Total Drama Ultimate

by TheDrama100

After years of torturing campers and racers, this is it. All 100 players to compete in the Total Drama franchise are back for one last shot at money and fame. How have the campers changed since playing? How will the generations interact with each other? Who will outlast 99 other campers to be the best player of all time? Find out on Total Drama Ultimate! (12/100)

15. Episode 14: Drop It Like Its Hot Potato

Episode 14 is here!

Jaron58- Thanks!

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andrew1- Yeah, Amy wouldn't make it far in most scenarios. I love how everyone points out Bowie's reaction. Your loser lounge idea sounds funny ngl

Lacueva- About your twist idea, I probably won't use that specific twist, but a twist should be coming relatively soon

Mortal01- Omg I'm so awful, poor Tyler! Say Staci's name and she'll appear to talk about her family. I'm glad you love the queen herself. When is Sugar not right when she yells during a challenge?

Recap

"Last time on Total Drama Ultimate… Tyler and Lindsay thanked the rest of the Purple Team for keeping them in over Zee at the last elimination. Kitty told Owen, Crimson, and Ennui about her plans to set Emma23 up with Zee… too bad he was eliminated already! Lightning accidentally threw Jo under the bus to Ryan and Eva, telling them that it was her fault that Stephanie was eliminated. Junior tried his hand at therapy, as he was the one to listen to Wayne talk about his friendship problems with Raj. On a similar note, Bowie and Emma23 bonded as they talked about their past mistakes. Millie did the impossible and attempted to exercise. Laurie quickly came in to complain about her making eggs, so things are going great for those two. Mary got an official invite to the Jasmine, Gwen, Sammy, and Zoey alliance. Julia and MK were together before Tammy yet again made her presence known. The Duncan and Amy relationship burned down in flames after Heather confronted Amy and Blaineley about their boiled water plan. Duncan was none too pleased. RIP all two Duncan x Amy shippers. The challenge was a massive egg hunt around the forest. Mike thanked Zoey for encouraging him to open up. Staci cleared Sadie, leaving her stunned. Josee neglected to mention the women's alliance that Dakota proposed to Alejandro… but Alejandro did make a cross team alliance between Aleheather and the Ice Dancers. Devin apologized to Geoff for snapping at him. Max talked to an egg, quality content. Leshawna helped him get the egg from the tree. Chet attempted to recruit Ryan to his anti Yellow Team war. Nichelle told Shawn about the women's alliance pitch on the Green Team. Courtney and Bridgette talked a bit of game. Scarlett continues her suspicions of Izzy. Ellody and Sierra + Trent and Jen had some bonding moments while searching for eggs. Ella accidentally unleashed a bird onto her and Dwayne, causing some tension. B seems to think that Ezekiel may have a crush on Dawn… oh dear. Katie told DJ that she was afraid of confronting Sadie. Sugar and Duncan formed an alliance in the wake of Amy and Duncan's break up. Raj broke down to Noah and vented about how he felt like a failure compared to Bowie and Wayne. In the end, the Blue Team lost because of Kitty, and the Gray Team lost after Sammy lost it on Amy, taking her revenge after years of torment. Amy was swiftly kicked out on Gray, while Julia and MK were too loud about their feelings on Blue. Tammy overheard their smack talk, and she turned the tables to blindside Julia with an idol in her pocket in a 3-2 vote. 74 are left, who will be voted out tonight?

Intro

Day 25

Cut to Gray Team in the morning

We see Axel holding the flint and machete as she begins to try and get a fire going as Chase looks on. As a great survivalist, it obviously doesn't take long before Axel has a big flame going. She smirks at her work, happy to be useful at camp. "Nice, we can hopefully cook something today." Duncan smiles as he walks towards her and Chase before taking a seat.

"Yeah, I'm about to go hunt-" Axel tries to say before Blaineley walks towards the pair with a bucket of water angrily.

"Can we help you?" Duncan asks with an annoyed look.

"Nope." Blaineley smirks as she aims the bucket towards the fire.

"What are you doing?!" Axel yells at Blaineley as the latter puts out the fire. "Are you stupid?!"

"Really Blaineley?" Chase disapproves.

"You voted out Amy and are targeting me next!" Blaineley shouts. "I'm going to make it miserable here for all of you!"

Axel clearly is upset about this, as she grabs the machete and points it towards Blaineley, who looks terrified. "Do that again, and you'll be what's cooking when I get this fire back going!" Axel threatens. Blaineley's eyes narrow before she huffs and walks away in annoyance as Duncan laughs at her expense.

Confessional: Duncan

"Axel doesn't seem too bad. Anyone who has piercings and hates Blaineley must be decent at minimum." Duncan says. "And about Amy… I'm not sad to see her gone. I am feeling some whiplash though. Just a few weeks ago, we didn't have any cracks as a couple, but now we voted for each other last night. …eh, best not to think about it. That whole situation was dragging me down, now I can play the game my way. Sugar is just the first step, I'll need some more allies soon."

Conf end

Confessional: Chase

"Blaineley putting out the fire was annoying, but it was also a top tier prank move… how should I feel about this?"

Conf end

Confessional: Axel

Axel gives a sneer to the camera. "I will follow through on that threat if she tries to pull that on me again."

Conf end

Confessional: Blaineley

"Ugh, psycho." Blaineley rolls her eyes regarding Axel. "I'm like the only normal person here on this stupid show! Now I'm here without Amy, so this sucks! But I'm going to sabotage camp life just to cause some chaos, because fuck these people."

Conf end

We cut to Sugar carrying an apple, obviously about to eat it because what else would she be holding it for! Anyways, before she can take a bite, a hand comes in and swats it on the ground. The culprit in question was Blaineley. Sugar looks at her in anger. "The hell was that for?!"

"You don't deserve to eat." Blaineley checks her nails. Sugar just picks up the apple from the ground and eats it anyways, dirt be damned. Blaineley gasps before gagging a little. "How disgusting are you? That had dirt all over it-"

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH YA OLD HAG!" Sugar shouts with a mouthful of apple before spitting it onto Blaineley, causing her to shriek.

"YOU'RE DISGUSTING!" Blaineley yells out, trying to head to the lake to wash off. This would be in vain however, as Sugar tackles her to the ground and sits on her.

"You're in time out until I finish this apple!" Sugar lays down the law. Blaineley can't respond as Sugar sitting on her has prevented her from speaking.

Confessional: Sugar

"No one messes with me when eating! That jezebel got what was comin' to her!"

Conf end

Cut to Blue Team

We see Ella, Tammy, and MK in camp. MK hasn't even looked or tried to talk to Tammy since Julia was voted out, not that Tammy is complaining about it. After a few moments, MK walks out of the camp while holding her breath. Ella notices that Tammy is looking at MK with a frown. "Are you okay after what happened yesterday?" Ella questions.

"I guess so… I just feel stupid for ever believing them. I thought 'well since I changed and dropped the magic, maybe they changed and stopped being mean'. I was clearly wrong about that." Tammy sighs in frustration at herself.

"Don't worry Tammy! The things they said were cruel, but you found out and don't have to worry about it anymore." Ella assures.

"I guess… I just feel like I should be doing better than I have. Remember when I first told you I didn't believe in magic anymore?"

"Yeah?"

"I was put into the hero position for Simon Says the next day and lost… like I should've won there right after a big moment, but I didn't. Then I believed two villains who obviously wouldn't like me." Tammy frowns. "I thought that after I talked to you, I was going to kill it, but I've been so so."

"No, you've been doing good!" Ella assures. "You still haven't gotten any votes to eliminate you in six ceremonies, I've been in the bottom three twice now. Little setbacks shouldn't affect you, you won't be great at everything right away. One challenge screw up doesn't negate how far you've come."

Tammy takes a moment to think before a small smile appears on her face. "You might be right, sometimes it's easy to doubt myself."

"It's fine to have moments of doubt, but remember your strengths!"

"I will…" Tammy says before having a slight frown. "Do you think the team is right though?"

"About what?" Ella asks.

"About my weight… like Dwayne, MK, and Julia all talked about it." Tammy sighs. "Am I too big?"

"Of course not, your weight shouldn't matter. What should matter is how you contribute."

Confessional: Ella

"I'm thankful that Tammy managed to convince Dwayne to keep me around! I would've been toast if not for her."

Conf end

Confessional: Tammy

Tammy takes a deep breath. "Last night was a lot, but things are going well now. MK is done if we lose again."

Conf end

We see MK in the woods with a stick and some blue string. She smirks as she begins using the items to make something.

"Hope this will keep them busy."

Confessional: MK

"Losing Julia already really bites! She had the idol and got blindsided by Tammy because Tammy heard us…" MK sighs in annoyance. "Anyways, I'm making a fake idol using some of the blue stuff that was on our tribe flag in the camp. I'm going to use this and plant it somewhere. Hopefully Ella or Tammy find it, tell the other, then that will have them stop searching for the idol. Meanwhile, I'll be searching for the real thing now that it's been rehidden!"

Conf end

Cut to Orange Team

Speaking of idols, we see Millie looking for one on the Orange Team. At first, she is searching in the bushes, but she sighs as that doesn't go anywhere. "Hm… what if the idol is up in a tree?" she questions to herself. She decides to look up and she begins walking while doing so.

…

Squish!

"MILLIE!"

Millie looks down to see Laurie with an upset look on her face. "Oh uh, hey Laurie-"

"You stepped on the spider!" Laurie angrily scowls.

"Huh?" Millie checks her shoe. Sure enough, there is a squashed spider on the bottom. Millie has a grossed out look at the sight. "Ew, that's pretty gross! Can you hand me a stick to scrape it off-"

"HOW DARE YOU PLAY OFF THAT MURDER LIKE IT WAS NOTHING! YOU KILLED THE SPIDER, IT HAD A LIFE TOO!" Laurie screams, causing Millie to step back in shock.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see it!"

"That's no excuse. That spider was becoming my friend Millie! Voting Caleb, making eggs, now this? You're killing me here!"

"Actually, I killed the spider, not you!" Millie corrects with an awkward grin, trying to use humor to ease tension. This obviously isn't appreciated as Laurie just screams before walking off.

Confessional: Millie

"I might actually have negative social skills… urgh, I need this idol so badly!" Millie pulls at her hair.

Conf end

Confessional: Laurie

"When this game first started, I thought Millie could be a friend. Turns out that she might be… Sadie tier- ok, maybe a bit too far there Laurie. But still, I hate her now!"

Conf end

Cut to Yellow Team

We see Kitty and Bowie talking as they pick some blueberries. "So, you're the one who cost the Blue Team the challenge?" Bowie questions with a smile after Kitty had just brought up her run in with Julia, MK, and Tammy the previous day.

"Yup! They just came after me to try and break my eggs, but I stopped them. You should've seen the look on Julia's face." Kitty laughs.

"Girl, you don't know how much I wish I was around for it! Anytime Julia is suffering, I'm happy." Bowie replies.

