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TJ: Previously on
The Challenge: USA...

-Go!
-The physical competition

has been fierce.

While some competitors
have protected themselves

week after week using strategy
and their social game...

I would put our money on us
to keep ourselves safe.

I might have a reputation of
being an asshole, but it's like,

I stab people in the chest,
not in the back.

...others had to fight
tooth and nail

to remain in the game...

-(all shouting)
-(air horn blows)

Alyssa, Wes, this ends your time
here on The Challenge: USA.

...whittling down
the competition to 11 players

vying for their share
of $500,000.

In the Slippery Business
challenge,

battle lines were drawn...

MICHAELA:
Why are they ganging up
on Chris?

...when the men
and women joined forces

to get out the physical threats
Chris and Tori...

-MICHELE: Good job, Chris!
-JOSH: Good job, Tor.

...allowing Cory and Michaela
to secure much-needed victories

and nominate Tyler and Cassidy
to be at risk for elimination.

I've been down there before.
Well, I'll prove it again.

TJ:
And with the final drawing near,

some players attempted
to make a big move...

CHANELLE:
Listen, as long as we're
all on the same page...

-I'm solid.
-...but not everyone
followed through.

DESI:
Where is the fourth vote
for Tori?

I am deeply hurt

by Michele's betrayal
in this moment.

TJ:
And it was Chris

who was sent into the Arena

for his fourth elimination,

ultimately sending Tyler home
in record time.

Chris, you are the winner
of tonight's elimination round.

You are still in the game.

And now, who will find their way

out of the most daunting
and tricky challenge yet?

DESI:
Breathe, breathe!

TJ:
Will Chris and Cassidy
get their revenge

on the players who sent them
into the elimination?

JOSH:
One of us has to send
Chris home, and then we're in.

TJ:
And will Michele have to face

the consequences
of her betrayal?

There's just so many lies.

* *

BANANAS:
Hey! He's back!

Little cockroach.

CHRIS:
This is my fourth elimination

and my third one in a row.

Every move I make
from here on out--

it's a $250,000 move.

I either win or I put myself
at risk of losing,

and I'm not a loser.

CASSIDY:
Good job, Chris.

MICHELE:
I came into this game playing

half with the vets,
half with Survivor,

and not really knowing
where the fuck...

I don't know, I made a decision
based on my own interests

and voted for Chris.

CHANELLE:
Michele, I want to trust you
in this game.

There's just so many lies.

You were, like, corralling
the narrative of, like,

-it has to be a girl.
-That's such...

-That is such baloney.
-Can I finish, can I finish
my thought, please?

-MICHELE: Yeah.
-And then I-- and I checked in
with Michele

three different times, I said,
"Are we still doing this?

Are we solid?"
And you go, "Yes, we're solid.

We're good,
we're still doing this."

Bro, that is the sketchiest,

shadiest move I've ever seen.

Michele reveals that she
actually did not follow the plan

and didn't vote for Tori

because she's trying to somehow
advance herself in this game.

Now I'm no longer
a trustworthy ally of Tori's.

Whatever relationship we had,
I've sort of ruined.

And now I've crossed

one of the most influential
women left in this game.

CHANELLE:
I made a call on who I was
gonna put a ball in

against my own best interests
because of my loyalty to you,

and you threw that
out the window.

MICHELE:
Dude, I've not thrown
anything out the window, bro.

Michele has been
playing both sides,

Survivor and the vets.

Michele has no backbone
in this game,

and I want nothing more
than for Michele to get

all of the karma
that's coming her way.

(knocking on door)

TORI:
Shall we chat?

DESI:
Yes.

TORI:
In the last Hopper vote,
I had three votes on there.

Chris already admitted
to voting for me.

I think it's pretty clear
that the other two votes

probably came from Desi
and Michele or Chanelle,

but instead of just thinking,

I'm gonna go in
there and ask them,

"What's up?"

So, you're all just gonna

keep it amongst yourselves
who did it?

CHANELLE:
I'll be honest. I did,

because I thought that everyone
was making it a girls' day,

and I don't want you to think
that I'm gunning for you.

That was truly, like,
me struggling

with the emotional aspect
of the game, and I'm sorry.

DESI:
Tori, I obviously owe you
an apology.

It was a shitty move.

I just want to say that
I'm-I'm sorry for lying to you.

In the game,
do what you have to do.

I get it. I dug this grave.

If I have to sleep in it, fine.

But I just want you to know
that, like,

it is not my character
to lie to people's faces.

MICHELE:
I have fault in it as well.

They definitely
were led to believe

that I was also going
that direction.

I basically put them
in a really fragile position.

TORI:
Everybody makes
their own decision.

Like, I definitely feel like

I put myself out there
for you guys in the beginning,

and I was hoping that it was
gonna mean something, and, like,

it did for a week
and then it didn't.

