While I am not a fan of Purges in general, I think the fact players had to try during the daily challenge made me engaged during the opening forty-five minutes of an episode for the first time in maybe a month. Generally speaking, I find Purges that only test one skill to be flawed. I would have loved for the pairs to have done a swim and then a puzzle together. Nothing was funnier than Joss continually hammering in the fact that all he and Kayleigh had to do was not be the worst team. Then as the Challenge goes on, Joss realizes, “Oh shit, we might be the worst.” When he gets eliminated, he is in tears. Joss may have played a decent political game based on the fact he and Rogan were able to remove the opposing alliance, but he could have killed the swim with Jenny or Georgia. Hell, Joss should have swum with Dee. It must get noted; Joss should have let Kayleigh grab onto his life vest while he swam them to the finish line. He watched Josh do it for Nany but never considered doing it himself.

My favorite part about their purging is that Kayleigh didn’t seem to care. Joss was devastated while Kayleigh had an “aw shucks, guess I’ll do better next time” look on her face. All Kayleigh cared about was lasting longer than Georgia and Jenny, and she accomplished that.

9 Ashley is the best female swimmer left!

Kudos to Ashley for killing the swim. With her slender frame, Ashley gets forgotten as an athlete. People know her as a champion, but they think of her political game and puzzle powers before her killing it as an athlete. To this day, people still doubt her abilities, and she proves them wrong over and over again. Ashley has a legitimate shot at becoming the third-ever female 3x Champion (which would tie her for the most all-time by a female).

Zach also killed this swim, which matters as he was a doggy paddler back on Battle of the Seasons.

8 Paulie and Cara hit rocky waters