- ♪ MTV ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- "The Challenge" is back, and right now
we are in a world of secrets and spies...
♪ ♪
Where truth, deception, knowledge, and power collide.
Right now 34 elite agents
from around the globe have been activated.
They're about to embark upon the most exciting
competition experience in the world
and the only one of its kind.
To start the game off,
the American agents have been compromised
and are in desperate need of extraction.
- Help.
- Their only hope is a group of badass agents
from around the world.
- This first mission will define
the rest of the competition, because the global agents
will be racing to pick their partners.
And it starts right now.
♪ ♪
- Oh, hell.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
- Well, this is a familiar feeling.
- What is this place?
Ahh! - Somebody come save me now.
- Let's go, baby.
I'ma break this [bleep].
♪ ♪
- Thank you, TJ, for putting me through another season of this.
[rock music]
- Our partners are chained up somewhere.
We have to go and extract a bunch of Americans.
I know how important it is
to have a good partner in this game.
So I am leaving all of these internationals in the dust.
- ♪ Tell you all a story about the joker ♪
♪ And the thief in the night ♪
- Is this real? Are we really starting?
I'm standing on the front line, and I'm losing it.
[air horn blares]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Can you see the joker flying over ♪
- Why do I have a sledgehammer?
Like, do I have to smash other people?
It has a key too. So what is going on, man?
♪ ♪
[all yelling]
- Out here screaming in the woods.
The ground is kind of shaking right now.
People are running out the woods with hammers.
There was a key on a hammer; I look at the lock.
I'm like, "Whoa, they're about to come unlock us."
- ♪ I said the joker is a wanted man ♪
- Hey! - Hey!
- ♪ About the joker and the thief in the night ♪
- "Work together to free the chain and the safe."
What?
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Team [inaudible] Team [inaudible] right here.
All of them are running past me.
Hello, two-time champion Ashley here.
Don't you want a winner on your team?
- Who are you looking for?
- Where's Kaycee?
- Hey, what's up? - Hey.
Let me free you. - Let's go.
- Kaycee is my favorite, 'cause she's tough skin.
She swings. She runs.
She does everything, and she's a good person.
- Unlock me. Unlock me. And then put these on,
and you're gonna start smashing the brick, okay?
- I'm competitive. I'm smart.
I mean, at uni I started international funds and trade,
and I play American football for the London Warriors.
I'm a defensive end. So them whole bros come at me.
♪ ♪
- I look at Nany. I look at Amanda, I'm like,
"Who do I don't want, chaos or chaos?" And I'm like,
"At this point, maybe I should just run past them both,
run into the ocean, and just swim home."
Amanda is the spawn of Satan.
She has been derived up from hell, put on a pedestal,
and sent into "The Challenge" house.
But Amanda has got a lot of connections in this house.
So that's a good thing.
- All right, pull through there.
- Come to the dark side, Kyle. Come to the dark side.
♪ ♪
- I am the ultimate secret agent,
because people think that I'm this innocent girl,
but I am a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I am playing dumb. But the truth is,
is that I know exactly what I'm doing.
- Back up.
[bouncy upbeat music]
- Hi. - Who are you?
- Logan. - Aneesa.
I looked around at everybody's cinder blocks,
and they all have numbers and letters and colors.
They have to mean something.
- Yeah. - Nice to meet you
- Nice to meet you. Let's go.
- I was a boxer for seven years.
People never, ever think that.
Like, who's a boxer and a trend makeup artist?
Sometimes people think because guys are gay you may be weaker
and you may be more sensitive.
I can do just as good as anybody else.
- Yeah. Go, go, go.
- Hughie's trying to ask me where I'm from
while we're in the middle of this challenge.
I am from your nightmares.
Pick up that sledgehammer and get to work.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Priscilla is the only girl who's ahead of me.
♪ ♪
And I just wished that she don't,
don't, don't, don't, don't choose Cory.
♪ ♪
- Where's Cory?
- Come get me. Yeah!
- Whoo! Mm-mm-mm.
Yes, yes, yes.
- No! [bleep].
Where's Nelson? Nelson.
- Nelson. Right over here. Just unlock this.
Right here, baby.
- Are you looking for me? Nany. Nany.
Okay, am I your partner? - Yeah.
- Okay, so you have to unlock me.
- Nany, I want her as my partner.
I don't know how good competitor is Nany.
I just want a cute face.
- What's your name? - Renan.
- What's yours? - Renan, Michaela.
- All right.
- Do you have two hammers or just one?
- Just one. Just one.
- Renan has another country's flag on his helmet,
but his English is perfect, and I'm loving his accent also,
so he can talk to me all night.
Oh, no, not all night, honey, all day.
I'm not that type of woman.
[laughs]
- I'm ready for some drama. I like drama.
Oh, I'm not a drama queen, but I love drama queens.
I'm a little bit extra sometimes.
Yeah, a little bit salty, a little bit spicy,
but I'm trying to handle myself.
♪ ♪
- I see you CT, like, standing like that.
Why would you hide?
- I'm nervous, okay? I'm hiding because I'm nervous.
I don't know what's going on. I don't know these people.
- I'm okay with you? - [laughs]
- Ready? - Yes, please.
Oh, my God.
It feels great to be one of the first Nigerian persons
ever to be an MTV "The Challenge."
I'm, like, fireworks.
I need to show young Black women in Africa
or all over the world that young African women
can do this too. We can fight for ourselves.
- Hi - Hi, nice to meet you.
I'm Tracy.
- Tracy? - Yes.
- Wonderful to meet you. I'm Devin.
♪ ♪
- I am waiting here.
Please, someone pick me already.
♪ ♪
And you see Big T like "Baywatch" running down.
She was really actually running in slow motion, I think.
But she's gonna be a great partner in this game.
She is so social.
She's strategic. Everybody in the house loves her.
There we go.
- I am an alpha female, you know?
So...if you want me
to listen to all of them, that's not going to work.
That's not my person. My person is bold.
♪ ♪
- This one here. - Yeah.
- Just push all this [bleep].
♪ ♪
- Stuck right here.
- Real good, though.
♪ ♪
- Here. I'm gonna carry the chains.
- Oh, they're supposed to go down here.
Down here. Okay, I got it.
- And then? Now what?
- Walk. Come on.
- Come on. Come on. Come on.
- Aneesa doesn't like people yelling and screaming.
Like, "Come on, Aneesa. Run faster."
You know, Aneesa needs support team.
