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Previously onThe Challenge 40:
Battle of the Eras...

Today is the mini final.

Laurel and Nehemiah,
you are out of the game.

Our winners, Tori and Kyland.

The house is
really split into two.

Bananas has his Angels:
Aviv, Jenny and Rachel.

Then you have me, Jordan, Cory,
Kyland, Olivia, and Michele.

And Josh is playing
the middle right now.

Good job, Theo.
Good job, Nana-Man.

I'm definitely frustrated
with Josh playing the middle.

Guys, you're both killing it!

I'm sick of your
fucking attitude.

Bananas wins.

Bananas, I need you
to select three women,

except Tori,
because she won the challenge,

to be our new targets.

Uh, Olivia, Michele, Cara.

All right,
you're our new targets.

You take a swing for the king,

you better not miss.

I don't want to be here,

but I don't want to have
to throw it, you know?

That's my dilemma.

Could I possibly hang up
the whole "Competitive Evelyn,"

go in there, not give it my all,
let KellyAnne win?

I think I could,
but I don't know.

Oh, shit.

Goddamn it.

Go on, Nana-Man.

There's a storm a-brewing,

and it's Bananas coming back
to exact his revenge

on Olivia and Michele
and Cara Maria.

I mean, listen, you're
guilty by association.

Cara, she's playing
the oblivious card.

"Oh, wait a minute,
there's lines drawn in the sand?

"There's alliances?
My hair's red?

I'm dating a Keebler Elf?"

PAULIE [high-pitched]:
Dude, I'm trying to grow here.

I am the alliance dismantler.

All you have to do
is just find one weak spot,

poke at it a little bit,

and the entire house
comes crumbling down.

All right, let's go talk shit
about the targets

and how awesome I am.

You have Angels for that.

- I do.
- We're just over here,

the little devils.

Uh, yeah, that's-that's true.

Johnny and his Angels

have just been sitting around,

massaging each other's feet.

Toes out, everyone.

Get the dogs in.

Angels unite! Whoo!

Live your best foot fetish life.

I will not kink-shame.
But he doesn't want

to massage my feet.

So I guess
we'll never be in an alliance.

Cara's just jealous
that you won't rub

her foot,
'cause she has a fucking bunion.

Michele, I heard
you were getting mad at Josh

for cheering for me.

- Yeah.
- Why?

If he's cheering for you,

he's cheering against me.

I'm allowed to cheer for both

- of my friends.
- I'm not saying that you're not.

It's not fair that I'm always

at the end of her wrath

and I'm always at the end

of her meltdowns.

And I'm at the point
where I've taken it

the whole game, but I'm done.

- Every time you get upset...
- Josh,

when you have your feet
to the flame,

you freak the fuck out.

- Leave me alone.
- You can't determine

who Josh can
and can't be friends with

- or who he can cheer for.
- I'm not trying to determine it.

Why are you bringing me into it?

- I'm already a fucking target.
Leave me alone!
- Because--

- No, because you--
- I'm not bringing you into it.

- Leave me alone! Leave me alone!
- Who-- Why--

Now that they're cooking
like that...

- Yeah.
- ...do it, like,

- 15 seconds and then flip 'em.
- Okay.

So he has to choose

who's a better friend,
is what you're saying.

I don't care
if he has his friends!

He's allowed to have his
friends. That's not my problem.

And I would have given anyone
shit. I was heated.

- He was sitting next to me.
- Which is bullshit.

I'm trying to show Michele
how to cook,

and she's trying
to argue with Bananas

while holding my spatula.

Girl, my tortillas
are gonna burn. [chuckles]

- Give me my spatula back.
- It's still getting

- to the heat, but, like...
- Because Bananas
does something--

- Don't do this right now.
You don't want to fight with me.
- Okay, I'm not. I'm saying--

And you already have asked me
not to fight with you.

- Please don't bring me
to that point.
- I'm not trying to fight

with you. I'm not trying
to fight with you.

Don't. Then just shh!

Nobody's saying that
he can't have other friends.

- So why are you screaming?
- Nobody's saying that.

I'm not trying to argue
with you.

Hold on!

They're just trying
to now create

the rift between us.

Don't let it happen.

You guys have been doing this
to Josh

- the entire fucking game.
- I have not done anything
to Josh!

You guys didn't tell him that he
had to pledge his allegiance

- or you guys were gonna--
- No, I did not.
That had nothing

- to do with me.
- Well, you guys didn't try
and hold his feet to the fire

- and say that he had
to nominate himself?
- Why would-- But, dude,

I didn't want--
I didn't want to either.

- You know I didn't.
- Michele, Bananas

is gonna try to rile you up.

This is his strategy.

Don't feed into that. And Josh--

he can be friends with everyone,

but he can't be allies
with everyone.

I feel like the faster that Josh
can understand this concept,

the quicker
he can stop being confused

when people get upset at him.

I'm just saying, dude,

if you're gonna play that way,

then just own up to it, dude.

Listen, he won

fair and square.
Just the arrogance

and cocky behavior
is just, like,

so off-putting to me.
Like, I think

it's so disgusting.
I've had enough of it.

A lot of what I'm feeling

right now is just grieving

the loss of Theo.

Because I live in America

and Theo lives in the U.K.,
if we want

to continue outside this,
it's gonna be really hard.

Although I'm upset,

I would love to make a final

and win the entire game,

because I want
to prove it to myself

that it was not a fluke,

I am strong
and I'm worthy of being

a Challenge champion.

Now that I'm halfway
through this game,

I feel like
I'm actually more prepared

for the rest of the game.

I'm also now, like,
really hungry, because, like,

I do have a bad taste
in my mouth for things he said.

Because you know what he wants?
He wants all the girls

always up his ass,

giving him attention constantly.

