07x07 - Dawn of the Circle Dead

[bunniefuu]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Buteau] Circle, you really left it there?

Ratings are in,

and whoever comes in last
will be immediately blocked.

[Kevin] It's down to me and Andy.

I don't know which way this is gonna go.

This is about to suck either way, man.

Come on here, Circle. Help me out.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

[Madelyn gasps]

[screaming] Yes! Yes!

Damn!

Andy! Oh man!

[Deb exclaiming]

Andy!

You are going home!

Ooh, and his picture's gone,
just like that.

Circle, you just chose violence tonight.

Time to go back on tour, Andy.

Andy, your decisions
have led you to walking out the door.

[exhaling]

Yep.

-[TV whirs]
-[scoffs]

Strategy-wise this is good for Madelyn,

but I am sorry, Andy.

I kind of feel responsible for this.

[sniffles]

I just don't know what happened.
I don't know what I did.

Like, what made me go from first to last?

Like, what did I...
Did I say something? [sniffles]

Is this all because Gianna, like...

What did I do?

You know, it was a rocky start.

We made mistakes,

but we're back on track.

K Fern, the comeback kid,

lives to see another day. [grunts]

[Buteau] Careful, K Fern.
It's a long way down from seventh place.

And from the comeback king
to the catfish queens...

[alarm blares]

[Madelyn] "Alert!"

Can't we have
two minutes of peace, Circle, please?

I'm spent, Circle. Enough.

[Madelyn] "Rachel and Madelyn,
congratulations."

"You have survived tonight's blocking."

We did not only survive it,

we thrived it.

Madelyn, which was me,

came out at the top.

And Madelyn and Rachel together
made sure Rachel now came out at the top.

This is a total win.

Obviously, Madelyn and I...
[clicks tongue] ...we're bonded. Okay.

[Madelyn] "You will now return
to your original profiles." Yes!

I'm back to being me, baby!

Me as Rachel, but it's fantastic.

"You must keep your disruption a secret..."

Okay, I can do that.

Secrets are kept.

I'm not telling nobody.

Madelyn, I missed you. [sighing]

I feel like a weight has been lifted
from my shoulders.

[Buteau] Nope,
not quite lifted yet, Madelyn.

Andy is still in the building.

So you know what's about to happen,
and you know they'll all be shocked.

-Season seven, people!
-[alarm blares]

[all] "Alert!"

Just when you thought
it was over, it's not over.

It's never over.

You know I love
a jump-scare in the evening. Thanks.

[Kevin] Back-to-back alerts now!

My body is not used to this.

I just got my heart rate down.

[Antonio sighs]

[JoJo] "Andy has been blocked
from The Circle."

No sh*t.

[laughing] I'm sorry, Andy. Not laughing.

I... I'm laughing a little.

I'm so sorry, Andy,
baby, but it had to be done.

[Jadejha] "Andy is on his way
to meet one of you now."

-Wait, what do you mean "right now"?
-No, no, no. Do not come here.

I'm in no state to be met right now.

[Buteau] Andy is out, which means
one of y'all has the time it takes them

to do a corridor strut
to get your story straight.

-Oh my God.
-I feel like Andy'll wanna meet your boy.

[tense music playing]

[Deb] Pillows for your body.
Okay, you're the decoy.

[Madelyn] I need a lint roller.

This is very nerve-racking.

We got two percent milk
for a two-faced b*stard.

[Deb gasps] Oh no.

-Hi.
-You're not Andy!

Give me a hug.

[both laughing]

[Heather] You're real!

-I'm not!
-You're not!

You kinda look like
a female version of Andy.

Okay. Okay. Can I sit?

Please. What?
I got you a Capri Sun if you want one.

-I would love one, thank you. So okay...
-[laughing] What?

So my name's Heather.
Long story short, Andy's real.

He is a bass player in a metal band.
That's him. We're good friends.

-Can I have his phone number?
-Abso-f*cking-lutely.

That's what I'm here for.
You are going to meet Andy for real.

-Okay, I... Done.
-That's gonna happen for sure.

-You guys would be so cute.
-Andy is a textbook version of like...

-Your type?
-...what my type is. Like, I mean that.

As soon as I got here
and I saw everyone, I said, "Andy, yummy."

[Heather laughing]

Oh my God. Oh my God,
I can't believe you're real!

-Did you think I was fake?
-Mostly no.

-Okay, so the last disruptor thing...
-Yeah?

Okay, me and Rachel were the disruptors,

and we had to switch profiles.

So for the past two days,
I've been Rachel.

So I have no idea
if we've even talked recently.

We had like a conversation.

[Madelyn laughs]

About what? [giggling]

That was not me.
That was not me. That was Rachel.

Sweet Rachel. I literally was like,

-"Girl, you'll have to be spicy for me."
-Oh my God!

