Endurance Atlantic: *epi 7 preview*

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Episode 1: Go Hard or Go Home
(action) *interview* [confessional]

(zoom over to rocky coast where contestants are carefully hiking over sharp and slippery rocks)

JD: Thousands of teens from across the nation have sent in their audition tapes. But only 20 stood out enough to earn them a spot on Endurance. (clips of kids: flipping off trampoline into a pool of purple kool-aid, wrestling a “killer” stuffed bear, fantastic gymnastic routine, making a basket backwards)

Brent: Brent. 13. Viriginia

Grace: Grace. 15. From Delaware.

Addison: Addi. 12 years old. New York. I know a lot of people will underestimate me because of my age. But that’s fine I’ll just pull the biggest shock of the season by beating them all.

Walt: I’m Walt. 14. Texas.

Kelly Ann: I’m Kelly Ann. 15. From Georgia. I’m not the strongest girl here. But I’m really nice so I’m bettin’ on making a lot of friends to get me through this.

Dave: Dave. 15. Ohio.

JD: This season Endurance traveled all the way from the beautiful waters of Fiji to the freezing 53 degree Atlantic Ocean. (aerial view of calm Fiji waters zoom over to crashing waves of the Atlantic)

Sophia: I’m Sophia. 15 years old. From Florida. To win you have to be willing to do anything. Yeah I’ll make alliances but if they hold me back I’ll drop ‘em. I came here to win not get second place.

Mike: Mike. 14. Oklahoma.

Greg: Greg. 15. New York. I’m division 1 state champ wrestler, so I know I can dominate this game in the physical competitions. I got that cash money.

Luke: Luke. 12. Florida. (Grace tripping and Kelly Ann helping her back up)

Tonya: Tonya. 13. Michigan. I’m a setter for my volleyball team back home. So I know all about pressure. I love it. Thrive on it actually.

Natalie: Natalie. 15 years old. Florida.

Kyle: Kyle. 14. Washington. I’m gonna be the next champion of Endurance. ‘nuff said.

JD:On this rocky beach of Maine the contestants will be thrown into competitions that will test them in every possible way. (focuses in on the white sand beach with huge rocks and cliffs)

Heather: Heather. 14. South Carolina. I’m here to prove I’m not just a pageant queen. I can keep up with the guys.

Clint: Clint. 15. Ohio. (Dave slipping down a rock, gets up)

Annabella: Bella. 13. From California. Annabella means easy to love. And I think that fits me perfect. I get along with pretty much everybody. Friendships are key in this game. And I can hold my own in challenges.

Rachel: Rachel. 14 years old. Illinois.

Sandy: Sandy. 14. Arizona. I can win this game. I’ve prepared for this like my entire life. Just gotta stay focused.

Ethan: Ethan. 15. Colorado. I don’t want to sound coc ky. But I know I’m the strongest competitor here. I can win this thing no problem.

Kevin: Kevin. 14. From Texas.

JD:Who will rise above the rest and win the grand prize? (view of JD saying this)
And who will crumble under the pressure? (rocky avalanche)
We’ll find out right here on Endurance: Atlantic. (back to JD)

Theme song:
20 contestants (the kids climbing up the side of a rocky cliff)
12 challenges (girl in yellow catching a ball, 4 boys fighting over something in the sand)
1 ocean (girl falling in the water-AHH)
Endurance: Atlantic(crashing waves, logo)

JD: Glad to see that you all made it here. There were a few spills on the way but you made it. (few sblack persons and smiles) Welcome to Endurance: Atlantic. (hoots and hollering, cheering) This environment is very different from home life. There’s no warm water, soft beds, or even electricity. The nights can get pretty cold here too. And over the next few weeks you’ll compete in missions that will push you to your limits. You all know how this game works. There’s 13 pyramid pieces that your team will need to collect before you can win. They are all the qualities needed for true endurance. Commitment, ingenuity, leadership, knowledge, friendship, trust, discipline, heart, strength, luck, perseverance, teamwork, and I’m forgetting one...oh yeah courage. Now before you can tuck into those cabins over there you’ll have to prove you deserve this, right? (groans) I know, I know. No one likes this part of the game. It’s the Right to Stay Challenge. And we’re gonna play it today. So go ahead and dump your bags and check out the cabins. The mission will be in a few hours.

(everybody running over to the rustic cabins-checking them out and claiming bunks)

Kyle: Dude, this is tight. (high five-ing Greg)

Sandy: Heyy come here. Look at this. It’s a loft. (climbing up a ladder) And it’s got a window in the ceiling!!

(“awesome”, “whoa”, “cool” Heather, Ethan, Sandy come up to see)

Addi: This is so cool. I can’t believe I’m here. I don’t want to leave.

Bella: I know me either. Gah I’m scared for the challenge now. Thanks a lot. (smiling)

Addi: (laughing) Me too. That would suck so bad to come all this way and then not get to stay at least one night.

Tonya: Come on guys think positive. Don’t psych yourself out. Usually the RTS is like holding on for as long as you can. And thats really all mental.

*Grace*: Aw man. I really wanted to have this challenge tomorrow... or never. It stinks that we’re not even gonna get to know some of these kids. Cus they’ll get eliminated so early. Not me though. I’m staying.

(Greg Ethan Dave Kyle doing pull-ups on the rafters-Heather Luke Natalie watching)

[Luke]:(hands on his head) Crapppp. These guys are like beasts!! I need to go all Hulk on ‘em. Like right now. Get mean and green. (flexes arm muscles-very small muscles, sigh) I’m so screwed.

*Sophia*: Everybody wants it so you’re gonna have to push yourself more than they do. Go hard or go home.

(contestants walking out to the flat rock again)

JD: Hey guys and girls. (Heyy in response, Yo from Kyle) It’s time. You’ve all gotten to know each other a bit and now you’ll be competing against each other to secure one of the 14 spots. 7 for the ladies and 7 for the guys. So here’s how it will work.
Theres that long thick metal bar out there 10ft above the ocean. You’ll each have to hang on with your arms and legs wrapped around it for as long as you can. If you’re one of the first 3 to fall then sadly, you are eliminated from Endurance. You’ll have to pack your bags and head back home. But if you manage to endure past the pain and keep from slipping off then you’ve earned the right to stay another few days on Endurance. Any questions?

Kevin: Umm yeah, how cold is that water?

(laughing)

JD: Oh about 50 degrees. Everybody ready? How bout the girls go on out first. Good luck.

(flashes over to the girls on the bar)

JD: And time starts now! So guys any ideas on who’s for sure gonna make it to the final 14?

Mike: Tonya for sure. She does volleyball, so she’s got the arm and leg muscles for it.

Kevin: Yeah. Remember she was like swinging from the rafters to the loft and stuff earlier.

(laughing)

Kyle: I hope Heather makes it.

Ethan: Yeah and Natalie too.

(zoom over to the girls)

Natalie: Ahh this is hard. I’m already slipping.

Addi: Owww my arms are burning.

-3 min-

JD: You girls are doing great. You’ve been hanging for 3 minutes.

(guys cheering)

JD: Everybody is moving out there. Trying to get a good grip on the bar.

Rachel: AH! (legs slip off so she’s just hanging by her arms)

(guys yelling)

Bella: NO! Come on pull your legs back up. Your gonna fa- (SPLASH-Rachel falls)

JD: Oh there goes Rachel. She’s the first girl to be eliminated. You’re doing great out there ladies. Keep holding on!

*Rachel*: (shivering) I did the best I could. My arms went numb awhile back and I...I just couldn’t hold on anymore. I can’t really be disappointed in myself cus I gave it all I had. But it sucks that I didn’t make it. Well I had a lot of fun while I was here. These people are all great.

-7 min-

(back out to the girls on the bar-everyone’s grip is slipping so they shift to find a better spot)

Heather: I hate this.

Clint: No, what you’ll really hate is falling in the water. It’s freezing. Don’t let go.

(guys cheering-SPLASH-zooms out to water again)

JD: It was Natalie.

Heather: NOOO! Natalie...

(guys with mouths wide open)

Ethan: Oh dude. I didn’t see that coming...

*Natalie*: (crying) That was s...s...so hard. (sniff) Like the h...h..hardest thing I’ve ever done. I just slipped off. I was doing good f...f...for awhile. But then my legs gave out and my arms couldn’t hold me anymore. And...and I fell. (wiping her eyes) I guess I’m proud for getting picked to be on the show in the first place. And meeting all these kids. (sniff) I wa...wanted to make it a lot farther than this though.

(back out to the girls)

Kelly Ann: Ughhh. I’m slipping.

Addi: I know girl, me too.

Sophia: Somebody just fall. Come on.

Heather: I can’t do this anymore.

JD: Man these girls are tough. They’ve been out there for 8 minutes and counting. (SPLASH) Oh th (SPLASH) WOW two almost at the same time. But the first one is out.

Dave: Wait so who fell first?

JD: Addison fell a few seconds before Kelly Ann. So Addi is out and Kelly Ann is in. CONGRATS GIRLS. The rest of you made it!!

(splashes as the girls let go-shivering and cheering and hugging-guys cheering on shore)

*Addi*: (crying) I’m so mad at myself. I don’t even know what to say. If I woulda held on like 10 seconds longer...(head in her hands crying)...I’m glad Kelly Ann made it though. She’s a real sweet girl. Good luck to her and the others. I’ll miss them all. (sniff)

(girls on shore and guys on the bar)

JD: We know who the final girls are. Now let’s find out the guys. Ready out there? (YEAH, cheering) Kay GO! The guys saw you girls do it. And you all held on a long time.

Grace: They got a lot to live up to now.

(girls cheering- flashes out to guys)

Dave: (breathes out, whispers) I want this. I can do this. I want this.

JD: Looks like Mike is really struggling. (Mike hanging by his arms then swinging his legs back up, then slipping and trying to readjust his grip)

(girls cheering for Mike-Come on!!, You got this!!)

Mike: AHH (SPLASH)

(“No!!” “Mike” “aww”)

JD: Oh Mike is in the water. Two more to fall and the game will be over. It’s not as easy as it looks.

*Mike*: (angry) Man. I just kept slipping. I couldn’t get a good grip at all. I know I coulda stayed on a lot longer. That metal bar...it was so slippery. Dang it!! (running his hand through his hair)

-5 min-

JD: These guys are so focused. No one has said anything at all and they barely moved for 5 minutes.

(girls screaming and cheering)

-7 min-

(guys shifting around alot- shaking out their arms and readjusting)

JD: Doing great guys. That’s 7 minutes.

Luke: I don’t know how much longer I can do this.

Kelly Ann: You can do it forever. Come on. WOOO!!

-8:32-

Brent: My arms are numb. I can’t feel them.

Clint: Lucky. I can feel mine and they’re gonna rip off in a few.

Luke: Mine already did. I don’t know how I’m still up here.

Kevin: I’m up here cus I don’t wanna get wet.

Sandy: YEAH! Stay dry Kevin!!

(laughing)

JD: That’s 9 minutes you’ve been out there.

Luke: Ah shoot. I’m going...(slipping off slowly-SPLASH)

(“aww Luke” “you did so good” clapping)

*Luke*: (smiling) I’m so proud of myself. I held on for so much longer than I thought I would. I cant even do one pull-up but I held on for over 9 minutes. I’m sad that I can’t stay here, but I pushed myself so hard today. Good luck to everyone left here. Peace out.

-10 minutes-

JD: That’s the 10 minute mark guys.

(girls getting kinda hoarse from screaming for so long “You’re beasts” “I love you guys!!”)

(“AHH”-SPLASH)

(replay- a boy slipping off with limbs flailing as he falls into the water)

JD: Oh there goes Clint. That’s three down so we have our final 14 competitors on Endurance: Atlantic. (guys drop in the water- yelling and dunking each other)

*Clint*: That was insanely hard. Every muscle in my body hurts. Ugh... yeah I’m proud that I lasted that long. But I really really wanted to get teams at least. So I’m kinda pissed off. But I couldn’t have outlasted these guys that are left. I couldn’t of held on any longer.

(guys and girls back on the beach)

JD: Congratulations!! Give yourself a round of applause (cheering and clapping and Kelly Ann hugging Grace) You all standing here have earned a spot as the final 14. That challenge was extremely hard but it’s a mark of what’s to come. So get ready. Enjoy your night. I’ll see you in the morning concerning teams and partners. The game is on!

(“WOO!!”-running off to the cabins excitedly)

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Episode 2: Warning Must Love Drama
(action) *interview* [confessional]

Last time on Endurance: Atlantic

Twenty daring teens traveled from all over the US to the coast of Maine to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. (the kids hiking over the rocks on the beach) They loved the cabins and making new friends. (Sandy and Heather climbing the ladder to the loft looking thrilled, Addi and Bella sitting next to each other on the bunk, Grace jumping up and down hugging Kelly Ann) But their excitement was soon turned to nervous tension as the right to stay challenge grew closer. (Luke looking anxious, flashes of the Right to Stay challenge) After hanging on for as long as they could 6 kids fell and they were sent home. Addison Clint Luke Mike Natalie and Rachel. (videos of the kids hitting the water, Mike punching the water, flashes of each of the 6 eliminated kids)

The next challenge will be even tougher. It’s partner time and everyone has a opinion. Tempers flare and friendships are broken. (Heather yelling and running out of the cabin, Sophia crying on the cabin steps, Dave pounding the post of a bunkbed with his fist) Who can make fate work in their favor? And who will run out of luck?(boy flinging a ball through the air) Find out today on Endurance: Atlantic.

