I'm earning my stripes as a true Challenge Historian by rewatching and recapping every single season! We are on to season 10, The Inferno 2, our second straight sequel and a possibly all-time great season of The Challenge. Loads to get into, topics for the day include:

The State of the Challenge at the time, basics of the season, evolutions in the show and history made on this season (04:59).

Breakdown of the main storylines of the season including: the most competitive season to date, Beth vs her team, Tonya vs the Mean Girls, and Good Guys unity prevailing (23:31).

Hand out awards for Best Daily Challenge (49:30), Best Elimination (54:10), Best Athletic Performance (01:02:12), Best Quote (01:07:56), Most Iconic Moment (01:12:47), and Best Episode (01:31:23).

Discuss individual performances and hand out our Rookie of the Season award as well as name the full season MVP (01:33:33).

Finally, we rate the season and give it a grade to help place it in the all-time rankings of Challenge seasons (01:43:47).

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Trivia time! TJ can't hide it and neither can we, this entire episode revolves around the best daily challenge of the season! Full All Stars 3 episode 7 recap, topics including:

Cliffnotes recap of everything that went down (02:53).

Breaking down the major storylines including Trivia day, my top 5 best wrong answers during trivia, grading of strategic decisions made, and Jordan gets sent home (05:32).

Awards for Best Quote, Best Moment, and Episode MVP (40:51).

Updating the power rankings heading into the penultimate episode (45:43).

Finally predictions for next week including the one major plot point that they totally gave away with this week's edit (49:36).

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I'm earning my stripes as a true Challenge Historian by rewatching and recapping every single season! We are on to season 9, Battle of the Sexes 2! Our first ever sequel! Loads to talk about as always, topics covered on the full season recap include:

State of the Challenge at this time, the basics of the season, evolutions that took place and history that was made (04:17).

Breaking down of the main storylines of the season including the men's team unity vs the women's team self-preservation, vets vs rookies, and big time romance vibes (24:26).

Awards and discussion for Best Daily Challenge (51:47), Best Athletic Performance (58:19), Best Quote (01:03:27), Iconic Moment (01:07:37), and Best Episode (01:24:54).

Individual performances and the winner of the full season MVP award (01:26:50).

Finally, we grade the season and put it in it's place in the pantheon of all Challenge seasons past and present (01:39:23).

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Is Nia a professional Pool Player? Because what a freaking shot! Plus: Brad and MJ keep on beefing, KellyAnne takes aim at the Treehouse, it’s Nehemiah’s birthday… ok well close enough, puzzle reputations and curses alike are put on full display, and thank the Challenge gods that they have finally given these people a device to do a scratch off based challenge with that is not their fingernails! It’s the Challenge All Stars 3 Episode 6 recap, topics include:

Cliffnotes Recap of everything that happened in episode 6 (03:13).

Break down of the episode's main storyline which was KellyAnne vs Sylvia. An investigation into who antagonized who, a look at the backstory we got for both, and how KellyAnne's win will affect her game going forward (06:46).

Run through of some secondary storylines such as Brad vs MJ, the daily challenge and elimination rounds, and a quick alliance check in (29:31).

Awards for Best Quote, Best Moment, and Episode MVP (42:18).

Update the power rankings and make some predictions for next week's episode (46:02).

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A lot of news and announcements have been happening in The Challenge universe and I've got to get some opinions about them off of my chest, so here we go! Topics covered include:

The Challenge USA: the recent promo, possible productions struggles, and I have inside info!?! (06:24).

Flagship season 38: the two people who didn't get cast and I'm livid over, the theme should be cool but leaves me cold, and quick notes about some vets making returns (21:39).

The Challenge documentary: thoughts on the first promo released at the VMA's last night, what I want from it and what it seems like we won't be getting (39:19).

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Here one episode gone the next, Beth, we barely knew ya! Plus: a mid-season format shake up, majority alliances flex their numbers, the least fun club night in history, a genius game move disguised as a vow of friendship, and an elimination match that the entire season has built to thus far! It’s the Challenge All Stars 3 Episode 5 recap! Topics Include:

Cliffnotes Recap of the entire plotline for episode 5 (03:19).

Major Storyline: Beth was here now she isn't (07:04).