She was spicy, dude.
Like, we had sex. Like... No, not really!

[guffawing]

-[Madelyn] Go Rachel!
-[Heather] Oh my God.

[Buteau] While Heather questions
many, many things, the others realize

they ain't about to face
the fake bass player tonight.

[Kevin sighs]

Looks like Andy decided
to pay somebody else a visit.

[sighs]

[Darian] Andy did go see somebody else.

Andy, you ain't coming?
I got the lemonade.

You don't like lemonade?
Everybody love lemonade.

[Deb] Whew.

All right.

Phil, he's not coming to see us. Okay.

[Buteau] And Madelyn struck a chord
with rocker Heather,

but is she about to drop that
heavy metal b*mb and fess up?

[Madelyn] Do you have
any final pieces of advice for me?

[Heather laughing]

First of all, no.

[laughing] Because everything I tried
to do for myself didn't work.

But if I have to leave here
with something,

it's I really, really, really need you
to watch out for Gianna.

Me, Darian and Kevin and you...

Like, you guys were my top three,
and I know it was the same for all of us.

-Yeah.
-I know you put me at first, second.

I feel like the only explanation
why I'm sitting here,

it has something to do with Gianna.

[Buteau] Yeah, that's literally
the only explanation. Right, Madelyn?

So, I'm rooting for you. I really am.

'Cause you were gonna be first
for the rest of the game for me.

I really want you
to take this all the way. I really do.

-I'm gonna cry.
-I'm gonna cry. I'm literally gonna cry.

I've been crying all day.

-I'm really excited for you. I really am.
-[exclaims]

You got first,
and I, like, I was crying right there too.

Because I just...
I'm really happy for you and, like...

-Give me a hug.
-Don't forget me, please.

-I would never.
-Oh my God. I love you so much.

Oh my God. I'm really sad
that you're leaving. I really am sad.

-Oh my God. You got this.
-You're so beautiful.

You're beautiful.

-I love you.
-Okay, I love you. I'll see you soon.

-I'm gonna buy your OnlyFans. [laughing]
-I'm sad that you're going.

-I am too. I'll see you soon. You got it.
-Okay, bye.

Oh my God, oh my God,
oh my God, oh my God.

[silence]

[sniffles]

[crying] Oh my God,
I feel really, really bad.

[sniffles]

Like, she was so nice
and told me that she had my back.

Like, actually,
and was gonna have my back.

I literally could not tell her

that I was the reason
that she was leaving.

I do not feel good about myself right now.

[Buteau] I said it before
and I'll say it again, ain't no problem

a Capri Sun can't fix.

Today has been a lot,
but as our players prep for bed,

Madelyn has found
one of the few perks to nighttime tears.

I won't even have to wash my face
that hard 'cause I cried it all off.

[Buteau] And the others are mourning Andy
in their own unique ways.

Putting on my crown
because I am the queen of The Circle.

[JoJo] Honestly, I couldn't be happier
that Andy's gone.

I've seen right through his sh*t.

At the end of the day,
it's another night that we are safe,

and that is all that matters.

I didn't think Madelyn
had many friends here in the game,

but she was rated first.

Maybe she's not as alone as I thought.

No matter who I talk to,

I need to be opening up about my life.

I need to be pulling on heartstrings
every single conversation.

I hate that one of my party bros is gone,
but the party must go on.

TT's army is formed,
and today we took down the first target.

[Kevin] I am so grateful to have
another opportunity to compete still.

First and foremost...

Good night, fam. Love you guys.

[sighs]

[all] Good night, Circle.

Love you too.

[Buteau] Aw, I didn't say anything,
but thanks.

♪ Reach out, touch faith... ♪

["Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode playing]

[Buteau] Up and at 'em, Atlanta.

It's our first day
without blocked rocker Andy.

Circle, good morning!

[all] Good morning, Circle.

♪ Reach out, touch faith... ♪

[Buteau] And The Circle is waking up
to a new player sitting at that top spot.

Not that she's letting it
get to her head or anything.

Well, good morning, Circle.

The queen has arisen.

One moment you're here,
one moment you're gone.

You just never know.

♪ ...personal Jesus ♪

[Jadejha humming out of tune]

♪ Oh, Jesus loves me! ♪

I was this close
to packing my bags and going home.

But K Fern is here to stay.

I'm back to being Madelyn.

[Nicky] You wanna mess with us?
Huh? You wanna mess with us?

Yeah? Huh, Kevin?

[JoJo] We'll make sure Kevin's
on a tight leash moving forward.

I would love to get a group chat
with these other girls.

Definitely need to get to know
Rachel and Gianna a little bit better.

[Buteau] But before Tierra gets going,
or even gets out of bed,

The Circle's got
a target of its own... everyone.

