Contestants: Leshawna, Max, Dawn, Tyler, Courtney, Beardo
Eliminated: Sam, Sadie, Rodney, Katie, Anne Maria, Leonard, Scott, Ezekiel, Eva, Staci, Dakota, Noah, Brick, Sugar
"Previously, on Total Drama: Redemption...Everyone, except Courtney, went into the haunted McLean Manor! Leshawna questioned her alliance's determination to recruit Beardo, which revealed Sugar's plan to take out Courtney. Meanwhile, Tyler and Max made an agreement with the same goal. After Dawn freed all the bats that my interns spent days collecting, she and Sugar fought, but, Dawn seized victory! At elimination, Courtney was about to get sent packing when Leshawna selflessly saved her with her invincibility statue, and sent Sugar home!" Chris laughs at the thought. "Talk about drama! And there's more where that came from! Watch it unfold right here, right now, on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"
The unusual silence of Pahkitew Island is disturbed by strange, mechanical noises, buzzing, beeping and clicking. Beardo stands, making these noises and moving slowly, like a robot. He eventually leans over and lets out a slow buzzing sound. Max watches and laughs.
"Excellent!" he shouts. "Perhaps I will have a robotic sidekick after I achieve world domination," he thinks out loud. "He'll need a misleading, unassuming name, like...Norm..."
"Heh, right." Beardo agrees. Dawn watches this from a distance.
CONFESSIONAL: BEARDO
"Man, last time I was on this show, no one really gave me a chance. Max might be a little strange, but it's still cool to have someone to hang out with!"
CONFESSIONAL: DAWN
"It's wonderful to see both Max and Beardo being friends. I see two outcomes from this friendship." she explains. "Either Beardo will finally feel comfortable around Max, bringing out the best in both of them, or he'll try so hard to get Max to like him that Max will poorly influence him, and bring out his worst..."
Having decided she's had enough observing, Dawn walks by Max and Beardo, giving a quick smile before she passes and makes her way over to Leshawna.
"I can't stand her..." Max grumbles.
"Dawn? Why?" Beardo asks.
"I'm sick of her insisting that I'm good. She clearly doesn't know true evil when she sees it..."
Beardo taps his chin, unsure of how to respond. When he does speak, he flawlessly imitates Dawn's voice.
"Your aura is a wonderful shade of turquoise. You must be pure of heart," he says. The impression was enough to make them both laugh.
"It was really nice of you to save Courtney," Dawn says to Leshawna.
"Oh, yeah," Leshawna replies. "It's just not right for a girl to flip out like that when she loses a game. We all lost before. That's why we're here."
"She says her eliminations are all unfair,"
"Unfair?" Leshawna scoffs. "I got voted out of the first season by a bird!"
While the two continue talking, Tyler takes a break from his work out and leans against a tree. Unfortunately he fails to notice the speaker attached to the artificial tree.
"Attention campers!" the speaker yells. The sound startles Tyler and sends him falling to the ground. "Gather at the dock for today's challenge!"
The final six stand before Chris on the dock.
"Did this just appear today?" Courtney asks, only to be ignored.
"Today, we'll be having another throw back challenge!" Chris explains. "In season one, the final six participated in the tri-armed triatholon! This season, you and your randomly assigned partner will have to run all over the island completing different challenges. The first pair to finish wins invincibility! Now let's see...the first pair will be...Courtney and Tyler."
"Can I get another partner?" Courtney asks. Before she can answer, Chef Hatchet cuffs her wrist to Tyler's.
"Does that answer your question?" Chris continues. "Next pair is Beardo and Max."
Their high five is interrupted by Chef handcuffing their wrists together.
"That leaves our final pair, Leshawna and Dawn."
"Cool," Leshawna says as they're joined together. Chef hatchet passes out small, plastic tubes to each pair.
"This is your first challenge. Ready? GO!" The three pairs open the tubes and pull out a map. Each one has a different path highlighted, but they all lead to the same place: the cliff. They all take off running, following their respective paths.
"This will be an excellent opportunity!" Max yells.
