505: HANGING BY A NAIL

Missions:
3: Vertical Limit

What MTV had to say about the episode:
    It’s a new day and a new mission for the Challenge teams still at the resort. The teams participate in Vertical Limit, an extreme rope-climbing competition. Holly and Theo set the bar pretty high as the first team to complete the challenge, earning 33 points. They seem to have the $20,000 shopping spree in hand until Kelley destroys the competition by getting 21 points by herself. With her points added to Danny’s points, they easily win. Thankfully, this competition was much less vicious than the Inner Tube Tango.

    But all is not well with either group. Road Rules is trying to get some of the unity and team concept that Real World has created. Dan suggests that they work on a money split so that everyone gets five grand and the winning team still walks away with about 40 grand apiece. Just about everyone seems okay with the idea except for Holly, who is still stinging from the ouster of her husband during the last Inner Circle. They form this new Inner Circle with nothing decided and bad blood still simmering between the teams.

    The Real Worlders, however, feel like they have a virus. His name is Stephen. He is having a hard time getting along with anyone on his team, especially Coral, who has been in every Inner Circle so far. Even with their verbal agreement to vote off the weakest team, it seems that everyone on the RW side knows that there are two ways to go in this Inner Circle voting off the team with the lowest score or voting off the team causing the most turmoil.

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