[TV dings]

Oh!

-"The newsfeed has been updated."
-Updated? In the middle of plank circuit?

That's definitely Andy's message.

I think Andy's Andy. Is Andy Andrea?

[all] Circle, take me to my newsfeed.

[TV whirs]

[Darian shouting]
"Andy has left a message for The Circle."

[chuckles] Andy, I'm ready
for your funeral. Give your eulogy, sir.

[all] Circle, play Andy's message.

I wish I could see the look
on everybody's faces when they find out.

Hey, y'all, it's Andy.
Just kidding. My name is Heather.

[screaming] Heather!

What?! [laughing]

I promise Andy is a real person.

He really is
a 34-year-old bass player in a metal band

with all those tattoos, that tours.

-I knew Andy was a girl. [laughing]
-[Buteau] Sure you did.

Andy's Heather. Heather's Andy.

Andy's not a guy. Andy's a girl.

Oh.

[Buteau] Yeah, it's crazy when people
pretend to be other people. Right, Debs?

[laughing] Andy's just Andy,
but with pigtails.

It's the girl version of Andy, man!

It's not Grandpa Andy. It's girl Andy!

-What?!
-[Garret] Oh my God.

How do you think
Madelyn's feeling right now?

[Madelyn gasping]

I'm kidding.

Even though I played
The Circle as a catfish,

everything that I said
was authentically Heather.

I am really a bro.

It really is in my nature
to be like, "Circle pit!"

and, like, do the rock-hands emoji.
That's just my thing.

I mean, she's gorgeous.

I'd join a band with Heather.

Oh, so the bro alliance
had a sister in it the whole time.

Coming into The Circle, I thought flirting
was gonna be the biggest challenge.

In Heather's real world, I don't know how
to flirt or what I'm doing in that world.

I flirted with you.
Oh, I said things to you. Oh!

I truly think that the disruptor power
screwed me from day one

all the way to the end,

and it's a big reason
why I'm sitting here right now.

I told y'all disruptor mode was evil,
but didn't nobody wanna listen to me.

That disruptor mode
can do a little bit evil.

At the end of the day,
I really do love this game,

and I'm so, so happy I got to share
this experience with all of you.

I'm trying real hard to not get emotional.

Oh my God, sweet Heather.

As sad as I am to go,

I'm really happy I got to experience this
with all of you guys.

I do consider all
of you guys close friends,

and I can't wait
to meet you guys at the finale.

Aw, Heather!

So I'm losing somebody that I know
for a fact rated me number one,

so I need to make sure
that there's somebody else out there

that's gonna rate me number one.

[TV dings]

"Circle Chat is now open."

Oh my goodness.

Oh snap. Here we go.

[Deb] Wow. Okay.

I cannot wait to hear
what other people thought. Okay.

-Circle, take me to Circle Chat.
-[all] Take me to Circle Chat.

[Kevin] Who's gonna start it up?

Come on, let's address
the elephant in the room here, people.

Okay. Here we go.

Message, "Waving emoji."

"It's your favorite #SingleDivorcee here."

"Sweating Emoji."

"Don't worry, real-life Andy is single."

"We have a date coming up,
and we are hooking up."

"Devil emoji."

Send message.

[JoJo] Oh sh*t, I think Madelyn met Andy.

Okay. From this though,
I think it's safe to assume that...

Heather, who is Andy,
went to go see Madelyn.

'Cause how would Madelyn know that?

Message,

"I am shook! Exclamation point."

"Mind-blown emoji."

"Madelyn, you met Heather?"

"Any tea you could spill? Eyes emoji."

Rachel asking about the tea
in front of everyone.

I'd like information.

Tea-spilling.

Heather really didn't give me
that much tea,

but it could be a good strategic move

to make something up
and get people mad at somebody.

Kind of drop a match
and watch the chat burn,

which Madelyn is best at.

Message,

"Heather/Andy
didn't give me too much info..."

"...but 'he' did warn me

that someone in the group
was being #Disloyal."

"Inspector eyeglass emoji."

Oh snap!

Circle, message, "Madelyn,
don't leave us hanging, babe."

"#WeNeedNames. Shocked emoji."

Circle, send message.

Well, I don't have names, Garret.
I made that up.

This really could just be
Madelyn trying to stir the pot.

Maybe Madelyn is, like,
trying to figure out who to get out

or place doubt in other players' minds.

I'm low-key, low-key, low-key,
low-key throwing Kevin out

to address the situation.

So message, "Well,
based on what I've seen,

I didn't think Andy had
that many alliances,

so who does that leave to be disloyal?
Question mark."

"Eyes emoji, thinking emoji."

Good question, Jadejha. Message,

"I know Andy was close
with the #CircleBros."

"Andy and I bonded over who to trust,

so I do have my suspicions."

