Ugh, I did not feel bad for Eric at all. He got himself into that situation - what did he expect? But I did enjoy the fact that all the vet guys did not receive money. All those times they kept referring to "cutting the fat" - they should have been focusing on the literal fat - Eric!

Usually the challenge series drags on and on, and I usually get lost, then give up. However this particular season, I was able to stay interested. I loved this finale especially.

Having less players in the end came in handy just like everyone sort of thought it would.

What I never understood was why all through out the season, the evil vet guys were talking about trimming the fat, but they never actually trimmed the fattest person on the show. Even though Casey sucks I'm sure she has more physical endurance than Easy.

All in all, the vet guys made themsleves look like arrogant pricks throughout the season, and it finally came back to bit them in the ass.

Great season!

The sad thing is the reproduction of the actual challenges still gave such an advantage to the team with more players that the vets easily could have won if they had walked it or taken a real break to let easy catch his breath. I actually think one of the veteran guys made that point and he's right- a half a mile really isn't that far and the difference between an exhausted teams (rookies) admirable but probably slow jog and another teams steady powerwalk is minimal. My skin crawled all season as these giant douches (even the ones with short hair managed to break the curve) talked about trimming the fat this and that but in the end the fraternity ties/cowardice about facing a few hundred pounds in the gauntlet/ their own horrible problem solving skills and lack of compassion for their friend cost them the final mission. Saw what you will about coral katie and beth but none of them would have actually been a disadvantage in the final mission. well maybe katie as a smoker but she would have done better than easy.

YAY ROOKIES! actually YAY Frank, Jillian, and Nehemiah...i dont really care for Tori, Jo or rachel who are pretty weak!

Im glad the rookies won, it was clearly stated as an Army strong challenge everyone must be at the finishline!

Robin, (Who looked incredibly HOT this season) said it best that the males were too chicken to face him in a gaunlet and looked what happen.

CT and Brad truly impressed me the finally challenge. Even tho they were at two extremes when it came to Eric, they both cared. CT was trying as hard as he can to motivate Easy who was sucking ass in the beginning of the final mission. And i like how he told Evan to shut up and stop yelling, and to encourage him. Ct gained my respect while Brad was truly concerned with Eric’s health, but you cant baby the man, Eric said he can handle the final mission and put 110% so CT had a right to push his lard ass as hard as possible to win money!

anyway it was a good overall season, i enjoyed it and glad Frank, Jill, and Neh made off with some money. Hopefully, hollywood can live up to this sudden hype.

I can't believe were supposed to feel bad for Eric. He knew what he was getting into. The vets should of realized their weakest link was their fattest link and at least attempted to get rid of him from the start. Coral or Beth would've been better for the team in the end, so it looks like karma bit the vets in their asses.

CT is such a hypocrite! Yes, he was encouraging Eric at some points, but at some points he was screaming and being a complete ass to him. I can't believe Evan didn't say anything when CT told him not to yell...I mean obviously it wasn't making anything better, but CT had no right to say that.

Awesome recap. And you were spot on about the reasons to hate Evelyn (Evil Elf) were all valid after watching this. $30K is a lot of money but some things in life are more important. The health and life of a friend should mean more to you than that. These people can do another challenge, go to an autograph signing whatever, whore themselves out another way and get the all important money back. It was disgusting how they were literally dragging him along. I thought MTV should have stopped it sooner, not waiting till the poor guy freakin' collapsed.

Had they stopped trying to get rid of the girls and looked at who it was they really would of hurt to have at the end, this wouldn't have happened. Had they kept Johnny B. and thrown Eric in the gaunlet,this wouldn't have happened. If they had done a fast walk not a run and drag the fat guy till he looks like death,this wouldn't have happened.

And ain't karma a beyotch!

And props to especially Brad and even CT (I think his "motivating" just works alittle differently than others) for caring more about a person than money.

Can't wait for the reunion show!

I DO feel bad for eric! That probably was his 110%. And I agree, they could have won by walking. At the digging, it didnt even seem like the rookies were trying and all the time that was wasted while the vets stood around trying to decide what to do about eric (Ev needs to be beaten with a stick), could have caught them up and with so many diggers they would have won. Seriously, Ev is a horrible, evil and cruel manly thing.

I agree with Mrs. C! I give props to CT for at least trying to motivate Eric. This was an Army Strong Challenge; people in the military get in your face and yell too, so CT's behavior really wasn't any different. What was really hurtful to see was Evelyn bitching about losing $30,000 while Easy was lying there struggling to just get some air! If you're a true team player, act like it through the good and the bad! And it's true, they actually could have just walked they probably would have won anyway. Did you see how the Rookies were struggling as they dug through the sand at the end? The Vets had way more people, they would have kicked their ass had they just gone a little slower!

I was soooo angry at the Vets - they could have at least PRETENDED to be decent human beings and STFU about dragging him. I have hated Brad since San Diego, but he definitely redeemed himself in this episode. And EVERYONE KNEW the finale is always an endurance challenge! But of course, they're all too chickenshit to go against Eric. Smart move, Vet guys. And way to be a bitch Ev - does she even realize how poor and inaccurate her club foot comment was? I hope someone fucking clubs her.

I think Eric would have had so much better of a chance of finishing if the Vets would have just kept a medium but steady pace. But why would anyone on that team use any kind of sense? And I hate that people like Evan, Ev and Kenny are even considered for these challenges - they started on Fresh Meat, not RR or RW. And you know what? They were the biggest assholes this challenge too.