And the girls that don't, he
wants nothing to do with them.

You can try letting him
massage your feet.

It might edge you
up the food chain a little.

Oh, my God. I'd rather...

choke on this target band.

Well, I know

my feet massage days are-are
not ever gonna happen, so...

Fuck.
Fuck these bunions.

Me either.

And I need a foot massage.

I've been clocking in hours
in this tar...

- target band.
- Let me see your feet.

You've got cute feet.

- Hideous. It's hideous.
- You can't be in his
alliance. You have a long toe.

He knew exactly the moment
he saw Aviv's feet,

she was an Angel.

I'm never gonna be an Angel.

Oh, we don't want to be Angels.

Boring.

When one of us wins at the end,

after we fucking tooth-and-nail
fought there,

it's gonna feel way better
than sliding in

under the wings of Johnny.

Okay.

We'll be here.

It's so good
to clear your mind in here.

All right, let's do it.

All the way in.

All the way out.

And fast.

Slow it down.

Can you move your arm?

I cannot lift it.

Jordan would die before he quit.

Good job, Jor.

Josh, your word

from here on out
is worth fuck all, dude.

This game's turned me
into somebody that I'm not.

All right, last one.

Hold at the top.

Relax.

I got it! I got it! I got it!

The fuck is wrong with you?

All I keep thinking is,

when he comes at you and stuff,
Michele,

he's trying to come up
with a big show or an excuse

as to why he keeps
coming after you.

- Yeah.
- But it's like

you were never gonna come
before any

- of those girls anyways.
- No.

So it just is game and numbers.

Everybody's at this point
where they're making

a list of top four.

But the thing is, it's like--
four people don't matter.

It's top two.

Jordan. Josh. You.

Even though Josh is playing

both sides in this game,

I'm gonna have Josh's back,

because I'm always gonna rock

with the vacation alliance.

Yeah.

So, tell me

about your life, Rach.

This is the Era One preparing
for the challenge.

Well, listen,
we've been here so long,

we're on our second hair dye

- and almost our third period.
- We still get our periods.

Yeah. We're not that old.

I feel like,
with this target, my back is

against the wall and,
in a way, I welcome that.

Because I think when my back
is against the wall, I come out.

And worst-case scenario,

I'm in that Arena,
I get another elimination win

and I change the game.

I'm not feeling so hot
about my position anymore.

Kyland is most likely never
going to an elimination ever,

so he can't save me

from being a target.

Going into this next challenge,

I am feeling a little bit

like I'm on an island.

Welcome
to your next challenge here

in beautiful Vietnam
for this season

of The Challenge 40:
Battle of the Eras.

Congratulations, Bananas.

You got to choose
three new targets.

And, shocker, you chose Olivia,

Michele,

and Cara Maria.

Now, this is called
40 Yard Dash.

As you can see, there is

a giant "40" carved

deep down into this field.

Now, in this "40,"

there are six puzzle pieces

and all kinds of obstacles.

When I say go,
you'll race into the 40

and start gathering your puzzle
pieces as fast as you can.

One at a time,

bring them back
to your puzzle station

and complete the puzzle.

First man and woman
to get this done

will win today's challenge.

Last-placed woman, I'll see you
in the Arena no matter what.

Last-placed man, you'll be
penalized at the next challenge.

Now, Michele,

you got last place
at the last challenge.

You have a one-minute
disadvantage right here.

All right? Good luck, everyone.

Let's get it done.

This is something that time
is truly of the essence,

and I'm gonna be a minute
behind everybody else.

So, just hoping that I can

make up that minute somewhere.

This is a really important
challenge to win,

because if I win this,
I can't be a target

in the next challenge,
and then, obviously,

Kyland keeps winning everything,
so if we can get Kyland to not

win one challenge,
that'd be nice, too.

I know if I don't win today,

the likelihood of me
getting voted in is 99.9% sure.

Rachel and I decided
we're gonna do this together,

because if you're female

and you're not an Angel,

you need to be
coming last today.

Ladies, you'll start,

then 30 seconds later,

the men will follow,
and 30 seconds after that,

Michele can start.

All right, ladies, you ready?

Go!

Go, girls.

Here we go.

Uhp.

Fuck it, I don't
have time for this shit.

I'm doing this
entire challenge shoeless.

Oh, shit.

That's what they look like.

All right, gentlemen, you ready?

Go!

Oh!

Oh, shit.

Good job, Cara. All right,
Olivia, keep that pace.

On the girls' days,
it's more important

for the guys to win,
because if you win,

then you can't be selected
as a target.

Therefore,
you're not going anywhere,

unless you get last place
in a challenge

and you get that penalty.

My mind is focused,

and it's time to prove
to my girl Taylor

that I can bring home
that championship crown.

All right, Michele, ready?

Go.

Okay.

- Yeah, Cara!
- Cara.

She came for me on
Battle for a New Champion.

She chose me, I went
against her, I beat her.

There's some sort of
hidden animosity there,

but I'm probably most like Cara
out of anybody here.

Not only have I had to go
into the Arena now twice,

but also, I'm finding myself

falling lowest in a lot
of the daily challenges.

Good job, Aviv. All right, Tori.

Feeling like I'm having
to scrape my way through,

and I'm struggling with, like,
my own value in this game.

I think other people have
a perception as well about me,

and so, I have a lot to prove.

All right, Michele.

Today we're playing
40 Yard Dash,

and you have six puzzle pieces

that you have got to get
to your puzzle station,

put it together
and be the first finished.

The male winner would take
himself off of the target board

as well as have
the power to choose

what girl goes into elimination.

The female winner will be safe
from elimination.

Good, Bananas. Well done.

Keep that pace, Jordan.
Keep going.

Good job, Cory.

