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Previously on

Battle of the Eras.

I think it's time

we switch it up a little bit.

It is every man and every woman for themselves.

Let's go!

I'm gonna rip off my pink jersey, and you can burn it.

This is what I've been praying for.

There are still targets,

but today is a men's elimination day.

Kyland is just a cutie-pie.

Getting involved in a relationship onThe Challenge

is a horrible idea because it's gonna make

strong players weaker

when their judgment gets clouded by love.

Michele being boo'd up with Devin,

- I need to break that up, man. - Yeah.

Apparently, you told Michele

that I'm using her for the game.

That is not what happened at all.

I already know that you're planning on

trying to get me out eventually.

Everyone is trying to get you out eventually.

The winners of today's challenge

were Jordan and Tori.

You will be at the head of the table in the Chamber.

I'm never gonna win that.

I just, I'm never gonna be those girls.

You've played with me before,

and you've seen

how dangerous of an adversary I can be.

This person here

has tried to mess with one of my friend's games.

I'm throwing in Bananas.

Bananas,

winning an elimination gives you power.

I'm gonna need you to select three women

to be our new targets, except for

the winner of the challenge.

Ha-ha, motherfucker! Eat my dick!

I was originally gonna go with

Devin's main cult member,

which is Tori, but she's off the table.

Sorry, Nia.

Devin's pet snake, Olivia...

Oh, wow.

Right now you're grasping at straws, and it's embarrassing.

...and his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend Michele.

Damn.

Now the house is going to erupt

because Johnny is going to blow shit up.

When somebody goes out of their way

to fuck me over, come hell or high water,

I'm coming back at 'em.

So sending me in at this point in the game,

I will interpret as a declaration of war.

I know everyone

is so happy to see...

Don't pretend like you're not excited

to have me back. I know you all are, okay?

Yes, yes.

Obviously, Bananas wanted to pick me as a target,

but now, because he couldn't do that,

he's officially made three more enemies in the house,

and he did not do it in a classy way.

- Thank you, Teej. - No, thank you, Bananas,

- for not picking me. - You're welcome.

- You're welcome. I felt bad. - I'll never...

- I'll never forget this, Bananas. - I felt bad.

Now the house is really split into two.

You have the Angels on one side,

Bananas, Aviv, Jenny, Rachel and Laurel.

Then you have me, Jordan, Cory, Kyland,

Olivia, Michele and Nia, so it seems like

there's a lot of numbers

on the side that I'm working with.

But the Angels are really strong,

so it's gonna be difficult

to really get them out of this game.

Where'd Nia come into this?

Because I had no-- what other options did I have?

How many seasons have you done? I've done three,

and I knew that that was a possibility

that Tori wouldn't be an option.

I'm surprised that Johnny picked Nia

over Cara because

he doesn't like Cara. He's pretty vocal about that.

I was well aware of the possibility

of Tori being off the table.

How could you not have a backup in place?

You're either an idiot or a liar.

And as much as it pains me to say,

I don't think Bananas is an idiot.

Did I look like I fucking knew

that that was gonna happen?

No, but that's what I'm saying

is that I knew that was a possibility.

- Well, you know what... - Kyland, he really

- did not ever think that. - I didn't assume

- that was a possibility. - No, but, I mean--

- He never thought that. - You can think that I have ulterior motives

- if you want, bro. I don't. - I'm literally...

I don't think there's anyone that fuck--

Did you think that was a possibility?

The house is divided,

but I'm just staying out of this.

Ryan was my number one

for everything, and now that he's gone, this is

just like a... to the heart, you know?

So, I am with my popcorn, just eating it,

because for a 40-year-old-plus

straight guy,

Bananas is pretty messy, and I'm here for it.

And just so you know, Olivia hasn't snaked you.

She hasn't said, she'd not said nothing bad to you to me.

Chivalry is not dead.

I got all the boyfriends coming up to me,

like, "Why you gotta say shit to my girlfriend?"

Michele's really upset,

so you should smooth that over with her.

- You don't owe me shit. - She's responsible for all this.

Oh, here comes my-- oh, fuck.

Johnny is not afraid to say as it is,

and he will always pull people for their shit.

I'll always stick by my friends

who make me feel safe and make me feel secure here

because that is a very rare feeling to find.

Where is he? You fucking bitch.

Come on.

I want to enjoy my victory

- alone. - Okay, well, you know what?

You actually hurt me, and you don't want

to have a conversation with me right now.

Just goes to show, you never cared.

- Yes, I did. - You didn't care.

And when I had a conversation with you, Michele,

you turned it into what it's turned into.

Michele, let's be real.

You probably ain't gonna be ending up

at an altar anytime soon

with Devin standing next to you.

Can you guys clear this room?

The only person you should be mad at

is Tori,

because I have essentially targeted

"the layups" who she was working with.

I continued to go in,

weaken Tori's alliance, so Tori has now

made her path in the final

ten times more difficult than it would have been otherwise.

I feel you don't even respect me enough

to have a conversation with me.

You put me down and then you kick me while I'm down.

Okay, okay. Here's what I don't like,

is the fact that Tori's

still under the fucking illusion

that I tried to ruin Devin's life

by literally telling you to be careful.

You then take that, and for some reason,

run to him and say, "This is what Bananas said to me."

And that's what started this whole thing.

You warned me he was gonna hurt me,

and you know what? The person who hurt me was you.

That's the most ridiculous statement I've ever heard.

I always thought he held me

to a higher standard than this.

People have been warning me about this,

about Bananas, for as long as I have known him,

and I've always said

he would never do that to me.

And now he has.

For him to be my enemy, is just such a strange

shift of dynamic for me.

But why am I even fighting to salvage something

that he doesn't want to salvage?

How are you feeling?

If it wasn't for you

- and him... - Mm-hmm?

...I'd be running so quick out of here.

If Kyland had left,

it would be very difficult for me to, like,

stay here and, like, stay centered

and excited about the game.

Outside of The Challenge, I'm a corporate flight attendant.

I'm traveling around the world on a private jet,

stopping in different cities, eating as much food as possible,

and vlogging about it.

