Episode Report Card Sara M: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fistbump
By Sara M | Season 20 | Episode 8 | Aired on 04.08.2010
The first pairs are Li'l Russell and Sandra versus Amanda and Candice. Well, that's stupid. Why waste one of your two guys on Sandra? He can only go as fast as she can. Probst calls go, and as both teams come out from under the first gate, Probst is quick to announce the Sandra is going slowly, even though at this point she really wasn't that much slower than anyone else. The teams are pretty even until they come out from under the third gate, at which point both Sandra and Li'l Russell get stuck and are still under there when Amanda and Candice are on their way back with the flag. "Sandra really struggling!" Probst says. And then the weight of the mud pulls Li'l Russell's pants down, so that's fun. As Amanda and Candice approach the finish line, Probst says that "the look on Russell's face says it all -- absolute frustration." Right, because if it weren't for Sandra, I'm sure Li'l Russell would have sped through that course with his fat gut and tiny legs. Thankfully, Amanda and Candice get back to the finish line with the flag so we don't have to listen to Probst go on and on about how much he thinks Sandra sucks.
Next will be Douche vs. Rupert. This is probably the Villain's best chance to win a point, although it's pretty close as both men approach the flag. And this is despite the fact that Rupert is fat and probably has like 50 pounds of mud caked in his beard. Impressive! Although based on the way Douche keeps looking over at Rupert, I wonder if he's only going as fast as he needs to to beat him. As soon as Rupert hurls himself into the lead going over the second fence on the way back, Douche picks up the speed and beat Rupert back with the flag in a footrace.
But it's all for naught, really, since the final round is Parvati and Courtney against J.T. and Colby. I mean, come on. Why bother? Probst spends the entire time giving a pro-Heroes play-by-play, like Colby and J.T. beating Parvati and Courtney is really that impressive. As the Heroes celebrate another win, Courtney has trouble standing due to a twisted ankle. "You all right, Courtney?" asks Probst, like he freaking cares. He threatens to send in the medical team if Courtney can't walk on her own. She can't, requiring Parvati's help to get off the course, but Probst doesn't send in medical anyway. Remember when James's knee stopped working and they gave him all sorts of attention and a giant knee brace? Yeah, Courtney gets none of this. During the slow-motion walk of shame, Danielle interviews that she's sick of losing and wants to get rid of Courtney because she sucks at challenges.