King of The Nerds (2013) s01e07 Episode Script
Enginerds
1 Previously on King of The Nerds Wow.
The teams were presented with a unique nerd war.
The one thing missing is an anthem! Both teams overcame disadvantages And they all started rumors Come on, sweetie.
Just move.
I can't do that.
To impress nerd experts.
- Amazing.
- Amazing.
And team servants of the forsaken orb won.
It was a bitter defeat for team Blextrophy, and they sent Virgil to the nerd-off.
It hurts.
Team servants of the forsaken orb tried once more to oust powerhouse Genevieve.
Our hearts weren't in the choice, but our heads were.
But with Celeste's help, Genevieve managed to win the nerd-off.
You live to fight another day.
The final five nerds were shocked to learn that the teams have been dissolved.
It's every nerd for themselves.
And Virgil's pursuit of the throne of games and the crown of king of the nerds ended forever.
[Heroic music.]
[Sighs.]
One on one, on one, on one, on one.
Genevieve, that was tight.
That was really tight.
I feel like I won that one by the skin of my teeth.
And I actually have, like, blisters on the bottoms of my toes.
Final five.
Final five! [All laugh.]
Whoever wants to join me for a drink is welcome.
I'm gonna get a drink in Virgil's honor.
It's sad to see him go.
I would say every man for themselves, but it's really more accurately every woman for themselves.
[Laughs.]
You're the last guy of the six of them.
[Bleep.]
! That's right.
I'm the only man in this house.
I need support.
Just a little bit of male energy.
I wish Virgil was still here.
A lot of people find nerd girls kind of, like, an alien species, but I don't really think of it like that.
- Yeah.
- I sincerely think of them as genderless.
I'm aware they inhabit female bodies, but, like, that that doesn't concern me.
I don't know what to say, man.
Thanks.
Thank you.
You're a good guy.
Final five! Still alive.
We were wondering if maybe we can move into your room? Celeste and I thought it might be a good idea to try and move into the orange room.
I think it would be fun.
We wanna join and have fun and participate.
We just don't wanna be isolated on an island while all the action is down on the other side of the house.
So they brought up earlier LA LA LA LA LA LA The possibility of moving into this room, and then of course, it should be a discussion among everyone.
Whatever you you ladies feel like doing is absolutely fine by me.
II just I seriously don't get the whole, like, "let's dorm it up.
" I really don't get it at all.
I would not wanna sleep in the same room as Genevieve.
I don't understand your resistance to it.
Everybody's against each other.
It just seems silly.
She always is skipping, she's [Bleep.]
running around singing Disney songs! [Sings off-key.]
You're not the [Bleep.]
little mermaid! You are 28 years old! Grow the [Bleep.]
up! You know, the decision's not made yet.
We'll think about it.
I just wanted to ask a simple question and she has to turn it into a huge deal.
Like, do the teams that play in the super bowl sleep in the same hotel room the night before? No.
Everyone has reached their breaking point with Danielle.
It's just bitch, complain, whine, cry.
It is absolutely time for Danielle to go, and it has been for many weeks.
Uhoh.
Drama.
[Siren wails.]
Calling our fellow nerds! Our banners are gone.
Curtis's voice just resonates in my dreams.
I'm both terrified and aroused.
Zapp brannigan, ladies and gentlemen.
Oh, dear.
What is going on? Welcome to the first individual nerd war.
I'm so glad this team [Bleep.]
is over.
World of Warcraft can be played as a team game, but there's tons of stuff that you can do by yourself, which is generally the stuff that I choose to do.
Goggle up, nerds.
- Crap.
- Oh, my gosh.
Watch and learn.
[Indistinct chatter.]
[Glass shatters.]
Wow! And that is this week's nerd war.
That 12-pound nerd ball fell from a height of 14 feet and broke 4 sheets of 1/4-inch-thick glass spaced 3 inches apart.
You will be requiring all of your math and physics skills to try to calculate how many sheets of glass an object will break under different conditions.
Yay! Something related to physics.
Potential energy mass times acceleration due to gravity times the height.
Potential energy.
There are three calculations to be made.
You'll find all the raw data on the whiteboard up in the radio shack lab, along with all the calculators and computers you'll need.
Everything that I need to solve this problem is right up here in my head.
You have until tomorrow morning to make your calculations and reveal your answers.
The winner of this nerd war will be safe from banishment.
Two of the losing nerds will go into the nerd-off.
I want that immunity so badly.
I want one nerd-off where I'm not worried that I'm going to be the one going in, 'cause [groans.]
Your time starts now! - Wow, let's get started.
- Let's take a look.
We've been given all the conditions needed to solve the problem.
The mass of the ball, the height that the ball is from the ground, the height that the ball is from the first pane.
However, the density of each dropped object will change, and this object is either a ball or a pig.
And I just I can't wait to solve all these problems.
I'm so happy! The challenge is bull[Bleep.]
.
You've got Genevieve, who writes ap physics guides.
Moo works for NASA and has a master's degree in physics.
I majored in a pre-vet program, so, like, I never had to take physics because, uh, we don't care how fast a cat can move.
We care about the composition of its body.
I'm trying to remember everything back from high school.
I'm so frustrated.
What the heck? It was, like, all fun and games, and now I have to sit here and do physics problems? Oh, my God.
I'm pretty deep down the rabbit hole.
I have notes, equations, references, numbers, breakdowns.
I'm swimming in papers.
I never took physics.
I took logic instead.
I did logic puzzles.
Maybe if I can get moo alone, I can just maybe have her check my work.
I don't want her to do it for me.
I just want her to look and be like, "nope!" - Surfing the web, moo? - Yeah.
I have what I have, and I think I got it.
I verified it with the example.
[Babbles.]
It's fun though.
I mean, I'm, like [Laughs.]
- [Laughs.]
- It's fun.
It's it's just also stressful.
- Yeah.
- So but you go into it with a little more, you know, confidence, considering it's your job, you know? [Laughs.]
That's all, good lady.
All right.
I don't know, I thought that was weird.
This competition brings out the weirdness in people.
I think we could help each other, but we should try and come up with something different, because if we have the exact same answer and they're both wrong, we're both screwed.
Mmhmm.
At this point, I'm focusing on my own work, but Celeste and I are, like, collaborating and helping one another because we wanna improve our mutual chances of winning.
You still have the gravitational acceleration.
We've decided to work together because we wanna have a better chance in knocking Danielle out of this competition.
Acceleration is -5.
8 degrees per second squared.
And we wanna see each other in the top two, so why not? Oh, my God.
I might be the only one in the house who's looking to my little pony to try to solve a physics problem.
[Laughs.]
- I'm going to bed.
- So funny.
- Nighty night.
- Good night.
The only thing that I've found that is even similar to what we're doing are people who are trying to disprove 9/11 being a terrorist attack.
I have literally found probably ten websites using an example of dropping a bowling ball through panes of glass to explain why the twin towers is a conspiracy.
I have absolutely no idea.
So I'm gonna look at it again in the morning.
Yeah.
But right now, I'm ready for sleep.
Sleep well.
I'd rather not go to sleep.
If I'm gonna lose, I would rather go in and be like, "I stayed up all night.
"I tried my absolute hardest.
There is nothing more I could have done.
" Especially since I'm not super interested in sleeping in my room since everybody's moved in there now.
[Yawns.]
So I didn't check the total momentum.
You guys going over it together? - Mm-hmm.
- Well, just how we got both: We have totally different answers.
- I used that one.
- I think I operated off of a different approach than you did.
Yeah.
Completely different.
It's like there's six different ways you can approach this thing.
Yeah, that's true.
I'm trying to use density of the glass and I'm trying to compare the density to something to get the numbers that I want.