I feel like I'm pretty easy to get along with,

so it's not hard for me to make friends

in the house pretty quickly.

Michele and Olivia, those are my girls,

but I do understand

that they are Kyland's number one and number two.

So, although I know that they're very happy for me,

I am worried that they might start

to see me as a threat

if he and I get so close that he's willing

to put me above them in terms of

priority in this game.

It's hard to open myself up

and show my true heart, but at the same time

get called names like "a snake."

I know it's from a bullshit source.

He's such a nonfactor.

You know who you are.

Even though this is the most

mentally challenging season,

it's been the best because I've met people like you.

I'm serious. Like, so grateful.

- I am so grateful for you, too. - Like, I love you and you're,

- like, a "for lifer," for sure. - Yes.

Our only shot at getting Tori into elimination

was stolen from my grasp last night by fucking TJ.

Obviously, I really like Tori, but I do

genuinely think that if she got an opportunity

to see me out of here, she would take it.

If she got an opportunity to see you,

you, her...

She doesn't want any of you guys here.

I can understand if Tori

and other women

wouldn't want me here because they wouldn't want me

to compete against them.

But the women are not the ones that are selecting me targets.

I feel like the men should want me to be here.

Why would a man not want me in a final?

We'll see what happens when it's next girls' day.

As long as one of you guys wins the fucking--

on the girls' side, then we're fine.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Just me and Bananas' Angels.

Bananas' Angels.

Myself, Olivia

and Michele are targets.

A member of the Ladies of Leisure

might be on her way out of here,

and that is frightening.

Worst-case scenario,

one of us will have to

go against one of the other girls,

and we need it to be someone

that is not part of the LOLs.

That's all we can hope for at this moment.

Awesome. Let's fucking go.

Oh, my God.

All right, everyone. Welcome to your next challenge

on this season

Battle of the Eras.

All right,

Nia, Olivia and Michele,

it's win or go in for you.

And if I was any other female on the course,

I would definitely not want to lose.

If you lose, you're going into the Arena no matter what.

Now, for the men,

you lose today,

you will have a significant disadvantage

at the next challenge.

Michele.

How you doing?

Since you lost the last challenge,

you have a 30-second time penalty.

- Oh, my God. - All right?

Now, today's challenge is called Building Bridges.

To begin, you're gonna haul ass up that first tower.

You will then jump onto the pole,

slide down as fast as you can.

If you're good at it,

you'll stop at the halfway mark,

jump off onto that slanted platform,

grabbing three gold challenge coins on the way up.

Deposit those coins into the bank to solve a puzzle.

Bridge comes up, race across the bridge,

get three more challenge coins,

deposit those challenge coins into the bank.

You will then race across from platform to platform.

You're gonna jump onto the final rope

and Tarzan swing

crashing into those boxes.

Get your time to stop.

If you fall off the course at any point,

you'll be disqualified, and we will base

your score on distance traveled.

The man and woman with the fastest time

will be the winners of today's challenge,

be safe from elimination and also,

be the heads of the table in the Chamber

selecting one woman from the targets

to send into the Arena.

The order for this challenge has been randomly chosen.

Bananas, you're up first.

All right, get it done. Good luck.

- All right, Bananas, you ready? - Yep!

Go!

Go, Johnny.

If Bananas wins,

he's gonna select my girls Olivia and Michele.

Hopefully it's not Olivia.

But even though Bananas is

42 years old, he'll always be

18 years old at heart.

So, you know, when he has his little hissy fits...

you just got to let him get on with it, otherwise,

you're gonna end up arguing with him every day.

Nice, Johnny.

Got a little bit more.

Stop. Stop.

Nice!

- Your coin! - Your coin. Coin, Johnny.

Johnny, coin!

- Johnny! - Your coin.

I'm in such a rush,

I run directly past one of the coins

that I'm supposed to grab.

The three females who've been marked as targets,

I've put up myself.

If I don't win, I am

100% gonna be chosen as the target.

So there's no other option.

Get back there and get the coin.

Fuck!

Got it.

Great job.

Today's challenge is called Building Bridges.

It is a sick-ass obstacle course.

You have to collect coins,

put a puzzle together,

and descend all the way down

into a box with an X.

This shit is gonna be fun

and hard all at the same time.

Nice job, Johnny.

- Done! - Good job. Let's go. Let's go.

Watching Bananas

go through this course

is definitely reminding us why he's a seven-time champ.

He's setting the bar very high,

and I'm watching very closely.

I felt

like me and Johnny had

some kind of relationship before coming in here

and how he's acted

in this house so far and in this game,

I'm taking it personal.

Coin coming up.

The best-case scenario for today is

for, first of all,

Johnny not to win and for me to not get last place.

But Bananas is flying through,

and if Bananas doesn't win this,

it'll be a miracle.

Nice.

Woo-hoo!

- Good job. - Well done.

All right, Jenny, you ready?

Let's do it.

Go, Jenny!

Sometimes, I haven't been pushing

myself my hardest

because I don't want to be like,

"Hey, I'm the best female in here. Get me out."

There you go.

It's a hard way to balance it

because you want to look good, but then you also

don't want the girls to find you a threat.

And then start trying to find ways of getting you out.

Oh, it's such a head fuck.

Ah! I couldn't stop!

Fuck.

Yeah, fuck that box, Jenny.

There you go!

To your left. To your left.

Push up.

Good job, Jenny.

Thanks, TJ.

Keep it moving!

- Good job. - Deposit them.

Okay.

Check.

fuck you, Jenny and fuck you, Johnny,

for doing so good.

I'm actually nervous.

If they win at the end of the day

and you're not an Angel, this is not gonna be good.

There you go, girl!

Good job, Jenny!

All right, good.

All right, knock this out. Last part.

Deposit your coin.

Hey, no hesitation.

Well done, Jenny.

Okay.

Good job. Way to work, girl.

All right, Kyland. You ready?

Fo' sho.

This is the first

individual women's elimination,

and Johnny put in all three of my girls.

Let's go, baby!

Of course I want to protect Nia

and the girls of Era Four, so if I win,

at least I get some control

in a really bad, really tough situation.

