, yeah, no shit, bro. We're aware of that part.
But why?
-I wasn't talking. -[Reilly] Who said something?
-I never said a single word. -[Nelson] I'm asking.
[Anna Leigh] The only thing running in my head
is who the hell said something?
Do you know who it is? 'Cause you're looking at them,
and if you don't know it's them, then we should figure out
-who the fuck it is. -You don't need to cuss at me.
Watch your fucking mouth.
Don't tell me to watch my fucking mouth, Nelly.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Why you keep pointing at me?
Shut the fuck up.
The fuck is wrong with you, bro?
You need to chill the fuck out.
You don't know who you're yelling at, bro.
You. I'm fucking yelling at you, motherfucker.
I want you to stop fucking getting in my face
right now before this gets worse.
-You don't scare me. -This is a girls' week.
I'm not trying to fucking scare you.
Can you guys focus on us for a second?
I'm trying to get you out of my face.
Man.
[Reilly] On my life, I said nothing,
made no noise. Did not breathe.
[Josh] Well, clearly y'all did, because y'all got disqualified,
and so did, so did we.
I'm sitting there, like... stop moving.
So nobody said a word?
Every other team is competent
and knows what the fuck's going on except for us.
Why are you looking at me?
I didn't do anything. I don't even... [scoffs]
It's a girls' day. Do you think that I am going to
sit here and, "Yes, I would like to cheat,
and I would like to make noise
so I can go on the chopping block."
Like, what are you guys genuinely thinking?
I was breathing heavy. Maybe it was, maybe it was me.
And you didn't say anything else?
[TJ] First question.
Would people consider you
to be a good social player?
The mystery box
said yes.
Do you consider yourself
to be a good swimmer?
The answer is no.
Are you currently in a relationship?
* There's a gun to my head, are you gonna get it right? *
[TJ] Have you competed in more than
three finals?
Have you competed in more than ten
Challenges or Challenge spin-offs?
Have you ever played a sport
for a college or university?
Go ahead and write your answers.
* All the mystery *
All right, let's see what the answer is.
Deb.
* There's a clock in my head *
* Is it wrong, is it right? *
Nurys.
* I know you're scared of running out of time *
[screams] Whoo.
* But I'm afraid, too *
[screams]
[laughs]
Let's see how you did.
-[screams] -[yells]
* And it's been so long *
-[screams] -[laughs] Yes.
Congratulations, Sydney.
Yeah!
Good job, Deb!
What the fuck?
[laughs] That was awesome.
* All the mystery *
Congratulations, Gray team.
Two weeks in a row, absolutely killing it.
You win the challenge tonight.
-Well done. -You're lying.
-You are the only team... -What?
...safe from elimination.
[cheering]
* upbeat music *
Wait, how?
-All right. -Wait, let him speak.
Blue team,
you got disqualified.
Unfortunately, you made some noise.
You were out.
Orange team,
you came up with a code.
* dramatic music *
Everybody and their mom knows
-that CT's good at math. -What?
Compared to who, an eighth grader?
[TJ] Since you were told that your answers
had to be factually correct,
that was stupid.
Wow.
So, you also
are disqualified.
[Deb] Who cheated?
Mm... how?
He said everybody knows CT is good at math.
And I said, "Everyone? Really?"
Everyone knows he's good at puzzles.
Puzzles and math are different. You don't know that.
[TJ] So, we got to get a second place team.
-[laughs] -What?
Since it is a female elimination week,
lady captains, you're going up there...
No.
[TJ] ...and you're gonna have
a sudden death trivia.
-Oh! -[TJ] Lady captains,
let's do it.
[Tori] We tried to avoid this the first time.
We came up with a code. We outsmarted it.
And now, here I am,
back on this trapdoor.
[groans] This day couldn't get any worse.
[Cara Maria] At this point, I've gotten
every bit of terror out of me.
I'm ready, and I'm just gonna
Fucking do it.
Name the four
foulmouthed children
from South Park.
[gasps]
Cartman. Kenny.
Eric.
And Butters?
[screams]
[laughs]
That is incorrect.
Who was it?
