AaronHernandez

Michelle and Jay have been pretty sloppy.......but this format of putting 4 people in there is no way to win a challenge and be in the good graces of most of the house. They probably should have just taken their shot at the stronger vet teams last week instead of wasting an elimination on The Germans.

lwhy?

Gameplay is just messy this season due to the four teams go in format. I really miss the cast saying Previously On The Challenge. I don't know why they quit showing it.

dex14

So stupid that they didn’t vote in Banany.

AaronHernandez

If he had put in Banany good chance they would have won because Anessa/Veronica both would have problems getting stuck in the rope. But his decision was dumb last night just meant he knocked out maybe the weakest team in the cast and burned his bridges with multiple teams to be a puppet for Devin who absoutely will betray him if he needs/wants to.

leeta

Why didn't they advertise this?? I habe Paramount Plus and there's no mention. It's not even airing there. Kept wondering when a new season was starting. Just found it a couple of days ago. Hadn't dropped in on TV Talk in a while (silly me). Anyway, all caught up now. TJ has got to do something to even things out. The two teams are painful to watch compete.

The competition highlight of the season for me was the modified hall brawl with Horacio and Olivia against the other rookies.

dex14

Last night's challenge and marketing tie in with Puss in Boots is one of the weirdest thing I've seen on this show. I mean... Antonio Banderas filmed a spot and called out to TJ!
What crossover demographic is there? I mean, I get when they did it with Fast and Furious... but Puss in Boots? I wonder how many of the winners will actually go to that premiere.

windom

I think they must figure that at this point a lot of The Challenge viewers have young children. Even some of these players have young kids.

windom

You'd think MTV could give them face shields to go along with those helmets.

dex14

That hit was brutal! I let out an "OH SHIT!" for that one.

Over the last few episodes, I thought I had noticed a scar above her nose in the talking head segments that I didn't think was there earlier in the season. Now I know why.

windom

When I saw the slingshot challenge, I immediately thought of the following scene from The Amazing Race and was worried something similar could happen. I figured they would take better precautions to avoid a repeat of this:

Bill Needle

Wow, that was a pretty vicious hit.. That said, if it was going to happen it was nearly best case scenario. It hit her literally right between the eyes...an inch left or right and she loses an eye...an inch lower and her nose explodes.

Finisher

Yeah, she got freakishly lucky actually. Very close to losing an eye or completely destroying her nose.

Was pulling for that team. Horacio really has that competitive spirit and seems like a good guy. And Olivia is hot af. Like booty/body is just on point.

lwhy?

I just watched the latest episode and I feel so bad for Olivia and Horacio. They needed face guards for that checkpoint especially after the watermelon incident on The Amazing Race. Olivia and Horacio were just cursed. She lost so much blood between the cut finger finger and the face injury. I hope they bring them back. They were great additions to this season.

It’s looking like Devin and Tori will finally get their first win. Nany always gases out and Aneesa was slow before the ankle injury.

leeta

I hope Devin and Tori win, but it looks like the editing is pointing to a Bananas/Nany victory.

Finisher

Totally ridiculous how Tori and Devin were crushing it and because it's not timed were overtaken by that food challenge. So dumb.

Apparently they didn't show two checkpoints and instead needed to focus on endless puking. Why spaghetti and ice cream and not some disgusting shit?

So it'll come down to the last challenge and the door is open for production to play games again to determine the outcome.

windom

I'm looking forward to the Sudoku puzzle that determines the winner.

windom

"Run the gambit"...Did I hear that right?

AaronHernandez

That finale seemed custom for Anessa to have a chance win,basically the first 80 hours where she was in last at every challenge due to her bad cardio doesn't matter ,just win 1 physical elimination and then a puzzle.

Finisher

Yep, what an atrocious final. Both Anessa and Nany need to hang it up. How about Nany failing to simply drop the ball in the hole TWICE. 95% of the final was totally pointless. You could have gingerly walked through it and phoned everything in and still won it all. Total joke. Devin got lucky he had Tori.

leeta

Happy with the winners. Glad the eating challenge didn't cost them the win, as they had dominated the first two days. I thought Devin was in much better shape this season and excelled mentally (as usual). Being paired with Tory was a huge benefit.

Overall this season, I thought Nany had way more stamina and grit than usual, even though she performed badly during the ball dunk challenge. Aneesa needs to hang it up if she can't be bothered to even try to get in shape. It's not fair to whoever is stuck with her as a partner. This season she was the biggest she's been so far.

The last set of challenges were a big disappointment. They set it up like it was going to be some big techno Mad Max octagon thing and then it's just a rehash of everyday challenges. Also, someone needs to tell the producers that viewers don't want to see 20 minutes of non-stop puking.

On the plus side, Horacio and Olivia were breakout "stars" and should do well for many years to come.

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Bill Needle

I chuckled when it became clear the final 24 hours of the 100 hour challenge was composed of sleeping and the final challenge (which probably took an hour or two).

One thing that might have mattered along the way was that had Olivia not gotten hurt there might have been another elimination planned.

lwhy?

I just finished the Finale. I'm glad to see Devin win a Final. He's probably the closest we'll get to having another Wes on the show since casting is pretty poor now except for the excellent addition of Olivia and Horacio. He killed that puzzle. His method of working smarter not harder on that puzzle won it for him and Tori.
I agree Aneesa needs to retire. She refuses to get in shape for a competition reality show. Bananas and Nany might have won if they hadn't bungled that puzzle. Nany needs to retire too. She was in better shape this season, but there's a reason she's lost so many times. She also brings nothing to show now. She's boring now that she's with Kaycee.

It was also incredibly generous of Tori and Devin to share the prize money. They didn't have to, but they did.

lwhy?

Maria Menounos needs to host every reunion. She's the best reunion host they've ever had.

lwhy?

Departure Day for season 39 is today and tomorrow. I'll be posting the cast information once it's complete.

lwhy?

Well... This cast is interesting....