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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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