It was Kyle, Cartman, Stan and Kenny.
-You got it. -Yeah!
Dang.
[Josh] Good job, Cara.
I went back out. I faced my fears.
But I also feel horrible.
I just feel horrible. Like, I'm-I'm supposed to be
a captain, I'm supposed to be a vet. And I just feel like
I let my team down, even though we came in second.
I'm sure they would have rather come in last, honestly,
because it would have put me on the table
for elimination.
[TJ] Congratulations.
The Gray team,
two weeks in a row.
Well done.
[cheering]
[TJ] Now, as the winners,
the captains,
Adrienne and Keanu, you are gonna be
making the matchup at the Arena,
ultimately,
who is gonna be battling it out to stay in the game.
You can choose any of the Orange women,
including the captains.
And you get to choose
one of the two nominees
for the Blue squad.
Josh and Cara Maria
are gonna have to select one woman
to send into the Arena,
and then the rest of you are gonna have to select the other
put up for nomination to be considered
by our team captains of the winning team.
All right?
Good luck, everybody. Get out of here.
* upbeat music *
Cara not going in, that leaves me, Reilly
and Anna Leigh up for possible elimination.
Doesn't make sense for me to go in
because Cedric went home,
and what if we need to lift big things
or have a big body?
Anna Leigh did do a great job
on the run through Bangkok,
and she was the first one to get the puzzle,
so she has shown her cards in there.
And Reilly hasn't
gotten the chance to show anything yet.
So who should go in?
It's a tough call.
***
How do you feel about, like, purposefully
being on, like,
the block this week?
If I could figure out a way to manufacture...
...you being on there with Lete
and being able to throw Lete in,
would that make you feel more comfortable?
If I can get
the Blue team to get Lete nominated
and put Lete in an elimination
versus Izzy,
that's only a win-win.
No matter who goes home,
it's gonna be great for the Gray team.
Ideally, I would want Izzy to go into an elimination
because she came in top eight on the run,
and she's a far better competitor than Deb.
If you fully believe that Adrienne's gonna be
with you and...
not throw me in, then...
Well, I mean, it's... Even if she were to, like,
stalemate me, it's not 100% her decision, so...
I need to talk to Josh,
'cause I have no idea how he's feeling, either.
I feel like I'm a sitting duck, and I felt like
I was a sitting duck from the get-go.
I knew this was not gonna be an easy season for me,
so I've got to step up my politicking.
[Josh] The other part of me is,
okay, if I give Keanu what he wants, like,
and we throw Lete in there...
-Mm-hmm. -...I would think
99 out of 100 times, she'd probably beat Deb
in whatever the fuck it is. So it's almost, like,
a guaranteed win, and she'll come back to us.
And you got more numbers.
I got more numbers.
I'll be honest, like, we're not really that bothered
about him getting what he wants because
he's not built a relationship with any of our team.
So, ultimately, if you do Reilly
and Anna Leigh, we're not bothered.
Like, we-we don't want to give him what he wants.
-Yeah. -Because that's
-a number for him, then. -Right.
Honestly...
-[Anna Leigh] Hey, y'all. -Hey.
-Can I come talk to you guys? -Yeah.
-You spoke to Keanu already? -[Anna Leigh] Yeah.
[Adrienne] He's actually not actually directly
had this conversation with me,
which is actually really annoying,
because the fact that he's actually still
coming to you and talking about Izzy is, like...
No, no, he didn't say that. I'm just assuming.
Why would you assume that Izzy
would even be on the table, then?
I wouldn't. I'm just assuming that you're
best friends with her, so out of that group...
Why would it be a concern when I'm a captain?
-It's not. -It's very sus.
I'm trying to figure out what the, what the plan is?
So that you're aware, and he's aware
that that is definitely not happening.
If he tries to even stalemate me,
I will throw a challenge next week.
* dramatic music *
This season's called Cutthroat,
and if he thinks it's a smart move
to throw my friend into that Arena,
guess what? The next day
is boys' day, bitch. And if you try
and do that, then...
[sighs] "Oh, my God, I'm broken that day.