Theme song:
20 contestants (the kids climbing up the side of a rocky cliff)
12 challenges (girl in yellow catching a ball, 4 boys fighting over something in the sand)
1 ocean (girl falling in the water-AHH)
Endurance: Atlantic (crashing waves, logo)

(sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean)

JD: Guys. Girls. You awake? (kids come out of the cabins and sit down on the porch of the guys cabin) How was your first night here on the coast of the Atlantic? (“great” “loved it” “cold”) Excellent. I know you know why I’m here. I can sense it. So let’s talk about partners for a bit. Having a good partner is obviously really important, critical to your success in this game. Through the seasons everyone has had different opinions on what makes the best partner. Any thoughts on what would make your perfect teammate?

Sophia: Well I want someone who’s strong and that I can talk to without worrying that he’ll tell everyone else.

Tonya: Yeah they have to be athletic so we can win challenges. And we have to be able to work together good.

Ethan: I want my partner to push me to do better. I don’t want her to hold me back.

JD: So physical strength is a common one I’m hearing. (kids nodding) And good communication. Both are great qualities to look for in a partner. On the flip side, what if you don’t get the partner you want? (kids exchange nervous glances)

Kevin: Then you’re screwed.

(laughing)

Kevin: Just kidding. You just gotta…gotta work through it. You have to make it work for your team.

Brent: Yeah you can’t just give up cus you didn’t want that person. You have to ENDURE past it.

(few giggles)

JD: (chuckling) Nice. That is the base of this entire game. To endure past the things that don’t go your way. So keep that in mind for today’s partner mission. And I’ll see you later this afternoon. (kids staring after him as he leaves).

Heather: What?! That’s it? He’s not gonna tell us how the mission is gonna work or anything?

Sophia: Guess not. Well we should probably make the famous partner list.

Greg: Now? I don’t really know exactly who I want yet. Come on we have all morning to figure it out. Let’s just go swimming or something.

Sophia: No we need to do it now. This has to be perfect so that no gets screwed out of the partner they want.

Grace: Soph chill out. (Sophia crosses her arms) A half hour’s not gonna make a difference. And most people don’t know who they want as a partner anyway. I’m going swimming.

Sophia: Fine does anyone care if they get a good partner??

Kelly Ann: It’s not that we don’t care. We just don’t want to do that right now. If we made the list now, it would change a million times cus no one is sure what person they want. So let’s just give it a little time.

Sophia: Whatever. Go swim. You’ll be sorry when it’s mission time and no one knows who their partner is gonna be. (walks away)

(everyone stares at her with wide eyes)

[Brent]: Man what’s that girl’s problem? She’s so uptight about everything.

Sandy: Okay then.

Kyle: Swimming anyone?

(kids-minus Sophia- run to the ocean-laughing and splashing)

Tonya: AHH. Hey. That’s cold. (as Brent splashes her)

Bella: (standing ankle deep) Actually I don’t want to swim.

Kevin: Yes you do. (dragging her in)

Bella: (laughing and screaming) Stop! Stop! Oh fineee since I’m already wet. (dunking Tonya under)

Sandy: Chicken fight!! (climbing on Grace’s shoulders)

(Bella climbs on Kevin’s, kids all laughing and splashing and having fun)

(flashes over to Sophia on the steps- looking frustrated)

*Sophia*: I just don’t get why people aren’t more focused on the game. If you want to win you need the best partner. And they just seem to care about having fun. Playing in the ocean…come on!! This isn’t a vacation it’s a game!! And now people probably hate me. So no one is gonna want to be my partner.

(kids starting to come back up to the cabins)

Kelly Ann: Sophia why are you crying? (sitting down next to her-her hair dripping wet)

Sophia: Cus…I just screwed myself over. No one is gonna want me as their partner.

Kelly Ann: (hugging her) Oh sorry I got you all wet.

Sophia: (laughing a little) It’s okay.

Kelly Ann: And I’m sure they’re still going to want you. You’re strong and athletic and smart. Remember this morning? JD said those were the most important things in this game.

Sophia: I guess. (looking up as Walt, Bella, Kevin, and Dave come up the beach)

Kevin: What’s wrong?

Sophia: Nothing. (wiping her eyes in a hurry) I’m sorry I was so pushy. I just really want to make sure we all get the partner we want.

Bella: Aww it’s okay. I think we’ll all be ready soon. Cus we really do need to get started on that list.

(go inside to dry off a bit-Heather Sandy Grace and the guys come up later)

(everyone in the boy’s loft)

Walt: I’m good with anyone…

Sandy: I’m not. No offense. I want Greg or Ethan or Kyle.

Grace: I want Greg or Dave.

(Kelly Ann and Greg at the same time “I wan…”)

Kelly Ann: Go ahead.Greg: Okay. I want Heather.

Ethan: Well I want Heather.

Kyle: Come on. I told you all last night that I wanted Heather.

*Bella*: Big shocker. Every single guy wants Heather. She’s the “hottest” one here. She’s a flirt. (shows Heather laughing and flipping her hair at something Greg said) It’s so annoying. Cus the guys are all gonna fight over her and then the rest of us…well no one’s gonna want us. Except Walt. Poor kid. None of the girls want him. He’s just too quiet and geeky. With his little glasses and his hair…I don’t know how he made it past the right to stay.

(guys arguing about who get’s Heather)

Sophia: HEYYY GUYS!!! (everyone shuts up and stares at her) Thank you. Let’s just make a list of who everyone wants. And then we’ll see.

Dave: Sounds good.

Sophia:Okay so girls first. Bella who do you want?

Bella: Either Brent or Kyle or Kevin.Sophia: What did you say Grace? Greg and who?

Grace: Greg and Dave.

*Greg*: All the guys want Heather. I think me and her would make the best team ever. But only one of us guys are gonna get her. I think that even if we make this list it’s gonna change. Now every guy wants to win the mission. And when they do they’re gonna pick Heather. This is so insane.

Sophia: Okay so here’s the list of who everyone wants. (posts it on the side of the cabin)

Bella- Brent/Kyle/Kevin

Grace- Greg/Dave

Kelly Ann- Kevin/Dave

Sandy- Ethan/Greg/Kyle

Tonya- Ethan/Greg/Kyle/Brent

Sophia- Greg/Ethan

Heather- Greg/Ethan/Kyle

Brent- Heather/Tonya/Sandy

Dave- Heather/Grace/Tonya

Ethan- Heather/Sandy/Sophia/Grace/Tonya

Greg- Heather/Grace/Sandy/Tonya

Kyle-Heather

Walt-anyone

Kevin- Heather/Kelly Ann/Tonya

Grace: So what if we put Kyle and Heather together and th…

Ethan and Greg: No. Come on. That’s no fair.

(boys all shouting and arguing again)

Heather: THIS IS STUPID. I DON’T EVEN CARE WHO I GET ANYMORE. JUST STOP FIGHTING OVER ME. I’LL TAKE WALT FOR ALL I CARE. AHHHH (guys all shut up and everyone stares) STUPID BOYS!!! (storms down the ladder and out of the cabin)

(dead silence for a few minutes)

Tonya: (quietly) What if we just skipped her and then came back at the end…

Greg: Yeah okay.

Sophia: So what about Kevin and Kelly Ann?

(Kevin and Kelly Ann look at each other “okay” “sure”)

Kyle: Phew. Alright one team down. 6 to go.

Sandy: How bout me and Ethan?Ethan: Umm…yeah sure. That’s good.

[Ethan]: I still really wanted Heather. But I didn’t want to cause any more drama. And Sandy’s not a bad choice either. She’ll be a good partner.

Sandy: Yay! (hugging him)

Sophia: I really want Greg.

Grace: Sorry but so do I.

(both stare at Greg)

Greg: I’d be fine with either of you…

Grace: Well pick one.

Dave: I actually wanted you to be my partner Grace.

Grace: I know…It’s not that I don’t like you. But…Greg is my first choice and…

Dave: I get it. Well I’ve done all I can do. You guys fight it out. I’m done. (climbs down the ladder and out of the cabin)

Tonya: Dave. Dave? Come on. Uhhh. Well let’s just leave that one alone too. I want Brent.

Bella: Oh my God. Are you serious? I want Brent too.

Brent: Sorry Bella but I think I would do better with Tonya.

Bella: What?! Come on. Why? (Brent just looks down) Fine…Wait. NO. I’m not being with Walt. No No No. Not happening.

Walt: Ouch.

Bella: Sorry Walt. I just don’t think me and you would do well together…that’s all. I think you and Tonya would be a much better team.

Tonya: After all I’ve done for you. I can’t believe you would try to steal my partner.

Bella: All you’ve done for me? What a drama queen. Whatever. And hello news flash. He’s not your partner yet!!

Brent: (quietly) I’m gonna go…and see what Dave is…uhh…doing. (sneaks down the ladder and outside)

(in the other cabin- can hear Tonya and Bella’s voices getting louder)

Dave: (pounds bunk bed) This is so messed up. Why is it this hard to pick partners?

Heather: I know seriously. It’s called compromise.

Brent: (walks in) I’m so done. This is too much stress for me. Why can’t everyone just relax instead of yelling all the time.

Dave: Yeah. And poor Walt. No one wants him.

Brent: No one wants Bella either. She’s just too hyper for me. Doesn’t seem like she’d be into the game as much.

Heather: She’s a really nice girl actually. But anyways. Who’s got partners set? Anybody?

Brent: Yeah so far it’s Ethan and Sandy. Kelly Ann and Kevin. And that’s it.

Heather: That’s it?? The mission is in few hours and that’s all we’ve got. So I guess I’m left with either Kyle or Walt. I think me and Kyle would be good together actually. I can talk to him pretty easy. I think I’m gonna go write that on the list. Wish me luck.

Dave: Yeah be careful. You’re entering the line of fire.

(camera follows Heather into the other cabin-theres only Kelly Ann, Kevin, Kyle, Sophia, Grace and Greg left in there)

Heather: Wow. This is insane.

Kyle: I know. Do you still want to be my partner? Cus I’m all there is left besides Walt.

Heather: Yeah. I was just coming in here to ask you that.

Kyle: Okay so Sophia you wanna write that down.

Sophia: Sure. Finally someone agrees on something. My God. So here’s the list. (Dave and Brent walk in).

Sandy and Ethan

Kelly Ann and Kevin

Heather and Kyle

Grace: You can add me and Dave. If you still want me?

Dave: Yeah I do.

Grace: Sorry I didn’t want you before.

(Sophia writes it down)

Sophia: Thanks Grace. You’re the best. (hugging her)

Brent: Can you write me and Tonya too. I mean I feel bad for Bella but I really don’t want her…

Sophia: Yeah I know. Okay so we finally have a list of everyone. I just hope this works out…

Sandy and Ethan

Kelly Ann and Kevin

Heather and Kyle

Grace and Dave

Sophia and Greg

Tonya and Brent

Bella and Walt

(shows Tonya digging her toes in the sand on the beach, Bella crying on the porch swing, Walt in the doorway of the cabin, Ethan and Sandy talking on a bunk bed)

*Walt*: That list is never gonna hold up. Half the people really want someone else. They just said who they did to keep the peace. At the mission there’s gonna be even more tears and fights. You just wait.

Kevin: This show should come with a disclaimer or something. Warning-Must Love Drama.

(out at the beach for the mission)

JD: Hey everybody. I’m seeing so many different emotions on your faces here. Sandy you look very happy. But then Bella you’re crying. We haven’t even done the mission yet. What’s up?

Bella: We all partnered up and (sniff) I got stuck with Walt even though I told everyone who I wanted.

JD: Wait, you all partnered up…we haven’t played the mission yet. So technically no one has partners yet.

Sophia: Well we made a list and I think everyone is gonna stick to it. So we pretty much know who our partners are.

JD: I wouldn’t be so sure Sophia. We pick partners different ways for different seasons remember. And this season…we’re leaving it up to fate.

(everyone’s jaws drop)

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Episode 3: It's On


(action) *interview* [confessional]
Last time on Endurance: Atlantic

With the partner mission only hours away, everyone wanted to make the perfect list of teams. It got complicated when no one agreed on anything and things escalated from bad to worse. (Tonya and Bella yelling at each other and storming out of the cabin; going separate directions) Later at the mission a shocking twist was revealed. (JD: We pick partners different ways for different seasons remember. And this season…we’re leaving it up to fate.) (shocked faces, gasps, brown-haired girl crying)

After the teams have been formed who will be strong enough to push past the conflicts? Which teams will overcome and beat out the competition? (a boy and girl hugging) And whose partnerships will collapse? (a boy in blue shirt sitting with his head in his hands) Find out today on Endurance: Atlantic.

Theme song:
20 contestants (the kids climbing up the side of a rocky cliff)
12 challenges (girl in yellow catching a ball, 4 boys fighting over something in the sand)
1 ocean (girl falling in the water-AHH)
Endurance: Atlantic (crashing waves, logo)

JD: This season...we’re leaving it up to fate.("gasp" "no way" " what?!", shocked and confused faces)

*Sandy*: (tears in her eyes) Great. Now things are gonna get even more mixed up. I was so happy with Ethan. And we started talking about stuff last night. Like what color we wanted and alliances. And even some strategies for temple!! What if I don’t get him...(crying) and he goes and tells his partner everything. It’ll be like how Conner turned on Darci. I don’t want to go home first.

JD: So here’s how we’re gonna do it. First off guys and girls will be seperated from each other like in E2. So you won’t know who your partner is until after the mission. Take a look over there (points to a spot about 80ft away). See that catapult. Well it’s gonna be launching colored football shaped-balls over here for you to catch. The first person to get the ball gets that color. Once you catch a ball you can go stand on your triangle. And there’s a little twist to make things interesting. The last person to get a ball won’t get a pyramid piece. So that team will be at a disadvantage right from the start. Don’t let it be your team. On the other hand the team that catches the first ball will get 2 pieces. They will get a automatic advantage. Alright you know what’s at stake here so let’s get started. Girls to the right and guys to the left.

(everyone standing on the beach facing the launchers)

JD: Ready? (YEAH!) First balls...launched!

