Swamp Buggy Racing

Team Real World blows Yet Another chance to narrow the gap; Holly reminisces her Latin American Holiday.

Mission Notes

• Recycling of the Week: Apart from the swamp buggy race, this episode was nothing more than a smattering of snippets from RW: Seattle & RR: Latin America. Yet Again we get the privilege of hearing Dave brag about his tortured past, which makes one wonder why he doesn't get it over with and write a autobiography already! Perhaps he's trying to give the A&E folks a hint so they'll feature him in next week's Biography line-up. Meanwhile, Holly's jog with Dan was nothing more than a replay of her morning run with Abe in "Tigers and Sharks" and her latter musical number with Sister. Hazel was straight out of, "This One's for Gladys" and was just as bad!

• V.I.P of the Week: Who wants to bet that Holly & Co's association with little ole BMP earned them instant passes to sing on stage with Sister Hazel? Whereas your average Joe Q Public would be singings the blues with the security buff if they pulled such a stunt.

• Ditz of the Week: Surprise, Surprise! This week I have the somber duty of handing out this award to--not Clueless, not Da Brat, but to (gasp) Kat!?!? No folks, that isn't a typo! You heard me correctly. Never in a million years did I ever think I'd be forced to assort the words, "Kat" and "Ditz" into the same paraphrase (I'm on the look-out for a pink elephant riding a unicycle next)! After hearing both the announcer and the ref's warning NOT to reverse during any part of the race, Kat, with her ducks in a row and the finish line at arms length makes a U-turn(!) then proceeds to park her buggy in the same mud pit that ceased Yes & Holly(!!) Yes, my jaw was laying on the floor too! What went wrong here? Kat has been perceived as one of the most intelligent cast members in Real Rules history; then she kicks the bucket of milk over with this fumble?!? It doesn't help matters either when Kat attempts to divert attention away from her blunder to Dave's "Hot Attitude". Heck, I'd be hot too! But seriously, Kat's actions here were so brainlessly stupid that even the local slack-jaw yokel had a right to brag, "Hey, ah you sum sorda mooowron?"

• Foreshadowing of the Week: I'm curious to see what kind of (if any) fallout occurs from Dave swiping RR's horns. For that matter.. why would Dave stash the horns in the RW bus whereas apposed to the nearest dumpster? Does he honestly think it'll bring his team good luck? Why anyone would perceive a dead cow of all things to be a lucky charm is beyond my comprehension. Though, time will tell I guess.

• Character Assassination of the Week: B-M sure went out of their way to villainies Dave as the "asswipe" of the week, via the always unreliable previews and hypocritical finger pointing through out the episode. But just look at what my man had to put up with: Da Brat conjuring another alibi (which is fast becoming a weekly trend) in hopes of backing out of the mission; Heather B-quiet's whining that she can't drive a stick (if you can't see the obvious joke in that, you're not even trying!); and to top it off, Kat pulls a stunt so dumb it makes me wonder whether her B.S degree is literally BS! I'm surprised Dave remained as "calm" as he did! Given his Seattle persona, we know he's capable of displaying a wide range of "attitude" for the camera.

• Filler of the Week: Normally I'm fairly impartial with characters establishing romantic relationships... that is as long as it doesn't appear contrived and pointless. Alas, this week's "spontaneous" pairing of Dan & Holly falls under both categories. The Powers That Be would have us believe that after six weeks and NO indication what-so-ever, Dan & Holly are now a couple? Which leg are you guys tryin' the pull here? Holly's setting herself up for some major heartbreak if she thinks Dan is going to dump his longtime girlfriend for a road trip fling (If he didn't 86 her for Tara, on what basis does Holly assume history won't repeat its self?). All I could think of while watching the Holly/Dan interactions was, "Who Cares?" Especially since this fling will no doubt expire at the end of the challenge (since when did a Real Rules fling ever survive beyond its respective season?).

• Old Homage of the Week: Alas, it's obvious that Holly's still in tune with her Latin American persona. Given her whimpering over Dan in comparison to what we witnessed in LA, and one can conclude that there isn't a scenario too small or too insignificant for Holly to cry us Niagara Falls.

• Inconsistency of the Week: Bummed by their earlier lost at the swamp race, team RW presumably dined at a new restaurant in Vero Beach. A new restaurant that mysteriously had the same plate mats, table covering, and silverware as the "Ale House" in Tampa Bay--on the other side of the freakin' state! And look! Mike & Da Brat are not only wearing the exact same clothes, but are seated in the exact same position as previously seen last week. Give me a break! With hundreds of hours of video laying around, you mean to tell me that the editors couldn't dig-up any footage of the troopers dinning at a new restaurant; and instead, had to resort to a cut & paste trick? C'mon B-M, I know the economy's in "Super Chief" mode, and drones are few and far between, but that still doesn't give you an excuse NOT to screen for skilled editors. At least give Jason some help!

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