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Previously on The Challenge: USA...

TJ: At the Speed Jumps challenge,

Tori and Faysal came out victorious.

That's how it's gone, boy.

TJ: In an effort to dismantle the Survivor alliance

and regain power for the vets...

The best thing for us right now

is to get a Survivor number out the game.

TJ: ...they nominated Survivors Cassidy and Chris.

Feeling the pressure of his third nomination...

CHRIS: I'm confused. I'm angry.

TJ: ...Chris spiraled out of control,

turning on the women of his own Survivor alliance.

You want to lower Survivor numbers,

just vote for a girl because I don't want to go in tonight.

BANANAS: I'm watching Chris light himself on fire.

It's blood in the water and we're in a house full of sharks.

BANANAS: This guy's ship is going to sink very soon.

TJ: The Hopper chose Sebastian to face off against Chris

in the elimination, ensuring that one Survivor player

-would be sent home for good. -(air horn blows)

Chris won his third elimination,

ending Sebastian's game

and forcing him to say goodbye

to his new crush, Tori.

Now, competitors will have to face

one of the most daunting challenges yet.

-(sobbing) -TJ: Michaela, you got to go!

TJ: As the numbers dwindle, loyalties will be tested.

I don't know what the fuck to do.

TJ: Alliances will be broken.

I'm crossing somebody that I have

a really good friendship with.

TJ: And shocking moves are the name of the game.

All right, so let's see whose time is up.

* *

(cheering)

-Okay, Chris. -(cheers)

DESI: Yeah, he's a Survivor number.

But the truth of the matter is, like, we don't know

where Chris stands in this house.

There are days when I wake up and I'm like,

Chris 100% has my back.

And there's another day

when I wake up and I see him, like,

moving strange or avoiding eye contact,

and I'm thinking, like, maybe today he's plotting against me.

MICHAELA: There was just too much foolishness

that went on with Survivor

and we did not come this far for our games

to be blown up by this dude.

Chris is saying for you to go into elimination

so that he stays safe.

And "Survivor girls"-- Who is that, though?

MICHAELA: If we're starting fresh, let's start fresh

with honesty and transparency.

-Okay. -Let's not lie in front of each other's face.

I'm not lying to your face.

CHRIS: Getting through this elimination,

it didn't help me whatsoever

because I definitely betrayed my Survivor family.

And so coming back into the house,

I'm going to own this one.

I'm going to take it on the chin.

Hopefully, if they see how I carry myself,

I can rebuild some bridges and earn trust again.

There's six of us here now instead of seven.

It's going to be important to put odds in our favor.

JOSH: I don't know what it is, but, like, being

just so close to the end already, like,

that pressure of wanting to make

the final is creeping up on me.

Well, we both need to just chill out about that thought

because it can get in your head.

It is so important to finally make my first final.

It's taken me a long time,

six seasons, to finally get to this point.

And if I know anything, I know that going through

a Challenge final is going to be brutal.

I'm at the point where, while I have really good friendships,

especially with Wes,

I realize that he is one of the strongest guys

still in the game and is a huge threat in the final.

So, I know that at some point, sooner or later,

I'm going to have to turn on him.

But at this point,

we're definitely in the strongest position

we've been in in the whole game.

Josh wants to run a final. Never done it.

Josh wants so badly to be a real Challenger,

kind of like Pinocchio wanted to be a real boy.

But at the end of the day, try as he might,

he will never be my rival.

I will never consider him to be a threat.

Pretty crazy how it's all worked out, but God willingly,

we all make it there, you know?

* *

Alyssa and myself are definitely towards

the bottom of this game.

She's been getting targeted.

She's been getting nominated.

So, pretty important for me

to win this one today, pretty important.

TJ: All right, everyone.

Welcome to your next challenge here in beautiful Croatia,

here at the Punta Cristo quarry.

(cheers and applause)

Today's challenge is called Go the Distance.

It's going to be played in two heats,

a men's heat and a woman's heat.

To begin, you're going to start on that giant platform.

When I say go, you will run as fast as you can

and jump out, grabbing a baton on your way down.

Those batons have been adjusted

to your wingspan and your height.

