I am sure that everybody is really stoked that El Paso was chosen as a backdrop for this latest challenge. Or not. Usually, MTV springs to rent out some property in a nice resort town. El Paso has given us Elimination Hill and, um, uh, those strange pyramid/ant hills/termite nests we got at the beginning of this week's episode. It looks like Bunim/Murray knew that there might be some complaining about the arrangements, so they decided to placate everybody by using mass quantities of alcohol. This little addition has surely brought us some great moments, but the best arguments arise not from intoxication, but from the inherent human need for irrational confrontation and shameless rationalization in an attempt at self-preservation.
At the early part of the show we learned about two loves. First, it was the love that Ayanna had for Aneesa. No, not like that. Ayanna gets a little unhinged at times and her intensity in the past has put her at odds with some teammates. This year, it was nothing but love for Aneesa, so much that Ayanna said she would save her from an oncoming train. Aneesa gave some sort of half-hearted response akin to telling your dentist "Yes, I agree" after they let you know they are going to have to pull some wisdom teeth. The other love was that of this year's most interesting budding romance, the one that has us imagining the unholy alliance of Coral and Abram. This has come as a surprise for some people, considering some of Abram's comments about anything but the most lilly-white fornication during his stint on Road Rules: South Pacific. Abram is over it now, and says "the only color I ever see is beauty". I think the only color he ever sees is a set of huge tits. Whatever the motives, we early on had strong hints that of a few people who would be key players for whatever Jonny Mosely had waiting for them later in the episode.
So far we have had a strength endurance challenge, a conquer fear/counting challenge, and the ever-popular pent up sexual energy challenge. What could be better than following all of that up with a gross out/puzzle challenge? Teams of guys and girls would face off against each other eating various foul items, or mass quantities of slightly less foul items. The winning team would go on to the puzzle part of the challenge, where they would join the rest of their successful teammates in putting together a puzzle, after first rushing across a balance beam to get all of the pieces. Oh yes, I forgot the most essential part of the challenge, the team that won their eating challenge got to blow up life-sized cardboard cutouts of their opponents. Uh, yeah, that's makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point, the producers have some sort of rhythmic gymnastic battle during the season. For their trouble this time, the winners each took home a video phone, which will be great when they need to invite each other to the Saddle Ranch or their next pool party. Captains for the men were Steven, Mark, and Chris. Coral and Sophia stepped up for the ladies, and when nobody else seemed like they wanted to lead, Ayanna said she would do it. It's actually a very bold move. Considering how poorly the girls are doing, she is basically giving herself a 1 in 3 shot at being eliminated. I wonder how her teammates will reward her.
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Comments (4)
I like Aneesa and how when she found the cutout on her bed, she threw it back at Ayanna and was like "Real mature!" and then when Ayanna retorted, Aneesa said "See, I just tried to talk to you about it and you're flying off the handle!" Uh, yeah, I somehow missed the mature communication going on there. I also like how all the girls slowly filter into the room for the confrontation, just so they can witness it and chatter afterwards. btw - I think they're in Santa Fe, not El Paso.
1 of 4 | Posted by b-side | Posted on November 2, 2004 11:14 AM
The best part of Ayanna being voted off was her little tantrum and then the cut to Rachel in the "confessional" talking about how had this been an act it would have been great. But, it wasn't. Ayanna really is that...strange.
2 of 4 | Posted by Jerm | Posted on November 2, 2004 6:14 PM
They're in Santa Fe, NM
3 of 4 | Posted by Austin | Posted on November 3, 2004 11:52 AM
I think the whole Abe/Coral deal is cute. Stop putting it down, it could work.
4 of 4 | Posted by Krissy | Posted on November 6, 2004 9:37 PM