The Challenge: Free Agents finale was a tough one! Picking up from last week, Zach is still being
pulled by the current, but a rescue kayak finally reaches him and pulls him to safety! He and Devyn finally get back into the swing of it, trying to make up time on their kayak. Meanwhile, Laurel and Bananas keep on keeping on, completing the stage in 40 minutes. Nany and Johnny make it in about 45 minutes, while Devyn and Zach get there in about an hour.

Stage two is a 10K run and then the players have a puzzle to solve. The teams for this heat are Johnny and Laurel, Zach and Nany, and Devyn and Bananas. The run is the most grueling part, which takes a lot of people's energy, but everyone eventually makes it to the puzzle. The puzzles, which are made from old trees with city names printed on them, have to be stacked so that the cities are stacked from southern most to northern most. There is a 30 minute time limit. It's funny because most of them don't even know where half of these cities are! However, Devyn and Johnny figure out the best way to put the puzzle together is by putting the physical tree together. The time runs out for everyone except them, but it still doesn't give them much of a lead since they were the last to get there.


Stage three is a trail hike, and there will be a staggered start, with everyone starting 15 minutes apart. The teams are Zach and Laurel, Nany and Bananas, and Johnny and Devyn. They have to climb a freaking mountain, so they need harnesses to make it. The entire climb....is a mess. Devyn, of course, wears out easily. Nany starts freaking out when she sees a tarantula. Zach's whole body starts cramping up, and he wants to quit. Laurel tries to get him up, but he has to be rescued. Laurel doesn't care. At the end of the day, she wants to win, so she starts getting frustrated with him. Bananas pushes Nany to get the lead up on Laurel, and they eventually pass the two, making it up the mountain first.

Once all of the players finally get up the mountain, T.J. informs them that from here on out, they are all playing as individuals. It's nighttime by this time, but they have another stage before they can sleep. Stage 4 is the volcano bike. They have to bike 25 miles on a stationary bike. Bananas makes it first in an hour, and goes to get some sleep. Nany is over this day, and starts complaining, getting off her bike and having a meltdown. She eventually finishes, though. One by one, everyone does, except for Devyn  who gets left in the dust. Even though she hears the rest of the players obviously teasing her and laughing, she keeps going in the cold. At that point, I really respected her as a player. She's not the fastest or the best in these competitions. We all know that, even she does. However. she's not going to quit, and I respect her for that!

The competitors don't get much sleep, as T.J. wakes them up just a few hours later for the final stage. They have to climb a volcano, and touch the flag at the top. When the time is calculated, the winners will be announced. The only thing is it's cold and there's snow. The air gets thin, and it gets hard to breathe. It's a rough climb for everybody. Johnny makes it up the volcano first, but it doesn't mean that he's automatically the winner, with Bananas right behind him. Laurel and Nany finally make it up there, too. Devyn has a small breakdown, not knowing if she's going to be able to make it to the top, even though she wants to. She pushes herself though, and makes it to the top! They work to get down the mountain to find out who won.

T.J. gives a special shoutout to Devyn who took third place winning $15,000. She was more so worried about finishing this hard final, than winning. Zach also comes in third. T.J. announces that the first place winner is Bananas (who wins for the record breaking fifth time) the winner for the girls is Laurel, who beats Nany by nine minutes (some of which I'm sure were those minutes she used up complaining about the bike!). However, second place ain't bad with $35,000 each for both Nany and Johnny.

All in all, this was a GREAT season of The Challenge! I really liked this format, because people had to rely more on themselves than other people to get through. I'm sure MTV will keep it, because it really shook things up. Can't wait to see what they have in store for the next season!

8:01:00 PM

We are almost at the very end of The Challenge: Free Agents, and I'm excited to see who's going to win! Picking up from last week, the elimination round is in motion! The players play Wrecking Wall, with each player having to punch and kick holes in a wall to make it to the top. CT claws and punches that wall with a vengeance! It's neck and neck between him and Leroy, but CT manages to make it to his bell first, sending Leroy home. Now Bananas might just have to deal with CT's revenge. Then comes time for the REAL battle! Unfortunately for Cara, the hurt hand is what really hurt her in the game, and Laurel blows past her. Laurel apologizes surprisingly at the end, but for Cara, the friendship can't be what it was.