- Pay attention. Pay attention. - Yeah. There it is.

Watching Kyland

maneuver his way through this thing

with relative ease, I kind of wish

I hadn't gone before him.

He was able to, not just see

how well I did, he also probably took

some pointers from my round as well, which kind of sucks.

Check.

Let's go!

Kyland to me is Kyborg,

because just like a cyborg, he is, like, perfect.

I'm hoping maybe we have, like, a swimming challenge.

I'm a really good swimmer. Or get buried under the ground.

I don't know, like, he has to have some sort of weakness.

So hopefully

my "social game" and how I play this game

can keep me out of elimination and keep me competitive

in this game.

Climb fast, Kyland. Climb fast.

Fuck.

- Yeah. - So turned on right now.

Damn, Kyland. What the fuck?

Yeah!

- Let's go! - Yes, Ky.

Yes.

All right, Cara, you ready?

- Go! - Let's go, Cara.

Cara Maria is a rock climber,

so I already know she's gonna kill it.

I just don't want to play against her

because she's a two-time champ.

Come on, Cara.

All right, show 'em how right here.

- Nice job, Cara. - Good job, Cara,

Here you go.

Put your left hand

where your right hand is.

- Good try, Cara. - Good try, Cara.

I fucking flop.

Oh, I hate myself.

If I just could reach that,

then I would have been on the fucking ladder, dude.

I might be safe if other people did worse than me,

but I know that I'm better than this.

Fuck!

All right, Olivia, you ready?

Nia, you ready? Go!

Come on, get up there.

I'm an underdog.

I believe that I can pull off an upset, and...

I'm just gonna give it everything I have.

Trust yourself, Nia.

Your girl's got a giant "T" on her arm.

But one thing I'm good at is revenge,

so let me get my lick back.

There you go.

You could grab that wall. Get your feet.

Stay steady like a frog.

Come on, you got to move.

All right, good try.

Damn it.

There's got to be, hopefully,

another girl in the bunch that's gonna just slip

and falls off this thing before it even starts.

This is kind of embarrassing.

Those are this big.

Fuck me.

All right, you ready? Go.

Jump up there.

Yeah!

- Yeah! - Great start.

I'm gonna kill this one today.

Long as I don't get slowed down by the puzzle by too much.

This is mine for the taking.

Good job!

Good job, Josh.

Big grab, big grab.

- Yeah! - Nice! - Good job, Rachel.

- Nice. - Great work, girl.

- Yeah, Aviv! - Yeah, Aviv!

The other females have

no excuse at this point why they couldn't climb up that wall.

"Oh, I couldn't reach."

Aviv is three feet tall.

She is built like a chihuahua,

and somehow she still made it up the wall.

So you have no excuse.

Yes, Derek!

Good. Come down, come down.

Go, Cory, go.

You're doing so good.

There you go. Go, go, go.

Let's go, Jordan, let's go.

Good job, Nehemiah.

Great job. Keep it moving.

Good job, Aviv. Way to work.

- Put 'em in your bag. - That's it.

Hold it in your bag.

No, do not do that.

Put them in your bag, you idiot!

Don't talk to my man like that.

Sorry. I'm trying to help him.

Theo, last place, man,

it's a penalty, and I cannot have you in last place.

My sanity is gonna go out the window.

Oh, my God, Theo.

What do you see up there?

This man has

the physique of Usain Bolt,

but kind of is like

my Aunt Bolt when it comes to these games.

Not good at all.

All right, puzzle time.

Check!

Check.

Done.

Let's go!

Yeah!

Go, go, baby! Yeah!

Theo!

Get your shit together!

- Come on. - Well done, Aviv!

Watching Aviv fly

through this obstacle course

is so impressive.

She is so locked in that I truly don't think any girl

is going to beat her.

Nicely done, Aviv.

Keep that pace.

- Fuck. - Keep going, Aviv.

Goddamn it.

I've had a pretty bad case

of plantar fasciitis,

and now my foot hurts,

but I just go into, like, go mode, like,

"You got to get through this, Aviv. Just get through it."

Easy money from here on out.

Yeah, Derek!

Yeah, Laurel!

Good job!

Good job, lady!

No! Oh, no...

Oh, watch your knee.

Do or die.

- Please shit the bed. - What?

All right, Michele, you ready?

- Yeah. - Go!

Bananas has said

that I don't deserve to be here, I can never win this game,

that my endurance sucks.

She's gonna burn out, dude.

Keep it coming, Bananas,

because I'm not gonna back down anytime soon,

and I'm gonna make sure that you become a target.

Close to the rope. Yeah.

She's gonna burn out. There's no way.

Fuck!

There you go. Nice.

Stay close.

Olivia, Michele and myself are the targets,

and even though I failed miserably,

there's still a glimmer of hope.

Michele has a 30-second time penalty,

but she is a beast.

I've seen other people handle penalties

and win first place, so I feel like

she is more than capable of pulling this off.

Get...

get your feet in the ladder.

No!

Breathe.

Just wait.

Nice try, Michele.

Fuck!

Bro. That was bad. That was bad.

You got it, Tor.

All right, Tori, you ready?

Go.

One of the biggest keys about climbing

in general is use your legs.

Those are the biggest muscles you've got,

so get your feet on really good footholds

and then from there, push.

- Hard part's over now. - Now give the arms a break and use the legs.

I'm definitely playing different this time around.

I chose to make an old friend of mine a target,

and then I threw him into elimination.

I've never really played the game

where I've taken big shots like that before,

and so, I'd be lying if I said

I wasn't nervous to see how this pans out,

but it's go time.

Nice.

Way to go, kid.

Fucking beast.

Tori's speed is very similar to mine.

I kind of set the standard there for her.

Tori's about to go off. It's more important

for her to win today to be safe.

You know, she's going after Bananas,

and we don't want to lose him.

Oh, shit.

- Oh, shit. - I haven't competed

against Tori in six years.

Tori back then to who Tori is now?

She has earned her spot.

She's done Challenge after Challenge

after Challenge after Challenge.

And by doing that, she's become better.

