Sayonara!

Wow, talk about a non-factor. George's team leaves with hardly a whimper, much less a bang. Veronica and Syrus, for all their big talk, hardly put up much fight. I mean, Syrus, you had Cohutta beat by a country mile (whatever that means) and couldn't unlock yourself? As I was watching this episode, there were so many quotables I had to rewind and copy them down exactly. The best one by a narrow margin was Syrus' post-Ruins: "If I had gone to jail, maybe I would've known how to get out of those freaking handcuffs they had me in." Hilarious!

Other top quotes:

• Evan (denying rumors of a romance with Veronica) "I don't even like her as a person, she's not nice. And I can't afford to feed her."
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• Kelly Anne (pre-Ruins) "The only strategy I have now is to stay calm and collective."
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• Veronica (post-Ruins) "It was a game to them. They risked losing me, and now they have to deal without me. They're going to be screwed."
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• Derrick (after getting tarred and feathered) "At the very least have a little bit of consideration. And do it to someone else."

Susie is kind of a sneaky bitch. She's really good with the zingers. Did you notice her throw in "chunks" as a nickname for Veronica and then grin wickedly as it sunk in? Haha. She's great. And to Kelly Anne she snuck in, "Congrats! You won against someone who's really trying," after her win. I'd like to be friends with Susie because she seems sweet and freckly on the outside but has lots of evil thoughts. I like those kind of people.

I don't understand why Derrick, Darrell, and Syrus (maybe even with Wes) never started an alliance. Wouldn't that be an obvious move? To start an anti-alliance? Instead they all sat around not poli-tricking and then lining up to get back stabbed. Hello, Derek, you're about to get screwed over. As your team owner, I see it coming from a mile away and this isn't the time to be passive. Make a damn move already! There's only seven Champions left and you're outnumbered. With Syrus gone, there's no chance Darrell and Derrick aren't headed into the next Ruins. I see this all ending in a bad way for Team non-Douchebags. I don't understand how three people can run this entire game, but Evan/Kenny/Johnny have obviously done it and their victory is pretty much assured.

And how terrible was this challenge? All that wasted fruit. All those snug biking shorts for no reason. There's nothing scarier than watching spiky dragon fruit flying over the wall. Unless it's a cantaloupe or watermelon I guess. Or a large coconut. Luckily they didn't have the big fruit otherwise someone would've gone home with a concussion. I did like the teamwork aspect of the challenge and wondered what role I could conceivably play. If it was the five of us, I'd say Victor grabs the fruit, Yasmine and HT catch the fruit, I'll transport it, and George can be the Casey. And then we'll all be overly enthusiastic about winning laptops, like Sarah was. I couldn't figure out if she lacked a computer at home or was just told to be extra happy at the unveiling. I wonder if they ever have to reshoot the gift unveil scene if the contestants aren't clapping or cheering hard enough. I bet they do.

And I've also been wondering if MTV has people test the challenges beforehand. They must right? To insure that the tasks are doable and such? Who gets to do the testing? Is it just the crew? Do they do all this the day before and tweak it if something is bad? I need a "behind the scenes" of how the challenges are created and tested. Or I'd like to sign up to test the challenges. If I can do it, it's obviously too easy and they need to amp up the difficulty.