I can't compete."
Oh, well. Bye, Keanu.
He's not stupid, Anna Leigh.
Today, he's really proven
how he's trying to play the game,
in his sense.
And I'll tell him that to his face.
***
I do want to talk to you about captains.
-Okay. -Because, regardless,
I'm gonna have to transfer captain.
-Yeah. -Like, are you okay?
[Deb] I'm happy to be captain.
I just don't want to get caught in a cycle
of constantly being going into elimination.
-I understand. -That's my,
-that's my only fear. -Yeah.
I mean, I would love,
like, some sort of protection,
like, on girls' day, but also, like...
Yeah, right.
...we're gonna, we're gonna win,
-so it'll be fine. -We're gonna win. Yeah.
-You're Deb Chubb. -Mm-hmm.
You're fucking Deb Chubb.
Deb Chubb.
[chanting] Deb Chubb. Deb Chubb. Deb Chubb.
I love this song.
-Deb Chubb. -[laughs]
[Lete] I was in the WWE.
-[Cara Maria] You were? -Yeah.
It was wild. It was gnarly.
How long did you do it for?
I was there for like a year and a half.
A year and a half wrestling?
A year and a half.
How old were you when you did it?
-I was 25. -How many years ago?
-You were 25? -Twenty-five and 26.
-How old are you now? -I'm 29.
I feel like I'd be a good manager.
-Yeah. Same. -I like the look of a wrestler.
-Same. -But I don't want to be
in the ring remembering shit.
[Lete] People really don't know
what kind of box to fit me in,
and I think people don't know
what kind of box necessarily to fit Cara in,
because she's so quirky and different,
and she's unapologetically herself,
which is something that I can relate to.
And I think that's something that we can bond on.
I had so much fun while I was there.
What was your name? What was your wrestling name?
Stella Lilly.
[Cara Maria] Stella Lilly.
[Lete] And I was an influencer
that thought I was better than everybody.
-Oh. -So then,
when I was there, like, people
who didn't know me well, like, literally thought
I thought I was better than them.
-But it was my character. -Yeah.
So I was, like, losing touch with reality.
-It's a very hard industry. -It was deep. It was deep.
Lete is like a box of chocolates.
You really, truly never know what you're gonna get.
We've got WWE experience.
She was Miss Indiana.
She's done jiujitsu.
What can't Lete do?
Thankfully, she's on our team,
because she is just built like an absolute
destroyer of dreams.
-Now, it's all-- -This is my sport.
This is a sport, girl. You a athlete.
-I learned it. I learned it. -You a athlete.
I learned it when I was 20.
* upbeat music *
[Keanu] How you feeling? Where you at?
Yeah, I'm good. I just want to address, like,
a couple things that I'm, like, hearing in the room now.
I don't know Keanu from Bob next door.
I don't know what
he's capable of.
He's running around this house
trying to make deals with everybody
left, right and center
and tell everybody else
but you're cocaptain.
That isn't a great team player.
You're trying to make deals, then.
-Maybe I'm making... -I'm not trying to.
I'm-I'm saying I was, I've been up-front
-with all parties involved. -No, but you have
because you're trying to save Anna Leigh.
-So, which is understandable. -No, I, no, I...
No, it's not about saving Anna Leigh.
I can save Anna Leigh no matter what. If she's on there,
-I have the power to save her. -But you can't save both her
-and Reilly. -Right, right. Okay, yes.
Yeah. So it's still the same concept.
You can't, like, you know, you know exactly what I mean.
***
Everyone on our team is super close to Orange.
-I'm closer to people on Blue. -Mm-hmm.
So, like, I'm trying to figure out
how I can use the only bargaining chip I have
to try and keep my connections in this game strong.
I'm gonna be very direct. I know fine well yesterday
that you were saying that you were looking to put Izzy in.
That's not true.
I wasn't aware that Izzy is Adrienne's best friend,
so it's probably gonna be Deb.
We've already managed to get rid of somebody
from Blue team, if we manage to get rid of someone
from Orange team as well,
Team Gray is gonna be sitting nice and pretty.
