Another installment, what it do?
Everyone always claims Noah is the biggest case of missed potential in Total Drama. Personally, I think Sammy has more missed potential just because there was so much more they could've done with her, but Noah is an easy second.
The biggest reason people do this outcrying is because of his label as "The Schemer". I think everyone's heard of the whole conspiracy that said Noah was supposed to be the fourth member of Heather's alliance, that he was the guy who spied on the dudes of the Gophers and relayed the info to Heather and also was the main source of vote manipulation. I don't know how much I buy into that theory but I see the plausibility.
So I thought of this alternate reality where, hey, let's have Noah actually scheme and shit man. I'm not gonna blab anymore, I'm just going to get straight into it.
Reality ZA.3_1: What if Noah actually lived up to being a schemer in TDI?
CONFESSIONAL: Heather
"So, my strategy is to get two other campers to form an alliance with me and take to the Final Three." Heather stated. "The only question is, who I can find that is either desperate or dumb enough to do whatever I say?"
END CONFESSIONAL
The camera cut back to the Awakeathon where Lindsay was standing on her head.
"What are you doing?" Gwen asked.
"Trying to get the blood to rush to my head." Lindsay woozily explained. "I think it's working!"
"Can I try?" Beth loudly asked.
"Sure!" Lindsay smiled at the farm girl.
"Perfect." Heather commented to herself. "Lindsay, Beth, can I talk to you for a sec?"
"Sure!" Lindsay once again smiled.
"Okay, I have a plan to get me and two other people into the Final Three, and I chose you guys." Heather told the two girls, who both looked happily surprised.
"Really?" Lindsay exclaimed.
Heather nodded. "You should know that this is a very big deal. I am placing my trust in you. And trust is a two-way street."
Lindsay and Beth just happily nodded back at the queen bee.
"So you'll do everything I say then?" Heather asked.
"Sure!" Lindsay excitedly answered. She turned to Beth. "EEEI! We're going to the Final Three!"
The two girls then shrieked in unison.
CONFESSIONAL: Beth
"Oh, my gosh." Beth exclaimed. "Heather is taking me to the Final Three. I'm going to the Final Three, I'm going to the Final Three!" Beth gasped. "I wonder what will happen then?"
END CONFESSIONAL
"Speaking of alliances, you know who I think is really cute?" Lindsay started, staring over towards Tyler.
Heather quickly popped up and blocked her view. "Oh no, no no no. You can't date him."
"Why not?" Lindsay asked.
"Because he's on the other team!" Heather explained.
"Uh-huhhhh?"
"You can't interteam date. It's like, against the alliance rules." Heather continued.
"There are rules?" Lindsay asked.
"Remember what I just said about trust, Lindsay?" Heather reminded the blonde girl. "Of course, you could always leave the alliance. If you do though, I can't protect you from getting kicked off."
"No, I want to be in the alliance!" Lindsay quickly retreated.
"Good!" Heather smiled. "Then it's settled." The queen bee walked off, leaving her lackeys to their bidding.
Noah, who was watching this go down, quickly intercepted Heather as she went.
"What do you want, nerd?" Heather sneered, shaking Noah's hand off her arm.
"I heard about your little alliance." Noah told her. "I want in."
"And why would I do that?" Heather asked.
"Because if you don't, I'll tell everyone about your plan and get you eliminated the first time we lose." Noah threatened.
"Get bent." Heather scoffed. "Why would they believe you?"
"No reason in particular I guess." Noah shrugged. "But would they rather listen to snarky know-it-all me or obnoxious, rude, bossy Heather?"
Heather considered this for a minute, sighing in defeat. "Fine. You win. You're in, but you're at the bottom of the totem pole, got it?"
"Whatever." Noah rolled his eyes and walked away.
"That little twerp." Heather whispered to herself before resuming her seat by Lindsay and Beth.
"Who's a little twerp?" Beth yawned, rubbing her eyes.
"Noah." Heather shortly answered. "He basically blackmailed me into letting him in our alliance. So he's our ally now."
Lindsay and Beth looked at one another and just shrugged. "Okay." They both said.
Noah took his seat next to Heather. "Pleasure doing business with you."
"Bite me." Heather sneered. "Just remember our little arrangement. We make it to the Final Four, and you're gonzo."
Noah rolled his eyes. "What happens when I win immunity?"
That shut Heather up. "Just enjoy your safety nerd."
"With pleasure." Noah quipped, taking out a book to read.
The Awakeathon went down in Total Drama history as quite possibly the most brutal challenge ever concocted, and for good reason. The sheer brutality of making 21 teenagers stay up as long as possible after running 20 kilometers and feasting on sleep-inducing food was enough to make a few of them tap rather quickly.
By the 24 hour mark, only Izzy and Owen had gone down for the Gophers while the Bass were down Harold, Katie, and Sadie.
At this point in the competition, Noah noticed Eva's MP3 player slip from her pocket and suggested to Heather that taking it might cause waves among the Bass. Heather, a bit taken aback by Noah's villainy, commended him for the idea and snagged the player.
The Awakeathon continued thereafter to little fanfare, and by the 72 hour mark, only Gwen, Heather, and Trent remained for the Gophers while the Bass were down to Duncan and Eva. After a few more grueling hours, it remained Duncan vs. Gwen. In the end, Duncan's dive on the can gave Gwen and the Gophers the win.
The following afternoon, Eva tore apart the Bass cabins searching for her MP3 player. Heather came to investigate and revealed that she found it by the campfire, much to Eva's glee. Eva happily took her music player back while the rest of her teammates glared at her.
In an unsurprising vote, Eva was declared the loser. Heather and Noah saw this and exchanged a fist bump over the idea while Eva angrily stomped down the dock, swearing vengeance against the Bass.
Eva: 8 (Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Sadie, Tyler)
Harold: 2 (Duncan, Eva)
Screaming Gophers: Beth, Cody, Gwen, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Sadie, Tyler
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva
Dodgeball was the name of the game the next day, and the Bass immediately started kicking themselves for voting out their most athletic player. Duncan and Gwen were both non factors in the challenge, completely wiped out from the day before.
Noah also declared himself unfit for the challenge, taking the bench with little complaint.
The first two rounds were won by the Gophers, or Cody and Owen specifically. Both men were lauded with praise while the Bass began to feel hopeless. Along with that, Tyler had demanded to take all the dodgeballs in the round Owen won and only managed to hit Lindsay. Despite finally doing something successful, he immediately got himself eliminated and then took himself and Lindsay out of the challenge. This did not sit well with either the Gophers or Bass.
Not content to be put in a 3 person hole, Courtney demanded Duncan wake up, threatening him with elimination if he didn't. He eventually did get up and took charge, declaring that they would use a strategy he learned in prison called "Rush the New Guy"
This strategy worked flawlessly the first time and almost collapsed the second time, until Harold made a clutch grab on a ball Owen threw to save the round for the Bass. Heather, fed up with Noah's laziness, threatened him with elimination and demanded to be given some help in the challenge.
Noah said he wouldn't go in but gave Heather a counter-attack to stop the Bass' efforts. Implementing this strategy gave the Gophers a decisive third win and the challenge win overall.
The Bass were called back to elimination yet again and there was not much surprise when Tyler was told to walk the Dock of Shame. The jock took his loss without complaint, though he was disappointed to not say goodbye to Lindsay before he went.
Tyler: 8 (Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Sadie)
Duncan: 1 (Tyler)
Screaming Gophers: Beth, Cody, Gwen, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Sadie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler
A talent show of extravagant proportions was called upon next. Lindsay was absolutely elated.
Both teams held tryouts, with Courtney and Heather leading them respectively. During said tryouts, Gwen walked off, uninterested in anything to do with a talent show, with Cody following behind her.
Heather ordered Lindsay to go watch, but Noah suggested that he should do it instead, since his talents were all about his strong math and physics skills and that probably wouldn't be that interesting. Heather agreed and continued with her tryouts.
Noah found a good spot to watch Gwen, who was sketching in her diary when Cody came through the clearing. He sat down and attempted to hit on the goth girl, failing miserably and earning her ire. Gwen stormed back to the cabins, with Cody still at her hip.
Back at the tryouts, Beth was performing a baton twirling exhibition when Noah came with the scoop for Heather. He told her all about Gwen's diary and how she's about to go for a swim. Heather saw this as her golden opportunity and left Noah in charge of auditions while she took Lindsay with her to go snooping for the diary. Heather managed to get it, with Gwen being none the wiser.
The talent show donned and the performers were Courtney, DJ, and Geoff for the Bass with Heather, Justin, and Trent for the Gophers. DJ, Justin, and Trent performed with little issue, giving the Gophers a stonking 14-4 lead after the first three performances. Backstage, Courtney was practicing her violin when Bridgette struck up a bet with the guys, trying to prove she could do a 20 minute handstand. Her leg got caught in the lighting and she accidentally brought a light down on Courtney's violin, crushing it.
In a desperate act to recover for her error, Bridgette offered to take Courtney's place. Courtney reluctantly agreed and Bridgette went on stage. What a mistake that was.
The surfer instantly started projectile vomiting all the cookies she'd just been eating, nailing Owen, Lindsay, Beth, Leshawna, Noah, Katie, Sadie, and Duncan. Chef gave her 2 points for the effort.
Then it was Heather's turn. Wow, what a bitch she is. Instead of doing her ballet performance like originally planned, Heather whipped out Gwen's diary and began revealing to the teens and the whole viewing world that Gwen had a crush on Trent. And when the real stuff stopped there and Gwen fled, Heather continued reading. See, Noah had the brilliant idea to have Heather write some fake stuff in the diary, some stalker level, uber creepy stuff man.
