The Long Game

The Long Game is the fourth episode of The Challenge: Revolution.
== Description ==
The wrath of Adore is underway as she is ready to get revenge for her lost ally. An individual daily challenge leads to a lengthy verbal argument, a season first leaves the challengers in shock at the elimination outcome, another Instahoe makes a move against their own, and another game-altering twist is revealed to the viewers.
== Introduction ==
After elimination, a short-lived argument between 3vxv and Adore takes place, as he was the deciding vote that sent her into elimination against her best female friend in the house. Adore ended the argument by making up with 3vxv, when in reality... she was working a master plan.
Team Old School rallies together to hype themselves up for the daily challenge, after losing Draya they are down to only three members, and Naeha being affiliated with the group. The Cheesecakes strangely continue to position themselves in the middle, all while planning their next attack on the Instahoes. Meanwhile, the Instahoes are still oblivious to any alliances happening around them, and continue to fight within.
Caleb Gera and Jonas, as the outsiders of the season, continue to attempt to work on securing themselves into bigger official alliances (all separately) in order to get deeper into the game.
== Challenge ==
Challenge: Rail RunnerPlayers will work individually complete an obstacle course built on a train while it is moving. There are two portions to the obstacle course. The first is a beam walk where players will need to avoid bars that, if touched, will make them slide off. The second is a cable traverse, a tightrope walk with no jumping. The player of each gender to complete the course the fastest will win the challenge and join the troika, adding a third member of their choice.
Results:
Troika 	Troika 	Troika
Winners	Winners	Addition
3vxv 	Jonas 	Naeha
Notes
*The addition decision did NOT come easy. 3vxv and Jonas argued for five to ten minutes about who they should add to the troika. The fight resulted in 3vxv telling Jonas "you are not a good competitor... so you would have went home if I had voted you into the last elimination." Eventually, after being told by Co-Host SallyStarbucks that if they didn't agree they would both be going into elimination, they decided to add Naeha to the troika.
== Confessionals ==
Challenger 	Confessional
AdoreRW: Bangkok 	Having to face off against my good sis, Draya... was absolutely devastating. But I can't give up now, this red skull I have represents her and it will get me to this final. That being said, it's time to get revenge for her. I'm already starting to plot, I'm pitting 3vxv and Aidan against each other by running back and forth and playing a "he said, she said" game, and next I'm going to try and get Brendan sent into elimination. We love chaos!
IconRW: Topeka 	I should be in POWER this week. Ugh. 3vxv tried so hard to pull me into the troika, but Jonas' stubborn ass wouldn't let me in for some reason? This girl is so annoying, I'm wishing that we voted her into elimination or 3vxv sent her into the last elimination because we all know that she will go home as soon as she steps foot into the warzone.
3vxvApocalypse 	So I win another daily, and honestly... who's doing it like me? If I can continue to secure these troika spots, it is going to be icing on top of my bombshell stats cake. It's still so early in the game and I'm honestly killing it and proving why I'm a challenge champion... Killa 3v is back!
EthanRW: Madrid 	Going into voting I definitely do not feel safe what-so-ever. I can't say I'm surprised, but I'm hearing my name float around. As the only male in my alliance without a red skull I expected to be the next one they'd come after. These people don't know me though... I haven't met most of them, they don't know how hard I fight in eliminations. If I do go in, I can guarantee you that I'll be walking out of this elimination with a red skull.
JonasRW: Return to the States	I'm so grateful to be in power tonight, I'm not feeling like I'm in the best position in the house so I really think that I needed to secure this. That being said, I am not here to float around and just get cut right before the final like these people think... I'd rather get my red skull early so if I feel like I can win this elimination tonight, I'm stepping in.
== Nominations ==
=== House Vote ===
Notes
*This was the actual order in which the players voted, some players may have been influenced by the votes presented before them.
Challenger	Vote 	Vote
Challenger	Male 	Female
Aidan 	Ethan 	Caleb
Caleb 	Brendan	Cirie
Adore 	Brendan	Cirie
Frantic 	Ethan 	Caleb
Miz 	Ethan 	Caleb
Vero 	Ethan 	Caleb
Brendan 	Ethan 	Caleb
Icon 	Ethan 	Caleb
Cirie 	Ethan 	Caleb
Fribble 	Ethan 	Caleb
Mojo 	Ethan 	Caleb
Gera 	Ethan 	Caleb
Ethan 	Vero 	Aidan
Triplet 	Vero 	Angel
Angel 	Triplet	Caleb
Vote Count:
Males 	Males 	Males 	Males 	Females 	Females	Females	Females
Ethan 	Brendan	Vero 	Triplet	Caleb 	Cirie 	Aidan 	Angel
10 votes	2 votes	2 votes	1 vote 	11 votes	2 votes	1 vote 	1 vote
=== Troika Nominations ===
Troika	Nominee	Nominee
Troika	Male 	Female
3vxv 	Icon 	Cirie
Jonas 	Gera 	Aidan
Naeha 	Brendan	Angel
== Continued Episode Narration ==
After the house decides to vote in the only two not directly correlated to any large alliances, they are directly dealing with the repercussions after realizing that this leaves practically no option but to turn on one another in future votes.
