Susie's keen intellect tells us "the dummy is heavy, just like a real person". You know, I sat here for minutes trying to come up with a snide remark about her quote, but I honestly think the joke just wrote itself. Thank you Susie. Now they have to move the body across the mountain, so they get the man child David to take the lead and pull the dummy. They have to reach a vehicle down the mountain in 8 minutes otherwise they fail the mission. They get there with 37 seconds to go, manage to untie, lift, load and shut the door on the vehicle in a shade under 12 seconds. I can't even get into my car in 12 seconds. At least fiddle with the clock a little if you are going to throw the mission.
Well the crew passed the avalanche rescue, but now it is time for survival! Maybe they will have to spend the night in the wilderness, or find their own food to eat, or build their own fire? Wait, why would they have to learn to do any of those things to survive? Their mission is to pull themselves out of ice water after skiing into it. You know what? Maybe MTV is right, you hear about way more deaths related to cross country skiers who happen upon a patch of thin ice, than lost hikers dying due to lack of food, water or shelter. Kudos MTV. I'm going to bone up on my skiing into ice water survival skills immediately.
Anyways, in this part of the mission, the RV'ers only have to select 4 people to compete. I mean come on, could they make this mission any easier? They choose David, Dan, Adam, David and Tori, in that order. I guess they wanted to put as much pressure on Tori as possible.
They have to ski about 4 feet into an open spot in the ice, get their backpack back on land, and then use their poles to pull themselves back on the snow. David is up first and says the pain of the cold water went right from his ass to his mouth as he fell in. I actually thought Shane would be the one using the first ATM reference, but who am I to judge? David also adds that "this is by far the coldest thing I have ever done". Really? I thought it was common place for most people to experience absolute zero? No?
David survives pretty easily. Dan tells us he is nervous and obviously doesn't want to disappoint his Devil Dog brothers. SS Steve says "I'm sure there is no pressure being a Marine around other Marines", that must've helped Dan's confidence. Alas, Dan does fine and pulls himself right out. Adam went next and didn't have a problem either. Then we cut to Tori who was dreading this mission. SS Steve tells her that she is last to compete for the $10 grand and not to jeopardize the mission. This doesn't add to her nervousness at all Steve, thanks. Tori gets all geared up and right as she is about to ski into the water...commercial! Man MTV knows how to give us a cliff hanger.
We come back from the break and as Tori drops into the water Kina and Susie are screaming at Tori to stay calm (irony) and to throw her backpack up on the snow so she can pull herself up. She struggled with the backpack for a bit but finally got it on land and pulled herself out. Yayyy Tori and $10,000.
Drew, who looks like he just came back from hanging out with Maverick and Goose, tells us that they won the mission, but unfortunately had to vote someone into the Pit. You know, stupid rules and all.
"Thats a negative IceMan, all patterns are full"
Man if it weren't for Drew, I'd be totally lost as to how this show works. Who would be voted in? Will anyone volunteer? Kina says they just want to have fun tonight and not worry about voting someone into the Pit. Inside the RV Dan and Susie are talking about relationships and why Dan is single. Turns out he has been burned many a time, and stereotypes women by saying they all have an evil side. That didn't sit well at all with sweet little Susie. As he is explaining the whole girls/evil side thing, he looks at Tori. Tori tells Dan not to look at her when saying that and Dan retorts with "ohhhh don't give me that shit". Uh oh, shit's about to hit the proverbial fan.
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Comments (9)
I think this was a v. good recap :) Your screencaps were wicked funny!!
I think one awesome moment you missed was David sobbing a little in the RV after Dan volunteered himself.
1 of 9 | Posted by Emmy420
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Posted on March 22, 2007 1:28 PM
Great recap! As much as I loved J-Unit and his recaps he just didn't seem very into this show, so I'm glad you've taken over.
2 of 9 | Posted by insertnamehere
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Posted on March 22, 2007 3:53 PM
Great recap! LOVED the screen caps!!! :)
Sooo glad Angel is gone. I have never seen a rw/rr contestant with so much attitude and so little to back it up! And that's saying something considering we've seen people like Tonya, Katie, and Osama Beth Laden.
Shane is one of the most likeable rw/rr people ever. Sad to see him out. And I still can't believe that nobody has voted Veronica back in yet!
3 of 9 | Posted by shia0bundan
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Posted on March 22, 2007 7:57 PM
I've never been a super fan of Road Rules, even when it was really good five or so years ago. And after all the crossover challenges and duels, MTV is running out of ideas for the actual tasks te kids had to perform. That ice thing was stupid - one of those kids should have been swept away by the current. I miss the days of people battling on tight ropes/bungee cords.
And I hate Kina soooo much.
However, love the recaps, and I have to agree with "insertnamehere," J-Unit didn't seem to have the passion for this show you do, Hit 'em Up. Hope you keep up the great work!!
4 of 9 | Posted by DA.Darling | Posted on March 23, 2007 12:05 AM
Oh, and that "Du Hast" screen cap of Dan is going to haunt my dreams...
5 of 9 | Posted by DA.Darling | Posted on March 23, 2007 12:08 AM
great recap! your screencaps are hilarious!
6 of 9 | Posted by Vbc20 | Posted on March 23, 2007 7:51 AM
I hate Angel! She's a completely useless human being. She makes me want to beat the crap out of her!! And she made me like Kina, which was NOT easy.
The Pit challenge was completely unfair. David weighs more than Shane and his useless partner put together.
7 of 9 | Posted by Veronica DeBellegarde | Posted on March 23, 2007 10:27 AM
Why do some of the pictures here and on The Real World have time stamps on them? Is that some crappy DVR tecnology (non TiVo)?
8 of 9 | Posted by LongHairedMan
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Posted on March 23, 2007 3:45 PM
LHM-
Im working with new software to pull video, still figuring out the kinks.
Translation - not sure how to turn it off!
MYL
9 of 9 | Posted by Madeyoulaugh
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Posted on March 23, 2007 9:50 PM