Like, "Come on, Aneesa. You can do it."
That's the way to have a good relationship
and to healthy relationship with your partner.
♪ ♪
- "Place your safe on a decoding station.
"Use the dials to unlock your safe
"and retrieve your diamond.
Bring your diamond to the finish line."
I know this is eight.
I'm trying to remember what was over there.
- Oh, [bleep], chill, chill.
- And I remember that on the bricks
there were some colored numbers and letters.
So was I wrong not looking at them first?
- Go.
- You have it? - Yeah, come on.
- Amanda, come on this side.
- I'm a mom now, and I'm a fierce, fighting mom.
So I'm here to win the money and take it home for me
and my son.
- Okay, grab this.
Kyle hands me the safe, and yeah, moms are superheroes,
but I cannot carry this on my own, Kyle.
- Yeah, that's great. As long as you're moving.
- Well done. What flag is that?
- Sweden. - Sweden?
- Yeah. - Nice, neve been.
- People will underestimate me, because I'm, like,
this tiny person. I'm, like, 5'2."
I'm the shortest girl here, and, like, I'm not very big,
but, like, I'm a former Swedish champion in dancing.
I'm stronger than people think.
- [breathing heavily]
What is the [bleep] code?
- I don't know. Blue three? Remember?
All right, we got blue three...
- I think the number is from-- - Orange one, black four.
- Black four.
- [inaudible], remember those three?
- 271869.
- When it comes to decoding to safe,
if you put in the wrong code three times,
it's gonna lock you out for five minutes,
and that's five minutes we cannot afford.
[safe beeping]
- Come on, come on, come on. Oh, come on.
- It's coming. - [bleep]
- [inaudible]. - [bleep]. Come on.
- [inaudible], and then we can just do this run.
- Nelson does not know the code,
because he did not pay attention to the bricks.
The codes were on the bricks
that we have now smashed to smithereens.
What do we do now? - Damn it.
- It's coming. It's coming. It's coming. Don't worry.
- Since I plugged in so many numbers we have to wait
until we can put in the code again.
♪ ♪
- [bleep]. Come on.
[tense music]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Damn it. - It’s coming. It’s coming.
It’s coming. Don’t worry. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- [bleep].
- Come on.
\h- Hi. - 056.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Today’s mission is compromised. This is a race.
\hPick a partner, smash your bricks,
throw the chain through, \h\h\hpick your safe up,
run to a puzzle board, \h\h\hunlock your safe,
\hand take your gemstone to the finish line, baby.
♪ ♪
- Let’s go.
♪ ♪
- 371659.
- 948.
Oh, you did great.
- Let’s go.
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h- What next? - Run with me. Let’s go.
♪ ♪
- Okay, don’t leave me.
- All right, Aneesa and Logan, \h\h\h\h\h\hyou’re killing it.
Coming in first
[air horn blares]
- Yeah.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Logan and I win the first challenge.
Surprise, surprise.
The old bitch won.
[laughs]
- Solid.
\h\h\h\h\h- Wow. - That was solid.
\h- Good job. - Thank you.
[air horn blares] \h\h- Nice work.
- Thanks.
- All right. All right.
[air horn blares]
- Did you win? \h\h\h- First.
- I love you.
♪ ♪
[air horn blares]
- We got it.
One thing I already absolutely \h\h\h\hlove about my partner
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEsther is, once we unlock the code,
\h\h\h\h\h\hshe starts sprinting immediately,
and she’s pushing me. \h\h\h\hThen I’m like,
\hthis is gonna be one good season if we keep this up.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYeah, welcome to "The Challenge."
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h- Yes. [air horn blares]
- We finally finished \h\h\hthe challenge.
\h\h\h\h\h\hWell done, Amanda. Say it, and we’ll be thrilled.
\h\h\h- 2. - 271659...
- 65... \h- 48.
\h\h\h- No. - [bleep].
- No, we did have it right.
- No. We had it right \h\h\hthe first time.
- 271... \h- Shh,
\h\h\h\hthey’re right here, and they’re gonna copy us.
- All right, click.
- Well, no, it’s [bleep] \h\h\h\h\hIt’s--we can’t.
- Why? What’s wrong with it?
- Because it’s--we did it \htoo many times. Don’t.
\h\h\h\h\hOkay, just don’t. Hughie, stop talking to me.
\hI’ve never met anyone who talks more than me.
I’m afraid I might \hkill my partner.
\hIs that illegal in the challenge?
- I do not wanna come last. I gonna bust that box open.
[bleep].
\h\h\h\h\h\hAll right, look, we’re not gonna get anywhere
if we use lose our tempers. \hLook, all we can do is--
\h\h- No, we’re not gonna get anywhere ’cause I get
[bleep] every time, \h\hstupid [bleep].
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Calm down. Arguing won’t change it.
For [bleep] sake.
- Oh.
\h\h- Oh, yeah. - Oh, [bleep].
- All right. Come on, let’s go. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCome on, we go.
- How embarrassing is that-- \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Amazing.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Come on. - How embarrassing is that?
♪ ♪
\hWell, I am not going home first.
\h\hIf this is a case of going home first,
I’m gonna smash that box open.
♪ ♪
- Hello.
\hNot last. - Not last.
- Right here, honey.
Give me a hug.
\h\hWe didn’t win, but we didn’t lose.
That’s okay, right? \h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
- What’s your name? \h\h\h\h\h\h- Gabo.
- Gabo, I’m Nany.
\h\h\h- Nice to meet you. - Very nice to meet you.
♪ ♪
\h\h\h- It’s not opening. - It was open. It opened.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- 27... - Dude, this is [bleep] up.
- It’s not opening \h\hwhen I turn it.
♪ ♪
Stupid [bleep] box.
Come on; come on. We’re still \h\h\h\h\hdoing it. Come on.
We are not going home first. \hI am not going home first.
- They’re probably gonna start purge.
- What does purge mean?
- It means we’re [bleep] \h\h\h\hgoing home first.
♪ ♪
- All right everyone. \h\hWelcome, agents.
\hFor those of you that I haven’t met,
my name is TJ Lavin, and I’m your handler.
While your backgrounds \h\hmight be different
\h\h\hand you may call different places home,
you all have one goal in mind, \h\h\h\h\hand that’s to make it
\h\h\h\h\hto my final and earn your share,
the lion’s share of $1 million.
[cheers and applause]
- A million dollars.
[cheers and applause]
- I need stuff for my baby.
