♪ "MTV Theme" plays ♪
This is where you die.
- [Michele] Oh, God. - What the fuck?
You talk so much shit behind my back. Say it to my face.
[Cara Maria] Do you know who you're talking to?
[Nurys] I thought we were friends.
You're a fake-ass bitch, Sydney.
The fakest bitch
in this house.
♪ upbeat music ♪
[Challengers cheering]
I see the Challenge sign.
[Josh] Our team can't lose anyone else.
All the other teams still have eight members. We have five.
Having Nelson and Cara Maria
as our next captains--
you know, they're veteran,
and we really have to come together,
lock in and figure out any way possible
to win this next daily challenge.
[Michele] Oh, God.
Welcome to Cutthroat Island. How you living?
[cheering]
Best day ever!
Today's challenge is called Infiltration Dive.
[whooping]
♪ suspenseful music ♪
This is where your next
challenge is gonna be taking place, and I'm sure
you're probably wondering where the hell it is.
Well, it is 15 feet below the surface
behind me.
First phase, you start here on the beach.
When I say go, you will race
into the water, swim to the dock.
When everybody's on the dock,
then you start phase two:
collecting four puzzle pieces
floating underwater on a course
50 meters long.
[Cara Maria] No.
[exclaiming]
[TJ] On the way,
ten feet under the surface,
there are dive bells for you to catch your breath.
Whoa.
[TJ] When going from dock one to dock two,
each team will send only one member at a time.
You cannot surface until you get to the other dock.
- So I have to die. - Phase three:
once everybody's on the second dock,
you have your four puzzle pieces.
Then you jump back in the water, race up to the beach,
unlock your prize chest.
First team to get this done will win
today's challenge and be the only team
safe from elimination,
with the other two teams
being losers. You don't want to be them.
- Got it. - Got it.
Let's get it done. Good luck.
[cheering]
♪ dramatic music ♪
[Nurys] Last week,
putting in Leo--
rightfully so, he's upset.
So having Leo and Cassidy as captains, already not good.
And seeing that it's a swimming challenge-- not good.
And if we lose this, not good.
[TJ] All right, everyone ready?
[Nurys] I am
trembling.
- [TJ] Go! - [air horn blows]
[Izzy] I think our team's pretty confident.
We do still have our whole team,
that's eight people. Blue only has, what, five?
- Five, yeah. - So they kind of have
- an advantage at this one. - If we stay calm the whole time
and stay at a steady pace, we've got it in the bag.
Keep going, keep going.
[Nelson] I feel like a rookie
with every challenge I step onto
just because I do have a prosthetic leg,
and swimming with that, it feels like a ankle weight.
[Cara Maria] I feel really
comfortable swimming. I think my hang-up
is I'm just nervous about breathing under the water.
I'm actually mermaid certified.
I am just kumbaya-ing,
big strokes, baby.
And I look around and I realize
I am in the front of the whole pack.
Oh, wow.
People are really struggling.
Good job, Lete.
♪ upbeat music ♪
[indistinct shouting]
Up, up, up, up, up!
[Michele] Over here. Line is over here, line is over here.
Come on.
- [Josh] Here we go. We got you. - Okay, arms up.
[Nelson] I'm the last one
to get on the platform, but I made it,
and I'm so happy,
but I am so exhausted.
[Bananas] We, as human beings,
are not meant to breathe underwater.
So the idea of
diving down and surfacing
inside a submerged dome?
If you've never done it before,
it definitely is a leap of faith.
What's that say? Okay, cool.
♪ Hit 'em with the bass, now go... ♪
I swam my whole life.
I actually got recruited for Division 2 schools, so, um,
I would say my swimming's pretty decent.
I am genuinely good at this.
[Will] Me being
a great team captain,
we have to go back to my
Marine Corps days.
I led a bunch of marines.
That just speaks in it for itself.
I think it's all a mind game.
You just got to push yourself past those limits
that you're not used to.
[Josh] You're good now.
She got the ball.
Who's next? J-Bone, you up?
Yeah!
[gasping]
[Josh] It's a big relief
getting into the first air bubble, but also
the biggest claustrophobic moment
you've ever had in your entire life.
You feel like the air is hot, there's not much oxygen,
and it's so small and your head
is just in this little bubble.
If anyone's confident diving, that's gonna help a ton.
So I am no pro at diving,
but I just felt like,
you know, when you throw a baby into water,
it's meant to automatically swim.
Why can't a adult do that?
I've gone free diving 60 feet.
I feel so comfortable in the water.
I'm good.
Having Cassidy and Leo as captains on a girls' week,
I feel like I trust Cassidy.
I feel like we have joint interests in this game.
We both are aligned with Chris, and I think Nurys
is the weakest link on our team.
[Cassidy] Let's go, Leo!
[Justin] Come on, Michele!
[Michele] I am thrilled that we have a full team,
but Blue team only has five players
to get across.
We have to get all eight
from one platform to the other.
[Anna Leigh] I look at the other teams,
and we are in the lead.
This is our day.
Go!
Holy shit.
[Anna Leigh] If we lose today
because we don't know how to dive,
I'm gonna be pissed.
Just put your head first!
[Josh] You got to get fucking down angle quick!
Get your legs over your head!
[Josh] Scuba Nelly. Yes.
[Lete] Scuba Nelly. [chuckles]
[Josh] He came up. He already came up.
It's all right, it's all right.
[Cara Maria] I didn't even know where to go.
It's all in line. Once you see it, you see it.
Take that first big breath and get that first air pocket.
- [CT] Go! Go, Bananas! - You're looking for a square.