"Eyes emoji. #MyMindIsReeling."

Send message.

Wait a minute. Is that a shot at Kevin?

The only person we know
Andy was close with is Kevin.

-Oh sh*t.
-She definitely hinted that it was Kevin.

People are clearly starting
to smell the bullshit.

-Yeah. Oh man.
-It is clear as day right now, Kevin.

Kevin's gotta be worried.

Kevin is probably
sh1tting himself right now.

Dude, there's no way they're gonna try
to spin this narrative on me.

Message, "I vouched
for Andy at the last blocking."

"I'm absolutely devastated
to see one of my closest friends go."

"#HeartBroken."

Send message.

Okay. Circle, message,
"Yeah, I'm curious too

because I talked to Andy
on his last breath

right before the blocking. Period."

"He didn't share that information
with me. Hmm."

"I talked to Andy on his last breath."
He's still breathing, probably.

My goal here is to kind of have people
point fingers at Darian

because I have
a really good alliance with Kevin.

Message,

"I'm curious as well...
dot, dot, dot, Darian."

"Eye emoji."

"Heather was such a sweetheart,
and she didn't wanna reveal the name..."

"...but she did tell me
it was someone Andy was close with."

Oh!

[groaning]

Darian and Kevin are the original bros.
Are one of them being disloyal? [gasps]

And I've been focusing on Kevin,
but maybe it's Darian!

Somebody's being disloyal,
but they didn't say no names.

So what the hell
you talking about, Madelyn?

Circle, message,

"Doesn't sound right that he wouldn't
drop names with his '#CircleWife,'

LOL, but Heather's personality
does seem sweet."

"Don't think that she would be
the pot stirrer."

[Antonio laughing]

Darian absolutely just called
Madelyn a liar.

Point-blank, period-poo.

Ew! Ew, Darian.

I think Darian's a good judge of
character, and I definitely trust Darian

more than every other guy
in The Circle right now. By far.

Darian is kind of alluding in his message
that I'm making everything up,

which is true, but, like, we don't need
anybody else to think that.

So message,

"Darian, if Andy seemed so sweet,

doesn't it make sense
that he wouldn't call anyone out?"

"#DefensiveMuch."

Mic drop.

[Deb exclaiming, laughing]

Oh snap.

[Antonio exclaiming]

Madelyn, you better come for him.

I knew she was trying to go there.

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.

Darian and Madelyn
don't like each other at all.

Do not come for me, Darian. Do not.

This isn't my fight.

But also, like,

how you gonna take shots at my man, girl?

Okay, message,

"Honestly, if we're not getting any names,
we should just move on."

[Darian] "If we're not getting any names,
we should just move on. Period. "

Shout out to the queen. Shout out
to the queen. But, yeah, Madelyn...

That's just Madelyn trying
to stir up the damn pot.

Who is falling for it, and who's not?

You can't be talking
about loyalty in The Circle,

and then be all like,
"I know, but I don't wanna tell anyone."

"I have my suspicions, but..." [vocalizing]

Like, "Ooh, I got something
that none of y'all got."

Okay, we get it.

I'm so happy at how this chat went,
that not only is the attention off of us,

Madelyn and Kevin
have some serious explaining to do.

-Oh yeah.
-Mostly Madelyn though.

If people start shifting the blame
to Darian, then it's off of me,

and that might be what is needed

to put Darian
at the bottom of the ratings.

We're weeding them out, one by one.

And, Darian... [smacks tongue]
...you're next, honey.

[chill music playing]

[Buteau] Ooh, that Circle group chat
just got heated.

Madelyn is ready to slay.

I got my party glasses on.

[kazoo blowing]

[Buteau] Some of the others,
though, are just ready to play.

[Kevin] Let's boogie, baby. Let's go.

Oh yeah, we're doing
the celebration dance.

-[bell clanking]
-[kazoo blowing]

[Antonio] Darian.

[Buteau] And however they choose
to express themselves...

[sighing] So, so sad,

but this is the casket
I'm gonna carry you in. [exclaiming]

[Buteau] ...is absolutely fine with me.

And with all
this high-energy daytime activity,

Madelyn has found a quiet relaxing
five minutes to herself on the roof.

Enter K Fern.

Strategically,

I need to absolutely make sure

Madelyn is on my side.

Circle, invite Madelyn to a private chat.

[TV dings]

Oh sh*t.

I feel like Kevin wants to talk to me

to get more information
about what Andy/Heather said.

[Buteau] Girl, you could really be
in hot water now.

And I made it all up,
so this should be interesting.

Circle, take me
to the private chat with Kevin.

Message, "Madelyn, I'm truly sorry."

"I wanted to check in
to see how you're doing."

"Andy and I were very close,
so I know how you're feeling."