That a boy, Josh.

I'm friends now

with three
of the female targets,

Cara, Olivia and Michele.

Best-case scenario would be

one of Banana's Angels

loses the challenge.

That way, we don't have

one of the targets
going against each other,

and it's not cannibalizing
our own side.

KYLAND [panting]:
That's insane.

All right, let's get this one.

Working with Jenny
in today's obstacle course

shows me just how powerful it is
when women work together.

No other player today

decided it would be a good idea

to do the same routes together

and get the pieces
for the puzzle at the same time.

This solidifies
just how much I love Jenny.

- Thanks.
- Let's go.

All right, Olivia. Go, go, go.

That's it, Derek.

Jordan, keep going.

I am trying to play

a chill game this time around.

It's really hard when I'm tied

and aligned with Rachel and Tori
as well as Johnny.

The guy's constantly
in some mess.

But at this point,
I need this win

as a boost of confidence,
and going into

the next challenge,
I don't want to be a target.

No slowing down.

We are

in Satan's butthole.

It is beyond excruciatingly hot.

I might just roll around
in the mud

like a little piggy
for a minute.

Fuck, it's bad. It's hot.

I'm holding it up,
I'm holding it up. Go.

Being a target is obviously

not a great thing.

Michele and Cara,

these are two girls
that I don't want to go against.

And at this point in the game,
no one wants to go in the Arena,

but if we keep
trying to avoid it,

we're gonna be picked off
one by one.

It's very clear.

So, I want to get rid
of some competition,

and I also want to take out
Johnny Bananas.

Go, just go. I got it.

Jordan's doing parkour.

I'm sitting there just trying
to get my feet out of the mud.

I saw about seven shoes
in the mud.

Whoever is running
in their bare feet right now,

may the Lord be with you,

because this is not fun.

Bananas and I aren't
working together.

But we have this weird

rivalry relationship...

that it would just be better

that I didn't win, so I know

the next person would not

choose him or choose me
as a target.

Because if I have to choose
between Olivia or Michele

and Cara, I'm gonna have
to essentially

show a card here,
so I like him being here.

Yeah, Jordan!
That's how it's done.

Picked up all his pieces
and already solving.

Hell yeah, Jenny.
Right there behind him.

Right, then.

Let me see what the fuck
we're doing.

Michele, go, go, go.

Josh, got to pick it up, man.

Oh, yeah, that looks great.

Come on, Olivia.
They're all incorrect.

No, that's incorrect.

No.

But that looks really cute.

Why would you check that?

I want to phone in a friend.

Where's Nelly T
when you need him?

Check!

- Check.
- Check.

- Check.
- Nope, nope.

Everybody is shite.

I mean, what the fuck?

What the hell
am I looking at right now?

I got to put a bunch of balls
in the shape of a pyramid?

Yeah. Never done that before.

I cannot see
where these pieces go.

It is, honestly, an absolute
shit show out there.

There has to be a way.

Done a lot of things
with my balls before,

never made them into a pyramid.

No, Josh. Not even close.

You make the best designs.

- Check.
- That's how it's done, Jordan.

Not only was this win

crucial for taking me
off the board as a target,

I needed to make a statement
that, Kyland,

you are not the only one
who knows

how to do a puzzle, buddy.

Kyland thought
he was gonna come in here

and just quietly three-peat?
I don't think so.

All right?
I can still win a daily.

I'm the only one left
in the trenches.

It has been a dogfight for me,

and I found myself
in a situation

with a disadvantage again

and on the fritz
with half of this house.

I'm hoping that this time
disadvantage is not the thing

that makes or breaks
this challenge for me.

Let's go, Michele,
you got a chance to make up

that time right now.

No.

Is that correct? It's a pyramid.

Yes. Good job, Cara.

- You're in.
- Fuck yeah!

Oh, fuck me!

Yay.

This moment
is so frickin' needed.

Cara "In the Clutch" Maria.

- Well done.
- I am not going
into elimination today.

I won my way out.

Did not need a man to save me.
I saved myself.

I am the man.

- Check.
- Good job, Olivia.

Although I'm happy
I'm not last, God forbid

Michele gets last place.

That means that me
and her are gonna go

automatically
against each other.

Correct.

Well done, Kyland.

Correct.

Good job, Jenny.

- Check. Check.
- Rachel, you're good.

- Check.
- Check, check.

Check.

All right, Tori. Good job.

- There it is, Josh.
- Check.

Derek. No, it's incorrect.

Good, Bananas. Well done.

It comes down to me and Derek,

and I'm just looking up

at the puzzle gods like,
"Please, come to me."

At the end of the day,

nobody else is protecting me,
so I don't need

a disadvantage right now.

No, it's incorrect.

- Check.
- Good.

Derek. Derek, good.

Who builds a pyramid with balls?
It doesn't make sense.

But disadvantage heading
into the next challenge.

It's not looking good.

All right,
it comes down to two.

Come on, Mich.

Come on, Michele.

Come on. Come on.

Come on, Aviv. Come on.

Let's go, Michele.

I am praying

that Aviv pulls through,

because the last thing
we want to see is Aviv

in the Arena.

Come on, Michele, let's go!

Come on, Michele. Let's go.

Let's go. Let's go!

All right, it comes down to two.

It comes down
to Michele and Aviv.

And with Cara Maria
already safe,

Michele cannot get last place.

If she does, her and Olivia
will have to go

into elimination
against each other.

Come on, Michele,
you're still in it! Yes!

Yes! Let's go! Yeah.

Come on, Michele, let's go!
Yes! Let's go, Michele!

Let's go, let's go!

Check.

All right, Aviv, well done.

Good job, baby.

- I lost my shoes
in the first pit with you.
- I know.

Losers. Oh, loser always.