[Cara Maria] Do you see it at all?
- Did you even see anything? - [Nelson] Hell-- hell no.
- I didn't see anything, either. - [Josh] Swim down and forward.
A little bit to the right,
you'll see the first air bubble!
[Anna Leigh] Yes, it's way in front.
[Josh] Yeah. It's right in front.
You got to wait till she gets back up.
- [CT] Go! Go! - [overlapping shouting]
[Josh] Hey, start like this.
Start one leg back and then jump in.
Bend your knees, be an athlete. Let's go.
[Lete] Yeah, jump into it, Cara. That's a great idea.
[Josh] Keep straight, right?
Jump into it, Cara. You got it.
- Dive! - What the fuck?
♪ fast, energetic music ♪
Come on, girlfriend!
Cara took me under her wing on season 40,
and since then, we've just kind of been
an unexpected duo.
What people don't know is when Cara's back is against a wall
is when she is the scariest and the most fierce.
So, underestimate her all you want,
but it'll be your own grave that you're digging.
[Lete] Hey, you got this, Nelly!
[Josh] There you go, Nelly.
[Lete] You got to dive deep for that first bubble!
[Nelson] This moment is everything.
I know I can do it.
Just got to believe in myself.
I'm taking my prosthetic off and I'm taking this dive.
Let's go.
[Josh] That's what I'm talking about!
- [Anna Leigh] Let's go! - Here we go, Nelly!
♪ Coming for the throat and wanting to sink they teeth in ♪
♪ The walls are getting close and now I can hear it ♪
♪ Knock, knock, knock, secrets spill across the room ♪
♪ They tell me what to believe in ♪
♪ Turned it to a tomb and punish me when I leave it ♪
♪ Numb to the abuse, I never thought I would need it ♪
♪ But to tell the truth, the cycle started repeating ♪
♪ Give me something stronger than lethal ♪
♪ 'Cause hurt people tend to hurt people ♪
♪ If that's true, I must be pure evil ♪
♪ I feel like I'm in the way... ♪
- Go! - Go!
♪ I am something supernatural ♪
Good shit, baby, let's go.
♪ You can doubt me all you want ♪
♪ Won't understand till I'm gone ♪
♪ I am something supernatural ♪
♪ Sleeping, keeping an eye that's open ♪
♪ I can hear it creeping, thinking I wouldn't notice ♪
♪ Now, I'm heavy breathing, feeling like I was choking ♪
♪ Tears have started leaking, innocence getting stolen ♪
♪ Now, I'm roped in and it's tying this knot in my stomach ♪
♪ Couldn't cope, it's taking control, now I'm its puppet ♪
♪ Episode after episode ♪
- [Cassidy] Go for it. - It wasn't bad
after you hit that first one, right?
It took me a little while.
♪ Give me something stronger than lethal ♪
♪ 'Cause hurt people tend to hurt people ♪
♪ If that's true, I must be pure evil ♪
♪ I am something supernatural ♪
[Nelson] It was such a weird feeling,
trying to control my legs down there.
I panicked. I was trying
everything to calm myself down.
And unfortunately, I couldn't make it
to the next air bubble.
[Lete] Get on the dock!
Nelson has tried multiple times, Cara has tried multiple times.
And I'm seeing this all flash
right before my eyes, and it hits me.
We're gonna probably come in last yet again.
- [Nurys] Come on, y'all. - [Chris] I'm hitting 'em, huh?
[Nurys] I don't practice diving
on my off days because I don't find it to be fun.
But maybe I should,
because this is not looking good for me.
[laughter]
I'm embarrassing.
♪ fast, suspenseful music ♪
[Justin] Yeah, we got it.
Yeah, we're good. Come on, go, go, go, go, go.
[Chris] Orange is already swimming to shore.
We have to get second place.
Nurys cannot get through this thing.
She's gonna have to swim across,
and then I just got to make up as much time as I can.
- ♪ Hey ♪ - [Nurys] You guys better hurry.
We're right on your tail.
♪ fast, dramatic music ♪
[Michele] Yes!
♪ ♪
- [cheering] - [air horn blows]
[Tori] It feels like the sun
has risen a thousand times over a beautiful meadow.
Like, I couldn't be happier. I love my team.
[whooping]
Two wins in a row, and I am safe.
I do not have to worry about that stupid circle again.
I am ecstatic.
[chanting]
- [whooping] - [cheering]
[Chris] Let me get up.
Let me get up. I'm good.
- [Leo] You're good? - [Sydney] All right, let's go.
♪ fast, dramatic music ♪
[Cara Maria] All right, Nelly, you got down there.
That's more than I did.
This sucks. At the end of the day,
me and Nelly not being able to do this
definitely cost our team,
and it feels heavy.
And now I feel like our team's looking at us
like we are just totally
disposable and dead weight.
[TJ] All right.
Congratulations, Orange team, once again killing it.
[whoops]
Great job, solid effort. You put in the work.
Izzy and Will, as the team captains,
you are gonna make the ultimate decisions
on who is going to be battling it out in the Arena.
Now, Gray team, we're back. Second place.
This time, Cassidy, Leo, you will choose one girl,
and the rest of you are gonna select one other girl
to put up for possible elimination,
where one of them will be going against
one of the females from the Blue team.
Last place, all the girls are on the chopping block.
Nobody is safe.
[Leo] I want the nominees to come down to
Sydney and, honestly, anyone but Adrienne, because
Sydney voted for me, so I would love to see karma
come back full circle and smack her in the mouth.
The hard part with Sydney is that I know
she's a very good competitor
and we get along amazing.