I got my girlfriend \h\h\hpregnant, TJ.
I need that million dollars.
- Some of you came to play,
\h\h\h\hbut I can also see who really needs some work.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSince this is a cutthroat season, Ashley...
\h\h- Yeah. - Hughie...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m sorry, but you guys got last place.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - I am not eliminated.
- And by getting last place...
- Into elimination. \h\h\h\h\h\h- Ohh.
- You are done.
[all gasping]
\h\h\h- [bleep]. That’s not fair.
This is bull[bleep]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Ashley...
\h\h- Yeah. - Hughie...
By getting last place \h\h\hyou are done...
[all gasp] \h\h\h- No.
♪ ♪
- Getting last place.
[all shouting]
\h\h\h\h\h- [bleep]. - You can’t do that.
\h\h\hYou can’t do that. - I was ready to go sick.
\h\h\h- Consider this a very stern warning.
Got it? Now, on the other hand, our winners, Logan and Aneesa.
Great job.
- Yeah.
- With winning comes power.
You two will now form the agency.
\h- Whoo. - Agency.
- As the agency, you are not \honly safe from elimination,
but you will also have some very big decisions to make.
The rest of you go back \h\h\hto headquarters,
\h\h\h\h\hdeliberate and nominate one team
\h\h\h\h\hto send into the elimination round.
The agency will decide \h\h\h\hwho faces them.
- [bleep].
\h\h\h- I’ll see you soon. Get out of here. Great job.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h- How old are you? - 22. I’m a sex counselor.
- So you sit on the couch
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand you talk to them about how fast they...
- Yeah, not just that, but, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlike,
all sorts of things, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hright?
But yeah.
- Who is this group over here forming?
\h\h\hKaycee, Devin, CT. That’s not our alliance.
\h\h\h\h\h- To be honest, it’s time for the vets...
\h\h\h\h\h\h- To go. - To go home, right?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLike, it’s time for the rookies to take over.
- It is, and there are so many \h\h\h\hnew people this season.
- We really need to form
like a big rookie alliance, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah, we gotta find us some friends.
Stay out of elimination \h\h\htill we wanna go.
- And to be honest, \h\hI’m really glad
that we actually finished-- \hwe finished like second,
because then maybe we don’t \hget targets on our back.
Me and my partner are both rookies.
Most of the time rookies
\h\h\h\hwill be targeted first during challenges.
So yeah, I’m pretty nervous.
[funky music]
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Ahh! Let the party begin.
♪ ♪
- Listen, listen, first of all,
when it comes to deliberation, \h\h\h\h\hshut the [bleep] up.
Don’t say nothing, okay? \h\h\h\h\h\h\hI love you.
- I love you, too. Right.
- But I will kill you if we \hcome in last place again.
♪ ♪
- You know, I’m working out \hand taking ten every day,
but I didn’t do competitions \h\h\h\h\h\hlike this before.
- Right. Yeah. So you’re used
\hto just like hanging out and partying and drinking?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. \h\h\hPretty much.
- Okay.
- So are you like here \h\h\h\h\hto like win?
- Yeah, like I got you \h\h\h\h\has a partner.
\h\h\h\hI pretty much feel that we have a good chance.
I don’t really know \habout this game.
\h\hAlliance, friends, fake friends, enemies,
\h\h\h\hchallenges. I look like sporty,
\h\h\h\hbut I definitely have popcorn muscles to be honest.
\h\hI’m happy that Nany did 11 seasons, which is great.
\h\hShe has experience, and that’s what I need.
- Why did you pick me \h\h\h\has a partner?
- ’Cause you were hot.
\h\h\h\h\h\hSo I was like, she is hot and she is good.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay. - She’s gonna be my girl.
- Oh...
I’ll be your partner.
- I was like this simple.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- And you pushed me. \h\h\h\hI love that.
- I know.
\h- Because I am very competitive.
- And it’s nice to have \ha new partner, like,
\hsomeone who doesn’t know me. Someone who’s not gonna judge.
Someone who’s like \hgonna work hard.
- You know more than me \hso I’m gonna listen.
Aneesa, she’s gonna help me \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\ha lot.
\h\hShe’s, like, sweetie grandma.
Because my grandma is always \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlike how I do
\h\hand taking care of the little bird,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand I’m here if my mouth open like feed me.
\h\hEverybody was very nice today.
- Yeah, today.
- I think we’re off \hto a great start.
\hI like the energy for sure. Apparently you’re an acrobat.
- Yeah. I grew up in a circus as an acrobat and the trapeze
\h\h\h\h\h[inaudible] and now I’m the heir.
- I think Berna is going to fit right in if she used
to--used to work in a circus.
\h\h\h- [laughs] - Cheers. Cheers.
\h\h- I think that we’re super strong.
\h\h\h\h\hI think that you’re a super threat.
You’re about to give these \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[bleep]
a run for their money. \h\h\h\h\h- I’m ready.
\h\h\h\h- I’m super cool with so many people who are vets.
- Yeah.
It makes sense, man. \h\h\hIt makes sense.
\h- Okay, we’ve just gotta do our best to like--yeah.
- You’re gonna have a partner \hthat you can have fun with
and also rob the bank.
I just think she needs \h\h\h\h\hthe partner
that can help her \h\h[inaudible].
[laughs]
\h\hWhat do you say? - Okay. A head kiss?
\h- Starts with a head kiss. - It starts with a head kiss.
- Five minutes into this \h\hand this is working.
- Kelz is an attractive man,
\h\h\h\h\h\hand I think God’s [bleep] with me.
God was like, "Tori,
\h\h\h\h"you think you’re going to have a season without guys.
\h\h\h\h\hNo, no, no. Here’s your partner."
"Oh, thanks, God."
Of course.
"Thank you."
You’re welcome.
- Oh, I love this teamwork.
- [laughs]
- When we go to [inaudible] \h\hrookie, you guys pick.
Just tell me which way to go.
\h\h\h\h- I know there’s eight "Survivor" people.
- Oh, you wanna go "Survivor" versus "Survivor"? Whatever.
-But which one?
- [bleep] pick a name \h\h\hout of the hat.
- If all the bets are not \h\h\h\hon the same page,
it’s gonna be a problem.
- There’s more of them \hthan there is of us.
♪ ♪
- A veteran is somebody who has played this game before.
\hA rookie is somebody who has never played this game before.