"I gotta ask..."

[Madelyn] "...who were you referring to
in this morning's Circle Chat?"

[screaming]

Okay. I gotta get my lie in order.

Do I tell Kevin that Andy actually told me
who he was talking about,

and that I was lying
in the Circle Chat earlier?

This next message right here
could be monumental.

Darian and Jadejha are too powerful.

They have each other's back too hard,
and we need to split that up.

It's not personal, Darian.
It's really not.

Message, "Kevin. Red heart."

"I'm so happy to hear from you."

"Even though it seems
like I was stirring the pot,

I was just trying to look out for you
because I still have your back."

"I was referring to Darian."

Oh snap!

Wow, wow, wow,
what a message from Madelyn.

That son of a g*n is moving sneaky!

Circle, message,

"You're kidding?" All caps.

"What did he do?"

"#NotARealBro? Question mark."

Okay, this is good.
He's open to hearing what Darian did.

Now we have to make something up.

All right.

What did Darian do?

[Buteau] Oh, Madelyn.
Always three steps ahead.

Now we can change our whole game plan too,

knowing that Darian is out here
playing dirty.

Message,

"I was shocked too... Dot, dot, dot."

"Andy told me
that Darian planned on ranking you

towards the bottom..."

"...to save his Circle wife
and her alliances."

"Mind blown."

What a shady dude.

Darian started to try to point the fingers
at me making stuff up,

so I had to do what I had to do.

[Kevin] That is crazy.

With the way this chat's going, it sounds
like we're both on the same page.

We gotta get Darian the heck out of here.

Message,

"OMG!"

"We can't let Darian get away with this."

[Madelyn] "What's the plan?"

Yes, Kevin!

I knew Kevin would believe me.

What is the plan?

Madelyn's someone I feel like I trust.

I trust her more than Darian,

who I don't know
on a personal level at all, really.

Message,

"I'm a genuine person,

but I do think we need
to do a little damage control

to make sure people know
I wasn't just trying to stir the pot."

"We need to get our alliances
on the same page as us."

"#InThisTogether."

Madelyn, you read my mind.
You read my mind.

♪ Kevin and Madelyn, scheming in a tree ♪

[Buteau] ♪ Chilling in the hot tub
Spilling fake tea ♪

Message, "Sounds like a plan!"

"Let's promise to keep each other
at that number one ratings position..."

"...and get as many people
to put Darian last. #InThisTogether."

Kevin!

I love Kevin. This is perfect.
This is exactly what I needed from Kevin.

Message,

"I pinky promise."

"Nobody comes for my #BestMan."

"#ByeByeDarian."

Whoo!

Perfect way to seal this chat.

[exhaling]

-Let's get this dude out of the game.
-Operation Bring Darian Down is a go.

[upbeat music playing]

[Butaeu] Unaware that part-evil
hot tub genius,

part-bro is assembling above them

as we speak...

How's my favorite room
in The Circle doing? Let's get sweaty!

[Buteau] ...Super Circle soldiers,
Darian and Garret,

are getting down to some serious training.

And General Jadejha is
about to gather her troops.

That Circle Chat,
there was a bit of, like, animosity

or some, like, fingers being pointed.

Now would be the perfect time

for me to kind of reach out
to those people who I am the closest to.

Circle, invite Darian,
Garret, and Gianna to a group chat.

[TV dings]

"Jadejha has invited you to a group chat"?

[Nicky] Get your a*s over here.

[Darian, Garret] Okay, Circle...

Take Gianna to group chat.

Message,

"Well, if it isn't
my three most favorite people."

"Heart eyes."

"Shots were thrown,

and I had to make sure
none of y'all felt hit."

"How is everyone feeling?"

Well, I feel hit. Bam! Oh! Bam!
Bam, bam, bam!

So I've been hit, but I ain't down.

Message, "OMG, what a crazy morning!
Two exclamation points."

"Between someone possibly being disloyal
and Madelyn not dropping a name,

my head is... Mind-blown emoji."

Mm. Well, we're calling Madelyn now
for what it is, you know, just being fake.

So, Circle, message,

"Not feeling the energy
from Madelyn because I'm 100% loyal."

"She's stirring the pot."

[Jadejha] "Thank you, Jadejha,
heart emoji, for seeing past her antics."

Aw!

[JoJo] "Hopefully none of you believe that
as well." I like that, man.

Yeah, I knew Darian
was gonna come out firing on Madelyn.

Madelyn really did no favors
for herself this morning.

She put a target on her back,
she showed she might be a liar,

and she's caught in the act.

There's no way she was throwing shots
at someone directly,

which means she was
just trying to be messy.

Because it's like, why bring it up
if you wasn't gonna say anything?

Yesterday, yeah, we...
we formed an alliance with her and Rachel.