It's just the way she plays the game sometimes--
like right now-- that be pissing me off.
And I'm not gonna ostracize Nurys
just because she's not a good swimmer.
I told Cassidy I don't have a decision to make. She does.
She can get her hands dirty
if she wanted to say my name last time,
so I'm not tripping about nothing.
- Good luck. - [applause]
[whooping]
[Lete] I was thinking
that there was gonna be a lot more leadership
from the vets on my team,
but there's just not much
gameplay advice, there's not much strategy advice.
Maybe the rookies
need to take over
on the gameplay side of things.
♪ fast, pulsing music ♪
[laughter]
[Deb] Is that a banana daiquiri?
[Lete] It's a porn star one.
- [Deb] Oh. - [Lete] So, yeah.
- Yep. - [Deb] Yes...
[Will] Her ass is all hanging out.
What are you sipping on? You wanted water?
[Leo] Do you think I'm mad at you?
[Cassidy] I don't think you're mad at me specifically,
but it seems like you're on a revenge campaign a little bit.
You see, the difference is,
with everyone on our team and me, is that
I don't care if anyone's mad at me...
- Leo, I-I get it-- - ...because now I'm validated
to do whatever I want to do.
[Cassidy] My cocaptain Leo,
I think he wants a little bit of revenge with this vote.
He is leaning more towards wanting to put up
either Sydney or Nurys because they did say his name.
Adrienne is the most sensible,
smart, strategic decision for me,
and I don't know if he's gonna be okay
with saying Adrienne's name.
I have my own alliance coming, you had yours.
- So, for me, it was like-- - Exactly, that showed me
your alliance, though.
And it even showed me where you stood in your own alliance,
and it's not the top.
I know, but I'm not the top of yours, either.
- And I also played that game-- - 'Cause you guys
- all crossed me, bro. - I also played that game...
The last time I played, I got thrown in four times.
[Leo] My team
is full of a bunch of fucking frauds.
When it came to the nomination, Sydney and Cassidy voted for me.
They could've said Chris's name. So...
My team right now can go and fuck themselves.
What do you want to do for the vote?
Anyone but Adrienne.
She's the only one in our team who has my back. No one else.
- I know how this shit works. - You're so black-and-white.
- This shit is not black... - [Nurys] Hello, captains.
- [Leo] It is, though. - Here to plead my case.
[Leo] Because it's just a fact
of how shit works.
Okay, hello.
Um...
Well, you guys are having a heated conversation.
- [Cassidy] Obviously. - How are you guys feeling?
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪
[Leo] Fine?
[Nurys] Okay.
Well, do you guys have any thought process
on who you guys will be choosing?
[Leo] Well...
...Adrienne's the only one who had my back.
Right? You guys both said my name.
I'm not gonna be upset if that's where you go.
You know what I mean? 'Cause I know... like I said,
I said your name, you're gonna say my name right back.
[Leo] You don't have to check too much.
There's both ways I could slice it.
It's either you or Sydney.
[Nurys] I do believe...
- ...Adrienne is safe. - Okay.
Izzy and Will
will absolutely not throw her in.
Obviously, if you guys did say her name, she's safe.
Or it's me and Sydney down there,
and then, hopefully, Izzy and Will choose Sydney.
As much as I think Sydney
is such a sorry-ass bitch, bro, like,
she is still such a good competitor and that's a fact.
- [Nurys] Yeah. - But she's so sorry,
because she'll talk so much shit behind my back
and act like I don't have ears to hear this shit.
Be a grown woman and say it to my face.
[Adrienne] Have you spoke to Cassidy?
[Izzy] No, she's been arguing with Leo for about half an hour.
[Sydney] She's gonna get bullied
by Leo, and she's probably...
and I will probably get nominated,
unless you talk to Leo and ask to get nominated.
[Adrienne] Also, I've got to play devil's advocate.
If you see it from Cassidy's point of view,
if you go,
she steps into Chris's number one.
Sydney is a great all-around competitor.
But if there's one thing that girl is scared of,
it's seeing TJ in that sand.
And the fact that her name is floating around,
she is trying to think of every single strategy under the sun
to figure out how her name is not gonna be mentioned.
[Sydney] I mean, listen, if you both talk
to Leo together about it,
maybe that would help.
Dude, I am too scared of you.
I know, I'm not. I'm literally not.
At this point, like, you know you're protected.
[Cara Maria] You are welcome to talk to Izzy,
try to save yourself.
I don't know who she's gonna pick.
[Josh] How are you guys?
You good? What are you talking about?
[Anna Leigh] You know, chit, chitty-chatting.
Do you genuinely want to be here?
I don't know the old Cara Maria.
I've heard stories, I understand she's a dog, she's a competitor.
But what I am seeing this season is somebody
who doesn't care,
somebody who doesn't have that fire in them,
somebody who's not competing and somebody, frankly,
who just really doesn't seem like
they want to be here, at the end of the day.
[Cara Maria] I've been doing this since I was 23 years old.
- I know you have. - This is what I know.
- I know you have. - This is what I do.
But here's my other problem: we're here now,
- in this season currently. - Mm-hmm.
I understand you've done 16 previous
and you've absolutely crushed it.
That doesn't concern any of us.
- [Anna Leigh] Mm-hmm. - What we're here now,
and what's happened so far, indicates to me
you could care less if you're here.
[CT] Josh is being tough on Cara,
but it's not unwarranted.
I mean, he's validated to feel the way he's feeling.
I do think it's a little disrespectful for him
to say that, "Oh, yeah, you can't live off your past name."