"I'm not sure how she has survived five eliminations so far, how does she do it?" Kitty wonders.

"She's lucky that she's great at challenges, she would've been eliminated by now if not for that, I'm sure." Bowie responds.

"Maybe she got voted out last night, either her or MK. If Dwayne, Tammy, and Ella didn't work together to take out a couple, I'm going to really question their intelligence."

"I've been questioning their intelligence, you're so sweet for still having faith in them." Bowie chuckles.

Confessional: Bowie

"If there's one thing I like about Kitty, it's our mutual hatred of Julia!"

Conf end

Confessional: Kitty

"If there's one thing I like about Bowie, it's our mutual hatred of Julia!"

Conf end

Cut to Lime Team

We see Wayne, Junior, Sierra, and Ellody standing around as Wayne is carrying a football. "Are you sure this is a good idea…" Ellody nervously asks as she looks at the football. "My strengths lie in academics and science, not sports."

"Come on Ellody, you gotta step out of your comfort zone! Just because you hurt yourself during kindergarten kickball doesn't mean that you should never try sports again!" Sierra encourages, getting a worried look from Ellody in response.

"Uh… how did you know about that-"

"Doesn't matter, Sierra is right. Let's play catch!" Wayne shouts out as he gestures for the other three to spread out. Once they do so, Wayne throws the football to Junior, who catches it. Junior throws it to Sierra, who also catches it. The chain is broken however when Sierra throws it to Ellody. This just results in Ellody getting hit in the face with the football.

"Ouch…" Junior sympathizes as Ellody holds her face on the ground.

"Yeah, never doing that again." Ellody groans as Sierra walks up to her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit you!"

"It's okay…" Ellody forgives as Jo walks up to the football throwing foursome.

"Hey guys." Jo greets. "Can I talk to Ellody and Sierra for a sec?"

"Please, get me out of here!" Ellody agrees quickly. Sierra nods and the women walk off. Junior and Wayne look at each other as they do so.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Wayne asks to an eye roll from Junior.

Confessional: Junior

"No offense to Wayne, but what does he think they're talking about? Obviously Jo is probably making some deal with them. I might ask her about it…"

Conf end

Confessional: Wayne

"We'll have to work with Ellody on her catching…"

Conf end

We cut to Jo, Sierra, and Ellody. "So-"

"You want to form an alliance?!" Sierra interrupts.

"...how did you know?"

"I'm the biggest total drama fan in the WORLD!" Sierra replies.

"Whenever someone wants to talk with you out of the blue and needs to be alone, it's an 87% chance of being an alliance offer." Ellody adds on.

"How do you know that stat, are you a big fan of this show too?" Jo questions.

"Nope, Sierra just told me about that so many times that its power washed into my head. Anyways, I accept the offer."

"Me too!"

"Good, glad we can work together."

Confessional: Jo

"I forgot about the 'making a trio with Ellody and Sierra' thing for a few days… oops. Well, I did that now, so now I have ties with everyone in the alliance."

Conf end

Confessional: Ellody

"3/6 of us in the majority alliance, not a bad deal at all."

Conf end

Confessional: Sierra

"Of course I know that Jo has probably made deals with other people. Did you see the way she was talking to everyone during episode 1 of All Stars, she tries to have control over a team. I won't do anything about it yet though. I'm not sure if Ellody is aware though."

Conf end

Elsewhere, we see Eva walking around the forest with Ryan on her shoulders as she squats every few steps. "Are you sure you're good here-"

"Yes, don't worry!" Eva assures as she squats again. "You're way better than those dumbbells we got as a reward."

"Thanks? Anyways, we should probably talk some strategy. We need to figure out why Jo didn't side with us last time." Ryan says.

"That's probably not as important as getting Lightning to join us. If we can get him to tell us who the others are voting for, we can use the idol to send one of the people in the majority alliance home." Eva plots.

"Fair."

Confessional: Eva

"I didn't think that our games would be in the hands of Lightning, but here we are…"

Conf end

Cut to Green Team

We cut to Miles, who is in the camp and laying out the berries that she has spent all day picking out for the team. Dakota, who has been laying around and not working all day, walks up to her. "Hey Miles, how have you been?"

"Good, just a little busy." Miles replies while gesturing to the berries.

"Oh my god, same! Can I get a 'hell yeah' for two hard working women in the 21st century?" Dakota requests while offering a high five. Miles raises an eyebrow, but she accepts the gesture before verbally responding.

"I'd prefer not to use the word hell in that context, it is a sensitive subject to some and I'd rather not offend anyone."

"Who is getting offended over that- nevermind, we need to talk!"

"About?"

"The girls stuff… we should like bond or something. What do you do for fun?" Dakota inquires.

"Laurie and I would always go to vegan conventions and spread the word of our cause! We voluntarily help clean the streets. We protest the use of animals for clothes."

"OMG same, I love animals too much to wear them!"

"Really?!"

"Duh!"

Confessional: Dakota

"Ignore all the fur coats I have at home. Other than that, I totally hate wearing animals!"

Conf end

"That's really cool Dakota! Laurie and I haven't really been as active with that stuff anymore though…"

"Why not?"

Miles sighs. "The vegan community was really mad at Laurie after the Iceland and Brazil episodes aired. She dropped veganism for a little bit before going back into it, but people haven't forgiven her. She's really sensitive about trying to get her reputation back, but she still gets shunned, so it's harder to do our activism."

"Oh, is her sensitivity why she got mad at you during the cooking challenge a few days ago?"

"Probably…"

Confessional: Miles

"I feel a bit selfish. I've been so focused on Scary Girl and the alliances on this team that I let Laurie slip my mind. I hope she's doing well on her team…"

Conf end

Elsewhere, we see Nichelle grimace as Shawn is teaching her how to skin a squirrel. "Are you sure I need to learn this?" Nichelle asks.

"What if there's a challenge where skinning animals comes into play! Like the zombie apocalypse, we need to be on alert!" Shawn replies.

"What challenge would involve skinning animals?"

"I don't know, but if there's a team swap and we get separated, it's best for you to have more skills to bring to the table."

"...well you have a point." Nichelle concedes after a pause.

Confessional: Nichelle

"It's weird how hunting has become something that I actually have knowledge in. My old stunt double Jerry used to do it whenever I had a hunting scene in one of my movies. Anyways, I've been thinking about my friendship with Shawn and I might want to talk to him about why I was worried about Mike to fully lock us in as a duo…"

Conf end

Confessional: Shawn

"I really want a survival challenge. Enough of these silly games like tag, let's do something that can show off my skills!"

Conf end

Cut to Pink Team

We see Sky sitting in thought by herself in the camp. Zoey walks up to her with some fruit in her hand. "Hey Sky, want some berries?" she asks. Sky doesn't respond, clearly being very deep into her thoughts. "Okay…" Zoey mutters before walking off.

Confessional: Zoey

"Wonder what she's thinking about…"

Conf end

Elsewhere in camp, we see Mary also thinking. When Gwen walks up and tries to get her attention, it does work, unlike with Zoey and Sky. "Oh, hey Gwen." Mary looks up.

"Hi. What were you thinking about?"

"Nothing much, just theorizing about what goes on inside a black hole. One of my favorite things to do!" Mary snorts.

"Yeah, I remember you telling me about that." Gwen recalls. The duo sit in silence for a few moments before Mary picks the conversation back up.

"So… you're really serious about that alliance with Sammy, Jasmine, and Zoey?" Mary questions.

"Yeah. You're still unsure?" Gwen questions back with a nervous look on her face.

"To be frank, that is the case." Mary answers. "Are you sure you won't consider voting with the other girls instead?"

Gwen sighs. "I already said this, but choosing Scarlett over my actual friends would feel weird." Gwen rubs her arm. Mary raises an eyebrow.

"Fair enough… but I hope you can see my worries. Who would be the first to go if the five of us had to vote between each other?"

Gwen doesn't have a response.

Confessional: Mary

"Hm, I fear Gwen has officially plummeted in value which is a shame. I don't get her viewpoint. This is a game after all, why would her friends be upset if she flips? It wouldn't be a personal betrayal by any means." Mary wonders out loud before taking a second to think, the gears in her mind turning before a realization hits. "Actually thinking about it from her perspective… It makes perfect sense why she wouldn't want to work with the other girls. Her ideal game move is sticking to the majority as she's well insulated in it. My ideal game move is trying to find myself in a better position. Unfortunately, our ideals in this game are conflicting and can't coexist how I imagined when I first started this alliance. Sky, you've officially replaced Gwen."

Conf end

Confessional: Gwen

"Part of me is feeling a little stressed out. Not just about Mary being worried about the alliance, but about Amy too…"

Conf end

In the forest, Scarlett and Jasmine were both taking walks separately, but their paths would cross. The duo notice each other and have an awkward staredown. "Uh, hi?" Scarlett greets.

"Good day." Jasmine replies.

…

"Do you want to talk?"

"Nah, I'm trying to walk." Jasmine shuts down.

…

The duo part ways.

Confessional: Scarlett

"Geeze, you try to kill someone and suddenly they act like the bonding time hating Topher meant nothing." Scarlett rolls her eyes.

Conf end

Confessional: Jasmine

"I love awkward interactions." Jasmine says sarcastically.

Conf end

Cut to Purple Team

We see Chet searching around quietly in the bushes to see if he can find an idol. "Someone probably found it already…" he says to himself in annoyance. However, he is quickly proven wrong as just a few seconds later, he finds a Purple Idol. "How convenient!"

Confessional: Chet

"YES!" Chet cheers while showcasing his idol. "My anti Yellow agenda is going to get even stronger with this bad boy."

Conf end

Cut to Orange Team

We see Sadie sitting alone while sipping some water before Katie walks up to her. "Omg, like hi bestie!"

Sadie smiles as she sees her BFFFL walk in. "Hey!"

"How have you been?" Katie asks.

"Fine, just sitting around."

"Omg really?"

"Yes, you can see me sitting here!"

"OMG TRUE. Anyways, we should talk." Katie suggests.

"EEK ok!" Sadie replies. "So like, what should we talk about? I saw these two monkeys in a tree and it looked like they were-"

"Sadie, I don't think I need to hear where this is going." Katie cuts off.

"Oopsies. Anyways, I had this wild encounter with Staci during the last challenge. She said I acted like a disgruntled pelican and she called me annoying. We aren't even on the same team, why would she say that?" Sadie questions.

"Erm…" Katie trails off. "Sadie, remember when I told you that you should tone down your attitude a few weeks ago?"

"Was that before Priya showed up and yelled at me?"

"Yeah. You like haven't really listened and you have continued to make enemies with people. I just want to know why, like you didn't really act this way back when we first played all those years ago." Katie inquires, causing Sadie to sigh.

"I don't really feel like talking about it-"

"EEK NO!" Katie cuts off. "We are NOT dragging this out, because you're inevitably going to tell me about your reasoning since we'd have a moment each episode where I'd ask until you tell me. I do not feel like waiting! DO IT NOW EEK!"