After the losing players leave the arena, T.J. announces that the remaining players need to meet him at the airport, because they are going to the Andes Mountains! When they get there, it's absolutely beautiful , and the house is amazing too! They have a great view of the mountains, and there's even a smoking volcano! However the volcano is called "House of the Devil," so you just KNOW that it's about to go down in this final. Even though it's cool that they're switching up locations, this brings along a new challenge as well since no one knows what to expect.

The next morning, T.J. announces that there's only room for six people in this Final, and that there's going to be a Draw right here, right now. Two of the cards are blank, and two of them are Kill Cards. Obviously if you draw the Kill Card, you have to go into the elimination round. CRAZY! CT and Bananas end up having to battle it out, while Johnny the Rookie gets to go to the Final. Laurel and Theresa get the Kill Cards, while Devyn automatically gets to the Final, which is crazy. I love Devyn, but she skated past this entire challenge.

For the final elimination round, the players will play Puzzle Pyramid. Each player has to solve three puzzles to make it up their side of the pyramid. I'm not the biggest fan of Theresa, but I really can't stand Laurel, so she needs to go. Theresa begins to panic when Laurel moves ahead of her, but manages to catch up. However, Laurel eventually takes it and sends Theresa home. I still don't like Laurel, but I can't say she doesn't deserve to be there. It sucks for Theresa to make it that far, and then get sent home, though. Bananas glides through these puzzles and wins for the guys, sending CT home, which is crazy because he's normally very great at puzzles.

The final six players are Laurel, Nany, Devyn, Bananas, Johnny, and Zach. T.J. warns them that this Final will be the hardest thing they've ever done, and they should get some rest. Of course, they're all nervous about what's coming. Nany is bothered a little bit that Laurel is here, not necessarily because she's scared to face her, but because Laurel just prances around like she knows she's going to win. That should motivate Nany to go hard and do what she needs to do to possibly beat Laurel in the end.

That night, the competitors get a clue from T.J.: "I hope you are all ready for tomorrow, because it will be the hardest day of your lives." The next day, T.J. announces that the Final will have five stages, and for the first three, the players will be in guy-girl pairs. After every stage, you will trade partners. For stages four and five, you will be completely on your own. The guy and the girl with the fastest times wins $125,000. Second place gets $35,000, and third gets $15,000.  The first stage is a kayak race! The players have to get their oars from the middle of the water, come back to their kayaks, and race it to the finish line.

From the very start, Laurel and Bananas, who get teamed together of course, are KILLING it! Meanwhile, Devyn and Zach are going in circles, which frustrates Zach extremely, and Nany and Johnny end up going down the rapids backwards for quite a while! Devyn and Zach hit a rock and their kayak overturns. They both have to be rescued because their kayak is halfway downstream. While Devyn quickly makes it in the rescue boat, Zach gets swept up in the current, which is definitely scary! And, of course, that's how the episode ends. God only knows what's going to happen!

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6:50:00 AM

FINALLY CAUGHT UP! Still have a lot of spotlights to do as well, which is good. The work load is heavy, though so if you are interested in a volunteer writing position to build up your resume, email me! Trust me, there's plenty of great opportunities to create clips for your portfolio, including interviews with the up and coming!

Moving on to the topic at hand. We are nearing the end of The Challenge: Free Agents, so the game is gettingmore intense! Picking up from episode 9, Cara Maria went to the hospital for x-rays on her hand, and never returned. People are definitely worried that she’ll be eliminated. Laurel, who hasn’t been the best friend to Cara Maria lately, is confronted by CT and Johnny about it. When Cara returns with a cast on her hand, Laurel tries to talk to her, but Cara is over it. She says that she’s done with Laurel and walks away.