The two key things that need to be right for this theory to work is the force impact of the ball when it hits the glass, which is calculated in joules.
Joule is a unit of measurement implying force.
It's represented in "J.
" And I think I have my force impact represented.
Oh, [Bleep.]
, I'm sorry.
Newtons.
No.
I have joules of energy, but not Newtons.
All my force impact is in Newtons.
[Bleep.]
.
[Groans.]
[Siren wails.]
Calling all nerds! Calling all nerds! Please join us in the courtyard! I am absolutely worried that this is the challenge that's gonna send me home and I do not wanna go home.
Especially since people knew in high school I was really good at math and and physics.
Moo has the largest advantage in this, but there's always a chance.
You can't get too poo-poo-ey about it.
That's being just a big old fussbucket.
- I feel like I'm already wrong.
- [Laughs.]
Just looking at it, I'm like, "[Bleep.]
!" Uhhuh.
Me too.
Welcome to the Nerdvana testing ground.
Now before each test, you will reveal your estimates of how many sheets of glass will break when an object is dropped.
A correct answer will earn you 1 point.
For each pane of glass your estimates are off, you will be deducted 1 point.
The nerd who has the highest points at the end of the three tests will win this nerd war and guarantee themselves a spot in the final four.
Time for test "a.
" We have a 14-foot tower with a 6-pound nerd ball.
How many sheets of glass will break when that nerd ball is dropped? Moogega? I have four sheets.
I also chose four.
Let's test your hypotheses! Don your goggles.
[As rainier wolf castle.]
"Ze goggles, they do nothing!" It sounded like three is too small, but I can't I have to trust the numbers.
This is definitely a must-win for me.
Hello? I work for NASA and I'm gonna look like a fool if I don't get this right.
Five sheets of glass were broken in that test.
Danielle and Ivan, you guessed correctly and you each receive 1 point.
Whoo! [Laughs.]
Genevieve and Celeste, you were off by one, giving you each a score of -1 point.
I'm kicking myself because I realized that the mass of the glass added to the momentum and I didn't factor that in.
Oh, I hope it didn't throw off all of my calculations.
Moogega, your estimate was off by two, giving you a score of -2 points.
Ugh, I underestimated it.
I'm a conservative When it comes to calculations.
For test "B," we have an 8-pound nerd ball suspended 76 inches above 1/4-inch-thick glass that's spaced 6 inches apart.
All right, let's see your estimates.
- Three.
- My estimate is two.
- I have three.
- I have three.
Let's test your theories.
Oh, please let there be some sort of extra upward gravitational force that would make me right.
[Grunts.]
Three panes, three panes.
No whammies, no whammies, no whammies stop.
Two sheets of glass were broken in that test.
Shoot.
Which means, Danielle and Moogega, you're right on the money.
Celeste, Genevieve, and Ivan, you three were off by one pane of glass.
You're gonna guess your way through this? I did not guess.
Ivan sounded butthurt, for lack of better words.
I was up till 3:00 in the morning.
Looking up conspiracy theories.
Creativity, people.
Now we come to test "C.
" The bonus round.
If you estimate this problem correctly, you receive 2 points.
If I don't win today, I will end up in a nerd-off.
I have to win.
[Giggles.]
I have to win.
I have to win.
A 15pound stuffed pig dropped from a height of 76 inches will break how many sheets? - Four.
- Six.
Three.
Five.
Oh, I like this round, Curtis.
They're all different.
I know.
- Celeste? - Five.
Spoke too soon.
Since this round is worth 2 points, with the correct answer, either Moogega or Ivan can still unseat our leader, Danielle.
Let's break some glass! I was gonna say, "let's test these hypotheses.
" Come on, increased surface area.
I need this 15-pound plush piggy to fall at a different axis, because for me to get this right, I need the pig to land on the greatest surface area possible.
I know, I didn't think about the fact that he's stuffed.
Come on, piggy.
Do six, do six.
Piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy.
Six panes, I and will have won and I'll have passed Danielle.
Fly, piggy.
Pigs can fly.
Five sheets of glass were broken in that test.
Danielle You win the first individual nerd war! And as a result, you are now safe from banishment.
Thank you.
Wait, really? [As Woody allen.]
Rea was that a malfunction? [Normal voice.]
Really? I just beat a NASA scientist in physics.
What the [Bleep.]
? Everybody else overcomplicated things and I-I really took another route.
I work well outside of my comfort zone, sorry.
For the losing nerds, two of you will be going into the nerd-off.
Tomorrow morning, Ivan, Moogega, Genevieve, and Celeste, you will be voting on one nerd.
And, Danielle, tomorrow morning, you alone will select the second nerd.
Interesting.
[Chuckles.]
I have all the power.
[Chuckles.]
It sucks that Danielle has immunity.
It's basically like she is king of the house right now and everyone has to cater to her.
This is probably Danielle's dream come true.
And the plot thickens! [Giggles.]
Danielle, you are now safe from banishment.
And are guaranteed a spot in the final four.
Ivan, Moogega, Genevieve, and Celeste, two of you will be going into the nerd-off.
You will be voting on one nerd.
Danielle, you alone will select the second nerd.
Interesting.
[Chuckles.]
[Groans.]
She has the power, and we've handed it to her on a silver platter.
And, Danielle, tonight, celebrity chef Richard blais will wow you with gourmet science when he creates a molecular gastronomy dinner for you.
I get food? I'm so excited.
Thank you so much to all the conspiracy theorists of America, and thank you to high school kids that do physics on my little pony.
I owe this one to you.
One other nerd will share that meal with you.
- I pick moo.
- Thanks, Danielle.
Oh, you're welcome, moo.
I know she's probably having a pretty bad day being that she lost a challenge in her area of expertise.
I know.
I'm a pretty nice girl.
We'll see you in the morning.
That was so nice.
Aww, I didn't mean to make you cry.
I know.
I didn't mean to cry.
That was close.
[Sighs.]
It sucks that Danielle has immunity.
- Good job.
- Good job.
I just wanna wipe that smug look off of her face.
Congratulations.
I feel I went such an opposite route of everybody else, and I thought I was gonna get the lowest amount of points, like, 'cause I didn't No, you were- you weren't that like - No, when I turned around and saw everybody was within one, I was like, "oh, this isn't probably gonna be so bad.
" Yeah.
We were all pretty close.
Except for me.
I trusted my numbers and yeah.
Every time we have a nerd war, the subsequent nerd-off is related to the nerd war in theme.
So I'm guessing that the nerd-off will be somehow physics related.
Uh, speaking of the nerd-off tomorrow, I wouldn't be mad if anybody voted for me 'cause I am kind of anxious to, like, make up for that, because it's, like it's bugging me.
You're crazy, moo.
So I'm putting myself in the nerd-off.
Dun-dun-dah! I'm not gonna be mad.
I'm not surprised she wants to go in the nerd-off.
She wants to redeem herself.
But what it really does for Daninielle is it gives her all the power in the house knowing that whoever she picks is gonna go up against moo.
Okay then.
Everybody leave me alone.
It's just like, "here, Danielle.
"Play with us.
"We are you little tokens to play with.
How does it feel to be God?" - So good.
- [Sighs.]
- Thanks for inviting me.
- Oh, you're welcome.
Look at these big fancy plates.
I know.
We've been eating, like, takeout for weeks.
- Hey, what's going on? Both: Hi! - How are you? - Good.
How are you? Richard Blais.
Your name? - Danielle.
- Danielle.
- Moo.
Moogega.
- Moo? Richard Blais is amazing.
I mean, I've been to a restaurant or two where they use molecular gastronomy.
It's better than good food.
I mean, this is a mixture of chemistry and nutrition.