Once I found out she was your number one,
then it was, like, clear as day.
-Yeah. -I was like, "Okay, it's Deb
versus Lete if I have the option to choose that."
Yeah. I think my thing is just
that you're speaking to everybody else
before speaking to me.
And I think, for me, I just want to make sure
that we're on the-the same page,
that there isn't gonna be any fucking blindsidedness,
or there's not gonna be
-tension between our team. -There's not.
As are you, I'm direct.
I'd rather come and have it out, us speak openly and squash it,
-get it done and that's it. -Yeah.
* fast, exciting music *
So, I realize it's gonna come down to the men's voting.
So, is there, is there talks that you guys have had?
We obviously know
that you're one of the strongest girls in the house.
We got Lete.
She's, like, six-foot.
She's tall. She's a swimmer.
Then we got Anna Leigh.
I saw her run.
We saw her do a puzzle
like she was captain for a reason.
Now, Reilly? [inhales sharply]
Uh...
She's just there right now.
I could go list all my accolades...
-No, it doesn't matter... -...tell you all of the things,
but it makes sense to put Reilly and Anna in.
I'm not putting you in. I'm not saying your name.
When it comes to the guys' day, you know,
-I expect it'd go both ways. -Mm-hmm.
And I will defend you.
* slow, suspenseful music *
Now that we're all here, so, like,
everybody as a collective unit needs to just, like,
figure out a way to get it together.
We could have won that challenge.
You guys all would have been safe.
-Yeah. -You know? And-and it had
nothing to do with athleticism or whatever.
It's just, like, that is the stuff
that we need to take advantage of in this game,
because if we don't, we're gonna dwindle very quickly.
Both heats were DQ'd,
and here we are.
I think I figured out what it was. I think it was me.
And the second that I throat-cleared, like,
it would have seemed like I was cheating, but I...
Regardless, like, I'm sick.
I could not have controlled that.
-So, I apologize. -[Lete] You didn't
-own up to it. -All we were...
-I didn't know. -So, at first, we didn't know
-what was happening. -I didn't know
it was the coughing, Lete.
But when we were up there, you were talking like,
"It wasn't me, it wasn't me."
Who said something? I never said a single word.
Well, I wasn't... I gen... I genuinely believed it wasn't.
Okay, can you let me talk if I just let you talk?
You're manipulating the timeline to make yourself sound better.
No, I'm not. I'm not manipulating anything.
You're manipulating the conversation
and trying to turn it into something that's not there.
Let's go to another thing.
Cara, let's be honest, man.
Everyone thought it, about it on the team.
They felt like you DQ'd on purpose.
They felt like, when you went up there
the first time, you were traumatized,
you were going through a lot,
and then I think you panicked, you DQ'd,
but when you went out there the second time on the platform,
you were calm, you were comfortable, you were laughing.
On what planet would it, would it do me a f-favor
to fucking DQ on purpose
to get rid of someone on our team?
You don't understand. I was fucking terrified.
That's not okay. We all fucking want to be here.
This is my first time. I've been wanting to go on this show
for fucking ten years, and I'm here
because I'm passionate about every fucking thing that I do.
-Okay, then cry-- -I'm not fucking crying.
I'm not crying. I'm talking like a normal,
-honest human being. -Okay!
[Cara Maria] I wish I could brag
and say, "Yes, absolutely.
I did bad on purpose so that I could DQ my team."
[chuckles] No, I was actually that fucking terrified.
The energy is just not right with this team, I'll be honest.
You know, we just got to make it work.
[Lete] You kept saying that you're gonna go in,
you were gonna go in for the elimination.
-Yeah, if-- -And then when push
comes to shove, you're not even up for elimination.
I think that's what they're referring to.
What do you want me to do about it?
Do the right thing and nominate yourself.
-[Lete] Oh, my gosh. -Be a leader.
-Fuck you, Johnny. -[echoing] Be a leader.
[Lete] I guess Bananas is kind of like a barnacle
that grows on you.
It's also like Stockholm syndrome,
where you kind of fall for your captor.
-Whoa, watch out. -[laughter]
[Cara Maria] Get the hell out of here.
