The first episode started off with Evan and Wes conversing by a stone wall. Everything seemed chummy, but Evan informed us, "Wes and I have good and bad blood. The bad blood comes from me knowing that Wes is the scum of the Earth." Amen, my friend. Nevertheless, despite Wes's algae-like disposition, Evan still allied with him, and the two promised they'd never call each other out. Ever. Of course, since this was The Challenge, we immediately knew this meant one of these guys would be betraying the other by the end of the show, and if I had to choose between scummy Wes and wide-eyed Evan, I'd have to pick Evan as the most likely to be duped. He is Canadian after all.

Meanwhile, love continued to spring eternal -- and gooey -- for Diem and CT. Our favorite cancer survivor plopped a giant blob of lotion on CT's back and then proceeded to rub it around as if he were a car getting detailed. This, of course, could only lead to one thing: Diem gushing about her love for CT. "I guess I really like CT, as dorky as it sounds!" she announced to us with giddy (read: annoying) glee. CT then babbled something to us about how it was the two of them against the house, and then finally we moved on from these jerks.

Fun with money shots!

The kids then received their next clue, which prompted a highly staged spit-take from Evan (followed by amusingly rolled eyes from CT). I honestly forget what the clue said; so I guess I'll just go right ahead to the challenge, which was called "Sunken Treasure." It was actually pretty cool -- slightly Survivor-ish. Basically, everyone would split into teams of two. Each pair would then jump in the water and make their way to an oxygenated ball/bell/dome whatever. It was essentially an air pocket in the middle of the pool. From there, one person would then swim down to an anchor, which had three different codes written on it. That person had to memorize the codes and relay them to the second person, who would use each code to unlock a padlock on a treasure chest. Once all three padlocks were open, the chest would open and a soccer ball would emerge. Oh, and one more thing. Whoever swam to the anchor wasn't allowed to ever swim to the treasure chest and vice versa. Got it? Good.

Oh, wait. One more thing. Fifteen minute limit before a DQ. Already, I could sense disaster. The rest of the challenge seemed so good. Why bother imposing a time limit that we knew would probably be too short. Rule of thumb when it comes to the challenges: whenever there is a time limit, no matter what it is, it's always entirely too brief.

But enough carping. Onto the challenge. First up were the lovebird duo of CT and Diem. It was Diem's job to swim down and scour the anchor for codes, but because of her chronic daftness, she could see anything at all. As a result, she complained to CT, and so he swam down to the anchor to look for himself. One problem: two people couldn't go to the same object. That meant a quick and satisfying DQ for this team.

Next up were Jodi and Evan. Jodi seemed to have no problem fetching the numbers, but Evan seemed on the verge of death whenever he tried to swim to the treasure chest. He complained about having problems with his lungs, thinking he was going to drown right then and there. Would he ever be able to overcome his deepest fears -- no pun intended?