Previously on The Challenge USA...
Today, it is a double elimination.
Whoa! You do not want to lose.
As the vets fought to take control of the game,
it was Chris who hatched a plan
to protect himself by throwing the challenge.
The only way to keep our names
out of nomination...
Oops! Dropped my discs.
...is to help Team Red win.
I am heated.
There were deals made behind closed doors,
and I couldn't get ahead of that.
You're welcome. But best-laid plans
don't always work out...
Chris admitted it was his idea?
Bananas told me.
I'm voting for Chris. I will, too.
...as the Green team led the charge to vote Chris
into elimination anyway.
Six votes.
And, as the pressure mounted on one of The Challenge's
strongest competitors... I'm just like,
am I doing anything right?
...Desi took control of the game and proved
that she could be as strategic as the best.
Amanda.
That's what Desi's wanting, and Desi's my girl.
Amanda.
I love that our plan ultimately worked out.
As both Chris and Desi won their eliminations,
Luis and Challenge vet Amanda were sent home.
And Desi defected to the Blue team.
And now, the vets' numbers are dwindling down.
Just four of them are left in the game.
Also, can a shorthanded Green team
- still compete? - That's the next checkpoint.
We got to hurry up and get to it.
I don't think we need to.
I have the strategy.
I just need my team to trust me.
- I can't run two miles with that. - Let's go for the dub.
We are not going to do everything he says
whenever he says it. Will Team Red continue
their winning streak...
C-H-A-L-L-E...
...or will the new Blue team members help them
dominate the competition?
Watch Red, they're right behind us.
Let's go, let's go!
Blue looks good on you!
I did not see it coming,
that Desi was gonna defect in my spot.
But being on the Green team could be a good thing.
Since I was on the Blue team,
I feel like I built some really good relationships
over there, they're a strong team.
So if they win, I hope they don't put
my name up on the chopping block.
And now I know that I have Tyler and Monte,
who I'm super close with in this game.
So, hopefully we work well together
and maybe pull out this next win.
Whenever you vote in someone, they come back,
so it's a little bit different.
- And then do what? - Huh?
And then do what? -"And then do what?"
...and take all you little bitches out.
This is not Big Brother.
Nobody said it was.
I mean, you're playing like it.
How?
Take it as you want.
I'm either the best player ever or the worst player ever.
After Survivor, articles were written about me
that I was the most undeserving winner to ever play Survivor
because I lost, got voted out, and was able to make their way
back into the game and win that million-dollar prize.
And so, if you vote me in,
you better buckle up, because I'm here to win this game.
Good luck. Your days are numbered.
I am pleasantly surprised.
I think it's pretty clear now that the lines are being drawn
between the rookies in this game.
So as of right now,
the vets aren't a threat, and this is
a complete advantage for us.
Sorry, Alyssa. Have fun on Green.
Who do you think voted for me?
I think it's pretty clear. - Is it Amanda and Wes?
Yeah. - Is it that clear?
Yeah.
Do you think Wes thought more people were voting for me?
I don't know. - As the wheels are turning
and I'm trying to figure out out who voted for me,
I'm starting to see Wes
puppeting from the shadows,
and it's making me nervous.
He has... (sighs)
...played it like he is a prisoner on his team,
he has no power, and I'm starting to get
a little suspicious of that play.
I mean, he is a legend for a reason,
and I know he's got something up his sleeve.
Damn it.
We're building trust. You're lying to my face.
Are you gonna sit here and say that we lost, like,
a valued member to the Green team? N-No-- No.
I now am exposed, unnecessarily.
It's, like, not gonna be rocket science to figure out
how Cassidy got any votes at all.
It's bad enough that they convinced me to vote
for someone that I might not have voted for.
On Blue, I prefer Cassidy.
Okay, that's what I'll do.
The Green team has just implemented a very
successful blindside against a Challenger,, and they loved it.
Maybe I would have voted for Amanda,
and then I wouldn't have had to make a new enemy.
