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“Last place. It’s humiliating. My Instagram engagement is going to plummet. My sponsors are going to leave me.”

CHAD:

“It’s the chili pepper’s fault. That sabotage destroyed my abdominal definition. I feel bloated. I can’t perform under these conditions.”

?? BRENDA & STEVE

Brenda sits with her arms crossed, glaring at the camera like she wants to speak to the manager.

Steve looks like a man who knows better than to argue.

BRENDA:

“Sabotage? I call it a corrective intervention. That soup had no flavor. I simply enhanced it.”

STEVE(muttering):

“You dumped the entire jar in, Brenda.”

BRENDA:

“Zip it, Steve. If you’d assembled that vanity any faster, we wouldn’t be here.”

?? LUCY & LARS

They look like they stepped out of a Valentine’s Day postcard.

LUCY(soft, sweet):

“Second place! And the marshmallow was delicious.”

(Looks up at Lars, dreamy)

“Lars protected me from the smoke the whole time.”

LARS(blushing under his beard, deep-voiced):

“She gets cold easily. I had to keep her warm.”

LUCY:

“You’re my favorite space heater.”

Lars kisses the top of her head. The cameraman makes an audible “aww.”

?? ROXANNE & DAVE

ROXANNE:

“If you hadn’t left the screwdriver there, we would’ve scored higher!”

DAVE:

“If you hadn’t spent half the time filing your nails, we would’ve finished earlier!”

ROXANNE:

“Oh yeah? Want to see where I can file this?”