♪♪
- You're watching an extended episode
of "The Challenge."
Stay tuned after the episode
for some final words from our terminated agents.
- ♪ MTV ♪
both: Previously on "The Challenge"...
- Come on, Jeremiah! Use your arms!
[dramatic music]
[all cheering]
- Let's go, baby!
- Get that [bleep] [bleep]!
I don't mind I'm a rookie, but I don't like threats.
Joshie, come down. [cheers and laughter]
- Priscilla, you have completely
screwedeverything up.
The vets' war has officially started.
- Let's not take away from what we've done.
All the vets came together. - Yeah.
- Like, bro, we've been running this [bleep].
Now it's time to clock in.
Whoo! Let the war begin, baby.
- Ahh!
- Welcome to your next mission: Bombshell Battle.
♪ ♪
- Congratulations, Logan and Nany.
In the top. [cheers and applause]
- I never once have backstabbed anybody,
and I've always kept my word.
- Because he sits in the middle with wherever all
the votes are going.
Let's talk about our super alliance
which is obviously dead and gone.
- I'm so [bleep] proud to be a vet.
- Then why did you throw the ball to Jeremiah?
- 'Cause he was by my row.
- Man, how can you sit here and defend Ashley?
That's bull[bleep] 'cause that's so self--
you're the most selfish-est person to play this game.
- It doesn't matter. She's my friend.
- She's your friend?
- Ashley. I don't like her. - Yeah.
I don't believe anything that comes out of her mouth.
- I'm telling you I don't want to hear that [bleep], Kyle,
'cause you obviously do believe things that come out.
- Oh, shut up, Cory, man.
Don't start that [bleep] with me.
You want to talk about [bleep] lies?
You want to talk about being a bitch?
[bleep] You brought me in last season.
- Bro, why should I-- - [bleep] off.
- Logan. Nany. Who's it gonna be?
- Jeremiah. - Jeremiah.
- Which woman do you want to compromise?
- My vote is for Amber.
- Amber B. - All right.
- Tonight, you're playing Hang in the Balance.
- Good job, Amber. - Good job.
- Whoa. That's too much. Look at that. It's shocking.
[air horn blares]
[cheers and applause]
- On winning tonight's elimination round.
Now can rejoin the group.
- What? - Oh.
- What? - Just go ahead up there.
- It's a prank. - No, it's not.
- Something is going on. - But I don't have a partner.
- In this game, you have to be prepared.
Anything comes your way.
- What the--what? - Oh, no!
- Oh, my--
♪ ♪
[upbeat hip-hop music]
♪ ♪
- Bettina. First up.
- Whoo! - Good job.
- Got no partner. Got no [bleep] partner.
- You're [indistinct]!
- Oh!
- Congratulations on your win, big brother.
- Yeah, baby. Ooh.
- [bleep] them all. That's what I got to say.
I don't trust anybody.
- You shouldn't.
- These people that I've been nothing but true to
decided to throw me down, bro. - Right.
- Like, that [bleep] rubs me the wrong way, man.
I'm coming back into Headquarters
with revenge on my mind. It is time.
These vets don't have my back. Why should I have their back?
It's me against the world, just the way that I like it.
- This is gonna come down to another game,
and that's one thing you taught me.
You can't let your emotions get the best of you.
- No. I'm not going to.
- It can't be us against the whole house.
We'll just take it on one by one.
- But there are certain people in this house
that I will not [bleep] with, bro.
- I know. I get that. - And it's simple.
Kyle's head's on a platter, and Amanda too.
She's getting it, and then Ashley's getting it too.
They wanna [bleep] see me gone, they gonna have to go down
in that [bleep] sand and do it their damn self.
- Amber B. is out of the game.
- I am shocked.
- Are you? - No.
- [laughs]
Amber's really good at, like, running,
but not really much else.
- Wow.
I mean, dude, that was her fourth elimination.
- Hmm.
- And the first one she's ever lost.
- Oh, I know.
- Also... - Yeah?
- Do you think it's an individual game now?
I don't have a partner.
- I know. Not yet.
- Devin doesn't have a partner.
If they were gonna pick new partners,
Cory and Bettina would have got the opportunity to pick.
All you need is TJ to throw one little wrench in your plans,
and everybody just has anxiety level
of 1,000 because we're like,
"What if this happens? What if this happens?"
We are just circulating every possible outcome
of where this game could go, and we are losing our minds.
- Why wouldn't he tell us it's individual now?
We'd all be freaking out.
- We're gonna find out at the challenge.
- Yeah, we're gonna find out at the challenge,
that we're picking new teammates
this second half, going forwards.
♪ ♪
- I'm happy being your friend.
- Aw, thank you, girl.
But we've never talked about fighting, though.
- For me, like, I don't have the thing that I can just,
like, lean on my parents if something happened...
- Right. - Because I'm always--
like, I've always had to be on my own.
- Had to just look after yourself.
Take care of yourself. - Exactly.
Like, I need to save myself, you know what I mean?
I'm from a smaller village in Sweden,
but, like, for me, it's too small.
Like, I want something bigger.
I'm doing this for all the small town girls out there,
like, who have big dreams.
- For me, I'm obviously doing this for my mum,
because she's first-generation in the U.K.
- Yeah.
- So, like, she came from, like, a family of seven,
and it's only her and her sister alive.
- Ooh. - So she's got all the kids of,
like, her brothers and sisters...
- Okay. - That have passed away.
I want to take the burden off her.
- Yeah. - I want to be like,
"No, it's fine. I can help look after them.
I can help look after you and all of that."
Oh, my gosh. Now I'm crying.
[sentimental music]
My mum's my rock, and...
She just wants everything for me so bad.
And on top of that, I want to do it for me.
- Yeah. - Like, I just want to--
this game just shows me how strong I am.
It shows me, like, that impossible--
that, like, I just thought was so impossible...
- Mm-hmm. - I can do it.