This stuff included stalking Trent when he went to shower and noting down what times he ate and even went to bed, all of which was creepily accurate to Trent, who began paling backstage. Noah, having spent a lot of time with the Gopher dudes, became accustomed to all their schedules pretty quickly, making it easy to forge that data.
Satisfied with her work, Heather closed the book and smirked to the audience. A displeased Chef gave her 1 point for her wickedness, making it 15-6 Gophers. Backstage, Geoff began prepping for his act when he accidentally split his skateboard in two. Bridgette and Courtney immediately began freaking out and, with no other options, turned to Harold.
The nerd went on stage and performed an absolutely stunning beatbox. Like literally the best beatbox you'd ever heard in your life. You might think 'oh there's no way Harold could beatbox better than Joey Salmonella' but no, you'd be wrong. The entire audience was left speechless before bursting into applause. Chef agreed and gave Harold 10 points, earning the win for the Bass. Harold was swarmed with hugs from Bridgette and Courtney, and the nerd was on cloud 9.
Over on the Gophers, the elimination was rather predictable. With 7 votes against her, an angry and sad Gwen immediately started cursing out Heather, who just smirked. Gwen tried to explain to Trent that she never stalked him or anything, that she only had a crush on him and that was that. Trent didn't believe that, politely asking Gwen to go home before it got any weirder.
Gwen: 7 (Beth, Heather, Justin, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Trent)
Heather: 3 (Gwen, Izzy, Leshawna)
Trent: 1 (Cody)
Screaming Gophers: Beth, Cody, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Sadie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen
Morale on the Bass was way up thanks to Harold saving their biscuits while the opposite was true of the Gophers, who were now sufficiently rocked by the whole Gwen being creepy scandal.
The challenge was a simple one: Make your way to a campsite, camp, return to Camp Wawanakwa first. Courtney and Heather took the reigns once again, though Leshawna took a great exception to Heather's leadership.
During their walk to the campsite, Leshawna pulled Trent aside and tried to convince the guitarist that Gwen was framed, that she may've been weird but Gwen wasn't no stalker. Trent shut her down quickly, saying he just didn't feel like talking about it right now and to try again later. Leshawna agreed, though she wasn't exactly happy about it. The Bass were having less issues, though Katie and Sadie did unintentionally veer from the rest of the group and became lost that night.
Both teams arrived to camp and had some moderately interesting hijinks occur, including Izzy and Owen accidentally summoning a bear while Duncan freaked out all the Bass with a horror story and Bridgette unintentionally burned down the Bass tent.
Morning dawned and the Gophers returned to camp second. Heather screamed at Owen and blamed him until Chris revealed that Katie and Sadie were absent from the Bass. As if on cue, the twins came running from the forest, talking about how they had to hide in a bear cave and had a huge fight but they made up and were all good. Courtney then screamed at them and blamed them for costing the Bass the challenge.
At the elimination, the twins were separated for the first time in their life as Sadie was given the boot. The two exchanged a tearful goodbye, wailing as they were split apart.
Sadie: 4 (Courtney, DJ, Geoff, Harold)
Katie: 2 (Bridgette, Duncan)
Duncan: 2 (Katie, Sadie)
Screaming Gophers: Beth, Cody, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie
The episode opened with the teens sitting around the campfire after Sadie's elimination, with a bawling Katie being comforted by Bridgette. The Gophers came over and all of a sudden, the group was having a giant sharefest around the fire about their biggest fears.
The next day, Chris revealed that they would have to face those fears in a super epic amazingly awesome challenge. Katie and Lindsay both bonded over being afraid of bad haircuts while Izzy and Owen did the same over Owen's fear of flying.
The Gophers did pretty well in this challenge, with Beth, Cody, Heather, Izzy, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, and Trent all facing their fears, though Cody wasn't able to conquer his fear for the point.
The Bass didn't do as well in terms of pure numbers, with DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, and Katie all facing and conquering their fears while Bridgette and Courtney were unable to. It was looking to be another Bass getting caught up in an elimination until Chris revealed that the Bass were the winners.
Shocked over the results and demanding an explanation, Chris explained that while only 5 of the 7 Bass faced their fear, they had a higher percentage of fear facers than the Gophers 7 of 10. Because of that, the Gophers were declared the losers with all eyes on Cody, Justin, and Leshawna.
Those three just so happened to be in the bottom three of the vote that night, but it was ultimately Justin, who couldn't get over his fear of being ugly, who walked the Dock.
Justin: 5 (Beth, Cody, Heather, Lindsay, Noah)
Leshawna: 3 (Izzy, Justin, Trent)
Cody: 2 (Leshawna, Owen)
Screaming Gophers: Beth, Cody, Heather, Izzy, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie, Justin
The next challenge had tasked the teens with traveling to the mysterious and eerie Boney Island where they would embark on their second challenge.
The Bass saw pairings of Bridgette and Courtney, Harold and Katie, and DJ, Duncan, and Geoff while the Gophers split up into groups of Leshawna and Izzy, Cody and Trent, Noah and Owen, and Beth, Heather, and Lindsay.
During the boat ride, Cody decided to talk to Trent about Gwen, with the musician threatening to rearrange Cody's face if he tried to say anything about her. Cody, for some baffling reason, continued on, telling Trent that he didn't think Gwen would do stuff like that. She was so keen on being by herself and being the loner, why would she be all up in some guy's business just because she likes him? It didn't fit her personality. Trent went to argue but couldn't with such sound logic, opting to just press forward. Meanwhile, Noah was working on getting into Owen's ear, acting friendly and trying to get the big guy as another vote for his cause.
On the Bass side, Bridgette complained to Courtney about Geoff's horrible gift, while the party guy told DJ and Duncan about it. The two dudes called him an idiot and told him that he was moving too quick, agreeing to help him going forward. Along with that, Harold consoled Katie about Sadie being eliminated, saying that he knew it must be hard to go on without her. Katie agreed, but then steeled herself, saying that she's got to be focused and committed to winning for Sadie's sake.
Both teams arrived at Boney Island and began taking their paths to the other side of the island. During this, Geoff attained a horrific injury (a splinter) which he milked for Bridgette's sympathy. Harold stupidly burned the Bass oars when he panicked over getting more wood while Izzy won the Gophers the fire starting challenge when she threw a homemade fire started into the flames. Unbeknownst to all Gophers except for Noah, Beth picked up a wooden tiki doll from the island, claiming it would be good luck. Noah ordered her to throw it away, telling her about how Chris had told everyone about the items of Boney Island being cursed. Beth obliged with fervor.
The two teams were tasked with sailing back to camp and, after Izzy accidentally gave the Bass the idea to just push the canoes in the water, the Bass took the win.
The bottom two were Heather and Izzy but the RCMP came before a loser could be announced and chased Izzy off the island.
Votes null
Screaming Gophers: Beth, Cody, Heather, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie, Justin, Izzy
Paintball deer hunting was the name of the game for the next challenge, and saw the emergence of Owen's "Naturalist" persona.
The Bass hunters were Bridgette, Geoff, and Harold while the Gophers had Beth, Leshawna, Lindsay, and Owen as hunters.
This episode saw Heather being incredibly bossy to Beth, with the farm girl slowly starting to snap under her orders. Meanwhile, Cody once again attached himself to Trent to talk about Gwen. The tech geek actually started to make some progress on Trent, with Trent agreeing that maybe it seemed a little out of character, but reasoned it must be in her diary. Noah overheard of this, but did nothing to stop their suspicion, explaining in a confessional that if they find Gwen's diary and see the clear forgery, then Heather gets booted and he has solid allies in Beth and Lindsay. If not, then his Final Four spot is guaranteed.
When Heather made one too many demands of Beth, the farm girl snapped. She shot Heather and, when Leshawna and Lindsay came over to investigate, all the girls began shooting at the queen bee. Along with this, Owen had gotten himself shot by DJ with his own gun. With the Bass completely clear of any paint, they were declared the winner.
Heather, incensed at Beth's rebellion, ordered Lindsay and Noah to vote off the farm girl and asked Noah to help scatter the votes. Noah did his part, getting Owen to vote Beth off as well while suggesting to Cody that he should do the same. It was close but Beth was ultimately eliminated, sadly departing with a hug from Lindsay.
Beth: 5 (Cody, Heather, Lindsay, Noah, Owen)
Heather: 3 (Beth, Leshawna, Trent)
Screaming Gophers: Cody, Heather, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth
Owen began salivating the second Chris revealed that the next challenge was a cook off.
Heather took charge and went with generic fancy food, pairing Cody and Trent, Noah and Owen, and Leshawna and Lindsay. Meanwhile, Geoff was elected head chef and went with an Italian theme. Harold was paired with Katie while Bridgette worked with DJ and Duncan worked with Courtney. This episode also saw the Bass guys messing with Harold, determined to make the dweeb crack after he defaced their domicile with his dirty underwear.
Noah and Owen worked together well, and Noah started to feel a sense of kinship with Owen that went beyond just a pure alliance. The two were becoming fast friends, which Heather picked up on rather quickly. Heather suggested that they could get the fat oaf in as a Beth replacement, and though Noah agreed, he chastised Heather for her scathing words.
The appetizers saw the Bass take an early 8-7 lead but the entrees really separated the two teams. In an utterly baffling oversight, the Gophers left Owen in charge of the food. Owen. The fat boy basically cleaned the ribs out, leaving only a single chunk of meat left for Chris to judge. The lead expanded to 15-8 and the Gophers were quickly squashed by Duncan and Courtney earning 10 points for their custards.
Heather insisted that Owen had to go, and while Lindsay and the rest of the team agreed, Noah pulled her aside and asked her to reconsider. Noah said that while Owen screwed up the challenge, it would be in the best interest for them and their alliance to vote out someone like Trent instead.
