They changed the open! Boot Camp began 28 days ago with 16 people - now we're down to Whitlow and Wolf. They're now entering - a 48 hour competition where they'll compete for 13 dog tags (those of their fallen comrades.) Stage 1 is the 7 events in honor of each of the 7 voted out recruits. Stage 2 - the vote. Since they got taken before they could say anything, the six recruits that were taken (Pupo, Thomson, Hutak, Yaney, Brown and Moretty) get to choose who gets their dog tags. I guess Recruit Katherine's (remember the person who quit four hours in?) dog tags were buried and forgotten, like her. The recruit with the most dogtags (one would assume that would mean "at least 7") wins the $500,000.

Last Week: The Final Four. Wolf complained about having to go the rest of the way (through the gauntlet as well, it seems) on MRE rations. Whitlow saving her squad leadership role to the last week paid off - it's why she's still here, even after stealing a mint. Wolf thought Whitlow was his friend, Whitlow said she wanted her gone. This week, they add new footage of Whitlow saying she made a deal with Whitlow in the beginning, that she'd never vote for him - where did this come from? We also find out why Moretty (the woman) and Whitlow voted for Moretti (the guy) - they figured he'd take Wolf. That's an odd assumption. We don't get to hear from Moretti to find out why he took Moretty, but it probably has to do with guilt over backstabbing his other partner Jackson, and his misplaced belief that Wolf was on his side.

Day 29, 000 - The Gauntlet, Event 1 - Lauder's Last Stand - And we find Whitlow and Wolf exactly where we left them last week, standing on Dismissal Hill. The rules are explained to them - it seems like they dubbed in later that they haven't slept for 17 hours. They're so lucky they won that last mission, or they'd be even worse shape by the end of this. Anyway, we're reminded that Lauder had it tough during physical exercises, and, one time, had problems standing up. In tribute to him, Whitlow and Wolf are going to stand on platforms (with elevated foot prints, so they don't have much room to move) at attention. The first person to stop is the loser. They both get on and the time starts. It's currently 39 degrees Fahrenheit. We hear Wolf talk about the big ($400,000) difference between first place and second place. He came here to win. A half hour in. We hear Whitlow talking about perhaps making a mistake not turning on Wolf. One hour. Still 39 degrees. Drill Instructor Rosenbum tells us how hard it is to stand at attention, especially with those thirty pound packs. 2 hours. It's actually dropped to 38. Whitlow tells us that she scares Wolf by staring her in the eyes. Wolf admits that it did intimidate him a little - also, his knees were buckling a little bit. This is as interesting as a staring contest (not on Conan O'Brien) can be. 3 hours. Down another degree. 4 hours. Down to 36. 4.5 hours. Wolf looks like he's falling asleep. 5 hours. 35 degrees. The drill instructors must be bored out of their mind. Drill Instructor Fransico says that he couldn't believe that they were still going for five hours, but the packs must have been cutting into their backs by then. Both look to me slightly swaying. 5.5 hours. Both seem on edge, but Wolf better. Whitlow's in so much pain, she's crying. And she steps down - 5 hours and 40 minutes. Wolf gives thanks, remembers how much pain he's in and more falls to the ground then steps down. Rosenbum tells him to lay there as his pack is taken off. He tells us that he almost cried when Whitlow stepped down and that one mission was ten times harder then Boot Camp itself. Whitlow tells us that she hurt her back in the process. Fransico tells them both that they should be proud of what they did, even if they didn't win. We see the score - 1 Dog Tag to Wolf. Remainder of the rules.

Day 29, 1100 - The Gauntlet, Event 2 - Coddington's Crossing - That would put this about 5 hours after the end of the first event, so they must've got some time to rest and eat (and do those interviews we saw) in between. We see Wolf going across zip line, and telling us that he wants to win six events, because he doesn't want to leave it up to the people at Dismissal Hill - he didn't get to know many of the people who left early, and the people who left late were on Whitlow's side. Whitlow crosses. And then we get to the actual event - it's a very long obstacle course. Not a lot of obstacles, but a lot of running between them. The total distance (including kayaking) is two miles, and I'll tackle the events as they get to them.

