'Beauty and the Geek': se habla espanol
After taking a week off with a clip show, Beauty & the Geek is back to its old tricks: Sam and Nicole are targets, and William is butting heads with his partner Jen. All is right with the CW world.
Hay spoilers abajo.
It was down Mexico way for the beauties and geeks, who alternately worried about the proper beach fashions or if they had enough SPF (Josh). The fun in the sun was cut short, however, with the first challenge. Dressed like Lara Croft, the beauties tested their memory to associate 10 ancient Mayan symbols with the numbers 0-9. This knowledge would help them unlock three coded boxes.
Natalie had it in for Sam from the start since his team had pitted her against her pal Erin at the last elimination, so she actually made a good showing. Nevertheless, Sam won easily ... again.
Before getting to the geek challenge, there was lots of great action. Maybe it was the freedom of being in a foreign country. Perhaps it was the tequila. Yeah, it was probably the tequila when it comes to Dave, the resident larper. He majorly impressed and turned on the beauties by demonstrating his talent of doing a roundoff back handspring -- so much so, Jasmine planted a kiss on his lips ... twice! It was his first since October 2003, and boy, I wish I was making that up. Oh, and Natalie tries to create an alliance with Sam to be part of the final two teams. Sam isn't fooled.
On the opposite end of the partnership spectrum was William and Jen, who couldn't even get along well enough to practice salsa dancing, which was the geek challenge. Like deadpan Jen, I'm fed up with William. Okay, we get that athletes made your high school career a living hell, but hey whiny baby, don't blame her. She's at least willing to try. Back of the hand for William.
Luckily, their bad teamwork isn't that much of a factor because the geeks get real salsa dancers as partners and choreographers. During rehearsal, it's obvious that Josh and Dave are the most open to the experience. Josh wants to use this to bring back to his "real life," and Dave is actually listening to Jasmine's advice from the sidelines. Oh, if only William and Jen had such a breakthrough.
Well, they're getting their chance. After Dave had his dancing victory, complete with ripping his shirt open to show off his sexy, hairless and pale chest, he and Jasmine and Sam/Nicole had an onerous duty. Instead of electing teams to go through an elimination quiz, the winning teams had to agree on one team to send home.
Shay/Joshua were safe, so it came down to: Who was not benefitting from the social experiment (William/Jen) versus which team posed the biggest threat (Natalie/John). In the end, Prom King John and his devious partner had to pack their bags and bid "Adios" to Mexico.
Highlights:
- Dave excited to see host Mike upstairs at the mansion because "He's a pretty cool guy. He's fun to be with."
- Sam about Mexico: "It's like me going to a new club, but it's a country."
- Jasmine packing: "Do they have hangers in Mexico? Is this a good Mexican dress?"
- Dave licking way too much salt for his tequila shot: "There's something in my mouth. I'm not sure it's a party. We'll find out."
- How Nicole's spandex-wearing "Dolphin Man" dance partner scared her.
Would you have ejected the same couple? Who has the best chance of winning?
Did Dave play off a quote from The Simpsons? I think it was Ken Griffey Jr (while on the baseball team episode of The Simpsons) that said "it's like there's a party in my mouth and everyone's invited," after drinking a highly alcoholic(?) sports enhancer drink...or something. Ha!
I also liked the quote Joshua said...can't remember it quite well but something like, "I have dancing experience before, but not where you are forced to move to counts in specific moves." That one was funny.
I actually am glad Jen and William stayed, but mostly because I enjoy Jen's laid back attitude. This show is about changing more than winning the money, so they need it the most. John and Natalie seemed to have already grasped that concept and moved on to focusing on winning.
The look on Dave's face after Jasmine kisses him on the lips is priceless. Then when she kisses him again-it is even better. Hahn's article here makes the point that Dave was actually listening to Jasmine. Of course he was-she kissed him on the lips-twice. (And she seems to be a sweet girl and-maybe-not a as dim as she acts) Those kisses totally bonded Dave to Jasmine. If this bond holds-they could even win.
I think Jasmine is every bit as dim as she acts, but you can't fault her for it. She seems like a nice kid.
All you have to do is look at William to see that being smart isn't better than being nice. He basically admitted to Jen that even though she hadn't done anything too horrible, the fact that she reminds him of people who have treated him badly is enough reason for him to be a jerk toward her. Wow, William, you've got a lot of growing up to do. They're a lock for the Final Two, of course. Who wouldn't want to be up against them?