Sadie looks a bit baffled before giving a slight smile. "Omg true Katie, that would be sooo boring."

"That's why I HAD to intervene. Anyways, explain."

"I've been exaggerating my personality and causing conflict to get screen time." Sadie explains, causing Katie to raise an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Remember what I did in Total Drama Island after you got eliminated?" Sadie asks.

Katie taps her chin in thought but doesn't come up with much. "You like… existed. You were the biggest star in the background of everything!"

"Exactly, I got like no relevant screen time and everyone online kept insulting how irrelevant I was after your elimination! Everyone ranks you over me in their tier lists because you like did okay in dodgeball once, but I did okay in cooking and no one cares!" Sadie continues to explain.

"What does that second point have to do with anything-"

"Nothing, just felt like mentioning it. I've just been trying to get some relevancy, I managed to help get a former winner out, so at least it's working to some extent." Sadie shrugs.

"Sadie… you do realize that you'll get less screen time if you irritate people and go home earlier, right?" Katie asks.

Sadie shrugs again, very loose shoulders this one. "Honestly, my mindset going into this is that I'd rather take the risk of going early but being relevant rather than floating by but getting no screen time like what happened in Island. We haven't competed in SEVEN years, I'd rather not be forgettable again."

"But aren't you worried about the internet hating you for how you've acted this season?" Katie inquires.

"They hate me anyways, I'm seen as the ugly one between us." Sadie again shrugs, clearly this being her favorite thing to do today.

"You're not the ugly one Sadie!" Katie assures. "We're both the pretty ones!"

"Aw, thanks!" Sadie smiles. The two don't say anything for a few moments.

"Well… do you think you could try to tone it down anyways? If you get eliminated, I'll be alone and that would be so sad!" Katie requests.

"Hm… I can't promise you that, but maybe I can try to play like my season 1 self just for you." Sadie obliges.

"Yay!" Katie claps. "Will you apologize to Laurie for starters?"

Sadie shakes her head. "Ok, maybe Priya and Caleb would deserve an apology, but I legit did nothing wrong to Laurie until the balloon challenge. She just yelled at me because I liked to eat meat and has held a grudge since, she has no reason to get an apology out of me."

"Oh… well that's true!"

Confessional: Katie

"Huh… I never thought that could be Sadie's reasoning. I usually don't take the fan criticism to heart, I have my dedicated stans who still love me for the Dodgeball episode! Anyways, good thing I came to the realization yesterday that I needed to be firm. Things worked out!"

Conf end

Confessional: Sadie

"Say what you want, but I probably have spoken every episode this season… oh no, what if they edited out everything I said? YOU CAN SEE THIS CONFESSIONAL, RIGHT GUYS? …what am I doing? Anyways, I should probably try for Katie's sake to be better and drop the act. I remember how sad I was when I was left alone, I don't want to leave her alone!"

Conf end

Ezekiel, Dawn, B, and DJ are sitting by the campfire together. No one is talking. Instead, they're just enjoying each other's company in silence, lost in their thoughts. The silence is broken by the sound of B's stomach rumbling, the only sound you'll ever hear come from him.

"Me too B's stomach." DJ complains.

"I could use a bite to eat too." Ezekiel adds.

"As long as it's not meat. I don't wanna risk Laurie seeing us munch on a squirrel and flipping out because of it, again..." DJ says, fearing the vegan slightly.

"I can pick some berries." Dawn offers. B gives a thumbs up in response.

"That'd be great, we appreciate it Dawn!" DJ thanks.

"Of course! Anything for my friends." Dawn replies before standing up and exiting the campsite to forage.

Confessional: Dawn

"Laurie has kind of made getting food difficult. She complains about every animal the non vegan members try to eat. That attitude is going to be her downfall."

Conf end

"She's so nice..." Ezekiel gushes.

"I know, right? Dawn's such a good friend." DJ states.

"Well, what if I thought of her as more than a good friend, eh?"

"Ooooo, does someone have a crush?"

"Maybe a little one." Ezekiel admits. He blushes, being a bit embarrassed. "Do you guys think she likes me back?"

Confessional: B

B is seen tapping his chin, debating whether to encourage Ezekiel, or crush his hopes.

Conf end

B smiles and gives a thumbs up.

"I agree with B. Dawn's kind to everyone, but she's ESPECIALLY nice to you." DJ says, trying to hype Ezekiel up.

"Well, if you really think so... I'm going to ask her out right now!" Ezekiel vows.

"Woah! Slow down, tiger. You need to wait for the perfect moment. When no one's around, the weather is just right, and the vibes feel right."

"Oh, okay. When will I know if the vibes feel right?"

DJ shrugs "You'll just know."

B nods in agreement.

"Alright, I'll wait. Thanks for the advice guys, you're the best, well, only friends I've ever had!"

The trio engages in a group fist bump.

Confessional: DJ

"I've given Ezekiel a chance ever since he came to talk to Millie and I. I want to keep encouraging him, and I think if anyone would like him back, it'd be Dawn."

Conf end

Confessional: B

B shakes his head to indicate that he thinks this crush is likely not mutual. He also gives a look of confusion as to why Ezekiel would be focusing on this during the game.

Conf end

Confessional: Ezekiel

"I have realized that I do like Dawn… it may have been obvious, maybe not. I just hope that the 'perfect moment' comes sooner rather than later."

Conf end

Cut to Cyan Team

We see a shot of Trent swimming in the lake. Since he wears jeans, he took them off before swimming and has them folded up away from the water. Tom and Jen are watching him swim from afar and Tom seems to be hatching a plan.

"Ok… I think we need to get a hold of Trent's pants." Tom suggests, causing Jen to look at him like he's crazy.

"You pervert-"

"Not like that! None of our alliance have mentioned anything about finding the idol. We need to check Justin, Staci, and Trent's belongings to see if they have anything so we can form a counter plan if they do have the idol. You distract Trent while I look through his pants and see if there's anything." Tom says.

"Don't sniff them." Jen rolls her eyes, causing Tom to punch her shoulder.

"STOP." he says. "Anyways, are you in?"

"Does Lindsay slay every outfit she wears? Of course I'm in!" Jen smirks as Jen heads to an area of the lake that doesn't face Trent's jeans.

…

"Hey Trent!" Jen greets. Trent looks to see the woman he's been making a small bond with and smiles.

"Hi Jen! Did you get over your thing about your clothes getting wet?" he asks while looking at the water.

"No, of course not." Jen frowns. "We NEED swimsuits like soon, I can't stand not being able to swim on hot days because it will ruin my clothes!"

"I just took mine off before swimming." Trent replies.

Jen recoils. "OMG are you naked?!"

"What- no no, I still have underwear." Trent replies awkwardly. Jen looks to Tom who gestures to her to follow.

"...well I ruined the conversation before it could even get going." Jen says. "See ya around?"

"Uh yeah… sure."

Confessional: Trent

"That was weird…"

Conf end

We see Tom and Jen talking. "So, what did you find?" Jen asks.

"Trent has the idol."

"OMG I didn't expect that to work!" Jen gasps. "Who would hide an idol in their pants? Bury it somewhere where people can't find it!"

"I know right, he's not the smartest." Tom says which gets a slight frown from Jen, though she doesn't say anything. "We will have to tell the others about this."

Confessional: Tom

"Ugh, I'm so iconic for finding out about that! If you don't want people to snoop around and find your shit, hide it better."

Conf end

Confessional: Jen

"I feel bad for doing that since Trent and I have started to bond… but this is a game after all and he's in the opposite alliance. I don't want any of my besties to get screwed over by an idol!"

Conf end

Cut to Blue Team

We see Dwayne bringing a squirrel into camp. Only Tammy is in the camp right now, but she smiles upon seeing him. "Good job Dwayne!" she praises as the older man walks towards her.

"Thank you, the wildlife here is rightfully terrified of the Dwaynester, haha!" he laughs. As he sets some things down, Tammy starts a conversation.

"Thanks for last night by the way… I know you and Ella didn't always get along, but you put strategy over your emotions and we took out Julia!" Tammy grins.

Dwayne returns it with a bit of hesitation. "I'm kind of feeling like we made the wrong choice, but you're welcome."

"Why do you think we did the wrong thing? She was a threat."

"Yeah, but she was also a lot better at challenges. If we were going to target one of them, maybe it should've been MK." Dwayne replies.

Tammy takes a deep breath. "Huh… you might be right… but MK isn't horrible at challenges, she carried us in the sweeper one. We just need to see what happens."

"Eh, I guess. She's probably not up to much anyways, I doubt she could fight back.

…

The camera proceeds to show MK hiding her fake idol while she laughs.

Confessional: Dwayne

"The jury is still out on whether or not we'll regret voting out Julia… I have a bad feeling though. Even though I think we probably should've kept Julia, I'd rather take out Ella before MK not gonna lie."

Conf end

Cut to Gray Team

We see Heather and Jacques walking and talking. "So… how are you feeling after last night?" Heather asks.

"Good, Amy sucks."

…

"True!"

…

The duo don't say anything else.

Confessional: Heather

"Hm… we might need to find some stuff in common other than being villains, we didn't really talk much. I feel like Alejandro and Josee have a much stronger bond than we do."

Conf end

The two antagonists walk around for a bit longer before they encounter Blaineley face first on the floor.

"Oh my, what happened to her?" Jacques stifles his laughter, clearly not upset to see her on the ground.

"Eh, who cares." Heather dismisses.

"...agreed." Jacques says before they walk off.

Confessional: Jacques

"Maybe old age finally got to her!"

Conf end

Cut to Yellow Team

We see Emma23 and Owen talking while the goths are nearby, listening to other conversations seeming to be a common occurrence at this point compared to earlier in the season. "Emma, I'm sorry for burping in your face a few days ago!" Owen apologizes.

"Are you really sorry?" Emma looks skeptical.

"Yes, I wouldn't want to burp in your face!" Owen responds.

"Ok then, if you are actually sorry, then I can forgive you. Chase would NEVER have apologized in your spot." Emma replies in a neutral tone.

Confessional: Emma23

"Ok, I GUESS I can forgive Owen, he's a nice guy other than the burping incident! I'm still trying to contain my usual high pitched tone around the goths. They told Bowie, Raj, and I to stop acting like goths, but I'm sure they'd prefer me to still be low energy!"

Conf end

Confessional: Owen

"I'm glad the situation with Emma is cleared up, I hate drama… why am I on this show-"

Conf end

Confessional: Crimson and Ennui

"He's been burping in people's faces?" Crimson questions.

"Owen is so… not like us." Ennui says, referring to his overt… Well, everything.

Conf end

Elsewhere, Raj is sitting alone in the forest while drawing an owl with a stick. Noah walks up to the hockey player and stands near him. "Hey Raj… how have you been holding up since yesterday?" Noah inquires.

"Alright…" Raj replies while scribbling out the owl before throwing the stick down. "I'll be honest, I feel a bit weird that I vented to you. We get along but we don't really know each other that well, that may have been a step too far…"

Noah chuckles a bit. "Don't worry. Like I said, I'm used to listening to other people's problems… can I ask you a few questions?"

