Stay Tuned (2016) [Part 4]

Meanwhile back in Channel 13, the Knables, sans Bradley, were hiding in a nearby shed.

HELEN: Wait, where's Bradley?!

ROY: He told me that he had an idea.

HELEN: He better not get himself killed.

DARRYL: Knowing Bradley, killing him is easier said than done.

Suddenly, an axe blade broke through the wooden wall of the shed. The killer was chopping his way through the shed. The Knables could only cower in fear as he chopped. Each chop was one chop closer to death. They were cornered, no place to run.

DIANE (panicking): We're done for!

Finally, the killer made a big enough hole for him to walk through into the shed. He menacingly strolled over to the Knables.

HELEN: Bradley Austin Knable, I don't know where you are, but whatever that idea of yours is, do something!!!!

However, just as the killer raised his axe, someone came at him from behind and began strangling him with a chain, causing him to drop his axe. It was Bradley.

BRADLEY: Miss me already?

KNABLES: Bradley!

BRADLEY: Throw me the axe!

Roy grabbed the axe and handed it to Bradley, who upon grabbing it, swung it right into the forehead of the killer, knocking him to the floor. Bradley released his grip as that happened.

BRADLEY (to killer): Choke on that, you sack-saddled sumbitch.

Suddenly, a static-filled portal appeared on the floor.

HELEN: What is that?

DARRYL: Looks like a portal.

ROY: Let's go down.

Roy attempted to jump into the portal, but Helen cut him off.

HELEN (wagging her finger): Ah ah ah, women and children first.

Helen jumped right through the portal, followed by Darryl. But Diane refused.

DIANE: No, I'm not going down there.

ROY: And why not?

DIANE: Who knows where we'll be next?!

ROY: We won't know until we find out, Diane, now jump!

DIANE: No!

Suddenly, Bradley, with a menacing smirk, grabbed Diane by the collar of her sweater.

BRADLEY: Here, lemme help you.

Bradley held Diane, tucking his arm under her near arm, placed his other arm on her back, lifted her up and slammed her through the portal.

ROY (unamused): You didn't have to do that, Bradley.

BRADLEY: Well, would you rather have me push her?

Roy was speechless after Bradley said that. But before he could reprimand him, Bradley jumped through the portal. Roy followed suit soon after. We now see two announcers, both male, wearing gis and devil horn headbands on their heads. Their lips weren't matching what they were saying.

ANNOUNCER: Hello, and welcome to MSC, Most Satanic Elimination Challenge! We got a great show for you tonight! I'm Rick Abaddon, and sitting next to me as always, Eddie Beelzebub.

EDDIE: Tonight it's the Knables vs the Demons.

RICK: Right you are, Eddie. It's the battle between dysfunctional families vs Team Mephistophiles. Now let's go to Thief.

We cut to a field reporter dressed in a pith suit, holding a microphone. His lips did not match what he was saying.

THIEF (in stereotypical French accent): Thief LeJerk here. You won't believe ze show we have for you today. First, we kick things off with "Ze Rulers of Darkness," then we get things rolling with "King of Tyres,"  then we take to ze sky with "Power of ze Air," and finally, we end it all right here with "King of ze Bottomless Pit." Now let's turn our attention to Captain Tempter.

We now see a group of people, some dressed in white and gold, others were dressed in black and red. The Knables were sitting in the front of the group. They were wearing a white and gold getup. This outfit consisted of a white T-shirt with a golden K on the front, and white pants with gold sneakers. Bradley wore a gold hoodie over his outfit. Helen and Diane had their hair in ponytails. All five wore gold bike helmets on their heads. In front of them was a tall man holding a stick. He wore a Confederate commander outfit. Again, his lips did not match his words.

CAPTAIN TEMPTER: Question. How many of you think the Knables are an overall good family who just needs to settle their issues? Show of hands now!

Everybody including the Knables raised their hands.

CAPTAIN TEMPTER: Well, you're wrong! They're a mess! Roy's a lazy couch potato, Helen's a prideful broad, Bradley's a psycho, Darryl's a wimp, and Diane's a whiny bitch.