We agreed with her to get Andy out.

Ally or no ally,

Madelyn is not a stronger ally to us
than potentially Garret and Darian.

-And Jadejha.
-Yeah.

There's no world
where we would take her over these three.

-No shot.
-It can't happen.

If I am going to build a deeper connection
to Jadejha and Gianna,

it's clear that I need Darian on my side.

Circle, message,

"Madelyn played dodgeball
with all of our questions."

"#SheGaveUsNothing."

"Darian, I was right there with you."

"Do you think she stirred the pot
'cause she lost her number one?"

Yes. Absolutely, Garret. Absolutely.

[JoJo] I like that Garret.
He's calling her out on her sh*t.

It was super fishy
that she wouldn't drop a name.

Yeah. Message,

"Darian and Garret, I 100% agree."

"I guess desperate times
call for desperate measures."

"Eye emoji, thinking face."

"Jadejha, how are you feeling?"
So that's good.

Gianna, Darian, and Garret
are all on the same page,

which means
they all on the same page with me.

That's what I wanted.

[Darian] Circle, message,

"She gave us nothing
because she literally has nothing!"

"Exclamation mark."

"Andy was all about the bros."

"Doesn't make sense for him to throw shade
at people that had his back the most."

[Jadejha] "#GameplayIsKickingIn."

Exactly.

Message, "I don't think
that was the best move for Madelyn."

"I just want y'all to know
that I don't question your loyalty..."

[Garret] "...and I'm willing to jump
into a burning building for you."

"100 emoji, red heart emoji."

Jadejha.

[grunting]

-Yes.
-Jadejha, we frickin' love you.

-Love it!
-We frickin' love you.

Madelyn's full of sh*t it seems like,
and everyone's smelling it.

[JoJo] Message, "Loyalty is not a question
with you all."

"#GotYourBacks."

That's all I needed.
That's why I brought y'all here.

[Buteau] Jadejha's got what she needed,

and what Tierra needs right now
is to make her own alliances,

so she's about to interrupt reading
and recreation time with a group chat.

-Ooh, this better be good.
-[TV dings]

Oh my gosh, okay.

[Deb screams]

"Tierra has invited you to a group chat."

Oh my God, I wonder
who's gonna be in this group chat.

Is this an ambush? Or is this good?

-[Deb] Circle, take me to the group chat.
-Take me to the group chat with Tierra.

Rachel! Okay, this has to be good.

Message, "Hey, ladies!"

"Wanted to connect with y'all
and see where your heads are at."

"Madelyn, thanks for all the tea
about Kevin."

"Let's spill some tea about who's next."

"#HitList."

Send message.

In our Circle Chat,
I say, you know, "I'm coming for the tea."

Also, last ratings, they were one and two.

So if I can solidify one and two,
that's what Tierra gotta do.

Love this.

Boom, right to the question.

Message, "As for the #HitList,

I don't think
Kevin is a huge threat anymore."

"#DarianDeflectsTooMuch,

so maybe Darian is on the list.
Shrugging emoji."

Period, Rachel.

Thank you for having my back.

Absolutely, Rachel. This is what we want!

Ticktock, ticktock.
You are ringing those bells, Rachel.

We just honestly need to build on this

and let them know about Darian.

Message,

"Hayy, girls." H-A-Y-Y.

"Star-eyed emoji."

"TBH, Darian is giving me #BadVibes."

"Him being so defensive
in the Circle Chat earlier

is definitely a red flag."

[Deb] "#Sneaky, #HitList."

Whoo! Now, we've got Darian...
people questioning Darian.

Message, "Let's not forget he was
playing with both Gianna and Jadejha..."

"...when Jadejha was 'supposed to be'
his only boo. #TwoTimer."

Beautiful!

Wait, he was juggling two?

Ooh, I didn't know that.
I didn't know that.

Message,

"Absolutely." All caps.

"Darian definitely was #MrDefensive."

[Deb] "It opened my eyes so much,
and with him being the strategist,

taking him out is best for us ladies."

Did I create Tierra?
Did I will her into being?

Because this is how you play the game.

This is great. Kevin, Rachel,
Tierra, and obviously Madelyn

is going to rate Darian very low.

Message,

"Three strikes, you're out."

"#ByeByeDarian... Dot, dot, dot."

"Heather/Andy had
only good things to say about Kevin,

and I was also able
to chat with him today."

"With Andy gone,
he might be #ForTheGirls... Dot, dot, dot."

"But we shall see."

"Scared emoji."

Message,

"Darian it is! Exclamation point."

"#StrategySquadFTW."

Send message.

Message, "Absolutely,
my sentiments exactly."

"Looks like Darian is the next one out."

"Ladies, I am down
to rock with you till the end."

"#LockedIn." Send message.