First off, I'm glad
you did it to Amanda and not me,
but it also means that you're gonna do it to me
when the time is right.
I'm a very sad ginger.
But we're gonna make you proud tomorrow,
'cause we're gonna win.
We are. - Hiya.
- I want to make sure
that Wes understands that even though
we are not going to do everything he says
whenever he says it,
we still see value in him
as a part of our team, because I don't want his strength
and his smarts and his strategic ability
to turn against me in this game.
One, two, three. Green team.
What's your natural hair color? It's this one up here.
Okay.
It's, like, red-- it's, like, auburn.
No, just 'cause I have a little daughter,
and she has red hair and blue eyes.
Aww. Oh, my gosh. - Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Not-- No kids, but I have a niece and nephew
who I really care about very passionately
because my sister passed away a couple of years ago,
and she left behind two kids.
Yeah, I really love them, they're sweet.
I'm sorry to hear that. - Yeah.
How did she pass? Was it expected or...
She kind of dated a-a really bad guy,
and he got her into drugs and she overdosed.
Mm.
I mean, I have never lost a sister,
so I don't know how that feels, but I've lost
some people, and it is tough.
What makes this game so unique is everybody comes
from different backgrounds, fighting for something.
I think she's a fighter, and I'm excited to see
what she can do.
It's actually such a huge epidemic
in our country, and nobody talks about it.
There's many different things
that motivate me to win this game.
I want to take care of my family,
and to give them what I know
my sister would want to be able to give them if she was here.
She was a very fiery person, but...
Um, like, I just miss her.
Just her energy.
Everybody, come look!
Wes is going in the pool naked!
Hurry! Hurry!
I got to see it. I got to see it.
There is always a target on my back,
and that's the problem: it makes it harder for me
to win than anybody else,
but that's not gonna stop me from trying.
I just got to find a way
to, like, lull them all into submission.
And so, the name of my strategy at this moment is called
the Funny, Entertaining One.
And how I get away
with all this, like, camouflage
and smoke and mirrors is I just be that guy.
It's gonna need to be a strategy like that.
Like, that's gonna be the type of shit that I pull.
I have to win,
at all costs.
I'm never gonna be safe in this game
unless I win.
Going into this challenge,
it is super important for the Green team
to take this thing home.
I mean, last week, we clearly got bamboozled
by having two teams go against us to make sure
that we did not win.
So, if we do not win, the Green team is gonna be
at risk yet again to lose another member.
All right, everyone, welcome to your next challenge
on this season of The Challenge: USA.
Let's go, baby!
How's everyone feeling?
- Good. - All right, well,
today's challenge is going to be awesome.
It is called Unboxed.
Yes.
To begin, each and every one of you
is gonna have a giant box with a puzzle inside of it
that is proportional to each of your body weights.
You must carry this box through the forest
in search of a finish line.
Along the way, you'll see several puzzle stations.
If you start a puzzle station,
you cannot leave it until you solve it.
If you solve your puzzle, you can leave the box behind.
It's that simple.
At the first stop, there is a station for each team,
but after that, it is first come, first served.
And only one team can stop at each of the next stations.
So if someone is there, then you'll need
to continue carrying all your boxes.
Whoever gets to the finish line first
will win today's challenge and be the only team safe
from elimination.
Good luck, everyone. Let's do this.
- Good luck, guys. Good luck. - Good luck.
In the past, we've done great at communicating,
especially in high-pressure situations, and we have Desi
on our team now, which is a huge physical asset.
And she's super smart, and I think
we're just gonna work together great as a team.
I think we're gonna continue to do that and we're gonna win.
My concern is,
do we take the time to try to solve these puzzles
or do we try to power through?
Losing time on a puzzle could be what makes or breaks the lead.
So, i-- there's a puzzle within a puzzle.
Most of the time, having less players
is a big disadvantage, but occasionally,
it's a very big advantage.
We have to have less total boxes get across the finish line.