"For what?" Beardo asks.
"For you to demonstrate what you can really do..." Max says ominously. "C'mon. We have to get to the top of the cliff first..."
Surprisingly they succeed. At the top of the cliff, three more plastic tubes wait on a shelf for them. Beardo opens it and examines the paper, which just has an arrow drawn on it. Max turns around to see Leshawna and Dawn making their way up the path to the peak. He suddenly pulls his parter off to the side and hides them behind a tree.
"Now..." he says. Beardo clears his throat.
"Looks like someone else got here first," Leshawna says. "No time to waste."
"I can't believe Leshawna would waste an invincibility statue on someone else." Courtney's voice says from behind the tree. "I knew pretending to be her friend would pay off."
While Dawn studies the arrow, Leshawna glares at the tree.
"Yo I know I didn't just hear that!" She yells. "What's that thing say? We gotta make sure we beat that backstabber!"
"I think we need to jump off the cliff," Dawn explains, holding the arrow so that it points down. "But what you heard, that wasn't-"
"Come on!" Leshawna yells again, dragging Dawn to the edge and forcing her to jump.
"It worked!" Max shouts. He looks proud of himself, while Beardo looks guilty. "Now let's follow them!" The duo follow their rivals off the cliff while Courtney drags Tyler to the top.
"Will you hurry up?!" Courtney complains.
"Maybe if you let me get up I would!" Tyler retaliates.
"Look, we're the last one's here!" She quickly rips the cap off the tube and holds up the paper.
"I think we have to jump," Tyler suggests.
"I knew that!" Courtney insists. They both run to the edge. Courtney hesitates. "Wait."
"Why? We're behind!"
"I can't jump."
"You have too!"
"No way!" Courtney protests. "I have a medical condition! Let me just call my lawyers and-"
"So you're going to complain that I'm useless but you won't even jump off a cliff?" Tyler says, annoyed.
"I have a medical condition." Courtney repeats. Tyler ignores her and jumps anyway, causing Courtney to be dragged along. Instead of hitting the water, their cuffs get caught on a branch reaching out from the rocks. The two slam face first into each other.
"Smooth move, Tyler!" she yells. "And why is there a tree branch on the side of a cliff? How cliche!"
"Hey look!" Tyler yells. Down below, they can see the other four contestants heads bobbing in and out of the water, desperately searching for their next hint.
"Leshawna!" Courtney screams. "Give us a hand!"
"Hah! You wish!" Leshawna shouts back.
"What?!" Courtney says back, outraged. Leshawna responds by giving Courtney the finger and returning to her search. "How could she!? That traitor!" Courtney screams.
"Courtney." Tyler says, noticing the branch crack a little bit.
"Why would she save me from elimination just to stab me in the back like this?!" Courtney continues.
"Courtney!" Tyler says again, louder this time.
"And another thing!" Courtney was unable to say what the other thing was, because the branch had snapped, sending both of them down into the water below. In a stoke of luck, they landed right beside another clue. Upon resurfacing, Courtney and Tyler share a collective "Yes!" as they swim away.
"Ohhh I am gonna get her!" Leshawna growls.
"But Leshawna, what you heard. It wasn't-" Dawn is interrupted again by Leshawna pulling her below the surface.
Courtney and Tyler reach the shore and open their next clue. Another map. As they start running, Max and Beardo are close behind. Dawn and Leshawna are farther in the back. The maps once again lead them on different paths to the same location. This time they are brought to the plateau from the flag collecting challenge. Beardo, Max, Courtney and Tyler arrive at the same time, on opposite sides and begin climbing.
"Now, do it again," Max whispers.
"Maann," Beardo says, now using Leshawna's voice. "Stupidest thing I ever did was waste my statue on Courtney. Can't wait 'til she's gone tonight!" Courtney yells in anger from the other side of the plateau. Even Tyler looks concerned as they reach the top. On the flat surface were three wooden tables with raised edges and two stacks of square tiles near each one.