Easy, there.
* fast, tense music *
[Reilly] Strategically, it makes more sense to put
someone in there who has a greater chance of coming back.
Why not put our strongest soldier down there,
knowing they're gonna come back?
Anna Leigh's gonna vote Lete,
that's a given, I'm gonna vote Lete,
that's a given.
I just need three votes.
Brad, you've been doing this for a long time.
You know, we're fresh at this, but if I know anything,
I know numbers, I know strategy.
Give ourselves and our team the best shot of coming back
and not losing another player.
It doesn't matter how tall and strong someone is,
if we lose another player, that weakens us.
* tense, suspenseful music *
-[Deb] CT. -[CT] Hey.
[Deb] Can you just quickly go through every single strategy
of every single elimination there's ever been, please?
-Okay, well, I'll say this. -Just go through them.
[CT] Obviously, you're athletic. You're scrappy, right?
You're balls to the wall. That's great.
[Deb] I'm worried if it's Anna Leigh, though.
I feel more confident with Reilly.
[CT] Honestly, I would
put my money on you comp...
uh, going up against either one of them.
-Mm-hmm. -I really mean it.
* tense, pulsing music *
[TJ] It's time for nominations.
All right, Blue team.
You're gonna nominate two players
for possible elimination.
One will come from the captains--
Cara and Josh--
the other will come from the rest of you having a vote.
Put those two names up on the board.
I'll get the answers at the Arena.
See you there.
[Josh] We don't want to be in this position.
We're just essentially trying to make
the best decision for the team currently,
and that's how we kind of came to our consensus.
Unfortunately, Reilly, I think, from us,
our nomination is for you.
[Reilly] Out of curiosity,
what was the deciding factor for you?
I based it off of, and we based it off of,
essentially, what we know right now.
Why risk somebody like Lete
and throw in her willingly
-without a vote from the team? -Why risk, why risk
-someone like me? -[Josh] I'm talking physically.
[Reilly] Right. To me, it feels like I'm almost disposable
because I didn't get a chance to prove myself.
-You're not disposable. -You're not.
[Cara Maria] None of you are disposable.
I think we have the strongest group
of women out of any other team.
I really believe in every single one of you guys.
I mean, I hope it works out, then.
I'm so pissed,
I could, like, rip someone's face off right now.
I guess I haven't proven myself. I'm just not seven feet tall.
So... I didn't know there was a height and weight requirement
to be of value on the Blue team.
[Josh] Sorry, that's how it happened,
but that's all we basically got to say on it.
So, we'll let you guys decide who else
you guys want to vote in, all right?
* tense, suspenseful music *
[Anna Leigh] So, now obviously,
-it's just team vote, right? -Yeah.
So we're gonna have to...
do our best to plead our case?
[Lete] I haven't shown
my strength yet, but I do feel like
I can be up there with some of the men in this house,
when it comes to strength.
I feel like I've done my part in proving what I can offer.
[Nelson] I'm gonna pick Anna Leigh because,
in my eyes,
Keanu's not gonna throw you in
'cause that's your friend. This is a social game.
My vote is also for you, Anna Leigh. I'm sorry.
My vote's for Lete.
And then my vote is for you, Anna Leigh.
My vote's for Lete.
I mean, y'all don't want to lose me.
[Reilly] We don't want to lose anybody,
but at the end of the day, it's still,
like, you are going in-into it gambling
losing one of us, so it feels like shit.
Let's just get it over with.
[Anna Leigh] Keanu is
the captain on the Gray team.
We're good friends outside of this game, but I also know
that he's friends with her, too.
It's The Challenge, so you truly never know.
I've got to prepare like it's me going in.
[sniffles]
[groans]
This place rocks. [sniffles]
* tense, dramatic music *
[TJ] Welcome back to the Arena for your next elimination
on this season of Cutthroat.
[whooping]
Gray team,
absolutely killing it, two weeks in a row.
Well done. Blue team,
the second-place team, you had to choose two players
to put up for elimination.
So, come on out.
-[Cara Maria] Let's go, girls. -[Lete] Oh, yeah!