We like to use science and/or technology if it can make the food more delicious.
- That's awesome.
- And that's the goal of everything.
- Ooh.
- Oh, my goodness.
It's not chicken.
It's sweetbreads.
Oh, my gosh.
It's so good.
It was like no food I've ever had before.
We have the crispy pork belly.
- Oh.
- Wow.
- My goodness.
- In the cocotte, we have macaroni and headcheese.
But it also was, like, comfort food at the same time.
Oh, my God.
It is so good.
Mmhmm.
We're gonna make burnt banana ice cream.
I'm really, like, proud of this technique 'cause I'm a nerd, I guess.
- It felt like a magic show.
- All right, so - and that's okay to eat? - Yeah.
So the nitrogen is just a coolant.
He made ice cream and there was smoke involved.
It was science.
- Congrats on the win.
- Thank you.
- Good luck tomorrow.
Both: Bye! I'm down with the molecular gastronomy.
He's like a food magician.
A food-gician, if you will.
To your dinner.
Yay.
This could be my last night.
Oh, stop.
Now, would you be nervous going against Genevieve? Because, like, I'm in between Genevieve and Ivan, but, like, I know you'd beat Ivan.
Yeah.
I don't want anybody to go home.
I know.
I'm so powerful right now.
It's like I have this little power trip going on.
I hope I win again because this is [Bleep.]
great.
I wouldn't be as mad if well, she's definitely a bigger threat too, honestly.
I don't think I have a target on my back, but at the same time, I'm always worried.
So I am forced to talk to Danielle.
Oh, gosh, it's gonna be exhausting.
I just wanted to see what you were feeling 'cause I know, like, people can plead their cases, but it's ultimately who you think you can beat.
It's not of who I think I can beat.
It's at this point who I'm most afraid of.
And I'm also gonna have the respect of telling the person so that they're not, like, caught off guard.
Yeah.
'Cause I know what it feels like to have the rug pulled out from under you, you know? I don't really have to talk.
I just have to nod my head, and just agree, and be like, "yeah, I know.
" The two people I'm most worried about are Ivan and Genevieve.
And I think it's mostly because they stepped up and did the leader thing.
Yeah.
- You know what I mean? - I felt that way too.
Yeah I know.
Genevieve scares me.
Like, I'm afraid of Genevieve myself.
- I'm terrified.
- Yeah.
Just agree with her.
Reassure her.
Make sure she feels good about her decision.
Just to get her eyes off of me.
It's not that I don't find you scary.
It's just that I find you a less scary of the options.
'Cause it's not, like, "oh, I think I could totally beat Celeste.
" It's not like that at all.
I-I am confident I could beat Celeste.
I am confident I could beat moo, and I am confident I could beat Ivan.
I'm not confident I could beat Genevieve.
I need to get rid of Genevieve.
- Have you been talking to her? - Yeah.
Well, I'm gonna talk to her because I haven't like, it's not a 100% thing.
Just don't pick me and we're good to go.
I'm happy, you're happy.
We're all happy.
Except for the person that leaves.
I feel bad sending anybody against moo.
I know.
So I pull Ivan and Genevieve aside and I say, "let's go talk.
" And as we're on our way to the kitchen, I see the throne of games.
Not the throne of comic books.
Not the the throne of fantasy knowledge.
Not the throne of physics formulas.
The throne of games.
And from the get-go, the two gamers in the house have been myself and Celeste.
It's called the throne of games, right? So the final is gonna have gaming in it.
It's going to, and if Celeste is here, it's not gonna be an even playing field.
It's gonna be rough.
It's gonna be rough.
The hardest part about the night before nerd-off is you can't leave anyone alone.
Because when people are alone, that's when they conspire against you.
So it's almost like this social dance.
It's like a waltz of death.
Like, if you were Danielle, you would pick Celeste.
And if you were Danielle, you would pick Celeste.
Only because I would feel like [Bleep.]
putting her in for the third time.
- Yeah.
- Obviously I, you know, I don't wanna put myself up for a nerd-off.
- Mm-hmm.
- And Celeste is at zero.
It's true.
Every single other person in this house has had to do the nerd-off.
And skill set-wise she's your biggest competition.
And skill set-wise, she's closer to me than you are.
Mmhmm.
I do have an alliance with Celeste, but if it came down to survival or going to the nerd-off, I would vote for Celeste rather than going to the nerd-off myself.
That's the way the cookie crumbles, and in life, you suck it up.
Okay, so I think I'm gonna do Celeste.
[Groans.]
Am I an [Bleep.]
? No matter what the choice is- - I'm literally gonna tell her it's just because she's got the same skill set as me, you guys tied in the challenge, and she's never been in a nerd-off.
That's what I'm going with.
That's the points that you have to bring too.
I almost, like, want to write her a note, and then hopefully she wakes up before me and avoids me the whole day.
Did you see the note I wrote? I did.
I don't know if I could have been more tactful than I was.
I just didn't want to blindside her.
I know.
I woke up this morning.
There's a note beside my bed saying that I'm going to the nerd-off.
I was told last night to my face that I wasn't going to the nerd-off.
And it looks like the conversation with Ivan and Genevieve changed her mind.
How is that fair? Why don't I just get the balls to go up to Danielle, as much as I don't want to, and talk to her about this? Genevieve threw me underneath the bus.
And it's unfortunate, 'cause I really liked her as my friend.
And I wouldn't have minded if it were her and I in the final two.
Danielle, can I talk to you? Sure.
The more that I'm realizing that people are playing hard, the more I want to play hard.
My strategy is I'm gonna go cry for a bit, and maybe I can persuade her to put Genevieve in the nerd-off.
Obviously, I got your note.
Not to be rude about this, but I would have preferred it not in a note, but directly to me this morning.
Maybe that's why it hit me hard too, because it's just waking up to a note on my luggage.
I mean, I'm being totally honest.
My first instinct was to pick Genevieve.
And had I not had a talk with Genevieve, I would have picked Genevieve.
I don't know what you heard from Genevieve last night.
But that girl, being on that team, she's the reason why we always won those challenges.
So if you were me, you would vote for Genevieve? I'm not going to throw her under the bus, but sh well, part of me feels like she didn't have a problem throwing you under the bus and that's wow.
That's really shocking to hear she mentioned my name.
She said she would never do that.
Bull[Bleep.]
.
Sorry.
I mean, I don't wanna, like, call someone out on it, but that's definitely not true.
She said, "if you really want moo to stay", the best chance of that would be to put Celeste in the nerd-off.
" I'm not playing nice.
This is not nice Celeste anymore.
I'm gonna try to cry.
I'm tired of being quiet in this house.
I'm tired of being self-conscious because I don't know as much as everyone else in this house.
And I knew Genevieve was gonna do that last night.
She was gonna use her persuading sk Genevieve's really good at telling people on the blue team how she feels.
And she can convince people.
I'm just telling you.
Maybe I was even manipulated by her.
I don't know.
I have no problem saying that I think Genevieve is one of the biggest threats in this house.
- I'm sorry.
- No, it's fine.
I knew there was gonna be a breaking point for her where she'd turn my back.
I just didn't think it'd be like this.
Everyone is out for themselves and everyone's playing dirty and hard.
Calling all nerds! Hello, nerds.
Hello.
Today, two nerds go head-to-head in our nerd-off.
The winner will stay to compete for the crown, $100,000 And the right to sit atop the throne of games! The loser goes home immediately.
Celeste, Ivan, Moogega, Genevieve, you have voted, and your tallies are here.
By unanimous consent, Moogega goes into the nerd-off.
What a surprise.
[Giggles.]
Moogega, you obviously voted for yourself.
Why did you do that at this stage of the game? I wanted to go into the nerd-off just to satisfy myself.
