Frosty Face off, Part I

The Roadies lay their smackdown on the slopes while T lays his mackdown on a Dot-Com girl.

Analysis

"Frosty Face off, Part I lays out your typical Road Rules two part formula: It's basically all set up and no pay-off. So what does that leave us? Some decent (by RR standards) character development and a chance for B-M to plug in another sponsor.

Upon returning to the Shasta from who-knows-where the Roadies are alerted to this season's Bluelight Special, The Roadgimmick, who pops up on screen to spout more of his scary/annoying rhetoric. This week's scare tactic is "Speed" and how you can crash real hard if you lose control. Just ask Holly (winner of this season's "Calamity" alias), who showcases a record 47 broken limbs. But enough with the public service announcement on controlled substance abuse... Where's the clue?

And sure enough, The Roadgimmick (finally) orders the troopers to check their E-mail for a clue with a plot hole large enough to drive the Shasta through! So the clue informs them to shoot out of bed at 8:00 am, and to dress sharp for snow? Ok, so where are they heading to??? Oh never mind. I guess we A.D.D delinquent viewers aren't supposed to care about such trivial stuff.

Needless to say the Roadies arrive just in time for their first face off at the Winter Games in Provo--(or if you fancy Bumpkin speak, "Parvo"), Utah. Upon arrival they meet US Gold Medalist and latest welfare recipient, Peek-A-Boo(!?!) Street, who'll be their "Mission Mayor" for this event (I'm not lying folks, check the idiot-proof viewer info bar at the bottom of the screen for proof). Their mission is to compete against the six on-line winners (Neel 21, Valerie 20, Eric 19, Shanta 19, Toby 22, and Kelli 20) of the RR.09 Face off contest in a series of events from Bobsledding to Speed Skating. At stake is $6,000 bucks, but whether that cash ends up in the Roadies' piggy bank or the Dot-Comers--(or as Bumpkin calls 'em, "Dot-Communist")' pockets will depend on how well the troopers perform.

And it's here where we get our usual character focus. This week Calamity Holly and Laterrian/T are under the microscope. Here, CH views the Face off as the perfect opportunity to prove herself "group leader" since she, and Kathy (whose low-keyed character thus far is a far cry from her wild kinky persona from the casting special) have so much experience dealing with snow. However, things get off to a rocky start when Calamity Holly is accused of stealing Shanta's water bottle (Ugh oh, where have I seen this before?). Of course Holly throws the same allegation right back at Shanta--but given the fact that Road Rules' klepto posted girl just made her debut last year, it isn't a good sign to see Holly in this type of hot water so early in the game.

And thus, this one incident splits a major rift between the rival girls. And soon Calamity Holly is feeling a rift within her own team when she arbitrarily takes it upon herself to choose who's doing which event; but Bumpkin's having none of it! He campaigns that he's the best jumper on the team--despite the fact that when he lands he spills like a over-turned glass of milk. Needless to say James and Laterrian follow suit as well. Then M'saada pops up in a interview to express how much the guys disapprove of wimmen folk in authority--Maybe they just disapprove of "Holly" in authority, but I digress.

So after a long day of confrontations, B-M attempts to up the ante by setting the Dot-Comers up in a phat two story log cabin, while the Roadies are relegated to a standard Howard Johnson hotel room- just to give their sponsor another shameful plug. Meanwhile, Laterrian and his split personality, T continue to battle for dominance...

While sharing a conversation with M'saada--in route to the Winter Games, Laterrian proclaims that we'll see more of mild mannered Laterrian on this trip; however, Superplaya T comes to the rescue when one of the Dot-Com girls, Valerie catches his eye. This in-turn leads T to ditch his teammates--in their sardine box hotel room to go chillin' with the Dot-Comers--in their spacious, cozy log cabin (hey, that'd be a no-brainer for anybody). Consequently, T offers Valerie a sensual massage followed by a sleep-over in the Shasta (man, if the Woodie and Shasta ever got together for a road trip chat, I'd bet they'd have some interesting stories to exchange). And by morning, everyone's taking T's temporary defection with a grain of salt: Kathy's like, "Whatever! You're girl crazy, can't be help!"; but James offers a cautionary note: That there're in this competition to make money not friends. Ya, but I seriously doubt that T's promiscuousim (is that a word?) will have any affect on the groups' foreshadowing defeat next week--Hey, don't get pissed off at me for spoiling the outcome. After all, Calamity Holly's hissy fit in the previews practically gave it away!

NEXT WEEK: Will Holly lead her team to victory or down wash-out lane?


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