Well, at least you're not
going directly in.

Dude. What the fuck?

A fucking pyramid puzzle?

Congratulations,
Jordan and Cara.

Absolutely killing it.

Well done to both of you.

Cara Maria,
winning makes you safe.

Congratulations.

I'll take it.

So the losers of today's
challenge, Michele and Cory.

So we had three targets
on the table.

Michele, Olivia and Cara Maria.

Cara, since you won,
you're off the table.

Michele, since you lost,
you're automatically going in.

Which means, Olivia,

the decision
has been made for us.

There is no need for a Chamber,
and you are

going in the Arena
against Michele.

Whoo!

Michele, you play stupid games,

you win stupid prizes.

And, Cory, you'll be penalized
at the next challenge.

If you don't win, you go in.

All right? So start winning.
Get out of here.

I honestly feel
really guilty right now,

because if I hadn't lost,

Olivia wouldn't be
forced to go in,

and now I'm up
against my best friend.

Of course,
it's a great day for Bananas.

He's gonna take me
or Olivia out.

I'm having a great day.

I know what I'm doing.

I know that I'm kind of pushing.

I know I'm gonna get a reaction.

So do you. So do you.

I am shocked with Michele.

This isn't hurting Johnny.
This doesn't affect

his life, but this could affect

Aviv's life.

So it is such a bad look.

Like, it doesn't need
to get like this.

I agree. I agree.

I agree.

I agree it ain't a good look.

So funny how when girls
get backed into a corner,

all of a sudden,
they just turn into catty,

nasty fucking
human beings, dude.

- I've never noticed it until...
- I'm not being nasty.

I'm not being nasty.

No, I've never noticed it...

- I'm not being nasty.
- ...to this extent.

No, you are.
You guys, you know what it is?

It's like, "We have
no path forward in the game."

So what we're gonna do
is just start taking low blow

fucking comments.

I want to get the fuck home.

Like, "Can we please save this
till we get back in the house,

and then you guys can rip
each other's heads off?"

You're not taking blows at me.
You're taking low blows at her.

- No, I'm taking
low blows at you.
- And she does not deserve that.

Oh, my God.

What the fuck is going on,
and why am I involved in this?

I understand that there's
a lot of tension between Michele

and Johnny, however,

you know, for them to then
come after me,

you know,
I don't appreciate that.

- You know what you're doing.
- No, you're blowing it

- up right now, so...
- You know what you're doing.

- I said it in the silence...
- No, you didn't.

- No, you said it...
- Yeah, I said it back here.

- Yes, I did.
- No, it was not under
the silence of your breath.

- You know what you're doing.
- Okay.

Michele knows at this point

that I have basically won in
every single realm of this game.

The position
that she's in right now,

where she is dead last,

and she has gone
from being fully protected

in this game to now having
to go into elimination

against her "best friend,"

she has to find some other way

to try and take a jab at me.

It's just making it more obvious

how desperate Michele is
right now.

For crying out loud, dude,
she already lost.

You want to kick her
when she's down?

- Leave her alone.
- Yeah.

You're right.

You can low blow, but whenever
anybody else does it...

Okay.

- Okay.
- All right.

If there was ever a win

that came with an amazing bonus,
it was not having

to go to Chamber
and listen to these

best friends cry about going
against each other.

And now us going
against each other.

I'm so fucked.

I know it's sad.

We had to do it sometime.

I mean, Cara "Clutch" Maria.

- Yeah.
- Thank you.

Like, is so consistent

in multiple situations
throughout the seasons.

It's been that exact...

- it's like, you know,
she needs it...
- It's time.

- ...it's on.
- Turn it on.

I don't know where that is.

I'd like to pull it out
more often,

but I think this is
what made it happen.

If nothing else,
I'm just grateful that I got

to play this game with you
for as long as we did.

I mean, we had
a hell of a season, sis.

Don't cry.

Don't cry. Go back in.

I've already battled Nurys

at the beginning of the season

and had to look my friend

in the face while I competed
against them.

Go!

Oh!

And now, knowing

what I have to do again,

it's really hard.

If it's physical,

do I go to the limit of possibly

hurting my best friend
just to stay in this game?

Whoever comes back
will just scrape through.

Mm-hmm.

It's like, have you ever seen
the movie The Exorcist?

Like, when
the evil spirit is, like,

in its death throes and it's
finally, like, really about

to be eliminated,

it's when they get
the most desperate

and they get the nastiest.

And I think that's what
we're witnessing right now

because, uh,
my toe touched Aviv's

on the bus and Michele
basically tried to turn it

into something
that it was not and I thought

- that was highly inappropriate.
- Well, it is very--

And I'm sorry for you.

I think you are.

It is not a factor

if toes touched,

because in The Challenge,

people are constantly
massaging your back...

...taking care of each other.

We are in an environment where
all we have is each other.

This is how they somehow manage
to get further in games,

by creating bullshit
and then people get caught up.

- Yes.
- Yeah.

- We're way smarter than that.
- Yeah.

Michele is reaching

for anything that she can get
under Banana's skin with.

And it's unfortunate

that Michele is taking
the route of going personal

and bringing Aviv into it
because she is not accustomed

to this gameplay.
And for Bananas,

you've already targeted him.

He's not gonna stop.

You might as well just
ignore him if you want to stay

sane in the game.

What we need to focus on
is one of us has to win

the next challenge, save you,
and let this game

- turn into a whole
nother ball game.
- Right.

My dad says,
you control somebody

to the degree
you throw them out of control.

Michele is in
a complete tailspin,

and I am in full control.

I'm in, like, cruise control.

And she's about to hit
the ejection seat

and fly straight
out of the aircraft.

Well,
now I'm in a position that,

when I do come back, I obviously
have to choose people.

