The Challenge Recap: Knight Terror


Back at the house, Knight continues to call Nany a bitch, and she yells at him FOREVER.  He deserved it, though, because he is being SUCH A FUCKING SHITHEAD.  I don’t even know how to put it into words, other than to say it’s been several challenges since we’ve seen this level of blatant disrespect towards the women. 

Pretty much the whole house is involved, and it comes full circle since Jemmye and Camila started it, cause Knight to yell at Camila, causing Nany to yell at Knight, causing Jemmye to come to Nany’s defense.  It’s utterly ridiculous, and all over the word bitch, apparently?  Not the C word, which he also used?  And sometimes they bleep “bitch” out, and sometimes they don’t?

SIDEBAR #1:  She’s been mostly chill so far on the Challenge, but in her season, she:  showed up with a boyfriend of six(?) years, promptly fell for the biggest douchebag in the house, eventually hooked up with him and broke up with her long-term boyfriend (not Jonna-fast, but fast enough), revealed that she wasn’t afraid of being hit by Adam because she’d been hit by a man before (did not elaborate on that), cried when he was sent home for being a destructive asshole, hooked up with Teacup to console her after the Dustin drama, hired a private investigator to find her birth father (who she never met since he was in prison while she was growing up), was devastated to find out he had died, found out she had a few half siblings, and met her half-sister so they could start forming a relationship.  GOD I MISS THAT SEASON.  All of that was just ONE person’s drama!  Sorry about that tangent, I digress.

Nany runs out of the house, and Dustin yells at everyone else to go away and tries to comfort her, as she tells us that she hasn’t had a man disrespect her like that in a long time.  Sadly, he doesn’t get very far, and before long Nany’s back in the house, and smashing a cup (I think?) when Knight hovers around being a jackass.  Jasmine says she knows what it’s like for Nany being on her first Challenge.

“I know what it’s like to break some shit.  But now I’m totally chill, which is infinitely more terrifying.”

Dustin finally manages to get Nany away from everyone and into a bed so she can get some rest.  She’s still pretty upset, though. 

SIDEBAR #2:  One thing I’ve always liked about Dustin, and it’s easy for this to get lost in the shuffle because of all the kerfuffle over the gay porn and his sexuality, is that he really gives off a strong sense of respect for women.  And not in a condescending, “let me help you, little girl” kind of way, but in an “I hate that there are men out there who feel the need to make women feel like shit, and I wish I could stop it, but for now I guess I’ll just try to make you feel better and hopefully that will remind you that not all men are like that” kind of way.  I think the angriest he’s ever been was when Adam was on his destructive tear through their suite, and Dustin was trying to keep Nany away from it despite her insistance that she wasn’t scared.  I don’t know.  It’s just that respecting women (or each other in general) is so rare on these shows that it stuck out to me.

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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