What has been, like,
shown is shown,

and, like, now I can play
the way I need to play,

and it's just gonna be
best man wins.

I'm kind of blown away
by this entire situation.

Michele was definitely
playing double agent,

but at the end of the day

she didn't actually vote for me.

But with Desi and Chanelle,

I now have the opportunity

to go forward
playing with revenge

or playing with logic.

So, if I'm in power
before they are,

then you best believe
I'm putting my vote on them.

JOSH:
Guys,

I don't mean to interrupt,

but it just hit me
that we are the fucking

top five guys, bro.

This is the furthest
this man has ever been.

It just hit you?
What, you can't count?

Yeah... (sucks teeth)
Fuck you.

Let him have his moment.

JOSH:
Dude, the fact
that we're all still here

is insane.

It feels so important for me
to make that final

and give it everything I got
to win, because I have

so many people back home
rooting for me.

Being Cuban and my parents
coming from the island--

my dad didn't even have TV
growing up--

to where now he gets to see
his youngest son

competing and having the chance
to win life-changing money?

The stakes are high, but they're
even more life-changing

and more important for me
because I have

a mob of Cubans back home
rooting for me

and w-- expecting for me to win.

Sorry, Chris,
we got to do it again.

And one of us has to send him
home and then we're in.

Or we could just make it
a girls' day.

-BANANAS: And we are. Duh.
-JOSH: All right. There we go.

Send him in? And then what?

One of us is fucking going?

(laughs):
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

-That's what Josh just said.
-BANANAS: Are you high?

CORY:
We are so close to the end,

we've made it this far
in the game,

we don't want to go in.

So right now,
the overall feel is,

we want this to be a girls' day.

Man's 4 and 0, he's got
a bed down there in the Arena.

-(laughter)
-FAYSAL: Dear Lord.

DESI:
Hi. Can I come in?

-CHRIS: Yeah.
-You want another hug?

-Yeah.
-Aw.

DESI:
I am the type of person

who never wants somebody
to feel alone.

Like, I know how it feels
to be on the outs.

In Survivor, I certainly
wasn't with the numbers.

That's how I got blindsided
and voted out of the game.

I'm open to working with Chris.

I am worried, in this moment,

'cause of how I went
against Tori.

I know this: it's hard to not
feel alone in this moment.

Yeah, no, it's just hard.

Honestly? We win tomorrow.

-That's really our only option.
-Yeah. We have to, Des.

DESI:
At this point in the game,

it's an individual game,

and I need to stop
overthinking everything.

I'm not someone who lies
to people,

and if I reflect back on things
I've done in my life,

this sort of competitive period
in my life started in college,

when I began
competing in pageants,

which was not, like,
a childhood thing of mine.

I never in a million years
thought I'd do a pageant.

Didn't own a curling iron,
didn't know how to do my makeup.

Somehow came in second place,

and the second time around,
I won.

So I'm really, this time,
here to prove

that not only
can I make it to a final,

but I can win a final.

Yeah. I think that's
a good mindset to have.

* *

MICHELE:
I made a really big decision

in elimination last time,

and literally 50%
of the house is mad at me.

Chris, Desi, Chanelle, Michaela.

So, if I don't win this daily,

my neck is definitely gonna be
on the chopping block.

-This looks fun.
-TJ: All right, everyone,

welcome to Punta Christo Fort
here in beautiful Croatia.

Whoo!

Today's challenge is called
Brain Squeeze.

When I say go,
you will race into that fort.

Inside are heavy bags
of puzzle pieces.

You've all been assigned a
color, and that's the only one

you can pick up.

Some might be in plain sight
and some might be hidden.

And I'm not gonna tell you
how many you have, so make sure

you do a thorough sweep
of the fort.

Every time you find
one of your bags,

you'll race it out of the fort,

across a bridge
to your puzzle station.

You can only carry
one bag at a time,

so drop the puzzle pieces off,
go back in there

and continue this process.

Your goal is to build
your puzzle tower

as fast as you can,

'cause the first man and first
woman to get it done will win

today's challenge,
be safe from elimination,

and also be selecting
one man and one woman

to send into the Arena

to put at risk of elimination.

Do whatever you got to do.

Final is very, very close.

-All right.
-Yeah!

Let's make it happen.

BANANAS:
I think that this is going to be

a lot more confusing
than a lot of people are, uh,

expecting it to be.

Obviously the pressure's on,
obviously you want to win.

There's probably never been
a more important time

in this game to pull out
a dub and be safe.

Literally every single person
has thrown a vote on me

or nominated me, so I need this
win so that these other people

can't keep coming after me
and targeting me.

I want to have
a little payback today.

-All right, everyone ready? Go!
-(air horn blows)

FAYSAL:
Damn, Johnny.

(grunting)

Yeah.