ROY (standing, lips not matching words): Hey, you don't talk about my family like that!

CAPTAIN TEMPTER: Come on, you know it's true, now sit down!

DARRYL (lips not matching words): What is this place, Captain?

CAPTAIN TEMPTER: Why, it's MSC, Most Satanic Elimination Challenge. There are two teams, four challenges, and a strong possibility of elimination. So don't get eliminated. Anyway, the team with the most points is the winner. (to Helen) So, Mrs. Knable, what do you do for a living?

HELEN (lips not matching words): I'm a senior product manager for a vitamin company.

ROY (in disbelief): What?! How?!

HELEN: I got a promotion.

ROY: Why didn't you tell me?!

HELEN: Because my success threatens you!

CAPTAIN TEMPTER (walking into position): Yeah yeah. Save the chit-chat for later. (clears throat, waves stick) Let's go!

Everyone ran, except the Knables, who merely walked.

ROY: Your success does not threaten me!

HELEN: Bull*bleep*! It does, too!

ROY: Read my lips, Helen: It! Does! Not!

HELEN: I would read your lips if they actually matched what you are saying!

BRADLEY (lips not matching words): Who cares?! I'm sick of your *bleep* arguing!

DIANE (lips not matching words): Hey, wait a minute! Anyone else notice that our lips aren't matching what we're saying?

Everyone was confused. They saw Diane's mouth move, and indeed, they didn't match what she said.

DARRYL: This place is weird...

HELEN: We must be dreaming.

The family made it to the first challenge, "Rulers of Darkness."  The object of the game was that one member of each team would be armed with a giant ruler and would be wearing a blindfold. The first contestant to knock down the other got a point for their team.  The team with the most points was the victor. Captain Tempter blew a whistle.

CAPTAIN TEMPTER: Get it on!

Two people, one from the Knable team, the other from the Demon team, got blindfolds on their faces and were given really long rulers. The guy in white began to swing, but he missed. The guy in black swung at him so hard, it knocked him to the ground, earning a point for the Demons. The Knables looked on as they saw what they were getting into. Helen was next in line for the team, going up against another Demon member. They were blindfolded and given the rulers. Helen swung first and missed. The demon swung at Helen and missed, but his ruler was so close to her end, and got sharp enough to tear the back of the her leggings open and...well, let's just say it was a good thing Helen wore underwear that night. Helen heard that rip, but she was unaware of where it came from. She inadvertenly knocked her opponent upside the head, sending him crashing down, earning Helen a point for her team. She heard a mix of cheers, laughs, and wolf whistling as she removed her blindfold. She suddenly felt a breeze behind her and turned to notice her panty-clad backside; exposed for the audience to see. Upon noticing this, she quickly covered her bum, flashed a sheepish grin, blushed in embarrassment, and sidestepped away from the action.

EDDIE: Looks like that win caused Helen some embarr-ass-ment.

RICK: Right you are, Ed, and that is our MSC Impact Replay.

The replay showed Helen's unfortunate accident. Meanwhile, back in Hell Vision, Spike, Pierce, and several other employees were watching on, while Spike was snickering at Helen's misfortune. Back at MSC, the Knables had caught up with Helen, who was still covering her buttocks.

ROY: Helen, are you all right?

HELEN: Nothing broken. But, uh, I think I lost a bit of my dignity.

The Knables and Demons were tied at one a piece. They moved on to the next game, "King of Tyres."  The object of the game went like this: A player would sit inside a huge rubber tire and be rolled down a ramp. If they make it all the way down the bottom without falling on the side or off the ramp on the way down, they would earn a point for their team. But if they fall over or off at any point before that, they would be eliminated.

We witness a couple of players attempting the challenge, only to fail miserably and get killed off. Roy was next in line for his team. He reluctantly got in the tire. A man came over and rolled the tire down the ramp. Roy screamed like a little girl as he accelerated down the ramp, but luckily for him, he made it out unharmed, earning his team a point, giving them the advantage. Back in the control room, Spike scowled in disgust. Back in MSC, Roy got out of the tire with assistance from other men. He quickly ran to the family.

