Episode 38!
kirbykid13- Sorry for the depression
Lacueva- Good work on catching the Emily shoutout. I knew you'd love Mary abuse!
Mortal01- I liked the acting scene, glad you feel similar. Everyone mentioning Lightning about that Cody scene lol. Casual Tammy slander. Lightning drowned to death because of Millie, RIP.
Andrew1- We'll see if those predictions come true
Red Rain- Mary literally anytime someone tells her something: WRITE THAT DOWN!
CMC- We'll see relatively soon
Omega Leonidas- You're about to see who won't come out on top
Joel Connell- It's fine, glad you're reviewing. Not to be shady, but how is Sammy focusing on the game over romance unexpected. She has shown 0 signs of being interested in anyone all season lol. Glad you liked that one outburst with Shawn. We'll see about Cody
TheBigOrangeLiam864- I fear that she never became the power player that people predicted.
Recap
"Last time on Total Drama Ultimate… Nichelle gave the other Forgiveness Alliance members some acting classes so they could make sure Noah doesn't play an idol if he finds one. Elsewhere, Mary got Raj to spill about his past with Noah, I'm sure that won't backfire. Tammy and Scott had a somewhat tense conversation that actually ended peacefully. Cody and Sammy talked about who they found attractive, while Lightning and Millie had an argument after Millie put out the fire. In an automatic elimination challenge, a lot went down. Scott is potentially joining the Forgiveness Alliance. Sugar and Raj's odd duo continued to have conflict. Shawn blew up at Sammy and Nichelle as he was tired of their conflict. In the end though, we bid farewell to Kitty after Chet cut open her bag and ruined her diamonds. 17 are left. Who will go home this time? Find out on this brand new episode of… Total… Drama… Ultimate!"
Intro
Day 73
Cut to Earth Team
We see Mary, Tammy, Raj, and Staci gathered in an area with tall grass. "Greetings." Mary says, the woman who orchestrated this get together.
"What did you need us for?" Tammy questions, wanting Mary to get straight to the point.
"I'll be blunt. I feel that the four of us will make for a good alliance to pick Scott off if we lose and go into the merge as a strong group that people would underestimate." Mary states.
"Do we look like a good alliance?" Tammy asks while looking at Staci.
"Hey, don't look at me! I'm not the one who believes in magic, none of my relatives invented that." Staci shrugs.
"The point is that we don't look like a good alliance on paper." Mary says, causing Raj to give a blank stare to the camera.
Confessional: Raj
"I lasted just as many episodes in my worst season as those three did COMBINED in theirs, no way I'm being compared to them! Was I really that unstrategic?"
Conf end
"Well… I guess you have a point." Tammy concedes.
"We're the 'outcasts' of this game. We were seen as bad players who aren't quite as good as others just because of our first performances, so we need to stick together to take out the bigger threats once the merge hits." Mary says, though her wording causes Raj to give another blank look to the camera. "Can't you all agree with that?"
"No!" Staci disagrees.
"What-"
"Just kidding!" Staci laughs.
"I'm in." Tammy says casually.
"What about you, Raj?" Mary questions.
"Alright." Raj nods slowly. "I guess that makes sense to do, and it gets us through another round!"
"Splendid. I am pleased that you gave me your time, now I must make my exit." Mary states before doing exactly that.
Confessional: Mary
"Raj did make the merge twice, but I want to subtly break down his easily shatterable confidence by comparing him to people like Staci, Tammy… and unfortunately myself. I can admit I didn't exactly have a five star performance in the race. Anyways, I want to do it so he feels like a bottom of the barrel player that needs the alliance to survive. I've been thinking of making up some lies about what Bowie told me on the Amber Team to fully break him down. A weak mind could become a fully loyal one, just look at Staci. We'll see what happens, but I formed the Outcasts alliance to make sure Scott departs from the competition next. I know Staci will be loyal, and I doubt Raj and Tammy have any plans to defect either."