And so, I have the strategy.
After the first checkpoint,
forget the puzzles and just do the run.
Have faith in your athletic ability
to get to the finish line, even with the weight.
And I just need the rest of my team to trust me.
All right, everybody ready?
Go!
Watch your feet. Watch your feet.
Watch your feet! Oh, my God.
Hyperdrive, baby. Cool.
Let's go.
They ain't got what we got.
Alyssa? You got to help me
- lift it over my head. - You want it on your head?
Come here. - No-- No, no, no, no.
Safe to say these things
are not easy to carry whatsoever.
They're large, they're awkward,
and they're heavier than I anticipated.
So, yeah, this is gonna be a long run.
- Is it bad? - Oh, my God.
It's really essential that I win today
because I feel the eyes on Survivor.
All seven of us are still here, so it just makes sense
for people to start looking at Survivor
as "We need to slim down the Survivor number."
Just drop it and readjust.
Go on the end. Let's go.
I have to win.
I just see me being the one
that is going in if we don't win.
Michaela, you're a badass.
We have a solid lead.
I know Chris has taken shots at me
and Monte in this game.
He's a sketchball,
so this is, like, the extra motivator we need.
Michaela, come back.
Come get Alyssa.
I'll help.
I got you.
Let's do it together.
- Okay? You ready? - Uh-huh.
Let's go. Let's jog a little.
We know the biggest person on our team is Monte,
so we're gonna get rid of Monte's box...
That's the next checkpoint there.
We got to hurry up and get to it, though.
I don't think we need to.
I can't run two miles with that.
Let's go for the dub. Just trust me.
Okay.
...and then go along with the plan
that Wes proposes.
And we're just gonna haul butt to the finish line.
That's not a word. The Challenge--
so that's a G. So, G. That's a G.
- C-H-A-L-L-E? - E.
- So what is this? - Yeah.
And then, we're saying that's a G.
G-E.
Come up, right? Yep, go for it.
The risk of today's challenge is
you don't know what puzzle you're gonna get.
Fortunately, my puzzle right now is math.
Which, I happen to be good at math.
What times what equals 48?
Um...
Six times six is 36,
- 36... - Times six.
Yeah, so that's six.
That was six, which means
that is eight, which means eight...
There's ten pieces. Good job, guys.
I am pretty confident
in my puzzle skills,
but as soon as we start laying them out,
I realize that I've never seen a tangram like this.
- This shit is hard. - Uh, maybe turn it.
No, no, hold on. Hold on.
Uh, that's eleven.
No, six is 17, this is 11.
- So, 11, 11 times six. - Six is six.
Minus 8. 58. - 58?
This is it. Chris, come on, bro.
Yep, yep. I got you.
It definitely feels good to set the tone early,
but we need to keep this lead,
because if not, there's definitely gonna be
two Blue names up for nomination.
G-E-N.
G-E-N-I-U-S.
Genius. Genius. Genius? Check.
- All right, we got an order? - Go, go, go, go.
- One, two... - Nice hustle, nice hustle.
Uh, right here?
Turn it this way. This way.
This one, this one.
Yes. Done. Check.
- Let's go. Let's go. - All right. Come on, Tiffany.
This is it, guys. This is our play right here.
Cory, let's go. Gotta go!
Good job, Blue. Almost there.
Get 'em ready to go!
Come on! Let's go, Seb!
Open your box. - Come on, baby. Focus.
This is where strategy comes into play.
We are in the lead, so we decide
to try and take a crack at the second puzzle
and lighten our load even more.
Come on, y'all.
You got us...
Let's go, let's go! What the fuck?
Damn it. I have no idea.
We see Green team pass us.
If Green team wins again, I don't know if I'm safe.
Come on!
Oh, my God.
Come on, dude.
We got to keep going. "Chance of a lifetime."
Check. - Yes. All right.
We have to go.
- Let's go, let's go. - Let's go, let's go.