ROY: I'm alive! I'm alive!

BRADLEY: For now...

ROY: What's that supposed to mean?

BRADLEY: We got two challenges left, genius. If we survive those, we win.

ROY: Good point.

So far, the Knables were leading two to one. Their next challenge, "Power of the Air," would not be an easy one. The object was that a player would be riding on a rotating platform held very high in the air. They would have to also get off the platform to traverse through other platforms to reach the end. If they fell off the platform and fell in the water at any point before the end, they would be eliminated.

Same deal as before, several players on each team attempting and failing. Eventually, Diane was next. She jumped onto the moving platform and tried to maintain her balance. She got on the stable platform and ran back onto the moving one. When she reached the end, she jumped off the platform and barely clung onto the edge. She pulled herself up and earned a point for her team, to the delight of the audience.

DIANE: I made it!

Everyone cheered.

HELEN: Three down, one to go.

However, two members of the opposing team, the Demons, earned two points on the challenge, taking the lead three to two. This worried the Knables as they feared if they couldn't scrap up the necessary points needed to win, they would die.

DARRYL: Crunch time, guys, and I don't like it.

BRADLEY: Well, hope we don't screw up.  

They approached their final challenge, "King of the Bottomless Pit." The object of this one was that contestants had to walk across a really narrow bridge with nothing to grip on to, over a bottomless pit. They also had to maintain their balance. Failure to make it across would result in, you guessed it, elimination.

Yet again, we see some poor saps attempting to complete the challenge, but to no avail. Contestants on each team tried to cross the bridge, only to screw up and fall to their deaths, complete with blood-curdling screams as they fell to their doom. This made the already nervous Knables (except Bradley it seemed) even more nervous. Bradley was next to do the challenge. He slowly walked over the bridge, but tripped over, and it seemed like he was going to fall to his death, which frightened the family. But he grabbed onto the bridge, hoisted himself back up and made it to the other side, which delighted his family and the audience.

ROY: Way to go, Bradley!

A member of the Demons team was up, and simply put, failed. The pressure was on Darryl now. The score was tied three to three. If Darryl made it to the other side, he would secure his team the winning point. If not, the weight of failure would be on his shoulders.

HELEN (resting her hands on Darryl's shoulders): Now, honey, I really don't want to put any more pressure on you than I already might be, but we need you to make it.

Darryl reluctantly nodded, and began to walk the narrow bridge. He took his time, so as to minimize the risk of falling off. Unfortunately, Captain Tempter wasn't about to have that. So he picked up some balls and began throwing them at Darryl.

CAPTAIN TEMPTER: C'mon, four eyes! Pick up the pace!

BRADLEY: Hey, what the hell?!

DIANE: That's cheap!

One ball that he threw hit Darryl in the back of the head, causing him to lose his balance and tumble...

THE KNABLES: No!!!!

BRADLEY: *bleep*dammit!

Luckily, much like Bradley, Darryl grabbed the underside of the bridge and held on for dear life. He shimmied across the bottom before climbing back onto the top, crossing to the other side, and leaping onto the ground earning his team the winning point. The Knables won the competition four to three. Everyone was rejoicing! The audience was rejoicing, the announcers were rejoicing, the Knables' surviving teammates were rejoicing, and of course the Knables were rejoicing. However, you want to know who wasn't rejoicing? Spike, in the control room. He merely shook his head and let out a disgusted groan.

Back on MSC, Darryl caught up with the other Knables, who each approached him in a different way. Diane high-fived him, Roy fist-bumped him , Bradley merely gave a thumbs up with a small smirk, and Helen just outright hugged him.

RICK (voiceover): Well, that was a great show. But before we go, Eddie?

EDDIE (voiceover): Right. What do we always say?

AUDIENCE: Don't get eliminated!

Suddenly, a static-filled conduit appeared on the ground. The Knables accidentally fell into the hole.