If you grab your baton, you're still in the game,

but if you miss, you're out.

You're going to continue this process

with the batons getting further and further out,

making it more and more difficult

till there's only one man and woman standing.

Now, whoever wins today's challenge

is going to be safe from elimination,

and also be selecting two people to send into the Arena,

put at risk of elimination.

Oh, and one more thing.

You knew this game was due for a changeup, right?

MICHAELA: Uh-uh, we ain't gonna top that.

-Today is a double elimination. -(Bananas yells)

You didn't think I was just going to do one, did you?

WES: Double elimination.

Two people are going home at once,

and it makes everyone so much more frantic and scared

because there's way less places to navigate.

So winning on a double day

is obviously more important than ever before.

TJ: So, it is imperative that you get this victory today.

All right, good luck, everyone. Let's get it done.

CASSIDY: It's really easy to keep throwing the same people in

over and over again, and I'm not going

to allow that to happen to me.

So it is imperative that I get the win today

because I don't want to be targeted again.

TJ: Alyssa, Desi, Chanelle, Cassidy and Michele. You ready?

TYLER: Here we go, girls, let's go!

-(air horn blows) -Go.

Ooh.

-Oh, my God, dude. -(laughter)

I ran, I hopped, I missed the baton,

and game over for me.

I'm comfortable in the water,

but I don't think I had the right strategy.

Yes!

TJ: Ooh. (laughs)

Nice.

Oh! (laughs)

You got to watch out.

-You just fall. -I know.

CHANELLE: It's like I fall

just short every time.

I don't want people to start looking at me

as an easy target for them.

ALYSSA S.: This challenge really

just takes a lot of hand-eye coordination,

and you really have to believe in yourself.

I'm not afraid of heights,

so I'm just gonna focus on that baton

and hope that I can grab it.

(TJ whooping)

Yeah!

ALYSSA S.: I gave it my all,

but this was just a lot more difficult than I anticipated.

Cassidy, Desi, well done.

The rest of you are out.

So, first round, Alyssa is already eliminated.

There's going to be a female winner

that is most likely going to want to target her.

Now all the pressure is on me

to win this thing and keep us safe.

(laughs) Yeah, that's really high.

-That is not easy. -No.

MICHAELA: Since I know that I'm afraid

of being this high in the sky

and jumping to my death,

I want to just get the first jump

out of the way.

Because in my mind,

if I survive the first jump,

my body already knows how it feels,

and I should be able to do the rest of them just fine...

in theory.

TJ: All right, Tori, Michaela, you ready?

-(air horn blows) -Go!

TORI: Go.

(screaming)

Nice!

TJ: Well done. Both of them. Moving on.

Round two for the women.

The baton has moved much further out this time.

TORI: Looking at Michaela, looking at Desi,

I won the last two individual challenges.

I had both of their backs, and obviously I want to win,

but if either one of these women win, I feel okay.

-(air horn blows) -Go.

All right. Tori, Michaela, Desi, well done.

Cassidy, you're out.

(groans, laughs)

TJ: Round three for the women.

-(Michaela laughs) -TJ: We have Michaela, Desi, and Tori.

-You ready? -DESI: You got this, dude.

MICHAELA: Now I'm very nervous

because the second jump wasn't any easier.

I had to call on Jesus on the way down.

-(air horn blows) -Go.

-Let's go, girls! -(whooping)

(cheering)

(sobbing)

-Let's go, Michaela! -Go, Michaela!

Come on, Desi. Well done, Desi.

CHANELLE: Go, Michaela!

TJ: Michaela, go.

Michaela is absolutely

mortally terrified of this challenge.

I mean, she's up on the platform crying.

Usually, when people are this terrified,

the fear ends up overcoming them.

I'm actually worried about her.

JOSH: Go, Michaela.

TJ: Michaela, you got to go.

(whimpering)

-Let's go, Michaela. -Let's go, Michaela.

JOSH: Go, Michaela!

This is when you really have to send it.

You really have to trust that you can grab that baton,

and it's not just going to be as easy

as hopping off and grabbing something right in front of you.

TJ: Michaela, you got to go.