And they're off. Wolf is faster to the first obstacle, crawling under barbed wire. Whitlow isn't far behind, but only halfway through the obstacle by the time Wolf is done. We're told Wolf is 31 seconds ahead as he runs for obstacle two - a mud pit. Both are noticable slower by this point - Whitlow is breathing hard and hardly breathing. Wolf is 52 seconds ahead as he passes through obstacle three - tires to run through. Whitlow says the event was extremely hard because of the distance between the obstacles. She's through the third obstacle. Wolf is a 1:07 ahead as he climbs over a wall. We get a helicopter shot of the very long distance separating the two now. 1:22 for Wolf now, and Whitlow struggles with the wall. Wolf enters the kayak 2:03 ahead. I wonder if he realizes how far ahead he is? Wolf struggles with the kayak, telling us he's never done one before. Whitlow finnaly makes it over the wall, and now Wolf is 2:55 ahead. Whitlow is in the Kayak. Long view, and Wolf is still ahead, but a time update shows that his lead has shrunk to 2:39, and a closer view show that Wolf still has no idea what he's doing. Whitlow is a camp counselor, after all, perhaps she's done this type of thing more than Wolf. About 12:30 in to the race, Wolf makes it to the other side of the lake and breaks the tape to win it. Whitlow makes it at around 15 minutes. They hug. Wolf finishes 2:33 ahead. The exact time is 12:42 by Wolf and 15:18 by Whitlow.

But here's the swerve: They're running this again tomorrow. And whoever beats their time by the most wins the dog tags. Which means that if Whitlow doesn't struggle on the wall again, she's a lock to pull it off. Wolf gives us disbelief. Wolf tells us that he feels robbed - Whitlow will have the advantage because she probably took it easy when she saw Wolf was so far ahead. He had the dog tags and now they're gone. Wolf should've listened and noticed that the Drill Instructors never said anything about the winner getting the dog tags. Wolf asks Whitlow if she put it all out - Whitlow is incoherent, but I think there was a yes.

1600 - Event 2 (take 2), Harr's Heartbreak - Wolf is still sulking in the truck - we don't see Whitlow in it, or when they get out. Anyway, we're reminded of Harr giving it her all to finish that first run, and that's what Wolf is going to try to do here. Just a 1.5 mile run, which seems straightforward after the last one. The added bit - like the last event, it's not about how fast you go, but how much you improved. This time, it's compared to that first run, where Wolf ran a 10:05. Whoever beats they're time by more wins Haar's dog tag. The winner will not be revealed till Dismissal Hill. Wolf was squad leader during that first run, and was trying to set an example by running all out then - he didn't realize it'd come back to haunt him four weeks later. Wolf gets to the halfway point in 4:23 but is tiring. Wolf tells us about feeling run down - he cross the line at 8:55. Wolf, unaware of the time, tells us that he's going to flip out if that didn't beat 10:05. Rosenbum tells him it was 10:04.5. Actually, he shaved 1:10 off. 

1700 - Wolf returns to camp, Whitlow heads out. Her turn to run. The Drill Instructors are much more friendly mood today - Rosenbum teaches Whitlow the correct way to say a'right. Anyway, Whitlow's time was 12:40 and I think she's gonna kill that - she needs a 11:29 to win Haar's dog tags. Whitlow tells us she's going to win Boot Camp because she's determined, she's playing from the heart and she doesn't want Wolf to win. Halfway point in 5:24 - she's on pace to do it with time to spare, but tiring. Whitlow is more concerned with getting through each mission than winning the money right now. Whitlow makes it to the line at 10:58, an improvement of 1:42, enough to win the event and Haar's dog tags, but she won't know that till tomorrow night. Drill Instructor Taylor dreams up that Whitlow put a little bit of Haar in herself to make it past that finish line. It's all tied up, 1-1, and this will have to go the votes to get a winner.

The Coming Up later part here has some great explanations by the people who are voting later about how and when they figured out about WOlf and Whitlow working together, so I hope they actually show them all later.

