Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT What Happens in Vegas
By M. Giant | Season 15 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.06.2009
When Meghan and Cheyne arrive, we get to hear a little more of the clue. Since it includes the phrase, "Get your partner high," I suspect Cheyne has an unfair advantage. They run out onto the stage just as Ericka is being slowly raised into the air. Suddenly her mood goes totally foul upon seeing another team. Now that she's dangling overhead by the bungee cords attached to her hips, Brian takes hold of her ankles, pulls her down and back, and lets fly. She arcs back down well short of where the bouquet is hanging, and although Brian tells her to grab it on the recoil, it's out of her reach then as well. Cheyne, having seen this, now has a pretty good idea of what he and Meghan need to do. In concept, that is, if not execution, as Brian sends Ericka almost straight up on the second launch. Their third and fourth attempts also fail, and as Meghan is raised into the air, Ericka's frustration begins to grow. Fortunately she has a method for dealing with it. Specifically, she snaps at Brian, "Stop freaking out!" Yes, Brian, dictate her mood better.
Sam and Dan arrive, and after some confusion about whether the clue says they need a "ranger" or a "rigger," they find their way onto the stage. Although it would have been entertaining to see them wander out into the desert in search for a ranger. Dan's going to do the flying, since he's taller, plus that way if his bitching gets too unbearable, Sam can just kind of bounce his head off the lighting grid. Cheyne starts to launch Meghan. Except he forgets to let her go in time, bouncing right along with her a couple of times before finally loosing her straight up into the air. So she missed and now her ankles hurt, too. Ericka misses another attempt in the recoil, but is gradually getting closer. But so is Meghan, and Ericka says Meghan's height gives her an advantage, which she thinks means that she and Brian need to switch. On her next try, Meghan comes down with a clump of bouquet, but as previously mentioned, it has to be the whole thing. Brian makes Ericka take one more try before agreeing to switch, barely avoiding getting himself kicked in the teeth as he gathers her ankles in. And following a trajectory shaped like a graceful, curving "N," Meghan gets her bouquet. "Come on!" Ericka bellows furiously on her very next failed bounce, and screams at Brian that she wants to switch already. "Don't get me pissed off!" she warns. Yes, we'd hate to see that. She might smack him on the shoulder even harder than she just did.