(screams)

(cheering)

I know that I don't want to do this final jump.

There's nothing about me that wants to jump

and throw myself off this platform yet again.

Don't wait, don't wait. When the buzzer goes, don't think.

You just go.

MICHAELA: But this is my best shot

I've had at winning my first

challenge this whole time,

so why would I give up now?

TJ: All right, advancing to round four,

we have Desi and Michaela, you ready?

-(air horn blows) -Go.

(breathing echoing)

(cheering)

BANANAS: Michaela!

TJ: Michaela wins!

(cheering)

-Good job, Michaela. -Wow.

It's my first challenge win, so I'm very excited

that I'm safe on a double elimination day.

This is a good day to win

and I-I'm very proud of myself.

TJ: All right, first men's heat, let's go.

I'm an adrenaline junkie, so I'm not scared

to just jump off of that platform.

It's a double elimination,

which means if you're nominated,

you are 100% going down in the sand.

I need this win bad because I need my safety.

-You ready? Go. -(air horn blows)

(cheering)

-(cheering) -They all got it. -Yeah.

TJ: Everybody's got it. I love it. Well done, boys.

All right, Wes and Chris, you're up.

There's no way that I don't get balls from the Hopper,

so I-I have to win.

WES: I want to be in power.

I want to fill up my goblet

to the brim with power.

I want to chug it down

and become drunk on power.

TJ: Wes, Chris, you ready?

-(air horn blows) -Go.

-Did they get it? -CHANELLE: Wes missed it?

I think Wes missed it.

-JOSH: Wes missed it? -Wes missed it?

-JOSH: Oh, he did? -(cheering)

WES: I'm embarrassed by being the only guy

that didn't grab the baton.

Wesley, what the fuck?

WES: I hate losing. I find it embarrassing.

I don't like any single part of this at all.

TJ: I mean, why did you even do that?

All right, round two for the men's heat.

FAYSAL: This thing is pretty far out there.

And I know if I'm scared and nervous,

everybody else is scared and nervous.

-Ready? Go. -(air horn blows)

Oh!

Josh is out. Everybody else is in.

Josh, what happened?

You and Wes been hanging out?

Shut up.

(laughter)

All right, Chris, you're up for round two of the men's heat.

CHRIS: It's so awkward being by yourself in the heat

when everyone who has turned their back on you

is watching and hoping that you fail.

And so for me, this is do or die.

TJ: All right, Chris. You ready?

-Go. -(air horn blows)

(screams)

(cheering)

TJ: All right. This is round three

of the men's heat. You ready?

-(air horn blows) -Go.

(cheering)

Oh!

Bananas and Faysal are in.

Everyone else is out.

This is round four of the men's heat.

Bananas versus Faysal.

This is best-case scenario because

Chris did not win.

We make a deal right now.

You want to do it right now? All right.

You don't say me, I don't say you.

Yeah, I'm not going to say Bananas' name. We made a deal.

Bananas isn't going to say my name.

TJ: Ready?

-(air horn blows) -Go.

(cheering)

It all comes down to this, Bananas.

(grunts)

-Good job, Faysal!. -Good job, Faysal.

I put everything I can into my final jump.

I feel like I get a pretty good dismount,

but just a couple inches short.

TJ: Faysal, that's two wins

in a row, baby. Nice work.

I got my second individual win in a row.

It couldn't come at a better time.

The path of least resistance

says to throw in Chris again, but I got to go

back to the house, pick Michaela's brain.

I'm just glad I'm safe during this double elimination.

Great challenge today, everyone. Well done.

Faysal, Michaela, absolutely incredible.

Great job to both of you.

You are the only two that are safe from elimination.

Now, I need you both to head back to the house

and select two players,

one man and one woman,

who will be playing in the Arena.

MICHELE: This is a double elimination.

I hope that by having Michaela in the nomination

that's a Survivor on our side.

But I don't know what her intention is

for this portion of the game.

All right. Good luck, everyone. Get out of here.

-(whoops) -(chuckles)

DESI: What you thinking?

Doesn't make sense to put up

Alyssa S. or Cassidy,

because Alyssa S. or Cassidy goes home.

-DESI: Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm.