\hI feel like the biggest disadvantage for a rookie
is that they don’t have \h\h\hthe relationships
\hthat a lot of us veterans do that carry on, you know,
from one season to another.
- Obviously, the vets in the \hpast can’t get it together,
so we all need to be \h\hon the same page
and vote the same way.
\h\h\hOtherwise, one of us are on the chopping block.
- The vets basically have \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\ha truce
or a pact and a promise.
- The veteran truce is simple.
\hDo not vote for a veteran until all available rookies
are taken off the table.
You know how everyone wanted go \h\h\hbig, go big last season?
Let’s go small and small.
\h\h- This is gonna be a bloodbath of rookies.
♪ ♪
- [cackling]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h- Where do you see our biggest strengths are?
- I don’t give up for [bleep].
\h\hI’ve had a lot to prove in my life
\has like a gay guy that plays sports.
People just underestimate me, \h\h\h\hand so I like beating
those--those expectations. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- 100%
\h\h- So what you feel like your biggest strengths are?
- Oh, mine? \h\h- Yeah.
- I’m cool with physical stuff.
- Yeah, obviously. \h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
\h\h\h- Do you like puzzles? - Yeah, I’m good at puzzles.
- Puzzles. Yeah.
- I mean, you know what?
I’m happy ’cause we’ve got \h\hso many new faces here.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hall: Yeah. - This is it for us, you know?
- We can make our mark.
- We’re here to make generation \h\hchallenges. The new breed.
- I wanna send a vet home.
- Yeah.
- We gotta do what we gotta \h\h\h\h\hdo, man, [bleep].
- Yeah, whole season, man.
\h- Hold on. I’m gonna sprint up this bad boy.
\h\hWe have new young blood coming on to "The Challenge"
trying to take it over.
\h\h\h\hI’ll be damned if I let that happen.
\h\h\h\h\h\hAll the vets, we’re sticking together,
\h\h\h\hand we’re gonna knock these rookies out one by one.
♪ ♪
[Goldfrapp’s "Oh La La"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Dial up my number now ♪
♪ Weaving it through \h\h\h\h\hthe wire ♪
♪ Switch me on ♪
- It happens to be Logan and Michele’s birthday.
Neither one of them wanna celebrate it,
\h\h\h\hbut I’m annoying, and we’re gonna celebrate anyway.
♪ ♪
- Aww!
- Everybody gets a shot.
I’m happy everybody’s here.
It’s really nice to have \h\hnew faces, old faces.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s have fun this [bleep] season.
[all shouting]
- ♪ Switch me on ♪
♪ Turn me up ♪
\h\h\h\h[together] ♪ Happy birthday ♪
\h\hDevin is very--I don’t even know what to call it.
Um...
♪ ♪
- Let’s go!
♪ ♪
- ♪ I need la la la la la ♪
♪ I need ooo la la la la ♪
♪ I need la la la la la ♪
♪ I need ooo la la la la ♪
[all shouting]
[indistinct chatter]
- Yeah, it’s Michele for me.
I’m really bad with love.
I fall in love really, \h\h\h\h\hreally easy.
It [bleep] happened.
\h- I’m just trying to say Michele, game, game, game.
\hAnd then I’m like, Michele game, game, boy, game, game.
Oh, no. Keep your eyes \hon the road, Michele.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
- Yes, people. Ashley Smashley.
She moved to Austin, Texas.
She moved like down the street from me.
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.
\hAshley, what brought you to Austin, Texas, for real?
[funky music]
- Nelson and Ashley have a really good friendship,
but now that they’re dabbling in the hookup kind of thing,
I just hope that no one’s \h\hcatching any feelings
because we all know
that Ashley loses her [bleep] \hwhen she catches feelings.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
\h\h- You love her? - I like her a lot.
Yeah. I know who she is. \h\h\hShe knows who I am.
- So would you ever be \hher girlfriend then?
\h\h- Mm? - Mm-mm.
I care about her a lot. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah?
- I do.
\h\h\h\h\h\hWith Kaycee, I don’t have a guard up.
I can just be myself \h\h\h\h\hcompletely,
and I just--I love it.
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h- You awesome I’m so happy I have you.
- Every time I see Nany I feel
like I’m seeing her for the first time.
- No.
Ahh!
♪ ♪
- Yes. Yes. \h\h- Stop.
- The first time I saw you \h\h\hI was like, if ever,
if ever I would do a season with her I would kiss her.
- Fessy really did Nelson dirty \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlast season,
and I’m not okay with it.
He’s a snake, but I have my eye \hon Fessy. He’s just so cute.
- He’ll be mad at you? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
\h\h\h- ♪ I’ll keep you my dirty little secret ♪
- I know when a girl \h\h\h\his into me,
and I think Amanda \h\h\h\his into me
\h\h\h\h\h\h\heven though she’s rude as hell to me,
\h\h\h\h\h\hbut I think that’s how she flirts.
- You’re just so [bleep] annoying that I just want
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto kiss you so you don’t talk anymore.
- Yeah, we can blame it \hon whatever you want.
- Stop.
\h- Don’t call me that. Call me bruh. I like--
- All right, bruh. \hAll right, bruh.
- ♪ My dirty little secret ♪
- [laughs]
Ohh.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hey. - [bleep] what you heard;
it’s what you’re hearing.
- [laughs]
- Cory, I’d like to thank you \h\h\h\hfor ruining my night.
- Let’s go talk to Nelson.
- I don’t trust you, and I told her that.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI was like, look, I don’t trust Fessy. I get it.
\h\h\h\h\hYou’re her type and that’s my little sister so...
- This is all it comes down to, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbruh.
I know me and you got \hour [bleep], right?
I [bleep] over last season. I did some selfish [bleep].
- Nobody knows who the [bleep] \h\h\h\h\h\hyou are right now,
\h’cause last season you were my brother.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- I [bleep] up, and I’m gonna owe you one.
- Get the [bleep] outta here. \hThat was bull[bleep], bro.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Calm down - No, bro. It’s straight facts.
\h\hI’m tired of that [bleep] You being selfish as [bleep].
- What?
- And you didn’t think about me \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hat that time.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFessy and I were really good friends.
We were supposed to go to the final together,
but then selfish-ass
\h\h\hFessy threw hisself to elimination against me.
[air horn blares] \h\h\h\h\h\h- Go.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Bro, I already told you \h\hI was being selfish.
- And you didn’t even win \h\h\hthe [bleep] season.
You didn’t even win, bro.