BANANAS:
Upon entering these ruins,

I mean, there are
so many different nooks,

crannies, twists,
turns, tunnels,

that it's anyone's guess how
many puzzle pieces are in here.

So this is going to be
a, uh, tough day at the office.

DESI:
Chris has kind of been
this outcast

that nobody wants
to be associated with.

But after I was able
to approach him

and say,
"Hey, I still have your back,"

I feel super confident
that if he wins,

there's not a chance he's
putting my name in the Hopper.

So I want Chris to win this one.

-There is? Yeah? You sure?
-Yeah, yep.

(panting)

Crazy.

You already know
what time it is, TJ.

TJ:
Well done.

TJ:
Well done, Josh.

Yeah, Bananas.
Keep going, keep going.

Good job, Chanelle. Good job.

Well done, Chris.

Keep going, keep going.

Left, right.

Let's see.

(mutters)

This place is creepy.

It's not really great for
a girl who has claustrophobia,

but if Desi, Michaela,
or Chanelle take this,

I am totally screwed.

TJ: Yeah, that's a good
technique. Hurry up!

DESI:
I've run a marathon before,

but this is light-years tougher.

We have these huge puzzle pieces

that feel like they weigh
like 50 pounds,

crawling through crawl spaces,

breathing in dust.

BANANAS:
At this point, I feel like
I've kind of gotten a good idea,

uh, about the layout and where
the puzzle pieces are situated.

There's basically
two main areas.

One of them looks like a cave
with four different rooms...

...that have a puzzle piece
in each one of the rooms.

Adjacent to that,

there is a staircase
that goes down,

with a fifth piece.

And then there's also
a separate area

that I've seen people
come in and out of...

...that looks like there
might be another two pieces

hidden inside there.

So, based on the experience
that I have doing these things,

I'm thinking there are
probably seven pieces

to complete my puzzle.

JOSH:
It is insanity in here,

and it's hard to keep track
of not only what room

you've entered but, also,
to not miss a piece.

TJ:
Go, go, go, Cory, go.

Yes, Chanelle. Yes, Tori.

Yes.

TORI:
I'm keeping up with Chanelle.

She's right in front of me,
but, like,

I was a tracker in soccer.

Like, that's what I do.

I'm not setting the pace.
I'm following yours,

and then when you burn out,
I'm gonna continue this pace.

So when the time comes,
I'm gonna be gone.

TJ:
Yeah, Josh. Yeah, Bananas.

Attaboy, Chris.

Faysal, nice work.

FAYSAL: I've won
puzzle challenges before,

and I have
pretty good endurance.

(retches, coughs)

TJ:
Go, go, go, Cory, go.

CORY:
I'm gassed from this run,

so I just want to make sure
I do a mental checklist

on all the rooms I've been to.

(Michele groans)

I'm gassed.

TJ:
Yes, Chris.

That's what I'm talking about.

CHRIS:
I have five pieces.

I feel like now
is a really good time

to start figuring out

how to build my puzzle.

Nope.

-How many you got, Josh?
-JOSH: Six.

Everybody got six?

BANANAS:
Sure that's it?

Seven. All right.

* *

MICHAELA: The main objective
on this challenge

is to ensure that people who are
willing to nominate Michele win.

That's myself,
Desi, Chanelle and Chris.

So, my strategy is,

I want to know where everything
is before everyone else does,

and I chose to explore
the other parts of the castle.

I find a long tunnel

with three sets of pieces
in there.

So many people think there's
only seven puzzle pieces.

I know there's eight.

And when Johnny
sees me going in...

...I don't want to risk
Bananas helping Tori win.

Johnny is the victim of my scam.

He asks, "Is there
anything else down there?"

"Nope, I don't see anything."

MICHAELA:
He goes back to his mat
missing one piece of the puzzle.

That's exactly what I want.

CHRIS:
My pieces aren't matching up.

I have to go back
into the ruins,

and I still have more pieces

to find, but I have no idea

how many pieces are left.

But when I'm running back
into the ruins...

DESI:
There are three down there.

...Desi lets me know,

"Chris, there are three more
puzzle pieces down an incline."

The guys only have seven.

They've been working together

this entire game as well,

just like me
and the Survivor women have.

But they missed a piece.

* *

That, to me,
is a major advantage.

So, if I can solve
this puzzle faster,

I think I have this win.

And if I win,
Michele, Fessy, and Tori

need to feel the pain
that I've felt.

TJ:
Well done.

CASSIDY: I'm looking at
these pieces, and they're all

very similar-looking,
it's just a matter of, like,

literal centimeters
between these grooves.

And a lot of it
is trial and error.

DESI:
As a Survivor group,

we figure out
that there are eight pieces...

-TJ: Keep going, Chris.
-...and it becomes clear
that a lot of people

-haven't figured that out.
-(grunts)

-Check.
-TJ: Fessy, that is incorrect.