That means next week one of them gets nominated.

-And who's going in? -We are.

MICHAELA: So I'd rather just cut out the middle.

Are y'all comfortable voting Tori?

I mean...

DESI: That is tough.

DESI: Michaela thinks that it'd be great to pitch Tori.

We have this allyship with her.

In the likelihood of people winning, I would put

our money on us to keep ourselves safe would be good.

DESI: If you put Tori up as main nom,

it only makes sense that the other ladies in the house

are going to choose me or Chanelle to go against Tori.

They're not going to want to go in against her.

So, this is definitely a moment

where I feel like Michaela is showing

just how selfish she's willing to be in this game.

I think this is a time where folks need to swing big

because these people are not trying to help us make money.

* *

All right.

MICHAELA: I really want to get a feel for

what does Fessy think? What is he willing to do?

And I can take that information

for whatever future votes exist

between here and the final.

-How does it feel? -It's the furthest I've made it in any game.

So, I'm curious the thought process

of voting at this point.

When you vote somebody in,

-you don't want them to come back, right? -Mm-hmm.

Because less blood on your hands.

-Yeah. -As far as guys go,

Cory and Josh, you know, I'm not...

-I don't really want to say those names. -Yeah.

So, Tyler. I kind of just started

looking out for him

just 'cause, like, I knew

he was the only Big Brother guy left.

Chris, I like the guy, man,

but it's just-- he kind of pissed everybody off.

And then it's like, I also did vote him in.

So it's like, if I don't vote him in,

it's gonna have to go super big.

And then it's just shooting ourselves

-in the foot, potentially. -Mm-hmm.

What about for the girls?

For the girls,

I feel like it's between

Tori, Cassidy and Alyssa.

MICHAELA: So here's my question.

We have another girls' elimination.

If I don't win,

do you think there's a shot of me catching votes?

If we look out for people

that we know are probably going to win the next one,

-someone like Tori, we scratch their back. -Yeah.

-It's only right... -Yeah. They'll scratch ours.

We could try to shoot and get these big targets out now,

but that's just going to put us in a bad position next week,

because if we don't win,

we're going to be the direct target.

I'm not going to stick my neck out

for Alyssa S. again and say she's off the table

because I did it last week, and I'm like, for what?

-Yeah. -She's the first out.

But Cassidy's kind of on the outs with everybody and...

I feel like the house will vote Cassidy

very easily, so she's going to go in either way.

Let's put ourselves in a good position to run the final.

That's... that's where my mindset's at.

MICHAELA: Fessy's right.

There's several eliminations left to go.

If we do other people who are likely to win a solid,

they'll likely do us a solid.

Because that's the best way to keep my own self safe:

force the house to make the tough decisions

and keep our hands clean at this point in the game.

-(laughs) -(inhales) * Ooh! *

AYLSSA S: I feel emotionally exhausted.

I am physically exhausted,

and at this point, I'm just...

I'm pissed off.

-TYLER: Alyssa? -ALYSSA S.: Yeah.

I know you need time.

But you can take down anybody, okay?

ALYSSA: (laughs) Okay. Thank you.

It's not a death sentence.

There's power in knowing

that you're for sure going in there.

-You know what I mean? -ALYSSA S.: There is, there is.

You have time to mentally prepare

and not be shocked.

ALYSSA S.: Before I came on The Challenge,

I put all my stuff in a storage unit,

and I don't really have a home right now.

So, if I win The Challenge, I will hopefully find

a safe place to land, start establishing my life,

and I'm also starting an animal rescue,

so I'm going to put a lot of my time,

energy and money into making that animal rescue flourish.

Do you want me to tell people to stay out of this room

for the next 20 minutes?

-ALYSSA S.: Yes, please. -Okay. It's officially locked.

ALYSSA S.: All right. I'll talk to you soon.

-Yeah. -Where are you?

I'm in the confessional.

Your ball's in the hop-- Your ball's picked.

I had a feeling but I'm... you know.

I'm sorry.

No, it's fine, guys.

(laughs)

Chris had his back against the wall this whole game,

and I know that he is fighting

for his beautiful family that he loves so much,

and I feel really, really bad for him.

