Chris: Last time on Total Drama Island: the campers got to cooking a delicious 3 course meal for their beautiful host, me. While the Bass had a pretty easy time deciding that Lyle would be the head chef, the Gophers weren't all in agreement until Hellen took charge. Duke kept trying to be a bad guy, but ended up just helping people. Pretty lame, if you ask me. Francis and Evander's fighting made Leslie cry...a lot. The team didn't much like that. Even tough the two worked out their differences, Wendell sabotaged them, making it look like they threw the challenge. In the end, Evander took the bullet for Francis, choosing to quit the race and causing the most emotional goodbye I've seen yet. Can it get any worse for these campers? Will more trust be broken? Find out on this episode of Total. Drama. ISLAND!
The camera opens up on the island before showing Chris introducing the cooking challenge to the campers. Lyle is shown taking control of things at the food truck while Evander and Francis argue until Hellen butts in. Duke is shown trying to sabotage Peggy and Elicia several times, but failing and looking like a nice guy. Francis and Evander are shown arguing throughout the course of the episode, followed by Leslie running out of the kitchen in tears. Veronica is shown ridiculing them and the two reconcile, while Wendell spices up their dessert and Chris is shown gagging on it. Finally, Evander is shown voting himself out of the competition as well as the group hug with all the Gophers except for Wendell. Chris is shown again, finishing his amazing introduction and the opening plays shortly after. When it finishes, Francis and Percival are sitting on their beds, bummed out that Evander is gone.
Percival: He really was a cool "dude" right to the end.
Francis: Yeah...I know we didn't get along at first, but it was nice to end things on a good note.
Wendell: If I were you, I wouldn't forgive him so easily, that's just me though.
Francis and Percival glare at Wendell as he walks out of the cabin, the camera then cuts Veronica, Hellen, and Leslie, the last of which is still bawling her eyes out.
Leslie: This is all my fauuuuuuuuuuuuult!
Hellen: Come on, Les. It's not your fault at all.
Veronica: Yeah, you didn't do anything wrong.
Leslie: I...I...I made them fight over me and then they hated each other because of it!
Veronica and Hellen share an equally concerned look at each other as Leslie is unable to stop crying.
Leslie (Confessional): I've been crying nonstop for two daaaaaaaaaaaaaaays! Waaaaaaaaaaaah!
The camera then cuts to Lyle, who is minding his own business sitting in a tree. Duke sees him up there, and grabs a rock, hurling it at him. Just then, a rattlesnake slithers up next to Lyle, and is struck by the rock and knocked out of the tree. Lyle looks over at Duke and gives him a thumbs up, meanwhile, the champion stomps off.
Lyle (Confessional): I'm not sure what it is, but Duke has been so nice lately, it's crazy! Who'da thought the jock of all people could be so helpful and friendly.
Duke sighs in the confessional before the camera cuts to Chris walking in the woods.
Chris: Hey there, it's your charming host, Chris, here. Sometimes, team members just don't get along with each other. Isn't that a darn shame? Well, me and the producers thought the best thing to do when this happens would be to exploit it for laughter. Haha, this'll be wicked.
The camera cuts to the campers standing before Chris on the dock.
Chris: Alright everybody, we noticed during the last challenge that not everybody was getting along with each other. Not just on the Gophers side, but the Bass, too.
Annalise rolls her eyes as the camera circles in on her and Duke.
Annalise (Confessional): Know, imagine if I cared about getting along with theses losers. Yeah, right.
Chris: This challenge is all about trust. Don't you all just love trust-building exercises?
Peggy (Confessional): Like how I trusted the other girls on my team not to peek in my diary? So over trust.
Chris: Now, normally people choose their partners for these sorts of things, but that's boring for me, so I'll be picking who goes with who.
The camera cuts to the campers standing at the bottom of a rock wall.
Chris: The very first part of the challenge is going to be an intense rock climbing adventure. For the Killer Bass, Annalise and Gene. And the Gophers, hmmmm, Wendell and Percival. Here's your belays and harnesses.