Conf end
Confessional: Tammy
"Do I trust the Outcasts? No. If it helps me, I can use them, but there's no way I'm going to pledge loyalty. For all I know, Mary is the second coming of Julia or Courtney." Tammy says, showing more awareness than she did early on in the game.
Conf end
Staci also walks off, leaving Raj and Tammy alone.
…
"We should probably talk." Tammy says out of the blue.
"You should probably take a tall glass of SHUT THE FUCK UP JUICE!" Raj yells, startling Tammy.
"I- what?!"
Raj laughs. "I'm just kidding, I got a random memory of Dawn being mean in that one personality shift challenge!"
"I- the only thing that happened for my team was Axel liking animals." Tammy replies. "But for real, we should talk."
"True! We've barely spoken somehow despite three of our teammates being eliminated and us being allied." Raj agrees.
"Glad we're on the same page there." Tammy replies. There is an awkward moment of silence. "What do we talk about actually? We have nothing in common."
"Yeah, we do!"
"Like?"
"We both breathe oxygen." Raj states.
"That is true… but everyone does that." Tammy deadpans. "What do you like to do?"
"Hockey."
"...should've seen that answer coming." Tammy laughs at herself.
"What do you like to do?" Raj asks.
"Take a guess from my team's name in the Ridonculous Race." Tammy replies.
"Play Tennis?" Raj guesses. "I loved the Tennis Rivals!"
Tammy looks confused. "Huh? That's not it!"
"Go to hippie conventions?" Raj guesses again. "The Vegans were one of my favorite teams, you were great in it!"
"Are you joking?" Tammy asks, causing Raj to sigh.
"Um… no offense, but I don't really remember what you did on the Ridonculous Race. I was just guessing random things." Raj says apologetically. "You can tell me now though, I'll remember!"
"LARP."
"What is that?"
"Nevermind." Tammy doesn't feel like elaborating.
"What happened to your partner from that show?" Raj inquires.
"Leonard? He was eliminated on Day 6." Tammy states.
"Oh. Aren't you sad about that?"
"Of course, but at some point, you have to move forward." Tammy says. "I just have to focus on winning. What about your friend though? Didn't you say being separated would be terrible in Rematch? You've seemed to handle his elimination better than I expected you to."
"I didn't choose him at the start for a reason, I wanted to be more independent. His elimination does make me sad though, but it's not like I'm going to show it too much." Raj replies.
"Why?"
"Um… being vulnerable about your current feelings doesn't end too well sometimes, that's why I only mention past stuff now. It's a lesson I learned the hard way this season." Raj answers awkwardly.
"Relatable." Tammy says while thinking of the Blue Team. Emos everywhere agree with these two on the subject of feelings. "Doesn't it suck to become more jaded and untrusting of people because of this game?"
"Yeah…"
"..."
"…"
"What do you think of the Outcasts alliance Mary came up with?" Raj decides to change the subject to something else to break the awkwardness.
"Uh… we'll see what happens with it." Tammy answers, unsure of how to answer this question without making her suspicions clear.
"I guess… shouldn't we be finding someone to replace Kitty with though for our trio?" Raj asks.
"Fair point… which would mean Scott." Tammy grimaces. "I'm not sure how much I can trust him, but maybe it's an option worth exploring."
"Yeah! We'll see what happens."
After another bout of silence, the duo decide to call the conversation off.
Cut to Water Team
We see Millie and Sammy walking together as it is lightly sprinkling. "We could get sick out here." Millie worries.
"We always can get sick, we're not at a bigger risk than normal. At least we have rain jackets." Sammy smiles.
"True that." Millie nods in agreement. There is a moment of silence before Millie takes a deep breath. "Is it bad that I feel guilty about Kitty's elimination?"
"Uh, not really. But why do you feel guilty?" Sammy inquires.
"I would've been eliminated if Chet and MK didn't unfairly cut her bag. It feels that her elimination was undeserved." Millie frowns.
"Well… it's a good thing they did cut her bag." Sammy puts a hand on her shoulder, causing Millie to look shocked.
"I'm surprised you feel that way." Millie raises an eyebrow.