All right, Margot. All right, Kate.

Dad's going in again.

It's hard to feel like the only one fighting your battle,

and this game is separate from real life,

but what you bring into the game

are your true and honest emotions.

(exhales) It's okay, it's okay.

I'm thinking about my...

dream of playing college basketball

getting shut down, being in the college football

locker room as a walk-on, going through every drill,

putting in every hour of time, and it not being enough.

Thinking about Survivor, getting voted out,

getting blindsided.

Thinking back on this is just

why I go so hard at everything that I do and

and why I'm so competitive, because I feel like

I've always had something to prove.

I deserve to be in the room with, with the best of the best.

I'm not going home.

I'm coming back.

I always come back.

I wanted to talk to both of you. Like, who would you want?

Because if anybody can...

try to do that, it's us.

CHRIS: I'm willing to go down there

against the people that the majority

of the house is most afraid of running a final against.

Really what I'm talking about is Johnny and Wes.

I mean, true best-case scenario on the guys' side is...

I go against Wes tonight.

-I beat him. -JOSH: You want to?

Yeah. I don't care.

I have been feeling the impenetrable

wall of the vet alliance across the board.

They do not vote for each other,

and the only way for me to break that wall up

is to target Wes.

I'm just as scared running a final against Wes as y'all are.

I think the reality is that's everybody's concern.

Everybody's too scared to voice it.

I know that targeting Wes

is the best move for my game

because I know that he's the biggest threat.

Some of my strongest ties are definitely with Johnny.

So I'm gonna try my best

to protect him, but it is such a struggle.

I'm hurting somebody that I've truly grown

to love as a brother in this game and it sucks.

I mean, just being honest.

Like, I'm gonna, I'm gonna vote for Tori tonight.

Um...

Obviously, that's not the way that I'm going.

-Yeah. -No matter who you go against...

-you're coming back. -You're coming back.

MICHELE: Hundred percent.

* *

(indistinct chatter)

I talked to my friend for two seconds

on the phone and she goes, "Don't fall in love.

Don't, don't do it." But then there's you.

But then there's you.

And I like you. I like everything about you.

In this house you're, like, crucified for having emotion.

You're seen as a weak person. I'm already seen

as a weak player because I'm not

as physically strong as all these other women.

And whenever I feel like my back

is against a wall and I'm missing home,

I'm missing my people, Tyler shows up for me

in, like, the most beautiful way.

He's helping me get grounded,

get my head right and get my head in the game.

Okay, one more, just one more.

-(alarm buzzing) -Is that...?

Oh, it's time to vote, y'all.

DESI: It's time for y'all to vote.

This place is a madhouse.

This is a double elimination.

One woman and one man are going home.

Job number one is to make sure Alyssa gets the right person

to go against-- somebody I feel that she can beat.

Job number two, find somebody else

to get those Hopper votes.

That might be a bigger threat than me in this game.

First one.

We're gonna go Cass.

Now, for the guys...

going a little rogue.

We're going Bananas.

Tyler, love you, buddy.

I'm not trying to turn on my Survivor girls this vote.

Hopefully they didn't turn on me,

but you never know in this game.

Michaela, Desi and Chanelle have a strong female alliance.

They're always going to have each other's backs over mine.

Sending Tyler off. I'm sorry, my guy.

TORI: Even though she's my Survivor bae.

I'm sorry, Cassidy. Please forgive me.

I am struggling right now.

I feel really bad.

(exhales)

I don't know what the fuck to do.

It's so hard for me to decide who I'm gonna pick.

But in this very moment, I just go with my gut,

and my gut is telling me, you don't beat Wes in the end.

I don't beat the guy in the end.

And I feel so bad

because I know that I'm crossing

somebody that I have a really good friendship with.

You're up.

* *

Oh, my God.

TJ: All right, everyone, welcome to your next elimination.

(whooping)

Well done, Faysal and Michaela,

what a challenge to win. By winning,

you were the only two safe from elimination.

Then you had to send

one woman and one man

into the Arena to compete

for their life in the game.

You picked Chris

and Alyssa. Come on out.

All right, let's check out the board.

Men, you're up first.