Like, it's mind over mind.
Whatever I put my mind to, I can.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- How was your night with Big T?
- You can tell she's crushing on you.
- The kisses are a secret.
- She's cute.
- Ay.
- A king.
- He fell in love with this woman and married her.
Coming into Headquarters,
I never thought that I would meet someone,
and this has taken me by surprise.
I've really enjoyed this season because of Logan,
and I think I found my soulmate.
One day, after they married and made love,
all of these things,
turns out Oedipus has married his own mother.
She poked his eyes out, and they were bleeding.
- Who? What? - Who was like--
because he married his mother.
- [bleep].
- He then bleeds from his eyes, and, bam, he's dead.
I've got other ones, as well, actually.
- I like in different way, you know?
- Yeah.
- I only want a little bit of honey,
and she wants all the honey.
No more kisses. No more cuddlings, so no.
No.
I don't want to go, like, seriously with her.
- Yeah.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Hi, my baby!
I love you, baby.
Mwah! Mwah! Give me kisses. Mwah, mwah, mwah.
- Hey, look at my hair. Can you wave?
- Hi, baby.
- What are you doing?
- How's he doing? Is he being a good boy?
- He's thriving. Yeah, I miss you.
- He looks so big.
- He's so big. Look at this.
- Mama misses you so much.
[Jaymes Young's "I'll Be Good"]
I had my son, and the pandemic hit,
and I was on the frontline, you know, risking my family.
- ♪ My past has tasted bitter for years now ♪
It's just been really hard to do it on my own,
and I just, like, I know I'm doing this for my son,
and I miss him so [bleep] much.
A part of me's like, "Did I make
the right decision coming here?"
Like, I don't [bleep] know, dude.
- Listen to me.
♪ Today, I'll be good, I'll be good ♪
Listen, you're doing this for him.
- Yeah, I just miss him a lot, you know?
- You deserve to go win some money for both of you,
so keep telling yourself you're there to win.
- Okay. Thanks, Lindsey. I love you so much.
- Bye! - Bye.
- Bye, Mommy. Bye.
- Bye. I love you, baby.
- Love you.
- ♪ Things that I've done ♪
♪ All these years ♪
- I know that money can't buy happiness,
but it'll help me spend more time with my son.
It'll help me give him the life that I think he deserves.
- ♪ For all of the sparks that I stomped out ♪
♪ For all of the perfect things ♪
♪ That I doubt ♪
♪ ♪
- Good morning.
- Morning, brochacho. [alarm blaring]
- Oh, [bleep]! Downstairs!
- Oh!
- Come on down. We're going on a mission.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right, agents.
Welcome to your next mission on this season
of "The Challenge: Spies, Lies, and Allies."
[all cheer]
- Now, I've told you time and time again,
be ready for anything at any time
because a good agent
needs to be able to adapt to any situation.
Today, it's time to adapt.
- TJ is flipping the script yet again.
He dropped a bomb on us,
but he didn't even tell us what it was.
What's happening? What's going on?
I can't wait for TJ to reveal what it is,
'cause right now, I am going crazy.
- Agents, from here on out...
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- I've told you time and time again,
be ready for anything.
Agents, from here on out...
You are no longer competing in pairs.
all: Yeah! - Bye-bye.
- Bye. See you.
- I knew it! I knew it. Individuals.
Individuals and, oh, this is gonna get interesting.
- We are done playing in pairs.
I'm ready to whoop ass, moving forward.
You know, you lose a partner,
but I'm kind of excited at the same time.
- Thank you, Jesus.
It's time to only worry about myself.
- [bleep]. There is no one to protect me.
It's about to be open season on my arse.
- All right, agents.
Today's mission is called Diamond Dash.
When I say go,
you will all race down this trail
and collect a sledgehammer.
You're gonna come to three different assignments,
but it's your individual choice
which one assignment you want to complete.
Once you finish your assignment,
you will receive a code that will unlock your safe
where you will retrieve a diamond.
Grab the diamond and race to the next checkpoint.
Now, this is just the beginning of this mission.
- Oh, God.
- The rest of this mission?
Well, you'll find out. I'll see you soon.
- Whoo! - Yeah.
- It is extremely important to get to the assignments first
because whatever the mission or the assignment
it is that we have to do, I feel like I'm gonna kill it,
because right now I'm tunnel vision,
and my adrenaline is just wired at this point.
- All right, agents, you ready?
♪ ♪
Go!
- Ahh!
- I don't like running unless my life depends on it,
unless it's for money, and guess what?
I've gotta do both of those things in this game right now.
- Find the sledgehammer.
Where the [bleep]? - Where are they?
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God. Jesus Christ.
- I can't find one. Aw, this sucks.
- Option one. Vision Quest.
Use a pair of binoculars to locate your code
that will unlock your safe.
- Do you see something?
- It's a five-digit code.
- Option two. Fitting In.
Find a box that fits through an opening on that wall,
and scale that wall
to retrieve a code that will unlock your safe.
- Boxes. Boxes.
- Oh, my God. What is this? Ugh!
- Come on, all you gotta do is find a box
that fits through the wall, brother.
- All the ones that know go right there.
You find a box that fits through the wall.
- Option three. Touch and Go.
Scratch the paint off a board
to uncover your code that will unlock your safe.
- I have some fingernails,
so hopefully this is gonna be kind of easy.
♪ ♪
- Do we have to?
- Blue. - Blue.
- Yes, sir! Yes, sir!
- "Choose a platform to place your diamond on.
This will become your new cell."
Oh, [bleep]. Oh, [bleep].
I am shocked.
There's three different platforms.
You have ruby.
You have sapphire. You have emerald.
Which one should I place my gem on?
I'm thinking blue. I'm rocking with you, blue.
Come on.
To "The Challenge" god!
Spies, lies, and allies!
- Triangle equals zero.
- I know this. - So the plus equals seven.
- Got it! - What is it?
