KITCHEN CONFRONTATION AS TEMPERATURES RISE
Michael decides on a new tactic to deal with Eric: staring him down in the kitchen, which provokes Eric's ire. "There a reason you're staring at me?" Eric asks. "Trying to intimidate me?" The two go at it like yearling pups, until Maggie intercedes, asking why they are provoking each other and assigning them both equal blame. "You're both being stupid" she snarls.

Pent up frustrations and tensions rule the house, and there's only so many laps of the backyard the HouseGuests can run to blow off some steam. So opening the gym is a strategic coup to relieve tension levels with some extra work-out options. Sarah cracks the gym door's clock-triggered code, and the HouseGuests tumble in. Whooping it up, they play with their new toys, and even Beau can't wait to use the equipment over the summer to get buffed!

Upstairs Michael confides in Kaysar that the time for diplomacy is over and that Eric is "absolutely unscrupulous." He adds that he is "going to make sure that that midget is exposed" for his lies. Labeling Cappy and his Cuban sidekick Ivette as "the midget and the Ghetto girl", Maggie and Jennifer overhear as they walk laps nearby. Maggie soon informs Eric of the conversation, eliciting a flared-nostril response from a not-happy-Cappy. "This is out of control."