Wes.

Three votes.

WES: I've gotten three balls,

and I know where two of them have come from,

but I don't know where the third has come from.

There's someone that has been lying to me.

JOSH: I think Wes is still trying to connect

the dots on who targeted him.

I don't think he realizes it was me, but

something within my conscience and my heart does not feel right

that I basically blindsided him.

TJ: Tyler?

Seven votes.

Bananas.

Two votes.

-Shocker. -TJ: All right, let's see

how the votes landed for the women.

Tori... two votes.

Michelle.

One vote.

And Cassidy.

Nine votes.

CASSIDY: I'm heated.

My own allies turned on me, my Survivor alliance.

And it's because they formed

a strong girls' alliance without me,

because they consider me weak.

TJ: Cassidy, a lot of people

want to see you play tonight.

So let's see what the Hopper has to say.

All right, so let's see whose time is up.

* *

All right, so let's see whose time is up.

Wes.

-And Cassidy, come on down. -Yep.

-Sorry, Cass. -Yeah, I'm sure.

All of my alliance members voted for me tonight, so

obviously I'm pretty pissed off right now,

and I'm ready to come back in this game

and pay them back for that.

I betrayed a friend, but we're at a point in the game where

it is me or her, and...

this game makes you do bad things.

All right, tonight you're playing Ripped Off.

To begin, you're both

gonna start by hanging from this giant tower.

One of you is gonna be wearing a suit

with ten patches on it.

The other person is gonna be the chaser.

They're gonna have to chase the person

with the suit on trying to rip as many patches

off their suit as they can within five minutes.

The person with the suit's job is to prevent them

from doing that by any means necessary.

Then you'll switch places.

And each heat is gonna be two rounds.

They're gonna be five minutes long.

So whoever gets the most patches

in five minutes will win tonight's elimination round,

stay in the game.

Loser goes home empty-handed, got it?

Cassidy, Alyssa, you're up first.

Good luck.

There's a lot of anger boiling in my blood right now.

And I'm gonna use that as fuel to kick

some ass and-and fight my way out of the Arena tonight.

ALYSSA S.: Well, I would just like to take a second to thank

the Challenge gods for not making it a Hall Brawl.

Okay. Thank you.

I'm gonna channel that inner fighter

and bring it out tonight.

TJ: All right, Cassidy, Alyssa, you ready?

-Go! -(air horn blows)

/(shouting, clamoring)

Stay on her. I'm seeing patches fly left and right.

Alyssa's got that reach advantage.

Alyssa has that endurance.

Pretty much my only ally is Alyssa,

and I am pulling for her 100%.

But I am sweating.

ALYSSA S.: Okay. (muttering)

TYLER: Keep going, keep pulling, keep pulling!

-Good job, girls, good job. -Keep pulling. Keep going!

All right, go the other way. Go the other way.

There you go, go, go!

-Keep holding! Keep holding! -TYLER: Keep holding her.

CASSIDY: She has this reach on me, but

I am scrappy as hell,

and I will literally put my body

in danger to come out on top.

Hold on, hold on, hold on!

MICHAELA: Alyssa is kicking and moving and...

she's got a shot at this.

-Time. -(air horn blows)

MICHAELA: Good job!

Good job!

MICHAELA: Way to fight, ladies. Good job.

CASSIDY: She didn't get all my patches.

That gives me hope, but, like, I am feeling

the effects and the fatigue of such an intense first round

that I'm a little bit worried.

TJ: All right, Alyssa, Cassidy, you ready?

Go!

Alyssa, don't let her go with that bar.

Don't lose control of it.

Now, Cassidy is the chaser, and

if Alyssa is smart,

she will leverage her long arms

and her long legs to keep Cassidy as far

away from her as possible.

WES: Use your hands. Use your hands.

You got reach on her.

You got reach on her. There you go.

Just keep her like that.

Lock her, grab onto her wrist.

Lock her up, grab onto her wrist.

If I let go of her right now, I'm dead in the water.

I have to hold on with everything I have.

I am playing for $250,000 and

I will fight my way to that final, whatever it takes.

CHANELLE: Way to fight, way to fight, ladies!

