The Shining

The Shining is the fifth episode of The Challenge: Beach House.
==Story==
	Following Kaliegh and Winston’s elimination, the challengers returned to the house. Paloma and Noah were both furious. They talked by the storage area about how shady it was of their allies to flip the vote like that. Noah said they can’t trust anyone and Paloma was just shaking her head. Shareeta joined them and swore up and down she had no idea, and they reassure her that they know that. The trio head over to the big group of competitors by the kitchen, with essentially everyone gathered around. Paloma bluntly asks if anyone wants to come forward about their votes for Frasier and Lenny. Tye quickly tells her that him and Aura didn’t vote that way. Shareeta and Noah back Paloma up and ask everyone to just be straight up. Amandine shrugged and said she’d voted for Frasier and Lenny because they were her biggest competition. Shareeta was shocked. Paloma turned to Amandine and called her phony for not at least having the balls to tell her ahead of time. Frasier, Lenny, and Neisha watched this all from afar, happy to just not be in the drama. Amandine said that it’s a game and she’s not playing Survivor anymore. Paloma said Amandine wouldn’t last a day in Survivor, because out there nobody would keep her lazy annoying ass around. The two start yelling back and forth. Shareeta also gets involved and accuses Amandine of betraying her. Paloma mentions that Amandine put her at major risk by not voting for Cameron and Katie. Out of nowhere, Cameron interrupts them and calls Paloma and Shareeta hypocrites for being mad when they voted for him. Shareeta yelled back that she has zero relationship with him or Katie so she doesn’t see why he’s surprised. Paloma yells to Cameron that he has a small dick and tells Katie she could do better. This sets Cameron off and he calls Paloma a dumb bitch and said that it’s not her problem the whole house wasn’t going to vote how some blonde bimbo wanted. Shareeta picked up a glass of water and threw it at his face. He storms off and Katie runs after him. Amandine tries to talk to Shareeta but she cuts her off and says she’s pissed. They all leave for bed. Once everyone clears out, it’s just Moses, Samira, Tye, Boston, and Femi left in the kitchen. Samira starts laughing out of awkwardness, and she asks Tye if it was always like this last season. Moses jokes that he was on last season too. Tye jokingly says “hardly”. Femi apologizes to Tye for him not being included but he insisted that he understood, knowing Aura would never have agreed to that knowing Kaliegh was going in potentially. Moses sighs and says he’s ready for a win. Samira agrees and says she feels like they’re an afterthought in the house. Boston shrugs and said he’d come to terms with the fact that he wasn’t ever getting his win since Ava was so bad at challenges.
	The players met TJ the next day for the daily challenge. He explained the rules of “Against the Current”. Teams have to paddle upstream in a kayak until the current pushes them out of the zone, after which teams have to paddle the opposite direction to the finish line. If one player falls out of a kayak, that team has 30 seconds to push the kayak past the finish line in order to avoid disqualification. The team with the lowest time differential of paddling upstream and subsequent paddling in the reverse direction to the finish line wins. Each team participates in the challenge one-by-one and then meet TJ at the end to compare times. For last place, it was between Brent & Cleo, Ava & Boston, and Mason & Monica. TJ revealed Mason & Monica had the worst time and were now up for elimination. Mason took it decently, he went in to hug Monica but she dodged him. She was visibly really irritated. TJ then revealed that the fastest group was Frasier & Lenny, and they’d won immunity and the right to send a group in. The two cheered and kissed, happy to finally be safe for a round. Neisha, Zion, Cameron, Katie, Brent, and Cleo all clapped but nobody else seemed pleased.
	Everyone returned to the beach house. Ava, Lukas, and Amandine hung out by the living room. Lukas asked Ava if she was going to make a pitch to Lenny. She laughed in his face and said she’d rather jump off the balcony. Amandine rolls her eyes and said she thinks it’ll definitely be one of their two teams. Lukas told them that at least Frasier and Lenny aren’t eligible to go in. Brent, Katie, and Cleo were sitting by the bonfire when Frasier, Lenny, Neisha and Zion asked to join them. Frasier asked for their input on who to send in. Cleo was surprised they wanted her feedback. She said that Ava and Boston would be a safe bet because they not only have a lot of power but Ava also isn’t that good at challenges so whoever gets voted in would stand a fighting chance. Lenny and Frasier both seem receptive to this idea. Lenny jokes that Ava did say she had a horseface at the reunion so she wouldn’t mind seeing her squirm a bit. They all laughed.