-[applause] -[Lete] Let's go, Blue!
* tense, suspenseful music *
[TJ] Now, the Orange team,
all of the girls are in trouble, including the captain.
[applause]
[whooping]
I know this game.
[TJ] Adrienne, Keanu,
as the captains of the winning team,
you are gonna be making tonight's selection.
So, let's start with the Blue team.
Which one of these women do you want to keep down here
to play in the sand?
* pulsing, suspenseful music *
Uh, TJ, this is a really hard decision.
Uh, I'm friends with both of these girls
outside of this game,
uh, but we've elected to have Reilly
-participate in the elimination. -[Cara Maria] Let's go, Reilly.
-Go Reilly. -Go Reilly.
[Keanu] Not what I originally wanted,
but Anna Leigh's my number one,
and I need to be looking out for my game.
I do hope Reilly makes it out, but...
there's nothing I can do from here on out.
Who's she gonna be taking on?
We have chosen to pick Deb from the Orange team.
Sorry.
-[TJ] All right. Deb? -[Bananas] Yeah, Deb.
Stand down here with me, the rest of you,
-head up to the top. -[applause]
* slow, suspenseful music *
***
Tonight's game is called Line 'Em Up.
As you can see, there are two giant ramps here
with five lanes.
There's also four different-colored balls.
Your goal tonight is to take these balls one at a time
and line up four perfectly colored lanes.
You see that black ball?
That's to sabotage your opponent's progress.
-[Adrienne gasps] -[Bananas] Ooh.
[TJ] So, use it wisely.
-[gasps] -The first person
to get four perfectly matching lanes
will win tonight's elimination and stay in the game.
All right? Good luck.
You ready?
-Go! -[Izzy] Go to the middle!
-[Cara Maria] Middle purple! -Yeah, that's it right there!
And then move it over to the next purple.
-[Michele] Four to five. -[Izzy] Perfect.
-[Michele] Four to five. -[CT] Go, go, go!
[Deb] I am feeling good about my chances against Reilly.
Puzzles and I do well. I think the biggest thing for me
is that I'm going to have to just remember to stay calm
and not get frazzled because I can do puzzles if I focus,
so I know I can do this.
[Bananas] Red on red! Red on red!
[Chris] There you go. There you go.
[Reilly] I have to prove myself. I came in here as a rookie.
I'm not as big and strong as the other ones.
It's just what I have to do. I need to prove
that I am an asset to my team.
I have to prove to other people that
I'm not some wimpy little rookie that's gonna,
you know, follow that rookie curse and leave early.
I want to win and earn
my spot in this house and earn my spot to the final.
***
-Four to one. -[shushes]
Four to one.
You're gonna do that twice, okay?
The next two yellow, go on to one.
Okay, let her cook, let her cook.
[Will] Again, again! Go!
[Michele] Until you reach those purples,
you're gonna put all of those threes in two.
[Cara Maria] There's certain eliminations
where all you have to be is the motor
and the rest of the house can be the brain
and tell you exactly what to do.
Reilly's absolutely crushing it.
She is listening to directions,
she's moving and she's moving fast.
And Deb does look a little more chaotic on Orange's side.
Purple ball, first lane.
-Yes, Deb. -[CT] Two, five.
Two goes to five, two goes to five.
-[cheering] -[applause]
[Justin] There you go.
[CT] Four, two! Four, two!
-Four, two! -[CT] Four!
-[CT] Four! Four! -[Michele] To two.
[Deb] We numbered the lanes, "two to three, three to four,
five to one."
This is honestly a good opportunity
to show my team what I'm capable of
and that I'm not gonna fumble under pressure.
[CT] Yeah. That should do it.
[gasping]
[Deb] Holy shit.
Why?
[CT] Oh, no, no, no! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
-[Will] Hurry up. -[Bananas] Don't roll it down.
[Will] Don't roll it. Don't roll it.
Don't roll it. It's fine, it's fine. You're good.
[Deb] I'm thinking, "Be strong, you can do it,
you're here for a reason, it's amazing.
You're gonna prove everyone wrong.