She's a hall of famer. One of the best to ever do it.
We all have bad seasons.
I mean, look what happened to me
last season. I just hope that
it doesn't take her as long to snap out of it.
Everyone else has given up a lot to be here.
- Then-- I understand that. - You know what I mean?
And that's the part that's frustrating me as a competitor.
[Cara Maria] I've done this my whole fucking life.
- I know you have. - You're literally, like,
you're talking after four challenges.
- I've done this my whole life. - That-- That's not my fault
- that this is my first season. - Since I was 23 years old.
[Josh] It's not my fault.
[Anna Leigh] Somebody had to say it.
Cara has not been performing.
But at the end of the day, as much as everybody likes
to say that it's not true,
vets will protect vets.
Cara's fully protected by CT.
She's not going anywhere. And Lete,
dating Bananas, is fully protected by Bananas.
She ain't going anywhere.
So, it's me going in and I'm pissed.
[Cara Maria] There's, like, a bunch of shit you're throwing
at me right now. Number one, this is--
- Facts. - Facts? Okay, well,
number one, this is the month
that I had to leave the last Challenge that I did
because my mom was fucking dying of cancer.
Like, I'm dealing with that in a different way.
- And I apologize for that. - Like, my ex...
Like, there's a lot of shit, and I'm sorry,
like, I'm coming at you, but, like, I'm triggered,
I'm insecure, like,
I feel like I'm letting myself down.
I'm going through a lot of shit mentally,
and it's coming out in a lot of crazy ways, dude.
So, like, I know who I am in this game,
and I know what I've done and I know what I can do.
And I'm, and I'm, and I'm embarrassed
that I'm, that I'm letting you guys down.
Like, I'm... [exhales]
[Nelson] I love Cara, and I know she's going through a lot.
But you sitting here moping around? No.
Like... [blows raspberry] You might as well be a rookie,
the way you've been acting this season.
When you see a vet like that act like that,
it's hard to have faith in our team.
The way things have gone, it is very, very,
very, very hard to want to, like,
work with you and protect you, because it's like
you know you're protected, and so, it's like...
it doesn't matter that we-- whatever place we get,
because you're not on the chopping block.
So, what do you want me to do?
You want me to volunteer to go in, then,
and say, "Hey, put me in over these new people
that I just met?"
[Josh] I don't think
that you're fully present in here,
which is not fair to the team.
I don't think you're giving us your all,
and I don't think you're here
to fucking compete.
♪ dark, dramatic music ♪
[Cara Maria] I'm just sitting here
being, basically, interrogated
by a rookie.
Dude, I have done countless challenges,
countless eliminations.
Nine, ten finals, and I've won before.
- Congratulations. - [cries]
[TJ] And our first ever
solo Challenge champ!
- [audience cheering] - Yeah!
I don't want to be here?
Do you know who you're talking to?
♪ fast, pulsing music ♪
[Bananas] That necklace looks good on you, by the way.
I guess I'll take-- thank you.
- I-I actually just-- - I've never seen it
- from this angle. - I actually just found
this necklace in my, uh, by my bed.
- Super random. - I found a pair
of your underwear under my pillow.
- That's not true. You didn't. - Well...
ask CT.
- And what'd they look like? - He confirmed...
- What did they look like? - He confirmed they were yours.
- How does CT know what... - They were black.
- ...my underwear looks like? - They were black with lace.
[Lete] No, no, no, that's 'cause I told you that.
[Nurys] From my view right now-- hold on--
I see a lot of cuteness going on.
In all different angles.
One, two, three.
From a distance, it's looking like Leo is trying
to put the moves on Anna Leigh right now.
I wish Anna Leigh all the luck whenever this comes out,
because I don't think her husband's gonna be
very happy about this.
- Four. - [laughs softly]
[both laugh]
[Cory] I mean, I don't know what's going on
between Izzy and I right now,
but I would be lying if I said
that there wasn't a magnet
that continues to do this.
I just have to, I have to tread lightly.
The one thing I don't want to do is cross the line,
you know, because I got somebody at home
taking care of my two daughters.
I got Cheyenne taking care of Ryder.
So, like, I don't want to come off as disrespectful
in a space that's so unknown.
Ever since day one, I've only told you what's true.
[Cory laughs] Yeah.
♪ fast, gentle music ♪
With Cory, obviously, we gravitate
toward each other a lot.
Since the start, we've got on, we've got to know each other.
[Nelson] Hey.
[Cory laughs]
I just... I-I don't know how to talk about it.
[laughs]
It's just, like, it's a weird situation because
Cory's got a lot going on at home.
Obviously, we have a natural attraction to each other,
but we know that we can't cross a boundary,
and that's what it is.
[Cory] Well...
...somebody knows our pain.
- [chuckles] - Yeah.
- Leo and... - [Izzy] Oh.
You've been my fucking eye candy since day one.
I've been trying to fucking control myself.
Maybe it's just me!
I don't ever assume that, "Oh, if I feel this way,
someone feels, like, the same tension,"
but I don't know.
I mean, honestly, I feel like you could cut it with a glass.
- No, you wouldn't-- - I don't think...
The forbidden-fruit, build-up tension is...
[groans]
I mean, there's nothing going on with Anna Leigh.
She's just a cute girl, but, um...
you know, I can't really do anything about that.
Like, that's not my girl, at the end of the day.
But, like, I'm a grown man.
She's grown, too.
We can talk to whoever we want to talk to.
I would have so much satisfaction...
...giving you the best... day of your life, right here,
while they're all there.
I love it. I love... I love it. Don't...