These words fell on deaf ears though, as Heather reasoned that Owen screwed up today and may continue to screw the Gophers over, and that was just not a risk Heather was willing to take.
Owen was tragically eliminated and the big boy shared a sad, crushing hug with Noah before leaving. Heather glared at the bookworm for this but didn't press the issue.
Owen: 5 (Cody, Heather, Leshawna, Lindsay, Trent)
Trent: 2 (Noah, Owen)
Screaming Gophers: Cody, Heather, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen
Trust me bro, this next challenge was a totally radical day of trust-building exercises.
Sensing he and Katie were on the outs, Harold convened Bridgette, DJ, Geoff, and Katie into a secret meeting. He bluntly said that he knew he and Katie were probably gone the next time he lost, and he argued that it didn't have to be that way. Harold asked the foursome if they would consider keeping him over Courtney and Duncan. He reasoned that while they were both good at challenges, they weren't the nicest people and had or at some point were actively grating on their nerves. Katie quickly agreed while Bridgette, after some consideration, similarly accepted. DJ and Geoff made no promises, simply saying that they'd think about it.
On the Gophers, Heather was keeping a more watchful eye on Noah after he dared to go against her authority while Lindsay was stuck in the middle, feeling closer with Heather than Noah. Cody, Leshawna, and Trent had formed their own miniature alliance out of necessity, their eyes firmly planted on eliminated Heather.
The first challenge saw Heather and Leshawna paired up against DJ and Duncan in a rock-climbing event, with Duncan and Heather being chosen to climb. Heather attempted to sabotage Duncan, as did the punk to the queen bee, though neither of them were successful in their efforts. Chris, getting bored, sprayed both teams with hot sauce to stir up the drama. DJ, used to the spice, shrugged it off no problem. Leshawna didn't fair as well, dropping Heather to the ground with a vicious crunch. Duncan was able to scale the wall and claim victory for the Bass.
The next challenge was Lindsay and Trent vs Geoff and Bridgette in a poisonous blowfish cookoff. Because of Lindsay's lack of, well, a brain, the Bass quickly took round two and the Gophers were whisked away to yet another elimination ceremony.
Chris, bored of how quickly his challenge had ended, decided to spice up the elimination for the Gophers. Chris declared that they would compete in the pairs for the last leg of the challenge, and the winners would be given immunity. The pairs were
Heather and Lindsay
Cody and Noah
Leshawna and Trent.
The first of the three final challenges was the blind reverse William Tell, with Heather, Cody, and Leshawna shooting while Lindsay, Noah, and Trent directed. After a lot of crab apple brutality (so much that Chris was doubled over laughing during the challenge), Heather was able to knock the apple off Lindsay's head first, putting them ahead.
The next challenge was the blind trapeze jump, with Heather and Lindsay up first. Lindsay, giving it her best efforts, tried to guide Heather to a safe and pleasant jump.
Tried to. It's Lindsay. Heather got stung up bro. Noah didn't have the upper body strength to catch Cody, leaving the win for Leshawna and Trent, who snagged it with ease.
The last challenge was the blind toboggan race of doom. No sorry, of death. Heather, Noah, and Trent took directing duties. Poor Trent was never that great with directions, getting his toboggan launched into the air and disqualifying himself and Leshawna.
That left Heather and Noah vying for first place. Heather ordered Lindsay to steer closer towards Noah's toboggan, swiping at the nerd duo. Noah, obviously incensed, swiped back at Heather, and the two got into a very pathetic slapfight while their drivers were without directors. In sheer dumb luck (some may even say it was rigged), Lindsay crossed the line first, netting Heather and Lindsay immunity for the vote that night. However, in a shocking twist, they both weren't able to vote.
Noah, panicking, called Cody and Trent into the boys cabin to talk over the vote. While he knew that he couldn't really be trusted, he reasoned that the guys should stick together and pick off Heather and Lindsay if they voted again. Trent asked how they could even trust that Noah wasn't just bullshitting, with Noah responding that after Beth and Owen's eliminations, he wasn't such a fan of Heather anymore. Both boys stayed noncommittal to any voting plan for the night, leaving Noah filled with uncertainty.
The bottom two was, who else, Leshawna and Noah. The gasps that rang out from the campfire when Leshawna was eliminated were deafening. You could hear a pin drop in the aftermath. Trent and Cody both avoided looking at Leshawna while Noah, Heather, and Lindsay all looked stunned. Leshawna stomped out of camp with her head held high, infuriated that she got conned out of the game.
Leshawna: 3 (Cody, Noah, Trent)
Noah: 1 (Leshawna)
Screaming Gophers: Cody, Heather, Lindsay, Noah, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna
Chef Hatchet is not a dramatic man. When he was tasked with creating his own challenge for the teens, he knew it was his time to put them through hell.
The bootcamp challenge was an infamously rough one for the teens, starting with holding canoes above their heads with Chef and Chris atop them for hours in the sun. Noah was the first to quit the challenge, dropping out after four hours.
Chef then put the campers through a long series of dancing until Duncan cut the music, infuriating Chef Hatchet. The next dropouts were Lindsay, Bridgette, and DJ, who all fell asleep or didn't complete their essays for Chef.
The big eliminator was the obstacle course, which each contestant had to complete in under a minute before moving on. Harold was out first, puking up mud and being sent to the infirmary. Next was Cody, who simply couldn't scale the wall. Katie went to swing through a tire but smacked her head, getting sent to the infirmary as well. Duncan and Trent army crawled through some mud, in which Trent began to sink. Duncan saluted the fallen soldier and, after giving Chef a kiss on the nose, was sentenced to solitary in the boathouse. The challenge is declared over at that point, leaving only Courtney, Duncan and Geoff vs Heather
In the boathouse, Duncan convinces Courtney to help him steal food, which Duncan deliberately makes a point to exclude from Harold, which Katie, DJ, and Bridgette all notice and take a bit of exception to. Duncan and Courtney share their very first kiss outside, with DJ and Geoff congratulating the punk on getting the girl.
The final three campers are then made to hang from a tree until there's only one team left. Chef goes over the symptoms that they'll soon experience, which Duncan rapidly experiences, causing him to fall and crunch his chin. Heather cringes at this and digs deep to hang in. DJ calls on Courtney and Geoff to hang in, with Geoff responding that "he LIVES for the head rush!".
Man, poor, ignorant Geoff. The party guy quickly feels woozy and falls on top of a recovering Duncan. Courtney, seeing this and still feeling feisty from the night before, breaks out laughing and falls on top of the two guys, still laughing. After Chef says he's disappointed in her, Courtney tells him to take a chill pill, exciting Duncan and enraging the host. Heather seizes victory for the Gophers, ending their horrific losing streak.
At elimination, Bridgette, DJ, and Goeff are called up first with no votes against them, which Chris makes a point to announce. The remaining four contestants eye on another with nervousness, though Duncan and Katie both ease up when they're revealed to only have one vote against. Harold sat with dread, seemingly already knowing the outcome, while Courtney stared longingly at Duncan, waiting for her marshmallow.
But man, what a long wait it was. Duncan was declared eliminated and Courtney becomes irate along with the punk, with the both of them demanding an explanation. Chris and Chef drag Courtney away kicking and screaming, though Duncan is able to lob a farewell gift to her before she leaves: a skull with their initials carved into it.
Back at the campfire, a clip is shown of Harold rigging the votes and eliminating Courtney, where it cuts back to the nerd smirking sinisterly at the camera.
Courtney: 7 (Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie) [Rigged]
Screaming Gophers: Cody, Heather, Lindsay, Noah, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, Katie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney
The following day of challenges was EXTREME! Tyler would've been so happy to participate.
Katie was in the Mess Hall yuckin' it up with Harold, amazed that the dork was still here. Harold vaguely references his meddling in the votes from the previous night, though he doesn't outright tell her what happened. He was kindly rewarded for his deviance with Duncan entering the Mess Hall and promptly dumping a bowl of gruel on the dork's head, the punk seemingly more irate than normal towards Harold with Courtney gone.
The day for the Gophers started out with Cody making small talk with Lindsay of all people, still determined to find out what happened with Gwen's elimination. Lindsay, not being the brightest tool in box, blurted out that Noah told Heather about Gwen's diary and that she should write fake stuff in it. Upon hearing this, Cody immediately ran towards Noah and Trent to alert them, but Chris had blown the air horn to start the day's challenge.
Chris gathered the teams on the beach and declared that the first challenge of the day would be extreme skydiving. Two "volunteers", who were DJ and Trent, were to skydive onto pullout sofas. What could go wrong?
Well, with the extremely limited muscle on the Gophers side, Trent fell right into a conveniently drawn chalk outline of himself, knocking him out for the rest of challenge and putting the Gophers into an even deeper whole than they were already in. DJ was able to land smoothly on the couch, though he was folded up into the furniture after landing on it.
Challenge two was to not get bucked off by a stampeding moose, with Geoff up for the Bass and Heather on call for the Gophers. Geoff, dealing with a poorly-timed bout of crush-on-Bridgette-itis, was flung from the moose almost immediately, landing in Chef's dirty laundry with a sickening squelch. Heather got up onto the moose and surprisingly stayed pretty firm, passing Geoff's score with ease and continuing for what could only be described as pride. While Heather bucked, Cody got a chance to whisper sweet words to Trent in the infirmary. He told the musician about Lindsay's slip-up that morning, baffling Trent. He told Cody that he couldn't really believe him, to which the geek countered with offering to go get Lindsay so he could hear it himself. Trent nodded, and Cody went off. Right as Cody was about to pull Lindsay away, Chris blew the airhorn and assembled both teams for the final leg of the challenge.
