Episode 1 is in the books and I decided to focus on the 10 Biggest moments/takeaways from the first episode. These will be integral storylines that the first episode focused on and I’ll breakdown why they matter for the season.

Honorable Mentions:

Kam/Kayleigh’s friendship/alliance

Bear’s overall role to this season (hardest to not put on)

Joss and Rogan’s friendship

Bananas being Bananas

10 Wes is doing too much

Wes explaining to Joss that he can become his own boss, work his own hours, and take home mid five figures a year working for his MLM.

Wes is playing the game from day zero. He is sliding in DMs and attempting to create alliances before the game even starts. Coming off an impressive finish of the Champs vs. Stars spinoffs and War of the Worlds, Wes is playing with house money. He feels invincible and is attempting to make a massive bet on himself to start this season. The biggest wrench in his plans is Jordan. Jordan’s bullshit detector is incredibly high, and he has a distaste for Wes’s play-style. There is no world where Jordan wants to play in Wes’s game, and he will target him as soon as possible.

9 It was not the Cara and Paulie show

We have become accustomed to living in Cara and Paulie’s reality show known as the Challenge. Except for this episode they weren’t super featured aside from Jordan and Tori throwing a jab at their relationship. It could mean we see a much more mellow version of Cara and Paulie entering this season, or MTV knows they are going to blow up soon (more likely). If you watch the trailer after the episode, there’s going to be a bit of Laurel and Cara drama, as well as Paulie threatening to kill someone.

8 The British are outsized

Esther’s opening confessional brought up a truism regarding the disparity between the US and UK team’s size. The UK women are all very petite, and even with implants in certain parts, they’re still considerably small girls.

Meanwhile, you look over at the US team, and Kam, Nany, Tori, and Ashley are between 5'6 and 5'8 and are in good shape with muscle definition. Laurel is a near 6-foot behemoth, and Cara is only 5'4, but has massive arms and is incredibly muscular. Faith might be on this season too. She might be a personal assistant; it’s still unclear.

It’s going to be a long season for the Brits.

7 Dee and Rogan’s spark