[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for The Challenge Season 41, Episode 2.]
The second episode of The Problem Season 41, Vets and New Threats, ought to’ve most likely been concerning the buckwild problem of the day, or that heated girls’s elimination, or the twist T.J. Lavin introduced about post-elimination crew shakeups, and even the bizarre place being a “hangnail” places somebody in. As an alternative, although, Episode 2 of the season — aptly titled, “We Used to Hook Up” — was all about how Johnny Bananas‘ newest hookup turned a muscly rookie right into a drunken sadboy who punches partitions.
Yep, as ostensibly resistant as Dee Valledares was about moving into any form of cahoots with Johnny within the premiere episode, even expressing ire over being chosen as his companion for concern it’d put a goal on her again, that every one went out the window in week two. After getting a brand new companion — maybe mockingly, she selected Leroy Garrett for his tendency to keep away from drama — she nonetheless stayed firmly in Bananas’ orbit, cozying and cuddling with him all week. (Cara Maria Sorbello predicted this resolution to be her eventual undoing on The Problem as an entire. We will see.)
We quickly discovered that Dee previously had a hook-up state of affairs occurring with Will Gagnon, and the explanation we discovered as a lot was as a result of throughout an evening out in town, he obtained just a little too drunk and began to lose all chill over the sight of her with Bananas. First, Will took it out on the bus seat in entrance of him on the trip again. Then, he had a pity get together on the home with a number of new pals following him round, dutifully speaking him out of simply observing Bananas and Dee all evening. Then, he linked his fist with drywall off-camera and located his knuckles swollen to twice their regular measurement. When he awakened, he was able to wipe his personal slate clear, however these will not be the form of behaviors that are inclined to win pals in a Problem home. What’s subsequent for this messy showmance triangle? Nothing good, most likely, particularly for Will with that mood.
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As for the opposite occasions of the episode, issues obtained attention-grabbing within the every day problem, referred to as “Aspect by Aspect,” when the spectacle facet of it proved to be pointless. The setup noticed the gamers huddling in a mud gap as dune buggies with completely different patterns printed on their undercarriages raced overhead, they usually struggled to see by way of the grime and velocity to memorize them. Some gamers neatly acknowledged a sample within the puzzle board itself and managed to complete with out counting on watching the vehicles zip round. Turabi “Turbo” Çamkıran led the cost on that, bringing his new teammate Ayoleka “Leka” Sodade to a win that earned her security and the ability place of selecting who to ship up for potential elimination in opposition to problem loser Blue Kim.
Whereas “hangnail” participant Adrienne Naylor was robotically put up for the vote, Blue wished the second-to-last-placer Tay Wilcoxson, and that’s what she obtained — each from Leka as nominee and the remainder of the home within the jury deliberation. The world, “Laser Focus,” was mainly “Balls In” however with laser beams, and the 2 girls put up a spirited combat with each other. Every received one spherical earlier than the third and ultimate stretch noticed Blue just too gassed out to succeed. She grew to become the second casualty of the season and earned her former companion and Problem super-veteran Derrick Kosinski the flamboyant new title of “hangnail.” Womp!
Elsewhere within the episode, a brand new alliance was fashioned between Yeremi Hykel and Dee, who declared themselves one another’s primary however introduced alongside Leka and the oh-so-confident Sydney Segal for numbers. The quartet dubbed themselves the “Janes and the Jungle Man” (Yeremi initially wished it to be Tarzan), and the entire thing has some particular Johnny’s Angels vibes for apparent causes.
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