Well after two strong weeks of competition and drama The Real World/Road Rules Challenge –The Duel 2 took a step back this week. Sure there was still plenty of bitching, whining and boozing, but not at the levels we’d seen previously.
The big theme of this episode was the continued fallout from Paula’s (RW: Key West) misstep in the Duel process last week. Evan (Fresh Meat) spent most of the episode trying to repair the “horrible” damage that was caused by his “partner”. All this did was put Evan at risk as the rest of the guys saw him overcompensating and overestimating his value to his alliance. Nehemiah (RW: Austin) and Davis (RW: Denver) create a nice bond early in the episode over the need to break Evan’s hold on the game. Unfortunately this bond was broken hours later, but more on that to come.
This week’s challenge seemed more subdued then the previous two weeks. Basically the game consisted of shaking your competitors off a rope bridge over mud. Nehemiah came close to winning it all but All American Boy Landon (RW: Philly) pulled off the victory. On the girls side, this was all about Ruthie (RW: Hawaii) as she shook, hung, and crawled her way all over the ropes. The deliberation process of Landon and Ruthie was quick and largely without drama which makes me think these two should be in charge all the time.
When it came to the order of choosing though the game took a turn. Evan turned on Paula causing a number of shocked faces. Meanwhile, Nehemiah sent his new buddy Davis into The Duel rather than Dunbar (RW: Sydney) and screwed up their new found alliance. Davis inexplicably and thankfully did not send rookie and Al Jolson fan Isaac (RW: Sydney) and instead stayed true to Nehemiah by going after Evan. The Duel itself was a letdown. Brooke (RW: Denver) sent her crazy ass self home by not putting any effort up against the poster child for “who are you again” Brittney (RW: Hollywood). Davis continued to underwhelm in these challenges by blowing a huge lead to Evan and walking out in shame. I couldn’t help but think that everyone was pulling for Evan to leave which was further evidenced by the fact that Evan spent the rest of the night holed up by himself. Oh what a tangled web we weave…
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Can we talk about how totally ridiculous the opening segment is? I can't even watch it without laughing. Are they really serious or do they know how much they look like The Lion King meets Sponge Bob Square Pants Burger King commercial?
Sherry says that's probably their demographic (the Sponge Bob). It's sad when you think about the time and money that MTV must have put into that.
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