The Challenge Recap: Knight Terror

The Challenge

By VirginiaApple | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 | 12:23 am | 21 Comments
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Jemmye yells at Knight for not manning up, in a thinly-veiled way that shows she is still angry and yelling at him for what he did to her.  The other girls are thoroughly enjoying it and take turns calling Knight an asshole.  He tells us it’s just a game, might as well try to mentally break some people.  Dude, when you’re taking all the blame as the girls all band together, you’re doing it wrong.  JEK would have had those bitches clawing each other’s eyes out over this, somehow.  But it is nice to see the girls have each other’s backs, for once.

Knight counters this attack by grabbing the rest of her suitcase and bringing it downstairs, which no one stops him from doing.  Something tells me this was edited out of order or something, and they all yelled at him after he did the second part.  Although he still can’t fully commit, as only a few things land in the pool and the rest end up on dry land.

Like McKayla Maroney, Tonya is not impressed.

Big Easy starts fishing the clothes out with a surface skimmer, while Dustin has changed into a bathing suit and swim cap for the occasion.  He proceeds to dive dorkily into the pool as everyone makes a game out of retrieving Nany’s clothes.  Or, as Dustin puts it, they “turn lemons into watermelons,” so he is probably either confused or a secret magician.  (I almost said “closet magician, but caught myself… although then I told y’all anyway, so… oops.)

Upstairs, Knight is proud of himself until Boss Man Frank informs him that everyone is banding together to help Nany, putting a target on the giant alliance’s back.  Nany informs us that she refuses to let any of them get the best of her.  Famous last words.

Wait, are they in Turkey or in Washington, DC? 

Speaking of DC, anyone remember that season?  No?  Neither do I, and I recapped the friggen thing.  That was exhausting.  Thankfully, they are one of the few recent seasons not represented here.  Bullet dodged.

Challenge time!  It’s called Don’t Weigh Me Down.

Not weighing each other down is a task that will be impossible for most of these teams.

Anyway, one guy and one girl from each team (except for Fresh Meat, who will be represented by Big Easy) will stand on the platforms, holding up those crates, while the remaining members from each team run back and forth to a large rock pile, carrying one rock at a time and placing it in the crate of their choice.  The first team to drop their crate is ARENA bound, the last team to drop will be the Power Team.  Needless to say, the alliance will factor heavily into this one.

Trey doesn’t want to put rocks into Brooklyn’s basket because they’re his friends, so he ends up holding the basket for his team in order to prevent him from messing things up too badly for them.  `

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21 Comments

  1. 1
    plockeness monster
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Things:

    Cara Maria’s hair extensions (real dreads??) looks like colorful ferrets nested on her head and died.

    MoRum is going to be the new Walnuts/Tonya. Gotta love those alcoholic women!

    Knight sucks at life. And has sick-o man boobs. And he needs braces. And a new personality.

    Knight related – on the after show, he still stuck with the whole “I was just helping Nany get her clothes clean” story. It was pathetic. Learn to admit when you are wrong and it’ll make you a better person, fuck wad.

    I was also surprised that MTV had someone that did their laundry, but with that many people in one house, it’s probably easier than sharing a washer and dryer.

    I think Dustin is a genuinely nice guy, and that’s why Teacup look passed his gay porn days. I am pretty sure they are actually living together now. Teacup probably told him to keep an eye on Nany b/c I choose to believe they are still friends and Teacup always seemed pretty chill and awesome. I might have said this before too, but I do not think Dustin is gay.

  2. 2
    sheesh sheesh
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    I love your recaps VA!

    I think Dustin is a decent person. Decent people will try to calm down a hysterical woman.
    Knight is not a decent person.
    I hope and pray that they have one more challenge and Knight (or RYAN) meets CT and tries to pull that “master manipulator” shit.
    Oh man, to watch CT scream at him for 8 hours straight would be bliss.

    Devyn doesn’t need to tell Eric shit.
    Everytime I got into a new relationship and my new boyfriend asked about past relaitionship I would tell them that I have never ever even kissed a boy before I met them.
    And to ignore the three children and one ex husband, I am pure as the driven snow and that is all he is going to get out of me.

    I also don’t get why these girls are such pussies and want to go home if anything happens.
    Don’t get me wrong if I was drinking and Knight (or RYAN) threw my clothes into the pool I would Lose. My. Shit!
    I wouldn’t cry, Knight (or fucking RYAN) might end up crying because I would go in on his ass and when I’m drunk I go for the lowest.
    I wuold call out his pasty, chunky, fug as fuck ass.
    For starters..then I’d make up shit about his family.
    Tell him that his co workers hate him.
    And then take no responsibility for it later.
    “Cause I was drunk!

    (not that I have ever done that…at a funeral)

  3. 3
    jerseyj
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    I think Dustin is a genuinely nice guy, that has to be why Teacup stayed with him after the gay porn revelation. And, probably the reason that there’s hasn’t been too much harassment about his gay porn past on the two challenges he’s been on. You know if he was a jerk at all, the rest of the guys wouldn’t hesitate to throw that back in his face.

    I was kind of impressed with Big Easy lifting all those rocks…but then I cringed when they showed him holding it all up (all sweaty and red-faced and Easy-like) and Devyn said it “was the most turned on she’d ever been”. Vomit! I guess after all those years of playing with old balls, anyone under 40 seems sexy to you :p

  4. 4
    Ed
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    Dustin really does seem like a nice guy. The good of the team was likely in the back of his head, but Nany is his friend and he was going to look out for her first and foremost. I’m right there with you on missing the Las Vegas season. What’s so funny is that despite the drama of the season, They are the one cast in recent memory that I can imagine having normal lives in the actual real world. Aside from Adam, I can see the rest being good contributing members of society. Hell even Naomi is in college trying to better herself. It’s one of the few Real World seasons that had it’s audience rooting for it’s cast.