Jordan's off the table.
I've already said his name.

Kyland's off the table, obviously.

- Right.
- I have four people.

Last season,

me and Kyland had
a bit of a tit for tat.

My vote today
is for you, Kyland,

because it's you or Jay.

And obviously Jay
is my, uh, number one person.

But now...

we enter this game,
and we have worked side by side,

and I'm so grateful
because I want

our paths
to move forward together.

We both are Era Four newbies,

kind of the underdogs,
and me and Kyland are proving

that our two brains
are better than one.

Basically, where I stand is,
I'm gonna put in Josh.

- Okay. And Bananas.
- And Bananas.

You know you'll put him in.

So it's between you and Derek

for the people who I say.

I could tell you right now,

you're higher on my list than
Derek has you on his list.

I know that he's Olivia's
number one,

and I am close with him.

He hasn't
been in one elimination.

- Yeah. I know.
- I've been in two.

At this point, Jordan is safe,

so in terms of my targets,
I obviously know

that I'll be putting in
Bananas and Josh,

and I don't think Cory
ever plans on saying my name,

and I don't think he plans
on me saying his.

But the situation is difficult

because I have given
my loyalty to Derek as well.

So I don't know
what I'm gonna do,

and I feel really torn
in this moment.

Right.

I am not gonna judge them,

but don't judge me, either.

I've done nothing but
support Michele.

I've done nothing
but support Olivia.

I'm here to focus on the game.

All this other stuff
is bullshit and noise,

and I need to stay as far away
from it mentally as I can.

Yeah.

Me and Cara

have never talked game, really.

We've never even played the game

together on the same side.

But now we're looking at
each other like, "Who's left?"

And by Theo going home,

it opened up a spot
on Cara's roster, which...

...I'm ready
to slide right in there.

You're my number one lock.

Michele.

Boop.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

I have to say this,
that I was thinking

that it's not "Johnny's Angels,"
it might be "Rachel's Angels,"

but I don't know if anybody else
thinks that.

I can't help it, I gravitate
towards good, genuine people.

And if I started
this thing with you

and you push me away,
that's not on me.

I know that Michele
and Olivia are looking

at me, at possibly
making me a target.

And at this point in the game,

I'm not scared anymore
of going down in the sand.

I also stand by my friendships,

and I'm not gonna turn
on Johnny now

because it's gonna
affect my game.

So if my ties with him
is what's gonna have people

targeting me,
then you know what?

Throw the shot my way
and I'll find a way out of it.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

Fucking hell.

You idiot.

Okay.

Yeah.

Michele is on

full Michele-down mode
right now,

and I think this is ridiculous.

You don't have anyone to blame
other than yourself.

I am truly at a breaking point.

I'm definitely having
a meltdown.

I am going against
my best friend.

I know that I'm gonna hurt
Derek, Josh or Cory,

who have had
my back in this game,

and it's just like,
when is it gonna let up

and when is it ever gonna stop?

So this is the first time

that we don't even have
to have a Chamber tonight.

As happy as I am for Cara Maria

to get her win
because she was a target,

it's sad because Olivia
and Michele

have to go against
each other now.

These two are two
of my closest girls.

Olivia's my number one,
and this is her best friend.

This is what we did not
want to happen.

We've already seen it
with Tori and Kaycee.

Now that it's Olivia
and Michele, like, this sucks.

I win, and I don't

even have to make a decision.

If I was gonna have
to make a decision

against Olivia or Cara,

that was going to essentially
turn them against me.

And remember,
both of them are in the positive

of "if we think
they would work with Jordan."

So we don't need
to make that decision,

and if we don't have to,
let's not.

- Yeah.
- ...but that's why

- I wanted to say something...
- Yeah.

...'cause I was like, I...

- I didn't think it was personal.
- No, it's not.

- It got a little
personal for me.
- Mm-hmm.

Not because of-- that I thought
that was the intention,

but obviously,
I was just like, well,

- that's not
what's actually happening.
- Yeah.

Yeah, he-he taunts and...

- Yes.
- ...teasing me and pushes me

until-until I get there.

And it's truly not about you.

It's just you were the,
you were the nearest Angel.

He has been my friend.

- Yeah.
- I mean, I met him here
and we've connected,

and I like him, but...

Like, you didn't
have to do that.

You didn't have
to do it in public.

I am sorry for that.

Aviv caught a stray

from my comment to Bananas,
and I want to make sure that

she doesn't feel
that it's personal.

It's not us against each other.

So, anyway, that's all.

I just was like, I haven't had
an opportunity to tell you guys.

I appreciate that, dude,
honestly, I really,

genuinely do,

- because animosity grows
so quickly in here.
- I know.

- And there's
a lot of assumptions.
- Yeah.

I'm a little bit irritated
at myself

for kind of stooping
to his level.

I'm supposed to act
better than that,

and it shouldn't get personal
between us.

This is just the game.

Sorry you're in this situation,
but women need to support women.

- So that's-- just wanted
to have that.
- Thank you.

Honestly,
I really appreciate it.

- You're welcome.
- Truly. I really do.

Listen, the targets?
I know what I'm doing.

Josh, Cory and Johnny Bananas.

I'm ready to fire.

Done.

Oh, yeah, he's right.

- Yeah...
- That's hard to do.

No, it's hard to do.

If I come back,
I have to say names.

Yeah, and your options are slim.

- Do you know
who you're gonna pick?
- This is how I see it:

Kyland, first of all, has,

- like, helped us as much
as he has been able to.
- Yeah.

Derek is an underdog, too,

in this game, where he usually
always gets saved

and used in some type of way
and gets out of the game

before he gets a chance
to go to the final.

I want, if I have power,
to save some of the people

that can't fight
their battles by themselves.