"Sure!" Raj smiles.

"Did I ever upset you with some of the things I said? I made jokes about how Wayne is a winner and you weren't…" Noah rubs his arm awkwardly.

Raj takes a moment to think. "I mean, I didn't love hearing it, but it didn't really upset me hearing it from you. I know how you are."

"Sometimes I can get a bit carried away just because I want to make a sarcastic remark… I need to work on that." Noah admits. "Anyways, I think hearing what you told me recontextualized some things. Like I thought that we wouldn't sabotage Lime in the cooking challenge because you'd want to stop us, but you didn't say anything against it. Was that because you wanted to make Wayne lose?"

"I…" Raj trails off before sighing. "It's not that I want to be petty and make Wayne lose, he's still my friend. I just wanted to come into this season a bit more like… what's the word? Independent? Less of a duo? I don't want to go against him at every turn, but in stuff like the challenges, I'd rather focus and just think about the best play to win or better our team without putting thoughts on who the other players on the rink are."

"Did you tell Wayne this?"

"No… I'd feel bad telling him that, so I didn't say anything." Raj facepalms, realizing his mistake. "I accidentally put myself in this cycle of feeling too scared to tell Wayne what I want to do, but then I'd feel guilty since I'd play for myself in the challenge anyways. That would cause me to feel like a horrible friend since it would confuse Wayne, and the cycle continues… I should've just said something."

"Well, you should do that next chance you get." Noah suggests.

"I will." Raj smiles at the bookworm. "Thanks for being a good listener for the past few days, I can't thank you enough!"

"No problem." Noah nods.

Confessional: Noah

"I think I've built a good trust with Raj the past two days, he's been spilling a lot about his thought process, both good and bad." Noah says before frowning. "I feel bad for an idea I have because I'll come off like one of those try hard TV villains, but if it has to be used to save Owen, Kitty, and I, then I'm doing it."

Conf end

Confessional: Raj

"Noah is a great person underneath all the snark!"

Conf end

Cut to Purple Team

We see Lindsay and Tyler looking for an idol… well, moreso just Tyler. Lindsay is just standing around and watching Tyler climb a tree. "I wonder where the idol is!" Lindsay ponders out loud. "Do you think someone already found it?"

"I don't know, but maybe you could help me look." Tyler suggests. He tries to get higher ground in the tree, but he slips and hits every branch on the way down. His fall is broken by Lindsay. He grunts in pain as he lands on his girlfriend.

"Hi Tyler, didn't see you coming!" Lindsay laughs off the pain. The couple look into each other's eyes before making out, the idol search being forgotten about. Cody walks in right as this starts happening and he gasps upon seeing the kissing duo.

"Guys, what are you doing?!" Cody asks in horror. The two break apart and stare at him.

"Omg, were you watching us? You didn't even pay to do that!" Lindsay says.

"I didn't mean to walk in on this. Get a room!" Cody scolds.

"Get a girl." Tyler retorts, shutting Cody down.

Confessional: Tyler and Lindsay

"Heh, got him there!"

"You ate him up!" Lindsay praises, getting an eyebrow raise from Tyler.

"I didn't eat him."

"That's not what the phrase means!"

Conf end

Confessional: Cody

"You know things are bad when TYLER roasts me like that…"

Conf end

Cut to Red Team

We see Geoff and Devin talking while picking up firewood. "Nice man, I think we have more than enough to keep our fire going for the next few days!" Geoff pumps his first.

"Yeah, things are going well at camp." Devin says in a monotone voice. Geoff picks up on this.

"Still missing Carrie?"

"Yeah…" Devin admits. "I want to make the Yellow Team pay for what they did to her."

"Woah woah woah, hold the phone dude!" Geoff interjects. "This is a game after all, and the people on that team seem nice for the most part. I doubt anything they did was a personal attack, you shouldn't want to get revenge on them. It only burdens you with negativity."

Devin takes a moment to think about what he heard. "You think so?"

"Yeah, and going after them will only create enemies." Geoff says.

Confessional: Geoff

"Haha, don't want Devin to go crazy over Carrie leaving, know what I mean? I'm not pissed at the people who voted out Brody, he can't be consumed about someone he's close to leaving."

Conf end

Confessional: Devin

"Maybe Geoff has a point… hating Yellow Team over this is probably just me being overly emotional, I should drop the grudge… but what would Chet think?"

Conf end

Elsewhere, we see Scott eating as Brick walks up to him. "Hey Sc- why are you eating dirt?! Are you sad? What's wrong?!"

"Calm down Brick." Scott rolls his eyes. "I'm just eating dirt because I'm hungry."

"That isn't healthy…"

"It hasn't killed me yet, so I'll just keep eating it." Scott ignores the concerns before eating more.

"Ok then…" Brick looks worried. "I'll let you do that."

"Wait!" Scott says before Brick could leave. "Can we like… talk strategy?"

Brick nods hesitantly before sitting down. "Ok…"

"So, you're in Harold's alliance, right?"

"That'd be correct."

"But you did vote for Brody instead of Max."

Brick nods. "Yes… where are you getting at?"

"Would you consider flipping again?" Scott questions.

"Maybe." Brick shrugs. "To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of all this alliance talk. Why don't we just vote for who doesn't contribute or who harms the team the most?"

"Because this is a strategic game for ten million dollars, people are going to want to win. Not rocket science." Scott reminds Brick.

"I'm aware of that, but sometimes people go too far regarding the game, including you." Brick says.

Scott looks confused. "I haven't even done anything this time."

"I know, but people haven't forgotten what you and other villains have done in the past, that's why people are worried about you, especially Devin." Brick says.

"I don't get Devin's issue with me; we haven't even spoken much." Scott replies.

"Oh, he told me that it involved how you treated Mike in Revenge by manipulating his MPD." Brick informs, causing Scott's eyes to widen before he has a guilty look and starts to tune out what Brick is saying. After a few moments, Brick takes notice. "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, you didn't… can I tell you something?" Scott requests.

Brick nods. "Of course."

"I feel bad about what I did to Mike… I went too far and never thought about how far I was going by using that against him." Scott admits. "I've never had a chance to apologize since I didn't realize how bad the things I did were until after All Stars, and I don't have social media or anything to contact Mike or Zoey."

"Oh…" Brick mutters, not expecting to hear that the farmer had remorse for his past actions.

"I get it if they still hate me, but I'm not sure what Devin has to do with it. I got my karma anyways…" Scott shudders while thinking about Fang. "They got the last laugh- literally, they laughed when I was in the trauma machine."

Brick has a guilty look of his own now. "I'm sorry that we all laughed at you for that. It was too far to laugh at the injury of a troubled teenager playing dirty to win a reality show."

Scott looks shocked. "Troubled teen? Who told you that, Dawn?"

"Huh?"

"Ignore that." Scott hastily replies, though Brick obliges and doesn't mention it again. "It's okay though I guess, I wasn't in the trauma chair forever and it was years ago. I'm still terrified of sharks though, even going near the beach makes me tense."

"Really? You handled yourself well in the weight bar challenge."

"Because we didn't have to go in the water." Scott says.

"Fair enough…" Brick says. "Anyways, I have to go to the bathroom. See you later?"

"Mhm."

Confessional: Brick

"I hope I didn't stir up any bad memories with the troubled teen thing, he just gave off a vibe that so many people at military camp gave off, I didn't mean to sound rude! Anyways, hearing that Scott actually has regret for his actions continues to change things for me. There was a group think early on that Max, Courtney, and Scott were these villains who just had to go and there was no chance of redemption. The more time I spend here, the more I realize that isn't true. These are fascinating and complex people with stories to the way they acted. Everyone deserves another chance to right their wrongs, and I'm glad that I've given them the time of day."

Conf end

Confessional: Scott

"Was I genuine by saying that I regret my actions from the past… unfortunately, yes. Part of me wishes to not have remorse so I don't have to feel bad." Scott sighs. "Maybe I should seek Mike out to actually give him an apology."

Conf end

"Hey!" Max shouts at Harold and Leshawna as the duo are trying to pick apples from a tree. "EVIL has a question!"

"GOSH, what is it?" Harold asks as Leshawna rolls her eyes, expecting a stupid question.

"How has this place not run out of fruit? We've been picking some every day, yet there's always more."

…

"Huh, good question." Leshawna looks around.

"This place is artificial, remember? They probably replace the bushes and trees when we aren't looking to replenish the food. This competition will go on for a long time, they can't just starve the end gamers to death." Harold explains.

"Huh. Maybe I need to take over this island and rule it, it's really cool!" Max cackles before walking off.

Confessional: Leshawna and Harold

"Didn't he first compete on this island? How did he not know?" Leshawna questions.

"He probably didn't go to school." Harold replies.

Conf end

Confessional: Max

"EVIL was worried about this place and the magical fruit, turns out I was overreacting!"

Conf end

Bridgette and Courtney are taking a casual walk in the woods, chatting with each 've been deep in conversation for a while.

"And that's how I won first place in the semi-annual Australian surfing competition!" Bridgette says.

"Congrats! I have no idea how you do it, surfing looks impossible." Courtney admits, stating one of her weaknesses being an uncommon occurrence for the over-achiever.

"Not as hard as playing the violin. The way your fingers move... I can't wrap my brain around it!"

"It's honestly a lot easier to learn than you'd expect. One of the girls at the camp that I'm a counselor at wanted private lessons, and I managed to teach her how to play four songs by the time summer ended!"

Bridgette whistles. "Too bad you couldn't bring your violin to camp. If it's really that simple, I would've liked for you to teach me a thing or two!"

"And if you brought your surfboard, I'd take a crack at riding the waves!"

"We just have that lake around camp, no real waves to ride." Bridgette frowns.

Confessional: Bridgette

"I've been working on rebuilding my bond with Courtney. It's nice to talk to her without worrying about her freaking out over everything. Back in the aftermath, she would snap at almost anything. She seems to have matured a lot, I like that."

Conf end

Confessional: Courtney

"If I wasn't a lawyer, maybe working in the music industry wouldn't be bad." Courtney shrugs. "Anyways, I've been liking my recent conversations with Bridgette."

Conf end

Cut to Cyan Team

Kelly and Taylor are sitting together in the camp, Taylor on a rant about a certain loud mouthed woman. "She just came over to me when I was picking up firewood to tell me how she's surprised because I'm usually useless. Like who just goes up and says these things?"

Kelly shakes her head. "Staci is very mouthy, sorry she said that to you."

"Like she needs to go next." Taylor checks her nails. "I told her that to her face that she was leaving."

"That may not be the smartest move, Taylor." Kelly says, causing Taylor to have to hold in a snappy comment that would cause her to move further away from getting her allowance back. "Sometimes you need to let things roll off your back and be the bigger person."

"I can't be a bigger person than Staci, she weighs 5000 fucking pounds!" Taylor yells out, causing Kelly to look a bit surprised.

