This is it! We’ve reached the end of House of Villains Season 2. After weeks of fake blood, fake bombs, and fake immunity cards, one villain just won a very real $200,000 check.
Last week, we saw Wes and Jessie’s relationship crumble as the fake immunity card came to light. When Jessie won the final Battle Royale Challenge, he gave Safaree a free pass to the finale while making Tiffany, Larsa, and Wes fight for the final spot.
In House of Villains Season 2, Episode 11, “Sad Excuse for a Villain,” we see how it all shakes out.
What happened in House of Villains Season 2, Episode 11?
The dust never settled from Jessie and Wes screaming at each other in Episode 10. Emotions in the lair were high, and with the help of a Real Housewives legend, the remaining villains fought to secure a spot in the finale. Meanwhile, the banished villains had to decide how to cast their votes. Do they hand the prize to the guy who perpetrated the entire game or the person who played by their own rules every step of the way?
Finding a path to victory
With the finish line in sight, the villains still standing spent this episode desperately trying to find a path to victory. The general consensus across the house was that no one wanted to vote for Wes. Teresa said that she couldn’t vote for New York because she was still salty over their feud earlier in the season.
Victoria, bless her heart, said she would vote for Wes because she felt like he was the only person who helped her game. She said she felt hopeful that she wouldn’t look stupid watching it back, and the editors dropped in a montage of every time Wes said something bad about her. It’s this lack of judgment that sent her home in the first place.
Elsewhere in the lair, Wes was fully aware that he could have a hard time winning the show. He’s won The Challenge a few times, but he’s never had to face a jury like this show. Survivor OG Rich was able to give him some pointers.
According to Rich, the key to winning over a jury is coming clean about your gameplay. He said that’s what helped him win Survivor all of those years ago, but will that help Wes win over a bunch of reality TV villains? Probably not.
Archenemies and Reality Von Tease
For the final Redemption Challenge of the season, Eva 2.0 appeared in the flesh. They brought out Real Housewives of Salt Lake City villain Monica Garcia to oversee the challenge. Of course, Teresa was not impressed.
“She’s a rat. She ratted someone out to the government,” Teresa warned the other villains. Well yes, because the real villain was defrauding … you know what, never mind. Go watch the show.
For the challenge, Monica basically resurrected her Burn Book. Each villain had a wall of shady quotes that had been said about them throughout the season. They had to match the villain with the quote, and then assemble puzzle blocks into an arch. It’s exactly like the final challenge in Season 1, just with a little extra twist.
This didn’t look easy, and as the game got underway, it was clear how it would play out. Tiffany half-assed it. Larsa got frustrated with the producers because she was doing so poorly. Wes ended up winning, just like he predicted.
With that, we have the final three players of House of Villains Season 2. Fortunately for New York and Larsa, they didn’t have to get strapped to the chair in the Stronghold. They gave that honor to their dolls.
Safaree, Wes, and Jessie make their final pleas
Back in the Stronghold, the final three villains stood in front of the class and pleaded their cases for why they should be America’s Ultimate Supervillain. First, Joel gave them a chance to come clean about their most villainous moves in the game.
Safaree said that lying to Camilla about voting to keep her in the game was his biggest sin. Jessie didn’t really answer the question, and Wes revealed his secret alliance with New York. However, we all know that wasn’t that big of a deal. The real thing he needed to come clean about was that fake immunity card that threw Kandy off her game.
Finally, the truth came to the surface, and it didn’t land well for everyone. In particular, Larsa was not having it. She was like, “That’s cheating!”
On the other hand, Rich argued that it was part of the game. To him, this is just part of the show, and he said it’s been “happening for 24 years.” The conversation turned into the situation we’ve seen unfold on The Traitors, The GOAT, and all of these other mashup shows. The gamers and the non-competitive reality stars can’t agree on how to play.
Before the final votes, Joel had the villains make their final pleas. This is when things got weird.
Safaree was up first and he kept it short and sweet. He called attention to the fact that he didn’t beg for votes. He played an honest game, he fought his way to the end, and he didn’t care what anybody thought about him.
Then, Wes went in the polar opposite direction. He pulled out a sob story about how he wanted to use the $200,000 to put into a trust for his baby daughter. For some reason, he expected everyone to be moved by his answer, even though he spent the last two episodes swearing on his daughter’s life.
Jessie’s final plea was a similar sob story about his family. It was fine, but there was something about the edit throughout this episode that made it clear he wasn’t going to win. However, he still ended up having the last laugh in the finale.
Who won House of Villains Season 2?
When it came time for the votes, it split completely in half. Wes earned the votes of Victoria, Rich, Larissa, and Tiffany, who said they all appreciated his gameplay. It’s House of Villains, so they wanted to reward his villainous ways.
Kandy and Camilla voted for Safaree because they were unimpressed with the sob stories. After all, no one cared about theirs! Plus, the Housewives voted for Safaree because they respected how he kept it real throughout the game. Real recognizes real.
Do the math, and that means there’s a tie. It’s the exact same thing that happened in Season 1. Is anyone else having déjà vu?
With all of the power falling on Jessie, he whipped out his pecs for one final time this season. Then, he looked at Wes and gave him an offer.
“I’ll tell you how you can win right now. Beg. Get on your knees and beg,” Jessie said.
After 11 episodes of weaseling his way through the game, it should come as no surprise that Wes literally got on his knees and begged Jessie for the win. Cringe overload.
With Wes at his mercy and everyone on the edge of their seats, Jessie turned around and gave his vote to Safaree. It was truly a mic-drop moment. Jessie didn’t win the money but he won the privilege of humiliating Wes. That’s priceless.
Safaree got his plastic crown and the $200,000 check, and he didn’t even have to get his hands dirty. He just had to be himself. That’s how you play House of Villains!
“Let me tell y’all what’s so funny and crazy about this,” Safaree said in his final confessional. “All these people from all these shows had all these strategies and ideas and ways to manipulate, thinking that, ‘Oh yeah, I’m a gamer, this is how I play the game, and blah.’ Man, shut your stupid ass up.”
House of Villains Season 2 is streaming on Peacock.
TELL US – WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE HOUSE OF VILLAINS SEASON 2 FINALE? DID YOU EXPECT SAFAREE TO WIN? WOULD YOU HAVE GOTTEN ON YOUR KNEES AND BEGGED LIKE WES?