The players hit the beach for their challenge, where I was expecting T.J. to send Cara home like he did Frank when he got that nasty infection. However, he tells her that she can stay, but if she injures herself more then that’s on her (i.e., MTV will assume no legal responsibility if something goes wrong). The players play Crossover in male/ female pairs since it’s all even. They have to swim across the lagoon to a sand dune, dig up puzzle pieces, and swim with the pieces back to the shore where they have to put together a puzzle.

The players are mostly used to swimming in these challenges, but the real struggle comes when they realized that there’s a lot of mud they have to get through. Nany and Bananas manage to take the lead early in the game, but all of the teams eventually become neck and neck. Once they get their pieces, all of the teams have a hard time putting this puzzle together. However, Nany and Bananas manage to finish theirs first, winning the challenge.

Though the stress of the game has to be on people’s minds, the house goes out for drinks as always to burn off some steam. Cara Maria gets upset that Theresa is kissing up to Nany to stay away from elimination, believing that Theresa is a snake and will do just about anything to stay in the game. But we all knew that! I knew that when she let everybody else do her dirty work to vote Laurel into elimination some weeks back. No shocker that she’s now all up on Nany.

Nany and Bananas eventually deliberate who they will send in. Bananas talks with CT to try to make a deal with him to avoid putting him up for elimination, but CT’s not up for games. He keeps it simple: “Don’t say my name, and I won’t say yours.” However, Nany and Bananas do decide to vote in CT, as well as Cara Maria, which sends her off the deep end, going in on Theresa for basically campaigning for votes. It’s a part of the game, but to be this close to the end, you definitely don’t want to have to face an elimination round now! Johnny and CT try to comfort her and make sure she doesn’t quit, and she’s not. Good for her. Cara Maria is the underdog every challenge, and she manages to do pretty well.

Later that night, the house heads over to elimination, where it looks like the game is Wrecking Wall. This sucks for Cara with her hand messed up (or could it be a plus since she has the cast on her hand and can break through easier? I don’t know). In the Draw, Leroy and Laurel pull the Kill Card, and it’s ex-friends Laurel and Cara Maria against each other, which will be a good battle to watch! The episode ends on a cliffhanger, not knowing who will be sent home!

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1:46:00 PM

I WILL have these last two recaps done before tonight's episode of The Challenge: Free Agents! Picking up from episode 8, T.J. sends the house a clue, saying that they will have to “dig deep” at the next challenge! The house heads to sleep, and Jessica and Laurel even have a little slumber party! The calm before the storm, I guess!

The next day, T.J. introduces the teams to their next challenge, Dug Out, which they’ll be playing in teams of two, girls and guys. There is a maze dug out in the ground, and each player has to run through the maze to get their team’s balls from one stand to the other. However, the way the maze is set, they are bound to run into each other! The girls go first, and it’s crazy. Some people move really slow as to avoid running into people, like Laurel, which annoys Devyn to the max. In spite of it, Theresa and Nany end up taking the win for the girls. The guys’ round is a little more intense, and ultimately CT and Zach win. The four players are safe from elimination, and will vote one guy and one girl into the elimination round later.

When Theresa, Nany, CT, and Zach get back to the house, they automatically go into deliberation mode. The guys consider Cohutta for the guys, which definitely gets Nany concerned. She lets Cohutta know, and Cohutta tells her to do something about it. The house goes out to party the nigh away, and Theresa mentions to Leroy that he might be going up for elimination, but it’s like Leroy doesn’t even care. He doesn’t try to make a deal or talk his way out of anything. In the end though, Jessica and Cohutta are voted into elimination. The other losing players will be entered into the Draw before the competition. Jessica feels pretty calm about the whole thing, but Nany is worried about Cohutta possibly being eliminated.

