The quality meter for last night's episode reached instant suck right off the bat as we innocent viewers were subjected to the cutesy image of Patrick and Jillian brushing each other's teeth. I'm not sure that four out of five dentists recommend this method. But why even brush your teeth when you're just being so darn sugary sweet? Aww. I guess the lovebirds care about oral hygiene. Jillian admitted that what was once a physical attraction was now a deep emotional relationship. I suppose their mutual appreciation for fine dental care has led to a more thoughtful level of bonding. Patrick's view was a little different. Basically, he just needed a penis recepticle.

Eventually, after we'd had enough of this questionable love affair, the team's T-Mobile phone twinkled to life, and a text clue hinted that the kids would have to go to a ski lodge and rescue someone. Angela immediately freaked out over the prospect of having to swim in cold water. I personally guessed it would be something to do with a St. Bernard, you know, because they were going up a mountain. Turns out we were both wrong, although I was closest (there was a St. Bernard present during the challenge, fyi). The group had to perform a gondola rescue, a decently interesting mission which required some tightrope grappling and standard rappelling. This certainly wasn't a bad mission, and its simple, straightforward nature kept it from seeming like a forced attempt at being X-Treme. Still, there wasn't much that was remarkable about this challenge either except for some inclement weather that numbed all the fingers and toes of our plucky heros. Just about the only thing Bunim/Murray could do to create any sort of suspense was throw in a stupid commercial break cliffhanger regarding a medical box that Nick was supposed to tote along in the mission. The producers tried to have us believe that Nick would forget the box. I spent the entire commercial break sitting on the edge of my seat, but that was because I changed the channel to the Vikings/Eagles game. When I came back, Nick had soundly remembered the medical box, thus putting an end to the most exciting medical box rappelling stunt EVER.