The final leg was a flag collecting water skiing extravaganza! Ugh, another typo. A flag collecting mud skiing extravaganza! There we go. Chris assigned Harold and Lindsay respectively as the skiers and told each team to pick a driver. Duncan quickly jumped at the opportunity to punish Harold even more, while Heather tried to get Noah to do it. Noah refused, citing his resistance to getting dirty, so Heather scoffed and went up again. That's when Chris announced the super fun twist of the drivers driving the enemy skiers, causing sighs all around, though Harold's was in relief.
Lindsay was up first with Duncan driving her. The bombshell did incredible, surprising for her general lack of usefulness thus far. She managed to collect all five flags and was cruising to the finish line when Duncan let go of the controls, letting fate dictate their win. Duncan would crash while Lindsay sailed through the finish line, putting her team in front with a comfortable cushion.
Heather was driving Harold and the poor dork didn't have as good of a start as Lindsay, falling out of his skis near instantly and getting caked in mud during his run. Fighting through the pain, he managed to amass all five flags and he was heading off to tie Lindsay's score. He would've, if Heather hadn't interfered. Heather swiveled around with a knife, taunting the dork as she went to cut his rope. As she did this, a tree branch caught her top and the Queen Bee was unintentionally exposing her chest to Harold. Harold, an average loser, was shellshocked at seeing boobs in real life. He went into a euphoric trance and crashed into a rock, disqualifying the Bass and sending them back to elimination once more.
Prior to elimination, Trent was released from the medical tent and sought out Lindsay immediately. He isolated her from Heather and Noah and asked about the diary, which Lindsay explained again exactly the same as she'd done to Cody. Trent was dumbfounded, thanking the blonde and running to find Noah. The bookworm was reading a novel when Trent burst through the cabin, charging him with his fists raised. Cody jumped down to hold Trent back while Noah held his book in front of his face, demanding to know what Trent's problem was. Trent revealed that Lindsay spilled the beans to him about Gwen, and that Noah was dead for messing with him and his love life. Noah screamed for Heather, and soon a sizable crowd had grown around the Gopher boys.
Noah pleaded with Heather to tell them he didn't suggest writing lies in the diary, panic flooding his voice. Unfortunately, with Lindsay quickly approaching and seeing no other way out, Heather admitted that that's exactly what went down, that Heather had never planned to do anything like that or steal Eva's MP3 player, but Noah thought it would be the right play. With his reputation thoroughly tarnished, Noah watched helplessly as everyone turned around and walked away, throwing glares of their shoulders as they went. Cody's grip had also finally given out, allowing Trent to give Noah a nice shiner.
With all that drama, Chris sped through the elimination ceremony, saying that Harold was out. Harold strolled out, happy with his successes on the show. He shared a hug with Katie and a high five with everyone else on the Bass not named Duncan before being carted off by the Boat of Losers.
Harold: 5 (Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Katie)
Duncan: 1 (Harold)
Screaming Gophers: Cody, Heather, Lindsay, Noah, Trent
Killer Bass: Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Katie
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold
Tensions were sky high in the Gopher cabin. Specifically, the boys were on edge. Noah slept with his non-blackened eye opened, nervous that Trent would kill him in his sleep. Trent slept normally, but he distanced himself from the cabin and really everyone on the island. Cody sat in the middle, unsure if telling Trent was the right move or not.
The Bass were mostly smooth, save for Duncan. He still had some pent up anger over Courtney leaving and Harold being gone only left him with Katie to target. The single twin didn't fight back much as Duncan laid into her for anything and everything, though Bridgette and DJ did come to her aid.
Chris brought all the campers to the Mess Hall where he announced that the teams were almost dissolved, and that the merge was right around the corner. For the challenge of the day, Chris split the boys and girls apart, sticking Noah on the girls team to even out the numbers.
Boys: Cody, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Trent
Girls: Bridgette, Heather, Katie, Lindsay, Noah
The challenge of the day was an eating competition, which everyone looked queasy at. They had to stomach down course after course of abhorrently disgusting food that definitely should've never been consumed. The girls struggled but the boys were handicapped by Cody and Trent's weak stomachs, leading to a tiebreaker. Duncan and Heather went at it, but Duncan's toughness ultimately gave him and the boys a win. They were thrilled, earning a three day cruise while the girls were stuck on the island for the night. Chris revealed there was no elimination, simply warning everyone to get their affairs in order as they prepared for the merge.
Noah decided to take advantage of being alone with the women by trying to get in everyone's ear. He first cornered Heather and Lindsay in the old Gopher cabin, demanding to know what happened to them going to the Final Three. Lindsay surprisingly stepped up first, saying she made a mistake and thought "Cory" knew about everything they were doing. Noah facepalms, but then turns his attention to Heather, asking why she would do that. Heather looks at him like he just said the sky is blue, telling him that it's obvious. Heather reasons that if she lied and pinned everything on Lindsay, that could compromise her own game, since Heather actually did everything. Noah can't argue with that logic, opting instead to storm off while sarcastically wishing them good luck.
Noah then returns to the Mess Hall, where Bridgette and Katie are conveniently chatting with one another right then. He sits down and sighs loudly, soon enough getting both of the kind women to ask him what's wrong. He explains that he thought he had a good thing going with his team until Heather and Lindsay made up some lie about him being behind Heather's stunts. Katie believes him immediately and hugs the bookworm while Bridgette holds some skepticism. Noah says he doesn't expect sympathy after yesterday but merely wants to vent, pointing to his black eye and referencing the rough time he's had so far. Bridgette soon caves too, hugging Noah along with Katie. The bookworm them smiles at a job well done.
Boys: Cody, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Trent
Girls: Bridgette, Heather, Katie, Lindsay, Noah
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva, Tyler, Gwen, Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold
The boys were feeling phenomenal after their cruise, united as a front. It definitely benefitted Duncan and Trent the most, with both boys cooling off from their rage at the nerds that were messing with them.
Their morale was crushed instantly when Chris revealed that all teams were officially moot, making it every man or woman for themselves. Additionally, Chris ushered back in two contestants to spice up the drama. First up was Eva, the rage monster striking fear into everyone who was left on the island. She was particularly seething at Bridgette, Heather, and Noah. However, the second returnee would stir up the doodoo even further.
Backed by softcore metal, Gwen was back. Heather, Noah, and Trent all paled upon seeing her while Cody was over the moon. Duncan welcomed her back and Katie attempted to be kind to the goth, but she was having none of it, staring icy daggers through Heather and Noah. Heather and Noah begged Chris to start the challenge, which he did with vigor.
The first challenge of the merge was an extreme game of torture survival, with the last player standing getting immunity. Duncan was chosen for snapping turtle puck shots first. He completed the challenge, giving himself a pass into the next round. Lindsay was up next with a marshmallow wax, completing her challenge with ease. She was given the opportunity to choose the next contestant, but she declined. Well, she did, until Eva pulled her hair and ordered her to make Bridgette compete. Geoff volunteered for her but was ultimately eliminated, knocking himself out of the challenge.
After a montage of challenges, Bridgette was shown completing a challenge and being given the choice of next challenger. Everyone, including a freshly eliminated DJ, chanted for her to send Eva in to fight Sasquatchanakwa. Eva went in and won, shocking everyone. Bridgette was eliminated while Chris ran another montage, showing a variety of eliminations: Trent failed at skipping stones over skunks, Lindsay refused to get her hair cut, Noah couldn't handle some new wave music, and Katie fell victim to a nasty brain freeze from ice cream.
The final two in the challenge were, funnily enough, the returnees Eva and Gwen. They were tasked in duking it out in a log rolling contest, with the last one standing gaining immunity. They went back and forth for a good while, Eva's unstoppable strength somehow being matched by Gwen's immovable determination. However, in the end, strength can only get you so far. Eva's stamina depleted, she slipped off, cursing as she climbed back on the dock. Chris raised Gwen's arm in victory but the goth didn't even react, continuing to burrow a hole through Heather and Noah.
Cody attempted to talk to Gwen, and she was actually surprisingly receptive. She was still bitter, sure, but she appreciated that Cody defended her name along with Leshawna after she left. Cody assured her it was no problem, and he apologized for his poor flirting style. Gwen told him not to worry about it, saying he could make it up to her immediately by helping her vote off Noah. Cody had no problems with that.
Heather and Noah were both shaky leading up to the vote. They knew that both Eva and Gwen would be out for one another and that they were potentially screwed. Heather was the one to approach Noah, extending an olive branch and offering to vote off Katie with him and seeing if they could get the Bass boys in on the vote. Noah, having just gotten into Katie's ear, was hesitant, asking why he should ally with her. Heather reasoned that it was probably one of them going home with Eva and Gwen both back, and that they needed to get someone else eliminated so that Eva and Gwen could reveal their social ineptitude and get booted once more. Noah balked at this, saying that if was going to vote off anyone, it would be Eva. Noah pointed out that Eva was a mega powerhouse and had almost won immunity in her first challenge back, saying that if they kept her going, it was only a matter of time until she started stringing together immunities. With her back against the wall, Heather conceded, offering to go broach the offer to the Bass boys, who were quick to agree thanks to Geoff being upset at Eva's treatment of Bridgette.
Eva was so pissed she needed to be restrained in a straitjacket before being hauled away by Chef. Gwen glared at Noah and then at Cody, asking him how Eva went home and not Noah. Cody pointed out that other people probably voted for her instead, saying that they'd be fine with time. Gwen wasn't happy with this but realized he was probably right. Before leaving the campfire she locked eyes with Trent. They stared at each other before Gwen got frustrated, leaving in a huff.