What you did was lose \h\ha [bleep] friend
that had your back \h\h\hfrom day one.
- Why did I pick messy Fessy?
- I don’t think it should be \h\h\h\hsuch a fight, y’all?
- I’m not letting that [bleep] \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hgo, bro.
- I completely agree \h\h\h\hwith Nelson.
What Fessy did when snakey.
You don’t do that \h\hto your boys.
\h\h\hI think one of the main advantages of being a rookie
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\his the fact that I don’t come with baggage.
Right now they are vulnerable.
- I’m not [bleep] angry. \h\h\h\hI’m [bleep] hurt.
\h\h\h\h\hThere is a difference between angry and [bleep] hurt.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- I [bleep] up, and if I could take it back,
and I know you don’t think \h\h\hI would take it back.
Like, I’m sorry.
- You’re getting close to her. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI see that.
\h\h\h\h\h\hIt is what it is. If y’all pursue that, it’s...
\h\h\h\h\h- Yo, yo, yo. At the end of the day,
\h\h\h\hI owe you one or two and you don’t gotta trust me.
\h\h\h- Maybe I can find it in my heart to forgive him
and maybe even become \h\hhis friend again,
but somebody that called \h\h\h\hmy brother, nah.
- Let’s leave it at that. \h\h\h\h\h\h- Call bruh.
\h\h\h\h\hMe and you right now. - Let’s leave it at that, bruh.
♪ ♪
- You won "Survivor", right?
- Yeah.
- So you know your way around \h\h\hthis type of situation.
\h\h\h\h\h- No, I do. I do, but this is way different.
It’s a different vibe.
- It’s more than the vibe.
- So what’s the difference?
\h- People are so much cagier here.
Yeah, people on "Survivor" \h\h\hyou don’t have time--
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- It’s a lie. Your game is based on that.
Backstabbing and those things \h\h\h\h\h\hare looked up to.
That’s good gameplay. \h\h\h\h\h\hCorrect?
- Yeah, but it’s not \h\h\h\h\has simple.
- One thing you know about \h\h"Survivor" players is,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou have to be good at politics.
You have to create \h\hrelationships.
So we know people that are here from "Survivor"
\hare so good at politics that it’s actually scary.
- Everyone’s getting \h\halong right now,
\h\hbut you know how the game goes, Tori.
\h\h\h\h\h- Oh, I know. - Somebody’s gotta go.
\h\h\h- Yeah. - Get ready.
\h\h- I’m hearing the word "Survivor" come up a lot.
Really making me feel like
there’s a target on "Survivor’s" back.
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h- Tori. - Oh, [bleep].
- Shh, shh, shh.
- So I went upstairs. It was Ray, Michele,
Tommy, and Michaela,
and they had a list with people \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthey trust,
with people they trust,
\h\h\h\hand with people to put in elimination.
Michaela had a list.
I’m a spy.
Hmm, let go on up there, \hand let’s go and check.
♪ Da-duh da-duh da-duh ♪
\hEnter the room, and I was like, "Hello to everybody."
And everybody was like... \h\h\h\h\hand I was like
\h\h\h\h\h\h"What’s going on? What are you hiding from me?"
The list. The first name \h\hon the list was you.
- And I was where? I was where?
- People not to trust.
- You swear on everything \h\h\hthat you saw this.
This is no lie.
- On my music career. \h\h- Oh, I love you.
\h\h\h\hI believe you. I [bleep] believe you.
♪ ♪
- And we need to all get on \h\h\h\h\h\hthe same page,
because I know that there’s \h\h\ha list that was made.
- I wanna know what’s \h\h\h\hon this list,
\h\hbecause this list is starting to sound
\h\h\h\h\hlike it’s got secret codes on there,
something that, you know, \h\h\h\h\hthe U.S. agency
\h\h\h\hhas or the Russians want to get their hands on.
- Hashtag the list.
\hWhat is it? Who wrote it? What’s the contents of it?
♪ ♪
- [bleep].
- Look, do you know what’s being said?
Michaela is compiling \h\hthis list of who
she wants to go up against. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAneesa, Tori.
- Wow. - Yeah.
- I don’t know anything \h\h\h\habout the list.
I mean, I saw the list.
- Hughie.
I don’t wanna go through, \h\hbut I wanna find it.
- People are watching "Survivor" people...
\h\h\h- I know. - Like a hawk.
- We can distance ourselves \h\h\h\h\hfrom "Survivor."
\h- Yeah, that’s exactly what I was about to say,
distance ourself from "Survivor."
\h\h\h\h\h\hTo show our loyalty there’s no "Survivor" with me?
- I like Michaela. \h\h\h\h\h- Me too.
- I’m gonna check on the \h\h\h\h\h\h[inaudible].
- Why would she create a list?
♪ ♪
\h\h- I’m just getting all this intel about this list.
- What list?
- Apparently have a list \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof people
that you wanna go up against \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand that Tori
\h\h\h\his the top of the list. That’s what I’ve been hearing.
- No.
- Michele, you saw the list. \h\h\h\h\hWhat was I writing?
What--what was on the list? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hExactly.
\h\h\h- [indistinct]. - This I don’t know.
♪ ♪
This is horrible for myself \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand Renan,
and I’ve gotta figure out a way \hto get out of this situation.
Just tell them.
\h\h\h\h- Michaela doesn’t like apparently how you were saying
that there’s too many \h"Survivor" people.
- I never said that. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay.
- I’ll bring down--
\h\h\hI’m hearing something about a list that’s a lie,
so I’m just gonna go \h\h\h\hbring it down
so you can see it yourself.
- Oh, I don’t know.
- It’s gonna be easier for the house to cut Michaela,
because she’s created \h\h\ha lot of havoc.
- She knows her back is against the wall.
\h\h\hShe is now pulling out every move that she can to--
Yeah, you guys together.
\h\hMichele, Tommy, her, whoever created the list.
- There is a list that I have,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbut it’s a list of who everybody’s partner is.
There’s a list of people’s \h\h\hnames who’s on teams.
- Why are you showing me \h\h\h\h\h\hthis [bleep]?
The fact that you’re doing \h\hso much makes you seem
even more guilty.
♪ ♪
- Michaela is going around, and she’s been so reckless.
\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd the fact that when you have one "Survivor,"
we need to minimize her target \h\h\h\h\has much as possible.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. No, I feel that too.
- I am a little bit worried \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\habout her
blowing us up in deliberation.