Everyone on your team
is gonna have their own crate.
In every crate, there's a different puzzle
and it's just such a weird,
uncomfortable-size box
that it is so hard to carry on your own.
This sucks.
Watch Red, they're right behind us.
Hey, nice and easy pace.
Nice and easy pace.
Come on.
Red's right behind you, guys.
Nice and easy trot. Nice and easy trot.
Red's stopping.
Green is gonna gas.
We got to get rid of a box.
While the Green team has had a pretty big lead,
the best strategy for our team to try to catch up
is to get rid of Cory's box 'cause it's the heaviest.
"Decode and answer."
T-R-Z...
Coming off of a Red team win,
the best thing for my game
is to keep Red team strong.
Somebody says they're confident with a puzzle,
let them do it. This is G.
G... Oh, this is "challenge."
C-H-A-L-L-E.
Y'all got it in you. Come on.
- I'm gonna throw up. - Hey.
- No, you're not.
In this game, it doesn't matter
the number of boxes that we can get opened up.
You just have to win.
Hopefully, they get tired
before the finish line, 'cause right now,
we can definitely make it to the end faster
than any other team.
Uh, C-H-A-L-L-E-N.
Where's "H"?
- We're not worried about Red. - Come on.
- Let's go. We got 'em. Hey, come on. - Come on.
Yo, is that the finish line right there?
Those are the flags.
That's between us and the money right now.
I'm trying. I keep slipping.
Oh, my God. - Come on!
- Come on, Alyssa, you got this. - They're right there.
- Go, go, go, go. - We have to go.
That's the finish line.
Come on.
- Go to "T." - There it is.
Nice job.
Hey. You all right?
Great strategy.
- Yeah! - Whoo!
So our communication today was
absolutely key because there was
a lot of times where I felt like I couldn't keep going,
but without, like,
Monte, Tyler, Michaela, Wes,
all of them just helped me keep pushing.
Having that safety this week and being able
to determine what we're gonna do next is power.
So proud of you. So proud of you!
All right. Well done, everybody.
Great job. Great challenge.
Congratulations, Green team.
You win today's challenge, and you are safe from elimination.
And now, I need you to go back to the house
and select one man and one woman to send
into the Arena and put at risk of elimination.
The Green team once again took the win
and so having my life in Green's hand
is literally the worst case scenario for me.
I'm just hoping that I built enough social bonds
to protect me in this upcoming elimination.
I'll see you soon. Get out of here.
- Roger that. - Thanks, TJ.
We're going to break up the Survivor block on Blue.
Okay. Tell us what to do.
Just let's get to business.
It's an offer of
a temporary ceasefire between
Tyler and Monte versus
the Challengers, and that includes you.
If I have the ability to come up with a couple of names
that work well for both my game
and their game, I can keep a Challenger's name
out of my team's mouth.
The last time Green won, they gave me no power.
Is there any way that you guys would do a compromise?
But I don't know if it's really a compromise if you're
the only one that is asking for a compromise.
The vote has been said. Tori and Bananas
are going up for elimination.
Now, I can save Tori,
Bananas,
all the other players that I am here to protect.
Back off the vets. Turn it into Survivor-Big Brother.
I'm gonna go out there and broker that.
Yeah. Deal.
I'm ready to be in the safe seat.
I'm ready to make decisions
to help open up room
for me to progress in the game.
There's power in numbers, and I would
like for us to utilize that power, and
I hope we do something smart.
Well, well, well,
congratulations, Green team.
We are back on top.
Damn right.
I say we get right into it.
Does anyone have anything to say?
Can we be on the same page
about not putting two Survivor names up there?
The reality is that puts my game at risk
because it puts me in the crossfires,
and there's whole other groups of people
that have been unscathed.
I'm just curious if anybody has any thoughts.
Well, are we looking for a full-fledged vote on Blue
or are we also considering Red?
I feel like we got to go full-fledged Blue.
Blue has eight people. It's a numbers game.
