On The Ropes - 
by B-Side
Call me crazy, but I've come to realize something: I'm entirely way too into this season of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge. Some people have accused The Gauntlet 2 of being slow or predictable, but I'm still a bit hooked. I would say it's the non-stop bickering, but I think it's more than that. In fact, as much as I hate to say it, I think there might be one person to at the heart of it: Beth. I know, I know. Beth. Osama Beth Laden. Truth is that Beth always seems to be gone after two or three episodes, so we really haven't been able to revel in her awful-ness. As such, she's never truly been as hate-able as Veronica, as idiotic as Tina, as bitchy as Coral, or as self-important as Rachel, but for once, with all those girls no-shows this season, Beth has the villain spotlight all to herself, and she's taking full advantage. I don't know what's more enjoyable: witnessing her sadistic rule as team captain or watching the Veterans grumble and sneer under her tyranny. Either way, it's solid escapism.
Now, before I write anymore, I have a confession for all you Alton fans out there (and I know there are many). On Monday morning, I actually had the opportunity to meet him, but I opted to sleep instead. I know, this is sacrilege to many of you -- how could I pass up the opportunity to take a photo of ALTON?!?!? Well, I got home at like 5:00 AM and would have to wake up at 8:30 AM and yada yada yada, no Alton/TVgasm love. By the way, anyone who saw Tuesday's Reality Remix, might have noticed that Alton's "cartwheel of rage," a term we coined as a joke, actually surfaced on the air. Kennedy happened to interview Alton, and the very first question out of the gate: "So you did -- maybe you're most famous for the cartwheel of rage during a challenge. You did a cartwheel of rage when you didn't like a call!!" We're starting trends, people.
Anyway, enough babbling. Let's talk about Monday's show. So the episode began with Jillian talking to Cara and Suzie, a.k.a. Team Pariah. For those of you who missed last week's episode, a scandal erupted when Jillian gossiped that Cara and Suzie were intending to ally with Brad, David, and Timmy (on the opposing Veteran team) to create some axis of evil that would throw missions to further their cause. Who knows if it was true -- something tells me this was just a giant game of Telephone. Anyway, now Jillian wanted to tell Cara and Suzie that it was she who had blabbed to Kina and started this whole mess. And that's about as far as I could get before I was totally confused by the situation.
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