Also, anyone catch Casey's super racist National Geographic slur about Coral on the previews for the reunion?

I agree with pretty much everything everyone said. Easy should've known better too - it's not the Real World where all you do is drink and party, it's the Challenge. But the vet guys should've known better too. Coral is a pretty good competitor at least.
Ev, however, is a horrific despicable pig.
Evan has completed his transformation into a huge douche.
Tori is totally turning into Kina with her misshaped crooked mouth.

I think this was a perfect example of karma. The veteran guys [and that includes Evelyn] proved them selves to be horrible human beings. They schemed and plotted and backstabbed throughout this whole game. Yet they were all too scared to just get rid of Eric. He is big, but it's not like he's that athletic. I'm sure someone could have taken him in a Gauntlet. They had their chance, and they blew it. Johnny, although I'm not a huge fan of him, was right about throwing Eric in the Gauntlet. He was total dead weight. Except for Brad and surprisingly CT at times, no one genuinely cared about Eric's health during that final mission. I literally wanted to jump through the screen when Evelyn said "We're losing 30,000 dollars". What a heartless bitch. Eric could have died. And I found it funny that no matter what, they couldn't win because Eric was in the hospital. Karma is a bitch, folks!

Great recap. Too bad the final challenge sucked. Did MTV run out of ideas or just get lazy? They merely regurgitated tasks already performed throughout the season. Boring!!! And Easy would have really been screwed if the final was anything like the last Inferno or Fresh Meat. Those finals were really tough. I'm glad the rookies won but wish they had beaten the Vets without the vets being disqualified. What I'm really curious about is - did the Vets really believe they won when putting up the flag - especially when TJ announced at the beginning that all players must finish? I feel like the vets surprise at being disqualified was staged. It didn't make any sense, especially when they were so mad that Easy couldn't finish.

I forgot to mention that I loved some of the captions.

"Uno cervesa, por favor" for Easy in the hospital was perfect!

I hate Eric. I have hated him ever since he was on the first episode of Fresh Meat acting like an idiot and slapping his ass. I have to say that I loved every minute of that finale. He had no business being there AT ALL. And to give that holier-than-thou speech to Johnny Bananas. No way, foo. He got what he deserved. For that matter, so did the veteran guys. They should have booted him ages ago. I can't stand Rachel or Johanna, but I was actully glad to see them get the money instead of the vets. Oh well!

I also have to say that I like Evelyn and you can't really fault her. She's no idiot and she's probably been thinking all along that they should show Eric the door, but no one would. Then at the end, she knew what was up. I'd be frustrated, too. Apparently all he did was drink and act like a ass and now he's costing them 30K, too. I'd be mad and so would you. Try and deny it. We all know people like Eric and when something happens to them, it's hard to feel sympathy. And you know I'm tellin the truth. Okay? Okay.

vegasdarling, i too never expected to like our boy brad, and yet this gauntlet left him and adam as the only truly likable vets.

now that's a wedgie, son.

ct's brand of 'encouragement' made my stomach hurt. he certainly started off good with the "c'mon, let's go buddy!" but quickly dove straight into the crapper with the "i'll fucking kill you" thing.

mcsteeny, your research is so dead-on i think a government grant is coming your way. your next task would be to figure out why evan's hair hasn't changed a bit since fresh meat and yet his douchebaggery has compounded ten-fold.

AND ANOTHER THING...someone please tell me that robin was crying because she was exhausted and was worried about easy...because the jist i was getting was that she was upset about not getting any damn money. c u next tuesday chubbs.

McSteeny, thank you for solving once and for all why I end up dating douchebags... I like long hair!

I agree with Reese.

Plus, come on, there's no way Eric would have DIED. He was out of breath and fat people are not good at pushing through the pain when they are "exercising"... hence, their fatness.

Two or three of the gauntlets favored Eric, Force Field, Ankle Breaker, and maybe Ram It Home. Sliders could go either way (depending on Eric and whether Frank can help well enough). That leaves Ball Brawl (and even that's iffy whether whoever will be super-winded if Eric manages to tackle him). So, they were right to be scared to face him, but not expecting to have to pay the piper for that decision is absolutely foolish.

They didn't even need to slow their pace all that much if they'd just helped him along, one guy on each arm (even that dumbsh-t tranny b-tch, Ev, could take a turn). Yelling and screaming "motivation" makes no sense (it doesn't matter if that's how they do it in the army since I'm sure they are smart enough to know that they need to carry whatever or whomever they need to in order to complete a mission more). You'd have to be idiotic to not know that Eric doesn't have the same endurance and you'd have to be blind to not see that he was giving his all already, so what's the point in wasting the energy that way rather than just carrying him some? All the people blaming Eric for the vets lost are complete morons; they lost because they were total f-cktards.

margottenenbaum, don't be a sh-thead if you don't know what your talking about. He could've been suffering from hyperthermia or heat stroke, which can be fatal. ReeseWitherspoon, you can definitely fault Evelyn for being all talk and testosterone. If she had any brains, she WOULD have helped carry Eric BEFORE he went down rather than bullsh-tting about it AFTER he went down. If she didn't want him there, she should've thrown guy gauntlets and tried to convince everyone (or, at least, the girls) to try to get rid of him. He didn't make everyone believe he could make it to the end, they convinced themselves because they were too stupid.