At the elimination, Leroy and Cara Maria pull the Kill Card to face Cohutta and Jessica. The game of the night: Balls In, which is one of my favorites because it takes both strategy and physicality. Of course, the object is to get your ball into the center bin as the other player plays defense to try to block you. Each round, the players switch positions. The best out of five rounds wins. It’s a tough game for Jessica and Cara Maria, and surprisingly Jessica goes hard! However, Cara Maria finally wins, sending Jessica home. I didn’t leave unimpressed by Jessica, though. Who knew she had that in her?! Cohutta and Leroy then go head to head, and it’s hard to watch because Leroy is a huge giant, and Cohutta’s just a tiny little guy. Leroy wins three rounds straight, eliminating Cohutta from the game.

At the end of elimination, Cara finds out from the medic that her hand might be broken and she’ll need an x-ray. Of course, she gets emotional because if her hand is broken, she’s going to be sent home. That would definitely suck this close to the final!

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1:15:00 PM

Catching up! Picking up from episode 7 of The Challenge: Free Agents, the house holds a mock
funeral for Devyn's water wig, Tamara, which was destroyed in the last challenge. It's so funny, watching everyone fake cry and mourn and Devyn fall out all over the place! Later, they go out and party. Leroy laments on how much he hates this game. Preston himself is at peace with it, though. Maybe a little too at peace. Several people in the house think that Preston is just floating on by, not really into the game, but just here just to be here, which may very well be true.

Meanwhile, Nany is afraid she's going to hurt Cohutta, not knowing when she'll be going home and really afraid of being vulnerable. Back at the house, Nany starts flirting with Johnny, and they end up hooking up. The next morning, the rumors spread around the house about what happened, but Cohutta doesn't know. Nany admits that she did something stupid, but doesn't think that he should be catching feelings. The sad part is that Nany is passing up a good guy in Cohutta because she doesn’t know how to deal with her feelings.
Later, the house gets a clue from T.J.: "You need to stretch your mind to be able to win tomorrow's challenge." The next day, the house plays Hold That Pose, in two teams of 7. We see two separate cages with 28 straps and seven different colors. The object of the game is for each player to use their four straps to pull and hold themselves up from the group for one minute. It’s very tricky since not only does this require physical strength, it’s a bit of a mental game as well to decide where everyone is going to be. However, Devyn's team kills it, taking the win! They are safe from elimination and will decide who will go in.

Back at the house, Nany talks to Preston about Cohutta. She doesn't want to make him feel bad or look stupid, and she feels terrible because of how she seems to others. She should feel bad. Like I said, Cohutta is a nice guy, and treats Nany very well. Later, Nany sobs to Cohutta about hooking up with Johnny. She doesn't want to hurt him, because she genuinely cares. She pushes people away, but Cohutta tells her that she has to be a little vulnerable and not close everybody out and not believe that all guys are the same. See? A true southern sweetheart!

At deliberation the next day, the team unaminously votes Aneesa and Preston. That night, at the Draw, Laurel draws the Kill Card for the battle against Aneesa! Cohutta pulls the Kill Card to go against Preston (*gasp*). They play Oppenheimer. The goal is to race around a circular hallway and ring the bell in the center. They are bound to crash into each other, though, so you have to fight and strategize to make your way to the finish. Best two out of three round wins. Preston fights hard, but Cohutta manages to win and make it back to the house. Aneesa fights hard too, but Laurel beats her by literally milliseconds. It sucks, because I can't stand Laurel at all. I really wanted Aneesa to take her out. That would’ve been MAJOR!

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8:20:00 AM

Trying my best to get these recaps up...sorry I'm so behind, but I WILL get up everything I have to say (LOL)!  Picking up from episode 6 of The Challenge: Free Agents (so long ago!), the rivalry between Jordan and Johnny Bananas continues. That night, the house gets a clue from T.J. that reads: "Nothing beats a traditional Uruguayan barbecue!" Looks like the he house is going to be eating some great Uruguayan cuisine!

The next morning, Theresa talks to Aneesa about being betrayed by Devyn, since Devyn voted her into elimination. Now she feels like her name will be brought up again, and she'll be used as a scapegoat. Leroy himself also doesn't want to be voted in. He'd rather go into the draw and take a slight risk, versus being voted in by someone else.

