The Gauntlet 3 (2/6/08)

The episode opened with Brooke and Ev hanging out on the couch. WTH? I still can’t figure out what is going on there. I get that Ev is into Brooke. She talks dreamily of the future and made statements that she is sure that she and Brooke will continue outside the house. Brooke on the other hand, says she won’t let Ev have “unrealistic expectations”. She also keeps saying Ev would be perfect if she just had a d%@&. I think Brooke doesn’t have a clue what she’s into.
For the “Wring Out” challenge players are divided into those who soak their clothes in the ocean, those that pull the clothesline to those who wring the clothes out and back to the soakers. During the team meeting on how to divide up the players Brooke volunteered to be a soaker (the person who repeatedly runs back & forth to the ocean!). She was denied and got pi$$ed at Johanna for not picking her for that job, since she now wants to prove herself (even though she was sucking wind during the last challenge).
The Veterans won, again! Their strategy for the Gauntlet is to try and save Brooke, even though they can’t give her the immunity again. They save Tori and put Brooke into the Gauntlet, knowing that she’ll pick Jillian to go against (Jillian is smaller than Brooke, so a good choice).
In the Gauntlet Jillian and Brooke play “Ball Brawl.” There are five numbered balls, 1-5. Numbers 1-3 are worth 1 point each, 4&5 are worth 2 points. The goal is to cross the line with the ball to get the points. The female with the most points wins. Jillian jumped in and scored 2 points then let Brooke get the 3rd point (giving Jillian a chance to rest a little and Brooke to tire out more). Then, without much of a fight from Brooke, Jillian got the 4th ball and won the game. Brooke and Evelyn had a dramatically teary moment before Brooke left (really, how long have you known each other? A week now?). The veterans now have a ferocious new weapon…a pi$$ed off Evelyn.

During the birthday party for Katie, Adam and Johnny Bananas poor Zach got his hair shaved and Casey and Johnnie were caught, umm…naked. Does Johnny’s blow up doll have a passport? How many countries has she been in now?

“Blind Man’s Maze” was the next challenge. One player served as the eyes, standing on an observation deck in the middle of the maze. That player has to talk their teammates through the maze, to ring a bell and back. The team with all their people through the maze wins. One kink in the plan, even though the Veterans have 4 more people, they still have to get them ALL through in order to win. That gives the Rookie’s a huge advantage. The Rookies finally win a challenge (even though it didn’t seem like a fair
competition).

Adam was given immunity, Evan was put into the Gauntlet. The fireworks began on the Veteran team. CT, Brad and Evan are tight and pushing for Johnny to go into the Gauntlet. Johnnie tries to call out Eric by saying that he’ll weigh them down at the end. CT and Brad get their way and Johnny and Evan compete in “Sliders” in the Gauntlet. They have to complete a sliding puzzle. Evan figured out the puzzle first and Johnny is sent home (oh, that Tyler/Johnny karma-go-round is getting thick!).

Melinda and Johanna trying to establish themselves as strong competitors (maybe trying to live up to the expectations of Danny and Wes?)

What is up with the snide comments about Frank and Jillian? The entire house seems to hate them as a couple!

Finally, Tyrie’s girlfriend is having heart surgery so Tyrie is leaving to be with her.