I feel good about this message.
I got everything I needed from this chat.

And, Darian, I'm getting
your casket ready, boy. [giggling]

[Buteau] It's been a big day
for our players,

and it might be dusk,

but we're about to see
the Dawn of The Circle Dead.

[TV dings]

[all] "Players, the apocalypse is here."

I thought it's been here,
the way things are going around here.

-[all] "Zombie Pep Rally Party."
-[Kevin] "Zombie Pep Rally Party"?

-Let's get spooky.
-[Antonio] Hey!

Are we about to have a pep rally?

[Kevin, Jadejha] "Welcome
to the Zombie Pep Rally."

[Deb] Let's get a little bit rowdy!

R-O-W-D-Y!

-Zombie!
-[Darian] Let's go, let's go, let's go.

[Buteau] He said the magic word!

Circle, send that undead school spirit
to their doors.

Now this fit is cold.

I'm sure one of the cute girls
was made cheerleader.

[excited] Yes! It's a cheerleader uniform!

Circle, I'm kind of spooky.

[Buteau] Garret, are you okay?

Let's get zombied up, baby!

-[Darian] We got makeup.
-[Antonio] We're going all out.

[JoJo] I mean,
it shouldn't be that frickin' hard.

All right, Circle, welcome
to my zombie makeup tutorial.

First, you gotta look nasty as sh*t.

[JoJo] Yo. Is that a d*ck? On my forehead?

[Deb] There it is! Okay, I got some color.

[Kevin] Cute.

[all growling, grunting]

Okay, I don't think it's on right,
but let's just pretend that it is.

[Buteau] Okay, all my rotting corpses
ready to rally?

Circle, let's see the Dance of the Dead.

[Darian exclaiming]

[JoJo] Brain!

[Antonio] Oh my God.

["You Spin Me Round [Like a Record]"
by Dead or Alive playing]

♪ All I know is that to me
You look like a lot of fun ♪

♪ Open up your lovin' arms
Watch out, here I come ♪

♪ You spin me right 'round
Baby, right 'round ♪

♪ Like a record, baby
Right 'round, 'round, 'round ♪

♪ You spin me right 'round
Baby, right 'round... ♪

[Madelyn exclaiming]

[music fades out]

[alarm blares]

[all] "Alert!"

[Kevin shouting]

[Antonio] What can this possibly be?

Oh. And it was just getting good.

"Players, you must now rate each other."

-Damn!
-[Antonio] Oh my God.

My heart is in my a*s right now.
What? Rate each other?

I feel pretty confident where we stand.

Yeah. I'm not confident in our makeup,
but I'm confident to rate for sure.

[Antonio] Tierra, you have an idea
where you wanna go with this.

Be strategic.

You have the allies you wanna protect,
now take out your enemy.

"Rate your fellow players
from first to seventh."

-I think I know what I'm going to do.
-All right, Circle...

-...take me to my ratings.
-Oh God.

[suspenseful music playing]

Circle, lock in Darian
as my first position.

I feel like Darian needs
the most help right now in the ratings.

Madelyn kind of called him out,
and I need him around.

Better pay off, okay, 'cause I feel like

I'm the only thing
keeping him in this game.

I ain't gonna lie to you.

For my first place ratings,
put Jadejha in first position.

[Madelyn] Circle, lock in Kevin for first.

I gotta think of this
from a strategic standpoint.

I feel like Rachel is gonna be rated high
by a lot of other people,

so let's give first to Kevin.

Circle, put Gianna in first position.

I gotta get Gianna up there.

She is the only reason,
the only reason I'm in this game.

Lock in Gianna in my second position.

Second position,
this is giving someone potential power

to make the decision
whether or not to keep me here.

Gianna says she has my back.

I have to trust her.

I wanna lock in Rachel
in my second position.

Every time we're in chats,
she's giving me drops of tea.

Little dribble-dribbles,
but then she shows me her cards.

Place Tierra in second position.

That is someone
who I just wanna be aligned with.

Lock in Garret as my third position.

I know he has my back 100%.

We're gonna lock in Garret
as Gianna's fourth position.

We haven't solidified anything
with Garret yet,

however, he told us he rated us high...

Lock in Gianna at fifth on my ratings.

I hate not putting Gianna at last...

but I gotta do what I gotta do
for the game at this point, man.

One person we had trust in, Darian,

is actively trying
to block me from The Circle.

Lock in Tierra in my sixth position.

Tierra seems so sweet,

but I have no idea
who her other allies are.

We're gonna lock in Kevin
as our sixth position.

His back's against the wall.
He's probably sh1tting himself right now.

Plain and simple, Jadejha, Madelyn,
they all came at his neck today.

We might not be his public enemy now.

Circle, lock in Madelyn
as my last position.

Madelyn has lost
her number-one alliance in the game.