\h\h\hI think me and you just need to keep our mouths shut.
- I’m not gonna say one word \h\h\h\h\h\hat deliberation,
but if she comes at us, we put our vote on her.
- I wanna protect her,
\h\h\hbut there’s only so much that we can do.
\h\hMichaela is burning every single bridge in this house.
I will never throw her name out \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\has an option,
but she’s kind of dug her \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hgrave.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Agents, you have 20 minutes \h\h\h\h\h\hto plead your case
and target your enemies. \h\h\hAfter 20 minutes,
each agent must lock in which \hteam they wanna compromise.
The compromised team will then \hjoin me in the elimination.
- Game time, baby.
\h- So as the agency we’d like to hear all the things you guys
need to say to keep your ass \h\h\h\h\hout of elimination
or tell us who you think \h\hshould go in and why.
- Well, I don’t want to waste \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe 20 minutes,
so I know we’re all new \h\h\h\hto each other,
\h\h\hbut I understand that some people’s game
and how they’ve won the games
\h\h\h\h\hthat they play have been to find people,
\h\hmake those people feel like their close
\h\h\h\h\h\hand throw them under the bus at any time.
\h\hSo, Michele, every time I’ve heard my name come up,
you have been a part of the conversation,
and you are one person \h\hwho knows the game
of "Survivor" really well.
You know how to maneuver \h\h\hyourself to the end
by shifting the target \h\h\h\h\h\hoff of you
and you did a damn good job. \h\h\h- I would like to say--
\h- You don’t need to talk right now.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Tommy-- - That’s actually not true.
\h\h\h\h\h\hThat’s actually not true [bleep], Michaela.
\hNever once have I said your name.
Nobody has talked to me today, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMichaela.
\hYou were out here doing all of this crazy [bleep]
\h\h\h\h\hwith lists and stuff, and everybody’s been literally
avoiding me like I’m the freaking plague.
Facts. Because they think \h\h\hthat I’m with you.
\h\h\hIf you want to throw a good person under the bus
\h\h\hwho actually has been a good friend to you--like,
why are you coming \hfor me right now?
- Emy has something \h\h\h\h\h\hto say
\h- I was there. I saw everything.
\h\h\h\h\hI heard everything. - Yeah, tell me what you saw.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- The list? - Yeah, tell me about the list.
- It was like this. \hThree categories.
People who to trust, people not to trust,
and people who would go \h\h\hfor elimination.
Drop that.
all: Ohh!
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay, so, so-- - Yeah, yeah. You got busted.
- Michaela, girl, if you need \h\hto write down any names,
write it in your head.
\h\h- Michaela is somebody I really want to roll with.
I really like her, but, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hMichaela,
you need to play it safe.
\h\hSlow your roll, watch and observe.
\h\h- It’s not true and unfortunately--
- Oh, I’m lying, right? \h\h\h\h- Yes, you are.
- So Emy is making up \h\h\h\hloads of lies
about you today in other words.
- Hughie, shut up.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Admit it. Say the [bleep] truth.
- What are you talking about?
\h\h\h\h- God sees for you [bleep] sake. God sees you.
- Emy flipped this all on me. \h\h\hThis is a chaotic girl
who can turn an entire house \h\hof 34 people against you.
That’s a scary person \h\h\h\hto play with.
- Emy, after her outbursts \h\h\h\h\hin deliberation,
there is definitely going to be \h\h\h\h\h\h\ha target on mine
and Emy’s back.
I know people are looking at us \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlike how can
we get them out of here?
- Give me one minute. \h\h\hI’ll sum it up.
\h\h\h\hMichaela was like, I know my name’s coming up
\h\h\hso she was trying to think of names this,
and she’s like I like to write a list down.
\h\h\hAnd she pulls out a list, and it’s exactly what Emy said.
♪ ♪
\hAnd she’s like, I think I can get all the rookies
and we can get the numbers.
\h\h- The numbers to do what? The numbers to take out who?
- The numbers to take out Tori, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI think.
- Here’s the thing. \hHere’s the thing.
- Listen. Listen. Listen. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hListen.
- The numbers to take out who?
\h\h\h- The numbers to take out Tori, I think.
- Okay.
- No, no, no, no, no.
Actually, let me talk.
I just wanna say one thing. \hI’m not a [bleep] idiot.
\hI came into this house saying I’m not going to say one name,
but what I’ve heard being said \h\h\habout me is that I’m mean
and that I’m trying to rally \h\h\h\hpeople up to say you.
\h\h\h\hA name never came out of my mouth because I’ve done
\h\h\hthis game enough to know that it spreads like wildfire.
So you dug yourself a hole \h\h\h\h\h\hwith everybody,
\hbecause I know you’re lying, because I never said your name.
♪ ♪
- I understand why you would \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfeel that way,
because people are saying \hthat I’m targeting you.
That’s not true.
- The fact that I am getting \h\h\h\ha target thrown on me
\hright now, of course I’m gonna get defensive
\h\hbecause that’s not what I wanna do at all.
This is a bad look for me, so I have to defend myself.
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Agents, your 20 minutes are up.
Lock in which one team you wanna compromise.
Choose wisely.
♪ ♪
- Where is Nelson’s face?
- Yeah, give me a kiss. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMwah!
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
- Ohh.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Now we know that the compromised agents tonight
\hare Michaela and Renan. Good luck to both of you.
- Thanks a lot.
\h\h\h\h\h- All right, let’s get out of here.
[applause]
♪ ♪
\h\h\h- I don’t wanna go big, because a lot of the strong,
more experienced people \h\h\h\hare my friends,
and I need them, and we need \h\h\hthe numbers right now.
- Yeah.
- So I wanted to put \h\hin the two people
that had a problem \h\hwith each other
and have Emy take out Michaela.
- So you want to put Emy \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon Tori.
\h\h\h- I like both of them. This isn’t about liking them.
This is a game thing \h\h\h\hwhere I think
Emy is the strongest girl \h\h\h\hto take her out.
I think that she’s angry enough \h\h\h\h\h\hto [bleep] her up.
- I like Emy. It’s difficult, because I have some friends.
Aneesa also has friends,
\h\h\h\h\hbut everyone is in danger right now.
♪ ♪
[Garbage’s "The World \h\h\his Not Enough"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I know how to hurt ♪
♪ I know what to show ♪
♪ And what to conceal ♪
♪ The world is not enough ♪
♪ But it is such a perfect \hplace to start my love ♪
- It’s beautiful. It’s scary.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s fierce. It feels like if you go down
there you could die \hand not come out.
