508: ROCK FALLING

Missions:
5: Ladder of Doom

What MTV had to say about the episode:
    The Ladder of Doom mission has begun, and it will determine the final three teams in each inner circle. Tara is especially concerned about this challenge because if she fails, she and Dan could be eliminated. Trying to break into the top three, Josh and Holly work really hard to complete the mission quickly and put the pressure on Dan and Tara. It's not a vicious battle, but Josh and Holly obviously want the chance to compete for the handsome reward. Tara does complete the challenge, albeit with the slowest time, and the RR inner circle is set with Josh and Holly going home.

    Norm and Becky are eliminated from the Real World side, so our final teams are set to compete for the $300,000 grand prize. For the third time, Theo and Holly are the challenge's top scorers and win a fabulous ski package and vacation. Theo is uncomfortable with all the winning, and Sean and Mike tease him by suggesting he should let some other people win once in a while.

    Now that the finalists are set, Mike and Theo have a brief verbal challenge regarding who will win. Mike asks Theo if he realizes that when the Road Rulers were voting off their top teams, RW was saying "thank you." Theo realizes that the competition has gotten more intense now and puts on his game face, responding, "Real World don't have the team soul that you need. They're not a whole joke...just the punch line."

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