You've been down there twice.

You might be the first
three-and-oh club.

- Ooh!
- Oh, I love that for me.

- Yeah.
- That's definitely what
I was trying to do here.

I was actually trying
to go into all the elims.

- I was like, you know what?
Give me the glory.
- Yeah.

This game is more than
just competing in challenges.

It's drama.
It's surviving days, long days.

It's having someone you can
laugh and make memories with.

And Michele
is my soundboard here,

and she knows
everything about me.

And to take someone's
opportunity away,

it's really hard.

So, I am struggling right now.

If you can't see me,
you can't pick me.

So don't be surprised
if I'm like...

- You know? Doing one of these.
- I'll be like...

I'm worried about
being a target, you know?

I'm sorry I don't hang out
with you all the time,

and I don't do
crossword puzzles with you.

I feel like I've earned my way.

Think about what you're
going to do afterwards,

either way.

Bottom of my heart,
don't have a decision made.

I'm gonna let
it just come to me,

whatever it is.

You are number one on my list.

Why am I not number one
on your list?

Where did Derek come in
to push me out?

It's selfish for me to sit here
and bug you about it

and talk to you about it
when, at the end of the day,

you have to go down in the sand
and fight for your life today

against a best friend.
Like, that's tough.

I don't know what's
gonna happen tonight,

but I just got
a weird feeling about this.

I don't know if there's
ever been, like,

a more sad departure
of situations.

I mean...

I mean, you would think
that, like,

- someone kicked
our dog or something.
- I know.

I'm more like, I don't
want to come back in here.

I know.

I'm like, God,
it sounds like I'm gonna be--

If I come back in this house,

best believe I'll be
in my bed crying tonight,

- crying myself to sleep.
- Same.

Oh, my God, this place
has made me soft.

This is a game.

But this goes so much deeper
for me as a human

because I feel like
I've never fully felt

supported in anything I do,
other than by myself.

And that's why I am so strong.

And I don't rely
on other people,

and I don't let people in
because I don't need them,

because I don't want
to be let down.

But it's a game and
relationships are what matters.

It makes me feel like I
finally belong somewhere, and...

...it's a really good feeling.

Is that Bananas?

- Are you making
your own "T" band?
- Yep.

You don't have to make one.

We'll give you one
right after this.

- I like my own.
- It's a little--

It needs to be a little smaller,
don't you think?

- I want a custom one.
- You're doing tape?

It's gonna suck,
one way or the other.

Obviously, emotionally,
it's gonna be hard

to go against Olivia,
but Olivia is also a beast.

Not only am I nervous
to go against her,

because that's my friend,

I also know that she's gonna
show up and give it 110%.

And so, I have to give it 120.

I always envision me and Olivia
being at the end together.

That's how I wanted
to see this play out.

And the fact that we've
made it this far is truly crazy.

But I realized that one of
our paths is gonna end tonight,

and it's just sad
that it has to come

at the hand of the other person.

Oh, do we have to climb up that?

- Oh, my God.
- Building a ladder.

- Oh, they're ladders.
- That is cool.

No. What the--
Why the fuck would I

have done something
like this before?

All right, everyone,
welcome back to the Arena

for your next elimination
on this season

of The Challenge 40:
Battle of the Eras.

- Hell yeah.
- Yeah.

Congratulations
to Jordan and Cara Maria.

Great job.

By winning the challenge,
Cara, you saved your own ass

'cause you're a target,
and you won.

Jordan, you didn't have to make

any uncomfortable decisions
in the Chamber.

Normally, you would've
had the final say

on who's coming in tonight.

However, the game made
the decision for us.

Michele, you were a target
as well, and you lost.

So you're in here
no matter what. Come on down.

- Thanks, guys.
- Go on, Mich.

- You love it down here.
- I'm no stranger to it.

- That's for sure.
- No, you're not.

And Olivia,
as the only target left,

there was no need for a Chamber.
Come on down.

- Let's go, ladies.
- Let's go, girls.

Tonight,
you are playing Stranded.

Ooh.

As you can see, there
are two giant DNA strands

right here in the middle
of the Arena.

These are giant ladders,
one for each of you.

Your goal tonight
is to build these ladders

using different sized rungs
from your station.

All right?
There are 40 of them over there.

Two by two, you'll bring them
over here, size 'em up,

build your ladder
all the way to the top.

Once you get to the top, you're
then gonna release that bag.

Grab that bag, jump down.

There are letters in that bag.

And you have to figure out
a three-word phrase.

First person
to solve their phrase

will win tonight's elimination
and stay in the game.

Loser goes home.

- Got it?
- Got it.

Good luck to both of you.

Go off, DNA crossword queens.

- Let's do this, babe.
- [groans] Let's do this.

I feel really guilty
that me and Olivia

are in the sand tonight
against each other.

It's kind of a tough sitch.

I don't want to strip my
best friend of this opportunity.

She's been crushing it
in this game.

So, I'm gonna fight my ass off,

but my heart
is definitely torn right now.

I am pretty good with my words
when they're slicing up Bananas,

but, uh, otherwise,
my head in this game

has been kind of scrambled.

And so I'm hoping
that I don't get caught up

in that same trajectory
during this word puzzle.

I do feel better
now being in the Arena.

I do feel like I'm starting
to slowly clock back in.

I want to be here.

It sucks that it's going
against my best friend.

I mean, no one wants to go
against their best friend,

so I'm trying not
to think about that.

She is a professional
crossworder,

so I'm a little bit like,

I'm gonna have to
get up that ladder quick.

Otherwise, I think it
really could be anyone's game.

So, I'm definitely gonna give
it my all, and I'm gonna fight.

Let's get it, ladies.

All right, Michele, Olivia,
you ready?

Go!

