Dueling Idiots: Week 2

One of the great joys in finding my life partner has been corrupting them with all the TV I consume. Never has this feeling been greater than last night as I watched them struggle to understand the behavior of the contestants on MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II. I tried to explain that logic does not fuel these people but rather a steady diet of Corona, muscle relaxants, and a desperate desire for pseudo fame, but that did not ease their frustration. Once again though I’m getting ahead of myself as the episode started out simply enough with a massive Duel beat down.

When last we left, Aneesa (RW: Chicago) had been called out by rookie Shauvon (RW: Sydney) in the first ladies Duel. Apparently Shauvon’s blood only runs to her massive bosom and not to her brain as Aneesa is one of the strongest competitors and she loves to kill bitches dead. Well Shauvon probably realized her mistake as Aneesa hammered her face with a metal hook over and over again. Greatest Real World cast member ever, and apparent Ted Danson fan, Isaac (RW:Sydney) called it a chick fight but I think in fairness only Shauvon was fighting like a “chick”, as Aneesa was a goddamn warrior. On a side note I know they don’t but these shows on DVD, but if MTV could get Isaac to record commentary for every episode, I’d plop down $50 in a heartbeat. Anyway Shauvon was sent packing and got no love from cast mates thanks to the fact that she got much love from CT (RW: Paris) on the roof last week. See you Shauvon, please come back to another Challenge soon as you certainly helped create some of the most entertaining Challenge moments in years.

This week’s main challenge was a little less physical than last week’s rugby ep. Girl/guy teams playing human curling was a nice idea though and it seemed to give everyone a chance to win. AARP member Mark (RR: 1) took the top spot with Rachel (RR: Campus Crawl) in a very competitive overtime period against Landon (RW: Philly) and Brittini (RW: Hollywood). Nice to see Landon help a rookie out even though they did not win. Their performance pretty much guaranteed that Brittini would not be sent to the Duel. I assumed then that her fellow Hollywood cast member and ignorant racist Kimberly would then go in to the Duel and I was proven right all be it in a convoluted way.

You see, it’s only two weeks into this season and the idiots have already made this game far too complicated. Puppet masters Evan (Fresh Meat) and Paula (RW: Key West) stirred everyone up into thinking how exactly the process had to go to ensure the right people remain to go into the Duel. It seems simple but after a good 15 minutes of air time, which translates to about 8 hours real time, the contestants were awash in their stupidity and this is where my partner was literally yelling at the TV. Paula made a false step which ended up with MJ (RW: Philly) in the Duel as opposed to rookie Isaac and veteran Robin (RW: San Diego) instead of Kimberly. Robin corrected this mistake by choosing to take on Kimberly while MJ picked the weakest kid in the sandbox Ryan (Fresh Meat) who went into his second Duel in a row. MJ made short work of Ryan but Kimberly got a challenge that clearly favored her over the top heavy Robin and sent the paranoid vet packing. While I’m sad to see the psycho go, I’m pleased we get more Kim who will certainly say some obnoxious things and eventually get her ass beat by Aneesa or another vet in a more physical challenge. Meanwhile the ridiculous alliances continued to fall apart and Paula seems to be on the outside looking in. All in all another strong week.