Episode
The Challenge: The Perks of Being a Rookie
Overview
Divorced exes Danny and Melinda struggle to work together and help shine a light on Knight and Jemmye's similarly fractured relationship. Major alliances are revealed and one team crumbles under the pressure of elimination.
Details
- Series
- The Challenge
- Season
- Season 23
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2012-09-26
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
The Perks of Being a Rookie is Episode 2 in Battle of the Seasons of The Challenge. It aired on 2012-09-26. The runtime is 42 min.
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Cast members from The Real World's most memorable seasons come together for an all out battle for Real World supremacy, but an early twist could shake things up. Plus- a surprise hook up and a fight that involves the entire house.
Episode 3: What Happens in Vegas...
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Episode 6: Going Insane
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Episode 7: I Do Not Like You Sam I Am
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Episode 8: Honey, I'm Homeless
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Episode 9: The Chronicles of Nanyia
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Episode 10: A Woman Scorned
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Episode 11: I Like to Move It, Move It
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Episode 12: Operation: Desert Scorn
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