He tosses the objects to each of the two partners, to be met with immediate anger from Annalise.
Annalise: Um, I so don't want Greasy McNeckbeard holding me up. The rope might slip through his hands.
Gene: Ouch.
Chris: Relax, I haven't even finished explaining the challenge yet. This mountain is rigged all the way up with some minor inconveniences. Rusty nails, oil slicks, and even some teeny tiny explosives. The person on the belay also has to harness their partner up, but keep one thing in mind. Don't let go of the rope. If you do, your teammate will probably die. And that's bad for the cameras.
Francis: Hey, I'll hold the rope Leslie.
She cries very loudly at him, causing his hair to blow in the wind.
Francis: Alright, I guess I'll climb...
Leslie, with tears all over her face, manages to set the equipment up on Francis while Annalise insists she do it herself rather than get help from Gene.
Harriett (Confessional): That girl is one stone cold bi-
The two start to climb the wall, Annalise taking an early lead as Francis keeps managing to grab on to the oily parts of the wall and slide back to the bottom. She smirks down at him and keeps climbing, noticing the TNT a little too late and getting blown off the side, but Gene pulls the rope tight, stopping her fall at about halfway from where she just was. Francis finally manages up a little bit more as Annalise has almost made it all the way up the mountain. Her dress gets caught on a rusty nail and she tries to get it free, but the whole thing tears, revealing that she's wearing granny bloomers underneath. Her face turns beet red and she stops and screams as Francis passes her and reaches the top of the wall.
Chris: Looks like the Gophers score a point for that one. Poor Granny Anny.
Gene lets her down and she immediately takes the equipment off and runs for the cabins. The Gophers cheer for Leslie, who is still somewhat sad, and Francis, who is standing atop the mountain, victorious.
Annalise (Confessional): Oooooo someone is going down for that! I don't know who, but someone is!
Chris is shown in the main lodge while Duke and Elicia stand together across from Veronica and Wendell.
Chris: Time for part 2 of this challenge, the extremely dangerous cooking challenge! Each team has to choose a cook and a taster.
Elicia: I'll cook! I'll cook!
Duke just looks disheartened from his failed attempts at villainy.
Veronica: I'm cooking, Weasel.
Wendell poorly imitates her by making a couple noises and using his hand to talk.
Wendell (Confessional): Things were just as I had feared, we didn't kick Roxy off fast enough and now Veronica is getting ahead of herself. It's gonna cause some problems down the line.
Chris: You'll be preparing fugu sashimi, the traditional Japanese poisonous blowfish, which contains enough lethal toxins to kill 30 people.
Chef brings out the fish and drops them in front of the teams, causing them all to look really worried.
Chris: You must be very, very careful to cut around the poisonous organs of the blowfish, or you'll taint the entire thing. By the way, the poison paralyzes the nerves and there is no known antidote. Heavy stuff, really. Welp, have fun!
After a moment passes, Elicia is shown to have prepared the fish in very thin strips while Veronica has made sushi out of hers. Duke sadly takes a bite of it, and doesn't feel a thing. Wendell eats one of the sushi and immediately seizes up and falls to the ground, blue as can be.
Veronica: Oh, nasty!
Wendell (Confessional): Guurgguuur...
Chris: That's a big yikes, but he'll be fine in about 24 hours, give or take. In any case, the Bass score big for that one!
Elicia is dancing about as Duke just sinks even lower to the ground, clearly not happy.
Elicia (Confessional): So, ever since Duke has started being all nice, he's seemed super bummed out? I don't know why, I love being nice!
Chef wheels Wendell off to the infirmary and the camera cuts to Harriett and Gene who are walking together along the beach.
Harriett: I thought it was cool how you didn't let Annalise fall on her butt even though she's a total pain in yours.
Gene: Yeah, I just figured we needed to win today, even if she didn't end up following through. It is what it is though.