If Tori gets to that final,

it's 'cause she worked her ass off and earned it.

- One more hand up. Great. - Whoo!

Pull yourself up. There. There you go.

Look at-- hey, you're on the correct side.

Whoo!

There you go. Good job.

Way to fucking go, Tori!

Yeah!

Great challenge today, everyone.

Now, as for the winners...

Gentlemen,

pretty tight race.

So, unfortunately,

for the LOLs,

me, Nia, and Michele sucked today.

We have no one to blame but ourselves.

Now Johnny Bananas really cannot win,

because no matter who wins the elimination,

he is going to be a target no matter what.

The winning man...

Kyland.

Thank you.

Well done. Well done.

- Thank you. - And...

for the women, this is the closest race

in Challenge history...

- Wow. - ...between Tori...

- Wow. - ...and Jenny.

Good work, Tor. Good job, Jenny.

Six one hundredths of a second.

But the one woman to get this done the fastest

and who will be heading up the Chamber with Kyland...

- ...is Jenny. - Oh, Jenny!

We basically both won that one, Tori.

I think we both won that one.

So close-- right there.

The last place man...

...was Theo.

Unfortunately, you lost today's challenge,

so you are the loser for the male.

You will be assessed a penalty at the next challenge.

As for the women...

Nia, I'll be seeing you in the Arena no matter what.

That means Michele, Olivia,

as the only two remaining targets,

you'll be going into the Chamber

and pleading your case to the winners

as to why you should not be sent

into the Arena to go against Nia, all right?

I think this is poetic justice.

Your girlfriend's last.

Your other two best friends are in there.

Go ahead, make the decision, Kyland.

So, Jenny and Kyland,

you're gonna head up the table in the Chamber.

You're gonna select one target to go against Nia.

All the emotions of being picked

and targeted and let down

by my era all suddenly pile on top of me out of nowhere.

Olivia and Michele have not been helpful

to my game in any way. They didn't care about me.

They didn't protect me, whereas Nia

looked out for me as much as you can do.

So I really don't care

who Kyland wants to pick, because I just want

whoever Nia thinks she can beat.

So now is my opportunity to get revenge.

♪ I feel the sparks go every time you're closer ♪

♪ Say you're coming over ♪

♪ I can't let you go ♪

♪ Though you shouldn't pretend ♪

♪ And you know that I try... ♪

Ooh.

♪ And you know that I try. ♪

- Yeah. - I know that this is a tough situation for Kyland.

And I want to relieve some of that pressure and tension.

And, also, if I win, Bananas is clearly gonna be a target.

Like, that's a no-brainer.

- Yeah, that's it. - Thank you.

Yeah, you're free.

No, I appreciate it.

You're free from anything, anything from me.

Thank you.

I kind of want to be like, what's good, like,

why are you coming at me with, like, the comments

that you're coming at me with, and I'm, like...

What comments?

What do you mean, Devin's pet snake?

Really?

Did I say Olivia?

I will have to pick Devin's pet snake, Olivia,

and his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend Michele.

That was a missed shot, it went, it went towards you...

I mean, it sounded pretty direct to me.

But, also, like, I heard

so much shit that you've said about me.

Dead ass. If you ask so many people around here,

- I don't talk about you, bro. - Who's so many people?

I love when people don't say names.

They just say, "Everyone, so many people,

these people, that people."

Who says that I say things about you?

Do you have a name?

- Or are you just going to say many people? - I do have names, yes.

- All right, so say 'em, so who? - No!

I'm not gonna throw my friends under the bus.

Would you throw, would you throw your own friends under the bus?

I don't believe what you're saying then.

- 'Cause I can say the same thing. - Yeah, it's all bullshit.

Because Johnny and me are friends, he's known

my past of last season,

me being called a snake or a bad friend.

So for him to say that to me, he knew exactly what he was doing.

- Olivia, you got to stop, dude. - No, Johnny.

- Because whatever this-- - Well, I won't!

Whatever this venom or fury you have

is directed in the wrong direction.

Why are you so turned up, then?

Because I'm getting attacked for no reason!

I don't know why I'm even involved in this, dude.

Well, I'm glad you did it this fucking publicly.

- You made it publicly! - I lost today!

Kyland's the one making the decision.

If we really think about what this whole split was

with Johnny and Devin, it comes back

to Johnny telling Michele

information about Devin.

So who really started this whole thing?

Michele is my girl.

And there's only so much a girl can take.

It is eating away inside of me.

Well, if-- listen, if we're having conversations

about serious stuff, here's what I want to know.

I've laid my cards on the fucking table.

At least everybody knows who I'm rocking with.

Bananas' fucking Angels,

who all fucking finished the drill today,

may I remind you, but there's

other people in this house

that are playing both fucking sides,

and no one's saying a goddamn word.

So, Nia, where do you think you stand on Jordan's list?

'Cause I know he's got four people ahead of you.

Shut up. Okay?

You wrote the book on this game,

so I'm just trying to play it.

There are a lot of floaters in this house

that are doing a lot

- more fucking floating than me. - Who?

I just said Jordan!

Bananas is not one to take

chaos lightly.

So what has he done?

He's written my name on a grenade,

pulled the pin and tossed it.

- One person. Jordan. - I literally just said... Tori.

How many fucking guys is Tori protecting?

And how many guys are protecting her?

And how many guys can she actually protect?

- Why are you turning this... - Who's your four?

- ...into a thing where it's like... - Who's your four?

- Who's your four? - Who gives a fuck, Johnny?

Who is your four?

No, if you're gonna say it,

- say it to my face, bitch. - I love it. You know what?

- The game has a way... - This is what I love because

now they're like, "Oh!"

There's light shined on me.

You don't even want to talk.

I wouldn't even want to be in this.

Where can I go? All I'm doing

is calling it out.

I'm calling it for what it is.

Everyone sitting here

trying to be like, "I'm protected by numbers.

- I'm gonna play this game." - Who's protected by what?

Besides me,

what guy is gonna make you a target?

- None of them. - Yes. Whoever...

So guess what?

So you can make

every guy here believe that you have

their back when you don't,

- when you can't. - That's literally-- I...

