Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet II – Recap – Episode 10

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Last week, the “rookies” win again! Beth and Montana beefed up the gauntlet
and Beth won..sending Montana home and killing the “veterans” even more! So
here are how the teams look going into tonight’s episode….

The Veterans

Girls

Robin (Real World: San Diego)
Montana (Real World: Boston)
BETH S. (Real World: Los Angeles) (Team Captain)
Aneesa (Real World: Chicago)
Katie (Road Rules: The Quest)
Julie (Real World: New Orleans)
Jisela (Road Rules: The Quest)
Ruthie (Real World: Hawaii)

Boys

DERRICK (Road Rules: Xtreme) (Team Captain)
Timmy (Road Rules: USA Tour II)
Adam (Road Rules: The Quest)
Mark (Road Rules: USA Tour I)
Ace (Real World: Paris)
David (Real World: Seattle)
Syrus (Real World: Boston)
Brad (Real World: San Diego)

The Rookies

Boys

Jamie (Real World: New Orleans)
ALTON (Real World: Las Vegas) (Team Captain)
Adam (Real World: Paris)
Randy (Real World: San Diego)
Landon (Real World: Philadelphia)
MJ (Real World: Philadelphia)
Jeremy (Road Rules: South Pacific)
Danny (Road Rules: Xtreme)

Girls

Jo (Real World: San Francisco)
Cameran (Real World: San Diego)
Susie (Road Rules: Down Under)
Cara (Road Rules: South Pacific)
Ibis (Road Rules: Xtreme)
Jillian (Road Rules: Xtreme)
Jodi (Road Rules: Xtreme)
KINA (Road Rules: Xtreme) (Team Captain)

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet II – (Episode 10)

Cue the music..cue the entrances..cue the cool water scenes where
everyone comes up through the water to the surface and they are dry as a
bone! Those were some of the veterans and the rookies. Now the rest are already on the beach and they fight it out…

We open with Alton and Jodi talking. Alton says that Landon gets scared every time Alton goes into the gauntlet. How many times has that been? Twice?! He says this game is like a revolving door for leadership. Jodi likes to be around Alton. She LIKES him! He’s hott according to her. The feeling is the same with him, but just got out of a relationship with Irulan. So he doesn’t want to rush things.

Beth and Syrus talk about things. Beth calls him her only friend, and I feel sorry for him. Beth asks him who he thinks the two worst guy players are and he says Brad and himself. Probably pretty accurate.

Clue time! “Be ready to go buck-wild!” Derrick’s butt is on the line again says him.

Challenge time! It is called “Buck-a-Neer”! There is this huge cross looking thing in mid-air made of four barrels. It is attached to a rope and pulley system. One team will all get onto the cross thing and the other team will try to knock them off the cross by rocking the thing back and forth. So it’s like a giant mechanical bull without the horns! Robin says you can’t use any hands and can’t touch anyone. You just have to use your legs to stay on. The winning team is the team that stays on the longest! It’s a “Male Gauntlet Day”! And the winning male captain gets an AWESOME GPS system! Sign me up!

Jamie is excited to ride this thing. He doesn’t know what will happen, though. The “rookies” are up first. Oh yeah..if both teams go 30 minutes and there are still people on the bull..then there will be an extra round of players. An “all-star” round. But back to the first round. Susie says that this ride is more mild than wild. Timmy call his team a “bunch of drunk ferrets”! HA! They can’t work together and knock off the “rookies”. The “veterans” are trying hard, but they have no strategy says David. It’s not working.

Commercial time!

We come back and more of the same. No one has fallen yet with 10 minutes left. Aneesa calls it embarrassing and Cara says everyone is “sitting pretty and waiting for the time to pass.” And here we go with the fighting. Robin suggest doing something and Katie yells at her for talking too loud. Fantastic. Nothing works. David says that the “veterans” are all college-educated, while the “rookies” are still in high school..so this should be easy, but it’s not.

Five minutes left and all the “veterans” are losing weight and not doing much else. Julie says they might as well quit, because if they did figure out something..the “rookies” could steal the same idea and do it faster next time.

One minute left and everyone agrees to sit it out and wait for the next round. Timmy calls his team “a bunch of idiots!”

Susie informs us the “rookies” only have to knock off a single person from the “veterans” to win this challenge. Mark is optimistic and thinks that the “rookies” won’t be able to knock them off either.