Sammy shrugs. "I feel bad for Kitty, and no one deserves to go out like that, but for the sake of our team keeping its numbers, that was the smart thing to do. I'd consider myself relatively ethical, but I'm not above dirty tactics." Sammy states, her poisoning Amy comes to mind.
"I guess that makes sense…"
"Maybe I'm just happy because you're still here." Sammy smiles, though it doesn't take long before her face gets serious. "But we need to ensure your safety… and I'm going to have to be blunt with you."
Millie bites her lip. "What are you going to say? I'm nervous now that you said that!"
"You need to step it up. Lightning has been talking nonstop about how you aren't good at challenges and I… erm… can't disagree." Sammy says awkwardly. Millie frowns in response. "The things he says are objectively right. You were the first one out in the eating challenge, you were one of the only ones to not make it up the castle, and you only barely beat someone who had to collect twice as many diamonds as you. If you keep up these bad performances, I can't make a case to save you without the target also being on me. I'm not trying to be mean, but does that make sense?"
Millie sighs. "You're 100% correct, and so is Lightning. That really frustrates me, I know that I'll never be as good as most of you in physical challenges. Every phase I worry for my safety because I know that I'm a burden. I wish I was better." she self reflects.
"Just try your best in these upcoming challenges! Maybe you can carry the team to victory." Sammy tries to be encouraging.
"I'll try my best!" Millie vows. "But if I can't perform in the challenges, we will need a backup."
"The idol?"
"The idol."
"Well, let's get searching." Sammy says.
Confessional: Millie
"Sammy is right. It's time to step it up!"
Conf end
Confessional: Sammy
"I wasn't wrong. You can only make the case for someone so many times before it ends up being a case against you. If Millie can't perform and the whole team wants her out for it, I won't stick my neck out for her."
Conf end
We cut to Cody, Lightning, Chet, and MK- the new Operation: TYTO- all sitting together in the tent. There is a weird energy as Chet and MK look awkward. Lightning shows off some squirrel meat. "The Lightning has some meat, do y'all want some?" he says while already giving a big chunk to Cody, the smaller man clearly needing it.
"I do." Chet says. Lightning hands some to him.
"What about you?" Lightning looks at MK, who has a frown on her face.
"Uh… no thanks, I'm not hungry." MK declines.
"Alright, more for us!" Chet smiles.
"Yes, I bet you're happy about that." Lightning comments. "Anyways, what's got you so upset?"
"Is it that you two kind of screwed Kitty over in a bit of an unfair way?" Cody asks.
MK rolls her eyes. "Oh please, like you didn't screw so many people over in pvp on forestcraft due to hacking."
"You taught me those hacks!"
MK sighs. "Whatever. Maybe it is about Kitty. This is going to sound crazy, but I feel… somewhat bad!"
Cody and Lightning gasp. "MK? Having feelings?!" Cody looks shocked.
"I know, I must be dying." MK pulls at her hair. "She saved me from a bear, and then she was eliminated that day because of us!"
Cody frowns. "Hearing that you did that sucked. If someone saved me from a bear, especially after my incident back in season 1, I wouldn't dare do that."
"I didn't want to do it after that happened!" MK snaps. "Chet and I had the plan to break her backpack, but I just assumed that we'd stop after the bear showed up! He cut her bag anyway."
Cody and Lightning look at Chet. "Not that I care about Kitty since we needed our team to have numbers, but what did she even do?" Lightning asks.
"She was on the Yellow Team." Chet explains.
"Oh right, isn't that why you wanted Emma gone so much too?" Cody questions.
"Yes." Chet nods before frowning. "But I feel a bit bad. Emma said something about my anti-Yellow agenda being too much, which I brushed off, but Kitty's reaction to being eliminated hit me a little… UGH! It's Yellow Team propaganda, they must be doing something to hack my brain!"
"I doubt that's happening." MK deadpans.
"You hate them for eliminating Lorenzo, right?" Cody asks.
"Mhm."