FAYSAL: Obviously, I'm nervous,
because if Chris wins,

I'm definitely gonna
be put up for elimination.

Said his name twice already.

However, I kind of like
my odds here

because me, Josh, Cory, Bananas,

we all have half a brain
in this one,

so as long as we could
find our pieces,

we should be able to beat Chris.

TJ:
Well done, Chris.

Well done.

-MICHAELA: You got
'em all, Chris?
-CHRIS: Yeah.

-High five.
-How many do you have?

I have eight.

-JOSH: There's eight?
-There's eight?

-You have eight?
-MICHAELA: Yeah.

TJ:
You better go. You better go!

Still anybody's game!

BANANAS:
Fucking idiots.

Well, at the end of the day,
it worked.

This is our chance
to overtake the vets.

And I've been waiting for this
pretty much all season.

TORI:
Oh, my God.

There's eight pieces.

This is the worst-case scenario.

-BANANAS: Wow.
-CORY: Damn.

It's not looking good for us.

It's just gonna come down
to an old-fashioned footrace,

and he's got a hell
of a head start on us.

TJ:
Still anybody's game!

MICHAELA:
Check! Check!

TJ:
That is incorrect.

-Check.
-Check.

(air horn blows)

All right, good job.

-Yay!
-TJ: Well done, Desi.

-Well done, Chris.
-CHRIS: Yeah, Desi!

Let's go! Yeah, girl!

(laughs)

I'm the victor in this,

and it feels so good.

Chris said, "Not me today."

Y'all done jumped him
in the last challenge.

CHRIS:
It's my time now,

and payback's a bitch.

MICHAELA:
Are those tears of joy?

Are those tears of joy?

I was just
in such a defeated position

last night, and to now walk away
with a win really just proves

to me that I am supposed
to be here.

And knowing that Tori can't
put me down into the ring,

maybe I can pay back

what she has done
for me in this game.

FAYSAL:
Way to go, Chris.

Way to pay attention
to detail, man.

For the past three eliminations,

I've been taking shots at Chris.

Who is he probably gonna say?
Probably me.

MICHELE:
I am...

99.9999999% sure that I'm gonna
be the main nomination.

I literally voted Chris
last time

and I basically threw Desi
under the bus, so...

(groans)
Cue the waterworks.

Watch it be the missing piece.
Motherfucker.

BANANAS:
Should've just kept going
further down.

-TJ: All right, everyone.
-(cheering)

Great challenge today.

-Wish I could count to eight.
-Desi,

Chris, solid effort
by both of you.

-Wow.
-(cheering, applause)

As the winners,

you two are the only
safe players in the game,

and you need to go back
to the house and select

one man and one woman
to send into the Arena

and put at risk of elimination.

All right, I'll see you
in the Arena. Get out of here.

Let's go.

Yay!

(chanting):
Desi, Chris.

DESI:
My sights are pretty set
on Michele. I am not

the type of person
who likes to be lied to.

MICHAELA:
Do you think this is gonna be
the last elimination?

-BANANAS: Honestly,
I don't know.
-Are y'all okay?

MICHAELA:
Please make it a girls' day.

From my vantage point,
it's gonna be a girls' day,

and it ain't gonna be you.

Michaela basically starts

putting it in our ear that she
wants it to be a girls' day.

Well, this is convenient,

because that was already
the plan, Michaela.

JOSH:
What are you thinking
they're going to do?

MICHAELA:
Mm, I think they're
very upset at Michele.

Apparently, she pulled
something slick last night.

-JOSH: Really?
-She's the one

that went around, like,
trying to convince people

to vote for Tori,
then she didn't.

Michaela doesn't like the way
that I maneuver this game.

And her stoking the fire
that's now against me

is, like, rude, uncalled for.

-What's the word?
-Oh, I was just explaining

what you did yesterday.

And what exactly did you do?

-MICHAELA: Nothing.
-You were involved in pitching
a girls' day.

MICHAELA:
No, no, I wasn't.
What I said is, I wanted

a girls' vote
before the nomination.

-MICHELE: What girl?
-I intentionally didn't say
a name.

-MICHELE: Don't lie!
-So, anyhoo...

You act like you're this
high-and-mighty fucking

perfect person? You're not.

You are, literally,

such a fucking liar, Michaela.

-This is called unraveling,
Michele.
-I'm not unraveling.

Your cheeks are quite pink.

MICHELE:
I always turn red, Michaela.

It's, like,
a part of the meltdown.

So you're melting down.

CORY:
It's another movie night.

We have free entertainment,

free information
being thrown around.

Michaela's just airing out
Michele's game.

Let it be known,

this girl will tell you anything

to stay out of the Arena.

It's not looking good
for Michele.

MICHELE:
You want to paint me
the villain?