Time for the “veterans” and you know that the “rookies” will be working together. Alton takes charge and leads his team. They seem to be doing better. Although, Aneesa thinks that riding on this thing will be easy and is sure that they can make it through the 30 minutes. Landon says pulling the ropes is harder than he thought. Ibis says it’s not that easy and feels stupid for laughing at the “veterans”. They have to try something different.

Jodi comes up with an idea as they try something different. It appears to be rocking the whole thing more than before. And of course, Syrus falls off the cross first. That means the “rookies” win again! By the way, the cameras only showed Syrus getting onto the cross for the “veterans” and showed him to struggle to get on..so you pretty much knew that he was going to be the one to fall. Thanks MTV!

The “rookies” celebrate. Beth is sad to see that Syrus fell, because he is probably headed for the gauntlet. Derrick is depressed that another “veteran” will have to go home now! It’s 4 wins in a row for the “rookies”. They are up $60,000 to $30,000! Brad doesn’t think it will be him in the gauntlet, but you never know. He doesn’t want to send another guy home, though.

“Gauntlet Deliberation” time! Derrick is pissed that they keep losing. Syrus says it was a tough challenge and they didn’t think it out hard enough and find a winning strategy. Beth doesn’t want to see Syrus go into the gauntlet, so she asks how they will figure out who goes in? Derrick can’t even say who he wants to put in there because he loves everyone so much, so they go with the “secret vote” thing. Everyone writes down a name. Julie and Aneesa are torn on who they should vote for. They like Syrus, but sorta think he should step up and volunteer since he fell.

TJ comes in to get the vote and it’s Syrus! He spins the wheel and it lands on..yep..you know it..you love it..“Captain’s Freakin’ Choice”! Forget those Florida voting machines from 2000..this thing is REALLY rigged! Let someone else besides TJ spin the wheel, because he spins it the same way every time! My god! Anyways..Derrick decides to go with “Beach Brawl”! Derrick’s favorite it is! But David thinks he is crazy, since Syrus is bigger than Derrick. Syrus is confident that he can beat Syrus in this.

Derrick goes back and tells Alton and Jodi his choice. They think he is nuts! Syrus is 80 lbs. heavier than Derrick. Derrick is now nervous as he may have eliminated himself with that choice!

Commercial time!

Derrick says this will be his hardest gauntlet yet. Syrus compares this gauntlet to shooting “free throws” in basketball. It’s one-on-one and he just has to take Derrick down three times to win!

Gauntlet time! You know the rules..oil, wrestling, sand, etc. The bell rings and already we have some drama. Syrus yells about an “arm grab” and while he is distracted..Derrick easily shoves him out. Syrus looks at TJ who calls it for Derrick. Syrus says “f**k that”! TJ says “no f**k that!” It’s 1-0. Syrus is pissed now and Derrick says that is not good for him. By the way, Derrick did grab Syrus’ arm before the bell and going after Syrus..but I think Syrus could have easily swatted it away before the bell. He was too focused on the arm grab, though.

Second Round begins and it’s a bloody affair! Beth prays that Syrus wins this thing! And we get more controversy. Syrus goes out, but says that Derrick’s hand was out before he fell down. TJ didn’t see it, though. And calls it for Derrick again! 2-0! By the beauty of TiVo and instant replay, Derrick’s hand DID NOT land outside the circle. He landed inside of it, so TJ was correct on this one.

Third Round and Syrus says he is just going to lay on top of Derrick this time around. They scuffle and both guys go out. TJ calls it for Syrus, but Derrick says “f**k that!” Syrus went out first according to him. Okay..Mr. TiVo. Hard to tell from the angle, but it looked like Derrick’s elbow hit first. So lets call it even. The score is now 2-1!

Fourth Round begins and Derrick gets right underneath Syrus and drives him out. Derrick wins 3-1!

Derrick says that losing Syrus won’t help their team at all. David calls Derrick a “bulldog” in the way that he handled Syrus. Robin says their team might fear the “veterans” now if and when they have to face Derrick at the end. They’ll be fine. They have Alton!

Beth cries about Syrus leaving. He deserved to be there. He does, and you don’t. He goes and you stay. Nothing makes sense, but deal with it. He fell!

Time to say goodbye and Mark says that Syrus leaving will affect Beth and hopes she can recover. But Beth says she may not have any strength left to go on. Good..then leave!

We end with a party! Yay! And we get more talk about Alton and Jodi. They discuss their relationship. Alton says they are just building on a real relationship that will last beyond this game. They kiss as we fade to black!

And we are out until next week!

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