"It's been 67 days! Why are you holding a grudge for this long anyways? You're acting like they bombed Lorenzo instead of just voting him out in a game where you're meant to vote other people out. Sabotaging people who voted out your brother- probably for being sexist- is silly." Cody shakes his head, clearly flabbergasted by this anti Yellow agenda.
Chet sighs. "I'm someone who struggles to not hold a grudge, it's in my DNA." he frowns. "I hate that I feel bad about Kitty."
"That makes you someone who regrets a bad action, that's a normal human thing." Cody says.
"I know… but feeling bad about a Yellow Team member? It goes against what I've been doing for months!"
"It may be time to move on." Cody says.
"I don't know how…"
"I have a sha-idea!" Lightning suddenly exclaims.
"What is a 'sha-idea'? That sounds stupid." MK deadpans.
"So does your raspy smoker voice." Lightning shades.
"At least I don't sound like someone who's balls never dropped." MK shades back.
"SHA-WHAT?" Lightning says in the highest pitched tone possible. "I'm about to come over there and-"
"WHAT'S YOUR IDEA?" Chet yells, wanting to hear what Lightning has to say.
"We need to get you a Yellow Team therapist!"
Everyone looks at Lightning like he's stupid.
"Wow, you're somehow dumber than I thought." MK facepalms.
"No, it's a good idea! He sounds traumatized about Yellow Team members even existing, isn't therapy supposed to be helpful to get over it?" Lightning explains further.
"Do you go to therapy?" MK asks.
"My family says therapy is for weak people and I'm NOT weak." Lightning flexes. "Anyways, if we can get someone for Chet to talk about his Yellow Team hatred with, he can work out ways for him to not hate them anymore!"
MK and Cody share an unamused glance, but Chet beams. "That sounds like a great idea!"
Confessional: Cody
"That sounds stupid… but if Chet can get over his Yellow Team hatred, that would actually be good."
Conf end
Confessional: Lightning
"I'm a hero!"
Conf end
Confessional: Chet
"This could work… maybe. Do I even want to change? Maybe the Yellow Team needs DEATH!"
…
"Okay, a bit too far."
Conf end
We see Sugar crawl into the tent, somehow fitting in without issues. "Hey ya deer dongs!" Sugar greets. Everyone gives her an annoyed stare. "What's going on? Are y'all talking about what you did to the kat?"
"Kitty?" MK says her real name.
"Kitty, puppy, pigeon, whatever! Answer the question!" Sugar says.
"We're getting Chet a yellow team therapist." Cody says dryly, still thinking the idea is stupid.
"Ya dumbasses, there aren't any therapists on this island!" Sugar rightfully points out.
"We can find one, don't worry!" Lightning says. The Lightning, Sugar, and Cody trio continue the conversation as MK has a curious look.
Confessional: MK
"Looking at those three… part of me worries about having Sugar around. She was on the same phase 2 team as Lightning and Cody, what if they have her in their back pocket?"
Conf end
Confessional: Sugar
"Therapy in general is only for mentally insane freaks! You don't need therapy, just think positive!"
Conf end
Cut to Fire Team
We cut to Nichelle and Josee walking around. "Whoever thought that this camp setting was a good idea needs to be fired." Josee says angrily. "There's like no shade here."
"Ugh, I know, right?" Nichelle replies. "Anyways, we need to discuss something."
"We are not acting out Slug Slayers: 4 again." Josee shuts down.
"I wasn't going to suggest that." Nichelle shakes her head. "I have a plan to make Noah feel safe. You and Alejandro will pretend like you want to work with him, and Shawn and I will do the same thing! We need to make him think he's the swing vote instead of the one in control if you catch my drift."
"Don't worry, I do." Josee nods. "Should be easy enough."
"Truth. Anyways, I feel like ranting about someone."
"Do I have to listen-"
"Yes!"
Confessional: Josee
"Apparently she can't rant about her Sammy problems to Shawn anymore, so she's telling me about them. How fun."
Conf end
Confessional: Nichelle
"I think my Noah plan is pretty good!"
Conf end
We see Alejandro and Shawn looking for food together. "I wish there were berries around here." Shawn sighs.