2100 - Event 3, Park's Peak - Whitlow are asked if they remember Park and they lie and say yes. Park peaked early is the explanation for why it's his event, because he wasn't along long enough to actually do the rappelling they're doing here. In this event, as you rappel down a tower, there are three quotes posted on boards you have to memorize. When you reach the bottom, you must write the quotes, word for word, on a dry erase board. If you can't remember them all, you have to go to the top and rappel again. The quotes are from George Patton ("Never take counsel of your fears. The fact that you are attacking induces the enemy to believe you are stronger than him."), John Kennedy ("Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.") and Recruit Yaney ("It's easy to see one's true colors, so a good leader must be true to themself. Raising morale can be done without saying much. It is not necessary to scream.") Each quote/board is on a different side of the tower, so they have to make at least three rappels. Again, neither recruit will know their times. 

And we start. On the first rappel, Whitlow gets most of the Patton quote and tells us that she doesn't really mind rappelling. She writes the whole quote on the second try - but adds an extra "that" and has to go again. And again. Four time through - but we're told it actually took 8 times to do it and 14:26.

Wolf on Quote One. He tells us that he used acronyms and tried not to do the whole sentence at once. Wolf thinks he's done, but he left out a "that." That'll get you ever time. He fixes it the next time through. It took him only 3 rappels and 5:45, giving him a lead of 8:41.

Whitlow on the Kennedy quote. She rappels fast, but writes "you" instead of the last "your" and leaves off a 'n' in Kennedy. Second time through, she actually steps on the board on the way down, so she has to fix more parts of Kennedy's name, which she does, but doesn't fix the "your." Whiltlow says she was in such a hurry she wasn't thinking. She gets it right on the fifth try, at 9:30.

Wolf's turn. Wolf loves his rappelling. Wolf gets it all on the first rappel, at a time of 1:09. He is up 17:02. 

Whitlow on Yaney's quote - she actually runs into the box holding the quote. The drill instructors blame her mistakes on sleep deprivation - they've been up for 38 hours now. She slips when rappelling, almost falling, but regains herself. It takes he six rappels, but she pulls it of in 10:57. They check if she's okay - she says she just got some sense knocked in to her.

Wolf needs to finish this in less than 27:59 - I think he could pull it off. Rosenbum was impressed by Wolf - he had a second wind and breezed through this. It takes him four rappels and 5:14 to pull it off. The final time is 34:53 for Whitlow and 12:08 for Wolf - an easy win, putting him up 2 to 1.

Day 30 - 300 - Return To Camp. It's now 27 hours into the event. I wonder if they got a nap or two during these layoffs between events? Both Whitlow and Wolf are in the recreation room - Whitlow says the scariest part is that they're not even halfway over yet (Wolf says it's the last day of Boot Camp, which I would think would be a good thing.) They discuss if the last day really starts before the sun rises. Nope, apparently they've been up for the last 44 hours. Whitlow starts talking about how warm her bed must be right now. Whitlow says she'd do anything for a bed now. Wolf says they've taken all their basic needs over camp - the last one was sleep. The Drill Instructors show up to yell at them - I guess it's time for something else.

400 - Event 4, Moretti's Memory. Wolf is lead into the room where they used to do all the mission briefings, I think. This is a memory test - they get 15 seconds to study a slide and 10 seconds to answer Rosenbum's question about it. Whoever gets the most right wins, and again, no info till dismissal hill. 

Slide one is a picture of military vehicles - Rosenbum asks how many red crosses there are (5) on the vehicles. It's not clear if the recruits get to look at the slide the same time they get the question. I'd assume not, but they way they edit the footage, it makes it look they do. Wolf gets it right.

Slide two is a fence with three signs posted on it. Rosenbum asks about the exact words on one of the signs. ("Warning off limits to unauthorized personnel.") Wolf says "Warning no unauthorized personnel", which is wrong.

Slide three is a factory setting. Rosenbum asks how many railroad box cars are there (Wolf gulps) and what color are they. There are two blue and white ones, but Wolf says one red, obviously guessing. He's one for three.

Slide four shows a truck - they want to know how many red diamonds are on the truck. I see three diamonds, but I can't tell if they're supposed to be red and just really dirty or if they're actually another color. Wolf says 2, and that's incorrect.

