Full Season Rewatch & Recap: The Duel 2 (Season 17)

The rewatch series goes back to chronological and hits Season 17, The Duel 2! I love this season, and was a bit shocked at this most recent rewatch where my feelings ended up landing. We cover it all in depth using the following topics:

Intro and programming notes (00:35).

Basics of the season, state of The Challenge at the time, and evolutions and history made this season (04:04).

Major storyline: the CT Adam fight and it's fallout (14:07).

Major storyline: the dominant alliance of Mark, Evan, Landon and Brad and the athletic dominance of Landon and Rachel (21:48).

Major storyline: romance everywhere, Rachel/Jenn/Aneesa, Dunbar/Paula/Kim, CT and Shauvon, Ryan and Davis, Brad and Tori (33:05).

Awards for Best Daily Challenge, Best Elimination, and Best Athletic Performance (43:16).

Awards for Best Quote, Iconic Moment, and Best Episode (51:48).

Awards for Rookie of the Season and Season MVP (01:03:42).

The Duel 2 final season grade and it's placement in the all time pantheon (01:14:12).

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