Harriett: That's such a fun phrase, I love that! It is what it is! Haha!
Gene: Heheh, yeah. Anyways, uh, Harriett. I was wondering if-
Harriett: Oh, look a-
Gene: Harriett, do you wanna go out with me!?
Harriett looks shocked from Gene yelling and he covers his mouth immediately after.
Harriett: I, uh, I...I gotta go...uh, that way, bye!
Gene: Harriett, wait, I- ugh!
Harriett has run off towards the cabins while Gene stomps through the sand, realizing that he may have messed up everything between him and Harriett, even their friendship. Chris is shown before all the campers in the woods with blindfolds, crabapples, slingshots, and arrows.
Chris: For the last part of the challenge, it's three more parts! All of these will be blind challenges. First off is the blind William Tell. Like legendary marksman, William Tell, you'll have to knock the arrow off your partner's head with these crabapples, oh, and the shooter must be blindfolded. Whichever team knocks the arrow off first will win the point. Harriett and Lyle, you'll go for the Bass. Percival and Hellen, you'll go for the Gophers.
Lyle: Oh, Harriett! Let me be the shooter, I'm really good with a slingshot!
Harriett: Sure thing, Lyle!
Percival: Why don't you go, Hellen? I don't want you getting pelted by crabapples.
Hellen: You sure? I'm not the best with these things...
Percival: Sure, go for it!
Percival and Harriett stand next to each other with the arrows on their heads as Hellen and Lyle blindfold themselves. The shooters start to fire, Hellen immediately starts hitting Percival all over his face and stomach while Lyle is trying to line up one really good shot.
Harriett: Uh, you gonna shoot, dude?
Lyle: I need absolute concentration! Great, now I gotta start over.
He tries to take aim again as Hellen strikes Percival in the family jewels, bringing him to his knees and emitting a high pitched scream as some of the other guys wince in pain.
Chris: Oooo, that's gotta hurt!
Lyle: Look at that, I gotta start over again.
Harriett is starting to get impatient with Lyle as Hellen fires another crabapple at Percival, this one knocking the arrow off.
Percival: Oh, sweet lord!
Chris: And there's a point for the Gophers! Nice shooting, Hellen!
Hellen takes her blindfold off, excited at first to see she knocked the arrow off, but she gasps seeing the damage Percival has retained as he is wheeled to the infirmary. Harriett stands with her arms crossed as Lyle puts the slingshot down and takes the blindfold off.
Lyle: What?
She rolls her eyes and walks past him. The camera cuts to the campers standing near the blind trapeze, waiting for further instruction from Chris.
Chris: The blind trapeze! Your team's jumper, blindfolded, of course, will have to leap into the swinger's arms and swing over this pond, which, by the way, is full of totally shocking jellyfish. Peggy and Duke, you're up.
Duke is swinging on the trapeze as Peggy stands over the pond, blindfolded. He looks down and realizes, he can use this to sabotage her.
Duke: Jump...now!
But he had called later than he wanted to and she perfectly grabbed his hands and swung over the pond, causing his team to cheer for him as he crossed his arms to pout, before falling into the pond and being wheeled off to the infirmary.
Chris: Nice, Bass. Next up, Veronica and Hellen...again!
Hellen swings on the trapeze and Veronica stands over the pond. Hellen tells her to jump a little early, and she just misses the catch, falling into the water and getting zapped, joining the others in the infirmary.
Chris: Yikes, I guess this last one is gonna be the tiebreaker then!
Veronica is shown, still shook from falling into the jellyfish water, walking off to the infirmary where Percival is taking an ice bath, Duke is being administered first aid, and Wendell is on life support. She giggles upon seeing Wendell like, but then shudders from the shock she just received. The camera cuts back to Chris, who is at the bottom of a very large slope with the campers.