Good luck, ladies.

Let's go, ladies!

Oh, God.

Oh, my God.

Uh-oh. Oh, shit.
It's suspension.

- Come on, Four.
- Let's get it, ladies.

All right, Michele, Olivia,
you ready?

Go!

Go, ladies!

Oh, my God.

Go, girls!

Good job.

Way to fight, Michele.

Uh-oh. Oh, shit.
It's suspension.

Tonight's elimination
is called Stranded.

Michele and Olivia
are gonna have to race up

this huge ladder that basically
looks like a DNA strand.

They'll have
to go to their boxes,

find the correct size rungs,
put them in their place.

They'll go all the way
to the top

and release a bag of letters.

Go over to their
puzzle solving station,

and find a three-word phrase.

Whoever does it first wins.

Let's go, girls.

Oh, God. They're all different,
aren't they?

Okay.

Oh, it doesn't fit.

Wow. Trial and error.

I'm feeling pretty good
about this elimination.

I do rock climb back at home.

These rungs are so close in size

that if you are an inch off,
it's gonna be wrong.

So, although I think there's
a strategy to organizing them,

I don't want to waste my time.

For my strategy,

I want to get this ladder done
as fast as I can.

- Nice.
- Good job.

There she goes.

So, I'll measure twice,
cut once, right?

That's this guy.

My strategy
for this elimination,

I want to arrange the rungs

in order to make sure
that I'm aware

of their sizes so I can
easily navigate through

and place my rungs
and move up the ladder,

hopefully
in an efficient way.

But Olivia's kind of
a bull in a china shop.

She just goes straight for it.

I mean, I don't know
which approach

is gonna win out at this point.

Let's go, Mich.

Too small. Too big.

Too small.

Let's try both of you.

Too big.

Okay.

Good job. Come on, jump.

I'm rooting for Michele.

She hasn't made it official.

She hasn't really told me
what she's gonna do.

And I'm thinking
there's a chance

she could stay true to me.

So my only hope

is if Michele can go
down there and win,

stay true to her word
and not make me a target.

Okay.

- Yeah.
- There it is.
- Nice.

Yeah, watch your feet, Olivia.

Good job, Liv.

Oh, God.

Yeah. No-no forcing it.

No.

- Oh, God.
- Come on, Mich, focus.

Wow. Style and fashion.

Nope.

Good job, Liv.
Crushing up there, babe.

Oh, be careful.

- Oh, my God.
- That was not leisurely.

That's what happens
when I get distracted.

Between Michele and Olivia,

regardless of who
wins this Arena,

I do know that there
is gonna be one winner,

and that's me,

and they hate that.

And I love that they hate that.

She can see Alaska
from up there.

Bitch.

Yeah. Good job.

Good job, Michele.
Way to work, girl.

- Come on, Michele.
- Whoo!

- Whoa.
- Nice.

There are so many reasons
that I want to win this game.

Obviously,
the money and my family.

But as this game has progressed,
I've had such an uphill battle,

and my "why"
has totally shifted.

And now it's just
I need to prove

to myself and to everybody else

that I am a champion.

Stay in it. Move fast.

Good job, Olivia.

See, there we go. Good work.

You need six more.

I feel like I always
have underestimated myself.

But at the end of the day,
I do want

the title of being a Challenge
champion, and I want

to be a mom more than anything.

I want a family,

and I want to give my children

the life that I never had.

I am just a normal

small-town girl from Alaska,

came from a family of six,

barely had anything,

made fun out of mud pies
on the dirt.

I want to win a million dollars

and change my life
and my family's life.

And this is a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,

and I'm gonna
make the most of it.

Oh! Oh, God.

- Fuck.
- No worries. Don't stress.

- You're okay.
- Don't stress, Mich. It's fine.

- You're all right.
- Fuck me.

Stay in it, just move.

Good job.

You got two more.

- Whoo! Whoo!
- Good job, Michele.

Put it in your...
tuck it in. There you go.

- Come on, kid.
- Tight race.

Anybody's race.

This is your game. Let's go.

My heart is definitely
with Michele.

Even though we haven't
been on the same page

in the second half
of this game, I know

how much fight she has in her.

This girl's a Survivor

champion for a reason,

and I want nothing more
than to see her prevail today.

Something a little longer.

Jump off.

- Oh, God.
- Oh!

Oh, what?
It's all good.

It's all good.
You know where to go.

Yep, yep.

Yes. One more, Liv.

One more rung.

Nice strategy, Michele.
I like it.

Thank you, TJ.

Stuff 'em in there.
Keep it moving.

Yes. Go. Climb up.

Keep going, Michele.
Come on, Michele.

All right,
Olivia's got it done.

She's gotta get that bag.

You gotta
get up a little higher.

Drop it.

Well done.

- Yes!
- One more.

- Two more, Mich.
- Well done, Michele.

Two more short ones, Mich!

You're still in it, babe.

Put them all out so you know

what you're working with.

It should be easy.
I'm not getting it.

Stay calm, Olivia.

Take a breath.

Your girl's already
dyslexic, okay?

When I'm looking at letters,

I'm literally basically

looking at hieroglyphics,

so I'm like...

I end up putting an "O"

and putting "not,"
but I'm like, "not what?"

Not going home?
Not staying in the game?

Like, literally nothing
is happening upstairs.

I don't fucking know.

Yes! Get up there, girl.

One more. Nice and easy.
You're right there.

Good job, Olivia.
Way to work, girl.

There you go.

Good fucking work, Mich.

Drop it!

There you go. Drop!

- Good job, Michele.
- Michele,

this is your fucking
game right now. Go.

Fuck. Come on.

Go, go.
This is your fucking game.

Olivia has letters
all over the table.