Yeah. I'll just be
the first one to say
I'm standing by throwing in Chris.
And I feel the same.
I still feel like our games
are just opposing forces at this moment.
Well, the blindside
that you guys did
to Amanda and I, I now
made a new enemy because of what y'all did.
And I would like you guys to back me
in getting out of that a little bit
by spreading some of that blame out.
Basically, I want to vote for Cassidy.
See, I'm not putting two Survivor people.
That-that can't happen.
That Survivor group, I'm not with all of them.
I don't even like all of them. However,
I don't want to take a pocket of people
who have a reason not to vote for me and give them a reason.
That is the exact same speech
I gave in that chair.
Need to sit here every time. We can rotate.
I completely respect that, and I understand that,
but at the same time, we're getting to the point
in the game where it's like...
we got to trust that
we're gonna keep each other safe
- and the votes... - We can't keep each other safe.
We're in the smallest group.
But we can by winning.
All of us are taking heat.
The more Michaela is talking in this situation,
saying that you want to keep Survivor strong,
that makes me want to
split Survivor up even more.
So, it's a necessity to get some Survivor numbers
dwindled down in this house.
I would prefer not Cassidy.
So nobody's considering Tori?
Why is that?
'Cause I don't want to say a name of somebody
that has a lot of connections that might come back.
Who else is left there? Just Desi and Cassidy.
Yeah.
Okay. That was a fantastic conversation.
Good brainstorming, a lot of good points.
Ready to vote?
Clearly, there's a full frontal
attack on people from Survivor,
and I don't think that's coincidental.
I don't know what's behind it,
but I think it's the vets.
Shit.
Oh, shit.
- Double Survivor. - Survivor?
Battle of Survivor.
At this point in the game, you can tell it is
Big Brother and it is Survivor,
and these two are firing shots at each other.
Meanwhile, you got the O.G. Vets
taking a step back.
Let those two
keep firing away at each other,
and let us just play it cool.
It's you, Cass.
I did not say your name.
And we will do everything in our power
to make this a men's nomination. I promise you.
Who voted for me? All the guys?
- Michaela? - Not Michaela.
Honestly, I'm pissed.
They became Wes's minions in that vote.
They allowed one person to control
the entire team when they had
the numbers to protect Survivor,
to protect Big Brother.
They throw me in
like a sacrificial lamb.
That's just fucking cowardice. And they let Wes
get in their head. Yeah.
Boys, where you at? You want to come explain yourselves
or what?
They're cowards. They're hiding.
It's just crazy that Survivor and Big Brother
are going at it so hard.
Sweet.
Seeing my name up there just confirms again
there are plenty of people
in this game that still
see me as a threat.
- Sorry, brother. - You're not sorry.
If you were sorry, you wouldn't put me in.
This is exactly what I wanted to see.
Cassidy and Chris right now are irate,
and the vets, we're going to use that
to our advantage.
Hey, hey, hey.
So, at this point,
I'm a little annoyed because my game is at risk.
But I am a fighter,
and I will not go out easy,
so if they're gonna come after me, good luck.
USA!
I'm not, like, upset because I haven't,
like, I haven't lied to anyone.
I haven't been dishonest.
I've protected the people that I care about.
Wes-- He's got his little apprentices
that he's training up to be
little Challenge villains.
Monte, what are three things
that make you the perfect man?
- I'm open-minded. - Okay.
- I know how to communicate. - Good.
And I love really good.
Most of the house is single.
The ladies of the house decided they wanted to have
a mini Bachelor competition,
where the gentleman would present ourselves
to the ladies with three reasons
why we are the most eligible bachelor in the house.
I'm charismatic.
I have a 800 credit score
with a six-figure bank account.
I'm gonna give you all the affirmations that you need.
Tyler, obviously, is so handsome.
He is just so in touch to who he really is,
and it is like a breath of fresh air.
I love cooking. I'm not on your level.
Ooh!
