"Mr. Beautiful", aka Kenny, seems to have come back from the dead. He has gone from on the brink of exile to King of the mountain. It's been such a dramatic shift that the once all-powerful Wes is now on his heels, looking for a proper foothold. Wes was originally playing a long term, strategic game because he had the numbers to do so. Now those numbers are dwindling and he's left to wonder where did it go wrong. The best part about it is that he still thinks he has some control over the game. This game is a marathon, you can't sprint at the sound of the gun, you've got to pace yourself and Wes is not doing that and Kenny is coming up behind him with a stronger 2nd wind.
If you thought the lie CJ & Sydney made up about competing in exile when they actually didn't (because of Brandon's drinking before the challenge) was going to come back and bite them in the end, you were right. We confronts CJ head on and asks him specific questions about the exile challenge and CJ is not being clear to Wes. Wes isn't clear on the details of the challenge and keeps asking questions. During this time Sydney just gets up and leaves because she can't take the lying anymore. Wes finds this fishy and probes deeper. CJ snaps and lets Wes know they didn't compete. Now he's labeled a liar, not trustworthy, thus he's expendable. Poor CJ, and you thought you would just coast through.
In the challenge the pairs teamed up with other pairs in a 2-team vs. 2-team challenge in pushing two logs around until they hit the 180° mark. The teams are split onto four ends of the logs and opposite sides. I think I'm making this challenge sound more complicated than it is, because it's pushing a log while the other team pushes the same log in the opposite direction. In the first heat Kenny & Laurel teamed up with Pete & Jillian vs. Landon & Carley and Ryan & Theresa. The challenge deadlocked for an hour and a half, all women jumped off (as an added challenge) to leave the men alone pushing. Pete, somehow, found some strength in him and pushed as hard as he could pushing Ryan and Landon back to the 180° mark.
Evelyn saw this made the guys tired so she decided to throw the challenge giving her alliance it's best shot: a rested Wes & Mandi and CJ & Sydney vs a tired Kenny & Lauren and Pete & Jillian. Sounds great except for the fact that she pissed off Noor & Jenn (her challenge partners) for throwing the challenge and because it didn't work. Wes' team got worked and Pete and Jillian went on to win the challenge.
Wes wanted so badly for Kenny to win so he could throw in Pete & Jillian and remove a member of Kenny's alliance. Pete & Jillian pushed against Kenny & Laurel in the final. Kenny knew that no one would want to go against him and Laurel in Exile so they let Pete & Jillian win. Well played, "Mr. Beautiful". Well played.
Wes thought he was controlling the game when he pulled Kenny aside so that he could tell him for Pete to send in Landon & Carley then the house will send in CJ & Sydney. Except for the fact that both of those teams are a part of Wes' alliance. Not very smart Wes. He thinks Kenny is so stupid and he is completely underestimating him, still.
Pete blurted out Landon & Carley at the deliberation and Wes thought he was in control. Kenny is playing Wes, and he doesn't even know it. The house voted in CJ & Sydney and after a horrible Exile performance (it took them 1.5 hours to finish the first puzzle) CJ & Sydney went home.
Kenny has exposed Wes for not protecting the members in his alliance. Jenn and Ryan, who were playing both sides before, now see what getting into bed with Wes is all about: betrayal, and they are flipping to Kenny's alliance. Wes is only looking out for himself, and Evelyn. This tactic will only get him so far and could cost him a shot at the final. His once seemingly unstoppable alliance is slowly coming apart at the seams and there doesn't seem to be anything he can do to change that.
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