- 1078.
- Oh, we all have different codes.
- Oh, [bleep].
- Purple.
♪ ♪
- Josh, choose a different platform; we'll work together.
- Yep. - Right here, Ed.
You and I, baby.
Hey, come over here. We males work together, bro.
- I want to see who shows up.
- This is where me and Nelson's experience comes into play.
You know, the rookie move probably would have been
me and him on the same team.
I already know he's gonna look out for me,
and he already knows I'ma look out for him.
Let's split up our numbers, and let's work together.
- It's important for me to win
because my position in the house is a bit shaky.
I've made it far by staying under the radar,
but when I pulled that move I did at the elimination
and the war of the vets,
I basically [bleep] up their game.
I have made myself a target
and stick out like a sore thumb.
♪ ♪
- Nelson's right here, Cory's right here, and I'm right here.
- Okay. I'll come here. - Good.
- [bleep].
- We're on teams.
- Do we want to put it on pink?
- Cory says, "Put your gem here."
I am putting the gem there. I don't know what to think.
I saw Emanuel with Josh in the green team,
and I was like, [bleep].
I did not even notice that they were there.
- I think I shot myself in the foot.
I should have been a bit more strategic.
I don't know if this is a great decision,
because having two rookie girls on one team
almost seems like we set ourselves up for a target.
- It's up to you.
It's totally up to you. - I know.
I just want to make sure we get, like, solid--
- Solid. - You know.
- CT, right here!
- We've got one more.
- CT!
- Here comes the number one draft pick.
CT. The legend himself.
The advantage of having CT in your cell--
the guy has the experience.
And not only that, he still does well.
He's still one of the top competitors in this game.
- One more spot for a dude.
It is vital that we get CT on this team.
Maybe I'll slip him a 20 and say,
"Hey, CT, come over here."
- What do you think? - It's up to you, CT.
- Well, you already got three, so--
- All right. - Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- We got two. Me and Ed. It's up to you.
- Should I go with the workhorses?
And I'm not gonna puzzle through them?
- Arm curls. Arm curls.
- Our house is right here, brother.
[dramatic music]
- Should I go with the workhorses?
And I'm not gonna puzzle through them?
- They already got their three guys.
Come over here, CT.
- Our house is right here, brother.
- I see Cory with Emy and Priscilla.
Too many rookies for me, but then I look in the middle,
and I see two brand-new sports cars.
Nelly and Ed. Right. Look at them.
All shiny and new. Look at these workhorses.
- [bleep].
- All right.
- I do want to be on Cory's team,
because then, least if I'm on Cory's team,
I can keep an eye on him.
I'll go with him.
- All right. - Whoo!
- Let's go! Let's go! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
- Kaycee, there!
- Kaycee! Right here, Kaycee. Right here.
- Kaycee. - Right here.
- We got workhorses.
- We got everyone.
- Kaycee comes around the corner.
I'm like, "Kaycee, what up?
Look at us. We look good." Nope.
- We got two workhorses and a brain.
- We got everything you need.
- Kaycee!
- Aw!
- Hell yeah, Kayce.
- What the [bleep]?
♪ ♪
- Good job.
I know people think that I've already won,
and I don't deserve to be here, but I do deserve it.
I work hard when I'm here. I'm training every day.
- Ashley. Ashley! Ash, right here.
- I see Cory and Priscilla, and that was enough for me
to realize that's probably not the cell for me.
I don't know what it is with CT,
but I always want him on my team.
- Right here, and Tori's right after you.
- Hey! - Tori. Tori.
- Tori. - Tori. Tori, right here.
- Look. - Tori.
- Yes, Tor! - Good work.
- Let's go, teammates!
I see Devin, and I see Josh, and I see Kaycee,
and that's what sets me over the top.
And I wanted to be with my homies,
and this is about to be one hell of a ride.
- I'm the only one left, I'm the only one here,
and I use to look in this, like,
trying to-- and it's not possible.
It's something-- it's, like, a five.
Like, a six.
I don't know what is, so I'm gonna start trying numbers.
Got it.
♪ ♪
I just start running, and I feel my leg--
like, something crack.
Is pain everywhere.
I'm [bleep], but I'm gonna finish this slowly and slowly.
- Ahh! - Yeah!
You're on top of the world, baby.
- We literally got one spot left,
so Nany, where the hell are you at?
I need you to finish your assignment ASAP
and get your [bleep] over here so we can be on the same cell.
- Nany! Nany, Nany, Nany.
- Duh. - Come on home, baby!
Come on home, baby! - It's a no-brainer.
I look, and I see Kaycee, Josh, and Tori,
and I'm like, "Yeah, that's the team I'm going for."
[all cheering]
- Big T. There's Big T. - Big T, Big T!
- Oh, pump the brakes, Big T. No vacancy. Head thataway.
- I do listen to CT's advice
because I feel as if he has my best interests at heart.
Or is CT just trying to make sure that I'm not on his team?
- Yeah! Big T. You got it.
♪ ♪
- Like, I would take every other assignment
before that assignment.
I would even play with snakes before doing this
scraping assignment again, and I hate snakes.
Ugh!
[contestants cheering]
- You're with us. - Come on to team two.
- Yeah, you have to be with us. There's no other place.
- Good job, Mandy.
- Amanda is obviously my number one girl in the house.
I love her so much.
She's not just my best friend. She's my hero.
She was a nurse on the frontlines during the pandemic.
She's a single mother.
- All right, Bettina!
- Let's go! - Now I'm so pissed off.
- You're on a good team!
- You're on a good team. Don't worry.
- Yeah! - Whoo!
- We got the [bleep] energy over here!
[all cheer]
♪ ♪
- All right, agents. These are your cells.
These are the teams that you're gonna be working with,
moving forward.
- Whoo.
- The six of you are the Ruby Cell.
Six of you are the Sapphire Cell.
And the six of you are the Emerald Cell.
This race is not over.