-I'm not painting you anything.
-Fine, paint me the villain.

I'm a fucking mess, that's
a fact, but I'm not a villain.

MICHAELA:
The first thing we agree on
in this conversation.

-You are a mess.
-I'm a mess,
but I'm not a villain.

Who said anything
about "villain"?

(laughs)

The Micheltdown
is in full effect.

All signs are pointing towards
Michele's game has blown up.

Why she's mad about that?
I don't know.

Play a different game
if you want a different result.

At least I'm like
a stable fucking presence,

and I'm called Micheltdown,

and I feel like
I'm more stable than you.

-You are all over the map.
-You don't look stable
right now.

You don't look stable right now.
Close your eyes a little bit.

You know, I've won Survivor,

and I know
what it feels like to win.

I got a lot of backlash.

Like, "You are the least
deserving Survivor winner.

You're a strategic mess."

I want to leave this
and look at myself and be like,

"I won because
I did all of these things"

and feel like I deserve it.

MICHAELA:
Accountability

is the name of the game.
Own your shit.

I admitted to the things
that I needed to admit to.

-Good.
-And I have
no problem doing that.

The fact that
you're not owning up

to your part is-is my problem.

-Your problem, dude.
-MICHAELA: Be blessed.

(imitates dog barking)

* *

DESI:
So, going into nominations,

it's clear that Chris has been

waiting for this moment
all season.

His moment of power.

It's been a while
since I've been

-at this table. (laughs)
-I know, right?

You won when
you needed it the most.

I won when I needed to.

And I guess maybe
I needed to, too. Huh?

-You needed to, too.
-(laughs)

Um, do you want to start
with the men or the women?

Let's start with the women.

It's safe to say that

Chanelle is off the table.

Michaela,

she threw me in,

but since then, I feel like
she's looked out for me.

Glad we're in agreeance
with those two.

-Yup.
-Those are good for me.

CHRIS:
Cassidy is

a little bit tricky.

She's gone in twice
and she's come out twice.

-Yeah.
-So I don't necessarily

-think I want to nominate her.
-Okay, all right.

So that just leaves
Michele and Tori.

My preference for
the women is Michele.

I felt incredibly
betrayed by her.

So, I mean, yes,

Tori's a strong woman.

Like, yeah, people ask me all
day long, "Do you think

you can beat her in a final?"
Like, I don't know,

but I'm willing
to give it a shot.

Tori, I know
I wronged her last vote

by putting her name
in the Hopper,

and it is still
beating me up inside

that I've allowed this game

to change my sense of integrity.

So it's important
for me to, like,

rectify things with myself

and kind of
right my wrong with Tori.

I think Michele deserves it.

I don't think she was ever
planning on being loyal

to you or me at any point
in this game.

-We need to go with Michele.
-(sighs)

I'm glad we can agree on that.

All right,

-let's go with the boys.
-Now the boys.

All of the guys,
in one way or another,

has gone against
their word to me.

So now it's a decision

of where I put my vote

to make as many people

feel the pain that I've felt.

This is revenge at its finest.

Cory's off the table.

He has been

the most, like,

loyal with an asterisk.

Okay, I'm good with that.

CHRIS:
Bananas is a target,
and he's dangerous,

but also he's, like,

he's getting old.

I mean, I guess.

And Faysal is

a really good liar.

-He's played me a few times.
-Mm-hmm.

You know,
played me like a fiddle.

I think Faysal
is definitely, for me,

-a good option.
-Okay.

But Josh has not

been nominated.

-He's not had votes, really.
-Yeah.

He's not won
an individual challenge,

while also
throwing me under the bus

time and time again.

One thing I know about Josh

is that he lies.

Even if he's not

gunning for me, he's certainly
not working with me.

I am comfortable
with Josh and Michele.

One of 'em's gonna figure out

a way to get out of this

by doing exactly
what they've been doing,

and the other one's gonna
have to earn it in the sand.

Yeah. Let's go put the balls up.

-CHRIS: Let's put the balls up.
-(Desi laughs)

* *

JOSH:
Don't all get up at once.

Mm-hmm.

Seeing that I'm nominated
by Chris and Desi,

while I want to be mad about it,

I respect the game.

It's me. Me and Michele.

But I also know
that the house is kind of

trying to make it a girls' day.

We've had guys' days

kind of back to back
in a double elim.

So, at this point,
we're up one girl.

So I think all I got to do
is stay calm, not lose control,

and I think I'll be
pretty safe this week.

-Huh, didn't see
that one coming.
-Yeah.

FAYSAL: The fact that
Chris said Josh's name

over my name is shocking

because for the past
three eliminations,

I've been taking shots at Chris,

and he had
every right to say my name.

What a blindside.

CHANELLE:
Michele could have

rode with me, Desi, and Michaela

to the end of this game,
but she made unnecessary lies,

and that's what comes with it.