"I prefer meat, berries alone won't keep my natural amazing physique." Alejandro puts in a subtle brag about himself.
"I like meat too, but berries really remind me of Jasmine. We first talked to each other because we'd meet up when foraging back in our season. I miss having her around, we haven't really gotten to be around each other in months because of this show." Shawn frowns.
Alejandro frowns back. "I know that feeling too well. I haven't spoken to Heather in months either."
Shawn has a look of surprise. "You know… you don't really talk about Heather that much in general."
"I'm able to remain 100% game focused, even if I miss her. You don't exactly talk about Jasmine 24/7 either." Alejandro replies.
Shawn has a guilty look. "I know, I know. I still feel kind of bad about our last conversation."
Alejandro raises an eyebrow. "What happened?"
"I pretended like this alliance didn't exist because I was worried that she would be upset that I was working with people like you and Josee. No offense, but you don't have the best reputation around." Shawn says.
"I understand, most of the All Stars cast hated me because of it." Alejandro gives a bitter laugh at his game that season.
"Yeah, but she doesn't know that you and Josee aren't really that bad when we get to know you. She got eliminated right after I lied, then I sided against Sammy at a few eliminations. I'm kind of worried that she's going to be mad at me when we see each other again." Shawn worries.
"Don't worry, she'll be chill. Screw each other over, then make up when the game is done!" Alejandro gives a reassuring smile. This does nothing to ease Shawn's worries though.
"Uh… she held a grudge at me for hitting her with a dueling stick in a challenge about hitting people with a dueling stick." Shawn replies awkwardly.
"Oh… so it's not like Heather and I or those lesbians?" Alejandro doesn't remember MK and Julia's names.
"It's not."
"That's sad, I think our type of relationship is the best relationship." Alejandro shrugs in response.
"I guess… but maybe she won't be mad."
"She shouldn't be. You've been dating for years, and this is for 10 million dollars. I'm sure things will work out, especially if you win." Alejandro replies before noticing an animal. "There's a pig, let's go get it!"
Confessional: Alejandro
"More couples should be like Heather and I."
Conf end
Confessional: Shawn
"I'm probably overthinking, Alejandro is right."
Conf end
Day 74
Cut to Earth Team
We see Mary and Staci looking annoyed as some birds flock towards them. "I used to consider myself curious about nature… now I think I dislike it." Mary disapproves as she looks around.
"I'll tell God to get these birds out of here, don't worry!"
"Alright." Mary doesn't decide to further comment on that. There is a moment of silence before Staci speaks up.
"I like your bracelet." Staci points towards it in a rare moment of her not roasting someone.
"Thanks, I got it at the dollar store. Anyways, I have a question. What did you think about that whole Kitty situation? People seemed kind of shocked by Chet and MK." Mary inquires.
"It doesn't shock me!" Staci replies.
Mary raises an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Chet was crying about hating Yellow Team people during that castle challenge like a little bitch, haha!" Staci laughs.
"Hm… so you think this was some malicious act?" Mary asks.
"Of course I do."
"Huh… do you think you can try to get more information about this?" Mary questions. Staci nods in agreement before the duo separate.
Confessional: Staci
"Detective Staci on the case, haha! My relative Sherlock would be proud."
Conf end
After walking away from Staci, Mary ends up stumbling upon Scott, who is looking in some tall grass. "Salutations Scott, what action are you currently partaking in?" Mary asks. Scott ignores her and keeps looking. "I formulated a question, it's only common politeness to receive a response."
Scott looks up. "What do you think I'm doing?"
"Searching for an idol?"
"Exactly."
"Hm, shocked you didn't lie about it."
"You're smart enough to not believe me." Scott calmly replies.
"Fair enough. Why are you looking though, do you feel like you're in danger?" Mary questions.
"Why wouldn't I feel that way after you broke apart the alliance by framing Courtney of making that chart?" Scott gives a stern glare, causing Mary to have a momentarily surprised look.
"That's a serious accusation to make about me." Mary frowns. "Like I said, I had no way of knowing about that alliance. There's no way I could've made a chart to expose it."
