Spiderbite

I finally caught up. For some reason, Spies/Lies and Ride Or Die are not streaming on Paramount + so I just went ahead and started the World Championship after going through USA, Australia & UK. I tried watching the Argentina version but never could find a way to get the subtitles for it.

Anyway...so far the "Legends" seem to be mucking it up more for the newbies than they are helping.

Jordan's extra lap getting the wrong puzzle piece, Wes' decision to not drink the shake, Bananas easy miss on the sun picture, Darrell missing the subtraction. Not to mention a pregnancy and Tori's ridiculous gameplay in not wanting to ever cross Jordan and Kaycee. I don't know how Danny hasn't lost his shit yet.

Sarah is still annoying as hell but a little more tolerable in this than she was in USA.

Spiderbite

Could Sarah and Emily be the most annoying duo on this show in quite a while?

Jordan plays it pretty stupid in my opinion and got lucky.

If any of you watched Troy on the Australian season, you have to admire his grit and determination after the pole wrestle that he won against a much larger opponent. I was pulling for him all the way in the Hall Brawl and he did not disappoint.

I want to see more stalemates either end like that or TJ goes to a random pick (like the algorithm on the prior seasons) and an opponent is picked that way.

Bill Needle

Unless Jordan was very, VERY sure they weren't going to be picked it seems rash even for him to forfeit a spot in the final and leave it to the whim of another team.

I really like Troy and will be rooting for him (even though Kaycee bores the crap out of me). In fact Sarah and Theo are really the only team I definitely don't want to win.

lwhy?

Troy's a beast. He had to go through two extremely hard eliminations right before the Australian final and now the World Championship final. It looks like the final might be decent next week.

Spiderbite

I thought the same thing. I think there were some conversations that we weren't shown because them doing what they did made zero sense to me.

lwhy?

I hate the alliances this season. On another note, The Challenge Season 39 is going to start filming in June.

windom

So the next version of The Challenge probably won't be until June with Challenge USA on CBS? That seems like the biggest gap in a while. I suppose I could try watching the Argentina season if I can deal with the subtitles. Isn't there another All-Stars version coming up?

lwhy?

All Stars 4 should be coming soon. The Challenge USA might get pulled until the fall with the writers' strike. They're still filming USA right now.

lwhy?

I finished the finale this morning. I'm really happy that Jordan and Kaz won. Johnny, Jordan, and CT are now unquestionably the top 3 male competitors. Wes is right behind them. I was hoping that they would have teased Cara's return in All Stars 4 at the end. I have a feeling they might be holding that season so they'll have content if the Strike drags on.

Spiderbite

Yeah, I was glad to see them win as well though Jordan was kind of a dick to Kaz for half the show.

I gotta say that I was expecting a little more from the Final than what was delivered since this is a "World Championship." They have done far more difficult and interesting Finals in the past. This one was just meh.

Sucks that Theo rolled his ankle. Must have been pretty bad for them to quit at the point they did.

dex14

Kaz is so gorgeous. Happy she won.

The editing on this episode was weird. They should've extended the run time.

lwhy?

They ran close to 20 miles, stayed up all night and climbed a mountain the next day. It was enough to wipe Kaycee out. Troy just cemented his status as a bad ass by carrying Kaycee for part of the final. I think it was a pretty good final. Better than most.

Bill Needle

Troy definitely leveled up. With a better partner he might have had a chance -- ahh who am I kidding. Jordan is a human cheat code.

Finisher

Yeah same. I get they did a lot of running, but it didn't feel like a vintage, grueling final. They kept running, I was nodding off, they drank a gross shake and it was over after a little climb. Just felt underwhelming even though it was obviously more difficult than it came across. Anyway, glad for Jordan and Kaz. Have always liked Jordan and his competitiveness. He got screwed last season getting stuck with a fat turd teammate.

dex14

In this interview with Jordan, he talks about a canoeing section that was cut out: https://ew.com/tv/the-challenge-worl...winning-again/

So, I'll again complain that the edit of this episode was weird and it should've been an extended run time.

lwhy?

Jordan said it was one of the top 3 Final he's ever run in that interview. I'm surprised they cut a section out and didn't try to get an extra episode out of this season.

On another note, CBS is running promos for The Challenge USA season 2. It could air this summer before All Stars 4 which was shot before USA season 2.

Finisher

So effing stupid they cut out sections of the final. Meanwhile someone with a puking fetish makes sure we see ten minutes of that.

sikegrad

Some of these tasks of a final are really dumb. Sleep deprive the entire cast and then have them ride a bike where someone could have a serious accident is smart. LOL. The food portion is even more dumb because they basically put it in their mouth and then just puke it out. It does become entertaining with someone like Fessy though

dex14

The Challenge: USA - Season 2, starting August 10.

lwhy?

It’s going to air on Thursdays and Sundays for the first three weeks interesting….

Spiderbite

In an interview, Tyson gave a secret that he found out in his season regarding the eating challenges. Just swish the "food" around in your month and act like you puke it up. He said that they won't let you gag yourself, but they will let you fake puke all day long.

There seems to be a lot of both real and fake puking going on for a while now.