Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Week 5

Well it finally happened last night. The fire was lit as the Veteran men tanked a challenge to "trim the fat" off their team...aka the women. This was more of a smoldering pile of ash though then a raging wild fire. Somehow the dimwitted women folk completely missed this at the challenge and in good-natured fashion chalked up the loss as "not their day." I hate that the guys did this but I've got little sympathy for the women when they all new this was coming eventually. Oh and the fact they didn't catch that Danny just ran around the challenge area for 20 minutes instead of doing something didn't help my opinion either. The only fireworks in those first 30 minutes came when Coral was put into the Gauntlet against centenarian Beth, the one woman she didn't want to face (apparently fearful of lawsuits from AARP...or PETA). Coral triumphed, got a little pissed and that was that. Where was my forest fire of rage that would consume the whole game? Where was my screaming match with clothes ending in the pool? All in all a huge disappointment. On the flip side the second half hour was notable if only for the competition aspect. Once again the vets proved they could beat the Rookies whenever they actually try. Meanwhile David (Ryan) sent Goliath (Derek) packing in the Gauntlet further reducing any chances the Rookies have. Kind of disappointing night in all, as I'm eager for more crazy but the chance to see whiny hypochondriac couple Danny and Melinda implode next week is promising.