One cell will become today's winner
and be the only cell that is safe from elimination.
- Safe is good. Safe is good.
- And the rest of you will be in danger.
For your last stage today,
you will need to free your cell's other diamond.
When I say go, you will race from your platform,
down around the bend, all the way to your station.
You're gonna use your sledgehammer
to break apart the rubble small enough
to place it into your counterweight system,
in order to free your diamond.
First cell to get their colored diamond on the podium
will win today's mission.
So good luck, everyone.
- Let's do it! - I like that.
- Ready? - Yep.
- Yeah. [air horn blares]
- ♪ What is it really ♪
♪ That's going on here? ♪
♪ You've got the system for total control ♪
♪ Now is there anybody out there? ♪
♪ Now this is what it's like when worlds collide ♪
♪ Are you ready to go? ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm ready to go ♪
♪ What you gonna do, baby? ♪
- They're pretty small.
- ♪ Are you goin' with me?
♪ 'Cause I'm goin' with you ♪
- Small. Small. Small.
I'll take these. - Let's go.
- CT, Nelson, and Ed are just bam.
Bam. Cinderblocks are flying.
Pieces are bouncing off my goggles.
I'm like, "Wow. We are doing great."
Ashley tells me which ones are too big,
which ones are too small.
We're working really well together as a team.
I have a lot of faith in the Sapphire Cell.
- Aw, they're small.
- Very small? - 2 inches.
- ♪ Now this is what it's like when worlds collide ♪
♪ Are you ready to go? ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm ready to go ♪
♪ What you gonna do, baby? ♪
- Like what you're doing. Perfect. Perfect.
- What are you doing?
- Just make sure I don't fall off.
- Put them by my feet. - Let's go. Let's go!
[bleep] CT, let's go!
- The strategy for this round is not really a strategy.
We don't know what to do.
I don't even know what is going on with my team.
The team is going to hell.
- Here, give me some of the big ones.
Just to weigh it down.
One of my biggest strengths is being able to look
at a game and analyze the most efficient behavior.
We can use the weight of the cinderblocks on top of the grid
to get it down to a point where everybody can put stones in.
That's the plan-- you gotta get that thing down
because 12 hands are better than 2.
- Little ones in! Little ones in.
We gotta make sure it's heavy enough...
- Keep putting the little ones. - With all these at the top.
- Work smarter, not harder, you know?
Leave it up to Devin to find a loophole.
- Yeah. - Let's go.
- Let's go! - Yes!
- Let's go! Hell yeah!
- Whoo! - Team Emerald.
They're all endurance kings and queens,
and they're all geniuses.
God, I wish I was on team emerald.
[all cheer]
- One, two, three. all: Emerald!
- Good work, agents.
Congratulations to the Emerald Cell.
Getting it done. Wow.
And now you and you alone are safe from elimination,
and you are the Agency.
Ruby Cell. Sapphire Cell.
By losing today's mission, members from your cell
are in jeopardy of being deactivated.
I need you to go back to Headquarters
and plead your case in the chamber to the Emerald Cell.
And then the Agency will select one...
woman to compromise and send into the Lair.
All right. Get out of here. See you soon.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
[all cheering]
- Now that the game is shaken up,
this is going to be interesting.
Do I think that this whole "veteran alliance"
is going to stay true to each other
until the end of the game?
Absolutely not, so I'm not exactly sure
how this is going to work out, moving forward.
- Girls' elimination.
Oh, girls, you're gonna go [bleep] crazy tonight.
[upbeat pop music]
[Tove Styrke's "Borderline"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Borderline happy, and I'm borderline sad ♪
♪ I'm borderline good, and I'm borderline bad ♪
♪ And I can't get rid of this tingling fear ♪
♪ You'd sort me out if my head gets clear ♪
♪ I live my life in shackles, but I'm borderline free ♪
♪ I used to be blind, and I still can't see ♪
♪ And I won't get around to a change of mind ♪
♪ So long as nobody breaks my stride ♪
[all cheering]
- The Emerald Squad.
They have literally everything.
They don't have a weakness.
Their only weakness is if you say something mean to Josh.
Then he ends up crying for half an hour.
- Look at the group that just won.
Devin's running basically the brains of that.
And Nany I think--
- We don't even know what the rules are.
- Exactly.
- I just want to do a cheers.
- Cheers. - I know we didn't perform.
We did our best today.
We gotta get this morale up.
Everyone's head's down.
Listen, it doesn't matter.
We can't change the past, but we can dictate the future,
so let's try to put ourselves in the best position
to get a win in the future.
- Well, what's our gameplan, going forward,
if we do keep this team? 'Cause we don't know much.
- If the team communication didn't work,
it doesn't matter if you are strong,
if she's strong, if I'm strong, if she's strong,
if you're smart. It doesn't matter.
The communication is not good, it's not going to work at all.
- I think what we can do is try to work on our communication,
like you said, Emy.
We need you to get back to 100%,
'cause you're a big part of this team.
What Emerald's doing is,
they're gonna look at Team Sapphire,
and they want to weaken Team Sapphire.
- Yeah.
- Because they view us as the bottom tier,
which is fine right now.
That's okay. We can play that card.
- We're the underdogs.
- Yeah.
- That's nothing new for us. - The misfits and underdogs.
- Ruby! Ruby for life.
Ruby forever. Ruby in my heart. I love Ruby!
God, I wish I was on Team Emerald.
[upbeat synth music]
♪ ♪
- There's so many options. There's Big T. Priscilla. Emy.
- [bleep] Big T. Priscilla.
- Bettina. - Bettina.
- I am gonna have to get ready for elimination, regardless,
because [bleep] can change in the drop of a dime.
I am surviving inch by inch here, people.
Inch by inch.
[dramatic music]
- I don't know if these girls are gonna
want to swing big or not.
The problem is, there's fear associated
with the unknown, right now,
because we don't know the way the game goes.