-It's me and you, kid.
-TORI: What?

-Yeah, me and Michele.
-TORI: It's already up?

-Yeah.
-Oh, shit, dude.

-Me and you.
-Okay, baby. I'm sorry it's you.

I betrayed Chanelle and Desi,

which was a mistake.

I've done
such a great job of building

the foundation of this game
under me,

and in one decision
it's in ruins.

JOSH:
It's not over,

and look at how far
we've made it.

The Survivor alliance was,
like, untouchable,

so for Desi to have
my back over Michele's,

I mean, that speaks a lot.

This is my karma
for my last vote.

CASSIDY:
There's so much karmic energy
in this game

that is continuously
battling itself,

so every move you make
has a potential for blowback,

and that's just something
we have to accept

-when we, when we...
-TORI: Yeah.

'Cause we're all
taking risks in the game.

And so it is
something that's just, like,

-a part of it.
-MICHELE: Yeah.

CASSIDY:
Michele is nominated,

and I'm worried that she thinks
I'm her best option

of getting out of this alive.

I have all of these players
who are doubting me constantly,

who are throwing me in
because they think I'm weak,

forming strong girl
alliances without me.

In my season of Survivor,

I was considered
a challenge beast

because I won three immunities,

the most that any woman
won in our season.

I am not weak in this game.

I am undefeated in the Arena.

I'm under no impression that
I'm going to be fully safe,

but it really only takes
one ball in the Hopper,

so I have to
throw people under the bus

that have
thrown me under the bus.

Chanelle is one of those people.

I'm hoping that
will keep me safe

for a little bit longer
in this game.

MICHELE:
I'm telling you, it's gonna

end up being a girls' day,

and I obviously
have to throw my vote

on a guy, and I'm so sorry.

And I'm not gonna campaign
against you.

JOSH:
Me neither.

Just tell me who you want me
to put down and I will.

JOSH:
I can't do that either.

Just do whatever you want to do.

-I'm sorry.
-It's okay.

MICHELE:
I will do anything in my power

to stay in this game.

I'm here to run the final
to win.

FAYSAL:
Bro, how the hell did
I skate out of that one?

Dude, I nominated this dude
twice as main vote.

Voted his ass in last time.

It's only right
he says my name, dude.

You win dailies
and he knows that.

He knows this isn't
the last one.

He wants to try to
gain you as an ally.

Josh hasn't won shit.

If we win the next one,

do we not say

Chris's name?

Chris and Desi end up nominating

Josh and Michele, and it sucks

because Josh is
my number one guy in this game.

Michele's my number one girl
in this game.

Survivor has remained strong

'cause the Big Brother
numbers are gone.

There was not a lot of choices.

Listen, we already know

it's gonna be
a girls' day, right?

And I know
you're upset. Whatever.

But use this as an opportunity

to stay calm.

You don't need to
blow up on 'em. Be cool.

You're nominated. Who cares?

-I can't even be mad at them.
-Just be chill.

JOSH:
I need to earn my spot, dude.

You guys all have won shit.

Come here, dawg. Give me a hug.

FAYSAL:
What's wrong, bruh?
You got it, bruh.

-You know we got you.
-You good.

You're making the final
because a girls' day...

I know, but I do need
to earn it, dude.

-FAYSAL: You've earned it, bruh.
-JOSH: No.

Being so close

to the final, the pressure

is starting to get to me.

I don't think I've ever

wanted anything so bad.

In the Big Brother game
and in my Challenge career,

I was best known
for being chaotic.

(laughter)

-You're going to go home.
-Josh...

You're going to go home.
You're not going to see a final.

Josh... you're horrible.
You're horrible.

JOSH:
I want to prove to myself

that I can finally run a final,

that I have
what it takes to win.

FAYSAL:
You are good at your game, bruh.

You work your ass off.
You know how this game goes.

And I'm telling you guys
right now, if I survive this,

I want to go up against him.

Let's win the last one
and throw me in,

and I'm going to tell
the whole house that,

and I'm going to knock
the head off of him, literally.

-CORY (chuckles):
Oh, I like this energy.
-I swear to God.

FAYSAL:
This is not your
last night in this house.

Thank you, dude.

(alarm blaring)

Micheltdown? You ready?

CHANELLE:
Johnny Bananas

eating a banana--
I mean, how, like, ironic.

-It's cannibalism.
-(Chanelle laughing)

They're gonna have
to put a blur over this.

Everyone else
is voting for Cassidy.

I'm just gonna go ahead
and jump on that sinking ship.

(Chanelle laughs)

(whistle sound effect)

Not voting a guy.
We're protecting Josh.

We also want to protect Michele.
(groans)

Michele is
a close friend of mine,

so I want to give her
the best chance.

Y'all need to pick this up.

That's nasty.