Wow.
This is the time in life to take risks.
So that's what I'm doing.
I feel confident.
I don't feel cocky though.
I'm hoping that in this nerd-off I can rely on intuition and just get it done.
I have before me the tablet of power.
Thanks.
Danielle, who do you choose To go into the nerd-off? I just want to preface this really quick by saying I really wanted to tell this person, and I did not have the opportunity, but it was not intentional, and I was not trying to be sneaky, and I'm very sorry.
But I vote Genevieve into today's nerd-off.
Danielle, who do you choose to go into the nerd-off? I'm very sorry.
But I vote Genevieve into today's nerd-off.
Genevieve, you will be going into the nerd-off for the third time.
[Sobbing.]
I'm really upset because everyone labeled me a threat.
I was so hopeful that for, like, once for once, it wouldn't be me.
Why Genevieve? I think Genevieve is intelligent and adaptable and well-rounded.
I've always been threatened by Genevieve.
And I feel a little bit stupid because I feel like I kinda got manipulated yesterday.
This is, like, my one opportunity to get rid of her, and I need to do it.
Genevieve, Moogega, step forward, please.
Bend the knee.
You will have two hours to prepare to engineer the tallest free-standing structure you can.
You may rise.
And good luck.
May the best nerd win.
Do you wanna talk to me? I'm just gonna go practice, you know.
Go process.
Okay? I feel betrayed by what Celeste did.
She just throws me under the bus.
Celeste is always verbally downgrading her intelligence, and I think it's deliberate on her part to fly under the radar.
I lost a friend today.
I'm sorry that she's been in three nerd-offs, but, like, it's not the fact that she was a leader that made her a target.
She's she's brilliant.
I understand that because I've been teaming with her.
I'm playing the game just like Genevieve.
If I haven't been to a nerd-off, obviously I'm doing something right.
I definitely think that I have an advantage as an engineer.
In general, I love building things, and I've played with my share of blocks when I was a kid.
This w I've been preparing with stacking various objects, making strong foundation, making sure the center of mass remains in the center so that it doesn't topple over.
Stacking my heart out.
Oops! I'm worried that because moo has a mechanical engineering degree, she's going to be a super stacker.
My strategy is to take my time and try and make my structure as stable as possible.
If your thing falls over, you're just done for.
Calling all nerds! Join us in the courtyard! Cool.
Welcome, nerds.
Genevieve, Moogega, today you will battle each other to see who can engineer the tallest free-standing tower.
You've been given an assortment of nerdy objects with which to build a free-standing structure.
The first tower to 10 feet wins.
If neither tower reaches 10 feet, then the tallest tower at ten minutes will win the nerd-off.
I want moo to win today.
My biggest threat in the entire house is Genevieve.
The girl just keeps coming back.
That just proves that she is the person we need to get out asap.
Now, you've also been given nerf guns.
You can use these to try to shoot down your opponent's tower.
So, are you ready? Then let's start building! Good luck.
We need to build a tower with Nintendo 64 cartridges, rulers.
I've built a lot of things already.
Things that have, you know, flown in Antarctica and gone to crazy places.
It's just not with Nintendo 64 pieces.
Go! It's interesting how they stood those books on end right out of the gate.
You kind of expect nerds to be hitting the books, - don't you, Bobby? - Ha.
I knew from my practicing that books were a really good base, especially if you square them off.
I got that idea from tutorials on how to build houses with cards.
Both Genevieve and Moogega have hit the 3-foot mark at the same time.
They're both looking extremely confident, like they're both gonna win this.
This is gonna be close.
I question the value of paperback books, when you consider she's only at 4 feet.
So everything that she does from 4 to 10 is going to be on that structure of paperback books.
It looks like the paperback book idea - didn't pan out for her.
- No.
I don't think she's going to make that mistake again.
My tower just fell, and moo's is already over halfway there.
I have no idea if I can catch up.
Genevieve is 3 feet behind Moogega.
She's got a lot of catching up to do.
Things are getting very tense.
Now look at what Moogega's doing now.
It looks like she's got a vhs/rubik's cube/dagwood sandwich going here.
Single Rubik's cube at the middle of the tower.
Moo's structure is stressing me out.
She's got one single Rubik's cube.
Moo, what are you doing? - [Laughs.]
- We're all so tense.
Danielle's eating her hair.
I've got my hands in my face, barely able to look.
It's terrible.
Genevieve is just a hair above 6 feet and Moogega is just at 6 feet.
You know, this could be a cinderella story, right? Or tortoise and the hair is probably more appropriate.
- Come from behind.
- Yep.
I'm realizing as I'm building this, that by stacking things, I'm not going to reach the full 10 feet.
I have to start thinking more creatively.
So I decide to take the rulers and see if I can do something with them vertically and perhaps get a little lift that way.
Three minutes left! She's attempting to put a game console on top of a bunch of old games.
This might put Genevieve at 10 feet.
Oh, [Bleep.]
.
Oh, I can't stand this.
Moo, shoot it down before she's at ten.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, no.
Don't let Genevieve take this one home.
Genevieve is at 91/2 feet.
Shoot it.
Oh, my God.
Shoot it.
Oh! Genevieve is at 91/2 feet.
Oh, my God.
Shoot it.
It is having no effect.
The tower is standing up against a barrage of nerf attack.
The nerf gun is a last-ditch effort.
I don't wanna waste time trying to shoot her tower down when I could be constructively working on my own.
This nerf gun is useless.
I turn and run back around and ooh! Oh! Oh! No! Everything has come crashing down for Moogega.
Moogega's entire tower went right back down to the ground.
Okay, start again.
I notice that my tower is weaving in the wind back and forth.
So I'm going to take things down and restructure and see if I can add some more stability.
Now Genevieve is back down to 7 feet.
I am so confused by her strategy.
One minute.
Whoever is closest to 10 feet when the time runs out wins the nerd-off.
At this point, I know that I'm not utilizing the resources to their fullest capacity.
So I'm just gonna build it as tall as I can and hope that the time runs out.
Oh, if she makes this stick, she's reached 10 feet, I think.
Steady.
Steady.
30 seconds left! I can't watch.
I can't watch this.
There's only seconds left and I have no idea how she's doing this, but moo is actually catching up.
All: Five, four, three, two, one! And Genevieve wins this nerd-off! It's oka ooh! It's the leaning tower of moo.
Genevieve, you live to fight another day! I have to credit my win to the fact that I was homeschooled.
For were I not bored at home and forced to entertain myself by building things in my room, I may not have succeeded.
And you wonder why we're afraid of you.
[Laughter.]
Today's outcome was the worst scenario possible.
As much as I love Genevieve, that girl is scary.
Moogega, it's no surprise that a rocket scientist came close to claiming the crown.
But we hope you will take your jet-propelled brain back to the jet propulsion laboratory and boldly go where no moo has gone before.
Bye.
I love you.
I'll miss you.
We all love you.
I don't know.
When I was a little kid, I used to build [Bleep.]
, like, out of blocks and legos.
Excuse my language I'd have raped this challenge.
I would have definitely beat Genevieve in this one.
I'm positive.
Congratulations, nerds.
You've beaten seven of your fellow nerds to become the final four.
- Yeah.
- Yay! Final four, baby! There's a 25% chance that I could win $100,000, and that is way better than any odds in Vegas.
Destruction incarnate.
I am sad to leave Nerdvana.
It is the paradise, the ultimate level of nerd levels, you know, Nerdvana.
And here at Nerdvana, I've learned a lot about the nerd culture beyond my scope.
I think that I've learned that anything is possible really.
If things that can happen is beyond your imagination, then don't let your imagination limit what can happen.
There really is no limit.
I thought she was gonna win by a landslide.