"I… maybe don't make comments about appearances." Kelly suggests.

"You're right, sorry. I went too far."

Confessional: Taylor

"UGH, I would never have to apologize to Anne Maria for saying that about Staci."

Conf end

"At least you can acknowledge it." Kelly says. Before the mother and daughter pair can continue conversation, Tom and Jen run into the camp to join the duo.

"Guys, we need to tell you something!" Tom exclaims.

Taylor sits up. "What is it?"

"Trent has the idol." Tom informs, causing Kelly and Taylor to gasp.

"How do you know?" Kelly questions.

"We found it in his pants. Now that we know who has the idol, we can plan around it." Jen says, causing the whole group to smile.

Confessional: Kelly

"I'm just glad Staci doesn't have it. Despite how she helped me, she's still… a lot. I'm just glad the group included me enough to share that idol information."

Conf end

Confessional: Jen

"Yeah, we told Kelly too. If we hid it from her and she found out, Taylor would never get her allowance back! As a good friend, of course I'm going to help Taylor."

Conf end

"We need to tell Anne Maria about this… where is she?" Taylor questions.

…

Anne Maria is applying a grotesque amount of tan-in-a-can. Justin is nearby, massaging a handful of anti-wrinkle cream into his face. Once they both finish, the two appearance-obsessed gurus look at each other.

"How did you smuggle that in?" Justin inquires.

"Did you not watch my season?" Anne Maria replies as she stuffs the can in her hair. "I stuffed it in my poof! It also helps maintain my hair's voluptuous shape!"

"First of all, I didn't bother remembering much about any other season except for the ones that I'M in, they're not worth the space in my brain. And second of all, that's... honestly impressive." Justin compliments.

"Alright, my turn to ask questions. How'd you manage to bring in that tub of lotion completely unnoticed?"

"I have my ways."

"You're so mysterious." Anne Maria sarcastically replies. Their conversation is interrupted as Staci walks by. Her hair is a mess, and her pink jacket is covered in mysterious stains. Anne Maria and Justin exchange judgmental looks.

"She's naaaasty." Anne Maria judges.

"Tell me about it! I got a whiff of her B.O, and... Just picture a fishy onion soup, that's the only way I can describe the horrid stench." Justin adds. This comment gets a laugh out of Anne Maria.

"I never realized how funny you are." Anne Maria compliments.

"I know."

Anne Maria rolls her eyes. "Doesn't make up for your universe-sized ego though."

"You're not exactly humble either." Justin retorts.

"Oh shut up!" Anne Maria playfully punches Justin in the shoulder.

"Stop, you're gonna give me a bruise!" Justin whines.

"I did not punch that hard." Anne Maria replies.

"Yes huh!"

"Nuh uh!"

"YES HUH!"

"NUH UH!"

"Both of you, we are taking your items." a cameraman says.

"WHAT?" they both shout.

"We thought we got everything off you guys, maybe don't openly use things you smuggled in." the cameraman reprimands. "Give me your things, now."

"Ugh, this show is so stupid." Anne Maria complains.

"Tell me about it!" Justin says. The duo share a glance of understanding, a rarity for them.

Confessional: Justin

"Anne Maria is craftier than I thought, I gotta give credit to her!"

Conf end

Confessional: Anne Maria

"I thought Justin didn't have the brain power to smuggle stuff in after what happened in Action, I guess people can surprise you!"

Conf end

Cut to Pink Team

Sammy is sitting by herself in the camp late in the evening. She was by herself in the forest all day, but she moved back now that it's starting to get dark. EmmaRR has noticed her lack of presence all day, but now Izzy has picked up on Emma looking at Sammy as if she wants to talk. "Are you going to just sit here all day or talk to her?"

"Huh?"

"You've looked like you wanted to say something for the past sixty years, just go do it already!" Izzy rolls her eyes, though she smiles while doing it.

"Ok, I will." Emma rolls her eyes back, that being a common occurrence for the lawyer. She gets up and heads to Sammy.

Confessional: Izzy

"People hesitate way too much! Like just do what you want to do!"

Conf end

Confessional: EmmaRR

"I'm not completely sure why- maybe it's because I also competed in this franchise with my sister- but I just felt like I should say something to Sammy. I heard through the grapevine that she beat up her sister yesterday, she probably has some things to say."

Conf end

EmmaRR sits down next to Sammy. "You've been isolating yourself all day. Do you want to talk to someone?"

"I don't know." Sammy bluntly replies. "I've just been thinking about what happened yesterday. All day, the image of Amy's bloody face has been running through my head."

Emma grimaces. "Yikes… how do you feel about that though? That must've been liberating for you, right?"

Sammy frowns. "No… and I wish it was. I feel weird that I wish it was liberating. Punching her should've been the moment where all the pain I've suffered throughout my life because of her should be released. I hurt her and I know it, yet I feel empty. It wasn't as satisfying as I'd imagine, and it feels… well, I don't know how to describe it."

Emma puts a hand on Sammy's shoulder. "You don't need to have all the answers to what you're feeling right now, don't worry." she assures. "You don't take pride in hurting others, even if they hurt you first. That's what makes you different from Amy, so you don't have to feel bad about not feeling good."

Sammy looks at Emma. "Maybe you're right…"

"Yeah. You don't have a closed case about your feelings right now, but give it some more time to marinate. Just put her behind you for good. After what you did to her, she won't ever mess with you again." Emma chuckles, causing Sammy to join in.

"Thanks Emma, I'm glad that this chapter is very likely closed."

Confessional: Sammy

"I haven't really spoken to Emma, but it was nice that she checked on me! Maybe we need to talk some more."

Conf end

Confessional: EmmaRR

"Seeing Amy and Sammy's relationship… yikes. Thinking about it makes me feel guilty. I wasn't always the best to Kitty. I was never as horrible as Amy, but part of me feels that our relationship could've broken down the way their relationship did. I'm so glad that didn't happen."

Conf end

Day 26

Cut to Green Team

We see Alejandro walking in the morning, just taking in the conditions after 26 days of the wilderness. His walk is interrupted though as he begins to hear snoring. "Hm…" he mutters as he looks around, wondering where the noise is coming from. After a few moments, he looks up and sees Shawn in a tree, him being the clear culprit of the snoring.

"Shawn!" Alejandro yells out. Shawn darts awake, but the suddenness causes him to fall from the tree next to the world tour antagonist. Alejandro gives him a blank look as Shawn groans in pain while looking up. "What were you doing in a tree? I thought you didn't have problems sleeping next to others after Pahkitew Island."

"I thought I heard zombies and bolted to higher ground. I fell asleep after the coast was clear." Shawn explains. Alejandro refrains from rolling his eyes at Shawn's irrational fears.

"Makes sense. The rest of us could've been in danger though, why didn't you wake us up?" Alejandro plays into things. Shawn has a worried look.

"I'm sorry, I could've left you all for dead! Please forgive me-"

Shawn is cut off by Alejandro laughing. "I'm just messing around!"

"Oh… okay." Shawn chuckles nervously, being happy that there are no hard feelings. "Anyways, how have things been for you?"

"Good." Alejandro replies. "The anti revenge alliance has been holding strong for nearly four weeks now, so I've been calm."

"Anti revenge alliance… You know, Nichelle and I have been thinking about how that's not really an alliance name. We've been together for so long that we really need one." Shawn says.

"What would you suggest?" Alejandro raises an eyebrow.

"Well, the opposite of wanting revenge is forgiving right? If we're the anti-revenge group, we should be the Forgiveness Alliance!" Shawn suggests.

…

Alejandro thinks about walking away, but he instead gives a smile. "That's a… wonderful suggestion!"

Confessional: Alejandro

"Forgiveness Alliance?" Alejandro shivers in disgust. "That is not a good name, but I want to work on my connection with Shawn, so insulting his name idea wouldn't be good."

Conf end

Confessional: Shawn

"Great pitch on my end, now we have a good official alliance name!"

Conf end

Elsewhere, we see Dakota laying near the lake. She has her feet in the water and is enjoying the feeling as Mike walks up and sits next to her. "Hi."

Dakota sits up. "Hi."

"I have a question… Do you feel a bit hopeless about our position on this team? I'm trying to build some inroads with the majority so we can survive, but I still feel like one of us is next." Mike frowns.

"I do feel like we're at risk, but there is still hope for us." Dakota replies. "Let's just agree to keep trying to work together and NOT throw each other under the bus."

"I can agree to that." Mike says before he and Dakota handshake.

Confessional: Dakota

"Me when I lie… oopsies. I need to prevent him from trying to do the same thing I'm doing."

Conf end

Confessional: Mike

"Things still feel bleak, but I'm going to try and stay positive."

Conf end

Cut to Orange Team

DJ is tending to the fire as Millie watches. She takes a deep breath and decides that now is probably the best time to try and clear the air. "Hey DJ… can we talk?" Millie requests. "About everything that's happened?"

"Alright." DJ nods before the duo walk off. "So… I assume we're going to talk about how we left each other in the dark about votes despite being day 1 allies?"

"Yup!" Millie nervously laughs. "I'm sorry about lying about the whole Caleb situation. Honestly, I was worried that you were plotting to blindside me after what happened with Priya. I panicked and threw Caleb under the bus because I thought it was him or me."

DJ takes in what he heard and sighs. "I'm sorry too. I should've clued you in earlier to Priya getting votes. I was conflicted on whether I should say anything, but then I ran out of time. We just need to have better communication with each other so something like this doesn't happen again. Do you think we can do that?"

Millie smiles. "I can."

Confessional: Millie

"I'm glad we could get our feelings out there in the open, because tension was brewing. Hopefully we can be a strong duo, and he could save me from the rapidly growing list of enemies I've made for myself. I need to bring the heat in this game!" Millie raises her arms before putting them down awkwardly. "Do people in my generation still say that? I'd get my phone out to check, but we weren't allowed to bring them."

Conf end

Confessional: DJ

"I was worried that the conversation would go wrong too, like everything involving Millie and I usually does. Surprisingly, it went well!"

Conf end

Cut to Chris standing in an open field

The Red, Purple, Green, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Lime, and Cyan teams walk into the field and step onto their team mats, awaiting the eliminated players. "Getting your first look at the new Gray Team… Amy voted out at their elimination." Chris says. Everyone turns to Sammy who smiles.

Confessional: Sammy

"I was conflicted on my feelings about beating her up, but I'm not conflicted at all about being happy to see her go! Good riddance, she can't try to vote me out or get payback now."

Conf end

Once the Gray Team is settled in, the Blue Team is next. "Getting your first look at the new Blue Team… Julia voted out at the last elimination."

This elimination gets a round of cheers from Kitty and the majority of the TDI 23/24 cast, MK obviously being an exception. MK glares at everyone who is happy while Chet takes note.

Confessional: Kitty, Bowie, Emma, Millie, Raj, Axel, Nichelle, Wayne, Chase

The cheering about this elimination continues as everyone is stuffed into the confessional while being happy about Julia's demise.