- Mm-hmm. For a lot of the vets,
I'm probably gonna be a target, which is absolutely fine.
All we know is, Tori and the Emerald Cell
have to compromise one agent.
If they do want to take the safe route,
then it's most likely they will go for a rookie.
But at the same time, I'm just like,
"If I don't have to go down there"--
- You don't want to. - I don't want to.
- I actually really enjoy the bravery of Priscilla,
but I can't give her any comfort right now,
because ultimately, she is the person
who broke up the vet alliance, and in this game,
you need a reason to target somebody.
♪ ♪
[apprehensive music]
♪ ♪
- I only explain to Big T like, "Okay, Big T, I love you.
"You are my really good friend, I love your personality,
"but I'm not interested in your love
because I don't love you in that way."
If you want to spend time with me,
you have to spend the time as a friend.
- So I had a chat with a mate, and...
[whispering] Is-is he there?
Looks like I'm single again in the house.
This is really sad, to be honest,
because I do have feelings for him,
and they're not going to disappear just like that.
I'm hurt. I really am.
I am gonna miss cuddles,
because, like, in this sort of environment,
I've gotten used to, like, just having that, like, affection.
- Welcome to the streets. - [laughs]
- So I was thinking about pleading our case.
- Oh, wow.
- And I came up with three good points.
The first point was obviously that we can't vote,
so we're obviously less of a threat.
Secondly, none of us have been to a final.
Thirdly, this is more of a "me" point than a group point,
but it's just like... - Okay.
- I've already been down there, so there's other people.
- I think that's a very good strategy.
- Yeah. - Take me to your final.
Like, you have more chance
[indistinct] I'm going to do that--
lay out cards.
And then I might do some heavy threatening.
[both laugh]
♪ ♪
- Hey. Welcome to the Emerald City.
- Hello. - How's the tea?
- It would be nice to give the Emerald Cell
a little green picnic in honor of our first win together.
And honestly, we need to get on the same page,
because we're about to make a really big decision.
- What are our options? Bettina.
- We're gonna take a shot.
- Yeah, because I think
Bettina's an anchor for that team.
- If we didn't want to take a big shot, saying Emy's name,
because she's a strong competitor--
it would also be knocking out
one of the stronger girls, right?
Don't you think Emy's strong? She was the third girl behind--
she was behind you in that run.
- Yeah, I feel like we're forgetting about her.
- Well, she's incredibly strong in a pair with a good leader,
but she is not good in a team setting
where they don't have a vocal leader.
And Ruby does not have a vocal leader.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- And she's gonna have a lot of meltdowns,
and that'll be good for us.
- 100%--plus she's always gonna vote with our squad.
- She's gonna have your back. - True. Yeah.
- Yes. - Okay.
- So that's basically a member that's not
in our team that protects us.
- So you don't think that she would say any of our names?
- No, she won't.
Emy's name comes up,
but I need to make sure she's not going down
because she's not a threat to us.
I feel like I have to protect Emy because she's my friend.
She helped me a lot,
and I am gonna try to protect her as much as I can.
- We want to take a shot, in my opinion,
at the strongest girl from the worst team, which is...
both: Priscilla. - Yeah.
- From the Ruby Team, because we want Ruby's chances
at winning daily challenges to go down.
- I know that we've stayed true to this whole vet pack,
but now that the game has completely changed,
and if we are gonna run in teams,
I hate to be the one to say it, but Ashley's not a bad option
if we have to throw her down, because she is
one of the strongest girls in the game,
and she's not on our team.
- She's great, but in this game?
Come on, you guys.
Let's not pretend like we don't know who she is.
- I mean, she's [bleep] over everybody
in this circle, I think. - Everyone.
- When you talk to a friend, you shouldn't have to feel
like you're walking on eggshells.
I shouldn't have to worry if the information I'm giving her
is going to be used against me later on.
With Ashley, that's how I feel. I just do not trust her.
She will do whatever it takes, and that means,
if she's running with this vet alliance, she's gonna do it...
- Yeah, I see that. - Until she doesn't, you know?
- I mean, the truth is, I actually don't want
to see her in the final either, but--
- 1,000%. - Yeah.
I don't, but I don't want to take a shot and miss,
so if we take a shot, it's gotta [bleep] hit.
Hard.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Agency, you have 20 minutes to gather intel.
Then you must compromise one agent
and send them into the Lair.
Use this time wisely.
- Looking at the Agency, I see Kaycee, Nany, and Tori,
and I know for a fact they don't want
to see me in the final, so I'm just praying
that our season-long alliance holds true.
- So I want to address something real quick,
and I'm talking to the Ruby Team, you know.
I've already heard that a lot of people
don't want to be on this team,
and we're already losing with that mindset, Kyle.
We're already losing with that mindset.
Look at these teams around us. They're all unified.
They're all wearing the same color.
We can't even agree on wearing red.
We can't even wear the same color to the Chamber.
This is the stuff that I'm talking about.
We can't even do the little things right.
- In order to be a winner,
you have to visualize yourself as a winner,
so that's why I'm dressed like Emerald.
- You look like a good team player over there, Kyle.
- And if we don't figure out how to work together,
it's not gonna be good for any of us.
- Mr. Serious over here, Cory, is like, "Hey, man.
You couldn't even wear red. You didn't even get the memo."
Shut up. It was a joke. God.
- So ladies, you're all on the chopping block.
We've deliberated before entering the Chamber,
and listen to me when I tell you,
our mind is not made up.
This is your time to legitimately plead your case.
I want to hear their reasons for why they shouldn't go in.
I want them to throw someone under the bus.
I want to create a little bit of chaos.
If you have something to say, say it now,
or do not be surprised when your ass is down there tonight.
You guys start fighting, please.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- So ladies, you're all on the chopping block.
If you have something to say, say it now,
or do not be surprised
when your ass is down there tonight.
- And first and foremost, the Sapphire Team.