I don't deserve any of you.
See you later.
No.
It was just a game.
Cassidy, she's obviously taking it personally
with Wes, but
I don't want it to be the reason why she might go home.
$250,000, it can be life-changing money.
You know, I'm starting a business. I want that to grow.
Go. I'm trying to finish
what I started last season.
I was so close
to the final, and I just want
to make it this time
with my friends, too.
You're doing good. Well, you're doing good.
Cassidy,
we're having fun and getting to know each other.
We're just enjoying each other's company.
So, personally, for my game,
for selfish reasons,
I don't want her to go home now.
I am fumbling like an idiot. They're not impressed.
That's the pa-- The-- Paint that picture for me.
I like Josh's energy. I like him as a person.
He's handsome. He's cool.
I think we relate on a lot of things.
So, yeah, like, I-I enjoy being around him
and, like, hanging out with him.
And there goes a way.
Damn,
what did we get ourselves into?
Facing a lot of fears here,
which is, I guess, the whole part of it.
- That's the whole part of the challenge. - Yeah.
With Alyssa S., it's nice to have somebody
that you can relate to,
that you feel comfortable with in this stressful environment.
And I would love to work with her in the game,
and, at the same time, it's like
she's a cool person, so it's like,
why would I not want to spend time with her
and work with her and do all of the above?
There's definitely some powerful people on our team,
which is, like, looked at good and bad, so...
I can't trust anyone
besides you, Alyssa, and Monte.
We get on the bus, and Tiffany,
for 15 minutes, is in my ear, and she's like,
"It's Survivor against Big Brother, and we got to
- get rid of Survivor." - Whoa.
And I'm literally sitting there like...
Oh, my God.
We went from being, like, the main target in the house
that everyone's aligned against
to now we're, like, the s-swing votes,
and they're all trying to pull us into their thing.
The only way we're valuable and we don't become a threat
is if we do not look aligned, when, in actuality,
it's organized chaos.
You vote this way, you vote this way, I vote this way,
and all of a sudden, everyone's looking at it like,
"What did they do?" Like, obviously, us three will get
Fessy and Cory on board as well.
What we can do is put the names in the hat
because if we all put five names in a hat and we all pick one,
then I don't know which one you picked.
And that's just the one I vote for.
And that's just it.
Operation Hat Trick.
Here's what we're gonna do.
We've written down these names.
Alyssa L., Sebastian, Chanelle, Tiffany, Desi.
We're gonna put these in a hat.
Whatever name you draw,
that's the name you vote.
Operation Hat Trick needs to be activated right now.
Bananas, myself, Faysal, Cory and Josh,
we're gonna put a bunch of names in a hat from all
these major alliances like Big Brother and Survivor,
we're all gonna pick one and vote a different way,
so that way we can hide behind each other's votes,
and nobody actually really knows who we're working with.
And that way, we're still an asset to these alliances.
Okay. Just grab... grab a name.
Take these. You take these,
then you flush it down the--
Take it to the grave.
Well, Alyssa L.,
the cards were just not in your favor right now.
We keep growing smaller.
I'm gonna give myself and Chris, who I love,
the best shot at coming out of there alive,
so my vote is going to Dusty.
Michelle, Chanel, Desi and myself
want to be Survivor strong, and so,
right now, for me, it's just "Who can Chris beat?"
Tiffany, Cassidy has a better shot at beating you.
I'm working with the Survivor girls,
so I promised Cassidy
that I was gonna give her the best shot at winning.
In the chaos and confusion
that Operation Hat Trick will cause...
I might just make it a little more chaotic and messy, Fessy.
By throwing a vote at Fessy,
this is just gonna further cause more confusion
than was already out there.
- We're gonna get through this one. - Yeah, we are.
Wes is targeting me.
That's-that's scary, but it's even more scary
that these people who I thought had my back
are now bowing down to his power.
So even if I survive this,
that does not mean that I'm safe.
All right, everyone.
