809: PAINT OR PAY

Missions:
8: Painting for charity

My comments:
   The night before the mission the cast was playing a game of 20 questions, and Yes was asked if he ever wanted to hook up with any other castmember and he said that he did want to hook up with Veronica . Veronica was asked if she had sex with any other member and she said Pua, and the guys acted sick. The next morning the head off to their mission. There they find out that they are to help a bunch of elephants to paint pictures to raise money for charity and for each one that they do not paint they have to donate 25 dollars.
   Half way through the mission Pua starts to feel that the elephants were being mistreated. And she decided to sit out and have nothing to do with the mission. After a while they rest of the group agrees and they pay for the paintings that they did not do. So they donated 125 dollars and went back to the boat.

What Bunim-Murray had to say about the episode:
   On the heels of the Dalit solar power mission, Pua believes that she will return to India as a member of the Peace Corps. The rulers show up for their next mission. Low and behold it’s to teach elephants how to paint. They are coached by an expert in Elephant painting, world-renowned Russian artist Alex Melamid.
   Hours into the mission Pua witnesses animal abuse by a Mahout at which time her dreams and aspirations are called into question. In the end, Pua decides that she is an animal rights activist and will continue to help animals throughout her life.

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