Last night’s Top Shot episode consisted of a fairly straight-forward challenge, but it was more difficult—and telling—than at first glance. The action started, and Gabby DEMOLISHED Chee! She got on her sights and methodically worked her way down each row, only having a couple of misses. Chee in the meantime, cleared his first row, then died on the second row, scoring miss after miss, each resulting in the row being reset. Chee also blew a lot of time by breaking open the Schofield after each miss, completely reloading six rounds instead of shooting the live rounds still in the cylinder before reloading. By contrast, Gabby didn’t reload until the gun was empty, and she cleared her fourth row before Chee cleared his second.
Her victory made Gabby the first and only woman in the Top Shot franchise to win an elimination round, and she did it in a decisive, impressive fashion.