(orange balls flys through the air)

(boys: all run towards it and jump for it, falls right between Kevin and Greg, Kyle dives on the ground first and army crawls out of the crowd with the ball clutched to him) (girls: all run under it, all jump for it, Tonya easily out-reaches everyone else and catches it)

JD: Alright winners go stand on your triangles. Congrats your team has two pieces. Ready? (everyone brushing the sand off them) Second balls...launched!

(blue balls fall shorter than the orange ones did)

(boys: sprint to the ball but Greg was in front and catches it like a pro-footballer) (girls: started running backwards before the ball was even launched, so it falls into the sand and Bella was closest, gets it with almost no competition)

JD: That was a easy catch for both sides. Nice work. (Bella looking extremely excited runs over to her blue triangle, Greg stands on his also looking proud) Third balls...launched.

(green balls fly and go right in the middle of the pack)

(boys: jump for it, Dave half catches it but it gets knocked out, all the guys (except Walt) roll around in the sand wrestling it from each other, Ethan stands up and pulls it from Brent/Dave, and runs away) (girls: Sandy kinda shoves Kelly Ann and Heather, girls all jump for it, bounces off their hands, falls in the sand, Sandy, Sophia and Heather dive on it, Sandy: I need this. Pleaseeeeee., the three of them still wrestle for it. Sandy gets it and curls around it, JD: Okay girls she’s got it., Sandy smiles and walks over to her green triangle)

JD: Wow, that was a intense battle for the green team. Good job both of you. Fourth balls...launched!

(red balls go really far-everyone sprints backwards)

(boys: Walt doesn’t run far enough and can’t reach it even when he jumps, Brent runs too far and slips in the sand when he tries to reverse himself, Kevin out-jumps Dave and catches it) (girls: all jump for it, goes right through Kelly Ann’s hands, and into Heather’s, Heather tucks it into her stomach)

JD: Nice work, both sides. (they go stand on their triangles, Brent spits out a mouthful of sand) There’s only 3 balls left. Fifth balls...launched!

(gray balls fall right in the middle again)

(boys: start to run for it then all back away, it falls in the sand, they glance at each other anxiously, Brent: I don’t want it. Walt: Me either.)

*Dave*: That gray ball...yeah that was a hard one. No one wanted to be on gray. It’s bad luck. But then again there were only 2 more balls after it. And you didn’t want to get the last one. So...you’re kinda stuck.

(girls: saw it was gray and froze, it fell in the middle between them, they all stare at it then at each other, Grace: You can take it (to Sophia)

Sophia: No thanks. Kelly Ann: I don’t want it either.)JD: This is very amusing for me. Both sides have let the ball just drop in the sand. And it seems that no one wants to step up and take it.

-3 minutes later-

(boys: staring at each other, Dave steps forward and takes it. Dave: I got it. You’re welcome., Brent and Walt pat him on the back, Brent: Thanks man. I owe you.)

*Brent*: I know I can beat out Walt. So it was a win-win for me. Don’t get gray and don’t be last.

JD: A boy has finally picked up their ball, but the girls are still debating.

(girls: Kelly Ann: Fine I’ll take it., Sophia and Grace hug her, Grace: I won’t let you get sent home first.)

*Sophia*: Kelly Ann is such a sweetheart. I knew she would cave-in and take gray. She’ll defiantly be easy to manipulate in the future.

JD: Alright after all that we got our gray team. Now this next ball will be the last team to get a pyramid piece. Good luck to you final four. Sixth balls...launched.

(purple balls fly a little deep)

(boys: Brent sprints faster than Walt and gets the purple ball with no pressure) (girls: Grace and Sophia both sprint for it, Grace gets in front of Sophia but it bounces off the tips of her fingers, Sophia snatches it out of the air and jumps up and down in excitement)

JD: (Sophia runs to her triangle and hugs Kelly Ann) Good job. Final ball is launched.

(yellow balls shoot to the middle)

(Walt lets it fall and walks over to pick it up) (Grace wipes her eyes as she looks in the air, catches the ball no problem)

JD: Great job everyone. That’s all the colors. Now for the fun part. Revealing the partners. Would the girl with the orange ball come over to guys side.

(Tonya walks in front of the divider)

Kyle: (smiles) Cool.

JD: Alright the first team of Endurance: Atlantic is Kyle and Tonya on orange. How do you like that?

Tonya: It’s not what we had on the list. But it’s okay. I know Kyle’s strong and so am I.

Kyle: We’ll be a good team.

JD: Excellent. Alright now how ‘bout the blue team get their first look at each other.

(Bella walks out with her blue ball-Greg’s face falls, they half-hug)

JD: Neither of you seem very happy about this.

Greg: We’ll be fine. (Bella nods)

JD: Okay...(unconvinced). Now let’s meet the green team.

(Ethan looks over anxiously at the divider as Sandy walks around it)

Sandy: (screams excitedly and runs over) Oh my gosh. YES!!

Ethan: (catches her as she throws herself into a hug-smiling) Dude. I hoped you remembered.

JD: I’m not going to ask if you two are happy about this. (everyone laughs) What were you hoping she remembered, Ethan?

Ethan: We were talking yesterday about stuff. And we said we wanted to be on the green team. And so today I only went for the green ball and I’m excited that she waited too. (his arm around Sandy)

JD: Oh I see. You guys twisted fate to work in your favor. And it paid off. Let’s see about the next team. Red girl would you please come over here.

(Heather walks over with her ball)

Kevin: Nice! (hugs her)

Heather: I had this weird feeling I was getting you. (laughing-hugging back)

JD: You two seem pretty good with this partnership. (they nod) Okay what about the gray team. No one wanted to be on this team it seemed like. Gray girl come on over and meet your partner.

(Kelly Ann walks over and smiles when she sees Dave on gray)

Dave: Aw of course the Sweetheart of Georgia took it. (smiling as he hugs her)

Kelly Ann: Yep. (smiles- hug back)J

JD: Another happy team right? ("Yeah") Since there’s only two teams left to reveal why don’t both girls come over at the same time.

(Grace and Sophia come over with their colored balls and over to their triangles, Sophia gives a little half smile)

JD: You two girls seem disappointed and so do you boys.

Brent: Yeah I really wanted Tonya, but she’s on orange. (sigh) But me and Sophia will do good.

Sophia: Yeah and I wanted someone closer to my age, It’s alright though. Fate put us together, so it must have some plan for us.

JD: That’s a good way of thinking. You’ll have the whole day to just relax, hang out, and get to know your partners. I’ll come by later to hand out your pieces and see how you are all doing. Enjoy the day. It’s supposed to be a beautiful and sunny.

Sandy: Thanks JD.

(kids all walk back to the cabins)

[Grace]: I’m on the yellow team. No complaints about that except that I was last which means no piece. Not really that big of a deal though. But my partner is...Walt. Many MANY complaints about that. He’s so annoying. No one around here likes him very much cus he never talks. So now I’m gonna have to go try to communicate with him. Should I go phone Star Trek to come interpret or the chess club or something?! UGHHHH!

(in the girls cabin Grace on a bunkbed across from Sandy and Heather)

Grace: Why didn’t I just take gray? If I did then I woulda got to be with Dave. Which was exactly who I wanted. Stupid Kelly Ann. I’m so mad at her.

(Sandy and Heather look at each other with raised eyebrows)

Sandy: Kelly Ann took it cus you and Sophia didn’t want it. She did you two a favor so don’t take it out on her. (Grace started to say something but Sandy just talked over her) ANDDDD Walt didn’t want you either. He wanted Kelly Ann or me.

Grace: (shocked) What?! No way. I thought he didn’t care who he got. He told Sophia to write anyone on the list thingy.

Sandy: Yeah cus he didn’t want to cause any more drama. He’s a smart and funny kid. Just try to talk to him. You’d be surprised.

Grace: Easy for you to say. You’ve got your perfect little team. Why don’t you go and talk to Ethan.

(Sandy gets up says something like I’m done and walks out)

Heather: Geez Grace. You honestly haven’t given Walt a try. And you’re not the only one unhappy with their teammate. Bella and Greg are pretty pissed about it too. I’m gonna go talk to Kevin. I’m done trying to help you out. Friendships are important in this game too you know. Not just getting the best partner. (she walks away)

[Heather]: Some people here are like so selfish. When something doesn’t go their way they just blow up at anyone. I’m hoping that Sophia or Grace go home first. We really don’t need that kind of annoyance here.

(over in the boys loft- Kyle, Tonya, Bella, Kelly Ann, and Brent)

Tonya: So has Greg said anything to you since the mission, Bella?

Bella: Nope. He just grabbed his shirt and walked off. When I came in here he was just about to leave. And he just looked at me and kept walking out the door.

Kelly Ann: Aww Bella. I’m sorry. He’ll get over it. You’re a strong girl.

Tonya: Yeah I mean you got the second ball.

Bella: I guess...you got the first one though. You’ve got like super volleyball legs. You jumped so high.

Tonya: (laughing) Yeah that mission was pretty easy for me.

Sophia: (climbing up the ladder) Well it sucked for me. Cus I’m the shortest one here.Bella: Nuh uh. I’m shorter than you.

Sophia: You got the second ball though I got second to last. Big difference.

Kelly Ann: Not really cus you both got one piece and a color.

Sophia: True. So Brent I was wondering if you wanted to come talk or something?

Brent: Sure.

(they leave the cabin)

Kelly Ann: Poor Brent. He really likes you Tonya.

Tonya: (turning a little pink) No he doesn’t.

Kyle: He so does. He liked you from the start. You were the only one he cheered for in the right to stay.

Bella: Yeah and he picked you over me for the list remember. He flat out told me, No I want Tonya.

Tonya: (blushing more) Guys stop it. Why would he like me? We just met like yesterday.

Bella: Just saying. You never know what could happen in Maine...(smiling)

Tonya: Okay Bella, got it (laughing). Is everyone off talking with their partners? It’s very quiet around here.

Kelly Ann: Probably. I should go find Dave.

Bella: I wasn’t surprised at all. That you two got put together on gray. You are the nicest girl and he’s the nicest guy. So you both took the ball to save the other people from "gray’s curse. Don’t worry though. There’s no way you’re getting sent to temple first.

Kelly Ann: (climbing down the ladder) Thanks. And I wouldn’t worry too much about Greg. Dave is probably talking to him about you right now.

(Dave and Greg on the porch)

Greg: Why Bella? She’s the youngest girl here. And she’s sooo annoying.

Dave: I’m pretty sure Tonya is 13 too.

Greg: Yeah but Tonya woulda been better. She’s so focused on this game. She’ll be tough to beat. Especially now that she’s with Kyle.Dave: We should think about giving them the samadhi if either of us win tomorrow.

Greg: I’m not gonna win thanks to Bella. And no offense but Kelly Ann isn’t one of the strongest girls here either.

Dave: Yeah I know. But I’m glad that I got her. She gets along with everyone. So since we aren’t as much of a physical threat I think we can go really far. And you’re my closest friend here so hopefully I can get you on everyone’s good side too. Oh hey Kelly Ann. (as she walks over to join them)

Kelly Ann: Hey. Whatcha talking about?

Greg: Bella and who should get the samadhi.

Kelly Ann: Bella’s not as bad as everyone seems to think. She’s just very energetic. Which probably will be great for you in missions Greg.

Greg: Pshhh.

Kelly Ann: Why don’t you think she’s athletic? Is it cus she’s so small. Don’t let that fool you. She runs cross country so she’s got the stamina. (Greg looks shocked to hear that) Just give her a chance. That’s what everyone around here needs to do. I guess Grace isn’t giving Walt a chance either.

Dave: Oh really. I’m actually glad that I didn’t get her now. Sandy came out of the cabin earlier saying that she was so done trying to be nice to people that don’t deserve it. Then Heather followed and she was pretty upset too. She said something about Grace being ridiculous and then went over to confessional.

Greg: Hmm well hopefully she caused a lot of drama and she’ll go home before me.

(Dave and Kelly Ann laugh)

(Sophia and Brent over on the beach)

Brent: Sorry I acted like I didn’t want you. I think we’ll be a okay team.

Sophia: Yeah me too. I think we have as good a chance as anyone to win this. I mean no one except Sandy and Ethan really have a edge on us. Since they got to talk all yesterday and they were like super happy to get each other. But everyone else is pretty much in the same boat as us.

Brent: (nods) So do you think the mission tomorrow will be a Endurance or Temple?

Sophia: I think Endurance but we might want to think about which teams we would send just in case.

Brent: I really have no idea except yellow. Everyone else it would be hard to send up.

Sophia: Mhmm. This whole game is hard. Seriously there hasn’t been one easy part yet.

(the sun starts to set a little, over by the team piece poles)

JD: Good evening everyone. Well it was pretty stressful earlier but hopefully by now you’ve absorbed what happened. And are getting to know your partners a little better. Ready to get your first pyramid pieces? ("Yeah") Mkay orange you were first and so you get two pieces. Luck and Leadership. You had the luck to get the extra bonus piece. And you two showed great leadership at the mission too. You lead by example. Even though this wasn’t the partnership either of you had in mind you looked at the positives and accepted it.

(Kyle and Tonya each take a piece and hang it up)

*Kyle*: It feels great to have such a early lead. Hopefully it won’t put a target on ours backs.

JD: Blue team your first piece is Commitment. I noticed that you two weren’t happy about you’re team. It will take a lot of commitment-to the challenges and each other-to push past your differences and unite as a team.

(Greg takes it and Bella follows and helps hang it up)

JD: Ethan and Sandy you guys get the Knowledge piece. You demonstrated a lot of knowledge today as you outwitted the random rate of your teams. You remembered your conversation about team colors and that worked to your advantage. Congrats, here you go.

(Ethan takes it and Sandy (smiling) helps hang it up)

*Sandy*: I’m so proud of us. We were determined to get each other as partners and we did. We can do anything.