The numbers just don't fucking add up.

So at least you can say whatever you want about my game.

At least you know where I'm at and who I'm rocking with.

Bananas is so pressed.

For someone like Bananas, who usually can just

walk to a final because everybody's friends with him

or they're threatened by him,

he's kind of his own worst enemy.

He's literally picking fights with everybody.

And in this game, you need to have allies,

and he's literally targeting

every single person that he should not be

because they're gonna come back with a vengeance.

- Five. Six. - Nobody calculates

- that far in advance, Johnny. - You got six fucking people.

No one... You don't know

anything about me

because, if you did,

you would know that I'm not your friend anymore

because how you treat my friends.

So you don't act like you fucking

know shit. 'Cause you don't.

Johnny, he's like, "Oh, no, me.

I'm such a victim. Me, me, me."

He's such a fucking hypocrite.

Johnny loves the attention. And what's he getting?

All of it.

It's the Johnny show.

This is what's frustrating.

Everyone wants to scream and yell,

but no one wants to listen and problem solve.

Johnny is loving this.

This is where Johnny shines.

It's clear what the sides are,

so game on.

He's planting seeds that, you know,

are gonna cause further tension in the house

as we move forward in this game.

And that's what's frustrating

about the dynamic of the group.

No, you're willing to throw shots

and not get any fire back. That's the thing.

Fire back.

I've been taking fire this entire season.

I'm Johnny Bananas, and I am addicted to The Challenge.

I'm an agent of chaos. I've just recently opened my own business.

It's a boxing gym called Rumble.

But it's almost like no matter what I do,

no matter where I go, this still feels like home.

I love it. All right?

In essence, what I just did

is doused half the house

in-in gasoline, struck a match, and lit them all on fire.

And now, I'm just gonna sit back and watch 'em burn.

All right, anyone else got something to say?

♪ Look in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane ♪

♪ Oh no, it's just me, I'm so fly ♪

♪ I'm so outer space ♪

♪ You up for passenger seat, won't see my demise ♪

♪ I'm so all the way, thanks for noticing me ♪

♪ I got the power ♪

♪ I control the wave, I control everything ♪

♪ I got the power, I control the wave ♪

♪ I control everything. ♪

All right, so...

Now that it's getting down to it,

girls control the guys' game.

Guys control the girls' game.

Which is why I'm being very selective

on who I'm talking to.

I think at this point,

everyone should start thinking about

their top four...

...they want to ride with.

I think we can help each other.

In terms of Jordan and Cory,

the only woman who would probably come before me

is Tori.

I've already dragged Cory into the sand twice

just by wanting the girl he was attached to,

so I feel like I got to throw Cory a little love.

However, I want Nehemiah, too.

Nehemiah is a swinger,

and I need to make sure that Nehemiah

does not say my name.

You know?

Okay.

I just had a talk with Rachel.

She just wants to make sure that we're

not targeting strong females.

I'll take all the strong females I can.

It's just gonna help me out.

The fact that she even brought it up to you,

it makes me have trust in her.

Rachel's one of the strongest women here,

and I would love to work with her at this point.

Outside of The Challenge,

I am a yoga studio owner.

It just feels so good giving back and healing.

One of the things that makes people want to work with me,

I mean, I have never, ever backstabbed anybody.

And on top of it, I'm a good competitor.

How much truth is there

to what you said yesterday about me not even being

- in Jordan's one through five? - 100%.

And I'm gonna tell you his top four:

Tori, Laurel, Aviv and Rachel.

Holy shit. That's news to me.

The day I was thrown in,

Jordan approached Rachel

and Aviv and Laurel

and basically said that he wanted them

to all be in his top four, along with Tori.

So, Nia, where does that leave you?

That's a problem for me if...

- You know what? - This is someone that I

just trust blindly. I'm a nonfactor

to the point where I'm not even on his roster at all.

That's what-- And that's what I'm saying is fucked up.

Bananas has sowed a tremendous seed of doubt at this point.

I'm not on Jordan's roster at all.

It sucks because, if it was anyone else,

I wouldn't care as much, but because it's Jordan, like,

if that's the case, no matter how I feel

about him, no matter how much I love him,

how sad I am that I'm not a part

of his ultimate plan, that means that

he can't be a part of mine.

I think if The Challenge doesn't work out for me,

I should go into the field of botany

because when I plant the seed, it fucking grows really fast.

She's like,

"I need to know if what you said last night was true."

It is true.

100%.

Yeah, but Jordan doesn't want her in the final with him.

He might even have Cara before. Like, I-- like,

I don't know what his relationship is with Cara,

but you might not even crack the top five.

Now, generally, I wouldn't do something like this

'cause Jordan and I, in the past,

have kind of had an understanding.

I wouldn't call it an alliance, but him and I

never want to be the one to fire the first shot.

So, I want Nia to know that, while Jordan

has been claiming to be protecting her,

he, in fact, has taken her off

of his list and has replaced her

with my Angels.

How dare you?

I'm like the shepherd and this is my flock of sheep.

Do not touch them, you wolf.

Dude, he has said multiple times

that she was the anchor of their team

when we were, in the beginning in eras.

That she was basically like the anchor.

Like, she was the one holding them back.

Well, she's about to

light it up in the Chamber right now.

This Chamber is obviously a difficult situation

for myself, Nia,

Olivia, and Michele,

but Michele reassuring me that,

if you have to put me in,

that doesn't affect our relationship,

reaffirms how great of an ally Michele is.

I know this is hard on everyone,

and no matter what happens,

there's gonna be a loss here.

The only person sitting at this table I feel has ever

really given a shit about my game here is Nia,

so it sucks that you're here in this position.

I really do not give a fuck who it is that you go against.

I just hope that you get

who you feel you can have the best shot to come back.

I think that that's so trash.

We're in a position right now

where all of our friends are in it.

I've treated you with so much respect in this game.

We have been riding this as a team the whole time.

- For you to say that... - No, I appreciate that.

...is not giving much respect to two people who have

- only respected you. - I appreciate that.

So, that-that is just not the way to enter this.