Be careful what you wish for, Bobby.
Wow.
The teams were presented with a unique nerd war.
The one thing missing is an anthem! Both teams overcame disadvantages And they all started rumors Come on, sweetie.
Just move.
I can't do that.
To impress nerd experts.
- Amazing.
- Amazing.
And team servants of the forsaken orb won.
It was a bitter defeat for team Blextrophy, and they sent Virgil to the nerd-off.
It hurts.
Team servants of the forsaken orb tried once more to oust powerhouse Genevieve.
Our hearts weren't in the choice, but our heads were.
But with Celeste's help, Genevieve managed to win the nerd-off.
You live to fight another day.
The final five nerds were shocked to learn that the teams have been dissolved.
It's every nerd for themselves.
And Virgil's pursuit of the throne of games and the crown of king of the nerds ended forever.
[Heroic music.]
[Sighs.]
One on one, on one, on one, on one.
Genevieve, that was tight.
That was really tight.
I feel like I won that one by the skin of my teeth.
And I actually have, like, blisters on the bottoms of my toes.
Final five.
Final five! [All laugh.]
Whoever wants to join me for a drink is welcome.
I'm gonna get a drink in Virgil's honor.
It's sad to see him go.
I would say every man for themselves, but it's really more accurately every woman for themselves.
[Laughs.]
You're the last guy of the six of them.
[Bleep.]
! That's right.
I'm the only man in this house.
I need support.
Just a little bit of male energy.
I wish Virgil was still here.
A lot of people find nerd girls kind of, like, an alien species, but I don't really think of it like that.
- Yeah.
- I sincerely think of them as genderless.
I'm aware they inhabit female bodies, but, like, that that doesn't concern me.
I don't know what to say, man.
Thanks.
Thank you.
You're a good guy.
Final five! Still alive.
We were wondering if maybe we can move into your room? Celeste and I thought it might be a good idea to try and move into the orange room.
I think it would be fun.
We wanna join and have fun and participate.
We just don't wanna be isolated on an island while all the action is down on the other side of the house.
So they brought up earlier LA LA LA LA LA LA The possibility of moving into this room, and then of course, it should be a discussion among everyone.
Whatever you you ladies feel like doing is absolutely fine by me.
II just I seriously don't get the whole, like, "let's dorm it up.
" I really don't get it at all.
I would not wanna sleep in the same room as Genevieve.
I don't understand your resistance to it.
Everybody's against each other.
It just seems silly.
She always is skipping, she's [Bleep.]
running around singing Disney songs! [Sings off-key.]
You're not the [Bleep.]
little mermaid! You are 28 years old! Grow the [Bleep.]
up! You know, the decision's not made yet.
We'll think about it.
I just wanted to ask a simple question and she has to turn it into a huge deal.
Like, do the teams that play in the super bowl sleep in the same hotel room the night before? No.
Everyone has reached their breaking point with Danielle.
It's just bitch, complain, whine, cry.
It is absolutely time for Danielle to go, and it has been for many weeks.
Uhoh.
Drama.
[Siren wails.]
Calling our fellow nerds! Our banners are gone.
Curtis's voice just resonates in my dreams.
I'm both terrified and aroused.
Zapp brannigan, ladies and gentlemen.
Oh, dear.
What is going on? Welcome to the first individual nerd war.
I'm so glad this team [Bleep.]
is over.
World of Warcraft can be played as a team game, but there's tons of stuff that you can do by yourself, which is generally the stuff that I choose to do.
Goggle up, nerds.
- Crap.
- Oh, my gosh.
Watch and learn.
[Indistinct chatter.]
[Glass shatters.]
Wow! And that is this week's nerd war.
That 12-pound nerd ball fell from a height of 14 feet and broke 4 sheets of 1/4-inch-thick glass spaced 3 inches apart.
You will be requiring all of your math and physics skills to try to calculate how many sheets of glass an object will break under different conditions.
Yay! Something related to physics.
Potential energy mass times acceleration due to gravity times the height.
Potential energy.
There are three calculations to be made.
You'll find all the raw data on the whiteboard up in the radio shack lab, along with all the calculators and computers you'll need.
Everything that I need to solve this problem is right up here in my head.
You have until tomorrow morning to make your calculations and reveal your answers.
The winner of this nerd war will be safe from banishment.
Two of the losing nerds will go into the nerd-off.
I want that immunity so badly.
I want one nerd-off where I'm not worried that I'm going to be the one going in, 'cause [groans.]
Your time starts now! - Wow, let's get started.
- Let's take a look.
We've been given all the conditions needed to solve the problem.
The mass of the ball, the height that the ball is from the ground, the height that the ball is from the first pane.
However, the density of each dropped object will change, and this object is either a ball or a pig.
And I just I can't wait to solve all these problems.
I'm so happy! The challenge is bull[Bleep.]
.
You've got Genevieve, who writes ap physics guides.
Moo works for NASA and has a master's degree in physics.
I majored in a pre-vet program, so, like, I never had to take physics because, uh, we don't care how fast a cat can move.
We care about the composition of its body.
I'm trying to remember everything back from high school.
I'm so frustrated.
What the heck? It was, like, all fun and games, and now I have to sit here and do physics problems? Oh, my God.
I'm pretty deep down the rabbit hole.
I have notes, equations, references, numbers, breakdowns.
I'm swimming in papers.
I never took physics.
I took logic instead.
I did logic puzzles.
Maybe if I can get moo alone, I can just maybe have her check my work.
I don't want her to do it for me.
I just want her to look and be like, "nope!" - Surfing the web, moo? - Yeah.
I have what I have, and I think I got it.
I verified it with the example.
[Babbles.]
It's fun though.
I mean, I'm, like [Laughs.]
- [Laughs.]
- It's fun.
It's it's just also stressful.
- Yeah.
- So but you go into it with a little more, you know, confidence, considering it's your job, you know? [Laughs.]
That's all, good lady.
All right.
I don't know, I thought that was weird.
This competition brings out the weirdness in people.
I think we could help each other, but we should try and come up with something different, because if we have the exact same answer and they're both wrong, we're both screwed.
Mmhmm.
At this point, I'm focusing on my own work, but Celeste and I are, like, collaborating and helping one another because we wanna improve our mutual chances of winning.
You still have the gravitational acceleration.
We've decided to work together because we wanna have a better chance in knocking Danielle out of this competition.
Acceleration is -5.
8 degrees per second squared.
And we wanna see each other in the top two, so why not? Oh, my God.
I might be the only one in the house who's looking to my little pony to try to solve a physics problem.
[Laughs.]
- I'm going to bed.
- So funny.
- Nighty night.
- Good night.
The only thing that I've found that is even similar to what we're doing are people who are trying to disprove 9/11 being a terrorist attack.
I have literally found probably ten websites using an example of dropping a bowling ball through panes of glass to explain why the twin towers is a conspiracy.
I have absolutely no idea.
So I'm gonna look at it again in the morning.
Yeah.
But right now, I'm ready for sleep.
Sleep well.
I'd rather not go to sleep.
If I'm gonna lose, I would rather go in and be like, "I stayed up all night.
"I tried my absolute hardest.
There is nothing more I could have done.
" Especially since I'm not super interested in sleeping in my room since everybody's moved in there now.
[Yawns.]
So I didn't check the total momentum.
You guys going over it together? - Mm-hmm.
- Well, just how we got both: We have totally different answers.
- I used that one.
- I think I operated off of a different approach than you did.
Yeah.
Completely different.
It's like there's six different ways you can approach this thing.
Yeah, that's true.
I'm trying to use density of the glass and I'm trying to compare the density to something to get the numbers that I want.
The two key things that need to be right for this theory to work is the force impact of the ball when it hits the glass, which is calculated in joules.