Best of luck.

I just feel like it's time for

Chanelle to step up.

This is, like,
worst case scenario.

That's just the way
the cookie crumbles.

I'm sorry I put you up there.

* *

MICHELE: It's hard to come
to terms with being nominated,

and I've had a tough day

mentally, emotionally,

but I'm feeling prepared.

* *

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

on this season
of The Challenge: USA.

So good to see all of you,

but especially Desi

and Chris. Congratulations

on your first individual wins.

And you had to choose
one man and one woman

to put at risk of elimination.

You chose Josh and Michele.

Come on out.

(cheering and applause)

* *

(Michele chuckles, mutters)

All right,
so let's check out the votes.

Cory.

One vote.

Chanelle.

One vote.

Aw, man. Cassidy.
Crowd favorite.

Seven votes, Cassidy.

CASSIDY:
I'm pissed because

so many people in the game

are playing it safe right now.

I've tried so hard
with these people,

and I've just
become the scapegoat.

Throw somebody in

who hasn't earned their place,

someone like Chanelle,

and prove they
deserve to be here,

'cause I've already
done this twice.

You only need one ball

to come down here and play.

We've all seen it before.

Let's check out what
the Hopper has to say.

DESI:
I'm really nervous.

You never know

what the Hopper
is gonna spit out.

I hate that Chanelle

has a ball on her. One ball

can put you in,
but unfortunately

it's in our best interests

for it to be a girls' day.

The buck has to stop.

Michele has exposed

where her true alliance lies.

We want Michele

out of this game.

TJ:
Josh?

* *

Josh?

You're not playing tonight.

JOSH:
Honestly, the Hopper was just

on my side, man. I feel like

I have strong relationships,

and I got to thank

every single person in there

that had my back
and didn't vote a guy.

I promise you I'm making

that final,
and nothing's gonna stop me.

Cassidy, come on down.

Big shocker.

MICHELE:
Sorry, babe.

Cassidy, I thought
we went over this.

Listen, I...

The writing's been on the wall
for a couple of votes

that I'm just
the easy target at this point,

but, um, I've come
out of here twice before,

I'm confident I can do it again.

TJ:
All right. I like it.

Tonight you are
playing Hot Wheel.

To begin, you and your opponent

are going to start
on opposite ends

of this 20-foot-long bar,

which is attached
to a steering wheel.

One side is pink.

The other side is yellow.

In the middle of
that 20-foot bar

is a single torch.

Just like
an arm wrestling match,

you're gonna use
the steering wheel

to guide that one torch to
light your colored targets.

(fireworks pop)

The first player to explode

all of their colored targets

will win tonight's

elimination round
and stay in the game.

Loser goes home empty-handed.

All right? Good luck.

JOSH:
Good luck, ladies.

* *

CASSIDY:
I'm really not surprised.

I knew that it was
gonna be an uphill battle

for me for the rest
of the season,

but I do feel like
I have a good shot of winning,

and I've done this before
and I've come out twice,

so I think I can
pull out a third win.

MICHELE:
I started my game in the Arena,

and it set the tone

for the rest of how
I played this season.

I'm motivated, I'm mad,

and I think
those two things combined

are hopefully deadly today.

TJ:
Cassidy, you are pink,

so you need to light

the pink targets. And, Michele,

you are yellow, so you need

to light the yellow targets.

All right, you ready?

-Go.
-(air horn blows)

-Good luck, ladies!
-Go, ladies.

JOSH:
Use your legs! Use your legs!

-TORI:
Use your body! Use your body!
-JOSH: Twist it.

TORI:
Good job! Good fight!

-BANANAS: Good job, ladies!
-It's gonna be loud.

CASSIDY:
This is way more difficult
than I was expecting.

Even just getting
this first target lit

feels impossible.

-TORI: Way to fight!
-BANANAS: Dig in.

CHRIS:
Your body, you have to get low!

TORI:
Way to fight!

-TJ: Close.
-CHRIS: You couldn't

draw up a better matchup
in the house

when it comes
to this elimination.

They're both super scrappy.

They both kind of are the same

weight class, so to speak.

And they're going at it.

JOSH: Push the middle, push
the middle, push the middle.

CORY:
You're almost there.

TORI:
For $250,000, fight!

There you go, dig deep.

JOSH:
Try to push it up! Turn it!

-Turn it!
-Dig deep.

Hold it, Cassidy. Hold it!

Go back, go back! Turn it again!

JOSH:
Hard!

MICHAELA:
Go up, up, Cassidy!

JOSH:
Got to dig deep!

Turn now, turn now, turn now!
H-Hold, hold!

My goal here is to give Cassidy

as many tips as possible...

Hold your body weight, Cassidy.
Hold your body weight.

...to help get Michele
out of this game

'cause I don't want her
to have any chance

of coming back,
playing the victim,

and convincing people
with her tears

to do something different.