They're already more of a threat to the Emerald Team
than the Ruby Team.
Secondly, I haven't--and a few of us haven't--been to a final,
so if we do make it to a final, will be better for your game,
because we don't know what to expect.
And thirdly, I've already been down there, yeah,
so if I could plead my case
and put someone else down there who hasn't been down there,
maybe it's time for someone else
to go down there and fight as well.
- Priscilla thinks just because she's been
into the Lair once, she's proven herself.
Honey, you haven't proven anything to us.
- Got it.
- Back to what Priscilla said.
I'm gonna be honest with you.
When I have been to finals,
I have had really good partners and teams,
so you know, there's always a lot of talk
about the champion this, champion that,
but I don't think I'm better than any of y'all in this room.
- Oh, Ashley, you know that you're a fine wine.
You get better with time, so don't even try that card.
I would like to plead my case.
I understand that, you know, the format of this game
is to avoid going down to the Lair,
and I understand and accept that, at some stage,
I will have to go down there,
because, you know, I do want to prove myself.
However, I don't want to go down tonight,
and do you know--
- Do you want to go down any night?
- [laughs] No.
- When can we pencil you in, Big T?
- Never.
- So I know a lot of you guys
have played a lot of seasons with me.
I'm somebody that has always been loyal,
and I've always ridden with my friends.
I think that all of you guys know who I am
and what I'm playing for, and I'm a mom,
so I have a lot more on the line this season.
I don't think it's my time to go in.
- I've always been considered one of the weakest here,
since day one.
I may not be strongest,
but, like, I were into elimination last week,
and I think that I've proved myself.
- Yeah. You whooped ass.
- Thank you. - Yeah, you did.
- I don't want to be here just because I'm the weakest person,
because I don't think I am.
I will always give it my, like, 100%.
- I wrote a speech.
- Hell yeah. [applause]
- Since the first day, I've been honest with everyone
and always stayed away from the dirty plans
some people had in here 'cause I'm a [bleep] wolf,
and I try and stay loyal for my people, for my gang.
Never step at them or betrayed them,
even if it's about $1 million, you know?
- How can you not love Emy?
I mean, she is as pure and raw as it comes.
She wears her heart on her sleeve.
She's about as honest as they come.
Girl's got a lot of heart.
- Shall we vote? - Agency, your time is up.
You must now select one player to compromise.
♪ ♪
- I look hot, though. Yeah.
- She tried to shake up the vets' game.
She is a rookie, and she's on the Ruby Cell,
and she's a smart girl,
so we gotta compromise her and try and get her out.
- Good luck, Priscilla. - Not Priscilla.
- Is Priscilla gonna pick her opponent?
Are we gonna have to pick another person
when we get there?
Nobody knows, so until we find out the rules of the game,
you don't want to take a big shot,
because you have no idea how it's gonna play out.
[alarm blaring] - Oh, [bleep].
- Bettina?
- Are you ready? - Oh, snap.
- I'm not ready to go home, so I'm gonna fight,
because I can see myself in that final,
and I'm closer than I could have ever imagined.
- Being a single mom is really hard.
From working the night shift and then coming home
and taking care of a baby all day long
until you go in the next night, that's why I've come here,
and I've really put it all on the line
because I want him to have the best life he can.
- I'm not quite sure what's gonna happen
in regards to Priscilla's opponent.
Anything can happen in this game,
so I'm not gonna sit pretty.
♪ ♪
- All right, agents. Welcome back to the Lair.
- Whoo-hoo. - Whoo!
- Emerald Cell, by winning the last mission,
you became the Agency.
As the Agency, you were tasked
with compromising one female agent.
You did that, and now,
Priscilla, come on down, from the Ruby Cell.
all: Whoo!
- Come on, Ruby! - Go, Priscilla.
- Ruby.
- So Priscilla, how are you feeling?
- Ooh, well, I stirred up the house by not playing ball,
and when you do moves like that, I guess
there's consequences to pay, so this is my consequence,
and I own the [bleep] out of it.
- Okay. Fair enough.
Now we've gotta get you an opponent,
so that decision...
♪ ♪
Is yours. all: Whoo-hoo!
- You can choose any other female agent
from either the Ruby Cell or the Sapphire Cell.
So who's it gonna be?
- This gives massive power to the agent
that's been compromised by the Agency.
This just changed everything.
♪ ♪
- Priscilla, you can choose any other female agent
from either the Ruby Cell or the Sapphire Cell.
Who's it gonna be?
- Oh. This is interesting now.
Who the hell is she gonna call out?
I doubt she's coming for a rookie.
I think she's gonna take a big shot at a vet.
[dramatic music]
- She's an amazing competitor, and if I do go away today,
I know I went against someone great.
Ashley.
- Priscilla has balls.
- What a badass. Literally, I have goosies.
I have goosies, and this is gonna be really good.
- Ashley...
- Whoo! - Come on down.
- Showed up.
- We got a matchup.
- Ashley the champ. I started the beef with her.
We're gonna end it today,
one way or another, on this elimination.
- Ashley, you've been compromised.
- You know what? I really respect her.
I mean, she's been swinging big this season,
and I mean, coming for the only girl champion left up here?
Good for her.
I mean, as you know, down here, it can be anyone's game.
I'm gonna give it my all.
I'm ready to fight for my place, dude,
and I need an elimination win.
You know I've had a few rough seasons, so let's get it.
[all cheering]
- Ashley really is such a genuine person
that I don't know what I would do
without her in the game.
She's my best friend, and I don't want to see her go home.
- Good luck, girls.
- I just really am glad that
Amanda's not gonna be chosen tonight,
because she's here for bigger reasons.
She has a family at home,
so if that means I have to go and get dirty, then let's go.
- All right.
Tonight, you are playing Seek and Destroy.
all: Ooh.
- Underneath this sand are eight colored tires
for each of you.
When I say go, you will dig out those eight colored tires
and place them on your pole.