Ahh!
\h- ♪ The world is not enough ♪
♪ ♪
- Welcome, agents.
This is The Lair.
[cheers and applause]
- The Lair.
♪ ♪
\h\h- This is where all the elimination rounds
are gonna be taking place \h\h\h\hon this season of
\h\h\h\h\h"The Challenge: Spies, Lies, and Allies."
[cheers and applause]
- Okay, okay, all right.
- Legends will be made here,
\h\hbut the losers will be deactivated
and sent home right away.
♪ ♪
\hAll right. I sent you back to headquarters to deliberate
and nominate one team to send \hinto the elimination round.
\h\hAnd you chose Michaela and Renan, so come on down.
[applause]
♪ ♪
All right. Aneesa and Logan, by winning the last challenge
you are now the agency.
As the agency,
\h\h\h\h\hyou are tasked with sending down some opponents,
but before you do that, \h\h\h\hI have a twist.
\hThe twist is gonna shake everything up.
- Oh, [bleep].
- Instead of just choosing one team to come down here
to take them on,
you will be choosing \hindividual players,
\h\hany man, any woman from any team you want.
- What? Oh, my God.
- Wow.
\h\h- This totally scatters my brain.
\hBecause right now some of us rookies
\h\hthat were relying on our vet partners,
this goes out the window.
- I don’t know what to do.
- Without further \h\hado, Aneesa.
♪ ♪
- Instead of just choosing one team to come down here,
you could choose any man, any woman you want.
♪ ♪
- I don't know what to do.
- So without further ado...
- I'm not gonna send Emy, because I like Emy,
and we have a lot of women to choose.
Now I must start thinking.
♪ ♪
- Aneesa, we'll start with you.
Which man do you wanna send down here?
- So during deliberation, there was a lot said.
There were a lot of lies.
I still don't know who told us the truth and who didn't,
and I think the fairest way to work this out
is to see these people fight each other down there.
I'm going to send down Corey L.
- And, Logan, which agent do you want to send down here?
- I will send Corey L.
- Okay. Corey L, come on down.
[applause]
- I came here to fight. I came here to prove myself.
I came here to carry my community on my back
and prove that we should be here on "The Challenge."
And so if I'm going down, I am coming right back,
I'm gonna get some power,
and I'm taking out the people who put me there.
- And, Logan, now we need a partner down here.
So who do you choose?
- I will send...
♪ ♪
Michele.
- Ay-yi-yi.
♪ ♪
- What? - What?
- So I've got to come down here for no reason.
I had nothing to do with that argument.
- All right.
Aneesa, which woman do you wanna send down here?
- It's nothing personal and this is the game,
so I will join my partner and vote down Michele too.
- All right. Michele, come on down.
[cheers and applause]
- When somebody throws you up into elimination,
it's something you quickly forget.
And so, Aneesa and Logan, I have two things for you.
- We got this. [bleep] this, though.
- Corey L, you seem a little bit heated.
What happened?
- I found out about a list earlier today.
My partner decided to expose that list,
and somehow I am down here.
So I'm just as confused as you are, TJ.
- Fair enough.
All right rookies, tonight you're playing Back Me Up.
♪ ♪
To begin, all four of you are gonna be strapped together
at the center of that platform.
When I say go you will try and push your opponents
off the opposite side ramp by any means necessary.
First team to push their opponents
off the ramp will win tonight's elimination round
and stay in the game. Losing agents,
you will be deactivated immediately and sent home.
Got it? Good luck.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- All right. You ready?
♪ ♪
[air horn blares] Go!
[all shouting]
- My first thought is go. I am pushing. I am pulling.
I am grabbing Renan's legs as if every single inch I move
I'm getting closer to coming back in the house.
I'm getting closer to a million dollars.
- No. Come on, Renan.
Don't flip over on me.
- Michaela, this girl is a superwoman.
She actually flips them over and is weighing down the team.
Renan, like, come on, girl. Where are you at?
Dig, dig, dig.
- Renan. Renan...
- I can't...
- [shouting indistinctly]
- Renan, stop pulling.
- Renan looks like the wind is blowing him.
He's all over the place. He's like one of them things
outside of a car wash that's like, "Ahh!"
♪ ♪
- Hook it. Hook it. There it is. There it is.
- Corey, you go this!
Corey L. is [bleep] the show.
He's pulling three people at one time.
Dope. Corey, I knew you were so strong.
That's my partner.
[all speaking shouting]
- Come on! Come on! - I can't...
- No, you can't grab Michaela.
Michaela is holding me, and I know she's scrappy.
She's tough.
I know that she's stronger than me, and I know
that she has the capability to push me back.
I am not going out first.
- Push!
[all shouting]
- Yes.
I'm rooting for Michele and Corey,
because I really like Michele, guys.
[all shouting]
- Renan and Michaela are giving me a run for my money.
I am pulling, grabbing. I am trying so hard,
but I feel like I'm not moving anywhere.
- Keep working.
- We really don't want to go home for sure.
Like, adrenaline is flowing. We need to win this.
We need to give everything we've got.
[all shouting]
Renan, let's go, Renan!
- Ahh!
- Ahh! Ahh!
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Come on! You don’t [bleep] quit.
- Keep working.
\h- This is a game of power, and this is a game of muscle.
Michele has less muscle \h\h\h\h\hthan Michaela,
but Corey has more muscle \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthan Renan.
This can go either way.
- Come on! - Let’s go!
- Ahh!
I started to overextend \h\h\h\h\hmy--my elbow.
I’m trying to hold on \h\has long as I can,
\h\hbut I was feeling like my--my elbow was gonna pop.
\h\h\h- Go, Corey - Use your hand.
Michele, use your hand. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Ahh!
- Corey! Corey!
♪ ♪
- Augh!
[cheers and applause]
[air horn blares]
[cheers and applause]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Whoo! - That’s how you do.
- Good job, guys.
- We saw the banana backpack, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hright?
\h\hCorey just wore a backpack and knapsack and a fanny pack.
\h\h\h\h\hI mean, Corey pulled everyone off of that structure.
- Okay, Corey.
What a [...] rookie.
My God.
[cheers and applause]
- God damn.
\h- All right. Great battle tonight, agents. Way to go.
[cheers and applause]
\hUnfortunately, Renan, Michaela,
this ends your time here \h\h\hon "The Challenge."