You're hot, you're funny."
And I really like Thailand,
and I really like flirting with Will,
so I want to stay. [chuckles]
***
-Four. Sorry, I'm sorry. -One! Four to one!
[Will] It's so funny because
me and Deb are like two peas in a pod.
Realistically, we're the same damn person.
It's kind of scary.
Things are, uh, heating up pretty quick here,
uh, with Deb, so, uh,
you might want to win this elimination.
[CT] Black, sabotage, her one.
Yes, yes. There you go. Yeah, Debbie!
-Let's go! -[CT] Deb,
she takes the black ball out early
and puts it on top of Reilly's pile
because she doesn't want Reilly to know that you can put
the black ball anywhere, and it's gonna slow her down.
So, no harm, no foul,
because if Reilly throws a ball on her,
it's no big deal.
-[Tori] Nice job. Nice job. -[Michele] There you go.
-[Brad] Nice work, Reilly. -[Tori] Let's go, Deb!
-You got this! -[Brad] Nice work.
-[Will] Yes, yes, yes, yes. -[CT] Keep it up, Deb!
[Michele] You got this, baby girl. Keep going.
[Justin] You're doing amazing.
[Keanu] Good job! Good job, Rei! Let's go!
[Reilly] When I did Big Brother, I was a baby.
I was very naive, I played emotional, I was crying.
And I have been replaying that
in my head for the past two and a half years.
And I have not slept right since that experience
because I just know that I should have done better.
I'm excited to prove to myself that
I am capable of doing things like this, and I deserve
-a seat at the table. -[Anna Leigh] Yeah, Reilly.
[panting]
[CT] You got to move. You got to move, Deb.
[Tori] Deb, you got to hustle.
[overlapping shouting]
* slow, tense music *
I'm so exhausted.
-[panting] -[muffled shouting]
My team is screaming at me.
-Deb, you gotta go! -Deb, get the ball!
-[Cara Maria] Yes, Reilly! -[Nelson] She's got a good pace.
She's doing it. She's got it now.
[panting]
[Will] Deb, just go!
-*** -[Michele] Go!
[Will] Reilly's ahead,
and, you know, I'm kind of getting a little worried.
Blue's already down in the dumps,
and it would be tremendous work if we could get another one out.
[Lete] Reilly! Sabotage!
-[Leo] There's that black ball. -[CT] Deb, wait!
Wait, wait. Wait for the sabotage.
[drink can pops]
[slurping]
I got to take a breather.
[exhales]
All right, I'm ready now.
[Will] She's just got to keep moving. Keep moving,
keep moving.
* I'm a big girl looking for angels *
* You're giving me brain cells *
* I sing in the shower *
* But it's not enough... *
[Josh] Good job! Keep up the pace!
Let's go, Blue! You are...
-Good job, Rei! -Good job, Reilly, good job.
I do think it would be beneficial for Deb to go home
because I want Orange to lose a member.
I mean, they are,
I think, our closest competitors at this point.
The Blue team is down one. If the Orange team is down one,
that gives the Gray team the advantage,
and we can use all the help we can get going forward.
***
[Cara Maria] Reilly, purple! Purple to the green!
[Josh] No! Reilly, no!
-No! No! -[Cara Maria] Yes!
[Nurys] That's not right.
You guys just fucked that for her.
-I fucked it up? -No, no, no,
you guys fucked that for her.
[Keanu] Let's go, Rei. Hey, keep pushing.
I thought I had the lead.
I thought I was losing her.
Ugh. That had to be the worst feeling in the world.
I am genuinely fighting for my life.
* It's not enough *
[cheering]
* It's not enough *
***
[chanting]
[Bananas] Last one!
[air horn blows]
[cheering]
Fuck, dude.
* slow, dramatic music *
[Nelson] She was winning, bro. She-she was...
-[Lete] She was winning. -I love y'all,
but y'all fucked her up.
Just wondering, people,
if she had one voice, one person,
would she have won that elimination?
Josh, Cara,
what you should have done is just shut up
and let her play the game.
I thought she was so far behind.
[Chris] No, it was pretty evenly paced.