  5. 5
    wow
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    The more I see of Trey (including his whole season) the worse he gets. I can’t wait till he gets sent to the arena and thank goodness it seems like it will be soon.

  6. 6
    blazergirl
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    Can’t wait for the trivia! And it seems like from the previews that TJ is excited too. I love it when he shows enough energy to mock the cast.

    Ok, I am so distracted by Devyn’s hair. Is she wearing a wig? The hair line just doesn’t look right. I don’t care if she wears a wig, but get one that looks a little more realistic.

  7. 7
    plockeness monster
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    I wouldn’t doubt Devyn has extensions. She seems very high maintenance and into her looks, but she also seems pretty cool and well spoken, so I don’t fault her.

  8. 8
    blazergirl
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    I like Devyn too, I just am so distracted by the hair. And it doesn’t look like extensions but a wig. Can extensions make a hair line look that fake? Sorry, totally can’t let go of it. I agree though that she is cool and definitely one of the more tolerable cast members.

    So I’m curious why exactly Knight decided to go after Nany, someone in his alliance? Why not go after Camilla? She’s proven she’s insane when she drinks. Marie also can be unstable, so why didn’t he try to break her down? It just doesn’t seem to make sense to me.

  9. 9
    Andrea
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 4:14 pm

    @blazergirl, I think Knight was mad because Vegas thought about putting them in the Arena the week before. Even though it wasn’t Nany that wanted to do that, who knows what the impression they gave NOLA outside of how it was edited. It doesn’t make it clever, I just think he was irritated that they’d even consider them, and Nany was the easiest target from the team.

    Supposedly everything was edited out of order, and the huge fight happened before the laundry incident.

    I think Devyn’s hair is a wig, I remember some of the girls putting them on in an earlier episode. She seemed to have a suitcase dedicated to them.

  10. 10
    Enrique's Mole
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 5:16 pm

    I never watched the back to New Orleans season and after putting up with an hour of Knight’s douchebag antics, I’m glad I took a pass. What a waste of skin.

    Dustin can bang anything and anyone he likes. On screen, off screen. For free or for money. He seems like a nice guy and a good friend. He comes across as a far better person than anyone else on this show.

  11. 11
    considerthis
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    Love the sidebars – keep ‘em comin!

  12. 12
    Enrique's Mole
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    Yeah, sidebar good!

    As to who should go home in this arena – definitely Dead Meat. Camilla is such a poor sport. Funny, how she doesn’t like to be on the receiving end of the treatment she and Johnny Backpack dished out last challenge.

  13. 13
    Liz
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    Loved the sidebars!

    And I could not agree with you more about Knight’s use of the word manipulation. Calling a woman a bitch or a c word is neither manipulative or clever. Any idiot can pull that one out of his hat. Way to go lowest common denominator and then act like it makes you smart.

  14. 14
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 8:16 pm

    Okay. Totally off subject but I rem. Brittany (from Big Brother) putting in gross Rachel’s hair extensions, but not a RW incident of this. BUT it could’ve totally happened!!!

  15. 15
    Caitlin
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 8:37 pm

    I completely agree about Dustin! I loved how he handled Nany when she was upset, it was very big-brother, not condescending or belitting, and Knight is a complete douche who you know Jemmye will crawl into bed with. Also, what is with his teeth?

  16. 16
    PinkTop
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    Knight is disgusting. I know The Challenge was not invented in order to showcase the best that humanity has to offer, but I can’t with Knight… just can’t.

  17. 17
    rachel
    Posted October 18, 2012 at 10:50 am

    I completely agree about Dustin. He’s definitely a good guy. I didn’t quite get why Mike (on his season) disliked him so much. Not to say Dustin is/was always perfect, but he seems like he’s always trying to be a good guy. Teacup (her name escapes me) is such a strong, great person. She’s probably a great influence in his life.

    I don’t really get Devyn and Big Easy, but if they are happy…….

    I’m sure it’s very frustrating to be on a Challenge and not be on the alliance that is controlling everything, but you can’t complain about it – especially when you benefited from it in the past. I hope Camilla and Big Easy leave – not that I really like Devyn and (? the other Brooklyn guy – not Chet). I do like Sarah and Chet. They seem like nice people.

    Thanks so much for the recap.

  18. 18
    jerseyj
    Posted October 18, 2012 at 11:25 am

    I’m rooting for Big Easy and Camilla to go home for two reasons: (1) I’m sick of Camilla’s whining about everything being “unfair” after being in the power alliance on previous challenges and (2) I want there to be only 1 team left that’s not at least affiliated with the alliance. It’ll be interesting to see how quick they all start throwing each other under the bus when that happens!

  19. 19
    maria
    Posted October 20, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    am i the only one that can’t stand Cancun? I hope the alliance breaks and they go home

  20. 20
    MichyPR
    Posted October 22, 2012 at 1:19 am

    @Maria I’m right there with you, can’t stand any of them except maybe CJ.

    @Enrique’s Mole Knight wasn’t even the worst douchebag on his season, you should have seen Hair (the other Ryan).

    Loving the recaps! :)

  21. 21
    Enrique's Mole
    Posted October 22, 2012 at 4:35 am

    ^Ugh, there was a bigger douche than “Knight”? How is that even possible?

    What I didn’t get this episode is why everyone was trying to hold Nany back and get her to stop, yet no one told “Knight” to STFU and to lay off.

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