The next day, it's time for the first challenge. Everyone meets Host Mike Richards at the poker table, with the Beauties sitting in front of their respective Geeks. Looks like Joe was right. Geeks' Intuition rules! Host Mike Richards tells them they're going to be playing strip poker, which totally freaks out Sarah, because she didn't wear a bra today. (Since when did Sarah start wearing bras?) After Josh wakes up from fainting, Host Mike Richards tells them the Beauties will be playing with the Geeks' clothing, which of course makes Josh faint again. The last team with a Geek wearing more than his underwear wins. Ankur has his own worries, as he tells us he's a "briefs" guy. "So when I heard we'd be stripping down to our underwear, I knew that everyone would be getting more of a view than they expected." Josh feels bad for the women, as he says his legs look like whitewashed toothpicks. With hair.
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Surprisingly, Brittany plays really well. When it comes to poker, she's a real idiot savant. Which is the probably the first time she's been called an idiot in a good way. Of course, she still can't talk. "One of the keys is a really well poker-face," she tells us. Cher has a good poker face too, and uses it to bluff the rest of the girls. Danielle is the first to go out, and she's not happy, saying "I wish Cher would just play fair. Why'd she have to bluff and be such a bitch about it?" Duh, it's because that's how you play the game. And because she's a bitch. With his shirt off, Karl flexes and asks if there's a zoo nearby, because there are a lot of pythons near the table. Ah, biceps humor. Later, Jennipher bets Ankur's pants, and we're treated to a nice dance as he strips down to his tighty-whities. Whether it's the fact that someone still wears tighty-whities, or Ankur's complete lack of any discernible bulge, even Host Mike Richards laughs at him. I think Jennipher is more embarrassed by Ankur's skivvies than he is. Eventually, it's down to just Cher and Brittany. Cher tries to bluff, but Brittany doesn't fall for it, and she wins the challenge. That means she and Joe are safe from elimination this week.

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G vs E

Once the game is over, Host Mike Richards tells the Geeks to get dressed so they can start their part of the challenge. He hands them each a stack of VIP party invitations, and tells them they need to go out into the casino and start inviting women to a party in their suite, which they'll also be planning. The Geek who has the most women show up to their party wins. Ankur says he doesn't care how old or ugly the women he invites are, if they have a vag, they're getting an invite. Josh, of course, has a hard time getting anyone to even acknowledge his presence, let alone take an invitation. "Just pretend you don't see me," he tells nobody in particular. Ankur doesn't seem to have any trouble inviting people. "Why are you inviting schmoes?" a couple of unattractive women ask him. "I'm not," he says. "I'm only inviting the hottest people in the casino to my party." And by hottest, of course, he means the vagiest. Since Joe is safe, he decides to help out Wes, the hope being Wes can beat Josh, so they can send him and Cher to elimination.
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It's party time! Danielle asks Karl what type of party is it going to be. "Awesome," he tells her. Poor Karl. I hope his Dungeons & Dragons parties have a better turnout than this, because nobody shows up for the entire evening. Which is too bad, because Danielle was looking exceptionally hot. Josh and Cher, meanwhile, have people waiting outside their door when the party starts. Josh even turns out to be a pretty good schmoozer. He says it was easy, he just talked about whatever other people wanted to talk about. That kind of attitude isn't going to get him anywhere. He even hits on one girl, who seemed excited to see him. "I'm a Woody Allen fan," she says, "and you remind me of Woody Allen." When he asks if they can hook up when they're back in Los Angeles, she tells him "if it's meant to be, we'll meet again." At least he tried.

Joe and Brittany are having a pretty bad party too, but since Joe didn't really try to invite anyone, it's to be expected. I think Brittany's still excited about the spread Joe set up, though, as she tells us, "we had really good food. There were chicken fingers and some other stuff I can't pronounce."

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Comments (8)

Ash Author Profile Page:

I don't know, for some reason I like Cher... maybe because she is such a biatch. But seriously, I think Danielle is the least pretty, so I was suprised to see her mentioned as being really hot a couple of times! Anyways, I love this show!

BigMax Author Profile Page:

Danielle looked amazing when Karl was putting that necklace on her. I hadn't seen it before then, but that was stunning...

Ed Author Profile Page:

I totally got the vibe that Danielle threw the ace value question. The post-interview sealed it for me. She just wanted to be gone.

The hate for Cher is a red herring. She is hated because she is likely to win, not because she wants to. This is sooooo female biatchiness on display. Cher is hated for being good, not for wanting to be good - precisely as anyone aspires.

What I REALLY wanted to see was the guys' interaction the morning after Wes bagged Cher. I'm betting there was ultimate awkwardness mixed with unintentional hilarity. Instead, we ghot NUTHUN'.

These producers should see about getting hired for Big Brother - they'd be perfect. Pricks.

Good recap, copy.

PixieGal Author Profile Page:

"Because there's an AWESOME party going on in my pants right now, and I'm the only one here."

I nearly spit out my Coke whilst reading that tid bit. I haven't even gotten through the rest of the recap, but I must commend you on a brilliant start.:)

MIA Author Profile Page:

Wait.... Wes & Cher???!!!

Did they really hook up?

TinkerbellAPixie Author Profile Page:

Yes Mia - they really did.

Ash - I'm with you in thinking Danielle isn't that pretty. She's got major bags under her eyes, a weird smile and is dumb as a rock. I was sad to see them go tho because Karl was my favorite of all the geeks. He just seemed to have a sweetness about him.

Copygodd - great recap - especially loved the captions on the screenshots. Heheh Karl as Beaker - too cute.

TinkerbellAPixie Author Profile Page:

Oops - one more thing, at first glance that first screen shot looked like Danielle had a nicotine patch on her arm. There's a marketing idea for the WB - logo'd nicotine patches.

i was never all that fond of danielle either, until this ep. like bigmax said, when karl was putting that necklace on her, yowza!

wes and cher really did the nasty. i had a grainy screen grab of it, but i thought the cat and dog shot did a better job telling the true story of their forbidden love.

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