She's the type of girl, I think, will go and go and go
until she gets what she truly wants.
I, so bad, want us to make it to the final.
[Leo] That's all I want.
And then that fucking... moments after,
that's free game.
- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
[Anna Leigh] I love it.
Where is it gonna be, Bali or Thailand...
Or, you know...
the extra space back over there. [chuckles]
[Anna Leigh] When you've been married
for so long with somebody,
it is kind of nice to get
a little more attention from somebody else.
I'm sitting far away because I know what the fuck
I would be trying to do if I'm literally in that square.
But I'm not going in that square.
For real?
[Anna Leigh] The dynamic with Leo, like,
there is tension there.
Uh, I'm not quite sure how to handle it.
It is confusing, and it's easy to forget that...
...you're being filmed.
[Leo] Hmm?
[Leo] You have no idea.
Oh, my God, Red.
I have a beautiful life at home that I cannot mess up,
and I don't know, I don't know what else to say.
[Leo] I'm so flustered...
I can't stand up right now.
- I need to wait, like... - [chuckles]
- Shut up. - ...two minutes.
♪ fast, exciting music ♪
♪ Up all night ♪
[Justin] How was your night?
You had a-- quite the long conversation.
- [Will] Ooh. - No, I was just chatting
- with Anna Leigh about game. - [Adrienne] Game?
- Wasn't spitting game. - [Adrienne] For that long?
- [Leo] It wasn't that long. - [Will] Three hours.
[Justin] Oh, it was, it was a long time.
There was no way it was three hours.
I really had no idea it was that long.
[Will] That's how you know it's real.
- [Justin] Right. - When you can't feel the time,
it just goes by so quick, you're like, "Damn, this girl got me."
And then it just opened up into, like,
into, like, more conversation.
Conversation like, "Let me put my tongue down your throat,"
- maybe. - [laughter]
♪
Let's just play scenarios.
Like, she goes in, she loses, you know?
I think it just clears a spot for me
- to look for... - Absolutely.
...who else I can trust on the team
- within the girls. - Yeah.
Absolutely, like for me, I don't have, like,
a two, three, four, like, that...
that isn't existent to me right now.
If you're saying that you have a place on your list,
I have a place on my list after Leo.
My roster spot's open.
- You can take it. - Okay, I'll take it.
I'll take it. I'll take it.
♪
[with lisp] Supersecret spy phone.
Let's test it.
[Cassidy] What is CT doing?
[Justin] It says, like, "Orange secret spy phone,"
or something like that. [chuckles]
Is anyone there?
[Tori] So, are they planning on making you
the main vote?
[Nurys] No, I'm pretty sure Leo and Cassidy
are making Adrienne the main vote because they know
that Izzy's not gonna throw her best friend in.
That's okay, that makes sense.
It's the fact that
it's gonna be everybody voting for me except for Cory.
So, I'm just, like,
"You're trying so hard to put me in."
That's why they're choosing Adrienne,
because they want to automatically throw me in.
The people who I thought were having my back,
they just chucked it up and were like, "We don't care."
I'm the most disappointed about Chris, 'cause I'm just like,
when it was his ass, and I was like,
"I'm gonna make sure that I got you,"
and I did that for someone
who can't even have a conversation with me?
I thought we were friends.
Nurys is definitely starting to spin out.
She feels a little bit played, because
just mere hours ago, she was having Chris's back.
[TJ] Nurys, who's it gonna be?
Leo or Chris?
Unfortunately, I'm gonna have to say Leo's name.
[Michele] And now she realizes that Chris
is gonna protect Sydney over her,
and that is a hard position to be in.
But the truth is, Chris has made it very known
that Sydney is his number one on that team.
Everything she just did for Chris is for naught.
[Nurys] Chris hasn't even talked to me once today.
Hasn't even said one word. Hasn't even checked in.
Now I'm like, "Okay, I should have said fuck you,
and I should have thrown you in."
At least then, Leo would have protected me instantly
because he would have seen that there's some type
of loyalty more to him.
But I'm, like, you're doing something
that's the least mess for you
without even caring about
the only person that was gonna protect you.
I wouldn't have cared about going to elimination.
I just hate that they're all trying their hardest
to fucking protect Sydney, who is
the fakest bitch in this house.
But yet, y'all want so hard
to save her ass.
I just wish I came in playing differently.
[Tori] The real thing is,
if this is going down and there's no way out of it,
then the best thing you can do is say your piece
and then get your mind right.
♪ fast, pulsing music ♪
Do you think this is how people invented phones?
[Deb] Yeah, Alexander Graham Bell.
This is his exact model of-of one.
This is the Alexander Graham Bell.
- Mm-hmm. This model one. - This is the model one.
[Izzy whispers] When do we put it down?
[Tori] When they start deliberating.
- [stifled laugh] - [Tori] Okay, everyone hide.
All right, Gray team. Unfortunately,
it's your second time in a row
having to make some very difficult decisions.
This is not a good place to be.
- Mm-mm. - All right, so now you have
to nominate two players for possible elimination.
One player is gonna be selected by your captains.
So, Leo and Cassidy.
The rest of you are then gonna have a vote.
Get it done, please.
Good luck.
- ♪ Blood, sweat ♪ - [whistles]
♪ Are you ready? ♪
[laughter]
Yo!
"Spy phone."
"Supersecret spy phone."
[laughs]
[laughter]
[Chris] So, we really hate Orange.
- [laughter] - Uh, they're coming.
Go, go, go, go.
- [laughs] - ♪ Are you ready? ♪
So, it's obviously not ideal, being second.
I don't know what the group consensus will be
for the other two names.
