Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno 2, Episode 12: Jesus vs. the Devil

Previously on The Inferno 2, the Bad Ass Girls are split, Tonya vs. Veronica, Rachel, and Tina. In the Riddle Me This challenge, the Bad Asses couldn't work together and wound up sinking their boat. Julie and Tonya were nominated to the Inferno, which made the rest of the Bad Ass girls incredibly happy. Can one of them save themselves from the Inferno? Let's watch.

Hey, kids! Phil's taking a short sabbatical, so I've crawled out from under my rock to cover The Inferno for the next two weeks. And I wanted to see if these people are as crazy as they were when I left them. Yeah, I know. We already know the answer to that.

Night. Tonya and Julie talk. Tonya says to Julie that their Inferno is a great match-up, since they're both crazy in the head. Ha! At least she admits it, you've got to give her that. Julie says she's looking forward to going into the Inferno, but isn't as excited as she would normally be, since Tonya has been so ostracized by her team.

Clue time: The message says to meet at the Marina at 10 a.m., wearing team colors and sneakers. Wouldn't it be funny if, one day, the clue just said, "Wear whatever the hell you want"?

Before the mission, Tina, Rachel, and Veronica do each other's hair, even Tonya's. Tonya says the team is totally kissing her ass and she can see right through it.

Dave Mirra meets our crew at the Marina and explains the mission, Time to Ride. The teams each will ride a Kicker 5150 Mini Bike on an obstacle course over the water. The short route is 16 inches wide and 45 feet long. The long route is four feet wide and 240 feet long. If you wreck the bike, go in the water, or try to balance with your feet, you're disqualified. The team with the fastest time wins, and of course, since it's an Inferno day, the individual with the fastest time wins the lifeshield.

So you see the challenge of the mission is, do you go for the shorter route or do you play it safe and try not to get disqualified? I'm trembling with anticipation. Really I am.

Before the mission, Mike announces he has face paint and he paints strap sideburns and a goatee on himself. Everyone laughs.

Abe is first up on the bikes, which, seriously, look like giant big wheels. He goes for the short route, guns the gas and goes straight in the water. I laugh hysterically as we cut to commercials.

Back from commercials, everyone's still laughing at Abe and Landon has painted on strap sideburns too. And he's still got that reverse mohawk from last week. So really, he couldn't look more asinine.

Mike gets on the bike, now that everyone's decided it's best to take the long course. He finishes the race, but crashes his bike into the water afterwards. That's a DQ, people.

CT, Landon, and Tina all complete their heats. Then it's Shavonda's turn. She practically walks the bike across the Marina, so that's also a DQ. The Bad Asses celebrate, since the Good Guys have more DQs.

Dan finishes his heat, even though Derrick interviews he'll look like a klutz on the bike. Then, of course, the team is happy. This team has a little problem being hypocritical. Dan interviews that not only did he finish, he got a score that will be hard for Tonya to beat, so it makes his team especially happy.

Darrell finishes his heat, then we get to Veronica, who disqualifies because she didn't walk her bike over, but had her feet off of it the whole time. Veronica says she's glad they tied on DQs, but it sucks it was her to break the tie.

Jamie is next and she falls spectacularly into the water. Dan says it's funny that when everyone else disqualifies, the team is mad, but when she does it, they all say they love her.

Now it's time for Rachel, who is determined to win the lifeshield and save Veronica. Would they just come out already? I mean, come on. But then something awesome happens. She goes in the water and gets disqualified, too! Or I should say, she goes in the water and her bike crashes on the plank. She says she's not used to being in a position where the game is so close. Oh please.

Julie is up next and she decides to go on the short course, despite the fact her team starts freaking out and yelling at her. She chants, "the road to God is the straight and narrow," with this smile on her face that's just, well, creepy. And secondly, this chanting thing needs to stop. But God was someone else's co-pilot this day, apparently, because she goes right into the water – and her team is ticked off. Landon says it's stupid and Jamie wonders why she went for the short course when the team's disqualifications were tied. Julie says she always would have wondered if she could have done the short course if she hadn't tried it.

Derrick is up next and he completes the course in 57 seconds. Lifeshield, anyone? He says he's just keeping his mouth shut and hoping for the best.

Tonya says she's up next and she's enjoying watching the other Bad Ass girls squirm. She crashes at the end but she stays on the bike and finishes the course. Rachel interviews that Tonya had a good time and might possibly wind up sending Tina, Veronica, or Rachel to the Inferno. Then we cut to commercial. This is called buildup, people.

Back from commercial, the Bad Asses have won. Landon wins the lifeshield for the Good Guys and Derrick wins for the Bad Asses. So it'll be Tonya and Julie in the Inferno. Tonya says she's fine going into the Inferno and enjoyed watching the girls squirm.

At the Inferno site, Julie is wearing a blue shirt that says, "Jesus is real." Tonya has a red top. So really, it does look like the Devil and Jesus.

The mission is called Patchwork and Dave starts explaining it. The girls will wear suits and have to grab patches off the other person's suit. But before he can explain further, Tonya pulls a Tana and starts jumping up and down, screaming and pumping her fist. OK, so Tana didn't jump up and down, but don't think she wouldn't have if she could have. After all, don't get her started!

Dave explains that the patches have to be removed from the uniform and placed in baskets. Tonya quiets down. Also, they'll be attached to bungee devices. Because no mission on this show is complete without that. Dave tells them not to play dirty, and they get ready.

Tonya says Julie is staring at her, and Tonya is staring back like Julie is Veronica. Ha! The mission starts and Dan narrates the catfight. He says it's vicious.

Once it's over, Dave counts the patches and Julie has 22. Tonya has 23, so Julie will be going home. She says she feels bad her team won't have her there, but they can do fine without her.

Tina interviews that Tonya is still on the team by one patch, "how much does that suck?" Tina, Rachel, and Veronica all pile in the van and don't go out with Tonya to celebrate her win, but Derrick and Dan do. Derrick says he's happy Tonya is back on the team. Back at the house, Tonya tells the girls they're stuck with her for one more week. Veronica says she's stuck with them too. Tonya tells them to be nice.

Next week: It's the last men's Inferno and the Good Guys realize half their team is gone. And does Dan want to quit? Nooooo!

See ya then. Phil, we miss you!

Jennifer Shrader traded in her boyfriend for a dog, who is always happy to see her, is properly housetrained, and doesn't drink all her liquor while she's taking a nap. She and her dog live in the Deep South, where she's a reporter for a community newspaper.

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