[Cara Maria] What happened?
I feel like I'm the reason. It's my fault.
Like, what else could go wrong?
Like, I feel like I should be walking out of here right now.
Like, I feel so bad, dude.
[panting] Fuck me.
[sighs] So that sucks.
[Deb] You did so good.
You did, too. Good job.
-It was really fucking hard. -[sniffles]
[Nelson speaks indistinctly]
[Deb] Oh, my gosh.
[panting] That was, I think, the hardest thing I've ever done.
I don't know if I'm gonna throw up or poop.
I did it. I have done something I didn't think I could do.
So it just makes me so excited
to go back and see what's in store.
Well, Reilly, unfortunately this ends your time here for now,
but I really hope we see you in the future.
-Thank you. -Take care.
-Good job, Reilly. -Good job, Reilly.
-Keep your head up, Reilly. -You're amazing, I love you,
-I love you. -[Reilly] Feeling defeated.
I came into it wanting to prove
what I was made of, and, you know, I thought I had
this one in the bag. I think I just lost it at the end.
You know, I think I'm meant to make it further than this.
I'm disappointed.
And hopefully, next time around, I will get to...
try again and, uh, hopefully make it past,
you know, this point in the game and...
and be a future Challenge champ. That's the goal.
[TJ] Now is the best time of night.
It's time for you to choose the new captains.
Gray team.
-We're gonna go with Cory. -[TJ] Adrienne.
-The gorgeous Nurys. -All right.
Blue team.
Big Brad.
-[TJ] And Cara. -Lete.
[TJ] All right, Lete.
Next up.
I'm gonna give it to the rookie of the year: Deb Chubb.
-Whoo! -Yay!
-[TJ] And CT. -Johnny Bananas.
Oh!
[TJ] All right, captains.
I'll see everyone at the next challenge.
Get some sleep. You're gonna need it.
-[excited chatter] -[applause]
[Brad] We lost two challenges,
we lost two players.
This is a horrible start.
We really need to do everything we possibly can.
If we don't turn this around,
our team is literally gonna get destroyed.
* pulsing electronic music *
-[Cory] Do one of these. -[Izzy laughs]
-Do one of these... -[Nelson] Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey.
* upbeat, quirky music *
-Bro, shut... -[Izzy laughs]
[Justin] Oh, the Challenge house has a great way
of letting people come out of their shell,
or their "love shell," they would say.
You've got Deb and Will starting to get a little bit close.
You've got Adrienne and Josh getting a little close.
But I don't think anybody
was expecting this.
[Lete] So I got a note.
[Anna Leigh] Yes. What does it say?
[Lete] "Follow the petals to find your flower.
P.S. Wear a bikini."
Absolutely fucking not. I need to wear...
-[laughs] -Do we have any robes here?
Do we have any robes?
Oh, God. What's about to happen?
[Anna Leigh] I think that's really sexy.
I can wear a different bikini.
No, I think, I think that's perfect, actually.
It's a bikini.
* "Cook" by Sofi Tukker and J Balvin playing *
[snickers]
[Bananas] Like what you see?
[Lete] Oh, wow. [laughs] You know?
-Oh, perfect. -The water's perfect.
This is what I needed my bikini for.
Come on in. The water is perfect.
-* I have to say * -Yeah.
* If you could see me now *
* You would be so proud... *
[Lete] I was really trying to stay far away
from the Banana Man.
Hadn't always been of interest.
But, ugh, I hate to say it,
but I think Bananas is kind of funny,
and, you know, it's-it's comforting
to have, uh,
something in the house.
[Bananas] Is this our first date?
I don't know if I would call this a date.
Whoa. What is this?
This is the most romantic first date you've ever been on.
I'm very romanticized right now.
I know.
I'm basically, at this point, kind of like one of the sirens
in Greek mythology, and Lete's on a boat,
and she just can't help herself
but steer directly into the rocks.
-What's your love language? -Uh, that I give or receive.
[Bananas] Ooh. You're a receiver.
-[mutters] -Thanks.
[Lete] Did you just fart?!
* dramatic electronic music