Slide five shows a solider moving a box to a set of other boxes - how many boxes are in the picture? 5, I think, Wolf says four and is wrong

Slide six (and they're speeding up here) - how many tree stumps in this picture of a camp? I see one, Wolf says 3 and is wrong. Wolf is done (1 for 6), and Rosenbum talks about the recruits being almost physically and mentally done by now.

Whitlow's turn. Whitlow gets the first one wrong, second wrong, three wrong (and not even close on the lastwo), a one we didn't see before with Wolf that she gets right, a slide with explosives that's wrong, a slide with a sign that's wrong. So who knows who's ahead. Whitlow tells us that Rosenbum asked her if she wanted to know how Wolf did, and he said that they both got one wrong. She'd be surprised if she got one right. Francisco thought both did horrible and couldn't tell if either of them won. We're given the results - Whitlow when 3 for 18, Wolf went 5 for 18, so he's up 3 to 1.

500 - Morning Tasks. Unless this is submarine duty, this is just cruel. It looks like they have to flatten out the sand in front of the barracks. Francisco gets them to say how great and vacation-like the Gauntlet is right now - they both look dead. Whitlow starts cracking up - "Recruit Whitlow has lost her mind, sir." It's 46 hours without sleep. Francisco starting using this weird gerbil analogy. Franscio thinks Whitlow wa done right there.

600 - Depart Camp. Before they go onto whatever it is next, Rosenbum tells them to turn to their left and tell him what they see. Wolf: "Sunset, sir!" He's kinda fried at this point. Whitlow can't stop smiling or laughing. She's so gone. Wolf is barely holding it in himself. Rosenbum isn't helping, but mentions battlefield fatigue. 

700 - Event 5, Meyer's March. Wolf says he's thinking about the voting is going come out. He's worried about being shut out at Dismissal Hill, which means he could win every event from here on out and it wouldn't matter. Whitlow is thinking she might get at least 5. She's hoping, anyway. My guess is that it's four for Whitlow and three for Wolf, which would mean he's one event away from clinching it, but he can't feel too safe. Out of the six, Whitlow feels that Hutak will vote for her out of loyalty. Hutak tells us that Whitlow and her were close on the outside but played the game differently. I'm sensing this big dislike from the Six against the two who are left. Wolf says Pupo and him are both from Philadelphia, and she may have "Philly Pride." Wolf is grasping at straws. Pupo says she wasn't around long enough to form an opinion about anyway, including these two. The strange this is that she says that in the same interview most (all?) that showed up a lot in the episode she was discharged in, which kinda monkeys around with the meaning of what she was saying then. Thomson says Whitlow held back and kept a low profile, but didn't contribute as much as Wolf did. Whitlow isn't sure about Thomson. Wolf says Brown doesn't like Whitlow (back to week where Whitlow tried to vote out Brown, she found out but got taken anyway) and he can use that to his advantage. Brown says she didn't trust Whitlow from the first moment she met her, because she always had shifty eyes and a closed off look. Whitlow is sure she'll get Moretty's vote. Moretty (like the other ones, taped on this day rather than old footage) says she goes back and forth on Whitlow - she wonders if Whitlow knew that Moretti would take her. Wolf thinks Yaney is a time bomb, but respects Wolf. Wolf is sure Yaney is going to vote for him. Yaney says he got along with Wolf - but there were certain things about how Wolf played the game that he didn't like. Yaney cites what happened with Meyer - he tried to persuade him one way and got him kicked off. Brown says that Wolf probably told people to vote for one person, then tell that person and warn them, so that person wouldn't take him. We got back to Week 4 and see a previously unaired meeting between Wolf and Whitlow discussing the female's vote. Brown says that Whitlow was feeding Wolf information, and while she can't be mad at Whitlow for playing the game that way, because everyone lied and did some things that weren't exactly in good ethics, you can tell she's not too happy about it. Moretty says she doesn't know which is worse, the ringleader Wolf or the assistant Whitlow. "He was openly illegal, and she was illegal in disguise."

Next Week is a lot of the same clips again. And that's it.