Joule is a unit of measurement implying force.
It's represented in "J.
" And I think I have my force impact represented.
Oh, [Bleep.]
, I'm sorry.
Newtons.
No.
I have joules of energy, but not Newtons.
All my force impact is in Newtons.
[Bleep.]
.
[Groans.]
[Siren wails.]
Calling all nerds! Calling all nerds! Please join us in the courtyard! I am absolutely worried that this is the challenge that's gonna send me home and I do not wanna go home.
Especially since people knew in high school I was really good at math and and physics.
Moo has the largest advantage in this, but there's always a chance.
You can't get too poo-poo-ey about it.
That's being just a big old fussbucket.
- I feel like I'm already wrong.
- [Laughs.]
Just looking at it, I'm like, "[Bleep.]
!" Uhhuh.
Me too.
Welcome to the Nerdvana testing ground.
Now before each test, you will reveal your estimates of how many sheets of glass will break when an object is dropped.
A correct answer will earn you 1 point.
For each pane of glass your estimates are off, you will be deducted 1 point.
The nerd who has the highest points at the end of the three tests will win this nerd war and guarantee themselves a spot in the final four.
Time for test "a.
" We have a 14-foot tower with a 6-pound nerd ball.
How many sheets of glass will break when that nerd ball is dropped? Moogega? I have four sheets.
I also chose four.
Let's test your hypotheses! Don your goggles.
[As rainier wolf castle.]
"Ze goggles, they do nothing!" It sounded like three is too small, but I can't I have to trust the numbers.
This is definitely a must-win for me.
Hello? I work for NASA and I'm gonna look like a fool if I don't get this right.
Five sheets of glass were broken in that test.
Danielle and Ivan, you guessed correctly and you each receive 1 point.
Whoo! [Laughs.]
Genevieve and Celeste, you were off by one, giving you each a score of -1 point.
I'm kicking myself because I realized that the mass of the glass added to the momentum and I didn't factor that in.
Oh, I hope it didn't throw off all of my calculations.
Moogega, your estimate was off by two, giving you a score of -2 points.
Ugh, I underestimated it.
I'm a conservative When it comes to calculations.
For test "B," we have an 8-pound nerd ball suspended 76 inches above 1/4-inch-thick glass that's spaced 6 inches apart.
All right, let's see your estimates.
- Three.
- My estimate is two.
- I have three.
- I have three.
Let's test your theories.
Oh, please let there be some sort of extra upward gravitational force that would make me right.
[Grunts.]
Three panes, three panes.
No whammies, no whammies, no whammies stop.
Two sheets of glass were broken in that test.
Shoot.
Which means, Danielle and Moogega, you're right on the money.
Celeste, Genevieve, and Ivan, you three were off by one pane of glass.
You're gonna guess your way through this? I did not guess.
Ivan sounded butthurt, for lack of better words.
I was up till 3:00 in the morning.
Looking up conspiracy theories.
Creativity, people.
Now we come to test "C.
" The bonus round.
If you estimate this problem correctly, you receive 2 points.
If I don't win today, I will end up in a nerd-off.
I have to win.
[Giggles.]
I have to win.
I have to win.
A 15pound stuffed pig dropped from a height of 76 inches will break how many sheets? - Four.
- Six.
Three.
Five.
Oh, I like this round, Curtis.
They're all different.
I know.
- Celeste? - Five.
Spoke too soon.
Since this round is worth 2 points, with the correct answer, either Moogega or Ivan can still unseat our leader, Danielle.
Let's break some glass! I was gonna say, "let's test these hypotheses.
" Come on, increased surface area.
I need this 15-pound plush piggy to fall at a different axis, because for me to get this right, I need the pig to land on the greatest surface area possible.
I know, I didn't think about the fact that he's stuffed.
Come on, piggy.
Do six, do six.
Piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy.
Six panes, I and will have won and I'll have passed Danielle.
Fly, piggy.
Pigs can fly.
Five sheets of glass were broken in that test.
Danielle You win the first individual nerd war! And as a result, you are now safe from banishment.
Thank you.
Wait, really? [As Woody allen.]
Rea was that a malfunction? [Normal voice.]
Really? I just beat a NASA scientist in physics.
What the [Bleep.]
? Everybody else overcomplicated things and I-I really took another route.
I work well outside of my comfort zone, sorry.
For the losing nerds, two of you will be going into the nerd-off.
Tomorrow morning, Ivan, Moogega, Genevieve, and Celeste, you will be voting on one nerd.
And, Danielle, tomorrow morning, you alone will select the second nerd.
Interesting.
[Chuckles.]
I have all the power.
[Chuckles.]
It sucks that Danielle has immunity.
It's basically like she is king of the house right now and everyone has to cater to her.
This is probably Danielle's dream come true.
And the plot thickens! [Giggles.]
Danielle, you are now safe from banishment.
And are guaranteed a spot in the final four.
Ivan, Moogega, Genevieve, and Celeste, two of you will be going into the nerd-off.
You will be voting on one nerd.
Danielle, you alone will select the second nerd.
Interesting.
[Chuckles.]
[Groans.]
She has the power, and we've handed it to her on a silver platter.
And, Danielle, tonight, celebrity chef Richard blais will wow you with gourmet science when he creates a molecular gastronomy dinner for you.
I get food? I'm so excited.
Thank you so much to all the conspiracy theorists of America, and thank you to high school kids that do physics on my little pony.
I owe this one to you.
One other nerd will share that meal with you.
- I pick moo.
- Thanks, Danielle.
Oh, you're welcome, moo.
I know she's probably having a pretty bad day being that she lost a challenge in her area of expertise.
I know.
I'm a pretty nice girl.
We'll see you in the morning.
That was so nice.
Aww, I didn't mean to make you cry.
I know.
I didn't mean to cry.
That was close.
[Sighs.]
It sucks that Danielle has immunity.
- Good job.
- Good job.
I just wanna wipe that smug look off of her face.
Congratulations.
I feel I went such an opposite route of everybody else, and I thought I was gonna get the lowest amount of points, like, 'cause I didn't No, you were- you weren't that like - No, when I turned around and saw everybody was within one, I was like, "oh, this isn't probably gonna be so bad.
" Yeah.
We were all pretty close.
Except for me.
I trusted my numbers and yeah.
Every time we have a nerd war, the subsequent nerd-off is related to the nerd war in theme.
So I'm guessing that the nerd-off will be somehow physics related.
Uh, speaking of the nerd-off tomorrow, I wouldn't be mad if anybody voted for me 'cause I am kind of anxious to, like, make up for that, because it's, like it's bugging me.
You're crazy, moo.
So I'm putting myself in the nerd-off.
Dun-dun-dah! I'm not gonna be mad.
I'm not surprised she wants to go in the nerd-off.
She wants to redeem herself.
But what it really does for Daninielle is it gives her all the power in the house knowing that whoever she picks is gonna go up against moo.
Okay then.
Everybody leave me alone.
It's just like, "here, Danielle.
"Play with us.
"We are you little tokens to play with.
How does it feel to be God?" - So good.
- [Sighs.]
- Thanks for inviting me.
- Oh, you're welcome.
Look at these big fancy plates.
I know.
We've been eating, like, takeout for weeks.
- Hey, what's going on? Both: Hi! - How are you? - Good.
How are you? Richard Blais.
Your name? - Danielle.
- Danielle.
- Moo.
Moogega.
- Moo? Richard Blais is amazing.
I mean, I've been to a restaurant or two where they use molecular gastronomy.
It's better than good food.
I mean, this is a mixture of chemistry and nutrition.
We like to use science and/or technology if it can make the food more delicious.
- That's awesome.