Major Storyline: Wes makes a genius move under the cover of friendship (19:50).

Other Storylines: Quick alliance check in and some random one off moments worth mentioning (34:09).

Awards for Best Quote, Best Moment, and Episode MVP (42:11).

Update the power rankings and add some predictions for next weeks show (53:18).

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Big bad Beth is back in the building annnd… she’s already quit! Plus: Brad and Kailah stay winning, MJ stays being targeted, Darrell stays being afraid of heights, Wes stays scheming, Veronica and Beth stay disliking each other, Kendal stays being the sweetest and best human, and Jordan stays the elimination king! It’s the All Stars 3 episode 4 recap! Topics covered include:

Introduction (00:40).

Cliffnotes Recap (03:38).

Storyline: Beth is here (07:16).

Storyline: Daily Challenge (28:07).

Storyline: Kailah and Brad keep winning (38:39).

Storyline: Alliance check in (41:39).

Storyline: Little moments that were fun (46:46).

Award for Best Quote of the episode (51:29).

Award for the Best Moment of the episode (54:58).

Award for the Episode MVP (01:02:06).

Power Rankings and Predictions for next episode (01:05:00).

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I'm earning my stripes as a true Challenge Historian by rewatching and recapping every single season! We are on to season 8, The Inferno! Iconic and memorable moments abound as we head to Acapulco to watch 20 Real World and Road Rules alum battle it out for glory. Topics covered on the full season recap are:

State of the Challenge franchise at the time, Basics of the Season, and Evolutions & History that took place (05:23).

Season Storyline: Road Rules kicks Real Worlds ass (24:47).

Season Storyline: Both teams build for the final (32:07).

Season Storyline: Fights all day every day, Coral vs Julie, Veronica vs Katie, Leah vs CT and more (34:50).

Season Storyline: Romance everywhere, Kendal and Mike (and Trishelle), Leah and Darrell, all eyes on CT, maybe some other secret ones (50:16).

Season Storyline: The weirdest set of eliminations of all time (54:27).

Season Storyline: The best set of specials ever? A good preview show, season recap show, and reunion all in the same season (01:01:44).

Award for Best Daily Challenge of the Season (01:05:24).

Award for Best Elimination of the Season (01:15:15).

Award for Best Athletic Accomplishment of the Season (01:19:26).

Award for Best Quote (01:29:02).

Award for Iconic Moment of the Season (01:31:03).

Award for Best Episode of the Season (01:41:04).

Full ballot and winner of the full season MVP (01:42:30).

Finally I grade the season and place it in the rankings for all time (01:52:23).

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How does Wes pull this off? That is one of many questions we've got to ask and answer regarding episode 3 of All Stars 3. An inflection point episode in the season, with so much to talk about. Of course, it is all covered in deep detail, topics including:

Introduction (00:47).

Cliffnotes recap of everything that happened in episode 3 (03:44).

Storyline breakdown: the Treehouse alliance (08:09).

Storyline breakdown: Wes being the sun that the other males revolve around (17:04).

Storyline breakdown: Two unexpected and sad exits on the female side (27:43).

Storyline breakdown: Sporting events of the episode plus some random observations (36:48).

Awards for Best Quote, Best Moment, and Episode MVP (51:25).

Power Rankings (57:54).

Predictions for next week (01:03:29).

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TJ is in his bag! A full blown roast of Tina combined with maybe his best fake out of all time? Plus: Poolside photoshoots for the boys, Kailah is eager to get political, a puzzle nearly takes out my top ranked female, Mark checks in with his mother as well as his Mark doll, our first medical DQ of the season, an elimination battle of wills, and this Yes vs Wes thing is going to be really hard to say over and over... It’s the Challenge All Stars 3, episode 2 recap!

We cover it all via the following topics:

House keeping notes and introduction (00:50).

Cliffnotes recap of everything that happened during the episode (04:57).

Break down of all the major storylines including: everyone playing the game hard very early on, that fascinating deliberation session, the daily challenge and Tina's DQ, Mark's episode arc and the elimination round (07:58).

Awards for Best Quote, Best Moment, and Episode MVP (41:25).

Updating the power rankings for the female and male side of the game (52:54).

Finally we end by checking if we got any predictions right from this episode before making some new ones for next week (56:21).

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