That comes down to you guys,
but the person we're going with: Adrienne.
So, even though I was really upset, like,
end of the day, we are a team, and we're the only ones
who can get us to the dub.
[Cassidy] Adrienne is the best decision because we know
that Izzy is not gonna nominate her.
And I'm gonna have to leave it up to my team
to decide between Nurys and Sydney.
And they may not be happy about that,
but, you know, I want to get
the least amount of blood on my hands.
- Cutthroat, like... - [Leo] Enjoy.
That leaves me and Nurys,
so I'm gonna have to vote for Nurys.
Rooting against you-- or, sorry,
rooting for you against Blue,
because obviously, we want Gray strong,
and you're a big asset to this team.
This is never nice, and it's called Cutthroat for a reason,
and I'm gonna have to say Nurys, unfortunately.
Uh, my vote is for Nurys.
I'm gonna have to say you, Nurys. Sorry.
And then... Huh?
I'm not doing that.
I want to stay true to who I am
and at least show you that I do have your back.
And so, for my vote, I'm gonna have to say Sydney.
We know it's gonna be Nurys
down there against somebody from Blue,
and I think if we can all band together the best that we can
and at least show her that we have her back when,
- you know, it's time, then... - Even though they don't really
have my back, but that's cool.
- [Cory] We got your back. - ♪ pulsing, dramatic music ♪
I wish I could be on a different team,
'cause I don't trust any of you guys, actually,
except for Cory.
Sydney, all you do is talk shit.
I can't wait for people to actually see
that they are protecting someone who doesn't have their back.
You're fake as fuck, and that's all I have to say.
Oh, man.
When Nurys gets fired up,
she just has a different gear.
I'm just trying to not catch any of that wrath.
Nurys, please don't kill me. Please don't kill me.
Well, I actually think I'm quite real because I know
- I'm a shit-talker. - You're the furthest thing
from real in this entire fucking house, actually.
You're the fakest bitch in this entire house.
All you do is talk shit about everybody,
so you're not real.
You're the furthest thing from real, actually.
I'm hiding, I'm hiding.
Keanu, I'm just upset because all I asked of you
was to just tell me ahead of time. That's all.
[Chris] Thank you, Keanu.
She can't see me because you're so big.
I honestly just felt like it was kind of redundant.
Why would I tell you ahead of time? That's redundant.
'Cause it's the same shit. We already knew everybody else--
- Okay, so, we already knew. - You already told everyone else.
- Then why do I have to-- - Because you're a coward.
Exactly. Learn to have balls.
Jesus Christ.
- [Nurys] Can I go now? - [Keanu] Please.
I'll do it.
I'm pissed right now. Like, I don't want to be
the automatic vote.
But right now, I just need to, like, get my mind together
and prepare myself for elimination.
Because I don't know what it's gonna be
in the sand, and I just have to be ready.
I just don't like she says that she's the realest.
Real people talk shit to their face.
And she does talk shit about you, so when you
- watch it back, I can't wait. - [Sydney] That's just not true.
- I do not talk shit about... - That is.
You do talk shit about Adrienne.
I openly talk shit about people.
- No, the fuck you don't. - I literally said...
No, the fuck you don't. No, the fuck you don't, Sydney.
- I-- And one thing I don't... - No, the fuck you don't.
No, you're a fake-ass bitch, Sydney.
Shut the fuck up.
You're literally the furthest thing from real.
[Cassidy] It's not gonna be fun to have to
live with a person who feels like
you are indirectly responsible for them going into the Arena.
If she goes into elimination and comes out,
it's not gonna be pretty for any of us.
♪ fast, exciting music ♪
[TJ] All right, everyone.
Welcome back to the Arena for your next elimination
on this season of Cutthroat.
Congratulations to the Orange team, once again,
getting it done.
Now, the captains of that team, Will and Izzy,
you will be making tonight's matchup.
Gray team, you chose
Adrienne and Nurys, so bring 'em out.
- Yeah! - [whooping]
Okay, Gray!
[TJ] Now, the Blue team got last place.
So, all of the ladies on the Blue team
are on the chopping block.
So, bring out the Blue team.
- [cheering] - [applause]
[TJ] Will and Izzy,
who's it gonna be from the Gray team?
♪ dramatic, suspenseful music ♪
Um, obviously, I'm not gonna be sending my girl Adrienne in,
so I'm gonna be picking Nurys for tonight.
[TJ] All right. So, Nurys,
you're down here with me.
Adrienne, go ahead and rejoin the team.
[applause]
And who from the Blue team?
Cara Maria is just a ball of fun.
You know, we can't be sending her in.
Lete just found a new boyfriend.
So, I think, tonight,
we're gonna have to go with Anna Leigh.
[Bananas] Oh, thank you.
- [TJ] All right. - Oh...
Anna Leigh, you're down here with me.
The rest of you, head up top.
All right, ladies, you ready to go?
[Nurys] That's what we come here for, right?
[TJ] All right, let's get to it.
Tonight's game is called I've Got You Pegged.
♪ fast, exciting music ♪
We have two giant blocks
with 15 poles sticking out of them.
You're gonna have to bust out
all of your poles
and deposit them into the triangle.
Now, how are you gonna know which one goes where?
Well, at the end, they will all be perfectly level.
First one to get this done
will win tonight's elimination and stay in the game.
Loser goes home.
All right, good luck, ladies. Let's do it.
- [whooping] - [applause]
Bring it home, Nurys!
[Nurys] I would rather not be here, but I feel good today.
I feel confident.