That morning, the house gathers to play Sausage Party as individuals. Surprisingly, it's not an eating competition like everyone thought! There are two rounds, one for the guys, and one for the girls. Everyone gets wrapped up like a sausage in plastic wrap, with each player having to make their way through a course, rolling through condiments along the way. The first guy and girl to make it wins! The last three guys and the last three girls are up for elimination.

It's funny to watch, because everyone looks like fish out of water flopping around, trying to roll through this course! Though there was some struggle towards the end (each player has to roll on top of a bun at the end), Laurel takes it for the ladies. The guys have their turn. Jordan basically quits right at the beginning, planning  to go to the Draw because he knows that Johnny (not Bananas) and Zach are in the lead, and won't vote him in. After a close race, Johnny makes it on his bun first.

Back at the house, Johnny wants to vote for Bananas so Jordan can go against him. He plans to flip over every single card to go against Bananas. It's very foolish and prideful on his part, because he's risking his shot at all this money, just to try to prove something. Stupid!

That night, the house goes out to Moby Dick's to party and just have fun. Aneesa tries to butter Laurel up into not voting, but her presentation was a mess. Both Aneesa and Theresa realize that it will be either of them getting voted in. At the deliberation, Laurel ends up voting for Aneesa and Johnny backs her up. Johnny votes in Bananas, and Laurel backs him up. From that point, I was hoping that Jordan gets eliminated and Bananas shuts him up for good.

At elimination, Jordan flips over all three cards to go against Johnny, though he had some hesitation about it. He stuck to his word, though. Jonna pulls the Kill Card after second guessing her first choice. The elimination game is Wrecking Wall. You have to punch and kick your way through the 30 foot wall to make a path to climb up and ring the bell. Though Jonna played the game before and won, Aneesa kills it and sends Jonna home. When it came time for Bananas and Jordan's heat, they are pretty neck and neck, to the point where I really didn't know what was going to happen. HOWEVER, like it was an act of God, Jordan slips and falls, allowing Bananas to win! I don't feel bad for Jordan at all. In fact, in my mind, just a reality TV thing, there was no way as long as Johnny Bananas has been in these games, that he was going to lose. Jordan talked way too much trash, and wasn't fully able to back it up. Hopefully he learns from his cockiness, and comes back to another challenge with a more level head (If they have a Rivals II, he and Bananas are DEFINITELY teammates!).

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10:50:00 AM

The Challenge: Free Agents is continuing to get interesting! Picking up from last episode, Theresa realizes that she messed up not saying Laurel’s name in the last elimination after she rallied a lot of people together to throw her in. Now, not only is Laurel gunning for her, but several people are mad at her for not standing with them. She and Devyn still plan to go after her again, though.

That night, the house celebrates Jonna's birthday. Of course, it’s crazy fun, with a lot of dancing and drinking. On the way back to the house, one van of folks make out seemingly the whole way home. Meanwhile, in the other van, Jordan starts an argument with Johnny and CT after telling them to shut up. CT, being his true self, goes off and puts the boy in his place. So, now Jordan has made an enemy out of him too. The next morning, Laurel tells Jordan that he needs to control himself. Good advice, but he definitely won’t.

At the sixth challenge, the competitors gather to play Smarty Pants, which they will play individually. It’s my favorite game of The Challenge—trivia! There will be two rounds, one for the guys and one for the girls. As the players are suspended on a platform over water, T.J. will ask a series of questions, and the competitors will only be able to miss two questions before they are dropped in the water. The first four guys and the first four girls to get dropped will go into the Draw. It's always funny, because people give the dumbest answers to the easiest questions (What language do they speak in Australia? Johnny Bananas answers Dutch. What?!). T.J. has too much fun pulling the lever to launch people into the water, which I always love. Zach, who is still not the sharpest tool in the shed, surprisingly wins for the guys and Devyn keeps her hair dry and wins for the girls! The two of them later will have to decide who will go into elimination.

