Dropping Like Flies: Do The Challenge Rookies Have Any Chance Of Survival?

Strength in numbers: Once the saving grace for the Season 37 Challenge rookies, the adage suddenly started to spell out mess on the latest Spies, Lies and Allies episode. For the third straight week, two newbies were eliminated from the game without a solitary veteran player deigning to step foot into The Lair. And for the opening time — down six players from their original roster’s count — the game’s newest recruits noticed themselves hopelessly outnumbered.


And while some of the game’s rookies have ultimately caught on to the Veteran Truce and others have begun to deliver some truly remarkable performances, is it also little also late? Do the game’s freshmen have a shot in hell?


Soon after Kelz’s and Tracy’s unlikely elimination in “Flipping Agents,” Michele and Corey, a rookie/rookie pair, finally started to educated up to the veterans’ tacit agreement to keep each other safe. Both constant targets for Lair votes, Corey and Michele knew their only hope of surviving was to musical group together.


“Somehow, we’ve allowed the vets to put four rookies in at the initial two eliminations. This has to stop,” Corey said.


Unfortunately, some of Corey’s fellow rookies hadn’t nevertheless wised up to the existing vet alliance. Right after “Sea Cave Recon” and then some remarkable performances from Michele, who nearly broke her nose right after a 30-foot dive into the sea; Hughie, who nervously puked before delivering a Olympic-worthy swim; and Tommy, who finished the mission in spite of a concussion that eventually disqualified him from the game, it was Tori and Ed who were named the winners, edging out Michele and Corey for spots in The Organization by far less than a second.


And while Ed toted a Ivy league education upon his surprise entry to the game, he determined it wasn’t although time to extend his influence onto the game. As a substitute, he showed fealty to his partner Tori, who determined the ideal course of attack was to nominate Berna and Corey into the elimination round against the house’s vote for the lair, Tacha and Jeremiah.


“I don’t aspire to begin a lot of trouble,” Ed said.


Nevertheless trouble is exactly where Ed and his fellow rookies eventually noticed themselves, as immediately after Berna defeated Tacha in “Slipping Up,” a game of unwieldy ladder construction (Corey and Jeremiah were spared because of Tommy’s early exit from the game), the veteran players outnumbered the rookies for the initial time, 14-12.


Still, Ed was not the exclusive cause for the deficit. Rather, he was an indicator of a bigger problem: For the third week in a row, a rookie who won entry into The Firm nominated two fellow rookies into The Lair at the whim of his or her veteran partner (Logan followed Aneesa’s lead to vote for Corey and Michele in Week One, while Esther deferred to Fessy to vote for Ed and Emy in Week Two). Worse, the veterans have regularly manipulated the rookies to turn against each other in nomination ceremonies, making home votes that target rookies all however certain.


And that was all with a numerical rookie advantage. Right now that such a lead is gone, do the freshmen Challengers have any hope of survival? Or will they continue to be picked off one by one? Share your thoughts, then be sure to tune in to the next Spies, Lies and Allies!