In week 3, USA’s tribunal — made up of Josh Martinez, Laurel Stucky and Zach Nichols — took advantage of the season’s twist and threw in their own teammate, Bergmann, to compete against U.K.’s Stephen Bear. And, much to many people’s surprise, Bergmann lost.
But his presence appears to remain felt as the game continues, in large part due to the wheeling and dealing alliances he formed. “Team U.S.A. is officially split,” “Ninja” Natalie Duran declares in apromo. And in the above exclusive clip from this week’s episode, Stucky stirs the pot when she accuses Kam Williams of being in cahoots with Bergmann.
Stucky responds, “I don’t think that you’re scared of me. I’m not using intimidation, I’m using FACTS!”
“Well, your facts are wrong,” Williams says.
“You didn’t have conversations with Cara Maria [Sorbello] coming into this about working together?” Bananas asks.
“No. And even if I did, so what?” Williams responds.
Later, Bananas determines, “Look, it was blatantly obvious Wes had a clear divide down the team and the people who were riding with Team Wes, thinking he was going to lead them to the Promised Land, now that he’s gone they’re all scrambling. And now they’re all claiming, ‘We didn’t have deals. We weren’t working with anybody. We just want to be a team now.'”
He adds, “You’ve got your horses. See who can ride ’em to the end.”
Based on the official episode description, this won’t be the only argument Stucky will have this week. The long-simmering tension between her and former friend Sorbello may be about to hit a boil.
“Laurel and Cara Maria’s long-standing feud takes center stage for a dysfunctional Team USA,” the network teases.
“In other times, it’s like as soon as I don’t need her, if I’m confident in what I’m doing, that’s when she tries to push me back down. Our relationship came down to she was there for me when I needed her, but she didn’t want to be there for me as an equal. I feel like her thing is she wants to make me smaller,” Sorbello concluded.
“Cara and I don’t talk in terms more than just being cordial,” Stucky told PEOPLE. “I’m not going to be mean to her, but I just don’t have anything to talk to her about. We don’t have the same values, and I think her priorities are off. I have a huge focus right now on only bringing things into my life that make me feel good, that keep me healthy, and she’s not one of those people.”
source: people.com
