The Challenge: Final Reckoning Episode 11 Recap and Power Rankings
We pick up right where we left off last mission, with Kam and Cara Maria competing to see who goes to the Redemption House. Cara is able to nab the victory, keeping her and Marie around and sending Kayleigh and Kam to Redemption. It ended up being six plates for Cara and only three for Kam, so it wasn’t even that close. Disappointing for Kam and Kayleigh, but with their performance thus far it would be a fool’s errand to count them out now.
Kam and Kayleigh arrive at the Redemption House, and while Paulie tries to come with good intentions Natalie is not happy to see them. She immediately goes up to her room while Paulie greets the pair. Kayleigh and Natalie are still feuding over the outing and suitcase incidents. Paulie is of the opinion they have to make an attempt to hash out the incident, while neither of the girls seem to want to do it.
At the bar, Hunter and Joss are talking about house alliances. Hunter brings up how although Joss and Kyle are boys; he thinks he is in Bananas’ back pocket. Cara and Ashley are talking, and they start fighting because of the Kyle incident. Cara feels betrayed by Ashley’s actions, while Ashley claims to have not realized how she hurt Cara emotionally.
Back at the house, Amanda is complaining about Cara to Zach and Tony while Cara overhears from the other side of the wall. Cara gets annoyed by her comments and heads over to their room to hash it out. She and Amanda start yelling at each other with Amanda calling Cara a witch and Cara yelling back. Ashley gets up on an ottoman and starts yelling at Cara as well and pointing. It’s impossible to understand what any of them are saying as Kyle and Joss try to get in between the screaming parties. Johnny then jokingly gets up and tells Cara nobody likes her while Security has started getting involved. Marie starts protecting Cara and yelling back at Amanda and Ashley.
Cara goes back to the other room where she is talking to Da’Vonne and Jozea and Da’Vonne points out that Marie has her back. Amanda goes to Cara and starts yelling to her about how much better her life is than Cara’s before Marie and Joss get in between them. Outside; Sylvia, Amanda, Marie, and Ashley are talking with security standing over them. Marie is saying Amanda went to far while Amanda does not agree.
Back at the Redemption House, Paulie is available to convince Natalie and Kayleigh to talk. Natalie and Kayleigh start to discuss their differences with Kam and Paulie close by. Natalie asks Kayleigh why she was so mad that she exploded on Natalie on social media. Kayleigh starts saying Natalie was at fault for being involved in the suitcase situation from Vendettas. They seem to start to come to a resolution, but then Kayleigh starts to provoke the situation then things explode, and security starts to get in the middle of it. The girls separate, and it becomes clear that no peace is going to be made between these two.
We head to the mission, which is entitled Sky Bridge. It requires the pairs to repair a rope bridge 1,000 feet in the air by tying ropes together to get across and ring a bell. Amanda and Hunter elect to go last since they won the last mission. Cara and Marie and Brad and Kyle go first. Brad and Kyle are working competently while Cara and Marie hang back. Brad is moving very confidently while Kyle is shaking back and forth. On the other side, Cara and Marie are barely moving at all. Brad and Kyle make one last push and end up with three ropes done. Next is Johnny and Tony and Shane and Nelson. Shane is vomiting in fear of going up, while Tony is stuck remembering his colossal fall on Bloodlines. The two pairs are pretty even, with Nelson and Shane holding a slight lead. However, Nelson and Shane get tangled up while Tony and Johnny are able to surge ahead. Tony and Johnny get to the bell right before Nelson and Shane, making them the team to beat.
Zach and Amanda and Sylvia and Joss are up next. The guys are moving pretty well, but Amanda and Sylvia are lagging behind. Zach and Amanda in particular are having trouble communicating and Amanda threatens to drop. Eventually she just falls then work through it and they’re done. Joss and Sylvia realize they are running low on time, so Joss makes a push but ends up overextending and falling. Hunter and Ashley and Da’Vonne and Jozea are last to go. Ashley seems super nervous and is having issues with her stamina keeping her up. Ashley ends up calling it a day and sits on the side. Jozea and Da’Vonne keep pushing but only end up with one rope done. TJ announces that Johnny and Tony get the win, and everyone else is on the chopping block.
Extra Notes
o On Twitter, Amanda claimed that the editing for this episode jumbled up the order of the argument between she and Cara. Apparently, Cara went to their room to yell at them before she overheard them talking on the other side of the wall.
Redemption House
2) Paulie and Natalie: They’ve not been impressive in elimination so far which puts them behind Kam and Kayleigh.
1) Kayleigh and Kam: Their impressive political game could give them an advantage in the Double Cross.
Power Rankings
8) Cara and Marie: They have a shaky political situation all of the sudden and are have been the weakest team.
7) Da’Vonne and Jozea: You have to think their time is short, but they’ve overcome adversity all season.
6) Shane and Nelson: With Tony and Johnny in power, you have to think they have a strong chance of going into elimination.
5) Zach and Amanda: They’re constantly at each other’s throats and their opposing political allegiances are limiting their performance so far.
4) Brad and Kyle: With Bananas and Tony in power and one of their main alliances out of the house, it puts them in the spotlight all of the sudden.
3) Tony and Bananas: Being in power will keep them safe, but only for so long.
2) Hunter and Ashley: Not a great performance but the negative attention in their alliance seems to be focused elsewhere.
1) Sylvia and Joss: The rest of their alliance is getting all the heat so far while these two continually fly under the radar.