JD: Next we have the Heart piece for red. Like Franke said in E4. It’s red and so are you. (laughing) You guys could have just given up today at the challenge. But you had the heart to stick it out. And it paid off. Here.

(Heather takes it and they both hang it up)

JD: Come here gray team. You guys get the Courage piece. It took a lot of courage to step up and take the gray ball that no one else wanted.

(everyone cheering for them as they hang it up)

*Kelly Ann*: I have a good feeling for this season’s gray team. I don’t think we’ll get sent home first.

JD: I have one more piece and that’s for the purple team. It’s Discipline. Like the blue team you two didn’t seem very happy. It’s going to take a lot of discipline to decide to make this partnership work together as one. Good luck to you.

(Brent takes it and they hang it up-with a little difficulty)

Brent: Man this is a challenge by itself. (everyone laughs)

JD: Alright got it in there. Yellow sorry no piece for you. But don’t count yourselves out. You still have a good chance of coming back to win Endurance: Atlantic. Speaking of which. I bet you guys would like to know where the winners will be traveling this season right? (YEAH!, cheering and clapping) The team that wins will be spending 2 weeks in Belize Central America. It’s located right on the Gulf of Mexico. They will get to snorkel in the second largest barrier reef in the entire world. They will also get to tour the ancient ruins of the Mayas. For a few days they will travel inland to the city of Corazol where there is a children’s orphanage. They are big fans of Endurance down there and are just dying to meet the winners. Later the children will escort you to a local sugarcane festival. Where you can take part in a traditional dances and sports and learn the ways of the Belizeans. There’s so much to see and experience in Belize. The winners will have the time of their lives. So there you have it. You’ve got your teams and your pieces and the grand prize in mind-Endurance: Atlantic has really kicked into action. (WOO!, cheering and clapping) I’ll see you guys tomorrow morning to discuss your first mission.

[Tonya and Bella]: Tonya: I’m gonna win that trip. Bella: No way girlfriend. I got this in the bag. Tonya: In your dreams sista’. Bella: Either way Grace and Sophia are going DOWNN. Tonya: Fo sho’. Down to the ground. Get on the floor. wika wika word. Bella: Umm no. Don’t ever do that again. (leaves confessional)Tonya: She’s just jealous. (sticks out her tongue) This game is ON yo!

[unachicabelleza]

Episode 4: Expect the Unexpected
(action) *interview* [confessional]

Last time on Endurance: Atlantic

The official teams of Endurance were finally determined. There’s the Orange team: Kyle and Tonya. Blue team: Greg and Bella. Green team: Ethan and Sandy. Red team: Kevin and Heather. Gray team: Dave and Kelly Ann. Purple team: Brent and Sophia. And the Yellow Team: Walt and Grace. (flashes of all the teams posing on the rocks with the crashing waves in the back ground-zooms in on certain team as their names are said) Some teams overlooked their differences and really tried to commit to each other. (Brent and Sophia on the beach talking) Well others didn’t seem to making a effort at all. (Grace sitting alone on a bunkbed, Walt swinging on the porch swing next to Sandy) After the first pieces were handed out and the grand prize Belize trip was announced everyone felt the mood intensify. (Kyle with his serious game face on, team piece poles come into focus)

Today the teams are faced with their first team mission. (Gray sitting back to back in the sand struggling to get up) And the mission isn’t the only challenge the teams will be faced with. (in a cabin-Brent looking offended/shocked and Bella crying) Who will pull together through the difficult circumstances? And whose team will fall apart for good? (Bella and Greg yelling at each other while holding a wooden plank) Find out here on Endurance: Atlantic.

Theme song:
20 contestants (the kids climbing up the side of a rocky cliff)
12 challenges (girl in yellow catching a ball, 4 boys fighting over something in the sand)
1 ocean (girl falling in the water-AHH)
Endurance: Atlantic (crashing waves, logo)

Team Stats:
BLUE TEAM: Greg&Bella Commitment
GRAY TEAM: Dave&Kelly Ann Courage
GREEN TEAM: Ethan&Sandy Knowledge
ORANGE TEAM: Kyle&Tonya Luck Leadership
PURPLE TEAM: Brent&Sophia Discipline
RED TEAM: Kevin&Heather Heart
YELLOW TEAM: Walt&Grace -----
*Walt*: Today there’s going to be our first mission as a team. I, for one, am very nervous because Grace and I aren’t getting along very well. And Grace is causing a lot of tension with the girls. So if we don’t win today I have a feeling we’ll be targeted.

[Brent]: Whoever wins today’s mission is gonna have such a hard time deciding. Everyone is friends here. And so after the samadhi or whatever is handed out...there’s gonna be a huge divide. It’ll be like three on three. Unofficial superteams basically.

JD: Hey guys come out to the porch for a few. (kids come out and sit down) So recap. You guys got here-to the Atlantic coast- two days ago. Then right away six were cut, leaving us with you fourteen kids. Then yesterday I told you that you’re getting paired into teams. And from what I heard there was a few tears and some drama around that. (Kyle: That’s a understatement.) Haha. But then after fate decided your teams things kinda took a turn for the better. Most of you seemed pretty happy with who you’re partnered with. (Grace rolls her eyes) Which brings us to today, Day 3. It’s your first Endurance mission. You’ll be playing for a pyramid piece and the all-important samadhi. This is a big one. It could shake up the entire outcome of this game. So I suggest you all get prepared mentally and physically. And I’ll see you down by the ocean in a few hours. (“bye JD”, Sandy biting her nails nervously, Walt rubbing his hands together nervously, everyone looking anxious and goes about their business)

(way down on the beach away from everyone else)

Greg: Okay this is far enough. I just don’t want to be overheard...that could hurt both of us.

Dave: Yeah. So we’re in this together. All the way to the end.

Greg: Final 2 dude. (high fives)

Dave: We can’t make it obvious though. Don’t spend like a lot of extra time with just me alone. Cus then the rest will suspect something and...

Greg: ...we’ll be a threat. And get sent to temple yeah. Got it. Make sure to tell Kelly Ann though. And I guess I have to tell Bella. Cus we don’t want to add anymore partner drama with like alliances behind their backs. But don’t tell anyone else.

Dave: So the deal is...1) no sending each other to temple 2) consult before decisions are made 3) no samadhis either. Deal?

Greg: Deal. (shake hands) So still thinking Orange for the samadhi today?

Dave: I don’t know. I want to handicap the strongest team. So depends how everyone does in the mission today.

Greg: Okay. Well we should probably go back. We don’t want suspicion.

[Greg]: So me and Dave made a alliance. I trust him and we get along real well. I hope Kelly Ann and Bella are cool with it. If they’re not...oh well. I don’t care. Me and Dave are tight and we’re sticking with it till the final 2.

(everyone sitting on in the loft and on bunks-Dave and Greg walk in)

Dave: Hey Kelly Ann. Do you want to go talk before the mission?

Kelly Ann: Sure. (following him out and back to the beach)

Dave: Listen I made a alliance with Blue team. (she raises her eyebrows) They won’t send us to temple or give us the samadhi no matter what. And we’re gonna run our decisions by them to make sure we don’t screw up. Okay?

Kelly Ann: Wow okay. Umm it’s only day 3. We barely know everyone. And we don’t know how strong each team is gonna be.

Dave: This isn’t about strength. It’s about trust. I know I can trust Greg. And Bella you said was nice so she won’t tell anyone about it.

Kelly Ann: Okay. Well...I’m fine with it.

Dave: You are? (she nods) Phew I thought you were mad at me for a second there. (almost laughing in relief)

Kelly Ann: (laughing) No, I’m not mad. But before you make any other alliances talk to me. And before I do, I’ll come find you. We gotta make sure there are no secrets between us. Cus when confusion happens it makes the team weaker. And we gotta do the best we can at everything. We have to push ourselves to win today. I don’t think anyone is planning on giving us the samadhi but we don’t want to take any changes ya know.

Dave: Yeah absolutely.

*Grace*: We all knew this mission was going to be important before JD got here. But I dunno hearing JD say it...it just like... like made it seem bigger. Now everyone’s got their game faces on and were ready to compete. All the troubles with partners from before doesn’t even matter right now. Everyone is in it to win it.

(out on the beach for the mission-see weird contraption thingys)

JD: Welcome to your first Endurance mission. Like I said earlier you’ll be playing for power over the samadhi and a pyramid piece. The teamwork pyramid piece. (holding it up) Your ability to work together as a team is the main focus of this mission. So here’s how it works.

Each team has their own station. There is a 3-step staircase, a barrel suspended next to the top of the stairs, and 2 buckets on the ground. If you look closer you’ll see that the staircase is just the frame...it’s missing the actual steps-the planks that you need to climb to reach the barrel. Your job is to find 3 planks located around the beach and place them on the frame to finish the staircase.

Then take your buckets and fill them up with water from the ocean. Climb the 3 steps you built and dump the water into the barrel. After a few trips the barrel will be heavy enough. It’ll tip over and spill the water. First team to tip their barrel wins. (kids exchange glances- like thats it?)

Oh and uh...one more thing...(Kevin: Of course., kids laugh)...you and your partner will be tied together. You will sit back-to-back in the sand and your wrists will be tied to your partners. Your left wrist tied to their right wrist. And your right tied to their left. Don’t worry. You will still be able to carry the buckets and planks it’ll just take a lot of communication.

Everybody understand? (they nod, “yes”) Okay so get into position: back-to-back and we’ll tie you together.

Bella: (as she gets her wrists tied to Greg’s) Oh my God. This is gonna be hard.

-few minutes later-

JD: Okay. For the teamwork piece and control of the samadhi. Ready. Set. Go.

(teams struggling to stand up)

Sandy: (her and Ethan trying but having no luck, Orange gets up easily) Okay this isn’t working. Push against me. (Ethan pushes and her head gets smashed into her knees) OW hey not yet.

Ethan: Sorry. Ready. 1,2,3 (push against each other’s backs and unsteadily rise, get to their feet)

Sandy: Yes! Okay we need to find a plank. Dang it. There’s orange.

JD: Green and Purple are on their feet and Orange is halfway to their first plank already. Gray, Blue, and Yellow seem to be struggling.

Grace: (to Walt) Walt listen to me. Push against my back as hard as you can. And get your feet under you then we’ll stand up. Okay?

Walt: Yeah okay. Now. (both push except get off balance and fall sideways)

Grace: WALT!! Come on we can do this. Now! (try again and this time they get up)

Walt: Good job Grace. Let’s go, there’s a piece over there.

JD: Nice work all the teams are up and on the move. Orange has their first piece and running back to their station. (Tonya and Kyle running sideways over to their stairs, Red trying to pick up there first board, Green isn’t to far away from them)

Tonya: (panting a little) Okay put it in your left hand and put it on the side. Yeah...no...over here. (trying to put the plank carefully on the bottom step of the frame)

Kyle: Grrr I don’t get it. How are we gonna put...

Tonya: (interrupts) Shut up we can do it. NO negatives. Umm. Bring your left...I mean right arm over your head. (bring their arms over their heads-awkwardly twisting to face each other-and grab the other side of the board, and drop it easily into place)

Kyle: Good job. Good job. Hey let’s stay like this. It’s easier to run.

Tonya: (as they run to the second piece) We are so smart.

Kevin: (passes Orange on the way to their stairs) Heather, look at Orange. They twisted around. Let’s try that. (bringing one arm over their heads and facing each other).

Heather: Oh this is so much easier. (reaching their stair frame and putting the first plank in-literally sprinting to plank #2)

JD: Orange is trying a new strategy and it must be working. They’re going for their second plank. Red is right behind them. And so is Green. This is anyone’s game at this point.

(all the teams running around grabbing planks and putting them in, Orange and Red and Green and Gray and Yellow and Purple have twisted around to face their partners, Blue seems to be having difficulties)

Bella: Greg, we should turn around too. Look everyone else did. (they slowly squatting to pick up piece #2) Cus how are we gonna put our planks in our stairs. We’re in last place!!

Greg: Bella we’re fine. Just keep running.

(over to Orange’s station)

Tonya: Okay grab the buckets. Let’s go. We’re in first but Red is like so close.

Kyle: (they pick up the buckets easily- run to ocean) Crap. How did Green finish that so fast.

(flashes over to Green’s station-final plank was put in)

Sandy: Hurry. Hurry. Pick up that bucket. Let’s go. (run to ocean a few paces behind Orange)

Dave: We’re gonna have to sprint this. Come on. (just put third plank in, grabbing buckets)

JD: Orange, Red, and Green are filling up their buckets and running back. Purple is next in the water. And Gray is right on their tail. Yellow great job. They put their final plank in. Blue you guys are falling behind.

(Blue back with their final plank)

Bella: Greggggg. Come on just twist around.

Greg: NO. We don’t have time for that.

Bella: (trying to twist around but Greg is still holding on to a plank) What do you mean we don’t have time for that?! Do you want to lose? Drop the stinkin’ plank already!!

(Orange climbs stairs and pours in their buckets, Red and Green are dead even as they pour in theirs, Gray overtook Purple by a few steps but both teams are climbing the stairs, Yellow is starting to slow down a bit, Blue is still arguing and making no progress)

Grace: (coming back with their first water buckets) Walt I’m sorry. We can’t win.
Walt: Yeah I know. Let’s just fill it up with this water.

Grace: Okay.

JD: Yellow team is walking back to their stairs. They seemed to have given up. Blue needs a miracle right now to come back to win. It looks as though its going to be Orange, Red, or Green that win this. Purple and Gray are mighty close too though.

(kids all panting and sweating as they run down to the water again, Orange then Red and Green then Gray then Purple, Yellow is walking up the stairs, Blue...still arguing)

Grace: (stopped at bottom of stairs) Walt I’m sorry. I should of talked to you more. I mean we’re partners and...