Once you've placed them on your pole,
you will race over to that radio tower
where there will be a sequence of flashing colored lights.
Memorize those lights, because they are the key
in which order you place your tires.
So you're gonna have to take all the tires off,
put 'em all back on, in order.
The first agent to get this done
will win tonight's elimination round and stay in the game.
Losing agent deactivated immediately and sent home.
Do not be that agent, all right?
[all cheering] - Come on, girls.
- Good luck, baby! - Whoo-hoo!
- If I can pull this off,
this would mean the world to me.
I'm doing this for my mum.
It's her birthday today,
so this will be her birthday present
'cause I can't be with her.
Today just means so much on so many different levels.
I'll just be proving to myself that I can do this again.
I'll be proving to the world that I have a lot to offer,
and my mum--I channel my strength from her,
'cause there's nothing in this world that she can't do.
- Everyone knows I hate eliminations,
but I've just had such a good season
in, like, actually getting to, like,
make alliances and friends,
and I don't want to leave Amanda here by herself,
and I'm just so honored to be Amanda's friend.
She is just such a great human.
She, you know, is a nurse during the pandemic.
She's a single mother.
She takes care of a sick family member.
It's just an honor to be her friend,
and I want to do anything I can to help her in this game.
♪ ♪
[all cheering]
- Priscilla's gonna do great on this.
She have very good endurance. She's strong.
She's very good at memorizing. I think she can have this.
- Let's go, ladies.
- Let's go.
- You have to dig out a bunch of tires, and hey,
Priscilla's gonna be good at this,
because she's good at digging her own grave.
- All right, agents, you ready?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[air horn blares] Go.
[all cheering]
- Go, go, go!
- Come on, Pris!
- Go, go, go. - Whoo-whoo-whoo!
♪ ♪
- Kick it. Kick it. Kick it.
Feet, feet, feet. Feet, feet, feet.
♪ ♪
- Keep it going. Keep it moving.
- [panting]
- Whole body.
- This [bleep] is tiring. Sand is heavy.
Everything on my body is getting tired,
but I have to keep going.
- Breathe and go!
- I'm not rushing around like a chicken with my head cut off,
because then I'm just gonna get my piles
that I've dug through confused.
I'm gonna get flustered,
so I'm just moving cool and calm and staying focused.
- Come on, Ashley. Keep it moving.
all: Yeah!
- Whoo! Go, go, go!
- Ashley, move your ass! [all cheering]
- Come on, Priscilla!
Come on, girl.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Priscilla!
- Priscilla is a rookie,
but Priscilla is a brave player.
I'm low-key rooting for Priscilla,
because why would I want Ashley to stay in this game?
Now that this is a team game, Ashley is a threat.
She is my opponent in this game,
and I definitely don't want her around.
- Come on. Breathe.
- [panting]
- Come on.
- Get it. There you go! - Whoo-hoo!
- Let's go.
- Good job, Priscilla.
- Good job, Ash. - You gotta move though.
- There you go! Moving.
- You gotta push.
- There you go! There you go.
- $1 million.
- [bleep]. [all cheering]
- Go ahead. Let's go.
[muffled cheering]
- Good job. - You gotta move, girl.
- You're halfway there. You're halfway there.
- Ashley is like a queen of the sand, right now.
- Yeah! - Good job, Ash.
- Yeah! Go, go, go. Just go.
- [grunts, panting]
- I see Priscilla start to get stressed,
and I'm stressing with her,
'cause I really want her to come back.
- Two-time champ, baby. Let's go.
- Well done.
- Okay. - Keep that body moving.
- [grunts] - Well done.
- Good job, Ash.
- Let's go, Ashley! Two [bleep] more!
- Come on, Priscilla. Well done, Priscilla.
- It takes everything out of you.
Mind, body, and soul.
I can't even believe I'm doing this.
I came to "The Challenge" to prove myself,
and also to do this for my mum.
I get to show her how she gave me strength
and how she made an amazing, strong-ass woman.
[panting]
- Good job, Priscilla.
[all screaming, cheering]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[tense music]
- Good job, Ash. One more. One [bleep] more.
- Anything can happen, ladies. It's not over. It's not over.
[all screaming, cheering]
- Let's go. Go!
- [panting]
♪ ♪
- [grunts] - Let's go!
[indistinct], let's go.
Go!
Ashley has the best strategy out there.
She is using her entire body to move the sand,
while Priscilla's just kicking it.
And ultimately, that's great,
because Priscilla's not gonna waste her arm strength,
but Ashley's moving the sand way faster.
I mean, Ashley is getting tire after tire after tire.
And it looks like Priscilla's just getting tired.
- A little memory game now. You got this.
- Red. Purple. Green. Red. Yellow.
The colors are not in order. It's going the first one.
The third one. The bottom one. The middle.
Oh, my gosh. This is not what I was expecting.
Red. Purple. Green. Red. Yellow.
all: Red. Purple. Green. Red. Yellow.
Red. Purple. Green. Red. Yellow.
- I get why everybody wants Ashley back.
They want Priscilla gone, but I don't think
people realize that, unless Ashley's on your team,
she's not benefitting you, at all.
all: Red. Purple. Green. Red. Yellow.
Red. Purple. Green. Red. Yellow.
- It feels so crazy to have all the vets root for me for once.
I never, ever, ever have stepped into an elimination
where people were rooting for me.
- [panting frantically]
I need to keep my aim, to keep pushing.
I'd rather go out fighting against the champion
than take the easy way out and give up.
- Go, go, go! Go!
- Red. Purple. Green. Red. Yellow.
- Red. Yellow. Red. Yellow.
- Go, Ashley. Let's go.
- Go, go. Last three. Last three.
- Come on, Priscilla!
- Come on, ladies.
♪ ♪
- Check. Check.
[air horn blares] - All right, Ashley wins.
[cheers and applause]
- Let's go, Ashley!