You couldn’t get it done \h\h\htonight. Take care.
[cheers and applause]
\h\h\h- If I could go back, I would try to communicate
a little bit more \hwith my partner
about keeping ourselves \h\h\hunder the radar,
\h\h\h\hbecause I think that was our downfall.
I wanted to make Belgium and Holland very proud,
and I feel like I failed.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSo yeah, I’m pretty devastated.
- Don’t let them fool you.
There’s lies and spies \h\h\h\hamong you guys.
\h\h\h\h\hTJ, bring me back. I’ve learned all my lessons.
\hActually, I’ve made a list. I’m gonna do great next time.
You just watch.
Bye, y’all.
- Michaela is gone.
I got to read of a fake person, \h\h\hand my goal is achieved.
Good job, Emy.
- Corey L and Michele
dominating the first \h\h\h\helimination.
[cheers and applause]
As the winners, you have some very big decisions.
Is everybody ready?
You can stay together \h\h\has partners...
- Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
\h\h\h\h- Go back with your original partners,
or infiltrate and steal
\h\h\h\h\hany other agent you want as your partner,
except for the agency \h\h\h\h\hof course.
- What? \h- Oh.
Fools are gonna be stolen.
\h\h- Now, Michele, we have to give you an educated decision.
As you know, Nam has not been \h\h\h\h\h\hat headquarters.
Nam had to leave the game.
He has been deactivated, but we \h\hhave a replacement for you.
Would you like to meet him?
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Let’s do it. - I would love to meet him.
- All right, come on out.
- Uh-oh. Uh-oh. \h\h\h\h- Whoo!
♪ ♪
- Ahh-ha-ha! Whoo!
- Yeah!
- This is Agent Ed.
- Ed?
- Look who it is. \h\h\h- Oh, baby.
Whoo!
- As Ed runs up, you just see his hair flowing in the wind
and this huge smile \h\h\hon his face,
but let’s be real; he’s got a lot of muscle on him too.
\h\h\h\hHe looks like he’s gonna be someone
\h\hto give these guys a run for their money.
\h\h\h\h- All right. So, Ed, go ahead and join the group.
- Oh, awesome. Thank you. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yes, sir.
- Yo, my name is Ed.
I’m from Conshohocken, \h\h\h\h\hPennsylvania.
You might recognize me \h\hfrom "The Circle."
Walking down into The Lair \h\h\hthat was the moment
I knew all right, I’m ready.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m here. I’m about to go to battle.
- Holy [bleep].
\h\h\h\h- So, Corey, Michele, it’s time to make a decision.
Do you wanna stay together as partners or do you wanna
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hgo back with your original partners,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou being with the Ed of course?
Or would you like to infiltrate \h\h\hand steal any other agent
up there except for the agency, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof course?
\h- I think we’re gonna infiltrate.
- Smart choice.
- Yep. Yeah, let’s do it.
\h\h- All right. Michele, who do you want and why?
\h- Well, in this game, I think it would be fun
\hto choose somebody maybe a little beauty over brawn.
♪ ♪
So I’m going to choose Devin,
- Ohh.
- Uh, interesting choice. \h\h\h\h\hI’m surprised.
\h\h\h\h- I mean, Michele, out of all people, like...
- She’s stealing my partner, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDevin.
Is this happening real \h\h\h\h\h\hright now?
- Oh, the second-best athlete \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof the year.
- As I’m looking around at all of these pairs,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hone person is pointing at themselves,
\h\hand it tells me that they might want
to actually work with me, \h\h\h\hand that’s Devin.
Well, I know what he lacks for \h\h\h\h\h\hin brute strength
\h\h\h\h\hhe makes up for in brains and humbleness.
He’s not humble at all.
- Number one draft pick.
[laughter]
The number one draft pick.
\hPicked over CT, picked over Kyle,
\h\h\h\hover Corey, over everybody else.
I’m the man. Best partner ever.
\h\h\h\h- All right, so, Devin, Michele, you are now partners.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCorey L, which woman do you want?
\h\h\h- So, you know, I came into this game
with one person in mind, \h\h\hand unfortunately,
I wasn’t able to get her \hin my first go around,
but I would love Tori.
- Oh!
- Corey L picks me to be his partner.
I mean, I’m gonna be \h\hhonest with you.
\hI really like Kelz, so I’m kind of bummed
that I’m not going to be close \h\h\h\h\hto his body anymore,
\h\h\hbut that’s okay, Corey L. I’m excited to be your partner.
- Ohh, it’s a [indistinct] \h\h\h\h\h\hsandwich, baby.
- Kelz is very upset \h\h\h\h\habout that.
- I’m [bleep]. I mean, I’ve never felt so high
and so low so quickly.
\h\hI know what’s gonna happen next.
\h\h\h\h\hI’m vulnerable now, and they’re gonna come at me.
- Congrats, y’all, [bleep]. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Thank you.
- Okay, so, Tori, Corey L, \h\h\hyou are now partners.
\hSo, Emy... - Yes Mr. TJ.
\h- Mr. TJ. [laughter]
\h\h\h\h- You and Ed have been abandoned,
so you are now partners. \h\h\h\h\h\hCome on down.
- Oh, okay. This’ll do.
[cheers and applause]
- Amazing team
- Okay, Tracy...
\h- Yes. - Kelz...
You both have been infiltrated, and your partners were stolen.
So now you two are partners. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCome on down.
[cheers and applause]
- Beauty and the beast. \hBeauty and the beast.
\h- As you can see anything can happen here on "The Challenge."
♪ ♪
\hThis is no joke. You are all badass.
\h\hGet some rest. I’ll see you soon.
[cheers and applause]
\h\h- We’ve already seen people have been spying on each other.
We’ve already seen people \h\h\h\h\h\htelling lies.
There is gonna be \ha lot in store.
So hold onto your seats \h\h\h\hand get ready,
’cause the headquarters \h\hare about to rock.
- The best possible \houtcome for you.
\h\h\h\hWe just split the team in between.
- Yes.
\h\h\h- It’s gonna be a good [bleep] time.
- This game is different.
- Do not lie about something I have said.
- I'm taking everyone's head off.
- ♪ And the games have begun ♪
♪ ♪
- Let the rookies self-explode.
- [purrs]
- [laughs]
- Why would you lie and play games with two women?
♪ ♪
- I'm like that. I lie all the time.
♪ ♪
- You're savage.
- For Romania!
♪ ♪
- Best alliance ever.