So what is going to happen with this show now that there is no villain? Was the blue team just the mini boss before an even greater foe emerges? The day in a post-Blue village started with everyone agreeing that they feel more relaxed. James and Rebecca, the lime team, said they keep surprising themselves and that has them surprising everybody else as well. The black team was concerned that their early poor decision making in allying with the blue team would come back to bite them, and their argument with Kaliesha of the white team didn't help.
The black team requested to talk to Kaliesha (who is not a doctor, but a boxer. Too bad she's not a doctor or she could fix my hearing), and she summoned Matt over to … stand there I guess. The black team, Sabrina and Noelle, said that it wasn't really their fault they blew up because they're from New York. I'm so tired of people using "I'm from New York" as an excuse for abrasiveness, but you know, 9/11 and all, I suppose. The black team admitted that they did not mean their apology, but they also do not want their asses kicked. Meanwhile, the teal team lamented being dirty and disgusting, but said this is easy compared to when their brother died a few years ago. Awww, teal team!
The teams met Luke Tipple, who reminded the teams of the rules as James stared down a camera going by. There would be another advantage point; this one sabotages a team by pointing a compass arrow on the hunt team's tracking device toward them for the duration of the hunt. James and Rebecca looked thrilled, because they are all about being saboteurs now. They got a taste of something they liked.
Luke revealed that the latest hunt team would be Teal, and the twins whoop and cheer for the opportunity. "We just want to prove to ourselves that we can hunt as well as stay hidden," they told Luke. They were even more excited about that fancy meal and nice bed that comes with the hunters' den. They made a joke about not catching anyone and the red team laughed a little too hard. Red later confessed that their allies are the teal team because they see them as more than just two giggly girls; they're two giggly girls who haven't been caught yet. Come to think of it, they haven't even had to run for it.
Luke had the teams face the hunting grounds, after an overly-dramatic knuckle crack from one of the brothers on the gold team. The gold team said their strategy is to let the weak take out the weak. Then Lime was so bold as to say that the teal team is not much competition in their eyes. Everyone is competition for the lime team; they've just been walking around!
The teal team said they have a great strategy, as they have been watching a lot of African nature documentaries (yes, I love this already). Lions hunt by creeping slowly, then sprinting toward prey, and the twins plan on doing the same. Even Luke likes the teal team; you can tell as he said, "go get 'em" to the twins before sending them on the hunt.
The black team trudged through the wood, lamenting that they were not the hunt team because they were feeling bitchy. They spent time blowing the fluff off dandelions and marking their initials in the sand, just like gal pals on a vacay. Meanwhile, the pink team gathered like, nuts and berries to keep their energy up, murmuring that they knew not to underestimate the teal team. The pink team thought the white or lime teams would attempt to use the advantage. They, however, are not triflin'.
The advantage point was revealed and sure enough, the white team headed straight for it. Gold and Red were nowhere near the advantage, so they didn't bother. The teal team also thought some teams would go to the advantage point so they tried to head there, quickly revealing that the advantage wouldn't do them much good as the hunt team as they are terrible with directions. Kids these days.
The lime team plodded onto the advantage point first, prompting James to admit, "having earned two advantages in a row makes us feel pretty confident but also a little bit sneaky." "Super sneaky," a winded Rebecca agreed cheerfully. The lime team opted to sabotage the red team, as they were the furthest North and the advantage point was far South. The lime team kept their fingers crossed, and continued their afternoon constitutional.
"This is everything I thought would happen today," Rob of the red team said, immediately freaking out upon learning of the sabotage. Whoever sabotaged them must be doing it out of homophobia. The teal team got their arrow, but pointed out that they don't know which team it is or how far away they are.
"We are not going to spend this whole game running like f***ing frightened field mice from Jade and Nikita, OK?" the red team agreed. While teal was watching nature documentaries, the red team was watching Fievel Goes West, and/or possibly The Rescuers. They argued whether or not to run from the twins the whole game, whether or not that was even possible.
Still fuming, the red team whispered curses against whoever sabotaged them as teal followed the arrow. Jacob acquired a stick somewhere along the way. The rest of the teams worried that they were sabotaged, all thinking they were the number one competition for everyone out there. The red team headed for the border, trying to sandwich other prey teams between them and the hunt team, and with no Game Master present to turn them around, it's a good strategy.
Sure enough, White is in between Red and the hunt team. White discussed whether or not they wanted to stay low or not, and Kaliesha noted that "there should be a capture soon," very casually. The red team sees Matt and Kaliesha, and uses their location to their advantage. Smart! Athletic, intelligent, competitive gay men really can do everything straight people can!
White heard a noise and thought it was Lime, because they are probably the most careless team still on the grid, but it was Teal! Teal chased Matt and Kaliesha, but these twin lionesses couldn't get through some thick branches. They stopped, frustrated and exhausted, and running out of time.
"I told you I don't understand them, they're like ninjas," Kaliesha told Matt, referring to the teal team. The red team continued their dodging game, with only 20 minutes left in the day's hunt. Just five minutes were left, and the teal team finally spotted Red.
"We see these 6'4" monsters walking along the shore line. We have wasted the entire day following the fastest team in the competition!" One of the twins exclaimed. They chased the red team across the rocks and sandy shores in a very exciting chase that did not end in a capture.
"They're like machines, we had no chance of getting them. For a moment I thought I had a chance, and that's even sadder," The twins laughed, finishing the sentence in unison. They only have one choice now for Day Two, and that is to build a trap … a Parent Trap!