Like, read the room.

It's not really about you right now,

and I'm just irritated.

In Era Four, I felt like shit.

This is how much pent-up frustration I have.

But no one wants to try and make this situation better for me.

It is what it is. Ultimately, it is Kyland's decision.

You're pulled in the direction of wanting

to either do what's best for Nia

or do what's best for me or her,

and these are my two best friends in the house.

So, like, there's nothing I can say against her.

I don't think that there is an easy road for any of you,

but I'd say that I can't protect all three of you right now.

I know which direction you're going.

- Yeah, yeah. - Which is me.

Yes. It'll be you, Michele.

I know this is not easy for him,

- and I wanted to just stay out of it. - I know.

For me, like, I don't...

Don't cry, 'cause I'm gonna start crying.

No, no, no. We're not gonna cry.

We're gonna battle it out, and we're gonna have fun

in the sand, okay?

One of us is gonna come back,

and whoever comes back still has Olivia.

They look like, kind of like...

You know?

And I'm like, good.

I'm glad you feel like shit

because I've felt

like shit multiple times

since I've been here.

Honestly, I literally give a fuck.

No matter what happens tonight,

you guys are gonna have the most respect for your competitor.

- Yeah. - And that is gonna be

the best feeling ever to lose or win to someone

- that you love so much. - Yeah.

It's pretty rare to

come into a close friendship in this game.

Of course, we have our acquaintances,

and we have our people

that we've played many seasons with,

but Nia, she's one of us girls, and throughout this game,

she did keep us together, and I am grateful

for the friendship that we've made.

I want all of you to be here, but that is

just the nature of the game that we're playing.

Nia is my friend, and I'm going to respect that,

but I'm coming in on 100.

So, right now. Yeah.

Yeah.

It's the worst situation ever.

- No, yeah. - How far do you go in this game

to protect your friends?

Although I'm relieved,

no one wants to go into elimination.

Now I have one of my friends going home.

I don't want to pray on Nia's downfall,

but I'm just praying

that Michele can come through

because she is tiny and, you know,

who knows what's in that elimination ring?

I mean, tonight's gonna be an emotional,

intense night for me, for sure.

Is that how you comfort me? "There, there?"

I can't with you, honestly.

I'm genuinely trying to comfort you.

- Thank you. Thank you so much. - It's gonna be...

God.

You know, The Challenge,

even though we're surrounded by so many people,

it can be a very lonely place,

so me and Olivia, obviously,

things like trust is built up.

Even my nan, I don't trust 100% in life

'cause you never know. You always gotta leave one percent

room for mistake and doubt.

Me and Olivia are just

enjoying each other's company. We've got, weirdly,

nearly everything in common.

So, until someone breaks your trust,

I'm gonna try and give her the benefit of the doubt

and put some trust in her.

I haven't eaten all day. I need to go eat something.

All right. You go and eat.

Okay.

Jordi,

was there any truth to what Bananas was saying

about, like, me not even being, like,

a fifth man on your roster?

I know you and I haven't, like, talked game at all.

I just kind of blindly trust

and assume that, like, I'm included in your plans.

What makes this tough is who is in there.

If it was you, Tori and Laurel,

- I'm kind of fucked. - Yeah, of course.

I truly do not have some end all be all list

that is, like, "This is who I want to be with."

I have Tori and Laurel. You know, Rachel and I

have had a great conversation,

and Rachel's very strong.

And after that, I really don't care,

because if I can just get myself to the final,

then everything else doesn't matter.

The final is a whole new thing in and of itself.

Like, I just pray I don't have to choose

between you, Tori and Laurel...

Right, right.

He's giving me this, like,

politician bullshit answer,

and it's hurtful because it's coming from a man

that I love and respect.

If I were to choose to still blindly trust him,

it could be a detriment to my game,

and I would just get blindsided later.

And I don't deserve that.

I'm thankful that I'm able

to read between the lines.

I'm gonna trust my gut on this one,

and I have to just take Jordan's name

off of my own roster,

and when I come back tonight,

as crazy as it sounds, like,

he's gonna be a target.

I think Nia and I are both looked at

as, sort of, layups to the other girls.

I think people underestimate us, and I think

in this moment, we understand that this is

a pretty even matchup,

and it could be anybody's game.

Boxes.

Ooh.

I think it's puzzle. Oh, they're all chained together?

Endurance.

All right, everyone, welcome back to the Arena

for the first solo female elimination

on this season of

Battle of the Eras.

Jenny,

Kyland, congratulations to you.

You had to sit at the head of the table

and select one woman to send

into the Arena to go against that female loser, which was

Nia. Nia, come on down.

Kyland, you and Jenny in the Chamber had to decide

one woman to send in here to go against Nia.

You had Michele and Olivia to choose from.

So, who's it gonna be?

It really was tough because we are so close.

You know, I got my boo thing here

already in elimination.

After lots of conversation and thinking over tonight,

unfortunately, it's gonna be Michele.

All right, Michele, come on down.

All right, tonight you are playing Forty-Fication.

To begin, you're gonna start on the outside

of these giant clusters of very heavy crates.

Now, these crates, some of them are chained

together and they have locks that connect those chains.

The only way to unlock them

is to solve equations.

And then you have to

bring all 40 of those crates

into your square as fast as you can.

First one to get it done will win tonight's elimination

and stay in the game. Loser goes home. Got it?

- Got it. - Got it.

All right, ladies, I hope you've been working out.

See you soon.

We sure have. At the pool, at the bar.

The last thing I wanted to see was some math.

I'm just channeling all of Kyland's brilliance.

He's a math whiz. The answers are just

gonna come to me. And it is very important

for me to win tonight because I haven't really

proven myself in the dailies,

and I feel like my talents are slept on.

This is just a moment where I am fully confident in myself,

almost on a delusional level,

because this isn't something that I naturally do well at.

But tonight I'm gonna figure out a way to do that.

And I just want to make some plays.

I feel like if I'm not

gonna win first place in the dailies,

then this is a place where I can

have power and control the game,

and that is what I intend to do.

Listen, I don't like math.