It's kind of a hot mess,

and now, this is anyone's game

because Michele is great

at word puzzles.

I don't even know what
I'm fucking spelling.

Just stay calm.

Stay calm.

- You guys are killing it.
- I don't even know

what I'm fucking spelling.

Just stay calm.

- Stay calm.
- Either of you

can be winning this.

It's only three.

Three. It's a catchphrase.

Don't stare at it blankly.
Move them around

if you need to.
If you see nothing,

move them.

There you go, Mich.

Olivia is looking
pretty stumped,

and Michele is doing her

Michele hip.

And when someone starts

moving quickly on a puzzle
and looks excited?

Could only mean
a check is coming.

Uh...

Good work, ladies!

Good job, ladies. Stay in it.

Keep going, Olivia.

Keep moving them around.

Just try and get one word.

Stay calm, stay calm.

Keep calm, Olivia. Breathe.

Good job, Mich.

Come on.

Let's go, kid.

Check!

Check, check, check, check!

That is correct.

You fucking legend! Good work!

Fuck yeah, Michele!

Good job.

Good job, girl.

Oh!

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

I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.

It's okay.
I was never gonna get that.

I can't do this fucking
thing without you, dude.

Yes, you can.
You're gonna be fine.

No, I really can't.

- Yes, you can. Yes, you can.
- No, I really can't.

Oh, man.

Um, I'm obviously happy to win

and have an opportunity
to stay in the game,

but I literally lost

my right-hand person here, and
it's literally the only person

that I feel I can 100% trust,
and now I feel

even more alone.

It's okay. Come here.

Having dealt with my brother,

having a near-death experience,

I know that I'm here
for the end goal,

and so I just have to remind
myself that this is all for

a bigger purpose,
and that purpose

is me winning the final.

I'm just gonna have to
kick it into high gear, I guess.

No, I'm good. I'm good.

I'm proud of myself.
I played a fair game.

You really kicked ass.

I'm gonna see
my friend eventually

back home, and hopefully,
I can congratulate her

on winning the season,
but being a part of this season

has been everything and more.

I mean, I'm a girl

that came from Love Island,
for God's sake,

and has been
underestimated the entire way.

To think that
I'm good enough to be

one of five girls in Era Four,

out of the hundreds
of people that have

ever played this game
in 40 seasons

is just such a blessing.

It is the end of
my chapter here,

and it is bittersweet.

And until I get
that champion title,

I think I'm gonna come back
and keep fighting for it.

And now I get to go see my man.

Bye.

Well done, Olivia.

Unfortunately, you lost.

Michele, with winning
comes power,

so the pendulum
is swinging, baby.

Here we are.

Now, I need you to select

three men to be our new targets.

You can choose anyone you want,

except for Jordan, since he won.

Well, I think it's obvious

that the pendulum...

Is that a makeshift target band?

Yeah, it's custom.

This is a custom
Johnny Bananas target band.

Well, I'm gonna give you
this one.

You can wear two T's.
Wear two T's

for "totally terrible,"

which is the way that you
play this game, Johnny Bananas.

I'm just gonna keep shooting.
Eventually, he's gonna die,

- right?
- Nope.

I'm like herpes.
You can't get rid of me.

Tonight, it's a win

for Bananas and his Angels.
It's a good night

because Olivia is going home.

The only way this
could have gone any better

is if somehow was-- tonight was
a double elimination, as well,

and both Michele
and Olivia went home,

but we're not that lucky.

The other decision
is a bit more difficult

because most of the guys up
there are the guys that

I've been navigating
this entire game with.

They're all my friends.

Kyland's off the table,
which only leaves, um,

Josh, Derek and...
and, uh, Cory.

Josh...

I nominate him as a target.

Because of my ties with Johnny,

I think I expected that,
to be honest.

But I don't want
to play a scared game,

and I truly feel like

I need to fight for my place,
so even though

it's a really tough place
to be in because,

at this point, we're so down

to little numbers, I am ready

to secure my safety,
because at the end of the day,

the only way that I can be safe

is if I win,
so that's what I gotta do.

I love Cory. We've been
playing this game together,

and I love Derek, too.

Like, we spend 99%
of our day together,

and the only person
who's actually done me dirty

and deserves
the target band is Bananas,

so the other one,
I'm gonna do for Olivia,

because this person has had
Olivia's back the whole game.

So, unfortunately,

Cory is gonna get
my other target band today.

Here we are, Cory.

You're stuck with me.

Michele's the type of person

that you want on your side.
She's a loyal person.

So, by her not saying me
as a target, like,

that's my girl now.
That's my ride-or-die now.

Like, Olivia going home
can't be for nothing, you know?

Like, I have to make sure
that we win this next challenge.

All right,
so we have our targets.

Go ahead and rejoin
the group then, Michele.

Yeah!

The eliminations are only
getting more and more difficult.

The challenges
are only getting more

and more difficult.
And I don't see any signs of it

slowing down till the very end.

We're one step closer
to that final.

- All right?
- All right.

Get out of here.

Once again,
I'm getting played.

So, um, doesn't feel great.

I have a disadvantage
next challenge,

and now I have a target,

so I know I gotta
put up or shut up.

I've worked too hard
to give up now.

So, it's time to perform,

get the job done,

and try to avoid the sand.

I want to win this
more than anything else.

- You're protecting Bananas.
- Yeah.

You still have other friends
in your corner.

- Yeah.
- And you're you.

It's not you and Olivia,
so you're shining.

I'm disappointed in you, Josh.

I've been burned by
so many people,

I just automatically
assume the worst.

Now you see
this massive highway.

That can only mean one thing.

- Let's go!
- Fuck yes!

With only 12 of us
left in this house,

I need to show
that I am a threat,

and I deserve
to be in the final.

Go, Derek, go!

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