Sunday, December 28, 2014

BMN Superfan season 3, episode 3

Shandi announces that the teams created in the last episode will sleep in the same beds for the entire season, with two beds in each of three rooms.  ("I hope we get along better than they do in the jungle [on Survivor]," deadpans Curtis.)  They will be symbolized by color: Michael/Aubrey/Keiji/Vicky in red, Curtis/Alecia/Julie/Rob in blue, Phil/Maurice/Shannon/Jamie in green.

To determine which team has the advantage of using the master bedroom, a game of "water pong" is played, which is the classic bar game with cups filled with H2O instead of alcohol.  Each contestant gets one minute to hit as many as the 10 targets as possible, with all targets counting toward a team total.  With a total of 11, the red team wins the largest space.  (The green team finished second with 10, and the blue team was third with 8.)

As the day wears on, the pressure of traditional farm work gets to some of the contestants.  Vicky and Alecia bump into each other on the briar patch while collecting berries, and only a producer's intervention prevents it from turning it into a catfight.  Meanwhile, Rob gets minor treatment for a cut after being kicked by a mule; he says, "This was worse than any wrestling match I've ever had, and it's real too!"

The main challenge is dedicated to Ralph, and the memory-wall item is a stuffed and mounted head of the first 15-point buck he ever caught.  The three teams run a relay race in which the first member shoots at a clay target from 30 feet, the second hits an arrow toward a bullseye 20 feet away, the third catches one of three rubber "bass," and the final member dunks a mannequin into the water to simulate a baptism.  The fastest time wins immunity for the winning bedroom, while everyone else faces elimination.  Along the way, everyone has to run through a muddy obstacle course.

Curtis' dead-eye accuracy gives the blue team the early lead, but Julie's face plant on the obstacle leading to the archery range leaves the door open for the other teams.  At the end of the second obstacle, the red and green teams are well ahead of the blue team.  At the third stage, things change yet again, as Vicky seems unable to figure out how to put the bait on properly, let alone catch a fish.  She even loses her cool and throws the pole into the water at one point.  Rob just beats out Jamie to the baptism pool, and with an emphatic dip, wins the challenge for the blue shirts. ("Congratulations, but I must say you almost drowned him!" Shandi exclaims.  "Guess that goes my chance to be a minister," Rob sighs.

Rob as the individual "MVP" wins a $500 gift card from Bass Pro Shops, while the other three get $50 cards and more importantly immunity.  In addition, Bass Pro agrees to contribute $10,000 to the prize jackpot, increasing it to $47,000.

Then it is down to the business of picking someone for elimination.  Eventually, Barbie Blank, Bill Leslie,  and champion bass fisherman Kevin Van Dam narrow it down to hot-head Vicky ("unfortunately, she has confirmed the dumb blonde stereotype," Bill says) and Phil ("he has done nothing but complain all season long [about farm life]," an exasperated Barbie concluded).  Eventually, judges deem problem behavior they could see as more important as what they couldn't, and send Vicky home.

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