Eva: 7 (Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Heather, Lindsay, Noah)
Noah: 3 (Cody, Gwen, Trent)
Heather: 2 (Eva, Katie)
Remaining: Bridgette, Cody, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Gwen, Heather, Katie, Lindsay, Noah, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2)
Cody realized he had a pretty big task ahead of him to keep Gwen in the game and oust Noah all the same. After the vote, Cody prodded Gwen for any information on the bookworm, getting her to reveal that Noah was behind Heather's schemes to get herself and Eva eliminated, and that Duncan was blaming Noah for Courtney getting rigged out of the game. Cody floated the idea to Gwen that she should tell Duncan about this and see about getting the Bass boys to their side, to which Gwen said whatever. Cody leaned over her shoulder to see a sketch of Trent with a broken heart right beside it.
Heather and Noah had also silently kept their alliance, while Noah in particular was trying to recruit Katie to his side as his own version of Lindsay. Geoff was making steady progress with Bridgette, which DJ loved but Duncan didn't, thinking he'd be toast if it came down to them four. Trent was in a good spot with everyone except Noah, who avoided him like the plague, and Gwen, who he still hadn't spoken to. He was alone, but was keeping himself safe.
Chris announced that the challenge would be scavenging for keys across the island, with one of the chests containing immunity.
Duncan's was in a ring of fire.
Heather's was in Chef's fridge.
Lindsay's was in a beehive.
Trent's was in shark infested waters.
Gwen's was in a skunk borough.
Cody's was in a cup surrounded by crocodiles.
DJ's was in a tree.
Geoff's was in the septic tank.
Katie's was inside a cobra's coil.
Bridgette's was with a rabid rabbit.
And luckiest of all, Noah's was with a bear.
Duncan and Heather got their keys with very little issue, showing no signs of struggle. Cody looked at his key and gave up on the challenge, as did Noah, saying he'd probably just get mauled instead of actually being able to get the key. Cody went off with Gwen while Noah accompanied Katie.
Cody had the brilliant idea to pour water down the skunk borough, flushing the vermin out and getting Gwen her key. Gwen, for the first time since coming back to the island, actually cracked a smile, hugging the geek. Cody returned it, taking the opportunity to smell Gwen's hair, though she didn't mind. They returned back to camp, Cody with some pep in his step, and they ran into DJ. Cody decided to give the big guy a hand, helping him get his key and getting a fist bump from the gentle giant in return.
Meanwhile, Noah's idea of helping Katie was to let her get attacked by the cobra while he grabbed the key. He told her that he would hold onto the key and keep it safe while she went off to get the snake removed. Trent himself had just resurfaced with his key just a little ways a way from Noah and Katie, noticing Noah holding the key for himself. When Trent went up to press Noah about it, the bookworm fled.
Lindsay had tried desperately to get her key but failed, merely getting stung up. Bridgette had similar luck, unable to find the rabid rabbit in the forest. Luckily for the third blonde, Geoff was able to recover his key from the septic tank, though he reeked as a result. He took several showers at Bridgette's request.
Chris called the contestants back to the amphitheater where it was revealed that Heather was the winner of immunity. Noah's face soured at that prospect, and he started looking for any angle that he could spin this into himself not getting eliminated.
Noah approached Heather later that night with a deal: Eliminate one big threat, disintegrate an alliance, and gain control of the entire island. Obviously, with an offer that huge, Heather was all ears. Noah hatched his plan, and even Heather herself was sickened at the idea, but couldn't deny its effectiveness. The plan started with Katie running off to find Geoff, telling him that Heather was crying down by the dock. Geoff, being so nice and also not having any negative encounters with Heather thus far, raced down to the dock to see what was up. Meanwhile, Lindsay wrote a scrawly message to Bridgette to meet Geoff down at the dock.
Geoff strolled onto the dock and saw Heather crying against a pole, tears streaming down her blushed cheeks, with Noah off to the side reclining in a lawn chair with a novel. When Geoff asked what was wrong, Heather told a sob story about Bridgette bullying her when it was just the girls alone on the island, which Noah vocally affirmed for the party boy. Geoff was naturally confused at this revelation but Heather didn't stop there, talking about how Bridgette was just going along with Geoff's crush so that she could get a big alliance with them, DJ, and Duncan. Shellshocked over this load that was just dropped on him, Geoff didn't know how to feel. Heather began comforting him when she saw Bridgette approaching. Seeing her opportunity, she leaned in and kissed Geoff. In his shock, Geoff didn't push Heather off immediately, giving Bridgette a full display of her crush smooching another lady. Bridgette ran off in tears, prompting Heather to finally release Geoff from her grip. Geoff, still confused, could only watch as Heather and Noah walked off, completely lost as to what just happened.
Bridgette burst into the Mess Hall bawling, and it didn't take anyone long to figure out what had happened. Geoff, still totally dumbfounded, walked into the Mess Hall to stinkeyes from the entire cast, ironically even Heather. When he tried to ask Bridgette what was wrong, DJ stood up and told him to get lost, asking how dare he do that to a lady. Geoff scampered off, not a clue in the world why everyone was so upset.
The elimination was basically unanimous. DJ and Duncan both scoffed as Geoff looked around demanding an explanation. The party boy went over to Bridgette and begged to know what was happening, causing the surfer to snap. She accused Geoff of cheating and breaking her heart, saying that he's dumb, but writing a letter to show her where to go to see him cheat on her was seriously low and stupid. Geoff said he never wrote a letter, and that Katie had just told him Heather was down on the dock. Bridgette asked why he would go check on Heather of all people, Geoff responding that he never had any issues with her and just wanted to be polite and kind. Bridgette looked down at the note again and then pulled out her gift from Geoff after their adventure to Boney Island. She compared the handwriting and realized it was fake, saying that someone must've forged it.
Geoff apologized for hurting Bridgette like he did and that he'd never do it again, telling her that she was totally radical and that he'll be cheering for her back home. Bridgette hugged the party boy tightly and cried into his exposed chest for a good minute, eventually retracting and kissing him for the first time on the island. DJ and Duncan both apologized but Geoff told them that it was "coolio dudes", understanding that they were working with limited information. Geoff strolled down to the Dock of Shame and headed off to the Playa de Losers, sharing one more hug with Bridgette before he went.
Back at the bonfire, all eyes turned towards Heather, though she had one more trick up her sleeve. Heather pointed towards Noah and accused him of setting up that scheme, saying that she would go low to win this game, but not that low. Noah naturally defended himself, but Gwen was the one to call him out. She said that on her time at the Playa, she had access to all the footage and saw Noah telling Heather to tamper with her diary, as well as Noah being the one to suggest Heather steal Eva's MP3 player. Gwen said that while Heather did everything, Noah was the one who came up with all the ideas. Flustered and in a corner, Noah fled. The bookworm was in a heap of trouble.
Geoff: 10 (Bridgette, Cody, DJ, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Katie, Lindsay, Noah, Trent)
Trent: 1 (Geoff)
Remaining: Bridgette, Cody, DJ, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Katie, Lindsay, Noah, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff
With Geoff off the island, things felt a lot more somber.
Bridgette was still miserable, getting support from DJ, Duncan, and Gwen, but she was still bitter at Heather and Noah, along with disliking that Katie and Lindsay were so close to the two treacherous teens.
Cody and Gwen had officially become friends and Cody was intent on getting Gwen and Trent to bury the hatchet, though even he knew that would be a tall ask for both parties.
Heather felt firm, armed with the knowledge that Lindsay was a perfect ally and that Katie would be vulnerable once Noah got eliminated.
Speaking of Noah, he was shitting himself. The bookworm knew he was playing on borrowed time, figuring that he'd be gone the next time he wasn't immune without some sort of miraculous screw up from someone else.
The challenge of the day was a simple one: Hide and Seek, and also don't get blasted by Chef's overpowered water gun. The win conditions were not being found before sundown, reaching the lifeguard's chair at the end of the dock, or turning in a fellow camper. The teens set off to find hiding spots of varying quality.
Deep in the forest in a cave, Duncan assembled a committee. He yanked DJ inside and shushed him, revealing that Bridgette and Katie were already here. Duncan pointed out that they were outnumbered six to four. Katie asked in what, prompting Duncan to point out that they were the last four Bass on the island surrounded by six Gophers. Since "that diva and dork", referring to Heather and Noah, are smart too, Duncan reasoned that they might all put aside their differences and pick them off one by one. DJ countered by pointing out all the beef with Heather and Noah, adding in that Gwen didn't seem like the social type. Duncan argued that there's still a chance and because of that, they need to stick together, especially with Geoff gone. This convinced Bridgette and Katie, and DJ would soon cave too. Duncan sent them off to hide somewhere else while he kept his cave.
Back at camp, Lindsay had been having a rough start to the challenge. Chris kept poking fun at her poor hiding skills, causing the ditzy girl to run into Heather and loudly reveal their hiding spot to Chef. The cook quickly blasted both girls, taking them out of the challenge. Heather made a confessional ranting about Lindsay's idiocy, thankful that she only had eight more players to go before the finale.
A montage showed the other campers sans Duncan in a variety of hiding spots. Bridgette was trying to hide behind the elimination ceremony rocks, but she'd unintentionally got caught up in the lights surrounding the firepit, dragging them by her ankle. DJ had leapt to the top of the Mess Hall. Trent was atop a tree. Gwen was laying down in some grass, seemingly inconspicuous enough. Katie was hiding in a bathroom stall, convinced she had the best spot. Noah had decided to hide in one of the empty cabins. He had tried to block the door with a bed but being as weak and lazy as he was, gave up within a few seconds. Finally, Cody had taken a canoe and was lying in it beneath the Dock of Shame.