Walt: (sitting on bottom step) Yeah. I shoulda made a effort too, so don’t blame yourself. I think we may be getting the samadhi though. (Grace nods)

(Orange dumps buckets, Green pulling ahead a little bit from Red, Gray then Purple dump buckets)

JD: It looks like one or two more trips will be enough for all teams. Yellow has given up completely and Blue isn’t even speaking to each other anymore.

Kyle: (sprinting to water, really out of breath) Push (breath) it. (breath) Tonya.

(Kevin and Heather are dead even with Ethan and Sandy but Orange is still ahead)

Ethan: (panting, filling up bucket) We can’t (breath) get second.

Sandy: (gasping for breath) I know.

(Orange, Green, and Red sprinting up the beach to their stairs...when Sandy trips, water spills a little out of both buckets and Red passes them)

Sandy: (keeps running) I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.

Ethan: Just move. Come on.

(Orange up stairs and dumping water in, Red dumping water in milliseconds later, and Green like 3 seconds later, Gray and Purple are tied again-both running up the beach almost to the stairs)

JD: Will it be enough? Who’s bucket will tip over first?

(Orange’s barrel wobbles a little, Green’s doesn’t flip, but Red’s tips completely upside-down and spills all the water)

(Kevin and Heather rip the ties off their wrists and jump of the stairs, hugging and jumping up and down)

Heather: Yes!! Yes!! Yes!! Oh my GOSH!!

Kevin: HA!! Whoa! How did we even...

Heather: I know!! AHH!! Oh my gosh!!

(flashes over to Orange, Tonya stands on the top step with her hands on her head catching her breath, Kyle chucks bucket off the stairs and kicks the barrel)

(flashes over to Green who’s sitting on the stairs, Sandy’s crying, Ethan is patting her on the back but looks completely defeated)

JD: Congrats red team. You guys did it. Unbelievable. Orange dumped their third buckets first, but red. You guys musta filled yours up more in the ocean, cus you did won. It flipped over first. Come on over here you two. You and the Orange team are tied in the lead with two pieces each. (hands them the Teamwork piece and the samadhi, Heather and Kevin smiling) Now break open that samadhi. (everyone has confused faces)

Heather: What? Break it open now?

JD: Yep, right here.

Kevin: Us?

JD: Yep. (kids exchange bewildered stares, Kevin smashes it against Purple’s stairs, and pulls out a oyster shell)

Kevin: Umm...

JD: Open that too.

Kevin: Oh. (opens the shell and finds a piece of paper)

JD: Why don’t you describe what’s on it.

Kevin: It’s four stick people umm 2 with dresses and 2 without. Theres arrows connecting the 2 with dresses and that’s it. Oh my gosh. No way... (smacks himself in the forehead) this is switching the partners of two teams. So this is a team swap samadhi.

JD: You are smart. Yes that’s what it is. You and Heather will be deciding which to 2 teams will swap partners.

(Bella looks excited and Sandy crys again, everyone looks stunned)

Heather: (jaw dropped) No way.

JD: Yes way. You have all day to decide. I’ll meet you later by the rocks to hear your decision. And taking it out of the game is not a option. (as Kevin opens his mouth, he closes it again)

(at the piece poles- Red hanging up their Teamwork piece above their Heart piece)

[Kevin and Heather]: (empty confessional, then Red team jumps inside with hands like guns) Kevin: Stealth attack by the Red team. Heather: Watch out. You don’t know when we’re gonna strike next. (sit down-normal) But seriously. Kevin: Yeah seriously. We just beat out Orange by like half a bucket. No one saw it coming. Heather: Domination baby. It was incredible. But now we gotta go. And decide who will be the team switch uhh... Kevin: The team switch victims. Heather: Yeah. It’s gonna be hard. Cus everyone is already telling us their opinions. But whatever. Kevin: We won. It’s all worth it. Heather: Yepp.

(in the girls cabin-Heather, Kevin, Tonya, Brent, Kyle, Bella)

Bella: Do you guys have any idea of who you’re gonna switch?

Heather: No, not yet.

Kyle: (laughing) Would you even tell us if you did?

Heather: (in mysterious flirty voice) Maybe...

Tonya: If Orange woulda won we woulda switched Gray and Yellow.

Kyle: Or Yellow and Pur (Tonya elbows him)...OW. What was that...oh (noticing Brent was in there).

Brent: (looking offended, glances at Tonya) You woulda switched me? Why? What did I ever do to you?

Kyle: (glances at Tonya too) No it woulda been a good switch cus you woulda got Grace.

Brent: Okay yeah sure. (not believing)

Bella: Guys relax Orange didn’t win. Red did. So I think you should switch me to someone’s team. Not yellow but anyone else. Did you hear Greg at the challenge today?

Heather: No what was he saying?

Bella: He wouldn’t listen to me. I said to flip around like all you did. And he’s like that’s a waste of time. And then we started arguing. And he’s like you were the last person I wanted on my team. Cus you’re so annoying. You don’t listen you only care about yourself. I’m like what the heck buddy. I’m on your team. I care about our team. I want to win. He’s like so do I but I can’t since you’re on my team.

Tonya: Oh man. That’s ridiculous.

Bella: Heather. Kevin. Please please switch me. This is exactly what I need. I can’t deal with Greg anymore. He thinks he’s above my level. Please!!! I’m begging you. I’ll do anything.

Heather: We’ll see. There’s a lot of different options ya know. So come on Kevin. Let’s go figure this out. (them two leave cabin)

Brent: (rounds on Tonya) So why would you switch me and Yellow? I want the truth.

Tonya: Because...(looks at Kyle for help, he just looks down) because...some people are upset with Sophia. And I want you to go far in this game. What will I do if you leave because of Sophia?

Brent: (blushes a little) Oh.

(Kyle and Bella exchange smirking glances)

*Bella*: Tonya is brilliant. She totally pulled that out of the air. And he believed her!! She’s gonna have him wrapped around her finger. Which will be good for me too. Since me and Tonya are best friends here.

(Heather and Kevin talking on the beach)

Kevin: We don’t want to cause huge drama with this.

Heather: Yeah but do you really want to switch a weak team. This is our chance to really shake things up. And like make a strong team suffer. What about Orange?

Kevin: No that would be a waste, Tonya and Kyle are strong people individually. Their new team would be just as strong. Plus they would both hate us.

Heather: (laughing) Always fun. Okay so not Orange. Let’s just go down the poles. (glances at piece poles-Blue, Gray, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Yellow) What about Blue? Bella really wants to be switched. But I don’t know.

Kevin: Yeah. We could always switch Blue with Gray. That would cause the least drama. Dave and Greg are good friends so they probably wouldn’t mind. But we kinda need Blue to be a weak team. We know we can beat them every time.

Heather: Man. This is so hard. What about Green? They are a strong team. But they’re kinda like Orange.

Kevin: Strong individually yeah. What about purple? What if we did switch Purple and Yellow?

Heather: We could yeah. Cus then Walt and Sophia wouldn’t be a strong team. Sophia’s a little devious. And poor Walt. He’s just not very open. So if we put them on the same team we could get rid of them together.

Kevin: Yeah and then we’d have Brent and Grace. They would be a pretty good team I think. Grace will be strong in challenges if she has a good partner and Brent is pretty competitive too. He was close behind us and Green today remember?

Heather: Mhmm. But I think that wouldn’t cause much drama. We could either switch Blue and Gray. That would make Bella happy and then she’d do anything for us. And I don’t think Dave and Greg would take revenge or anything. Or we could switch Purple...

Kevin: And Yellow yeah. That would make Sophia really mad. But come on she’s with Walt and she doesn’t have any really good friends. So she can’t do anything to us. And Grace would be happy I think. Brent wouldn’t care. He’s a pretty chill guy. Maybe he would. I don’t know.

Heather: What about Tonya? Would she be mad that we switched Brent. I heard they have a little thing going on.

Kevin: Ohhh. I didn’t even think about that. Great.

Heather: Anddd everyone loves Kelly Ann and Dave. Would they all be mad if we broke them up?

Kevin: No. I don’t think so...I hope not...(shrugs) I don’t know. What about Yellow and Blue? They are both having issues with their partners.

Heather: But Bella doesn’t want Walt.

Kevin: She doesn’t want Greg either. I don’t know. I think Purple and Yellow is the best choice...maybe...

Heather: Ugh. This is annoying. Back and forth. There’s no easy way out of this. I guess we could always switch ourselves with some one...

Kevin: We could yeah. (digging around in the sand)
(over to the porch swing where Sandy and Kelly Ann are talking)

Sandy: I have a bad feeliing about this. We finished right behind them today. Did you see it? (Kelly Ann nods) And I know they won’t switch Orange. They’re smarter than that. But they might switch Green.

Kelly Ann: Maybe you never know. I bet they switch my team. They know I’m not strong enough to take revenge.

Sandy: I don’t think you would even if you were the strongest team here. You’re just not that kind of person.

Kelly Ann: (smiles a little) True. I think the only teams safe from the switch are Red and Orange and Yellow.

Sandy: Yellow is safe? Why?

Kelly Ann: Cus they are the weakest team. No one would want to mess up a weak team.

(Ethan walks over and sits down)

Ethan: I think it’s gonna be us, Sandy. (she nods)

Sandy: We were just saying that. Promise that if we get switched you won’t tell anyone our plans.

Ethan: Well I’d have to tell my new partner.

Sandy: What?! Why?

Ethan: Cus she’d be my teammate and you can’t have secrets within your team.

Sandy: But...fine. Would you send my team to temple?

Ethan: Not unless I have to.

Sandy: You’d send me to temple?!

Kelly Ann: Sandy. Girlie, Calm down. You might not get switched and then you’ll get all worked up for nothing.

Sandy: (deep breath) Yeah. You’re right. I’m overreacting. Sorry Ethan.

Ethan: (hugs her shoulders) Is kay. I really don’t want to be switched. We make a great team.

Kelly Ann: I just want to find out right now. My stomach is in knots.

(flashes out to the ocean waves then switches over to a different part of the beach where contestants are climbing over some rocks)

*Sophia*: (just her voice-watching the contestants coming in to take a seat on the rocks in front of JD) I didn’t try to talk to Heather and Kevin today. I don’t want to bug them like everyone else. I wouldn’t mind getting switched to like green or orange but...if I get switched to yellow or something. Ohh-ho baby. The whole world is gonna hear me screaming at Red team.

JD: (when all teams are sitting down) Welcome everyone to this season’s rendezvous. We’ll come here every time there’s a decision to be revealed. What a day huh? (“Yeah”) The mission was crazy close. One of the closest races I’ve ever seen. Everyone was working great as teams and you all pushed yourselves out there. All the way to the end of the game. Except two teams. Yellow, I noticed you guys pretty much quit out there. You sat down in the middle of a mission. Completely gave up. That has never happened in a mission before. Ever. Was this some kind of strategy?

Grace: Well, not really. We tried really hard at the beginning. But we’ve been having issues in our partnership from the beginning. It just caught up with us and we couldn’t work together good enough. We started to fall out of the competition. And I know I was getting frustrated.

Walt: Yes. I was too. So we both decided to sit it out and talk instead. There was no way we could have won this mission once we were behind like that. We talked out our issues. And I think we’re a stronger and closer team now. We’ve got more of a bond than we did before the mission.

Grace: For sure. Not perfect but we’re getting there. I’m glad we sat out.

JD: Well that’s a first too. I’m glad to hear that you guys are becoming a unified team. Which brings me over to Blue. At the mission you guys got about 2 minutes into the game and I look over and you’re fighting. What was that about and have you got past it?

Bella: (glances over at Greg who’s looking down) Umm. At first it was about the way we wanted to put the planks in. I wanted to turn around and face each other like the other teams did. But Greg thought it was a waste of time. Then we got caught up in drama. He says I’m a burden. That he could win this season if he didn’t have me as a partner. And yeah...(almost in tears)

Greg: She’s holding me back and she needed to know that. (Bella crying) I know the mission wasn’t the time or place to do it. But I was so stressed out and had been holding that in me for so long. It just happened. And we haven’t talked since then.

Bella: You’ve never given me a chance. At all. (sniff) This was our first mission together. I don’t think we were doing a bad job. We were right in it with Yellow and Purple and (sniff) Gray. And...and I was trying to prove to you that I’m a good competitor and stuff. But you didn’t even care. You just judged me before it started and that’s why we lost. Because of you. Not me.

(Tonya patting her on the back comfortingly)

Greg: Whatever dude. I’m so done.

(silence except for Bella crying)

JD: Wow. I see. Sounds like one partnership is fixed and another is broken. One thing I can tell you Blue is that you may not have to be a team anymore. It all depends...on what the Red team, the winners today, have decided to do with the team switch samadhi. Heather, Kevin you want to reveal who you’ve chosen to switch now.

Heather: Sure. Umm this was obviously a really hard choice. We took almost all day deciding this. We didn’t want to hurt anyone. And we hope that the two teams will understand. Okay we decided to switch...you say it. I’m scared.

(kids all exchange worried glances)

Kevin: Okay. We decided to switch Greg to the Yellow team.

(over to Bella’s reaction-her reaching back and hugging Kevin)

Bella: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

(Grace and Walt looking a little sad, Greg smiling and hugging Heather)

Greg: I owe you one dude. (to Kevin)

JD: Alright that means that Greg, you are now part of the Yellow team with Grace. And Walt you are switching over to Blue with Bella. I know she’s very excited about this and so is Greg. How do you feel Walt?

Walt: Well I’m pretty upset that I’m switched. Cus Grace and I were just starting to get along. I wanted to try out our partnership at the next mission. I know we would have done well.

Grace: Yeah me too. Walt is a great guy. And I’m sorry that I missed out. I know
Bella will have a great partnership with him. Good luck Walt. (as Walt and Greg switch spots)

JD: So now that that’s all taken care of there’s nothing left to do here. Tomorrow will be the next mission. I’ll tell you it’s a Temple mission. Which means that by this time tomorrow two teams will be heading up to the Temple of Fate and the first team will be sent home. Bye everyone. Have a good night sleep. Get to know your new teammates Blue and Yellow. And I’ll see you tomorrow at the mission.

