Tubthumping

Whew, what a boring first episode. No hook ups, no screaming, and outside of another piece of glass broken by Jasmine, not much drama. While there are a whole lot of things that we could focus on -- Wes the suicidal big mouth for example -- there's only one thing I need to talk about: What happened to Vinny?!

When a tub of lard showed up for the honey challenge I couldn't even figure out who it was. Did Eric return and we somehow missed it? What was going on? While Vinny has never been svelte, he was definitely pretty stacked and wouldn't you think that he'd make an effort to be in shape for his third Challenge? Oh no, Vinny came without the gym, tan, laundry (likely), or steroids and should now be redubbed "Big V" in honor of Big Easy.

Clearly Vinny was heavily influenced by Tyler's "I'll eat everything in sight" strategy and took it to a whole new level. I don't want to hate on someone for loving their food but this is ridiculous. Take a gander at those before and after photos. You can see Vinny's cankles! Looking over the cast photos in retrospect, we should have been tipped off by the fact that Vinny was the only guy to take photos with his shirt on.

Can you imagine the first time Vinny undressed for the challenge? Sarah must have fainted -- and not in a good way. Ironically, this could increase their chances to remain on the show as other teams keep Vinny around as dead weight for the final. George, your selection of Vinny is looking genius!

"I'm really really hoping that Vinny's rolls, or body fat content, will get his ass slipped off into the ocean. And hopefully Nate and I still can have a chance at beating this." (Priscilla)

"Put some [honey] in your belly button bro!" (Mark)

"And in just the past couple years we have witnessed Vinny evolve from a brash, bravado-filled Boston boy into Chaz Bono."
-Grantland Reality Scorecard-