Zach plans to throw in Swift, but refuses to actually tell him, saying that he doesn’t owe him anything. Devyn wants to throw in Laurel, but goes to talk to her. Laurel makes a list of the people and says that she thinks of Devyn as fifth in terms of throwing her into elimination. However, if Devyn says her name, Laurel will have no problem coming back for her. At the elimination, Zach throws Swift in, which Devyn supports with her vote. Surprisingly, Devyn throws in Theresa, which Zach supports since there’s only two of them. I guess she didn’t want to deal with Laurel’s wrath!

At the draw, Camila and Jordan draw the Kill Card. They play Looper, which, as we've seen before is an excruciatingly painful game for the players. There's a rope in the center of the ring. At each end of the rope, there's a hook that will be attached to each player The object is to weave around a post to make it to your bell, which makes it a tug of war battle. Jordan, however, easily beats Swift, which doesn't nothing to settle that huge ego. Theresa and Camila both dig in, but Camila eventually breaks, and lets the rope go, letting Theresa win and sending herself home. It’s crazy because Camila is such a tough competitor, so to see her break like that was almost unbelievable. Then again, this is a really tough elimination game! Sorry to see her go.

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10:44:00 AM

The Challenge: Free Agents is bringing the drama! As the competition heats up, more and more drama is bound to happen, and some of it came to a head during this episode. Picking up from last week, a good majority of the house works out before the next challenge. It's clear as day from the confessionals that Johnny Bananas and Jordan DO NOT like each other, but I think it's partly because they're a lot alike.

At the next challenge, T.J. presents to the competitors Piggy Back, which will split them up into two teams of 10. There are two platforms over water on the opposite sides of each other, with ropes to cross to get to the other side All ten players will start on one platform, using each other to piggy back across, basically climbing over each other to cross these ropes. Everyone also must have both hands on their ropes at all times. You need A LOT of upper body strength and endurance to stay alive!
The house is split into two teams, Team Purple an Team Yellow, and the game gets underway!Team Purple is an absolute mess, unfortunately. They have no real system to get people across, only getting four of their players across. Obviously, since Team Yellow went second, they have a much better system, thinking to crouch down to use people as a step. However, they end up only getting four people across too, so it comes down to who has the quickest time! Team Yellow ends up getting the quickest time. However, since Preston didn't touch the last two ropes with both hands while crossing, the Yellow Team gets disqualified, giving the win to Team Purple! 

At their team deliberation, Cara Maria feels like they should call out Johnny Bananas. Theresa herself wants to throw in Laurel, who's a strong competitor and her arch nemesis. When it comes down to it, though, Theresa doesn't actually vote in Laurel herself. She pulls a punk move, letting other people vote for her, without actually saying her name. Laurel and Johnny Bananas gets thrown in, after Jordan immaturely gives a short speech about how Johnny needs to "earn his stripes." Later, Devyn calls Theresa out for lying, and then tells Laurel that Theresa was the one behind getting her thrown into elimination. Normally, I'm not for snitching, but with this, I'm not mad. That's what Theresa gets for being a punk and trying to let other people do her dirty work.

At the elimination, Jasmine and Isaac pulls the Kill Card to go against Laurel and Bananas. The goal is to score a basket in a barrel, with the opposing players alternating offense and defense over 5 rounds. If the ball or the player goes out of bounds, that round is over. Of course, Jasmine is upset because she knows that Laurel is TOUGH. The competitors get to play Balls In, which we saw in the season premiere. Jasmine's a fighter, but Laurel just pushes that little girl out of her way, sending Jasmine home. Johnny comes out swinging, easily sending Isaac home, and of course, he's coming back for Jordan fiercely! Back at the house, the two get into it, with Jordan saying that he's going to be the one to send Johnny home. I liked this kid last season, but he's too much now. He didn't even win last season or get to the final to be this cocky! I wouldn't be surprised if he got sent home within the next few weeks or so. Somebody needs to knock him down a few pegs!