Chef had little issue catching Bridgette, Gwen, Noah, and Trent, with Bridgette in particular begging to be sprayed after getting sprayed by skunks. Noah had been lucky enough to hear Katie groan in the communal bathroom, allowing him to run in there and tag her out for immunity. Similarly, DJ was tagged out by Heather when the big guy had approached a bird on the Mess Hall roof, falling into the building after putting himself on a weak part of the roof.
Duncan had been found in his cave, getting his armed wrenched behind his back by Chef. Trent, the only person walking around with Chef, asked who was left. Chef said Cody and lamented that he had no idea where the tech geek could be, saying that'd he'd checked the entire land. Chef had a eureka moment and started sprinting for the Dock of Shame. Meanwhile, Cody had slid himself out from underneath the dock, looking to claim his victory, when he saw Gwen sketching in her notebook. He asked how the challenge had gone for her, with Gwen telling him that she'd gotten out early. They both heard stomping and saw Chef Hatchet running towards them, with Duncan right beside him. Knowing he had no chance of making it back to the dock, Cody told Gwen to tag him out and get herself immunity. Gwen was shocked at his gesture and did just that, giving herself immunity along with Heather and Noah.
Gwen looked at Cody dumbfounded, asking why he'd do that for her. Cody simply replied that he cared about Gwen a lot and didn't want her to leave so soon again. Gwen gave him a big hug, thanking him for his sacrifice. Cody smiled and said it was worth it, his spirits at an all time high.
Duncan assembled his Basses for another meeting. With three big threats off the board, Duncan told them they were voting for Cody. He explained that Cody was trying to get Gwen and Trent on talking terms again, which was a big no-no for the D-man. Bridgette hesitated, upset at having to eliminate such a kind guy, but Duncan's logic was sound.
Heather and Noah had gotten to talking again, landing on Duncan being the one they'd take out. They got Lindsay in on this, and Noah had managed to get into Katie's ear as well.
Cody had called Trent down to the dock prior to the elimination ceremony to talk strategy, though Trent was none too pleased to see Gwen there. Trent demanded to know why she was there while Gwen expressed her anger at Cody for not telling her Trent would be down there. Cody calmed them both down and explained that no matter what they had to stick together, and that they needed to resolve any issues they had from the talent show challenge. Gwen reiterated to Trent that Heather forged those pages in her diary, but Trent still wasn't sure. He said that he was voting for Katie tonight, saying that they could talk another time.
The bottom three of the vote that night were, unsurprisingly, Cody, Duncan, and Katie. Katie was called up to receive her marshmallow next, looking back guiltily at both Cody and Duncan. Cody and Duncan both seemed overly confident, though the Gophers in the audience were fully expecting Duncan to be out.
Only he wasn't. It was Cody's time. Gwen and Trent both freaked out after hearing this while Cody was just stunned. After the shock wore off, Cody told them that it's okay. He gave Trent a fist bump and shared another hug with Gwen, who was notably misty eyed at Cody's departure. She gave the geek a peck on the cheek after releasing him, thanking him for all he'd done to help her since coming back. Cody said it was no problem, but firmly told her to fix things with Trent if she wanted to stay in the game. Cody boarded the Boat of Losers with Gwen waving him off.
Cody: 4 (Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Katie)
Duncan: 3 (Heather, Lindsay, Noah)
Katie: 3 (Cody, Gwen, Trent)
Remaining: Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Katie, Lindsay, Noah, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody
Gwen tried desperately to steel herself to talk to Trent, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it. She tried and tried and tried but she simply was unable to force herself to talk to Trent. She decided that she would focus wholeheartedly on the challenge.
The challenge for the day was to build bikes and race them, what fun. Heather quickly forced Lindsay to build her bike, telling the cheerleader that it would be a super friendly move on her part. Not wanting to upset Heather and distinctly lacking a spine, Lindsay agreed.
The other campers built bikes of varying quality. DJ's bike was ultra-safe on account of his inability to ride one himself, Duncan's had no pedals but a sick hood ornament, Gwen's was spooky, Bridgette's was reminiscent of the sea, Trent's was boring but did have sheet music in the spokes, Noah's was completely by the book, Katie's was a shoddy mess worse than DJ's, and Lindsay had built herself her Sunshine Sally bike.
The racers were then told to swap their bikes around for the first leg of the challenge, determining who would race for immunity.
Bridgette got Trent's bike.
DJ got Katie's bike.
Duncan got Lindsay's bike.
Gwen got Noah's bike.
Katie got Duncan's bike.
Heather got DJ's bike.
Lindsay got Heather's bike.
Noah got Bridgette's bike.
and Trent got Gwen's bike.
The racers were off, except for Katie. She sat there stumped, wondering how to proceed. Duncan and Lindsay were leading the pack, thoroughly enjoying their time. A ways back was DJ, who was actually enjoying himself despite being decked out in a suit of armor. He was riding smoothly until Katie's bike imploded on him from a lack of bolts. His accident caused Gwen, Heather, and Trent to all crash into him. Bridgette was able to swerve around the wreckage while Noah was going slow the wreck was cleaned up by the time he got there.
Back at the start, Katie finally thought to pull the hood ornament. She zipped around the island at near mach speed, completing several laps before screaming out for help. After he finished, Duncan told her to slam the hood ornament. She did and she stopped, falling over from her dizziness. Also finishing in time were Lindsay, Bridgette, and Noah.
Chris then revealed the surprise twist that the owners of the finishing bikes would compete for immunity, with last place being auto-eliminated from the competition. DJ, Gwen, Katie, and Noah were shunted to the sidelines while Bridgette, Duncan, Heather, Lindsay, and Trent were competing for immunity. The race track ahead of the riders had a section covered in mines, one coated in an oil slick, and finally a gap filled with jellyfish. Noah chuckled at his safety, earning glares from the eliminated contestants.
The final race soon began, with Lindsay of all people leading the pack. Bridgette followed behind her along with Duncan, Heather, and finally trailing was Trent. Unfortunately for the musician, his bike landed on a land mine and was blown to bits.
The racers continued through to the oil slick. Duncan had sped ahead at the wrong time, zooming towards the oil slick at a reckless speed. The punk couldn't adjust in time, slipping on the oil slick and sending his bike skittering to the side as he was coated in the slippery substance. Lindsay popped a wheelie through the oil, unintentionally clearing a path right behind her for Bridgette and Heather.
Bridgette had managed to catch up to her fellow blonde as they neared the jellyfish pit. They both attempted to hop over it, though Bridgette's was severely lacking in hops. Her bike sunk into the trap and she was stung to hell while Lindsay was able to just barely cross the trap, her bike caught on the far ledge. Heather saw her opportunity and kicked on her motor, flying over the trap and towards the finish line. The queen bee was able to finish first, with Lindsay right behind her.
The bombshell cheered along with her friend, elated over their safety. That was, until Chris made a revelation. He said that since Trent, Duncan, and Bridgette all wiped out, they hadn't finished the race at all, and therefore it would be Lindsay going home. Lindsay was shocked and saddened, begging Heather for her immunity. Heather coldly replied that that's not how this game works, wishing her well to wherever she went. Lindsay was completely shattered, asking Heather "what about going to the finale?" and demanding to know how she could be so evil. Heather explained that that's simply the way the game goes, shaking Lindsay off once more.
And then Lindsay snapped. She cursed out Heather with a passion, screaming at the queen bee for thirty seconds uninterrupted but fully censored for the American release. Heather was bewildered at Lindsay's outburst, though everyone else cheered for her.
Lindsay was carted off to a bunch of hugs to everyone except for Heather and Noah, telling both of them that their karma was long overdue. Heather and Noah exchanged a nervous glance as Lindsay boarded the Boat of Losers.
Lindsay: Last place
Remaining: Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Katie, Noah, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay
Scary movies are fun, right? Duncan and Gwen sure think so.
The cast had gathered around for a scary movie, enjoying it to varying degrees. DJ and Katie were absolutely petrified, while Bridgette and Trent were both noticeably uncomfortable. Heather and Noah thought it was hokey and derivative, and Gwen and Duncan enjoyed the movie with a passion.
Suddenly, Chris and Chef mysteriously fled the island, leaving behind a newspaper warning about a psycho killer with a chainsaw and a hook. Heather and Noah both scoffed at the notion, going off for their own forms of self care. No one cared to stop them, while Gwen elected herself the leader and gathered everyone by the campfire.
Gwen made a chart of everyone still in the game, crossing off Heather and Noah since they were gone. She explained the rules of horror movies when she noticed DJ and Trent missing. Alarmed, she asked where they went, Duncan explaining that DJ had to take a leak and took guitar boy with him.
Outside the communal bathroom, Trent was lured away by a song he'd recognized but couldn't place his finger on it. He was abducted by Chef shortly after. Inside the bathroom, DJ was completely on edge, panicking at everything he heard. He saw Heather in a green peeling face mask and flipped out, screaming. Heather revealed that it was just her, but that didn't stop the gentle giant from freaking out. He burst out of the bathroom screaming, running into Chef as he did. Chef soon scooped up DJ and Heather as well.
Back at camp, Bridgette had complained about being hungry and had went off to the Mess Hall, leaving just Duncan, Gwen, and Katie. The solo twin lamented about how her and Sadie hated scary movies, and that this was the worst. Duncan pretended to be sad, before quickly relishing in the opportunity to mess with a nerd. He started intentionally scaring her, causing Katie to run off in fear. Duncan laughed as Gwen chastised him, Duncan rolling his eyes at her.
Katie ran screaming past the cabins, alerting Noah who was nose deep in a book. He came out face to face with Chef, shrieking shrilly as he was captured. Meanwhile, Katie had run all around the island screaming, eventually winding up in Chris' production tent along with DJ, Heather, and Trent. She laughed at her own failure but noticed no one else found it funny, opting to just sulk in a corner. Noah was soon dumped out of Chef's arms onto the grass roughly, dully commenting about his pain. Everyone merely glared at the bookworm.
