808: Pulling Together

Missions:
7: Bringing Light to a Village

My comments:
   The morning after the fight the group finds out that they have to a group mission in India and that they have to work together and forgive each other. So they bring a moderator and Veronica and Ayanna finally come to an agreement and they agree to try to work through with each other.
   The group finds out that they are going to bring electricity to a small village in India by using solar electricity. When they arrive at the village they start doing manual labor like digging ditches and running wire through the buildings. The group does not feel that they really are up to the challenge but they feel that they can not let the village down. Halfway through the work the start fighting and the instructor tells them that they are not doing the mission and that they need to work harder. After some argument they come to the agreement to work harder. When the day is over they group gets dressed up in Indian clothing for the lighting ceremony. And everyone holds their breath as they throw the switches and everyone cheers as the lights come on and all the village tells them Thank You for all the work that they did. And then the group is told that they get a weekend at a beach resort for doing a great job.

What Bunim-Murray had to say about the episode:
    Now kiss and make-up. Ayanna and Veronica may not see eye to eye when it comes down to business but at least they understand each other now. After the Rulers meet with their mediator, Prof. Dennis Waring the cast puts their feelings of pain and anger aside to accomplish their next mission, building a power plant to light up a Dalit Village. There is no power, no running water, and worst of all, no air conditioning. When it gets dark the only thing you can see is the stars in the sky.
    The travail of the cast working in the unsanitary conditions of India finally pays off when they are able to light up not only the village but the faces of all the men, women, and children in the community. A good deed for a good cause

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