Episode
3.2 - Welcome Back America!
June 22
"Red balls right
nooooooooooooooooooooooow!" We got your red balls,
lady... RIGHT HERE! Twenty-four men and women have come
to the course to officially kick off season 3 of
no-holds-barred obstacle course action. Who's going to
win the 50K and who's going to... wipeout?
THE WIPEOUT QUALIFIER
Tonight, the Qualifier consists of...
- The Fence Flappers: It's a fence... and
it flaps.
- The Sucker Punch: one wall, multiple punching gloves, a world of hurt.
- The Big Balls: with week, with classic Motivator action.
- The Foam-Covered Shake-o-Lator: A crazy-moving foamy platform with
balls and poles
- The Shape-Shifter: trampoline yourself through one of the three holes
in the wheel spinnie of doom!
Aubrey Seibert, who is on fire for the
Jesus, is first on the course. She gets baptized by the mud pits in the
Fence Flappers... TWICE. Next, she gets touched by the hands of the
Sucker Punch before getting baptized by the Big Balls and the Shake-o-Lator.
She gets a whole face full of Shape Shifter before clocking in at 5:12.
Eddie Moton Jr. is a cartoonist who
created Jordan Baker, AKA the Dragon. He's a fierce dragon. And the
Fence Flapper turns him into a dragon fly. He's still looking glamorous,
but his fire is put out.
Edison Romeo has to jump on the Shape
Shifter... He's thinking... he's taking some time... He's... in the
drink.
Cheesehead Jacqueline Deckleman loses her
cheese... as does everyone who faces the Fence Flappers.
LeighAnne Thomsen, a farmer whose
favorite fruit is spinach, gets planted by the Sucker Punch and the
Shape Shifter (3:17).
Next up, Andrew Sherman, a themepark
cowboy. He goes fence painting... and the Fence paints back. He rides...
a unicycle. How will he fare against ours? (2:48) ... Not bad.
Next up, Peet Montzingo, who's doing ...
something... for Zac Efron. He's a big fan of "High School Musical".
"Smack Efron" gets smacked, but... he makes it past the Big Balls!
Shake-o-Lator... not so much. (3:14).
Jonelle Tierney takes on the Fence
Flappers... trying to crawl her way past those... Nope. She's a
vegetarian who eats fish and chicken... and she wants to abolish animal
cruelty. Jonelle cruelty... still good.
Karrie Carlton is a ballet dancer on her
way with a pas de deux with the Shape Shifter.
Babyfaced lawyer Patrick Earnest turned
into smack-faced Patrick Earnest at the Sucker Punch and the Shape
Shifter.
Finally, we have Burton Hendrickson of
Local 250. He's an AC repairman who wants to laser his ex-girlfriend of
his butt. And he shows Jill the girl... (PLEASE STAND BY). And he shows
us how to ride the Shapeshifter... BOOM! (3:29) Nails the landing for
the pass-through.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 2
Eddie "Fierce Dragon" Moton Jr.
Sylvia Tsai
LeighAnne "Fruit Farmer" Thomsen
Debbie Lucas
Andrew "The Cowboy" Sherman
Beth Kolarik
Peet "Smack Efron" Montzingo
Jonelle Tierney
Janie Wilner
Karrie Carlton
Patrick "Barely Legal Lawyer" Earnest
Burton "Local 250" Hendrickson
THE DOUBLE CROSS
On a ten-foot high platform, the players
must negotiate their way through a platform cross while avoiding the
Sweeper arms. There are three green planks to enter, one red one to
exit. First six to pass through the Unstable Table on the other side
move on to the next stage.
Andrew's first to go to the Double
Cross... and the first to make it to the next round! Peet's the first
to... get smacked. Karrie wants to get to the table... but the Double
Cross says no. Eddie has been holding onto the plank for a good long
time. Burton looked like he could make it, but... Unstable Table is
unstable.
Oh, did we mention there's a foam geyser?
Burton grabs the second spot. Animal
cruelty activist Jonelle gets Rochambeaued... and LeighAnne's down the
middle to the end.
Three up, three down. Eddie has to hang
on for a bit... and he's through. Smack Efron is covered in foam, but
he's in to the next round as well. One more contestant... and it's
Patrick!
ADVANCING TO ROUND 3
Eddie "Fierce Dragon" Moton Jr.
LeighAnne "Fruit Farmer" Thomsen
Andrew "The Cowboy" Sherman
Peet "Smack Efron" Montzingo
Patrick "Barely Legal Lawyer" Earnest
Burton "Local 250" Hendrickson
WIPEOUT BRUISEBALL
Now, there are four bases. We start at
the Dizzy Dummy, then round to the Mound while avoiding the business end
of the bat. Next, down the Bouncing Baseline to second base. Slidewalk
to third, then a slide into the tank to go all the way. Winners of each
inning go to the Wipeout Zone!
Smack Efron's the first to First, but his
traverse to second is a little bit stymied. He's safe with Union Man and
Fierce Dragon... and the crowd is loving this. Peet gets to third,
Eddie's following him... They're BOTH safe at home.
Second Inning... Burton and Patrick are
the first on first again. Both are running side saddle. Burton recovers
and gets to second. And third... And Leighanne gets smacked by the Bat
Sweeper... REPEATEDLY! But Burton... is through to the Zone! Joining
him.. .the Cowboy.
ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE
Eddie "Fierce Dragon" Moton Jr.
Andrew "The Cowboy" Sherman
Peet "Smack Efron" Montzingo
Burton "Local 250" Hendrickson
THE WIPEOUT ZONE
Rebuilt from the ground up is the world's
most dangerous obstacle course... the Wipeout Zone! Tonight...
- The Dreadmill Launch
- The Gut Buster: A half-dozen of hydraulic blocks.
- The Sinistairs: three sweepers as you climb a spinning spiral
staircase
- The Gauntlet: this week, it's the Crankshaft, the Blades of Fury, and
the Beater-Totter.
First up, Peet Montzingo. He... has to
pee. First up, he gets to the Gut Buster when he discovers that he's
being shot at by paint. And more paint at the Sinistairs. Finally, the
Gauntlet... He masters the Crankshaft, but not the Blades of Fury, so
he's going to have to start the Gauntlet over. He masters the Blades
second time out. But the Beater-Totter slams him back into the water.
Peet is an absolute mess as he clocks in a time of 7:36.
Burton Hendrickson is next. He kung-fu
jumps off of the Dreadmill Launch, and Burton is using the paint to his
advantage... but he wipes out on the Gut Buster. Backwards discount on
take 2, but he's got a lot of ground to make up. He makes it past the
Sinistairs, now to the Gauntlet... One more wipeout will end it... and
he's done. (TIME OUT)
Next up, Andrew Sherman. He wrangles
right out of the gate, and he doesn't let up with a time of 3:46 with
only ONE Wipeout!
That's going to be a tough time for Eddie
Moton Jr. to beat. He's got 30 seconds off Andrew's pace at the
Sinistairs. He's going to have to go for it... but he gets a hard shot
at the Sinistairs. He needs to be flawless throughout the zone. He has
40 seconds to cross the Gauntlet... 20 seconds.... but one wipeout will
do it for him. Congrats to ANDREW SHERMAN, tonight's $50,000 Wipeout
Champion!
Would you believe that we have another
show for you on Thursday? Crazy, ain't it? Until then, goodnight... and Big
Balls.
To view this episode in its entirety or to apply to be a contestant on
"Wipeout", go to abc.com/wipeout
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