[Grace]: I didn’t want to say this in front of Walt but WOOO!! I got Greg!! He was my first choice for partners. And I finally got him. I still feel bad that me and Walt only played one mission together. I think we coulda totally owned at tomorrows mission. And I’m actually really shocked that Red switched us. Oh well. Gotta learn to expect the unexpected in this game. And by the way I predict the new Blue team will not do very good tomorrow in the mission.

Team stats:
BLUE TEAM: Walt&Bella Commitment
GRAY TEAM: Dave&Kelly Ann Courage
GREEN TEAM: Ethan&Sandy Knowledge
ORANGE TEAM: Kyle&Tonya Luck Leadership
PURPLE TEAM: Brent&Sophia Discipline
RED TEAM: Kevin&Heather Heart Teamwork
YELLOW TEAM: Greg&Grace -----

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Episode 5: Spider Web
(action) *interview* [confessional]

Last time on Endurance: Atlantic

The teams competed in their first Endurance mission. The challenge was the ultimate test of teamwork and it came down to the wire. (Orange and Red and Green sprinting to the ocean) Blue team fell apart completely and Yellow just gave up. (Blue yelling at each other, Yellow sitting on the steps) But Red team came out with a victory (Kevin and Heather jumping up and down hugging) and everyone was thrown for a loop when the samadhi was revealed early. (JD: (to Kevin) You and Heather will be deciding which to 2 teams will swap partners., Heather’s jaw drops) After a lot of debate they decided to switch (Kevin: Greg to the Yellow team-view of Bella and Walt, Greg and Grace).

The game continues on. And today’s the first temple mission. It’s fierce competition because no one wants to be the first team to leave the Atlantic coast. Will the newly formed teams be able to compete with the old teams? (Sophia pulling herself along a rope) Which teams will be safe and who will find themselves at the first temple of fate? (view of the temple, surrounded by rocks, ocean on one side, dark trees on the other) Find out today on Endurance: Atlantic.

Theme song:
20 contestants (the kids climbing up the side of a rocky cliff)
12 challenges (girl in yellow catching a ball, 4 boys fighting over something in the sand)
1 ocean (girl falling in the water-AHH)
Endurance: Atlantic (crashing waves, logo)

Team Stats:

BLUE TEAM: Walt&Bella Commitment

GRAY TEAM: Dave&Kelly Ann Courage

GREEN TEAM: Ethan&Sandy Knowledge

ORANGE TEAM: Kyle&Tonya Luck Leadership

PURPLE TEAM: Brent&Sophia Discipline

RED TEAM: Kevin&Heather Heart Teamwork

YELLOW TEAM: Greg&Grace -----

(a cold light rain falling on the ocean, over to wet cabins, Sophia standing in the doorway, Brent, Tonya, Bella, Walt, Kelly Ann on bunk beds, the rest in the loft)

Heather: Eww I hope it stops raining by the time the mission comes.

Ethan: I don’t think it will. It’s been raining since I woke up.

Greg: You were awake kinda early today.

Ethan: (runs his hand through his hair nervously) I couldn’t sleep. It’s just...I can’t believe two people are actually going home tonight. Like dude that’s crazy.

Greg: I know man.

Grace: Yeah. It’s gonna be weird without a whole team here. Hope it’s not us, Greg.

Sandy: (laying with her head on Ethan’s lap) It’s gonna be even harder picking the teams to send up.

Dave: Yeah it’s gonna be a hard day.

(anxious silence and Bella hugs Tonya)

*Tonya*: I’m really scared for today’s mission. If Orange doesn’t win today there is a strong chance that we’re going up to temple. Unless the new Blue team can come out with a win. I don’t think Purple would send us either. But you never know. And I really don’t want to leave this game.

(at the beach for the temple mission- a huge rope “spider web” spread out parallel to the water about 9 ft above the ocean, rain still falling)

JD: I have never seen you all so serious before. I can tell you know there’s a lot riding on this mission. (some nodding) The winners today will pick two teams that will be sent to temple. From there only one team will come back and return to the game. The other will be sent home as the first team eliminated from Endurance: Atlantic. (Sandy squeezes Ethan’s hand nervously)

So I’ll explain today’s mission and we’ll get down to it. You all noticed the rope spider web out above the water. What you may not be able to see from here is the foam triangles clipped to it. There’s dozens of them. All different colors. Yellow, gray, blue, purple. red. orange, green.

Here’s how it works. Each team will start on a different platform located around the points of the web. On my go one partner will grab onto the rope web and climb or swing or somehow navigate themselves over to a colored triangle. Unclip one. And bring it back with them to their team platform. Then they will put the piece in the stacker and the other teammate can start on the web. You will need to get one triangle of each color so 7 total. No repeated colors. And you can only bring back one triangle at a time. And only one person from each team is allowed on the web at a time. First team to do all this and get their 7 triangles all stacked up wins. Questions?

Sandy: What if we fall in?

JD: Oh good question, you will have to drop the triangle you were holding and the other partner can go on the web while you swim over to your platform.

Sandy: Mkay.

JD: Any more questions?...No. Okay then let’s go out to the platforms and get started.

(all the teams on their team platforms waiting for JD to start them)

JD: First temple mission. Ready. Set. Go!!

(kids jumping up a little to reach the rope of the web-Ethan swinging like monkey bars right to the middle of the web, hooks his legs on the rope, unclips a orange triangle-Greg monkey bars it a little to the left and gets a yellow triangle-Sophia using both her legs and arms to scoot over to the left and unclip a purple triangle)

JD: All the teams have gotten their first triangles with no trouble at all, except Walt. Who is now right next to a gray one. Alright he’s got it. Green, Red, Yellow, Gray, Purple, Orange all have their pieces in the stackers and the second partner is out. Walt making his way back. And Bella now on the web for Blue.

(Bella using the monkey bar way to get over to the middle to grab a blue piece-Kelly Ann is a little slow, using her arms and legs to make her way over to a piece (Dave: Come on Kelly Ann. You can do this.)-Tonya is flying over to a Green piece-everyone racing around grabbing pieces and making good progress)

-5 minutes later-

The Stackers in order of the lead:

Orange: yellow, green, red, gray, purple (Tonya swinging out for another piece)

Green: orange, green, gray, blue (Ethan stacking up red)

Yellow: yellow, blue, orange, gray ( Greg unclipping red)

Red: red, yellow, orange, green (Kevin just leaving platform for another piece)

Purple: purple, gray, orange (Sophia on the platform with green)

Blue: gray, blue, orange, (Bella making her way back with a red one)

Gray: green, red, gray, (Kelly Ann going for a piece)

JD: This is a close race. It’s hard work though. Some people are slowing down a bit. Arms and legs starting to hurt a little.

Kelly Ann: A little?? They’re burning. And the pieces are farther away now too. (scooting for a piece in the middle of the web)

Dave: You are doing so good. Keep it up. Bring a piece back. We need yellow. It’s right up ahead of you.

(Sandy is at a yellow piece, Bella drops on her platform with a red one)

Bella: Go Walt go. We need a green one next.

Walt: Roger that.

(Kevin all the way on the other end of the web, unclipping a yellow one, Heather sitting on the platform looking at her hands)

Heather: Oww. Rope burns.

Bella: (on the next platform) Mine too. Look. (hands are blistered and almost bleeding)

Heather: I hate this.

(Tonya back with their sixth piece)

Tonya: (stacks it) Go Go Go! We need orange!!

Heather: (looking up at Kevin) No Kevin. Not a yellow one. We already have that. Drop it and go get a gray one. Hurry Orange only needs one more.

Kevin: (drops the yellow one) UGHHHHH!! Are you kidding me? I went all the way over there and now I gotta go back!!

Heather: You should of looked at what we have. Hurry Orange is gonna win.

(SPLASH-Kelly Ann in the water)

JD: OH Kelly Ann fell. Dave you can go.

Dave: Dang it. (swings out for a piece- Kelly Ann looking very tired- swims over to the platform and collapses on it)

JD: Orange is on their way out for their final piece. The new yellow team is looking great too. They are also on their way for their final piece. Green just put their sixth piece in and Ethan on the web for the last one. This is gonna be close just like yesterday’s mission.

(Sophia back with her sixth piece- Ethan unclipping the orange one- Kyle just unclipped orange-Greg unclipping purple)

JD: At this point it’s Kyle’s race to lose. He’s got a few seconds lead on Ethan and Greg.

Tonya: (jumping up and down excitedly) COME ON!! COME ON!! COME ON!! GO KYLE!!

(Kyle drops onto the platform and stacks the orange piece- Tonya screaming and hugging him)

JD: That’s it! (Ethan and Greg dropping onto their platforms) Orange team has all seven colors stacked. They win!! Good job all the teams. That was another very close race. So Orange Team this means you’re safe from Temple tonight. But you’ve also got a difficult choice to make. So enjoy the rain today and I’ll see all of you at the Pointe to hear the teams that are going up to the first Temple.

(Kyle and Tonya beaming, Ethan with his head in his hands, Heather glaring at Kevin, Bella cradling her torn up hands)

(on the bunks inside the cabin-Ethan, Tonya, Kyle, Dave, Kelly Ann, Bella, Sandy)

Ethan: You’re sending Green up right.

Tonya: We don’t know who we’re sending up.

Ethan: I’d send up Yellow and Red if I were you guys. Or Purple.

Kyle: Why Purple?

Dave: Because no one really likes them much anyways. So no one would care if you sent them.

Bella: But you probably don’t want to. Right Tonya. (smirking a little)

Tonya: I don’t know what I want to do.

Sandy: It’s down between Yellow, Red, and Purple. So just pick which you want to save.

Tonya: Hey. Whoa. It’s not down to those three teams.

Kyle: Yeah. Everyone is still a option.

Bella: I hope you don’t mean that. Cus I would be really hurt.

Sandy: There are some teams that deserve to be here a lot more than others.

Kelly Ann: (politely) Everyone deserves to be here the same. Just let them go and talk. It’s their decision not ours.

Tonya: Exactly. Come on Kyle. We should go figure this out. (they leave the cabin)

(down by the beach-Kyle and Tonya walking in the rain, Sophia comes up to them)

Tonya: Everyone is going to want us to send someone differ-Hey Sophia.

Sophia: Hi. I just wanted to tell you a few things. (stopping and facing Kyle and Tonya) There are a lot of teams that deserve to be here. And there are a few teams that don’t. I know you’re probably going to want to keep your closest friends safe. But think about it. Some teams don’t give up in challenges, ever. Like no matter how far behind they are. Some teams don’t talk behind people’s backs. Some teams don’t make a scene and fight with their partners. Just try and think about that. Like who deserves to win this game. Those are the teams that you should keep safe. And the other ones send up to temple. That’s what I would do. Okay that’s all I got to say. Good luck. Just do the right thing. (walks away to the huts, out of the rain-Tonya and Kyle exchange glances)

Kyle: She could of just said ‘Send Yellow and Blue and keep Purple safe’. She doesn’t have to act like so...righteous.

Tonya: I know. We can’t send her though.

Kyle: Why not? Because of Brent? (Tonya nods) Dude. Come on. We don’t need him for anything. Purple isn’t a strong team. The alliance is going to be them relying on us to win. That’s a waste.

Tonya: But he’s a close friend. And he would do whatever I tell him. He’d believe me in everything. (Kyle still looks doubtful) Fine we can send Purple maybe. I think we should send strong teams up though. Like Green and Yellow.

Kyle: I was kinda thinking we could make a alliance with Green though. They are really strong and so are we. We could go all the way to like final 4 with them.

Tonya: Sandy doesn’t seem like she likes me. Like if she talks to me she’ll agree with everything I say. But then she’ll go talk with Sophia and stab me in the back. I don’t think we can trust her.

Kyle: Ethan is one of my closest friends here. We’re not sending him up. And I know you and Bella are close.

Tonya: Ugh. Fine. So not Blue or Green. What about Red and Yellow? Or Purple and Gray?

Kyle: Everyone likes Gray. That’ll cause mega issues. Purple I think would be good to send up. And so would Yellow. Not Red.

Tonya: Why not?...Ohh do you still have a thing for Heather. That’s so pathetic.

Kyle: (avoiding her eyes) No...that’s not why. They were fighting today at the challenge so they might do bad at the next mission. I think we should keep Red.

Tonya: I don’t know. This is stressful. If we mess this up then the whole game is gonna be screwed up for us.

(the loft of one of the cabins-Bella, Walt, Kelly Ann, Grace, Heather)

Bella: Tonya was like ‘No one is safe’. So I’m really scared now. I thought me and her were really close friends. But she hasn’t told me anything. Now I’m getting nervous that she’s gonna throw it all away and send me up.

Walt: Why would she send us up? We are the weakest team here.

Kelly Ann: You didn’t fall in the water today. Dave was pissed at me.

Heather: I was mad at Kevin too. He brought back the wrong color!! How hard is it to look at the stacker and see which one we needed. We might have been able to win it.

Grace: I don’t think so. (Heather glares at her but Grace doesn’t see)...Me and Greg did really good today. But I know that they aren’t gonna send Yellow. I mean come on. We have no pieces to give if we go home.

*Ethan*: I’m so nervous. It could definitely be Green going up to Temple tonight. We’re a strong physical team. So they could see that as a threat and try to send us home.

(the teams sitting down at the rocks)

*Tonya*: Everyone has been sticking their noses in our business. Like trying to see who we’re sending up and telling us who not to send. And blah blah. Annoying people that are just jealous. Cus they aren’t as sweet as Orange. That’s right. You wish you were on Orange. I’m just playin’. They should be a little thankful not to have to make this choice. It’s gonna rock the game a bit.

