El Predator

Chapter two: The Roadies get ready to kick some renegade butt on "Spider" Island (I didn't see any snakes on that island!)

Analysis

Before I begin, I just realized something that I forgot to mention last week. Those snake oil salesmen A.K.A MTV advertising exc. have now come-up with a brand new way to hook unsuspecting saps into buying Citra. There're now having some lame contest snanned from Sprite where you'll get a automatic free gig on the up-coming season of Road Rules if you find the winning cap! A contest or a sales pitch, you decide.....

Finally, we get an episode where I actually feel motivated not to channelsurf while airing! I'll cut straight to the chase...

The top five reasons this episode gets a 5...

5. We actually get a "mission"! I don't know what the hell that other crap was we were force-fed over the last 12 weeks!

4. The two biggest chumps on the trip get "popped" so they won't cramp the other's style and blow the whole operation.

3. If Road Rules ever decides to do a Amazon mission, then Holly and Sarah are your girls.

2. Code Name: Wolverine announcing to the kids that they'll be doing a (gasp) dangerous mission. By the way, in Road Rules's upcoming--"Most dangerous missions" marathon, don't be too surprised if Latin America doesn't make the cut!

And the #1 reason this episode gets a 5, the renegade bandits didn't turn out to be a bunch of Road Rules All Star hasbeens, which would've been so eyerolling obvious anyway.

Actually early on, I was fearing this was all just a set-up (The jury's still out on that!) because the troopers were taking Menudo's abduction with a grain of salt while spouting a shallow..."We're mad as hell and are going to get our dog back!" group speech.

And it wasn't until Wolverine (I don't care for his code name: "Hawk" which is about as original as that generic chicken sandwich I had for lunch in the cafeteria yesterday, and is about as interesting!) And his commando buds stormed their motel rooms that I realized this was the real deal.

But how can I take the renegades seriously with Clay Newbill at the head? As far as I know, Newbill has shown no evidence that he's cut out to be a commando with the exception of bullying women off the trip, but I really wouldn't want to have that on my resume now would I! That coupled with the sure idiocy of revealing the renegade leader, thus destroying any suspense one might have had regarding the identities of these bandits! Bravo B-M, you deserve a prize!

I also figured this whole commando exercise would go to Abe's head, but not to the extent that I witness last night! C'mon, what's with all the gung-ho crap? The question of the day is--"How many swift kicks in the rear can one chump deliver after making a ass of himself on national tv? That be the question. I'm sorry, but if this had been a "real" operation, Abe would have gotten himself shot!

Another senseless blunder was after reaching the top of the hill on Spider Island, Holly waste their only flare and activates a beacon-I mean brush-fire which attracts the renegades who move in for the kill. And ugh no, that was no dud dough boy! Josh should've thrown Holly a geometry book and informed her to shoot UP, not horizontally. Heck, Holly should've thrown herself to the renegades for that blunder!

But despite these little rants, I enjoyed this episode! It managed to hook me in as far as anticipating one scene right after another. A feeling that I haven't had in all honesty since "Tigers and Sharks".


NEXT WEEK: The final Chapter: Gee, that "Awesome" reward sure has the apparence of your average VW Beetle! Grrrrrr.

Jump straight to "Handsome Reward". Or go back to "Kayaking and Kidnapping".

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