	The next morning, everyone woke up to the news that Ava & Boston had been chosen to be eligible for elimination. Ava called Lenny a pussy and Lenny just laughed and told her to bring the energy to the arena. Ava rolled her eyes and called Lenny corny. Boston talked with Tye, Moses, Alec, Samira and Femi where he said that he was frustrated to be in this position largely not due to his own fault. Femi reassured him that he wasn’t going anywhere. They all agreed that this time they should just vote Cameron & Katie in to give them the best shot at staying. Zion and Cleo discussed potential targets to vote. Zion felt like their votes wouldn’t matter all that much given how much of a majority the others had right now. Cleo shrugged and said they could try to push Nick and Shareeta since there’s drama with Amandine. Monica gets Mason to train and workout before the elimination. She yells at him as he runs laps around the backyard. Ava walks past and chuckles, she says “Nervous are we?” This sets Monica off and she tells Ava that she would never be scared of someone with one competition win across three seasons. Bruce and Tessa sat by the hammock and agreed on voting Cameron & Katie for the sake of Ava & Boston’s safety. They talked and got to know each other some more. Tessa asked Bruce what the All-Stars house was like when he competed. He told her about the Nicholas and Rita fight and how wild it was being there for it in person. Nick tried to raise Ava’s spirit before the elimination. He said that she had improved a lot and could easily beat anyone. Ava was a bit more defeated and said she wanted to let him know they were good if she did leave here. Nick shook his head and told her not to say that. Just then, the players were called to start voting.
	The players meet TJ outside. He reveals right away that by a vote of 9-3, Cameron & Katie had been chosen to be eligible for elimination, with Nick & Shareeta receiving the other three votes. Cameron & Katie headed up to join Ava & Boston, and Mason & Monica. TJ asked them to each draw a card and then reveal. On his go, they revealed and it was Cameron & Katie who drew the safe card. With that, TJ revealed that Ava & Boston and Mason & Monica would be heading into elimination. All four looked pretty nervous but tried to keep their cool. Katie headed over and hugged Cleo. TJ asked the competitors to head over and prepare for the elimination.
	The teams all gather on the bleachers as they wait for the competitors to enter the arena. Smoke shoots out as the two teams walk onto the arena. TJ explains that the elimination is Take Shelter, which was the first elimination ever from The Duel. The teams will have a select amount of time to guard their shelters with sandbags, rocks, and rope. Once they’re done, they’ll have to attempt to break through their opponent’s shelter and get in. The first team to get inside will survive. TJ blows his horn and the elimination begins. Both teams start immediately stacking their shelters. Ava focuses on tying a bunch of knots while Boston lifts a bunch of sandbags. Mason and Monica focus on the boulders and sandbags. Monica starts trying some knots around the inside thinking they’ll be worn out by then. TJ then blows his horn to let them know the time has come to start breaking into their opponent’s shelters. Mason and Monica both sprint over and start launching sandbags and rocks to the side. Boston works on the sandbags and rocks, essentially on his own as first. Ava and him figured it’d be smarter to work in shifts, while Mason and Monica figured it’d be faster to both work at once. Once it got time to start the knots, the teams were still in sync. Ava shifted in for Boston and started making fast work. Mason struggled with his stubbier fingers, leaving Monica to do most of the work. Monica was a bit worn out while Ava still had a lot of energy and whipped through the knots. Ava finished untying the knots and chucked a few last sandbags to the side and opened the door. TJ blew his horn, declaring Ava & Boston as the winners of the elimination. Ava flew up, jumping up and down cheering. Boston picked her up and the two cheered. Monica threw a sandbag to the ground angrily. TJ congratulated Ava & Boston, welcoming them to join the others on the bleachers. He turned to Mason & Monica, thanked them for their effort but told them they were eliminated from The Challenge. The competitors tried to clap and say goodbye but Monica stormed off, not saying a word. Mason waved to everyone and thanked TJ for casting him.
==Elimination==
Take Shelter 	Take Shelter
Participant 	Result
Ava & Boston 	WON
Mason & Monica 	LOSS
ELIMINATED:Mason Caz & Monica Sharma	ELIMINATED:Mason Caz & Monica Sharma
==Trivia==
Category:Beach House Episodes