JD: Good evening everybody. Let’s recap. Orange team. You won the mission today, so you get to be the ones to send the first two teams up to the Temple of Fate. Tough decision?

Kyle: Yeah it was hard.

Tonya: This is like such a critical move. It can effect the entire game from here on out.

JD: Mhmm. So you’ve had all afternoon to think about your choice. Ready to reveal who you’ve chosen.

(everyone exchanges nervous glances)

Kyle: Ok. So we know you all told us your opinions on who we should send. But it was ultimately up to us.

Tonya: And we hope you understand and aren’t mad at us. So...umm we decided to send the Red team and the Purple team.

(everyone looks shocked, Sophia crosses her arms, Heather looks like she’s about to cry, Brent looks at Tonya)

JD: Alright so Red and Purple team you’ll need to pack your bags. At sunset you’ll be making the first journey up to the Temple of Fate. And only one team will be coming back down here. I’ll meet you up there.

Sandy: Thanks JD.

(kids get up from rocks and head back to cabins)

*Brent*: Tonya sent me up to Temple. I...I don’t even know what to say. I’m so shocked and...betrayed and...hurt. I thought she would never do that to someone.

(in cabins-Tonya, Sophia, Heather, Greg)

Tonya: Sorry guys. Good luck tonight.

Sophia: Whatever. You’ll really be sorry when one of us comes back and kicks your butt to temple.

Tonya: Gosh. You don’t have to be so nasty about it.

Heather: I just never would have thought it would be me. Like why not Yellow or Green. They’re way stronger than me and Kevin.

Tonya: Strength isn’t everything. We wanted to make a smart strategic move for us.

Sophia: Well you definitely failed at that.

Greg: Leave her alone. It’s a game. Don’t take it so personally Sophia.

Sophia: Go away Greg.

Greg: Fine.

(Greg leaves and Tonya follows him)

(sun setting over the rocks-all the kids saying good bye and hugging the Red and Purple teams)

(Purple and Red grabbing their pieces off the poles, waving good bye, and heading up the beach)

(their voices as the camera follows them across the beach, into the rocks, through the forest, to a high rocky peak above the ocean)

Heather: I’m upset that I’m the one of the first teams up here. I don’t think I deserve to be...If me and Kevin go home tonight...I guess I’ll just have to take it. I know we did our best in everything and it was a lot of fun. I’ve met some great people and made even better memories. I’ll never forget this place.

Brent: I really want to come back from this. Me and Sophia aren’t done yet. And if we do come back Tonya better be ready. We want her gone.

Sophia: Hopefully we can beat out Red up at Temple. I really want to stay here. As tough as this game is sometimes, I still love it. I would be so mad if I went home this early. Especially because of Orange.

Kevin: I still don’t understand why I’m going up here. I guess it’s because we’re a threat with our two pieces. It’s a compliment. So Heather and I are gonna win and come back. Simple as that. And Orange is screwed either way. Both us and the Purple team want them to go home.

(walking up temple steps and they see JD in front of the fire cauldron-Red to the right, Purple to the left, put their pieces down, get ready)

JD: Welcome to the Temple of Fate. From your faces at the Pointe I can tell that neither of you two expected to be here tonight. (Heather and Kevin nodding) You’ve had some time to come to terms with it, so are you ready to get started? (“yes”, nodding) Okay in front of you are three cauldrons. One contains fire, one contains water, and one contains wood. Your job is to pick one of those elements and write it down on a rock. And hopefully you chose the dominate element. Remember that wood floats on water, fire burns the wood, and water puts out the fire. The first team to win two rounds will be the team that stays in the game and returns to the cabins. For the other team this will unfortunately be the end of their experience here in Maine. So good luck to both teams. Go ahead and write down your first element.

Kevin: (grabbing a rock and whispering) Fire?

Heather: (whispering and writing it down) Yeah I was thinking the same thing.

Brent: (whispering) What do you think?

Sophia: (wringing her hands) Gah. I don’t know. You pick it.

(JD taking the rocks)

JD: Thank you. Now may we please see the dominate elements rise.

(Red: Fire Purple: Water)

Sophia: Yes! (hugging Brent)

Kevin: Ugh. (smacking his forehead, Heather hands on her head and turns away)

JD: Water puts out the fire. That’s one round for Purple. One more and you two can go back to the beach. Red team you need to win this next one to force a third round. Go ahead and pick up your rock.

Sophia: Okay. Okay. Umm...

Brent: What to do the same thing? Or no?

Sophia: I don’t know. (tapping the rock with the pen)

Heather: (whispering) Okay well. That obviously didn’t work.

Kevin: (holding the rock) Wanna do it again? Please. Please.

Heather: (smiling a little bit) Sure. Might as well. I don’t know what else to do.

JD: (takes rocks) Alright guys. This could be it. Would the dominate element please rise.

(Heather hands over her eyes, Kevin with his arm around her shoulders, Brent and Sophia staring at the cauldrons blankly)

(Red: Fire Purple: Water)

Sophia: (sigh of relief, hugging Brent) Oh my gosh. Never again.

Brent: Good job. I’m so proud of you.

Heather: (burying her face in Kevin’s shoulder) Noooo.

Kevin: (hugging her back, looking so sad) This sucks man.

JD: Alright water once again puts out the fire. Which means that two wins for you Purple. Congrats you are still in the game. Red team. Be proud of yourselves for making it this far. You won the first samadhi mission and have two pieces. That will greatly impact the game. Good job to both of you.

Kevin: Thanks. Bye Purple. (heading over to the fire and disappearing)

JD: I know you are excited Purple team. Go ahead and go back down to the beach. I know there are a lot of people waiting to congratulate you.

(Brent and Sophia leaving the Temple)

(outside the cabins on the porch-everyone waiting)

Grace: Hey there they are!

Tonya: Who is it?

Dave: It’s Purple!

(everyone hugging them, Tonya and Kyle exchange nervous looks)

Team Stats:

BLUE TEAM: Walt&Bella Commitment

GRAY TEAM: Dave&Kelly Ann Courage

GREEN TEAM: Ethan&Sandy Knowledge

ORANGE TEAM: Kyle&Tonya Luck Leadership

PURPLE TEAM: Brent&Sophia Discipline

YELLOW TEAM: Greg&Grace -----

[unachicabelleza]

does anyone read these anymore?

[born2beweird91]

I do!!!! That is awesome!!! I LOVE this season! You're great at creating drama.

[Cruise meerkat Youssy]

I do too! Its filled with wonderfulness!! (I say wonderfulness instead of wonderful).

[unachicabelleza]

aww thanks guys <33

[krisluvendurance6]

I read them! i luv the series and i luv the drama! its great! and wonderfulness is perfect Youssy. lol

[unachicabelleza]

does everyone read them on freewebs?

cus i really hate posting them on here lol. its a hassle with all the boldedness and colors i want to put on. but if you guys dont like the freewebs then i will def post them here for you to read.

[krisluvendurance6]

The freewebs are great. in fact i always just click the link you posted. so maybe when you hav each episode up just post the link. that is cool with me.

[unachicabelleza]

Episode 6: High Stakes

(action) *interview* [confessional]

Last time on Endurance: Atlantic

The Temple Mission results made a few teams question their partnerships. (Kelly Ann: You didn’t fall in the water today. Dave was pissed at me. Heather: I was mad at Kevin too. He brought back the wrong color!! How hard is it to look at the stacker and see which one we needed. We might have been able to win it.) And When Orange won the right to choose the first two teams up to temple everyone had an opinion. (in the huts-everyone talking over each other) But it was ultimatly Orange’s choice and they chose the Red team and the Purple team. At the Temple of Fate Purple was able to beat out the Red team. And Kevin and Heather were the first team to go home. (Red disappearing behind the fire)

The Red team left behind two pieces and a letter that twist the game around even more. And later there is another mission worth more than any other mission in the history of Endurance. (JD: If you’re gonna only win one mission out here...this is the one to win. The biggest prize ever.) With the stress level so intense some friendships are questioned and maybe even ruined. Find out what insane drama happens next right here on Endurance Atlantic.

Theme song:
20 contestants (the kids climbing up the side of a rocky cliff)
12 challenges (girl in yellow catching a ball, 4 boys fighting over something in the sand)
1 ocean (girl falling in the water-AHH)
Endurance: Atlantic (crashing waves, logo)

Team Stats:
BLUE TEAM: Walt&Bella Commitment
GRAY TEAM: Dave&Kelly Ann Courage
GREEN TEAM: Ethan&Sandy Knowledge
ORANGE TEAM: Kyle&Tonya Luck Leadership
PURPLE TEAM: Brent&Sophia Discipline
YELLOW TEAM: Greg&Grace -----




thanks for being so patient with me. im really busy. but only for like this week. cus my schedule is spacing out more. so epi 6 should be up by the end of today!! but here's a little preview for you.

[unachicabelleza]

yikes sry guys. i got totally distracted tonight. and only have about half done. so i promise it will be up by the end of the weekend.

[unachicabelleza]

(action) *interview* [confessional]

Last time on Endurance: Atlantic
The Temple Mission results made a few teams question their partnerships. (Kelly Ann: You didn’t fall in the water today. Dave was pissed at me. Heather: I was mad at Kevin too. He brought back the wrong color!! How hard is it to look at the stacker and see which one we needed. We might have been able to win it.) And When Orange won the right to choose the first two teams up to temple everyone had an opinion. (in the huts-everyone talking over each other) But it was ultimatly Orange’s choice and they chose the Red team and the Purple team. At the Temple of Fate Purple was able to beat out the Red team. And Kevin and Heather were the first team to go home. (Red disappearing behind the fire)

The Red team left behind two pieces and a letter that twist the game around even more. And later there is another mission worth more than any other mission in the history of Endurance. (JD: If you’re gonna only win one mission out here...this is the one to win. The biggest prize ever.) With the stress level so intense some friendships are questioned and maybe even ruined. Find out what insane drama happens next right here on Endurance Atlantic.

Theme song:
20 contestants (the kids climbing up the side of a rocky cliff)
12 challenges (girl in yellow catching a ball, 4 boys fighting over something in the sand)
1 ocean (girl falling in the water-AHH)
Endurance: Atlantic (crashing waves, logo)

Team Stats:
BLUE TEAM: Walt&Bella Commitment
GRAY TEAM: Dave&Kelly Ann Courage
GREEN TEAM: Ethan&Sandy Knowledge
ORANGE TEAM: Kyle&Tonya Luck Leadership
PURPLE TEAM: Brent&Sophia Discipline
YELLOW TEAM: Greg&Grace -----

(camera zooms over stormy ocean, rain is a little harder today, focuses inside a hut, where mostly everyone is sitting looking uneasy)

*Sandy*: Last night Red team went home and left two pieces. No one was, like, super close to them, so their pieces could really go to anyone. And everyone’s a little nervous about that. I’m excited to read their letter though cus Heather was never afraid to speak her mind.

(kids coming outside to sit down on the porch with JD)

JD: Well the first team was sent home last night, the Red team. Kevin and Heather. Has the reality hit yet, Bella?

Bella: Yeah it has. The whole game has like intensified now. Because no one wants that to be them next time.

JD: Right. Well the good thing is that Red team had two pieces that they have passed down to one team. Who wants to read the letter?

Walt: I do.

(Bella and Grace exchange shocked looks with raised eyebrows, JD passes to Kyle who passes it to Walt)

To All the People We Have Learned To Love Soooo Much:
Thanks for a great time on the coast. We loved getting to know everyone here. You’ve really made this whole experience amazing!! So now down to business... Warning: We’re going to be honest.
To Purple: Brent you are a great kid who got stuck with a bad partner. Sophia you are a back stabber. Don’t try and manipulate people behind other’s backs. It will come back and bite you in the butt!! However...Congrats on beating us at Temple.
To Green: You two are great together. And both really nice people. Good luck in the game.
To Blue: You’ve been through a lot and learned to grow together as a team. Hopefully you just keep on improving and go far.
To Orange: We forgive you for your lapse in judgment. There were so many other teams that you could have sent up to Temple instead of Red. But you have your reasons...We all know you’re a strong team, so best wishes.
To Gray: You are truly and honestly the nicest people we have ever met. We want to give you advice. Don’t let people push you around into decisions you don’t want to make. And keep your partnership strong. Good luck!!
To Yellow: You have also been through a lot. And are proving to be a strong team. But Grace, you aren’t very nice. And Greg you are very full of yourself. The only reason you were not sent to Temple is because you didn’t have any pieces. So we have decided to fix that. We’re leaving our two pieces to you. Hopefully that will either wake you up to change or get you sent home next!!
Love Heather and Kevin, forever and always the Red team.

(Sophia with tears in her eyes, Greg looking mad, everyone else looking subdued and kinda surprised)

JD: Well that was a very shocking letter But whatever Red’s reasons are, Yellow you have two pieces.

Greg: Yay. (sarcastically and takes the pieces)

JD: So moving right along...Today is your next Endurance Mission. If you’re gonna only win one mission out here...this is the one to win. The challenge uses both your mental and physical strength and the winners will get the biggest prize ever.

(jaws drop and partners exchange glances)

JD: I’ll see you down by the ocean in 15 minutes okay?

(“bye JD”, “cya”)

*Brent*: Can this game ever just be normal? What’s with all the surprises? I’m getting sick of it.

(Yellow hangin up their pieces)

*Greg's voice*: Crap. Well I guess it’s nice to be on the board. But still...having no pieces was like a guarantee that we’re not going to Temple. So we really need to step it up on Temple Mission days. And we have to watch our attitudes apparently.