Welcome to your next elimination round of The Challenge: USA.
Congratulations to the Green team.
Well done.
You had to come back to the house
and select two people
to put at risk in the elimination tonight,
and you chose Chris and Cassidy. Come on out.
Man, this is crazy. I just saw you in here.
Yeah, I'm a, I'm a popular guy these days.
Let's get down to the votes.
Tiffany...
...four votes.
Damn, why y'all want me gone?
Like, what is going on here?
Faysal...
...one vote.
one vote.
Alyssa. L...
...one vote.
one vote.
It's just weird to me,
like, who is doing this?
two votes.
Who put these balls in?
I am perplexed.
And Dusty...
...four votes.
Oh, the secret votes are revealed, and...
I'm just gut-wrenched.
I'm racking my brain,
"Who could possibly have voted for me?"
In my mind, I'm thinking someone lied to me,
and I need to start figuring out where
the line is drawn and what I'm going to do.
If you have one ball
in that Hopper, that's all it takes.
All right, so let's fire that thing up,
see who's playing tonight.
All right.
Cassidy...
...you're playing tonight.
So, Chris, head back up to your team.
Thank God
I'm not going down there tonight.
I was lucky, but, geez, man,
that Hopper is scary.
Go knock 'em down, girl. This really sucks
because Chris is coming back.
We thought we had the best chance
of taking him out and we missed.
But hopefully Cassidy goes home.
There's a vote for Desi, a vote for Alyssa L.,
two votes for Chanelle.
Those make me extremely nervous.
But Tiffany has the most,
and you just never know in the game.
Tonight, your opponent will be...
Cassidy, your opponent will be...
...Alyssa L.
Crazy.
One vote.
It's a very interesting
secret vote.
One vote.
My whole life, I have bad luck.
Like, of course. It's hilarious.
All right, well, tonight's game
is called Block Heads.
To begin, you're each gonna have your own individual cages.
You're gonna be locked in those cages.
Now, around the Arena
are flagpoles with your little flags on them.
When I say go,
you will roll your cage to each of your flags.
Now, you have four of them, all right? And they are numbered,
so you have to go in order,
grabbing the flag at each flagpole.
Once you've collected all four flags,
you're gonna beeline it to a light box
at the other end of the Arena.
You're gonna lay out your flags on the light box
that will reveal a code
that will unlock your cage.
First person to free themselves
and hit that button wins tonight's elimination round,
stays in the game.
Losers go home. Got it?
Good luck, baby.
Good luck, girls.
I feel more confident
going against Cassidy, just because
I know she can get kind of worked up if something
isn't working her way.
I knew that I was gonna be sent in the Arena,
whether it was tonight or it was later in the game.
I'm just gonna literally throw all my anger,
all my rage at Wes
and Tyler and Monte for fucking me over into this cage.
All right, everyone ready?
Go.
There you go. Lock in.
Come on, get those rolls going.
Alyssa, you-- there you go. There you go.
Good job, girls.
This cage is so hard to move.
I have to literally throw myself like a hamster
in a wheel just to get this thing to move
maybe five feet.
Line it up, guys.
Line it up, too.
I need Alyssa to win this elimination.
She is a number for Big Brother,
and she's also an emotional support human for me.
Roll that-- now roll it. You'll get a double roll out of it.
Alyssa, I need you to roll, girl.
I need you to come back into this house.
Great job, girls. Good, good, good.
You can reach it.
There you go.
You're almost there, Lyss.
Keep it going!
There you go.
Whoa! Alyssa L. is somebody
I'm closely aligned with,
but at the same time, whoever loses tonight,
it's weakening the Blue team.
That's my biggest threat during the next challenge.
Nice job, Alyssa.
Cassidy, that's the fourth one!
Come back towards us one.
At this moment, I...
you know, Alyssa's gain-- I can hear her gaining on me.
I can hear they're coaching and guiding her.