Teal went back to the village discouraged. The other teams were a bit shocked and relieved. "Great prey team, horrible hunt team," Gold summarized. Kirsten from the pink team noted that maybe this day didn't lend to their strengths. "They can catch two tomorrow but it doesn't look like it's going to happen," Nick or Chris said.
Then, the lime team walked back in holding hands. "Using the advantage was smart for us because I knew Jade and Nikita would be so focused on the compass and not be really into what's going on around them," James said, nearly breathless from his stroll through the countryside. The black team came back noting a "weird vibe" because no one is in jail and few people know who used the sabotage or who they used it against.
Never having been sabotaged, the white team thought maybe they were sabotaged because of their near miss. They don't know that Luke Tipple is a good enough person to at least let a team know when they've been sabotaged. The red team rolled back into the village aiming to pretend that they weren't sabotaged, playing a little mental game with the saboteurs. The prey teams tried to put the pieces together.
James cracked first, admitting that he and Rebecca played the sabotage. That was not their smartest move. They said they don't think it's a big deal. Everyone gave them a side-eye. They're sabotaging machines, just putting trackers on teams willy nilly! Rob and Jacob were furious, Jacob admits he was mad enough to want to "throw my beans in James's face," which I love as a threat.
"If he thinks he runs this game, he's got another thing coming to him," Jacob said, still high on cake. Teal returned to camp, offering that they didn't want anyone to sleep in jail. Red told them to catch two tomorrow and enjoy their food. Then, it was back to the Capture version of that "they don't know that we know that they know" Friends episode. For some reason, Lime wouldn't say that they sabotaged the red team. They just kept saying it was nothing personal and they didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
"The time the lime team is sitting in jail as they've done most of this game, we'll let them know what homos really run this village and James can drag his crippled sister back to Michigan," Jacob overstated. They've been in jail once, and Jacob should know that his catch phrase is, "yes, I'm doing this for cake," but I appreciate his take on Beyonce. It looks like Red and Lime are both playing some mind games, but no one manipulates like a woman and you can't take that away from us, gay men!
On the second day of the hunt, Luke announced that he has an Italian dinner and red wine at the supply station, which sent red and black into cheers. I'd like to see Teal catch two teams in one day, and it could easily happen near the supply station. Teal wisely went straight to the northern supply station.
The lime team was feeling weak, so they decided to saunter over to the supply station. The gold team knew the supply station would be the easiest place to catch a team, but they don't have very high expectations of Teal so they might head over anyway. Jade and Nikita hid behind a tree near the supply station, like the lionesses they intended to be on the first day. The supply station opened and Black and Gold made their way in, with Teal skirting the perimeter in plain sight. They should have hidden longer, in my opinion.
Yet again, the gold and black teams went to town at the supply station. One of the Brooklyn girls said, "I just want to get blasted." I want that for them as well, because it's funny. Meanwhile, much further South, the lime team was slowly making their way to the supply station, knowing it was a risk but feeling confident going up against them in an elimination. Black and Gold saw the lime team sauntering toward the supply station, so they told Teal to hide. Ahhhh, this is so great!
Teal chased Lime just outside the perimeter of the supply station and Rebecca tripped and fell yet again. Sympathetically, if not stupidly, the Teal team didn't tag a sister when she was down. James, inside the confines of safety, asked Rebecca if she was okay, then pulled her inside the boundary lines. Super sneaky indeed.
"You can't do that, you can't do that," Teal protested, then continued, "the way the lime team handled the capture just really annoyed me … we all could fall over it's not my fault she can't walk in a straight line."
Inside the supply station, James and Rebecca congratulated each other and James cried that Rebecca was only there because of him and he's tired of her taking this abuse. He continued to cry that it was never about the money, it was just about getting closer to his sister and now they've done that. So on and so forth. There are other ways to bond with your siblings; my brother and I do brunch. It involves no running or injuries.
After James sobbed it out and he and Rebecca bonded a little more, Luke Tipple announced that the lime team had, in fact, been captured and had to go to jail. Black and Gold got dinner and a show.
"We know that we're not going home tonight so that's all that matters," James consoled himself. As Teal escorted Lime back to jail, the black team enjoyed being a little wine drunk at the supply station. The gold team took off, and the black team decided to stay and finish their wine, "gettin' drunk in the forest."
Piano music underscored these two Brooklyn girls getting tipsy in a fashion that could almost be described as cartoony. We're just waiting to see bubbles come out of their mouths as they hiccup. Teal raced back to find Black still sitting there. Brilliant. The teal team showed their faces and sprinted after Black the second the supply station closed. You couldn't ask for a better set of circumstances.
Teal caught Black, true lionesses, and Red celebrated their victory. Teal escorted Black to the drunk tank, leaving them to regret that costly bottle of wine. At the village, no one knew who to vote for since neither team has appeared to be a big threat. Lime pulled Red aside to confront them about the sabotage. James explained that they like them so much outside of the game but they were just doing their thing to stay in the game.
"We were almost caught by them and it was the hardest day of our lives," Rob said, trying to make James feel bad but it just came off as a white whine. At the elimination, Red revealed that the lime team sabotaged them and Jacob and James fought back and forth until James accused Red of being the new villains. Meow!
The first three votes went to the black team because their mistake was avoidable, and because the lime team earned some good favor helping everyone oust Blue. The teal team voted for Lime with a great speech about how anyone who downs a bottle of wine is good with them, and the lime team shouldn't have said they weren't going home. The pink team also voted for Lime, and Red tied it up with their talon saying something about how revenge is better than sabotage or whatever.
In the event of a tie, the tie-breaking vote goes to the hunt team, so Lime was eliminated. James made his final speech, proud of being a big brother to Rebecca in a way that probably didn't get her a concussion or any broken bones.