TORI:
Twist it up!

FAYSAL:
Nice.

TORI:
Good fight, good fight!

JOSH:
Good fight, ladies!

TORI:
Good fight! Yeah!

BANANAS:
Good job, ladies.

(Michaela shouting indistinctly)

BANANAS:
Got to get the fuse.

TORI:
Use your body, use your body!

-(cheering)
-TJ: Got one!

Cassidy, you got one already!

CORY:
Damn!

BANANAS:
Damn, that was loud.

TORI:
Way to fight, way to fight!

JOSH:
Good fight, ladies!

* *

JOSH:
Try to push it up!

Turn it, turn it!

Use your body! Use your body!

(cheering)

(indistinct shouting)

The score is one to one!

MICHELE:
Listen, I did not

come this far
to just come this far.

I want to see a final.

I have worked my butt off

building relationships
in this game.

I've done
my Survivor experience.

I've done my challenges,

and this is a culmination
of all of them.

Heroes are made

in this Arena.

-Way to dig, way to dig!
-Good luck, ladies!

TJ:
The score is one to one!

TORI:
Keep going! Keep playing!

-Twist it.
-Good job, ladies.
-Yo, dig in!

It's anybody's game!

(straining)

CASSIDY: Part of my strategy
is holding her off,

So I'm gripping the wheel

and I'm putting my leg
up against it

to hold the wheel in place

to allow her to gas out more.

And I do feel like

she is losing
a little bit of momentum

and energy, and I'm starting

to feel like I can win this one.

* *

-TJ: Oh, there's two.
-(cheering)

Cassidy's got two.

-Wow!
-TJ: Cassidy's got three.

CHRIS (laughing):
I'm taking cover.

MICHELE:
I am gassed out.

I'm realizing

that I don't really have

control of this steering wheel.

Not only am I struggling

to push or pull it,
but I'm also struggling

not getting my own flares lit.

I can't seem to
figure out the strategy.

TJ:
Good job, ladies!

CHRIS:
Keep fighting!

JOSH:
Turn it!

TJ:
Cassidy with three down,
Michele with one.

CHANELLE:
Right there! Right there!

TJ:
Oh, it's so close!

There it is!
Cassidy's got four!

CHRIS:
They're going at it.

But Cassidy, she clicks on

and it's savage mode.

And I can relate to savage mode.

It's going to take her

breaking an arm

or passing out to lose this one.

Go, go, go!

JOSH:
Push it! Turn it!

JOSH:
Deep focus!

TORI:
Go, go!

TJ:
We got five for Cassidy!

One more and you're done!

Michele, you got
to get this one.

CHRIS:
Don't give up, Michele!

* *

And go in a little bit.

(grunting)

(overlapping shouting)

Turn it!

Deep focus!

Whoo!

(cheering)

(air horn blows)

TORI:
Nice job, ladies, good fight!

TJ:
We have a winner!

(indistinct chatter)

CASSIDY:
That was a tough elimination.

It took every ounce

of my strength and my motivation

to get that done.

It could have been
anyone's game tonight.

It's about proving to myself

what I'm made of,

and the Survivor girls,

who've been throwing me in there

over and over again, I want them

to be scared to go into

elimination with me from now on.

TJ:
Wow.

Very well done, both of you.

Michele, unfortunately

you lost tonight's
elimination round, but you are

one hell of a competitor.

-I really hope
we see you in the future.
-Thank you.

-This ends your time here
on The Challenge: USA for now.
-All right, thanks, Teej.

-Take care of yourself.
Have a good one.
-Thank you.

-(cheering)
-Hug before you go!

-Hell of a game.
-Thank you.

MICHELE:
I'm sitting here today

a big, fat loser.

I don't want to. (chuckles)

I don't want to cry.

I honestly just, like,
wanted this win

so bad...

because I wanted to,
like, prove to myself

that I could do it.

Love you guys.

Love you, love you.

BANANAS:
Great season, Michele!

Cassidy, very solid performance.

CASSIDY:
Thank you.

Picture perfect.

I mean, she only scored one.

You win tonight's elimination.

You are still in the game,

going for the $500,000 prize

to be split between two players.

One man, one woman,
quarter million dollars.

Go ahead and rejoin the group.
Great job.

DESI:
This could not have
played out better.

We've got the most protected
female in the game out,

and Cassidy is on the outs

with basically everyone,
so it was a perfect show,

a perfect matchup,

and the most incredible outcome.

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TJ: Next on The Challenge: USA,
there's only one episode left

before the final.
Ten competitors remain,

but only four men and four women

will be racing
for the $500,000 prize...

Today is a double elimination.

...and it won't be easy.

The competitors will have
to face their fears

or betray their allies...

...resulting in
the most shocking

blindside of the season.

I hate this game.

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