And to be honest, I feel like Anna Leigh's head
is not really in the game right now.
She kind of already slightly looks defeated,
so I'm gonna use that to my advantage.
One thing about me,
I like to feel betrayed.
I like to feel that anger,
'cause I like to put that into the elimination,
so then I can win.
♪ fast, suspenseful music ♪
Ooh. Um, I knew this was coming.
You know, I have to remember why I'm here.
I'm doing this for my family,
so I have to let everything else go,
and I just have to focus on
right here, right now, and come out and win this thing.
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪
All right, ladies, you ready?
[exhales]
- [air horn blows] - Go!
♪ fast, suspenseful music ♪
[grunting]
[Anna Leigh] We don't know if there's any specific,
like, hardness level on the poles.
My strategy is to attack the top poles first.
[Cara Maria] Up and down! Up and down!
Back home, I'm constantly carrying some bales of hay
to feed all of my animals, and that's
gonna play to my strength.
- [Bananas] Get it. - [Cory] There you go.
- There you go, Anna Leigh. - [Bananas] Good job.
[Nelson] Keep going. Keep going.
Get it out. Get it out.
You know I'm gonna take Nurys's back.
I don't care if I'm on the Blue team.
- There it is! Yep, pull that... - No! The other... Get the...
[Nelson] But what scares me is that
when it comes to physical eliminations,
it's just not her forte.
- [Cory] There you go! - I look at Anna Leigh,
she already has two of them pulled out.
Nurys, you've got to step it up.
- [Cory] Come on, big pull! - [CT] They got a system, bro.
Fuck.
♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪
[Nelson] There we go.
- There you go. - Good job, good job, good job.
[Chris] All right, let's go.
There you go. Go, break.
- [grunting] - [Cory] Yes! Yes!
[Nurys] I'm glad that people pissed me off.
I'm gonna take all this fuel and put it
into this little body of mine.
I'm gonna give this my all, and I'm gonna keep fighting
because I want this so badly.
- [Bananas] There you go. - [Tori] Yes!
[Leo] Good shit. Let's go.
- [Will] Nice. - [Keanu] Sit and twist.
- [Bananas] Next top one! - [Michele] Keep going...
[grunts]
[TJ] Go, go, go. Got to go.
♪ slow, atmospheric music ♪
♪ fast, dramatic music ♪
[TJ] Go, go, go.
Let's go! Tie it up!
- Hey, Nurys! - You got to move!
- Nurys! Nurys! - [Michele] There you go.
Yes, Nurys.
[Sydney] I am not cheering because
I do not want Nurys to see me cheering
for anybody opposite her.
But my heart, my mind, my soul,
my split ends are like, "Anna Leigh, please,
I cannot share a bunk with this bitch.
She might stab me in my sleep."
- [Nelson] Now twist it. - [Michele] Twist it!
- [Nelson] Twist-- yes! - Yes!
[Nelson] Let's go!
Because she lit so many of them up,
even Gray team is rooting against Nurys.
You have one pole that's not white side up.
Just notice that.
I'm just hoping me and Cory can be enough
to kind of coach her through how to navigate this elimination.
♪ slow, pulsing music ♪
Anna Leigh! Hey, push back and forth like that!
There you go.
- You see it. - If I can help
Anna Leigh win this thing, it'll kind of be
rubbing some salt in the wound of Nurys, which I'm all about.
Try and use the corners.
[Keanu] Use the stick-- use the stick
to break the drywall, Anna Leigh.
I notice everything I say,
Keanu, two seconds later, is just echoing
the exact same thing.
It's the sides you got to work on, not the top.
You're not... Yeah, work the sides, not the--
[echoes] Up and down, you're fine, you got to work the sides.
[Bananas] I feel like I got one of those toucans
or whatever the parrots are that just, like,
repeat every single thing you say.
You're almost there. [echoing] You almost got it.
Let's go. You're up one. Let's go.
You're up one. You're up one. Keep it flowing.
I'm so tunnel vision that I don't know
what's going on over on Nurys's side,
but I do hear she's ahead.
I need to reset, give my shoulders a break.
I've got to go towards the bottom ones.
♪ Lost my ID Friday night... ♪
There we go. Get this one. There we go. Yes!
Get it out. Break it out.
Find that little hole that it's supposed to be in.
You guys are neck and neck. Come on.
Keep going. We can work on that one later. Keep going.
- Push up. - Good work. Good work.
[Keanu] Work-work the bottom ones first.
[Cory] I think our team views Nurys
as kind of like the weak link.
[grunts]
- There you go, Anna Leigh. - Good job. There we go.
[Cory] But Nurys is my number one. She has my back.
I just need Nurys to bottle that energy she had up earlier
and get the job done.
♪ I got that shit on lock, pop off, pop off, pop off ♪
♪ I want glamor, I want glitz, dollar bills up in my fists ♪
♪ Keep it moving, every pic of me is blurry, baby ♪
♪ I'm that bitch, walk, swish, talk shit ♪
♪ Gossip girl, I'm trying to dish, meet me ♪
♪ In the bathroom of the boiler room ♪
♪ I got that shit on lock ♪
♪ Pop off, pop off ♪
♪ I got that shit on lock ♪
- ♪ Pop off, pop off... ♪ - Now pull!
♪ I got that shit on lock ♪
♪ Pop off, pop off... ♪
[Lete] Yeah, Anna!
I didn't even know Anna Leigh was this fucking strong.
♪ Pop off, I got that shit on lock... ♪
She just pulled out a side of her
that I didn't even know Red had.
♪ Pop off, pop off, pop off, off, off... ♪
It was honestly impressive to see,
because, like I said, she's eye candy.