- I am so happy my best friend is back.
I know this means a lot to her,
because to finally have the friendships.
The alliances. The people rooting for her.
- Yeah!
- I know this is a big moment for her,
and I couldn't be more happy.
- I did it! I finally won an elimination.
- Yeah!
- My mom told me that I'm stronger
than I give myself credit for.
You know, it's been a few seasons
since I've had any friends in Headquarters,
so having, like, the whole crowd, like,
helping me remember my colors-- it just felt overwhelming.
Like, "They like me! They really like me."
- What better way to go out than go out
knowing you tried your best against a two-time champion?
My mom would be so proud of me right now.
I didn't stop, no matter how tired I was.
No matter how much I thought I couldn't do it,
'cause Lord knows I thought I couldn't do it,
at one point, in there.
But just for the fact that the only way that I stopped
was by Ashley winning, she'll be proud.
- That was a sick elimination.
Nice work, both of you. Great job.
all: Whoo!
- Well done, girls. You did Ruby proud, Priscilla.
- Very solid work by both of you,
but unfortunately, Priscilla, this ends your time here,
on "The Challenge." You know what happens.
- Yeah.
- So you are deactivated, as of right now.
You gotta go home, but I'm positive
we will see you in the future, girl.
[cheers and applause]
- Whoo! - Good luck, Priscilla.
- Priscilla!
- Bye, love.
- Oh, Priscilla, I will miss you so much.
Thank you for being such a good friend to me
and such a inspiring person.
You are the best,
and I don't know what I would do here without you.
- Everything I did, I did for a reason,
and it was never with the safety on.
I do not regret anything I did for one second.
I'm leaving behind Big T. Bettina.
I love them to bits.
Those two have strength more than they even imagine.
They just need to believe in their self,
'cause I can see them going all the way.
- Our team was already at a all-time low,
and now, we lost Priscilla.
She was the only one proud to even be on Team Ruby.
Now she's gone.
I don't know what's gonna come for my team.
I gotta pull our team together.
- All right, Ashley. Getting it done.
Congratulations. That was awesome.
all: Whoo!
- Well done. Good work. Good work.
- By winning tonight's elimination round,
the choice is yours.
[tense music]
Do you want to stay
with the Sapphire Cell,
or do you want to infiltrate
and steal a spot on the Ruby Cell?
- Come on over here, Ash. - Whoo!
- Come on over.
- You've got what it takes to be a Ruby.
- Or...
♪ ♪
Do you want to infiltrate a spot on the Emerald Cell?
- Ooh! [all screaming]
- That's what I'm talking about.
- You can switch cells?
Not even the Agency is safe.
[laughs]
Nice one, TJ. Think I know my next move.
- I've played with Ashley before.
That mother[bleep] is sneaky.
Ashley, if you take my spot,
I'll [bleep] eat you.
- Oh, God. I'm horrible at decisions.
- So the choice is yours, Ashley.
- Oh.
- Which cell do you want to join?
- Okay. Obviously, no to the Ruby Team.
But...
♪ ♪
I would like to stay with my friend Amanda,
so I'm gonna stay with the Sapphire.
- Go ahead and rejoin the Sapphire Cell.
- We didn't want you anyway.
- Yeah!
[all laughing, squealing]
- You're all sandy. Yes.
- I am so glad that Ashley has the faith in me to perform,
and to be able to carry the team and win with me.
And that's one of the things that we wanted
to do this season, we wanted to come in together,
and we wanted to leave together.
And we're gonna leave with the money. You watch.
- All right, agents.
As you can see, a lot can change around here.
I'll see you at the next mission.
Be ready.
- Whoo! - Yeah.
- Good job, Ashley. I'm so proud of you.
- I started crying before, 'cause I was like,
"I just don't want to leave Amanda by herself."
[laughter]
You can't get rid of me, muah!
- This is gonna be tricky--
the new team setting and the new elimination rules.
Just when you thought everything was safe,
TJ comes in here and flips the house upside-down.
[intense electronic music]
- I might have lost tonight's elimination,
but I was up against a champ.
I mean, what better way to go out
than go out knowing you tried your best
against a two-time champion.
I've won one elimination, lost my second one.
I guess it's the curse of the rookie,
'cause every rookie that has come down here twice
has gone out on their second one.
I mean, I knew my arms were my weakness.
Today was digging, it's about arms,
and I tried my best.
And my best wasn't good enough this time,
but next time 'round, if I'm back,
I'm gonna make sure I-I do it
second time around. [sighs]
My mom would be so proud of me right now.
I didn't stop.
No matter how tired I was,
no matter how much I thought that I couldn't do it,
'cause Lord knows I thought I couldn't do it
at one point in there.
But just for the fact that the only way that I stopped
was by actually winning, she'll be proud.
Everybody dies, but not everybody lives.
"The Challenge," I've managed to live my wildest dreams.
So I'm so thankful for "The Challenge."
So thankful to myself for proving I can do anything
and this isn't the last of me.
Rookie of the season. I'm claiming it.
[exhales deeply]
- [grunts] - No, no!
- ♪ Look around, do you know who's beside you ♪
- Shut the [bleep] up!
You bitches don't want to see this!
- Calm down, will you? - You don't!
- All right.
- You can't manipulate me.
- I want to go to my mama!
[dramatic music]
- You vote me in tomorrow,
that's the end of our friendship.
- [grunts]
- If there's any sign of movement,
I'm gonna bite him.
♪ ♪
- I'm throwing the mission.
You guys gotta come to the sand.
- ♪ Keep hiding from the truth ♪
- Sit down and-- - Shut your [bleep] mouth.
- I said it. I'll come for you.
- ♪ Keep hiding from the truth it'll find you ♪
- Keep it going! - Let it go!
- Now, it is time to put up or shut up.
This is it.
- ♪ Keep hiding from the truth ♪
- Oh!
- Nobody remember elimination wins.
Everybody remembers champions.