In the Mess Hall, Bridgette was enjoying some brownies when she started hearing her name whispered along with brownies. She stood up with the platter, going towards the source of the noise. She opened the Mess Hall back door to see Chef with his chainsaw held high. Panicking, she chucked her brownie plate at his face, smiling awkwardly after the ineffective assault. She was soon captured.
At the bonfire pit, Gwen was deep into picking Duncan's brain, wondering how things on the island had been since her prior elimination. Duncan didn't give her much, though he did commend her for being a tough cookie, saying that he could appreciate someone as closed off and jaded as himself. Gwen brought up the bunny incident from the trust building challenge, laughing at him being a supposed softie but rescuing DJ's bunny. Duncan grabbed a flaming log and pointed loosely towards Gwen, telling her to shut it, also unintentionally setting Gwen's diagram on fire. Gwen went off to get water when Duncan heard some whispering, going to confront it.
Duncan went down to the dock for a faceoff with Chef. The punk improvised several weapons but eventually kicked off Chef's chainsaw and wielded it against the cook, getting him to surrender. Duncan pulled up to Chris' tent to procure his victory when Katie gasped at Gwen facing off with another psycho. They all freaked out since Chef was with Duncan, the nine of them sprinting back towards the Mess Hall to save Gwen.
Said goth was currently enjoying a sandwich, frustrated at the idiots around her. She hardly reacted when she came face to face with the psycho killer with a chainsaw and a hook, mocking the large man. She soon saw everyone else burst into the Mess Hall, saying that the psycho was real. With only a moments hesitation, Gwen kicked the man in the jaw several times, subduing him and getting him to leave. Chris declared the Duncan and Gwen were both winners of the challenge, having successfully defeated the psycho killers.
Chris also revealed that there was no vote and Katie was gonzo, as her "death" was the lamest out of the whole cast. She was hugged by everyone, being very well liked among the campers. Katie was reunited with Sadie on the Boat of Losers, and they EEIIIIIII'd into the night together.
Katie: Weakest death
Remaining: Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Noah, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay, Katie
The final seven was upon the remaining teens, and they were tasked with capturing an animal. First place for the challenge was also going to be rewarded with not only immunity, but a special meal comprised of their favorite foods. Chris told them to come up and draw, and they soon each had an animal.
Bridgette got a frog.
DJ got a chipmunk.
Duncan got a raccoon.
Gwen had a duck.
Heather had to get a beaver.
Noah had to get a bear.
and Trent was given a deer.
Noah wormed his way towards Bridgette, intent on helping her win immunity. She coldly told him to shove it, leading to him trying to buddy up with DJ. DJ too turned him down, and Noah resigned himself to trying to catch a bear. Gwen lucked into finding a tranq gun, though she thought it was overkill. She saw Trent holding up some duck food, and figured now's better than never. Gwen offered Trent a trade, which he happily accepted. Trent gave a confessional about his surprise over Gwen helping him out, saying that maybe Cody was right and she wasn't so bad after all.
After their time in the boat house was up, all the competitors were off with an assortment of capturing tools.
Everyone faced their own tribulations with their animal. DJ's big frame limited him with capturing a chipmunk, the scampering rodent evading his grasp at every turn. Bridgette's frog was a rather mean creature, soaking the surfer in mud several times. Duncan had found a raccoon quickly and threatened it with his chainsaw, though when it assembled a raccoon kaiju with about 200 other trash pandas, Duncan was left running for his life. Trent wasn't having any luck finding a deer, wandering through the forest without a plan in the world. Noah's plan to get a bear back to camp was a wise one, crushing up a bag of chips from the Mess Hall and leaving a trail of crumbs out to the cage. Heather had found a beaver's dam rather quickly, though the beavers were fans of attacking her rather than helping her win a challenge.
The most successful of all of them was Gwen who, armed with duck bait, was able to lure the animal back to the cage with ease, claiming first place. She was soon presented with a bountiful feast, having to constantly get up to open the cage for fellow finishers. She helped Duncan, Heather, DJ, and Bridgette all secure their animals. She was just about to start enjoying her meal when Noah came running through, chucking his bag of chips in the cage. Gwen wondered what was happening but didn't take long to figure out what when a bear came barreling towards them. Since Noah hadn't opened the cage door in fear, the bear opted to ravage Gwen's spread instead. Trent came running back with a deer just in time to see the bear. He discreetly threw the deer in the cage and ran off towards Gwen.
Trent apologized for Gwen losing out on her dinner, saying it must suck that Noah ruined it. Gwen agreed, cursing the bookworm for his assholery, though she was thankful for immunity again. Trent smiled and congratulated the goth, saying Cody would be proud. On Cody's mention, Gwen heard his words ring through her ears and finally apologized to Trent, saying that she was sorry for everything at the talent show and with how she's been since being back. She pulled out her diary and showed Trent the difference between her handwriting and Heather's, which was all the evidence Trent needed. Trent did also relish in reading Gwen's admission of crushing on him, his face saying what his mouth didn't. Trent thanked her for her apology and said they should go get something from the Mess Hall. They walked off, Trent holding Gwen's hand as they went.
With no immunity and no way to save him remaining, Noah was finally cooked. He tried a last ditch effort to get Heather to vote for Duncan with him, but there was no weaseling his way out of this one. Noah was eliminated, being pelted with marshmallows as he left.
Noah: 6 (Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Trent)
Duncan: 1 (Noah)
Remaining: Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay, Katie, Noah
Time for a triathlon!
Gwen and Trent were making fast flirty progress, and Gwen had started being friendly with Bridgette and Duncan. Heather was pretty bitter to be rid of her last scapegoat, knowing she was in for the long haul on her own and that her only chance was to grind out the next few immunities. DJ was straight chilling, content with his place in the game with solid alliances everywhere.
Chris announced the challenge of the day would be a three-armed triathlon, starting with an eating contest, followed by returning Beth's stolen tiki doll to Boney Island, and finally ending with the Totem Pole of Drama. Chris decreed that the pairings were as follows.
Bridgette and Duncan.
DJ and Heather.
Gwen and Trent.
Gwen and Trent both blushed at one another after being paired together, while Bridgette and Duncan were indifferent and DJ was rather afraid of dealing with Heather.
The first challenge started with Gwen volunteering to eat while DJ was forced into the job by Heather. After Bridgette pointed out the meat on the plate, Duncan rolled his eyes and resigned himself to doing the eating.
Bridgette fed too slow and Heather went too fast, allowing Trent to swoop in at a medium pace and win the first round for himself and Gwen.
The duos soon took off for Boney Island armed with their tiki dolls. During the ride, Trent admitted that he'd had a crush on Gwen since he met her and that it was coming back strongly since discovering that the diary was a ruse by Noah. Gwen blushed and said she'd felt the same, thanking her lucky stars that Cody had helped her so much. The two pulled onto the island and officially agreed to an alliance, along with potentially even a date the following day.
Meanwhile, Bridgette thanked Duncan for having her back, calling him a nice guy. Duncan rebuffed, saying that he wasn't a nice guy and not to call him that. Bridgette said Gwen told her about DJ's bunny, and she's seen enough with her own eyes to know that he was a truly nice guy. Duncan soon caved, saying that yea, maybe he is a nice guy sometimes, but not to go around spreading it. Bridgette zipped her lips and threw it away, indicating that his secret was safe with her. The two paddled off in silence.
DJ and Heather had arrived at the island at the exact same time as Bridgette and Duncan, both duos lagging behind Gwen and Trent. Duncan and DJ piggybacked Bridgette and Heather respectively, all of them running off into the dense foliage. Being ahead, Gwen and Trent naturally came in first. However, when a spider lander on Trent's face, the musician flipped, running off with Gwen on his back. Bridgette and Duncan managed to get to the cave second, though a pack of woolly beavers blocking their path caused Bridgette to demand Duncan run away, which the punk did reluctantly. That left DJ and Heather with an empty cave, allowing Heather to chuck her piece of the totem into the cave for a win in that part.
The three duos were reassembled back down on the beach with the carvings of each eliminated camper, including two of Eva. Their challenge was simple: order the eliminated contestants correctly. DJ and Heather faltered big time, mostly due to Heather insulting every eliminated camper as they went, which bothered DJ to no end. Gwen and Trent would've sailed smoothly, especially considering that Gwen had memorized the elimination order before the merge while staying at the Playa, but the two were too caught up in conversation to build fast. That left Bridgette and Duncan to clean up and win, the latter's memory being remarkably sharp as they completed the tower with relative ease. With all three teams tied, no one was granted elimination.
Back on the main island, Gwen and Trent were down by the docks in their bathing suits, occasionally swimming and generally having a great time. Heather, spying on her former teammates, became irate and ran off to find Duncan. Heather said that she knew about Duncan's whole alliance with Bridgette and DJ and begged them to vote out Gwen or Trent, saying she'd vote for either one of them. Duncan asked why he'd do that instead of just voting her off, but Heather pointed out Gwen had won immunity in half of the challenges since the merge and that she was a threat. Add on her burgeoning relationship with Trent, they were soon becoming a force to be reckoned with. Duncan scratched his chin and eventually caved, admitting Heather had a good plan, though he didn't say who he was voting for.
At the elimination ceremony, Gwen and Trent were both devastated to hear that Gwen would walk the plank once again. Gwen buried her face in her palms, cursing herself and crying at getting too comfortable in the game. Trent picked her up and made her look him in the eyes, telling her that it was okay and that he'd win for her. Gwen made him promise, which Trent did. The two shared a tight hug followed by a first kiss before Gwen was carted off. Trent swore vengeance on all of them for eliminating Gwen.
