I get the feeling my DVR cut off the beginning of the ep, because my version of it "starts" with Davis hucking Tonya into the house, saying in an interview that he wouldn't take advantage of a drunk girl. O... kay?
In the common area, Bananas VOs about getting rid of Derrick or Abe while the gents in question play chess. Snerk. Meanwhile, in a bedroom, everyone's playing "IHTB" -- "I Hate Tonya Because" -- while Tonya listens in the hallway. Reasons for hating Tonya include Tonya learning to become a stripper for two hours the night before (Paula... and no, I don't know what she's talking about either); Tonya doing lunges to the van and admiring her own reflection (Susie); Tonya's lunges making Tonya's ass fat (Cara); Tonya's "insanely large saddlebags" (Susie again). At first Davis says he doesn't hate her "for those reasons," but then amends that to say he hates her because she tried to get her husband to let her cheat on him with Davis. Susie: I hate Tonya because she hates me! The world: Tonya can get in line!
Outside, Tonya cries on the phone to her husband about how she pretends not to care, but she really does. In an interview, also crying, she says she's not all that tough. Apparently she's upset because the shit-talk means she's hurt people, and she feels bad about that. I wouldn't feel guilty about hurting these particular people, but whatever.
Weird montage time! First a slo-mo one of Tonya crying, Susie cackling, Cara looking concerned; then a sped-up one of the morning routine.
In the van en route to the mission, Aneesa announces that a knee injury is acting up and she has to see the doctor about it. She's upset. Derrick in an interview basically says that Aneesa's knee will have to prove itself to him. Shut it, homunculus.
The Challenge itself is a trampoline thing -- teams have to bounce from one platform to the without touching said platforms with their hands, and each progressive platform gets smaller. The bouncing is bad for Aneesa's knee, so she can't participate, Lavin's orders. She's pissed, and Abe and his Brazilian-wax mohawk talk some trash in an interview about how she says she's fine, but everyone says that, so they have to get her into the Inferno. Kenny seconds that in his interview: "If she's not participating, get her the hell outta here!"
Aneesa not playing means the Good Guys have to sit someone to even things up. The GGs debate whether it's better to sit a big person (won't fit on the platforms as easily) or a small one (not as much boosting power), and then Paula's all, I had ACL surgery so maybe I should sit. Maybe you should sit at a desk to make money if it's that worrisome, Paula, but what do I know.
Aneesa bitches that her team will use the knee as an excuse to blame her for losing -- not an entirely invalid line of reasoning, in my opinion -- while Kenny classily tells the camera that at least Aneesa's fat ass won't take up room on the platform if she's not in the mission. In person, Kenny baits her, she calls him an asshole, he calls her a bitch, and then it's time to compete.
I would prefer not to dignify it with a description, since voting adults should not do this sort of thing for money, but I have no choice, so: the Bad Asses go first. Janelle sucks at bouncing. Shocker. So does Jenn. Derrick is rad at it.
The Good Guys don't do much better, Davis and Susie bonking haplessly into the fromt of the platform, Timmy over-bouncing and knocking half the team off. Timmy quips after they finally finish that that's the most sex he's had in months, but the jokes stop when the Bad Asses win the mission. Davis feels responsible.
It's time to choose a guy from each team to go to the Inferno. The teams talk strategy; Janelle is worried that the BAs are getting low on guys, while the GGs' strategy, per Ace, has changed from taking out the strongest players to taking out the weakest ones. Ace, if he gets sent in, would rather go in against someone that everyone else thinks is good -- Derrick or Abe, in other words. Burn, Kenny!
Lavin! The Good Guys send Kenny; the Bad Asses send Ace. Ace chooses to interpret this as the BAs' way of saying that he needs to prove himself. I'd say it's more like you have proven yourself, as a weak player, but whatever gets you through the night, Dixie.
Ace interviews that he isn't there for the money; he's there to stay the whole time, to the end, finally. So that he can sing the entire Air Supply catalog to Susie. That last part was silent.
With only a minute or two left, it's time for more knee drama. Janelle is lecturing Aneesa about the knee's effect on the team. Aneesa, in an interview, is like, whatever, don't tell me what to do; Jenn, in an interview, manages to observe that Aneesa is being selfish even though mascara spiders are feeding on her eyeballs. Aneesa tells the team to step off, but Tonya isn't having that, snapping that the knee is an ongoing issue. Aneesa-view: "You don't want to feel the wrath of Aneesa. You don't. Want it." As the scuffle continues, she interviews that they'd better hope one of the last missions isn't a puzzle, because those dumb hos won't be able to solve it.
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Flashback to scary drag Aneesa going off during Gauntlet 2, then Aneesa says she'll just vote herself into the Inferno time, and slams out of the room.
Coming up this season: fights and crying.
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