I don't tend to like heavy things.

We are the Ladies of Leisure.

We are called that because

we enjoy lounging by the pool.

When you're up against somebody who you don't care about

or who's against you, you have that, like,

fire within you.

And when you're up against a friend,

it's a little bit different energy

that you're bringing in.

It's been a hell of a week,

but this is like the cherry on top.

And then, you know, we're gonna eat the sundae.

So, hopefully,

it'll be sweeter on the other side.

All right, Nia, Michele, you ready?

Go.

You got it.

Oh, my God. Okay, one...

- Way to work! - Go, ladies! LOL!

Good job, Nia.

Stay calm. Left to right.

16. Okay.

Go this way. Yeah.

- Good job. - I mean, like,

what's written on Michele's box?

Theory of relativity or what, dude?

It's very clear

early on that, I mean, dude,

Michele is moving

at a very slow pace, but is moving nonetheless.

I think Nia, we've lost Nia.

Might be taking a nap. Don't know.

Stay in it, Nia. Stay calm.

- Nia, keep moving. - Way to go, Michele.

- Keep hustling. - Got to go.

Nia, you gotta move.

- Stay in the fight. - Keep going, ladies.

Nia, you gotta move.

Good job, Nia.

Let's go, ladies!

- Nia, just take a breath. - Shit.

You got it.

Tonight's elimination

is called Forty-Fication.

Each player runs over to their boxes

that will be attached by a long chain.

There's locks on some of these boxes.

You have to solve a math equation to unlock a lock

and then start pulling your chain through.

Once you do this, you can take each box and put it

in your designated area. The first person

to stack all 40 boxes first wins.

Good work.

Stay calm.

Two-- that's one.

Nine, ten,

11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. One.

- Well done, Michele. - Way to go, kid.

- It's not pretty. - Killing it.

I'm just gonna try it.

Six might wanna be an eight.

Come here, you little dumb bitch.

- Pythagorean theorem. - Did I do something wrong?

I hate that for me.

Pi equals MC squared.

I need Michele to lose right now,

because even though I put Nia up as a target,

if she wins,

I might be able to

weasel my way

out of being selected,

because I did make some inroads

with Nia by giving her verifiable intel

on Jordan.

And then I'm gonna add...

Just stay calm,

- left to right. - That's an eight.

18, 19.

That's where I screwed up, you dumb idiot.

Moving.

You got this, Nia.

I am hoping that Nia wins today,

because as far as my game is concerned,

keeping Nia in the game longer

will work better. If you put me

and Michele in a puzzle situation,

I'm not sure what would happen.

However, there is a side of me

that wants to see Nia go home

just because of her decision to send in Era One

a few challenges prior.

In fact, I've barely spoken to Nia since,

so I'm holding on to that.

Anybody's game.

Nine, three, three.

I was just off by one.

Let's go, girls.

Stay calm. Redo your math if you need.

Way to work, kid.

These boxes are huge, and Michele

is tiny, but she's strong,

and it's impressive to see her move these boxes.

And this is great because I'm not a part of Bananas' Angels.

All those girls are gonna be protecting him over me,

so, Olivia, Cara Maria, Michele,

those are gonna be my three girls now.

And hopefully, Michele beats Nia because

Michele has more of a possibility

of winning a challenge than Nia does.

Nice.

Mmm. So, two, nine, three, five.

♪- There you go, Nia.

- Hey, hey, hey. - Good job.

Nia's picking up steam.

I can't tell you if it's gonna be enough,

especially if all of her crates aren't unlocked.

She needs to be doing double time over Michele,

and I just wanna help

make sure that she comes

back into the house to me.

You gotta go. You gotta go.

Go, ladies!

Oh, like butter.

- I love that. - There it is.

Nice.

Good job, Michele, way to work.

You gotta move, Nia. You gotta move.

Good work.

Nia, just take a breath.

You're coming with me.

Oh, this one's heavier.

If it's not working, double-check your math.

Good job, girl.

You got it. Go.

Keep it moving, ladies.

Go, ladies!

Good job.

You gotta go. You gotta go.

- Take a breath. - Good job, Nia.

I am not having fun.

These boxes are heavy.

Nia could easily solve

all of the math equations and then move all of the boxes,

whereas I have decided to solve a math equation,

move the boxes,

solve a math equation, move the boxes.

I'm thinking if all of hers is unchained

and she keeps the pace that she's at-- she's strong--

there is a chance that she might

be able to sweep this win out from under me.

Way to go, girl.

Good job, Nia!

- There we go. - Yay! There she is!

- Stay in it, Nia. Stay calm. - You got

to stay in it. Start moving some boxes or something.

Okay. Fucking here we go again.

- Stay focused. - Come on, Nia.

You couldn't have done some multiplication tables

- with your girl or what, dude? - We did.

Nia's basically had a math tutor

for the last however many weeks we've been in the house.

All the time that Kyland and Nia have spent in the shower,

maybe she should have

been studying a little more PEMDAS

and a little less das booty.

Nia, can't you remove chains?

'Cause you don't have

to finish all of them to remove some.

- No, I need to finish this. - She hasn't

pulled them through yet. She's unlocking them all first.

That's what Michele did.

She just removed chains, some at a time.

Yeah, you got to start moving boxes.

Obviously, I'm going for Nia.

She's my number one in the house right now. I need her

to pull this one off.

It's clear right now that they have different strategies.

Nia's working on all of the math problems.

Michele is doing some of the math problems

and then moving some of the boxes.

I think Michele's strategy is smarter

because it gives you a break from moving boxes,

and then it gives you a break from doing math.

So I'm trying to yell at Nia right now, let her know, "Hey,

you need to move," because Michele is moving boxes,

and Nia hasn't moved one yet.

You got to start moving boxes.

You got to start moving some boxes.

There it is.

- You go, girl. - Way to go, Nia.

All right, move.

- You've got this, Nia. - Go, ladies!

Good job, Michele. Way to work!

Hustle, hustle, hustle.

- You got it. Go. - Good job, Nia.

Good job, Michele. Let's go.

You got to move, Nia. Nia, you got to move.