"A puzzle!" Courtney yells. "Yes!" By now, Leshawna and Dawn have arrived and all three teams were getting close. Courtney and Tyler argue over where each piece goes. Beardo and Max's general incompetence also slows them down, giving Dawn and Leshawna enough time to catch up.
"Oh sweet! I'm great at puzzles!" Leshawna yells, giving a high five to Dawn. Together they start laying the tiles down. With the puzzle, they manage to pull ahead. Dawn lays the last tile down and completes the picture, which is revealed to be the Total Drama Aftermath studio. They hear a click and the next clue drops from under the table.
"Hah! We're heading to the finish!" Leshawna shouts. They both start climbing back down the plateau. Tyler and Courtney finally finish their puzzle too.
"Oh cool! The aftermath studio!" Tyler calls out, alerting Max and Beardo.
"Nice work, now they know!" Courtney scolds. Max and Beardo start assembling their puzzle even faster, while Courtney and Tyler continue to argue. "Can't you do anything without screwing it up?!" she yells.
"Ugh, stop yelling and let's go!" Tyler commands, as Max and Beardo collect their clue and start running. Now in last place, Courtney and Tyler climb down the plateau and race to catch up. The final challenge is a sled race down a strangely snow-covered slope. Leshawna and Dawn were already set up and ready to go, with Beardo and Max starting behind them.
"We'll never win now!" Courtney cries. "...Unless..." She grabs the third sled and lines up next to a big black metal box with a vent on the side. "Wait for it...NOW!" she pushes the sled down just as the vent shoots out more snow, giving them a sudden boost in speed and sending them past the other two teams. "Yess!" she and Tyler yell together as they slide back down onto the docks, just where the snow stops.
"Courtney! Tyler!" Chris calls out. "Congratulations! You both win invincibility tonight!" The duo share a high five, before looking surprised and then glaring at each other. Chris watches the other four slow to a stop and presses a button on his remote, turning off the snow machine and lowering the slope back into flat ground.
"Yes!" Courtney cheers for herself. She turns around to Leshawna as she and the others arrive on the dock. "In your face!"
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Leshawna shouts back. "First you say you were pretending to be my friend, and now you're getting all up in my face?"
"Oh don't play dumb! I heard what you said..." Courtney stops herself. "I never said I was pretending to be your friend!"
"Now who's playing dumb? I heard you up on the cliff!"
"That doesn't make any sense..." Courtney ponders the situation. "When, exactly?"
"As soon as we got up there." Leshawna explains.
"That couldn't have been me! We got there after you because I was stuck dragging Tyler!"
"Hey!" Tyler yells from aside, but he is ignored.
"So then you never said you regret saving me? At the plateau?" Courtney asks.
"Heck no!" Leshawna responds. While they try to figure out what happened, Dawn approaches them.
"Leshawna, I've been trying to tell you the whole time." she starts.
"Tell me what?"
"We need to talk..."
"Courtney and Tyler," Chris starts the campfire elimination. "You both pulled out an impressive win, despite your differences. The first marshmallows are for the two of you." Chris tosses the fluffy sweets to the day's winners. "Before I continue, I'd like to remind the rest of you that, as promised at the merge, the top five will all recieve consolation prizes. The next marshmallow goes to...
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"Max."
"Yes!" He jumps up and cheers for himself, while Beardo makes the sound of a disappointing trombone. Leshawna and Courtney share a high five.
"I'm sorry guys..." Beardo says to the group. "I never meant to upset anyone, I just wanted to fit in." he explains. "See, Max said I'd get farther in the game if I used my impressions to start trouble."
"I feared that this would happen," Dawn says, standing up and approaching him. She lays her hand gently on his shoulder. "You're a good person who was lead astray by a misguided soul."
"Uhhhh..." Beardo is unsure of how to respond. Chris and Chef lead him inside the ball of shame. "Well it was still pretty cool to come back and hang out for a while," he says just before Chris sends him rolling away from the island. The rest of the contestants, except Max, all exchange guilty glances.
"We're finally down to the final five!" Chris says. "Who will be sent home next, and what fabulous consolation prize will I offer? Find out next time on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"