(down at the beach)

JD: Welcome to your next mission. Let’s get right to business before it starts pouring. Like I said earlier this challenge will test you mentally as well as physically.
Out in the water are 10 huge puzzle pieces. You and your partner have to go out and get them and bring them back to the beach. That’s the physical part.
Then once you have all 10 puzzle pieces you will put them together. They will only go together one way. That’s the mental part of the challenge.
First team to correctly assemble your puzzle wins the mission. Now the winners will get more than the usual. First since it’s a Endurance Mission they get to decide who gets the samadhi later today. And they get a pyramid piece.
Actually two pyramid pieces, the strength and ingenuity piece. That could mean taking the lead in this game. There’s a lot at stake here.
Ready? (kids nod) Alright go take a spot behind the start line.

(a few minutes later-kids standing in front of their puzzle boards)

JD: For the strength and ingenuity piece and control of the samadhi...Ready. GO!!

(kids take off, splashing into the water, Orange and Green and Yellow got to their pieces first, then Purple and Blue and Gray at thiers)

Ethan: Here you take one. And I’ll take one. (pushing a piece at Sandy, both heading back with the pieces)

Tonya: Kyle, try taking two each at a time.

Kyle: Can you handle that? These are kinda heavy.

Tonya: Shut up and just do it. (struggling a little bit but still making good progress, Kyle following her onto the beach)

Kelly Ann: Wow these are heavier than I thought.

Dave: Yeah just take one. And I’ll help you if you need it. Go Go Hurry, back to the beach.

JD: Everyone back with some pieces here. Wow Orange brought back four!! Everyone else has two.

Greg: Four? Dang it. Grace. We have to take back four from now on. (grabbing two pieces)

Sandy: Ethan (breathing a little heavy) I don’t know if I can bring back two pieces.

Ethan: Well you’re gonna have to try. It’s not that far back to the board.

(Orange, Green, Yellow brought back 4 pieces each, Purple only a few steps behind them with 4, Gray bringing back 3, Blue out in the water)

Bella: Walt this isn’t working. Okay new plan. Go back to the beach and stay there. I’ll bring pieces to you and you drag em to the board.

Walt: Okay. (turing back and waiting on the shore)

JD: Blue team trying a new strategy. Gray team, you’re not out of it yet. There’s still the puzzle part.

(a few minutes later, Orange and Yellow and Green and Purple and Blue have all 10 pieces, Gray just coming in with their final pieces, all teams now working at the puzzle)

Tonya: Just quick. Try everything. Tell me when you get something. (dragging two pieces together and trying to make them fit, they don’t)

JD: Remember the puzzle will only fit one way. There’s a certain order that the pieces must go in.

Sandy: (whispering to Ethan) Stop trying random things. Just put all the pieces in the right spots on the board. Then we’ll figure out the order they fit or whatever.

Ethan: Yeah, good idea. (pulling pieces on the board)

Walt: Look at what the rest of the teams are doing.

Bella: Orange is just randomly trying...Yellow and Green are putting them all the board first...Purple is, yeah same thing, Gray doesn’t matter.

Walt: We need to finish this fast. Put the pieces on the board in the right spot.

Kelly Ann: Dave I don’t get it. None of them are fitting together.

Dave: Kelly Ann...sigh...just try to make yourself useful. Bring me the pieces on the board.

(few minutes later, teams still trying to make the pieces fit)

JD: No one having much luck out here. A few teams have got pieces connected and then hit a dead end.

Ethan: (to Sandy) Yes!! Okay now let’s try to make them fit. Try this one first.

Sandy: Not it...this one...no...shoot...YES (two pieces fit)

Ethan: Sweet. Then this one...no...no...no.

Sandy: Lemme try. No...YES.

Ethan: Good. You’re amazing. Keep going.

(Yellow gets stuck, restarts)

Grace: Gah. We were are close. Okay try this again.

Greg: Wait I got it I think.

Grace: Do it. Do it!!

Sandy: Oh my GOSH!! We have it. NO put that piece in first. Then this one. Move over. (Ethan jumps back, Sandy un-does a piece, fits another one in first, then slams that one in)

Ethan: WE GOT IT!! JD IT WORKS!!

JD: Everyone pause. (looks at Green’s puzzle and nods) Yep. Everything is together and the puzzle looks good. Green team wins!!

Sandy: YESSSS. (hugging Ethan and covering her mouth)

Ethan: HA!! (hugging her back)

(everyone else looking extremely disappointed)

Greg: We were right there...

Grace: Dang it.

JD: Come on over here Green team. Congrats you two. Here’s your pieces and the samadhi. Great job today. So enjoy you’re rewards and I’ll see you later for the meeting, where you’ll tell me who is getting the samadhi. The samadhi this time will be revealed there, but I can tell you that it will handicap the team you give it to. I’ll see you later at the rock. Enjoy the rain.

(zooms out over ocean where waves are getting bigger and rougher)

[Ethan and Sandy]: Ethan: So today is a good day. Sandy: Yes. Very good day. Ethan: Because we won the mission. Sandy: FINALLY!! Good lord. Ethan: Yeah, we’ve been so close for all the other missions. Bout time we won something. Sandy: (jokingly) Today was all thanks to me (Ethan raises eyebrows) Okay fine, you helped a lil’ bit. Ethan: How much did I help? Sandy: (holds up her index finger and her thumb about 1 inch apart) Thissss much. Ethan: Ha....sounds about right.

(rain is pouring buckets of icy water on the whole coast, in one of the huts)

Bella: Good job Green. That was a hard mission but you guys rocked it out.

Sandy: Aww thanks Bella. You guys did a lot better than before.

Walt: Thanks.

*Walt*: I think me and Bella finally figured out each other’s weaknesses. So hopefully next challenge we can just cruise and get it done first.

Grace: We were so right behind you Ethan.

Greg: Yeah we knew exactly what pieces we needed to connect next, but you guys did it faster.

Ethan: Yeah I heard you guys. I was like crapppp they’re gonna get it. Then Sandy’s like we got it!! I was like huh?

Sandy: (laughing) Yeah I just had this brain blast.

Tonya: Me and Kyle failed...badly.

Kyle: Yeah. Let’s not talk about it.

Grace: Tonya you’re so like evil in missions. You always yell at Kyle to shut up.

Tonya: I do? (Grace nods) Oh. I don’t notice it. I’m just really competitive and I want us to win.

Grace: Looks like that plan backfired cus you didn’t win.
(Tonya locks her jaw, Kyle notices)

Kyle: I don’t mind it at all. I like her yelling at me. It gets me to work harder cus I know she wants to win just as bad as I do.

Grace: Alright well do whatever works for you guys.

Tonya: (coldly, glaring at the floor) Yah. We will. Thanks. Bella do you want to go to the bathroom with me?

Bella: Sure...

(outside the cabin, a little ways away)

Bella: What?

Tonya: I can’t stand her anymore. Butting her nose into everyone’s business.

Bella: I know she’s so annoying.

Tonya: Not annoying just...errrrrr. ‘You’re so evil in missions Tonya. Looks like it backfired on you cus you didn’t win’. Hello. You didn’t either!! (Bella grinning) She just acts like a huge know-it-all.

Bella: I know what you mean. Heather was sick of her too. Oh man, it surprised me so fricken much that she gave Yellow the pieces.

Tonya: I know right. Insane. But good thing is now that they have pieces to leave behind. They will definitely be going to Temple soon.

(Bella nods, camera goes over to Dave and Greg in the loft whispering)

*Dave*: I feel bad, but I’m getting annoyed at Kelly Ann for not performing in challenges. If we want to stay in this game much longer, we really need to win a challenge.

Dave: Greg this is bad news.

Greg: Yeah I know. And I can’t protect you if I’m a target too.

Dave: This sucks. I don’t want to go home. But like Kelly Ann...she’s so bad in challenges. Worse than Walt even.

Greg: For sure. Remember the Temple Mission. She couldn’t even make it across the last time. I was watching like 'Man she’s so tired’.

Dave: I feel bad cus I really like her as a person but...as a partner. I’m not so sure anymore. I shoulda knew this from the Right to Stay. She fell remember. She was almost eliminated.

Greg: Oh yeah. I forgot about that. Well me and Grace will have to win tomorrow or else both of us will be going to temple I bet.

Dave: You guys had better not get the samadhi or we’re screwed.

(over to the porch swing with Green team)

Ethan: Well we want to handicap a strong team right?

Sandy: For sure. It’d be a waste if we gave it to like Gray or something.

Ethan: Right. So not Gray or Blue.

Sandy: Or Green.

Ethan: (sarcastically) Oh really. I thought we should just handicap ourselves.

Sandy: Ha. Okay so seriously...what about...Orange.

Ethan: They’re a strong team yeah. Or Yellow is strong too.

Sandy: Who would send us to Temple if they won?

Ethan: Both of them.

Sandy: So really it’s a toss up.

Ethan: Yeah. But Yellow is allied with Gray so-

Sandy: (interrupts) What? They are?

Ethan: Duh. They’re always together. Unless they’re just close friends. Either way, Yellow would never send Gray up to Temple.

Sandy: Ok. So what if we just gave Yellow the samadhi.

Ethan: But Orange is stronger...

(Sandy brings her knees up to her chest and puts her chin on her knees, camera over to Orange on a bunk bed alone in the cabin)

Kyle: I really think we should talk to Green and try to make a alliance.

Tonya: Fine. But Sandy...

Kyle: What if she doesn’t have to know...

Tonya: Like Ethan would keep this a secret from her.

Kyle: Come on what’s the worst that would happen. (Tonya raises her eyebrows) She could tell everyone about the alliance? That would hurt her too.

Tonya: Alright fine. I’m gonna trust you on this one.

Kyle: Thanks I won’t let you...us down.

(Green on the porch, Orange comes out of the cabin)

Kyle: So we’ve been thinking and...we wondered if you guys want to make an alliance with us. (Ethan looks at Sandy, Sandy crosses her arms) Like don’t be shocked. Dude, we’re no doubt the two strongest teams here. If us two allied together we would be set all the way to the end.

Ethan: (thinking hard about it) So you would never send us up?

Tonya: Right and never give you the samadhi.

Kyle: And same with you guys.

Ethan: Yeah. Well...

Sandy: (nodding) Sounds good. I’m in.

Ethan: If she’s in so am I.

Kyle: (grinning) Awesome. Guys this is the final 2 right here. Orange and Green.

Tonya: So who are you giving the samadhi too?

Sandy: You’ll have to see...

(kids walking into the meeting Pointe)

*Grace’s voice*: After that letter I’m really scared that everyone will be gunning for us. And then today we did really good at the mission. So...I’m bracing myself for the worst.

JD: Welcome. (as they take their seats on the rocks) Today is pretty crappy out. (looking up to the stormy clouds) But that didn’t stop you guys from competing hard for today’s Endurance Mission. There was a lot at stake today and Green team. You guys won your first mission. How did that feel?

Ethan: Awesome. We’ve come close in a few others. So it felt nice to actually win one.

JD: Great. So then you found yourself tied in the lead with two pieces. And a difficult decision is in your hands. Have you had time to decide?

Sandy: Yep. We thought about it a lot. And there were a few different ways we coulda gone with this. But we decided to handicap our strong competition. So we’re giving it to the Yellow team.

(Grace and Greg just nod)

JD: Alright Yellow team, so you guys will have a handicap at tomorrow’s mission. But you don’t look surprised.

Grace: We’re not.

Greg: We knew it was coming.

JD: I see. Well why don’t you come up here and break that bad boy open.

(Greg smashes it against a rock, picks up a piece of rope, stretches it out)

JD: That rope is five feet long. It means you will have a five foot disadvantage in tomorrow’s mission. Doesn’t make it impossible, just a bit harder. Well that’s all I have for you all. So get outta here, out of this terrible rain.

(kids get up and start walking back, Greg shrugs at Grace)

[Grace and Greg]: Grace: Don’t worry about us. Greg: Five feet is nothing. We will pull out a win tomor- Grace: (interrupts) No we are gonna crush the competition no problem. Greg: Don’t get thingyy...like Red says I am. Grace: It’s okay to be thingyy if you can back it up. Greg: (looks down) Okay...we need our rest for tomorrow. Let’s go. Grace: Peace out!!

Team Stats:
BLUE TEAM: Walt&Bella Commitment
GRAY TEAM: Dave&Kelly Ann Courage
GREEN TEAM: Ethan&Sandy Knowledge Strength Ingenuity
ORANGE TEAM: Kyle&Tonya Luck Leadership
PURPLE TEAM: Brent&Sophia Discipline
YELLOW TEAM: Greg&Grace Heart Teamwork

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Episode 7: Race to the Top

(action) *interview* [confessional]

Last time on Endurance: Atlantic

The Red team left a letter that made some teams rethink their attitudes. Then later at the mission it was a tough competition but Green team pulled out with a win. (Ethan and Sandy hugging and cheering) They won two pyramid pieces meaning they beat out Orange and are now the new leaders. It was no surprise when they gave the samadhi to the Yellow team. (Yellow smashing the samadhi) But Yellow is positive they can overcome it to win the Temple Mission.

Today the teams face a new mission. It’s going to make some kids face their fears. (Bella: I really really don’t like this. Sandy: I can’t do this.) And one team will be forced to send some of their friends up to Temple. Will alliances finally come out in the open? Will Yellow team’s confident attitudes finally hurt them? Find out today on Endurance: Atlantic.

Theme song:
20 contestants (the kids climbing up the side of a rocky cliff)
12 challenges (girl in yellow catching a ball, 4 boys fighting over something in the sand)
1 ocean (girl falling in the water-AHH)
Endurance: Atlantic (crashing waves, logo)

Team Stats:
BLUE TEAM: Walt&Bella Commitment
GRAY TEAM: Dave&Kelly Ann Courage

GREEN TEAM: Ethan&Sandy Knowledge Strength Ingenuity
ORANGE TEAM: Kyle&Tonya Luck Leadership
PURPLE TEAM: Brent&Sophia Discipline
YELLOW TEAM: Greg&Grace Heart Teamwork