"Did we all just stuff ourselves in here together out of hatred for Julia?" Nichelle questions.

"Yes!" Everyone else answers together. Wayne tries to exit the confessional, but he can't get out as everyone is cramped inside. It tips over with everyone in it.

Conf end

Confessional: MK

"Screw these people, Julia leaving is not a thing to be cheering about!"

Conf end

Confessional: Chet

"Hm… half the Yellow Team was cheering about Julia leaving." Chet begins sniffing the air. "Do I smell a fresh recruit for my anti Yellow agenda?"

Conf end

Once the chaos is over, Chris begins explaining the next challenge. "This is going to be a simple game of hot potato! You will throw the hot potato in a circle until time is up. Whoever is holding the hot potato during that time earns a strike for their team. 3 strikes means a team loses the challenge. Are we clear?"

After everyone verbally confirms that we are indeed clear, everyone gets into a circle.

Confessional: Ryan

"I was going to try and talk to Chet about his offer, but this challenge doesn't really allow for that."

Conf end

Confessional: Staci

"My great great great aunt Monica invented hot potato! There was this one time at my cousin Marissa's wedding where we all played hot potato! That same wedding, the groom said 'I don't' and she cried for hours! Neat, huh?"

Conf end

Confessional: Lightning

"Sha-what the hell is this challenge? Can't we play football or something?"

Conf end

"Ok… go!"

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

During this round, the hot potato got passed from Kelly to Kitty to MK to Kitty to MK to Axel to MacArthur.

"WHAT?" MacArthur shouts in anger.

"That's a strike against Purple! Two more, and I'll be seeing you at another elimination."

Confessional: MacArthur and Sanders

"That girl is a PROBLEM!" MacArthur scowls.

"Please calm down…"

Conf end

Confessional: Axel

"Haven't forgotten what happened in the balloon challenge."

Conf end

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The potato was passed from Trent to Ellody to Lindsay to Tyler (she didn't realize that throwing it to your own teammates was dumb) to Gwen to Anne Maria to Mary.

"Crap." Mary looks annoyed.

"That's a strike against Pink!"

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The potato was passed from Alejandro to Staci to Alejandro to Staci to Alejandro to Staci to Alejandro to Staci to Alejandro to Staci.

"YES!" Alejandro cheers as some of Cyan look annoyed at Staci.

"That's a strike against Cyan!"

Confessional: Alejandro

"Ah, how I love redemption!"

Conf end

Confessional: Josee

"Okay, I'll give some credit for correcting that mistake."

Conf end

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The potato was passed from Jacques to Dwayne to Duncan to Lightning to Laurie to Miles.

Miles gasps. "WHAT?"

"You should've tried harder to not cook meat." Laurie shrugs, causing Miles to frown.

"That's a strike against Green!"

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The potato was passed from Jo to Heather to Chet to Emma23 to MK to Emma23 to MK to Emma23 to MK to Owen.

"Oh no!" Owen freaks out.

"Yes!" MK cheers.

"That's a strike against Yellow!"

Strike Board:

1: Purple, Green, Pink, Yellow, Cyan

0: Red, Blue, Orange, Gray, Lime

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The potato was passed from Wayne to Ella to Nichelle to Jasmine to Sierra to Mary to Sanders to Josee to Sanders to Jacques.

"Darn it!" Jacques rages.

"Nice job Sanders!" MacArthur smiles as the duo high five.

"Strike for Gray!"

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The potato was passed from Eva to Dwayne to Shawn to Zoey to Cody to EmmaRR to Tammy to Jo to Duncan to Jen to Sammy.

"No!"

"Another strike for Pink Team, one more will send them up for elimination."

Confessional: Mary

"Who approved this to be a challenge? It's a bit of a crapshoot."

Conf end

"Why don't we all just target Pink to put them up for elimination?" Max suggests out loud, earning glares from the all female team.

"You're just saying that because you want to have the most members!" Scarlett gazes menacingly, causing Max to shrink- somehow, he's already pretty small.

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The potato was passed from Max to Scarlett to Max to Scarlett to Max to Scarlett to Max to Scarlett to Max.

"UGH YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LOSE, SIDEKICK!" Max groans. Scarlett just laughs him off, satisfied with what happened.

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The potato was passed from Bowie to Zoey to Max to Scarlett to Max to Scarlett to Max to Scarlett to Courtney to Zoey to Scott to Sammy to Duncan to Wayne to Raj to Scarlett to Brick to Gwen to Max to Scarlett.

"Ha, I got my revenge!" Max cackles to an angry growl from Scarlett.

"Three strikes and you're OUT! Sorry Pink Team, but I'll be seeing you at elimination. Everyone from Pink, please exit the circle as we continue the challenge."

Confessional: Scarlett

"People better not be mad at me, this challenge had a lot of luck and I did score against Red."

Conf end

Confessional: Jasmine

"We have to bite the bullet and vote again… at least this time, we will get more than 5 seconds to make a choice."

Conf end

Confessional: Mary

"Well, it's time to make a decision. This might be rough folks."

Conf end

We cut back to the circle, but not before getting a compilation of Dwayne, Ellody, Ennui, Lindsay, and Staci (again) are shown earning strikes for their teams.

Strike Board:

3: Pink

2: Purple, Yellow, Cyan

1: Red, Blue, Green, Gray, Lime

0: Orange

"Three teams are neck and neck in the race for loserdom! Who will join Pink in voting out a member tonight?"

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The hot potato went from Axel to Dakota to MacArthur to Raj to Tom to Bowie to Jen to Owen to Duncan to Tammy to Devin to Mike.

"Oh crud!" Mike exclaims in disappointment.

"Another strike for Green!" Chris says to a confused look from Chet.

Confessional: Chet

"Why did Devin go for a green member and not a yellow one? Yellow would've lost if he just went for one of them!"

Conf end

Hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato you are out!

The hot potato went from Tammy to Chase to Kitty to Chet to Kitty to Chet to Bowie to Ryan to Bowie to Ryan to Noah to MK to Owen.

The Yellow Team gasps in horror as they realize they lost the challenge.

"This challenge is over! The Yellow Team will also lose a member tonight!" Chris says. "We will find out the 27th and 28th people voted out of Total Drama Ultimate."

Confessional: Noah

"Well crap… it's time to take this game into overdrive."

Conf end

Cut to Pink Team

We see Zoey, Sammy, Jasmine, Mary, and Gwen all talking.

"So… I hope this is a clear one." Jasmine says. "Scarlett is Scarlett, we should be able to get everyone on board and make it an 8-1 vote."

"Yeah, agreed." Sammy nods.

"She's been very quiet this season, which weirdly enough makes me more nervous than if she was openly threatening us." Zoey chuckles.

"Splendid, we have a plan. Should we split up to get the others on board?" Mary requests.

"Yeah, it makes sense." Gwen says.

"I can get Sky." Mary says.

"I'll get Emma." Sammy adds.

"I guess I can talk to Izzy, she's not that bad!" Zoey laughs.

As the group of five go their separate ways, Gwen grabs Mary's arm to indicate that she wants her to stay. "Can we talk?" Gwen requests.

"Sure, what do you need?" Mary questions.

"You'll… stay loyal tonight. Right?" Gwen asks. "You've been concerned the past few days about this alliance, I just want to make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Don't worry Gwen. I've been thinking about it more, and even if my positioning isn't the greatest in the alliance, our team is so dominant that I doubt that we will even lose enough times for me to go. Scarlett is a bigger danger." Mary assures.

"Alright…"

Confessional: Gwen

"I'm not sure how to feel about tonight. I trust Mary… ish. I don't think she's this flip liability, but the possibility is there. We just need to lock in at least one of Emma, Sky, or Izzy to join us to vote out Scarlett just in case she plans something."

Conf end

Confessional: Mary

"Sorry George Washington, but I did tell a lie!" Mary snorts at her own historical joke. "I need to make my move tonight."

Conf end

We cut to Zoey and Izzy. "Hehe yeah, Scarlett's a bitch!" Izzy agrees to Zoey's pitch.

"Thanks. Hopefully it's an easy 8-1." Zoey smiles.

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We cut to Sammy and EmmaRR. EmmaRR is chewing an apple as Sammy explains her plan. "Get rid of her before she explodes us? Yeah, easy choice." Emma smiles.

Confessional: EmmaRR

"Unfortunately, it's not that easy. I need Scarlett to still be here. It feels a bit weird to lie to Sammy right after the moment we had yesterday, but I know that she would cut me just as easily."

Conf end

We see Scarlett and Mary encounter each other in the woods. "Greetings Scarlett."

"Salutations Mary." Scarlett replies. "So…"

"We're thinking the same thing. The friend group has to be split up or the rest of us are doomed." Mary says, causing Scarlett to grin.

"Splendid, I don't need to point out anything." Scarlett says. "Anyways, I know that I'm basically at your mercy here because I know that Jasmine's group is likely voting for me. Just tell me who to vote for, then we can get Emma, Izzy, and Sky on board with it."

"Wow, I'm shocked you're letting me pick. We are voting for-"

Confessional: Scarlett

"I'm fine giving up control for a vote if it benefits my game. Who she said wasn't my first choice, but I can live with it as long as it's not me going home. I also have to keep up the illusion to Mary that me, Izzy, and Emma don't have our own alliance. She needs to think that she's not on the bottom of a potential group of five, though she and Sky definitely would be. Let the battle of the brainiacs begin!"

Conf end

We cut to Sky sitting alone by the lake, silent as she has usually been for the past few days. She isn't alone for long however, as Mary walks up and sits next to her. "Hey Sky… what's wrong? You've been by yourself a lot recently." Mary inquires.

"I… it's nothing."

"Well, evidently it's something, otherwise you wouldn't be acting like this." Mary replies, getting a sigh from Sky.

"Well for the past few days I've just been thinking about…"

"About?"

"Dave."

"Oh… don't you usually hate thinking about him?"

"I did, but it's a different feeling this time." Sky says. "Ever since you reminded me about what Jasmine did in episode 8 of our season, I've just felt different. She got so upset whenever I did anything nice… then I almost killed him during the challenge. I've been so angry for years about what he did in the finale, but I never really thought twice about what I did there!"

Mary takes in Sky's rant. "So you're having a change of heart? You feel guilty?"

"...maybe." Sky bites her lip. "I at least feel kind of bad for how I've acted all season. I've been very competitive and bitter about everything…"

"At least you're realizing your mistakes." Mary says. "I don't know if just Dave was the reason that you were bitter about the past, but-"

"No, it wasn't just him." Sky cuts in. "It was everything. Shawn getting the money and girl while me and Dave ended things horribly- not that I'm mad at Shawn, it just made what happened to me sting more. Chris being Chris. Scarlett trying to blow us up. I put so much effort into working with Sugar just for her to betray me. The whole drama with Keith. All of this and the public reaction after the season left me jaded. I disappointed a lot of people, including my family."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, some of my family were very clear in being mad at me. One of the only people who weren't completely upset with me was my sister, but part of me is worried that she'll be disappointed in how I've been acting so far." Sky admits. "That's the last thing I want to do…"

"I'm sure she won't be disappointed, you're on one of the best teams this season. That just shows how strong of a person you are. And you're reflecting on your mistakes, which is one of the best things you can do." Mary responds. Sky smiles in response, clearly being cheered up by the words. "Anyways, we need to talk about the vote."