Gwen: 3 (DJ, Duncan, Heather)
Duncan: 2 (Gwen, Trent)
Heather: 1 (Bridgette)
Remaining: Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Heather, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay, Katie, Noah, Gwen (2)
This episode was a rather unique one in TDI history as the Final Five were hardly involved. Instead, Chris brought the viewers to Playa de Losers, where the losers were living it up after their oustings. The campers were living it up in luxury, though Courtney was intent on murdering Harold.
Other notable developments included Gwen and Cody reuniting, Owen and Noah being on awkward terms with one another after all of Noah's shadiness, and Lindsay and Tyler being steadfast in their relationship.
Night came and the losers were told that they would be choosing who was the next person voted off Total Drama. After an unintentional mishap of mentioning DJ's name by Katie and Sadie, along with a lot of shenanigans that were sketchy to say the least, DJ ended in fifth place in Total Drama.
The lovable giant arrived to the Playa aghast, baffled at how he was eliminated. Courtney pointed towards Katie and Sadie, who both sheepishly apologized to DJ. DJ facepalmed, upset at being eliminated but glad to be able to hang out with Courtney and Geoff again.
DJ: Shenanigans
Remaining: Bridgette, Duncan, Heather, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay, Katie, Noah, Gwen (2), DJ
The Final Four woke up that morning not on the island?
In a strange turn of events, they had woken up on adrift in the ocean, save for Trent who was giving a confessional in the outhouse when he was knocked unconscious and carted off separate from the others.
Bridgette, Duncan, and Heather found themselves attempting to survive the wilderness, being attacked by gigantic geese and fighting over food. Trent soon washed up, having gone completely nuts ranting about the number nine and having a new "friend" he called Mr. Coconut. The four were eventually chased into a conveniently placed treehouse where they all shared their deepest secrets to one another.
Trent soon hatched a plan to help them survive, saying they should charge the geese with weapons. The other three bafflingly went along with it and they sprinted out of their safety towards a smoke signal, finding Chris and Chef. They were told that this wasn't a challenge and that them drifting away was a complete accident.
There was still an elimination ceremony that night, though it was Mr. Coconut who would board the boat. Trent freaked out at losing his friend, freaking out everyone in the process.
Mr. Coconut: 1 (Chris)
Remaining: Bridgette, Duncan, Heather, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay, Katie, Noah, Gwen (2), DJ
The real Final Four were woken up not in their cabins yet again, this time stranded in the forest. They were greeted by Chef, who explained that they were having another gendered challenge faceoff and they were to camp in the forest and arrive back at camp first. Bridgette freaked out at this, her fear of the woods quickly getting to her. Seeing an opening, Duncan feigned the same paranoia, running up to Chef and groveling at his feet. Chef kicked both campers off, leaving in a helicopter. Duncan took Trent and ran off with him, leaving Heather to console and boss around a panicked Bridgette.
Duncan revealed to Trent that his freak out was to get Chef's night vision goggles, giving them a leg up on the challenge. They also arrived to camp first and assigned roles equally, all things looking up for the boys.
On the ladies side, things weren't looking fantastic. Bridgette was on edge the whole time, jerking her head violently every time she heard a slight noise. Heather did her best to keep her calm, but this is Heather. That's a tall ask that the queen bee just isn't capable of living up to. They eventually made it to camp, Bridgette insisting that they don't split up. Heather reluctantly agreed, if only for their safety against Sasquatchanakwa or any roaming bears.
As both teams began having expeditions, they constantly tried robbing the other group, with Duncan and Heather specifically pressuring Trent and Bridgette respectively to sabotage the other duo. Eventually, after running into the famed monster Sasquatchanakwa, the foursome agreed that it would be safer if they spent the night, with Bridgette specifically unable to sleep. After staying up for hours, she eventually shook Heather awake. Heather demanded to know what was up where Bridgette explained that she needed to get them out of the woods, that Bridgette was doing okay but she was really close to having a breakdown. Heather flashed a devilish grin and nodded, snagging the boys' duffel bags of supplies and running off through the woods with Bridgette.
The boys were up soon after, pissed that they were tricked and out of supplies. They bolted back to camp and saw the totem pole they needed to tag for victory. Specifically, they saw Bridgette tagging it. Or, being realistic, the surfer basically hugged it, thankful to finally be out of the woods. The boys sighed, knowing they were heading towards elimination.
Chef walked out to the bonfire and was asked why they hadn't cast votes when Chef revealed that he was the one sending someone home tonight. A pit dropped in Duncan's stomach and for good reason, as the punk was officially done. Chef said that the delinquent didn't deserve to go on after his underhandedness in the challenge of the day. Duncan scowled, heading towards the Boat of Losers. He blanked Heather and Trent, though he did share a big hug with Bridgette, ordering her to kick Heather's ass for what she did to her and Geoff. A fire that had petered out was relit within Bridgette, though Heather remained calm, confident in her ability to withstand one more challenge before the finale
Duncan: 1 (Chef)
Remaining: Bridgette, Heather, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay, Katie, Noah, Gwen (2), DJ, Duncan
The Final Three were in for a big day of pain in their final challenge before the finale.
Bridgette was ready. The surfer, despite not performing well in challenges, had managed to skirt by off her good reputation among the campers. Thanks to Duncan's reminder, she was royally pissed at Heather once more and was ready to do anything to send her packing just like she did with Noah.
Trent felt similarly, though his rage wasn't nearly as potent. He was secure with having Gwen waiting for him, knowing that Heather had faked all the stalker stuff Gwen had written about him. Trent still wanted to see Heather go down, upset that she'd be able to skate by since Noah's elimination.
Heather feigned confidence but inside she was quaking. Bridgette and Trent would be giving it their all today, and she knew that she had to be perfect to survive. She'd managed to let Noah dig his own grave while still being able to be rather mean and bossy, and the queen bee was pretty sure she'd be able to win today and head off to the finale.
The finalists were told they were competing in a sequence of dares chosen by the remaining contestants, varying between painful, disgusting, and life-threatening. The dares would come fast and hard, and they were given only one Freebie to start out with, being able to skip a dare. They could win a Freebie by completing a dare, though that was easier said than done. All three steeled themselves, preparing for a battle.
The dares were gross and brutal. Bridgette was smart, taking the painful dares as she knew she could do them and passing the gross ones off to Heather. The surfer quickly amassed a big Freebie collection. Heather and Trent both weren't as lucky, struggling through the dares they got but immediately having to surrender their Freebies due to receiving a gross dare.
Ultimately, Lindsay would be Heather's undoing. Trent spun and landed on Lindsay's dare, which was to have his head shaved by Chef. He opted to pass that one off to Heather, who was fresh out of Freebies. Panicking, the queen bee kicked the razor out of Chef's hair and could only watch as it came crashing down onto her locks. In a bitter technicality, Heather was eliminated, as she hadn't technically consented to the dare, and her shaven head was merely an untimely accident.
Heather raged on her trip to the Playa de Losers, and the finale was set
Heather: Head shaved
Remaining: Bridgette, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay, Katie, Noah, Gwen (2), DJ, Duncan, Heather
The Finale was set.
Bridgette, the klutzy kindred soul. Bridgette had had a bit of a rough go of it on the island. During the team phase, she cruised, secure with Geoff and Courtney and being friend-ish with DJ, Duncan, and Katie. However, the merge hit and she fell victim to Heather and Noah's scheming, being the victim of a staged cheating incident involving Geoff. After he was voted off, she struggled, performing poorly in challenges and mostly coasting off the back of Duncan's Bass alliance. She had unintentionally won the forest challenge with Heather and succeeded in helping to get her eliminated, punching her ticket to the finale.
Trent, the cool musician. Trent was rocked early in his game with a stalker situation, isolating himself from the team and trying his best not to be too rocked by the whole ordeal. Thanks to Cody's guidance and massive sacrifice, Trent was able to patch things up with Gwen and redirect his anger towards Heather and Noah. He was able to send them both out of the game, including delivering the fatal blow to Heather himself. He'd played a fair game and he was ready to give Bridgette his all in the finale.
The twenty eliminated campers were brought back to root for the finalist of their preference.
Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Heather, Katie, Noah, Sadie, and Tyler were on Team Bridgette.
Beth, Cody, Eva, Ezekiel, Gwen, Harold, Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, and Owen all supported Trent.
The race of the $100,000 was an intense one. The finalists were tasked with scaling a pole and grabbing a flag, returning an eagle's egg to its nest, and sprinting down a straightaway towards the finish line. Cody and Gwen ran alongside Trent while Bridgette was flanked by Courtney, DJ, Duncan, and Geoff.
It was a hard fought race, with each finalist pulling ahead of the other several times. In the end though, only one of them crossed the finish line first.
Who won? That's for you to decide.
Finalists: Bridgette, Trent
Eliminated: Ezekiel, Eva (1), Tyler, Gwen (1), Sadie, Justin, Izzy, Beth, Owen, Leshawna, Courtney, Harold, Eva (2), Geoff, Cody, Lindsay, Katie, Noah, Gwen (2), DJ, Duncan, Heather
And there you have it! Had Noah schemed, I believe he would've had a lot more influence on the game. I think the biggest issue I had with this one was figuring out what to do with Katie, I always like to leave one of them in but never can figure out exactly what to do with them. She probably overstayed her welcome, but sometimes you've gotta have floaters.
How was it? Did Noah go out at the right spot? How crazy was it that Gwen was originally eliminated fourth?
I hope you all enjoyed, so sorry it took me nearly a year to release another reality but it's really tough to brainstorm compelling ideas for these. WTV2 should have another chap published soon!
Until next time, shuppyer out.