I just think she's super fine, like, superhot.
♪ I got that shit on lock ♪
Goddamn!
[Nurys] I'm just shocked at how hard this thing is,
and I honestly thought I was gonna be able to hear
my friends a little bit more, but I can't hear anything
they're saying behind this wall.
I'm out of breath, I can barely breathe,
but to be honest, I got to keep going.
Like, this is win or lose, and I'm trying to win.
♪ fast, dramatic music ♪
[Anna Leigh] Gosh, it's such a surreal feeling
to be down there on that sand.
I feel like if I was at home,
my husband would be screaming.
Like, he is obsessed.
We've seen this on TV,
and I've just got to get this puzzle done.
[Justin] Yes!
♪ fast, suspenseful music ♪
[Michele] Straight out, straight out. Yes, good.
- [whooping] - [applause]
[Lete] Let's go, Anna Leigh.
- One left, one left. - [Will] One more.
- [Will] One more, one more. - [cheering]
Yeah! Let's go!
- [Cara Maria] Good job! - [TJ] Well done, Anna Leigh,
good job.
They all got to line up.
[Keanu] Pull the one all the way at the top out.
It's just trial and error. It's just trial and error.
[Michele] Pull it out.
Yes! Yes!
[CT] Here you go.
[indistinct shouting]
Nurys, if you need to, take a second
and work on the puzzle and you can come back.
If you need a breather.
[Nurys] So, I hear Michele tell me,
"Why not take a break and go to the puzzle
and start the puzzle?"
Maybe not gas myself out too much.
I can catch my breath a bit
by doing the puzzle, and then I can go back to the poles
and try to pull them out again.
[Michele] Okay, twist that one that's the wrong way.
All the whites should be on top. Twist it.
- That's good. That's good. - [CT] Yes, try that one.
[Keanu] Swap it with the one you were just about to pick up.
- [Anna Leigh] This one? - [Lete] Yes.
[Michele] Nurys, put it where you just...
- [Keanu] There you go. Yep. - [Michele] Yep, that one.
- [Michele] Yeah. Try it... - [Lete] Good. Good.
[Keanu] Yep. Let's go. Let's go.
And go for the long one over there.
- Yep, that's the big one. - And then get the short one
- in front of it. - Yep, the short one's
- right next to your left. - [Lete] Yes!
[Keanu] Yep. Swap it, swap it.
[Michele] Yeah, good.
♪ fast, dramatic music ♪
[Keanu] Here we go.
[Nurys] I want to be
a Challenge champ so bad.
I want to be able to win this elimination,
go back into the house and keep being able
to fight for this spot.
Like, I love this.
[Michele] Yeah, that one's good.
[Keanu] Yep, yep. There it is.
♪
[Keanu] Ask for check.
Ask for check. Ask for check!
[Anna Leigh] Check.
Check, check, check.
[air horn blows]
- Let's go! - Fuck yeah!
- Let's go! Let's go! - [TJ] Good job, Anna Leigh.
[Anna Leigh] Team Blue all the way. I'm so pumped.
I'm so happy to be coming back.
Good job, Nurys.
[Justin] I love you, Nurys.
[Chris] Good try, Nurys.
[Anna Leigh] I'm glad that not another number
on our team is gonna be going home,
and I'm just really excited
to come together with my team.
[Lete] We love you!
- [TJ] Good job, ladies. - [Justin] Good work.
[Cara Maria] Good job, Anna Leigh.
Anna Leigh, Nurys, great battle.
Anna Leigh, you brought it. Well done.
- Thank you. Thank you. - Congratulations.
Nurys, you just couldn't get it done,
so this ends your time here on Cutthroat.
Hopefully, we'll see you in the future. Take care.
- [Nelson] All love, Nurys. - I love you guys.
- All love. - [cheering]
I am just so disappointed.
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪
I'm rooting for Michele, Tori, Nelson, Cory.
I'm sad. This sucks. [chuckles]
I really love, I really love The Challenge.
I really love being here.
[sniffles]
Fuck.
[TJ] So...
Anna Leigh, well done. Go ahead and rejoin the group.
- Hell yeah. - [whooping]
[Lete] It is literally the first
Blue win of the whole season.
This is our time to turn around.
This could be the change
that we have been searching and hoping for.
- First win of the season. - [laughs]
[Nelson] Y'all, bring it in. Bring it in.
[Cara Maria] You murdered, you murdered that.
[Nelson] You know, I should be happy right now
because I am Team Blue, but I am not.
Nurys was my ride-or-die,
but congratulations to Anna Leigh.
[TJ] All right.
It's time to select new captains.
♪ tense, suspenseful music ♪
This time, we're gonna switch it up a little bit.
- Ooh. - I knew it.
[softly] I told you.
Instead of picking two captains,
you're gonna pick one.
And they're permanent.
- [Sydney] What? - [Cory] This is crazy.
I'm not gonna lie. I feel like I'll be captain.
If it's good or bad, bring it my way.
But I'm a little loco.
I'm a little crazy.
[TJ] So, you are all gonna be doing
the choosing for your teams.
Now, choose wisely,
because this decision could affect the entire game.
♪ fast, tense music ♪
And I'll get those decisions at the next challenge.
All right, get out of here.
[Tori] All right, let's go.
[Anna Leigh] TJ tells us we're gonna have one single captain.
Whew. The hair on the back of my neck stands up
because I don't want it.
We have no idea
if it's going to be a good or a bad thing,
but this is gonna be a big decision we have to make.
♪ dramatic electronic music ♪