Chris: Alright, so this is the tiebreaker for the challenge. The blind toboggan race! Each team with have a set of eyes and a set of muscles. The eyes will be guiding the muscles through the treacherous slope, avoiding any possible traps that I may have set there beforehand. Remember, whichever team wins this, wins invincibility for the rest of their team! The teams are gonna be Harriett and Gene and Francis and Leslie!
Harriett and Gene look at each other awkwardly as Francis tries to cheer up Leslie again, to no avail. He sighs and the teams take their toboggans up to the top of the slope.
Harriett (Confessional): Uh...heheh.
Gene (Confessional): This could not be any more awkward.
Francis (Confessional): I don't know what to do at this point! It's horrible seeing her like this...
Leslie (Confessional): I'm a horrible person!
The two duos are now ready to go at the top of the hill with Gene and Leslie as the drivers and Harriett and Francis as the guides.
Chris: On your mark, get set, go!
The four of them start racing down the hill incredibly fast, though Leslie really isn't focusing. Francis shouts directions at her, but she just kinda seems to ignore them and bumps into things without even trying. Meanwhile, Harriett is awkwardly shouting directions at Gene, who is following them perfectly.
Gene: Listen Harriett, about earlier-
Harriett: Right, earlier...
Gene: You don't have to feel pressured into going out with me. I mean, we're both human and in the end, we're friends and that's what's important, right?
Harriett smiles and starts to get much more into the game.
Harriett: You're right. Oh and by the way, right!
Gene continues to dodge things while Leslie is still barely trying.
Francis: Look, Leslie. Evander is gone, and we can't change that! I know it sucks, everyone is bummed out about it, but it really isn't your fault! Me and him brought it upon ourselves and he did what he did to make you happy! If he saw you like this, he'd be crushed! I know I am...
Leslie sniffles, but then wipes her tears to reveal her usual enormous smile.
Leslie: Yeah! Now, tell me where to steer this thing!
Francis smiles almost as big as her, and starts shouting directions at her, to which she actually listens to this time. As Gene and Harriett are way far ahead in comparison, Francis notices a risky slope off to the side.
Francis: Alright, Leslie take a hard left!
She does as he says and they fly over the competition, landing well past the finish line, much to the Killer Bass' dismay. Harriett and Gene eventually pass it, seeing that they have lost the challenge.
Chris: The Gopher's win invincibility! Guess you guys are way more trusting than the other team! Bass! Time to vote someone off.
Most of the campers head back to the cabins. Harriett and Gene get up from the toboggan and dust themselves off. Gene starts to walk ahead, but stops when he sees Harriett isn't following, but twiddling her thumbs.
Gene: What's up, dude? We gotta head on over to the elimination station.
Harriett: Yes.
Gene: Huh?
Harriett: My answer is yes, I'll go out with you, Gene.
Gene's eyes light up and the two run towards each other and hug each other tightly before the camera cuts to the Bass sitting at the campfire ceremony. Chris holds 6 marshmallows on a plate, ready to dish out some heartbreak.
Chris: Right now, I see 7 of you, but I've got a feeling that that number is about to change. Here, I have 6 marshmallows, one for each of you that will be making it to the next challenge at least. One of you was a great disappointment to your team today, and definitely not trustworthy. That camper will be walking the dock of shaming, catching the boat of losers, and never coming back. The first marshmallow goes to...Duke.
Duke walks unenthusiastically to grab his marshmallow.
Chris: Usually people are more excited about that, but okay...Peggy...Harriett...Gene...and Elicia.
The four happily grab there marshmallows as Annalise and Lyle exchange a worried glance.
Chris: This final marshmallow goes to...Annalise.
She happily gets up and accepts her marshmallow as Lyle looks at his friends in confusion.
Lyle: What gives, guys?
Harriett: Dude, you're cool and all, but you totally threw part of the challenge.
Gene: Sorry dude, no hard feelings.
Lyle sighs and walks past them, getting on the boat of losers and being sent off into the night as the camera fades out.
Votes:
Lyle - Gene, Annalise, Harriett, Elicia, Peggy, Duke
Annalise - Lyle