WES: Good job, good work!

TORI: Alyssa's a runner

and Cassidy is a chaser, and honestly,

Alyssa's doing great again.

And I think that Alyssa might be able

-to pull this one off. -CHRIS: Use those arms.

Push her out.

(grunts)

-Time. -(air horn blows)

Cassidy removed nine patches.

So, Cassidy, you're the winner.

-Good fight. -Good job.

TYLER: Great job.

I am undefeated in the Arena thus far.

Yes, it feels amazing, but at the same time,

even people I thought I could trust

threw a ball on me,

so I'm pissed, and I have to go back to the house

with all of these traitors and live with them

and try to make it to the end

with everybody on my back.

I think my best hope is just to win the next challenge.

That's really the only hope, I think, at this point.

WES: The likelihood of this being

the last season of The Challenge

that I ever play is high.

We're also so close to the final.

I'm just fighting for my expecting wife,

and hopefully, this win is gonna be for her.

CHRIS: Whatever obstacles in front of me,

I'm gonna figure out a way to overcome it.

And tonight, my obstacle is Wes.

I'm gonna figure out a way to beat him.

I'm pretty evasive, so I'm definitely gonna use that

to my advantage.

JOSH: Good luck, boys.

-Let's go, boys. -You guys got this.

TJ: All right, ready, boys?

-(air horn blows) -Go!

TYLER: There you go.

Good job.

Other way! Other way, Wes! Other way!

Wes is the chaser.

And he's my number one guy in the game.

It is absolutely crucial,

uh, for the two of us to remain in this game,

because without Wes,

I'm gonna be naked and afraid.

TORI: There you go! Get him! Go, Wes, go!

Get him, Wes, you're there! Get him!

Oh, it's a fight.

TORI: It's a fight!

CORY: It's a fight! We got physical now.

TORI: You got it, Wes, good job. Good job, let's go!

-DESI: There you go, Wes. -Good fight.

TORI: Damn.

Chris going for the beard.

BANANAS: There you go. Turn him around, Wes.

Turn him around!

-JOSH: There it is! -TORI: You got it, Wes, good job.

TORI: Keep fighting.

Keep fighting, keep fighting!

BANANAS: Get around on his back!

Good job.

TORI: Good job! Get your-- Good job, Wes, good job.

There you go.

JOSH: With the huge move that I made

and the risk that I took in targeting Wes,

I'm just hoping that Chris is able

to pull that win and take Wes out,

because it's a huge benefit to all the guys

that want to run a final and win.

-TYLER: There you go. Good reach. -One more, one more.

(air horn blows)

JOSH: Good job, guys.

Wes, you got all of them but one.

WES: I feel great about this.

The likelihood that he can get

nine or more patches off than me is low.

I'm in just a really good spot.

CHRIS: Now I'm the chaser.

My forearms are shot.

I can't even close my hands,

but my adrenaline is pumping right now.

I have to get

all of Wes's patches

or else I'm going home.

-Ready? Go. -(air horn blows)

BANANAS: Go, Wes! Run, go...

TYLER: Got to keep it moving!

-There you go. -Keep it moving, Wes.

WES: I am being far more evasive than Chris was.

It feels like I've got the hang

of how to kind of run away from him the best.

Even as he gets close, I use the air to my advantage

and I kind of fly off.

I just feel in such control.

TYLER: Great job. Keep going.

Keep going. Yeah!

He looks like Peter Pan in a Broadway show,

just flying around this tower, looking at the fans,

I'm like, "Wes, head in the game."

TYLER: Stop.

There you go. Keep moving.

Go! Go, Wes, go!

BANANAS: There you go, he's coming back around...

TORI: Kick him! Kick him!

Kick him! Kick, Wes, kick!

-Kick, Wes, Kick! -CORY: Like a Venus flytrap,

he just grabs onto Wes,

and all you see are the patches flying.

TORI: Let's go, Wes!

Good job, boys.

You got to get out.

I'm literally watching patches

rain to the ground.

I-It's like Wes is getting a haircut.

CHANELLE: Good job, Chris.

Good job, Chris!

We done?

-(air horn blows) -JOSH: Oh, my God.