- Way to stay in it. - With haste, with haste.

You've got to move.

Nia, you can start placing them in.

- There you go. - Okay.

Nia is

finally listening

to mine and Nehemiah's pleas

to start moving some crates.

And...

it feels like

she could catch up.

- Hey! - Oh, God. I guess I have to pick it up, too.

If you're running, that means I have to run. Ew.

Stay in it. Good job.

Fear is a crazy motivator,

and I can tell that Nia is scared.

Michele-- whole lot of brain,

lot of heart.

But Nia has got horsepower

to move these crates.

If she wins, Nia has to select

three male targets.

She could choose to make me a target, but I trust her.

You got to turn it on.

Obviously, because

Michele has already told me

she has highly considered my name as a target,

I don't want to see her back,

so, come on, Nia.

- Okay. - Okay.

- Oh, God. - Wait, wait. Watch out.

- I'm a little tired. - One at a time.

One row at a time.

- Good job, good job. - Phew!

Way to go, Nia. Look at that hustle, Nia!

Winning the challenge

for me is so important

because most people would never bet on me.

They're like, "She's not gonna do what it takes to win."

And little do they know, I am ready to shock the world.

I'm ready to shock myself.

I'm ready to prove

the naysayers and doubters wrong.

Good job, Nia. Good job, Michele. Let's go.

As this game has progressed,

I've had such an uphill battle.

I need to prove to myself and to everybody else

you can stay true to yourself,

and you can come from the bottom,

and you can be perceived as the weakest,

and you can sometimes feel like the weakest,

but I can pull myself out of that

so that I can stand on the top

and be like, "Ha-ha, told you so, bitches."

Whoo!

- Well done. - Oh, yeah.

You're almost done, Michele. Go.

- Wow. Wow. - Let's do it, Michele. Nice.

I've gotten a lot closer

to Michele, and, you know,

if I ever hear her ever say anything

about her little noodle arms again,

I'm gonna knock her out.

Her noodle arms are doing a whole hell

of a lot of work right now.

She's got the brains, and she's got the drive.

She is definitely earning her place here.

- Last one. - Oh, light work.

- Last one! - Last one.

Keep moving. Let's finish it.

That's it. This is it.

Now, which way is the end way?

Good shit, Michele.

Limping to the finish.

Way to go.

It doesn't matter.

Never fuck with math or boxes when it comes to Mich.

- Blow that horn, TJ! - Finish it.

- Way to go... - Do work!

Hey, I always have to make it look...

Yay!

Good job, ladies!

Fuck you, Bananas.

Great job, Nia!

I love that I got to meet Nia,

and I think that that is a real connection

and friendship, but

Michele is my girl, and I feel like she needed this win

to show, you know, herself what she's got.

She is such a badass competitor,

and she's always underestimated and underestimates herself.

I'm so proud of her.

- Amazing, baby. - I'm proud of you.

You're fucking amazing.

You're strong as shit.

- So sorry. I'm sorry. - What's wrong?

It's okay. This is the way it's supposed to be.

I made it way farther than I ever expected.

Oh, I could cry.

I just had the best time here.

And even though I wasn't, like,

the best at the games or whatever, I always felt like

people were genuinely cheering for me,

and so, that felt really nice.

Obviously,

I'm sad to leave Kyland, um,

but I have the utmost confidence

in him in this game.

You usually don't expect to come on here and, like,

find love, but I did.

I'm excited to see him back home.

This was not very Lady of Leisure.

- This was not Lady of Leisure at all. - At all.

- Ew. - What do you mean, we're sweating?

I have had the shittiest week ever in the Challenge house.

Coming in here and getting a win was

the confidence boost that I needed

to move forward in this game.

Kyland, Cory, and Rachel are the only other people

that have been in here

multiple times and come out of it twice.

So I'm in good company.

I think the lesson

here today is that I need to believe in myself

a little bit more,

'cause I'm a bad bitch. I'm that bitch.

I'm that bitch.

Congratulations, Michele.

Great game, both of you.

Really digging in there.

Nia, you moved a lot of crates, as well.

- Thanks. - Very impressed by both of you.

Good work, ladies. Good job!

However, only one can win, and Michele, that is you.

Congratulations.

But, Michele, by winning the elimination,

it grants you a lot of power.

I need you to select three males

to be the new targets. You can select anyone you want,

except for the challenge winner, which was Kyland.

Anyone else, fair game.

Who's it gonna be?

Well, if I could say Bananas' name three times, I would.

Where is he? Oh, hiding.

I mean,

I'm just gonna return to sender,

toss it back to Bananas.

Can't hide from me for too long.

Um, the other two people,

it's not for lack of love for them at all.

I think that this is just the point in the game

where, like, I'm either

in your top spots, or I'm sorry, it's got to be you.

So, um, unfortunately, I'm going to say Jordan

and Nehemiah today.

I'm sorry, Nehemiah. I'm sorry, Jordan.

Fuck, man.

That's a spicy one.

In a very shocking turn of events,

Michele actually targets Jordan.

Apparently, whatever I said to Nia

has now trickled down and has infected Michele's brain.

So, uh,

one small victory, I would say.

Nehemiah, Jordan and Bananas,

you are now the new targets.

The only way to stay safe is to win.

And that goes for everyone.

Get it done, all right?

Let's go!

Take care, you guys. I'll see you soon.

Get out of here.

Season 40 not only

brought together a bunch of titans of The Challenge,

but also has played out in a format

that pushes strength forward in the game.

You have to be strong to survive.

So I'm definitely sad that Nia's gone,

but looking forward in the game, it does still feel like

Olivia and Michele are two reliable allies

I can look to and trust in this game moving forward.

Oh, fits like a glove.

- Come find me when you get out of here. - I will.

- I love you. Win this shit. - Love you, too.

Seriously.

He'll never be open to another point of view.

And you know why that is, Tori.

I felt, like, a pop.

I can't stand on my heel.

I'm hoping the challenge today-- it's anything but running.

This is the mini final.

Oh, fuck yeah!

- This is so crazy. - Oh, my God.

It is also a purge.

- No! - Come on!

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