I'm just trying to shimmy my cage, but it feels impossible,
and I don't know how I'm gonna pull this off
because Alyssa is literally right behind me.
Hurry up.
Get your flag now.
Get your flag.
No, all the way back to the first one.
Go back by the first one, Cassidy, let's go.
I'm rooting for Cassidy to win because,
number one, it helps to build
my Survivor alliance back.
Number two, Alyssa L. being out of the game
brings down the Big Brother number.
There you go.
To be real, at this point in the game,
I don't want to lose Cassidy.
She's obviously somebody that I
like being around, and there is a flirtatious energy
between us, so I really need her to lock in
and get that win because it's way too early for her to leave.
Come on, Alyssa. I'm trying
to be able to get as close as possible
to these flags, but the windows are really small, too,
and I can only reach to, like, here.
I'm a little slower than Cassidy right now,
but I could catch up.
Now that I have these flags, I have
to put them together to get a code,
break out of this cage and slam that red button.
Good, good, Alyssa, go ahead!
It's anybody's game!
Cassidy, you got to roll it back a quarter!
There you go. There you go. Good!
Keep going. Oh!
They both got four flags!
There is a window
for Alyssa to power through this thing,
stay focused, and actually take this thing home.
If I know Alyssa, I know she is not one to give up.
I know she's gonna fight. I know she wants to be here.
I feel like Alyssa still has some gas left in the tank.
And she is gonna use every bit of it.
Ooh, it's anybody's game.
Good, girl. Good. Good!
- One more. - Damn, this is close.
It's tight. It's a tight race!
Alyssa, you are right there!
Ooh, it's anybody's game.
Damn, this is close. Good, girl, good!
Alyssa, you are right there!
Yep, rock that thing, there you go, girl.
Good job. Good, good, good.
Once we get all four flags, we have to place them
all together onto a screen to reveal a code.
Wrap that arm around.
But I cannot reach this screen, and
the only way to get out of this thing is knowing the code.
Push, girl!
Keep it organized. Who can read it first?
The problem is I get to this light box and I have
to be perfectly aligned with it and if you don't have
the flags perfectly placed together,
you can't read the code and I try to backtrack
and flip around, and nothing is working.
- This is crazy! - Stop it there!
That's it!
Can you reach it, Cassidy?
One more row, Alyssa! - Fuck!
But finally, I see the light and I get the code.
Almost there!
Come on!
Get that lock off!
Come on, Cassidy!
Here she comes.
Cassidy wins!
I'm so proud of myself.
This is what I came here to do, was to test myself.
And I knew that I was capable of it.
And I know that a lot of people doubted me.
I'm ready to just take this bull by the horns
for the rest of the game.
Way to fight, Alyssa!
I gave it my all. That's all I can do.
I'm glad that Cassidy gets to go back.
Even though she's older than me, I feel like she's like
a little sister to me, and I am rooting for her.
Well done, both of you.
Very, very good race.
Alyssa, unfortunately, there has to be a loser
tonight, which means you go home.
I really hope we see you in the future.
You're awesome. Take care.
I love you!
And now it's decision time.
Do you want to stay
with the team you built originally,
the Blue team?
Or do you want to defect
and go to either the Green or the Red?
I believe in energy. I follow that.
And I built the Blue team for a reason,
and I'm going to live or die by that decision.
I'm going back to Blue, baby.
Can I go?
That's my fucking team!
Well done, everyone.
I'll see you at the next challenge. Get out of here.
It is safe to say that I want Wes to go home.
I want to see a Monte go next to a Wes.
I want to put these two people who just fucked
me over in the Arena together
and at least get out one threat to my game.
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Four balls hit me today.
...chaos erupts as Operation Hat Trick
tears alliances apart.
You are my number one objective to get rid of.
Go to hell, Dusty.
That is incorrect!
But will the vets' gamble backfire instead?
Somebody's going down.
Wes has now made an enemy of me.
This is a problem.
You've dug yourself such a deep hole
there's no way of getting out.
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