Adore was able to successfully pit 3vxv against his own friends and he nominated two of his own friends for elimination, but will either of them actually be headed into elimination tonight?
== Confessionals ==
Challenger 	Confessional
VeroRW: Charlotte 	Getting two votes at nominations I'm just like HOLLLDD UPPPP! WHHAAATTTT??? WHAT HAVE I DONE? Anyway, I lowkey betrayed Caleb at that vote so I'm really hoping that she goes home. If she is somehow able to come back, I definitely feel like she'll be coming after me.
MojoRW: Ontario 	Obviously the vote didn't go my way, if it was up to me neither Caleb or Ethan would be going in... However, at this point in the game I am AWARE that I am not in the position of power or numbers so I just went with the majority in hopes of someone seeing me as a valuable ally and wanting to pull me in. At this point, numbers are crucial so I'm going to need to get more people on my side.
NaehaRW: Los Angeles	Being in the middle of two alliances has been a great position to be in this far... but now that 3vxv and Jonas dragged me into the troika, I actually have to voice my opinion and I do not want to have to pick a side. I nominated Angel and Brendan simply because they are the two I talk to the least and if I can, I'm just going to follow what 3vxv and Jonas want to do.
AidanRW: Mexico City	These nominations are... interesting. Two of the three people in the troika are in the Instahoes... but yet two Instahoes (and Angel) have found themselves nominated for elimination. Something is fishy here for sure, but I'm not too upset because I feel like I could easily secure a red skull tonight against Caleb if that's the way that the troika decides to go.
CalebRevolution 	I'm so annoyed. People are LYING right to my face. If I come back, Miz and Vero I'm coming for you. Getting voted into elimination definitely isn't ideal... but I have a strategy. I'm hoping to get Jonas to volunteer for this elimination. She's definitely the weakest female in the game so if I can make her confident enough to volunteer, I can secure my red skull and my ticket to the final.
== Elimination ==
Troika vote:
Troika	Vote
Troika	Male
3vxv 	Gera
Jonas 	Gera
Naeha 	Gera
Notes
*There was no female vote, because Jonas volunteered to face off against Caleb for her red skull.
Warzone: Web of LiesPlayers start on the top platform of a 25-foot tower, covered in webs and rope. The first player to break through the webs all the way down, retrieve their flag, climb back up to the top platform, and hook their flag to the pole wins. In order to get through pieces they will have to click to remove them. Players will have to be smart about which pieces they remove, because they will have to climb back up the way they came down.
Results:
Winner	Winner	Eliminated	Eliminated
Male 	Female	Male 	Female
Ethan 	Jonas 	Gera 	Caleb
=== Eliminated Confessionals ===
Challenger 	Confessional
CalebRevolution	I'm pissed. These people are liars, cheaters and snakes. If I come back you better expect me to come after every single person that backstabbed me in this season.
GeraRevolution 	Ugh... I have not been in a good position at all this season. I can't say that I'm surprised that I was targeted this early, I haven't secured anything official. But I'm definitely disappointed... I wanted to make it further. I hope that I'm able to come back and prove myself in the future.
== Twist Reveal ==
After elimination, the night progresses as normal... for the players still in the game. But for the players that have already been eliminated... they're preparing for the next day. When they will compete to earn their place back in the game.
That's right. For the first time in F&A History, one male and one female will earn their way back into the game after previously being eliminated. Episode 5 (Surprise, Bitch) will revolve around the players in eliminations and their battle to get back into the game. If they earn their way in, they will still have to earn a red skull in order to run the final.
== Alliances ==
Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes
Members 	Members 	Members 	Members 	Members 	Members 	Defector 	Defector 	Eliminated
Aidan 	Cirie 	Icon 	Miz 	Naeha 	Vero 	3vxv 	Angel 	Nutella
Team Old School	Team Old School	Team Old School	Team Old School	Team Old School
Members 	Members 	Members 	Affiliate 	Eliminated
Adore 	Ethan 	Mojo 	Naeha 	Draya
The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes
Members 	Members 	Members 	Members 	Affiliate
Brendan 	Frantic 	Fribble 	Triplet 	Jonas
The Troikanators	The Troikanators	The Troikanators
Members 	Members 	Eliminated
Adore 	Triplet 	Caleb
==Notes==
*The title of this episode is a direct quote from Adore when she tells 3vxv "you weren't thinking of the long game" after he sent her into the warzone against her closest female ally.