TJ: Chris removed all ten of Wes's patches.

That means Chris wins this elimination.

-Good job, Wes. Good job, Chris. -(cheering, applause)

CHRIS: This is a big win for me.

I needed to go in against Wes,

I needed the Hopper

to pick his ball, I needed to beat him.

I'm really proud of myself on this one.

Great elimination tonight, all of you.

But Alyssa, Wes, unfortunately,

you lost tonight's elimination round,

so this ends your time here on The Challenge: USA.

-Take care. -Yeah.

-Love you. -(applause)

-ALYSSA S.: I still love you. -CASSIDY: I love you so much.

Ooh, trying not to get emotional, but that was, like,

definitely really out of my comfort zone, for sure.

You did your thing.

Tyler, I'm gonna miss you so much. Like, I...

can't even describe what it's like

to have a person in this game

that will actually show up for you,

and I've never had that before,

um, especially in Big Brother.

So being here and playing with the Tyler Crispen

has been the most amazing part of my experience.

And I hope you kick ass and I hope you win this shit.

I'm gonna miss you.

I'm just super proud of Alyssa.

Like, coming into this game, she didn't really exactly know

what she was getting into,

but she conquered her fear.

And she was a great partner, she was a great ally.

She's a great person just to have around,

so gonna miss her 100%.

And, uh, I already got those digits, so...

stay tuned. (laughs)

-Hell of a season, buddy. -WES: Damn.

It's really tough to sit here and watch Josh tell me

that he is the third ball, and he's breaking down

and he's hugging and crying.

Yeah.

Is Josh going to see any repercussions

for a Challenger turning on another Challenger?

Like, violation of rule number one?

BANANAS: While we did come together

and create this vet alliance,

the relationship between Josh and Wes

was probably the one that was on the shakiest ground.

I would be very hard-pressed to think

that, uh, Josh would make that move on me.

I just want to say, like, um, I'm...

I'm not coming back, and it's been a privilege.

TJ: You are an icon of this game, you're a staple,

and you are more than welcome back anytime.

We really, really hope that you reconsider someday.

But, uh, nothing but love until then.

Congratulations. Take care, man.

To everyone making this, playing with y'all,

like...

I'm gonna miss it all.

-TORI: We love you, Wes. -So, goodbye.

-You're a legend. -Thank you.

-We'll miss you, too, Wes. -Bye.

-TORI: You're a legend, Wes. -Bye, Wes.

TORI: Keep your head up.

(applause)

We love you, buddy.

Bye, Weston.

WES: I've played this game for close to 18 years,

and this whole, like, world

is just a really large part of my life.

Am I proud of the legacy that I've left?

Yeah, I'm proud of, I'm proud of all that.

TJ: Well...

they set him up, you knocked him down, Chris.

I mean, you even sent him into retirement.

TJ: Well done.

Cassidy, really had some fight in you.

She had a lot of reach on you, you still hung in there.

You never gave up.

Yeah, it's-it's bittersweet for me

because the reason I'm here is 'cause they consider me weak.

There's a strong girls' alliance who threw me in,

and the truth is that there are girls there in that alliance

who haven't even been down in this sand once.

And I've come into the sand, come out twice on top.

So if they consider me weak,

I think they should, uh, take a look at that perception.

TJ: Nice.

Any of them you want to call out?

They know who they are.

I-I'm happy that she's calling out the-the strong girl alliance

because I'm pretty sure that I'm not in that bunch.

So, you go off, Cass, have your moment, be mad,

but just don't look at me.

TJ: Go ahead and rejoin the group.

(applause)

CHANELLE: Cassidy is coming back into this house

and we are going to feel her full wrath

of sending her down into an elimination again.

But Cassidy, if you come for me,

I'll show you exactly why you're a layup.

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TJ: Next on The Challenge: USA...

There's only 12 players

remaining in the game.

Somebody is gonna die.

TJ: With the final within reach, players will go

to drastic measures to succeed.

Now's the time to take a shot.

TJ: And those who are feeling the heat...

CASSIDY: No one actually has my back.

...are ready to set the house on fire.

If not today, tomorrow.

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