"Scarlett?" Sky questions quickly.

"No, I need to tell you something. Gwen, Sammy, Jasmine, and Zoey have formed an alliance. We literally can't vote for Scarlett or we're doomed." Mary frowns.

"What? Really?" Sky's eyes widen. "Well… I guess it does make sense, they all seem close. Ugh, keeping Scarlett sounds awful."

"Indeed, but it must be done." Mary says. "So we have to vote for one of the other four."

"...I hate how petty this will sound, but maybe Jasmine?" Sky suggests.

"No, not Jasmine." Mary shuts down.

"Huh?"

"There's a bigger fish to fry."

Confessional: Sky

"I'm glad that Mary talked to me. I thought for sure I'd vote for Scarlett or Jasmine if we lost, but I'm not doing that tonight. Not gonna lie, maybe keeping Jasmine won't be bad. Maybe talking to her about my feelings of what happened back then could help? If I learned anything upon reflecting again on Pahkitew Island the past few days, it's that I need better communication."

Conf end

Confessional: Mary

"I thought that cracking Sky into not voting Scarlett or Jasmine would be harder than it was. Thankfully, I used the classic trick of bonding with someone in a non game related way before hard pivoting to the game. It's easier to convince someone to do what you want when they're having positive feelings about you moments prior. I do actually like Sky though and hope this plan goes smoothly."

Conf end

Cut to Yellow Team

We see Bowie, Emma23, Raj, Ennui, and Crimson all talking. "So… who are we thinking?" Bowie asks.

"Owen or Noah, please not Kitty!" Emma pleads.

"Uh… alright. She's cool anyways. Owen kind of did the worst today, maybe it should be him." Bowie suggests.

"Aw, he's so nice though." Raj frowns.

"So you want it to be Noah? That's okay, he isn't that good in challenges-"

"No, not Noah!" Raj firmly and quickly says.

"So… Owen?"

"I… I guess." Raj says.

"That's good with us, Owen is annoying." Ennui agrees.

Confessional: Raj

"This elimination sucks. I don't want to get rid of any of Kitty, Owen, or Noah, they're all really cool. Emma and Bowie would be disappointed if I didn't vote with them though, so I guess I have to."

Conf end

Confessional: Bowie

"This situation sucks, but we gotta maintain our numbers."

Conf end

We see Noah, Owen, and Kitty talking… well, it's actually Owen crying while crushing Noah and Kitty with hugs. "One of us is going home, I don't want to say goodbye yet!" he wails.

"LET GO!" Noah manages to squeeze out. Luckily for him, Owen obliges and lets the crushed duo out of his grip. "I think I can flip one of the people in the majority."

"You think you can flip one of the goths against Raj, Bowie, or Emma?" Kitty asks.

"Nope, it's something else."

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Later on, we see Emma and Kitty talking. "So… what happened to the last person you thought about setting me up with?" Emma asks.

"It was supposed to be Zee…" Kitty replies awkwardly. After a moment of silence, Emma bursts out laughing. It happens to be contagious, as Kitty joins in soon after.

"I can't be upset, that's kind of hilarious timing!" Emma laughs. After the duo compose themselves, Emma looks at Kitty. "I promise that we aren't writing your name down tonight. I know we aren't #1 allies, but we've gotten really close recently and I don't want you gone."

Kitty smiles. "Same here, I won't write your name down!" The pair embrace.

Confessional: Emma23

"I'm glad that Carrie's elimination didn't change Kitty and I's relationship. She's still been a great friend and I will move heaven and earth to make sure she stays for now."

Conf end

Confessional: Kitty

"I feel like our team is the least toxic team in the game. I feel pretty safe tonight thanks to my friendship with Emma!"

Conf end

We cut to Raj sitting alone as Noah walks up to him. "Hey…" Noah says. "Can we talk?"

"Of course!" Raj smiles.

"Can you be honest… is the vote on me?" Noah asks.

"No. You were brought up, but I managed to make sure you were safe." Raj says. "The target is Owen."

"I see." Noah responds, taking an internal sigh of relief at being safe, though he is still worried to hear his best friend is on the chopping block. "Would you consider voting for one of the Goths?"

Raj frowns. "Honestly… I want to vote for Crimson or Ennui."

"Then why don't you? Work with Kitty, Owen, and I to force a tie." Noah suggests.

"I… I don't know if I can do that. Bowie and Emma are my allies, and I think they'd be upset with me if I didn't vote with them." Raj looks disappointed.

"I doubt that they'd be that upset." Noah shrugs. "You can make decisions on your own, right?"

"What are you implying?" Raj asks, having caught on to the tone Noah had.

"I mean, you told me about wanting to not just be Bowie or Wayne's add on… not voting the way you want to because of Bowie seems like you just being Bowie's boyfriend and not Raj, but that's just me." Noah deadpans casually, causing Raj to tense up. Noah frowns a little, though it goes unnoticed.

"You think so?" Raj questions.

"I know so. You can date people and have your own agenda in the game, it's been done before. I mean, look at TDI24. Bowie was for cheating, you weren't. He did it anyway, you can vote a different way from Bowie at least once." Noah continues. Raj looks more upset after hearing what Noah said. "I'm not trying to be mean or anything, I'm just saying you don't have to just vote for Owen because that's what you've been told to do."

"I… maybe." Raj says quietly, the thoughts about TDI24 pouring into his mind.

"Besides… after our conversations, I'd be nice to work together on a vote."

Confessional: Noah

Noah groans. "Eughhhhhhhhh, I hate acting like Heather or Al or any other villainous try hard… but what other choice do I have? It's either use what Raj told me to get him to flip, or have Owen go home. I know how much Owen loves this game, I need to protect my core alliance."

Conf end

Confessional: Raj

Raj is seen thinking in the confessional. "The cycle of disappointing people is going to continue. No matter what I do, someone is going to be upset with me." Raj frowns.

Conf end

Cut to Pink Team at the campfire ceremony

"Welcome Pink! This is only your second ceremony, so I'm sure there is a lot of bad blood to settle. Let's vote and see who gets the short end of the stick."

Voting

"2nd time's the charm I hope." Jasmine says while holding her Scarlett vote.

"I'm sorry Scarlett, but you're the only person I feel good about voting for right now." Zoey says.

We get a quick cut of Gwen, Sammy, Mary, Sky, EmmaRR, Izzy, and Scarlett voting before we cut back to the campfire.

Voting Over

"If anyone has found a hidden immunity idol and wants to play it, now would be the time to do so…"

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"Alright. Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person voted out will have to leave the campfire ceremony immediately. I'll read the votes."

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"1st vote… Scarlett."

Scarlett taps her knee.

"2nd vote… Scarlett."

Scarlett bites her lip.

"3rd vote… Scarlett."

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"4th vote… Scarlett. That's 4 votes Scarlett."

Scarlett shakes her head.

"5th vote… Gwen."

Gwen sighs.

"6th vote… Gwen."

Gwen shakes her head upon seeing the second vote with her name. "Well, I'm out. Well played." she says out loud, causing Jasmine, Zoey, and Sammy to look worried.

"7th vote… Gwen."

Gwen nods.

"8th vote… Gwen. 4 votes Gwen, 4 votes Scarlett, 1 vote left…"

Jasmine, Zoey, and Sammy look at Gwen with confused expressions as Gwen seems accepting.

"27th person voted out of Total Drama Ultimate…"

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"Gwen. That's 5 votes, it's time for you to go!"

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Gwen just laughs a little while the rest of her alliance looks sad. "The moment I saw the 2nd vote with my name, I knew that was it. I played sloppily and made a mistake, so credit where it's due to the five of you." Gwen says to Mary, Emma, Scarlett, Izzy, and Sky.

"Apologies Gwen, but you know why I had to do it." Mary replies while Jasmine, Zoey, and Sammy look irritated.

"We'll see where your gameplay gets you, but I'll wish you luck." Gwen shrugs. Zoey stands up to give her friend a hug.

"I'll miss you…"

"I'll miss you too Zoey." Gwen hugs back. Sammy stands up and looks at Gwen.

"Thanks for standing up for me with the whole Amy situation." Sammy says.

"No problem. I'll make sure to give her hell at the Loser's Lounge." Gwen chuckles before walking out.

Confessional: Mary

"Why did I target Gwen when she was someone I had a connection with? Well, our connection was the problem. Either way, I was severing a tie with that group. Leaving Gwen in could be catastrophic, she would have information about my thinking process from early in the game that she could use against me. Also, I doubt the Jasmine, Zoey, and Sammy trio will be as burned since we weren't as close. Not like they can do anything to counter this new power structure anyways."

Conf end

Confessional: Sammy

"So… Mary wasn't really with us. She chose the wrong person to take out though." Sammy says as she pulls out her steal a vote. "Trust me, we are using this if we lose again."

Conf end

Confessional: Scarlett

Scarlett cackles. "I went from public enemy #1 to now being on top of the power structure on this team, how lovely. Emma and I ignored the Izzy stuff to focus on strategy today, but once we get that figured out, we will be the most powerful alliance in Total Drama history!"

Conf end

Pink Team exits and Yellow Team enters

"Ok, third time for you guys. Get voting and see who your next victim is!"

We get a quick cut of everyone voting before heading back to the campfire ceremony"

If anyone has found a hidden immunity idol and wants to play it, now would be the time to do so…"

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"Alright. Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person voted out will have to leave the campfire ceremony immediately. I'll read the votes."

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"1st vote… Ennui."

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"2nd vote… Ennui."

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"3rd vote… Ennui. That's 3 votes for Ennui."

Ennui doesn't react to any of this.

"4th vote… Owen."

Owen frowns.

"5th vote… Owen."

Owen looks like he's about to cry.

"6th vote… Owen. That's 3 votes Owen, 3 votes Ennui. 2 votes left."

Kitty puts a hand on Owen's shoulder.

"7th vote… Owen. That's 4 votes Owen, 3 votes Ennui, 1 vote left…"

Bowie gives an apologetic look to Owen, while the Goths still don't react.

"Last vote…:

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"Ennui."

Bowie, Emma, and surprisingly the Goths gasp.

"Huh?" Bowie questions.

"We're tied. Owen with 4, Ennui with 4. You will all revote. Owen and Ennui, since you're in the tie, you won't vote. The rest of you can only vote for Owen or Ennui. If it ties again, we will head to a tiebreaker challenge. Get to revoting!"

We get a quick cut of everyone revoting

"Alright. Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person voted out will have to leave the campfire ceremony immediately. I'll read the votes."

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"1st vote… Ennui."