- And that's the goal of everything.
- Ooh.
- Oh, my goodness.
It's not chicken.
It's sweetbreads.
Oh, my gosh.
It's so good.
It was like no food I've ever had before.
We have the crispy pork belly.
- Oh.
- Wow.
- My goodness.
- In the cocotte, we have macaroni and headcheese.
But it also was, like, comfort food at the same time.
Oh, my God.
It is so good.
Mmhmm.
We're gonna make burnt banana ice cream.
I'm really, like, proud of this technique 'cause I'm a nerd, I guess.
- It felt like a magic show.
- All right, so - and that's okay to eat? - Yeah.
So the nitrogen is just a coolant.
He made ice cream and there was smoke involved.
It was science.
- Congrats on the win.
- Thank you.
- Good luck tomorrow.
Both: Bye! I'm down with the molecular gastronomy.
He's like a food magician.
A food-gician, if you will.
To your dinner.
Yay.
This could be my last night.
Oh, stop.
Now, would you be nervous going against Genevieve? Because, like, I'm in between Genevieve and Ivan, but, like, I know you'd beat Ivan.
Yeah.
I don't want anybody to go home.
I know.
I'm so powerful right now.
It's like I have this little power trip going on.
I hope I win again because this is [Bleep.]
great.
I wouldn't be as mad if well, she's definitely a bigger threat too, honestly.
I don't think I have a target on my back, but at the same time, I'm always worried.
So I am forced to talk to Danielle.
Oh, gosh, it's gonna be exhausting.
I just wanted to see what you were feeling 'cause I know, like, people can plead their cases, but it's ultimately who you think you can beat.
It's not of who I think I can beat.
It's at this point who I'm most afraid of.
And I'm also gonna have the respect of telling the person so that they're not, like, caught off guard.
Yeah.
'Cause I know what it feels like to have the rug pulled out from under you, you know? I don't really have to talk.
I just have to nod my head, and just agree, and be like, "yeah, I know.
" The two people I'm most worried about are Ivan and Genevieve.
And I think it's mostly because they stepped up and did the leader thing.
Yeah.
- You know what I mean? - I felt that way too.
Yeah I know.
Genevieve scares me.
Like, I'm afraid of Genevieve myself.
- I'm terrified.
- Yeah.
Just agree with her.
Reassure her.
Make sure she feels good about her decision.
Just to get her eyes off of me.
It's not that I don't find you scary.
It's just that I find you a less scary of the options.
'Cause it's not, like, "oh, I think I could totally beat Celeste.
" It's not like that at all.
I-I am confident I could beat Celeste.
I am confident I could beat moo, and I am confident I could beat Ivan.
I'm not confident I could beat Genevieve.
I need to get rid of Genevieve.
- Have you been talking to her? - Yeah.
Well, I'm gonna talk to her because I haven't like, it's not a 100% thing.
Just don't pick me and we're good to go.
I'm happy, you're happy.
We're all happy.
Except for the person that leaves.
I feel bad sending anybody against moo.
I know.
So I pull Ivan and Genevieve aside and I say, "let's go talk.
" And as we're on our way to the kitchen, I see the throne of games.
Not the throne of comic books.
Not the the throne of fantasy knowledge.
Not the throne of physics formulas.
The throne of games.
And from the get-go, the two gamers in the house have been myself and Celeste.
It's called the throne of games, right? So the final is gonna have gaming in it.
It's going to, and if Celeste is here, it's not gonna be an even playing field.
It's gonna be rough.
It's gonna be rough.
The hardest part about the night before nerd-off is you can't leave anyone alone.
Because when people are alone, that's when they conspire against you.
So it's almost like this social dance.
It's like a waltz of death.
Like, if you were Danielle, you would pick Celeste.
And if you were Danielle, you would pick Celeste.
Only because I would feel like [Bleep.]
putting her in for the third time.
- Yeah.
- Obviously I, you know, I don't wanna put myself up for a nerd-off.
- Mm-hmm.
- And Celeste is at zero.
It's true.
Every single other person in this house has had to do the nerd-off.
And skill set-wise she's your biggest competition.
And skill set-wise, she's closer to me than you are.
Mmhmm.
I do have an alliance with Celeste, but if it came down to survival or going to the nerd-off, I would vote for Celeste rather than going to the nerd-off myself.
That's the way the cookie crumbles, and in life, you suck it up.
Okay, so I think I'm gonna do Celeste.
[Groans.]
Am I an [Bleep.]
? No matter what the choice is- - I'm literally gonna tell her it's just because she's got the same skill set as me, you guys tied in the challenge, and she's never been in a nerd-off.
That's what I'm going with.
That's the points that you have to bring too.
I almost, like, want to write her a note, and then hopefully she wakes up before me and avoids me the whole day.
Did you see the note I wrote? I did.
I don't know if I could have been more tactful than I was.
I just didn't want to blindside her.
I know.
I woke up this morning.
There's a note beside my bed saying that I'm going to the nerd-off.
I was told last night to my face that I wasn't going to the nerd-off.
And it looks like the conversation with Ivan and Genevieve changed her mind.
How is that fair? Why don't I just get the balls to go up to Danielle, as much as I don't want to, and talk to her about this? Genevieve threw me underneath the bus.
And it's unfortunate, 'cause I really liked her as my friend.
And I wouldn't have minded if it were her and I in the final two.
Danielle, can I talk to you? Sure.
The more that I'm realizing that people are playing hard, the more I want to play hard.
My strategy is I'm gonna go cry for a bit, and maybe I can persuade her to put Genevieve in the nerd-off.
Obviously, I got your note.
Not to be rude about this, but I would have preferred it not in a note, but directly to me this morning.
Maybe that's why it hit me hard too, because it's just waking up to a note on my luggage.
I mean, I'm being totally honest.
My first instinct was to pick Genevieve.
And had I not had a talk with Genevieve, I would have picked Genevieve.
I don't know what you heard from Genevieve last night.
But that girl, being on that team, she's the reason why we always won those challenges.
So if you were me, you would vote for Genevieve? I'm not going to throw her under the bus, but sh well, part of me feels like she didn't have a problem throwing you under the bus and that's wow.
That's really shocking to hear she mentioned my name.
She said she would never do that.
Bull[Bleep.]
.
Sorry.
I mean, I don't wanna, like, call someone out on it, but that's definitely not true.
She said, "if you really want moo to stay", the best chance of that would be to put Celeste in the nerd-off.
" I'm not playing nice.
This is not nice Celeste anymore.
I'm gonna try to cry.
I'm tired of being quiet in this house.
I'm tired of being self-conscious because I don't know as much as everyone else in this house.
And I knew Genevieve was gonna do that last night.
She was gonna use her persuading sk Genevieve's really good at telling people on the blue team how she feels.
And she can convince people.
I'm just telling you.
Maybe I was even manipulated by her.
I don't know.
I have no problem saying that I think Genevieve is one of the biggest threats in this house.
- I'm sorry.
- No, it's fine.
I knew there was gonna be a breaking point for her where she'd turn my back.
I just didn't think it'd be like this.
Everyone is out for themselves and everyone's playing dirty and hard.
Calling all nerds! Hello, nerds.
Hello.
Today, two nerds go head-to-head in our nerd-off.
The winner will stay to compete for the crown, $100,000 And the right to sit atop the throne of games! The loser goes home immediately.
Celeste, Ivan, Moogega, Genevieve, you have voted, and your tallies are here.
By unanimous consent, Moogega goes into the nerd-off.
What a surprise.
[Giggles.]
Moogega, you obviously voted for yourself.
Why did you do that at this stage of the game? I wanted to go into the nerd-off just to satisfy myself.
Wow.
This is the time in life to take risks.