Andy, or Heather,
didn't actually say any names,

and Madelyn was trying to be strategic.

And hopefully, I want this to show

that strategy is not the only way
to win this game.

You still have to play with your heart.
You still gotta be genuine when it counts.

Circle, place Madelyn
for my last-place position.

She threw a bunch of unnecessary shade
and negative attention my way.

I don't feel like she's someone
that people can trust.

Hopefully, karma comes back to get her.

Circle, let's lock in Darian for last.

Darian, you came for me today
in the Circle Chat,

and you should not have done that.

Circle...

...submit our ratings.

[grunts] "Ratings complete."

[Jadejha vocalizing]

We're getting to the point in the game
where if you have power, you're a threat.

I feel pretty good about these.
Let's rock and roll, baby.

[Deb] And now we wait.

[calm music playing]

[Buteau] A night of the undead,
and those ratings were

the most terrifying thing so far.

But they ain't seen nothing yet,

'cause The Circle has
another jump-scare for them.

[alarm blares]

[all] "Alert!"

Oh my gosh.

Every time you think you're in the clear,
just hits you with something.

"Shortly, you will be given the chance
to activate disruptor mode." Oh!

Dang!

The last disruptor did me dirty.

I'd like to not be a part
of any more disruptions.

[shouting] What in the hell
is disruptor mode, Circle?

[Buteau shouting] You're about
to find out, new girl.

This is the biggest 50/50 shot.

Disrupting right now would be too risky.

I can't do it. But then, maybe I want to.

The actual doing
of the disruption was not pleasant,

but the outcome was good.

It was good for us,
and it was good the other time for Kevin.

-What's the chances this one also is good?
-It's such a roll of the dice.

But where I sit right now,
I might have to roll that dice.

-"Three."
-Dang, we starting the countdown already?

I just had a lot of attention on me today,
and I may wanna take that chance.

Oh God, "Two."

What if we do disrupt,
and it gives us the power

that no other player
in Circle history has had?

-Yeah.
-I know there's people

actively trying to get me
out of this game.

-"One"!
-[JoJo] I don't wanna disrupt.

I don't think we should.

If we were in a desperate need, yeah,
but I don't think we're desperate now.

I need that thing
that just kinda pushes me over to the top.

I need to change my game.

I need momentum.

When the button shows up,
I'm gonna look at it.

I don't know what's gonna come out of me.

No shot in hell. We are not disrupting.

-Not happening.
-Disrupt!

-Disrupt!
-Disrupt.

Disrupt!

Disrupt! Disrupt!

Disrupt!

Disrupt!

Oh!

I just need a moment.

[Garret] What did I do?

I feel like I might regret that.

Was that dumb?

I'm either the dumbest person around,
or I'm playing a great game.

I've shaken my a*s too hard
for something bad to end my night, Circle.

Please don't make this bad. I'm begging.

[Buteau] Okay, those players
are wanting to play.

Everyone but Gianna chose to disrupt,
but who did it the fastest?

[alarm blares]

[all] "Alert!"

[Antonio] Oh my God.

This is the moment of truth.

Don't hold your breath.
No, you gotta breathe. You watching?

[both] "You are not the disruptor."

No way.

[both] "You are not the disruptor."

You know what? I'll take it.

[Deb] "You are not a disruptor."
Oh, thank God.

[shouting] Oh!

[laughing] "You are the disruptor."

[laughing] Oh man.

"Your disruption will be revealed soon."
Oh my goodness.

Lord God, I just pray
that it's good for your boy. Oh, come on.

It's been a spooky day.
It's been a spooky night.

[Buteau] You got that right, Darian.

It's been intense,

and our zombie players are moaning
and shuffling towards those beds.

[Deb] I think I just need to go to bed.

Start a new day. The Circle is day by day.

[Buteau] Well, zombie Rachel,
this day ain't dead yet.

[alarm blares]

-[all] "Alert!"
-Oh my God, another freaking alert.

Does this day ever end?

What do you got for us, Circle?

"The rating results..."

"...are in."

This is the first time
Tierra's being rated.

This is gonna tell me
if all the plotting, all the messiness,

all the pettiness, if it's paid off.

"The highest-rated player..."

"...will become the first influencer."

Oh wow.

I don't like this.

This got a twist to it
that I ain't really feeling.

"The second influencer..."

[Antonio] "...will be chosen..."

"...by the disruptor"?

So the... [shouting] Oh! Okay!

Are you kidding?

This is an absolute game changer.

All right. So that means
the disruptor is going to choose

whoever they're the closest with.

So they have to choose someone they trust.

The disruptor's gonna have to have
a lot of faith in whoever they choose.

Oh my God. Wow.

This is about to be
one hell of a decision.

[theme music playing]

[theme music ends]