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8:40:00 AM

Definitely a drama-filled episode of The Challenge: Free Agents last night! Picking up from last episode, the house has a pool party with cocktails, where Aneesa is annoyed by Laurel and Jordan's constant bragging and showmance. The next morning, she complains about how they had sex in her room, and jokes about how they were weird during their time together. Aneesa clearly doesn't like either one of them, because, let's be honest, they are both overachieving and braggy competitors. They're good, but what's really turned me off about Jordan especially is that he's been in ONE other challenge (Rivals II), and he thinks he's the best competitor we've ever seen. I've been watching these challenges a longggg time, sir. You're good, but you still have a lot to learn.

The next day, the house walks up to the beach to see huge bubbles with their faces on them! T.J. reveals that they will be playing Bounce Out for the day. The players will be divided into two teams, the Red Team and the Yellow Team. Once the teams are decided, they will split into two groups--Group A and Group B. Each group has one player that is the ball, and the rest of the team is going to protect the ball and defend against the ball. Basically do any and everything to get their player the space and opportunity to get into the goal. Once one team scores, the other group comes out to give that team a break. Plus there can't be too many people on the field or it would just be confusing for everybody! The first team that gets three points wins the game, and is safe from elimination.

It was a funny game to watch! The players are being knocked around here and there, running into each
other to either get to the goal or keep the other team's ball away from the goal. It was entertaining for sure! Isaac, who was the ball for Group B for Team Yellow, was definitely disappointing, though. He was always falling and couldn't outrun anyone! The Red Team definitely puts up a strong fight, and Preston ends up being the MVP for the team, helping to get Jordan in the goal twice! The Red Team wins the challenge for the day, and are safe from elimination, though now they have to each decide who they are voting for from the Yellow Team to send into elimination.

After talking with Jordan and Laurel about possible choices for elimination, Jessica lets Aneesa know that her name was in the running. Of course, knowing Aneesa, she confronts Jordan, thinking that Laurel brought her name up to be eliminated (which obviously she did). When Aneesa reveals that Jessica told her, Jordan and Jessica get in a huge fight during deliberation. Jordan calls out Jessica, saying that she's been carried through this competition. Jessica calls him inadequate, letting him know that he's not as perfect as he thinks he is. No one's really on the same page with who they're voting for, but, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. This is Free Agents, and everyone is essentially on their own. Sure, you may want to be careful with who you vote in, but it's each person's individual decision, though some of these players clearly go wherever the wind is blowing.

Right before the names are announced, Aneesa hears Laurel whisper to Swift to vote for her, pissing Aneesa off even more. After the team votes individually once, there's ends up being a tie between Aneesa and Latoya. After TJ tells them to each pick between the two girls, there is another ties, and it comes down to CT. He easily votes Latoya. Latoya calls out Jordan for being fake after coming into her room, being all friendly, and knowing he was voting her in. Her mentality is that if you're going to vote for her, tell her. Don't be fake about it, and that's why I love her! Brandon gets voted in, and partly blames Swift for his vote. Afterwards, Latoya continues to go IN on Jordan. Laurel goes to try to defend him, but it definitely didn't work. Personally, I think they're both getting a little too big for their britches and need to be knocked down a few pegs. Brandon himself also approaches Swift, who stupidly went with the crowd on voting him in for no reason. Swift sincerely apologizes and Brandon tells him to learn from his mistakes, and vote on his own accord.


The next night at elimination, Zach draws the Kill Card to go against Brandon, and Cara Maria unfortunately pulls it as well to go against Latoya. The game for the night is Oppenheimer. The goal is to race around a circular hallway and ring the bell in the center. They are bound to crash into each other, though, so it's . Best two out of three rounds. Cara Maria wins it, which was bittersweet, because Cara did deserve it, but I really like Latoya! I wish she could've stuck around a little longer. In the guys' heat, it was easy to see who would be taking this one. Though Zach and Brandon both played football, Zach is basically twice Brandon's size, and in a challenge like this, size means a lot. Brandon gives it his all, but Zach takes this one easily!