So that's what I'm doing.
I feel confident.
I don't feel cocky though.
I'm hoping that in this nerd-off I can rely on intuition and just get it done.
I have before me the tablet of power.
Thanks.
Danielle, who do you choose To go into the nerd-off? I just want to preface this really quick by saying I really wanted to tell this person, and I did not have the opportunity, but it was not intentional, and I was not trying to be sneaky, and I'm very sorry.
But I vote Genevieve into today's nerd-off.
Danielle, who do you choose to go into the nerd-off? I'm very sorry.
But I vote Genevieve into today's nerd-off.
Genevieve, you will be going into the nerd-off for the third time.
[Sobbing.]
I'm really upset because everyone labeled me a threat.
I was so hopeful that for, like, once for once, it wouldn't be me.
Why Genevieve? I think Genevieve is intelligent and adaptable and well-rounded.
I've always been threatened by Genevieve.
And I feel a little bit stupid because I feel like I kinda got manipulated yesterday.
This is, like, my one opportunity to get rid of her, and I need to do it.
Genevieve, Moogega, step forward, please.
Bend the knee.
You will have two hours to prepare to engineer the tallest free-standing structure you can.
You may rise.
And good luck.
May the best nerd win.
Do you wanna talk to me? I'm just gonna go practice, you know.
Go process.
Okay? I feel betrayed by what Celeste did.
She just throws me under the bus.
Celeste is always verbally downgrading her intelligence, and I think it's deliberate on her part to fly under the radar.
I lost a friend today.
I'm sorry that she's been in three nerd-offs, but, like, it's not the fact that she was a leader that made her a target.
She's she's brilliant.
I understand that because I've been teaming with her.
I'm playing the game just like Genevieve.
If I haven't been to a nerd-off, obviously I'm doing something right.
I definitely think that I have an advantage as an engineer.
In general, I love building things, and I've played with my share of blocks when I was a kid.
This w I've been preparing with stacking various objects, making strong foundation, making sure the center of mass remains in the center so that it doesn't topple over.
Stacking my heart out.
Oops! I'm worried that because moo has a mechanical engineering degree, she's going to be a super stacker.
My strategy is to take my time and try and make my structure as stable as possible.
If your thing falls over, you're just done for.
Calling all nerds! Join us in the courtyard! Cool.
Welcome, nerds.
Genevieve, Moogega, today you will battle each other to see who can engineer the tallest free-standing tower.
You've been given an assortment of nerdy objects with which to build a free-standing structure.
The first tower to 10 feet wins.
If neither tower reaches 10 feet, then the tallest tower at ten minutes will win the nerd-off.
I want moo to win today.
My biggest threat in the entire house is Genevieve.
The girl just keeps coming back.
That just proves that she is the person we need to get out asap.
Now, you've also been given nerf guns.
You can use these to try to shoot down your opponent's tower.
So, are you ready? Then let's start building! Good luck.
We need to build a tower with Nintendo 64 cartridges, rulers.
I've built a lot of things already.
Things that have, you know, flown in Antarctica and gone to crazy places.
It's just not with Nintendo 64 pieces.
Go! It's interesting how they stood those books on end right out of the gate.
You kind of expect nerds to be hitting the books, - don't you, Bobby? - Ha.
I knew from my practicing that books were a really good base, especially if you square them off.
I got that idea from tutorials on how to build houses with cards.
Both Genevieve and Moogega have hit the 3-foot mark at the same time.
They're both looking extremely confident, like they're both gonna win this.
This is gonna be close.
I question the value of paperback books, when you consider she's only at 4 feet.
So everything that she does from 4 to 10 is going to be on that structure of paperback books.
It looks like the paperback book idea - didn't pan out for her.
- No.
I don't think she's going to make that mistake again.
My tower just fell, and moo's is already over halfway there.
I have no idea if I can catch up.
Genevieve is 3 feet behind Moogega.
She's got a lot of catching up to do.
Things are getting very tense.
Now look at what Moogega's doing now.
It looks like she's got a vhs/rubik's cube/dagwood sandwich going here.
Single Rubik's cube at the middle of the tower.
Moo's structure is stressing me out.
She's got one single Rubik's cube.
Moo, what are you doing? - [Laughs.]
- We're all so tense.
Danielle's eating her hair.
I've got my hands in my face, barely able to look.
It's terrible.
Genevieve is just a hair above 6 feet and Moogega is just at 6 feet.
You know, this could be a cinderella story, right? Or tortoise and the hair is probably more appropriate.
- Come from behind.
- Yep.
I'm realizing as I'm building this, that by stacking things, I'm not going to reach the full 10 feet.
I have to start thinking more creatively.
So I decide to take the rulers and see if I can do something with them vertically and perhaps get a little lift that way.
Three minutes left! She's attempting to put a game console on top of a bunch of old games.
This might put Genevieve at 10 feet.
Oh, [Bleep.]
.
Oh, I can't stand this.
Moo, shoot it down before she's at ten.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, no.
Don't let Genevieve take this one home.
Genevieve is at 91/2 feet.
Shoot it.
Oh, my God.
Shoot it.
Oh! Genevieve is at 91/2 feet.
Oh, my God.
Shoot it.
It is having no effect.
The tower is standing up against a barrage of nerf attack.
The nerf gun is a last-ditch effort.
I don't wanna waste time trying to shoot her tower down when I could be constructively working on my own.
This nerf gun is useless.
I turn and run back around and ooh! Oh! Oh! No! Everything has come crashing down for Moogega.
Moogega's entire tower went right back down to the ground.
Okay, start again.
I notice that my tower is weaving in the wind back and forth.
So I'm going to take things down and restructure and see if I can add some more stability.
Now Genevieve is back down to 7 feet.
I am so confused by her strategy.
One minute.
Whoever is closest to 10 feet when the time runs out wins the nerd-off.
At this point, I know that I'm not utilizing the resources to their fullest capacity.
So I'm just gonna build it as tall as I can and hope that the time runs out.
Oh, if she makes this stick, she's reached 10 feet, I think.
Steady.
Steady.
30 seconds left! I can't watch.
I can't watch this.
There's only seconds left and I have no idea how she's doing this, but moo is actually catching up.
All: Five, four, three, two, one! And Genevieve wins this nerd-off! It's oka ooh! It's the leaning tower of moo.
Genevieve, you live to fight another day! I have to credit my win to the fact that I was homeschooled.
For were I not bored at home and forced to entertain myself by building things in my room, I may not have succeeded.
And you wonder why we're afraid of you.
[Laughter.]
Today's outcome was the worst scenario possible.
As much as I love Genevieve, that girl is scary.
Moogega, it's no surprise that a rocket scientist came close to claiming the crown.
But we hope you will take your jet-propelled brain back to the jet propulsion laboratory and boldly go where no moo has gone before.
Bye.
I love you.
I'll miss you.
We all love you.
I don't know.
When I was a little kid, I used to build [Bleep.]
, like, out of blocks and legos.
Excuse my language I'd have raped this challenge.
I would have definitely beat Genevieve in this one.
I'm positive.
Congratulations, nerds.
You've beaten seven of your fellow nerds to become the final four.
- Yeah.
- Yay! Final four, baby! There's a 25% chance that I could win $100,000, and that is way better than any odds in Vegas.
Destruction incarnate.
I am sad to leave Nerdvana.
It is the paradise, the ultimate level of nerd levels, you know, Nerdvana.
And here at Nerdvana, I've learned a lot about the nerd culture beyond my scope.
I think that I've learned that anything is possible really.
If things that can happen is beyond your imagination, then don't let your imagination limit what can happen.
There really is no limit.
I thought she was gonna win by a landslide.
Be careful what you wish for, Bobby.
Wow.