Ennui looks at Bowie, Emma, and Raj in confusion.

"2nd vote… Owen."

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"3rd vote… Ennui."

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"4th vote… Owen. 2 votes Owen, 2 votes Ennui."

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"5th vote… Owen. 3 votes Owen, 2 votes Ennui, 1 vote left…"

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"Last vote… Ennui. We are deadlocked in a 3-3 vote. Chef, bring out the wheel!" Chris says. Chef appears out of nowhere with a giant wheel. "I've been waiting for this one. We will spin the wheel to determine the tiebreaker challenge. Whoever loses this challenge will go home. Chef, spin it!"

"My pleasure." Chef laughs as he spins the wheel. While the wheel is spinning, Bowie looks at Raj, who avoids his gaze.

The tiebreaker wheel lands on "Dig It!"

"What is that?" Kitty asks.

"We will head to the beach- that will be lit by torches so you can see. There are two sections of sand. There are five sandbags in each of your sections. Once you dig up all five sandbags, you will have to knock down five targets. The first person to knock down all five targets remains alive in this game, the loser goes home. Do we understand?" Chris asks.

"Yes!" Owen answers as Ennui simply nods.

Confessional: Noah

Noah takes a deep breath. "I can't believe that worked…"

Conf end

Confessional: Bowie

"Did- did Raj not vote with us?" Bowie asks with a heartbroken look.

Conf end

Confessional: Crimson

"Someone betrayed us and I'm not happy. I believe Ennui can do this." Crimson says with very slight emotion. You have to listen very closely, but it's there.

Conf end

We cut to Owen and Ennui on the beach while everyone else is spectating. "This challenge begins… NOW!"

Owen and Ennui both run out to dig for sandbags. Ennui is the quicker runner of the two and he instantly begins going to work in his area. "Come on Ennui." Crimson roots dryly.

"Wow, I can just feel your enthusiasm!" Emma comments out of nervousness. After a few moments, Ennui gets one of his sandbags. "You're doing good!"

"Come on Owen, get in it man!" Noah yells.

"I'm… tired." Owen pants in exhaustion, causing Noah and Kitty to share a worried glance.

"Don't give up!" Kitty encourages as Ennui finds a second sandbag.

"Just three more!" Emma cheers. Owen finds his first sandbag soon after, but he is clearly tired.

"I'm not used to this much exercise…" Owen complains. "I want a nap!"

"No napping, just keep at it!" Noah scolds. Bowie notes how quiet Raj has been.

Ennui finds his third sandbag. Emma could tell that Crimson seems invested in this despite her seemingly uninvested demeanor, so she puts a hand on the goth's shoulder. "He can do this."

Crimson doesn't respond.

Ennui finds his fourth sandbag. "Just one left!" Bowie shouts before Owen finds his second.

"Keep up the good work!" Kitty praises.

After a few more moments, Ennui grabs his fifth sandbag.

"We need to think of something!" Noah says to Kitty. Kitty watches as Ennui runs with his sandbags towards the targets.

"OWEN, IF YOU WIN THIS TIEBREAKER, THERE ARE FIVE BIG MACS ON ME!" Kitty suddenly yells. This grabs Owen's attention as Ennui begins throwing.

"REALLY?" he asks with a smile.

"Yes, now pick up the pace!" Kitty says. Owen does not need to be told twice as he goes lightning quick all of a sudden, getting his next two sandbags and Ennui knocks down his first target. "Just one more sandbag left!"

Owen finds his fifth and final sandbag and runs towards the targets as Ennui knocks his second one down. Crimson, Bowie, and Emma watch intently, wondering if Owen is going to catch up. Ennui misses his third throw as Owen hits his first.

"Oh no." Crimson says with the enthusiasm of a gamer girl who got her switch ripped apart by an old man. Ennui gets his sandbag back and manages to hit his third target, though Owen is closing the gap by hitting his second. Right after, Owen hits his third, leaving it all tied up.

"COME ON ENNUI!" Emma yells.

"REMEMBER THE BIG MAC!" Kitty reminds Owen.

Owen and Ennui hit their fourth target at the same time and notice that they're basically tied. Both throw their fifth sandbag. One hits, one misses.

"Oh, we have a winner!" Chris yells out. "The winner of this tiebreaker is…"

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"Owen! You remain in the game another day. Ennui, I'm sorry, but you're the 28th person eliminated from Total Drama Ultimate. I hope you enjoyed your stay, but it's time for you to go." Chris says. Ennui has a long sigh as Crimson walks up to him.

"You were doing so good, I thought you would win the tiebreaker." Crimson deadpans.

"I tried…" he replies. "Win this."

"I will."

Noah and Kitty run up to Owen and give him a hug. "Good job Big O!" Noah praises.

"You killed it! You can count on those big macs when we're out of this place!" Kitty smiles.

"Thanks guys, you're the best!" Owen says before looking at Raj. "Thank you, Raj, thanks for voting with us!"

Emma and Bowie look at Raj with disappointed looks which makes Raj grimace.

"Enough with the sappy stuff. Ennui, it's time you head to the dock of shame." Chris says. Ennui walks away as the camera cuts to Gwen tapping her foot waiting.

"What took so long?" Gwen asks.

"Tiebreaker."

"Oh neat, tell me about it." Gwen requests. Ennui seemingly doesn't want to at first, but Gwen is his favorite contestant, so he decides to spill as the boat takes this gothic duo away.

Confessional: Raj

"Yeah… I voted for Ennui. It didn't feel right voting for anyone else, and that talk with Noah gave me a push." Raj sighs while rubbing his head. "But like I predicted, Bowie and Emma seem disappointed. But if I voted for Owen, then I'd make Owen sad and disappoint Noah after he helped me… there's just no winning, is there? No matter what I did, multiple people would be upset. At least Ennui never seemed to care about the game…"

Conf end

We cut to Chris, who is alone at the campfire ceremony. "Two more spicy votes back to back, oh my!" Chris chuckles. "We bid farewell to two emos. How will Sammy, Jasmine, and Zoey respond to Mary's flip? How will Bowie react to Raj voting for a different person? Find out the answers to all of this and more on the next episode of Total… Drama… Ultimate!"

Author's Note: And that's a wrap for the longest episode since the first two! I expected this to be one of the shortest going in... boy was I wrong, I was typing away for hours and adding more scenes lol. If I made any mistakes, I can fix it later when I wake up.

Gwen- This is an elimination that I thought would happen a lot later when I first was making plans, but I'm fine with her being an earlier boot. She's one of the five screen hogs of Total Drama, she wrapped up her arc with Duncan and Amy, made some new friends, and her shaky alliance with Mary reached its logical conclusion. Despite her making it far multiple times, she has never exactly been the most active player in terms of move making, and winning in this timeline doesn't exactly make her more motivated. She didn't become friends with Courtney, but they had a good moment in episode 4 and that situation was described as a "maybe this could happen" and hardly a guarantee anyways. Overall, I'm happy with the role she played this season and now another winner is gone. Fun fact though: She and one of the episode 15 boots got their elimination episode swapped. A certain Pink Team storyline has been in limbo because I've been holding off this boot for too long, so I pushed it forward to finally get that going again.

Ennui- Not the most relevant, but he filled his role well enough. If I'm being honest, I would've liked him gone a bit sooner, but I knew it'd be unrealistic for him to leave when Carrie did, so I kept him around.

1. Thoughts on this eliminated pair? Who are you sadder about leaving?

2. What was your favorite scene of this episode?

3. Which team was your favorite/least favorite this episode?

4. Which individual is your favorite?

5. Which two players do you think are going home next episode?

Remaining Players:

Red Team: Harold, Leshawna, Bridgette, Geoff, Devin, Brick, Courtney, Max, Scott

Purple Team: Tyler, Lindsay, Cody, Sanders, MacArthur, Chet

Blue Team: Tammy, MK, Dwayne, Ella

Green Team: Dakota, Mike, Shawn, Nichelle, Josee, Alejandro, Miles

Pink Team: Mary, Zoey, Sammy, Jasmine, EmmaRR, Sky, Izzy, Scarlett

Orange Team: Katie, Sadie, Millie, DJ, Dawn, Ezekiel, Laurie, B

Yellow Team: Raj, Bowie, Emma23, Kitty, Owen, Noah, Crimson

Gray Team: Axel, Chase, Duncan, Blaineley, Heather, Jacques, Sugar

Lime Team: Lightning, Wayne, Ryan, Eva, Jo, Junior, Ellody, Sierra

Cyan Team: Kelly, Taylor, Jen, Tom, Anne Maria, Trent, Justin, Staci

Gen 1- Ezekiel, Eva, Noah, Justin, Katie, Sadie, Tyler, Izzy, Cody, Courtney, Harold, Trent, Bridgette, Lindsay, DJ, Geoff, Leshawna, Duncan, Heather, Owen, Blaineley, Sierra, Alejandro

Gen 2- Staci, Dakota, B, Dawn, Brick, Anne Maria, Mike, Jo, Scott, Zoey, Lightning

Gen 3- Sammy, Ella, Scarlett, Max, Jasmine, Sugar, Sky, Shawn

Gen 4- Tammy, Ellody, Mary, Laurie, Miles, Tom, Jen, Kelly, Taylor, Chet, Dwayne, Junior, Crimson, Ryan, Devin, Emma, Kitty, Jacques, Josee, Sanders, MacArthur

Gen 5- Axel, Nichelle, MK, Wayne, Raj, Chase, Emma, Millie, Bowie

Elimination Order:

100th- Jay- Blue Team- 7-3

99th- Spud- Cyan Team- 6-3-1

98th- Beardo- Gray Team- 9-1

97th- Cameron- Green Team- 5-4-1

96th- Leonard- Blue Team- 6-2-1

95th- Lorenzo- Yellow Team- 9-1

94th- Mickey- Blue Team- 6-2

93rd- Beth- Purple Team- 5-4-1

92nd- Topher- Cyan Team- 5-2-1-1

91st- Rock- Purple Team- 8-1

90th- Gerry- Blue Team- 5-2

89th- Priya- Orange Team- 5-4-1

88th- Dave- Pink Team- 5-2-1-1-1

87th- Ripper- Gray Team- 6-3

86th- Scary Girl- Green Team- 8-1

85th- Pete- Blue Team- 5-1

84th- Sam- Green Team- 5-3

83rd- Carrie- Yellow Team- 5-4

82nd- Rodney- Lime Team- 9-1

81st- Brody- Red Team- 4-3-2-1

80th- Damien- Purple Team- 4-2-2

79th- Caleb- Orange Team- 4-2-2-1

78th- Zee- Purple Team- 6-1

77th- Stephanie- Lime Team- 6-3

76th- Amy- Gray Team- 3-3-2, 6-0 revote

75th- Julia- Blue Team- 3-2

74th- Gwen- Pink Team- 5-4

73rd- Ennui- Yellow Team- 4-4, 3-3 revote, lost tiebreaker to Owen

That's all for now, thanks for reading!