Back at the house, Aneesa and CT chat about how Laurel and Jordan think they're some power couple that runs the house. Annoyed at them both, plus pissed at Laurel trying to get everyone to vote for her, Aneesa plans to vote Laurel in every chance she gets! DRAMA!

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I owe y'all two recaps of The Challenge: Free Agents...one from last week and the episode last night, both which were crazy as always! Picking up from Episode 2, Nany and Cohutta clearly have a little romance brewing! The two decide to solidify their love with a fake marriage, and, of course, the rest of the house participates! CT and Isaac organize a bachelor party and the girls have a bachelorette party of their own, complete with a lap dance for Nany from Magic John (Johnny the rookie)!

The next day, Frank has to make a decision about whether he’ll go home. He's sick, and his lungs are a mess. After calling his mom, he refuses to give up, though. He calls his mom. The next night, the house gets a clue from TJ: “Let’s have some fun and do a bar crawl tomorrow.”

The next morning, the house arrives to the challenge, when TJ informs them that there’s a serious problem in the house. Frank has a viral infection and is very contagious, and he gets sent home! Though I get why TJ did it, (obviously, you can't be infecting everybody for a game!), it still sucks because Frank won BOTH eliminations that he got the draw card for, and has won big in these challenges. Deep down, though, I know the guys are a little relieved, because, even in all his drama, Frank is a good competitor.

TJ continues on, announcing that the team will be playing Bar Crawl in teams of four. There's a giant wall with holes suspended over the water, and there are two bars through those holes. Each team of four will get on the wall, two players on one side, and two on the other. You have to use those two bars as a walkway to get the entire team to the other side. One player will shove a bar through the hole for your partner to use, and then your partner does the same until everyone makes it across. It's timed, so the team that gets the most players to the other end the quickest. The two last place teams will go straight in the Draw, and one guy and one girl will be selected by the winning team to go into the elimination round.

After teams are selected, Jasmine's team is one person short since Frank was eliminated. T.J. gives her, Jonna, and Jordan the option to either play or sit this out. They will not be in the Draw, but they will still be open to be nominated. They decide to play anyway, which puts them at a serious disadvantage. During the challenge, the teams all try their own strategies to make it across. Most make it, slowly but surely. During his heat with Jasmine and Jonna, Jordan drops the log, and the team gets disqualified! Cara Maria's team gets the slowest time, heading straight to the Draw as well. The winners for the challenge are Brandon's team, consisting of himself, Johnny, Camila, and Jessica, safe from elimination. They now have to send in one guy and one girl that's not already in the Draw, which is always hard.

The next day at the house, the team deliberates. Camila talks around with the different girls to see who will have her back at the end of the day to see who she will vote in. At the end of the day, Johnny gets voted in, since he's a rookie. Nia also gets voted in. Even though this game's format is completely different, people know how to work the system, and, unfortunately for the rookies, they're fresh meat and almost always get eliminated first.

That night at the Draw, T.J. reveals that if none of the guys flip the Kill Card, there won't be a guy's elimination since Frank was already sent home. Unfortunately for Cara Maria, she's left with the Kill Card after the other three girls draw, to go up against Nia. None of the guys pull the Kill Card which gets Johnny a pass back in the house!

The girls are left to play Looper. There's a rope in the center of the ring. At each end of the rope, there's a hook that will be attached to each girl. The object is to weave around a post to make it to your bell, which means that there will be a  tug of war battle to the finish! It's all about who wants it more. At first, Cara Maria really struggles, but after Johnny starts throwing digs at her, she finds her on switch and pushes through! Nia's body shuts down after a while, and Cara Maria snags the win after 80 MINUTES of this! She definitely earned the respect and love of the house (maybe even a little respect from Johnny). I root for her because she's always the underdog in these challenges, so part of me wants to see her win. She's a good competitor!

Last night's recap of The Challenge: Free Agents coming up soon! Make sure you check out the show on Thursday nights at 10 p.m. only on MTV!

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