The Quick and the Dumb - 
by J-Unit
You have to love the good folk at Bunnim/Murray for at least putting forth the effort in attempting make each new iteration of the Real World/Road Rules challenge seem unique. I always thought that the methods each of the various challenges used to get rid of their less useful members was always a little unfair. Then again, I am sure that the producers don't care because if there was too much fairness when removing members, the show would lose a lot of its drama, not to mention opening the possibility for some of our recurring cast members to leave early in the game. The current team captain method makes some sense, until you realize that the challenges rarely, if ever, involve any sort of element where a strong leader is going to make a difference in the outcome. Since the girls team hasn't had much success staying competitive, there is no advantage to being a leader on their team. With no advantage to being a leader, there is less of an incentive for the other people to give a shit about what they are doing other than monetary compensation. While free low rider bikes and Playstations are nice incentives, the only one that really matters is the last one, since that likely means a new car.
Last week, Angela was spared thanks to a beast we thought would never appear - a sensible women's inner circle. How did Angela spend her newly found lease on reality life? Why, getting to know Frank of course! Angela's time could have spent her time more wisely by at least trying to convince the members of her team that they should keep her. The women's team is a popularity contest, and although I understand that Angela is really enjoying her time with Frank, they will see each other back in LA! Angela is trying to be an actress and Frank is in grad school. Besides, her attraction to Frank is less attraction and more sort of a coveting of somebody who will stick around long enough for her to finish several sentences in a row. Frank turned out to be the second person she has known in two years that has shown this quality, so Angela is not surprisingly all atwitter about the whole ting. Uh oh, last time the producers focused on a new relationship with Coral and Abram, the guy was sent packing. I hope that doesn't mean bad things for Frank. Well, actually I could care less, If all that editing can't make Frank look engaging, I am not about to try in person.
This challenge was one that didn't require anybody to be in a bathing suit, and the message said that they would need to be well rested and aware of all of their senses. I think what this really meant was that they had gone way over on the booze budget, so they wanted people to think they had to be sober the next day. The name of the challenge was "High Noon", and although it sounds like the first "To Do" item on the Lindsay Lohan calendar each day, it was in fact a simple duel in the desert. One guy and one girl had to stand about 75 feet from each other, and commence shooting after a signal sounded. The first to hit their opponent was the winner, although you should know that they were using paintball and not real guns, clearly diminishing the number of interesting scenarios possible once guns started blazing.
The guys chose Eric, Randy, and Brad for their captains. Eric, as always brought that stupid jump rope with him. I am not sure when it became a hot accessory to wrap a jump rope around your neck and such, but hopefully somebody will take the time to hang him by it before the show is over. The girls picked Tonya, Angela, and Arissa. Strange group for sure, but Tonya wanted to prove she was willing to step up, so volunteered to lead. Angela felt bad about backing out last time, so she made it an issue to lead no matter what. As for Arissa, she was the only member of her team that even had held a paintball gun before, so she was selected by default. Although not having many people who had fired guns of any sort, Tina said she was sure the men would lose because they couldn't even aim the gun they had in their pants, so how could they win in this challenge? A few points for tina: A) It's more the shake that makes the mess, not the actual act of relieving yourself in the toilet B) If I sat while I peed, I would also be mess-free as Tina suggests. I instead enjoy the freedom of being able to utilize any tree trunk or bush with little hassle C) If she swallows, there is no need for aiming anyway.
Rather than having some random order determine opponents, each person picked a card of either spades (guys) or hearts (girls) to decide their order. Fewer points were given to the winners of the earlier rounds, so it made sense to have your best people at the top. The only stipulation was that the three highest value cards would be reserved for the leaders of either team, meaning they would be the final three to participate. I guess this was supposed to be some sort of method that would mean some strategy would be involved with the leaders, but since the skill level was so disproportionate, leaders once again made no difference. I also suppose they did it so if a team was far behind, they could win several of the later rounds since they were worth more, and still win the game. This would theoretically put more suspense in the outcome since both teams should be in the hunt for a longer period of time.
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