"Sure…" Scott draws out. "I know you're lying."
"I would not commit a miscarriage of justice by being anything short of forthcoming of my intentions, but even if I did… why would you tell me this to my face?" Mary taps her foot on the ground. "That just seems unwise of you."
"I'm annoyed at what you did to Courtney, and I know you're targeting me anyways."
"That's not necessarily true." Mary replies, though both know that's a lie.
Confessional: Scott
"Finding the idol is one thing, but another would be to find something that would expose Mary…" Scott ponders an idea before gasping. "I may have an idea!"
Conf end
Confessional: Mary
"Hm, so he's trying to pose a challenge? I suppose I've been relatively unchallenged for an extended period of time, this could be a cute detour to test my brain a little."
Conf end
Cut to Water Team
"Alright nerd, you got this!" Lightning encourages Millie as they and Cody head into the tent together.
"Why are you wanting me to fill this role?" Millie asks.
"You seem smart, Millie. I'm sure that you'll have some useful things to say." Cody replies. The camera pans to Chet.
Millie clears her throat. "Hello. I am therapist Millie, ready to help you get over your Yellow Team obsession."
Chet frowns. "Why is she the therapist? She's a Yellow Team sympathizer!"
"I voted Emma out, didn't I?!" Millie questions. Chet sighs.
"I guess you're right… maybe you're not a complete sympathizer." Chet relents.
"Alright, we need to figure out the root of the problem- boys, can you please leave? This isn't group therapy." Millie gestures for Cody and Lightning to leave, so they do. "Anyways Chet, what is the cause of your hatred?"
"They voted Lorenzo out." Chet says. Duh.
"Alright." Millie writes onto her hand.
"Are you carrying a pen?"
"No, I'm just drawing on my hand with nothing to make it seem like I'm doing something important." Millie admits. "Anyways, you've been resenting them since that incident. When you see a Yellow Team member, what do you want to do?"
"PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE."
"That is assault." Millie casually states as she notes what she just heard. "What feeling did you get to either see the Yellow Team lose, or one of their members get eliminated?"
"Good, but I wish I also got to punch them in the face!" Chet admits.
"I see. Were you in on voting out Crimson?"
"Yes! I just wish I got to punch her in the face!"
"Oh my." Millie deadpans, seemingly not shocked by this. "Did you vote for Emma?"
"I- what do you think?" Chet asks. "You were literally there."
"Oh, right." Millie laughs at herself. "Answer anyways."
"No, I voted for you."
"WHAT?"
"Just kidding, I voted out Emma. I just wish that I-"
"Punched her in the face? Yeah." Millie nods. "So, we can conclude that you're vengeful, but we didn't need any therapy to come to that conclusion. The important thing is helping you STOP being so vengeful. What calms you down?"
"Punching people in the-"
"Say something not violent." Millie cuts him off.
"Playing video games, gymnastics, looking at the necklace my mom gave me before we moved away from my dad, things like that." Chet answers.
"I don't know much about video games as I'm old school in that sense- and they're not here on the island- but I think gymnastics and the necklace can come into play here." Millie says. "Whenever you think of the Yellow Team and get mad, look at the necklace or jump around or whatever gymnastics stuff is… I don't know a lot about it."
"SHOCKER." a voice from outside the tent says, clearly belonging to Lightning.
"Anyways… we'll see if those anger techniques work for you. We can discuss more on how to move past it in a future session!"
Confessional: Millie
"I can't believe that I'm someone's literal therapist now-"
Conf end
Confessional: Chet
"Hm… maybe Millie has some good lessons to teach!"
Conf end
Elsewhere, we see Sammy looking up at the clouds with a frown on her face. She hears footsteps and a voice soon after. "It's gonna rain again soon, huh?" MK walks in.
"Yeah." Sammy frowns. "We won't ever get a break from it, will we?"
"Probably not."
There is an awkward moment of silence.
"Alright, I know that I probably don't come off as the most trustworthy after what happened with Kitty, but we need to talk." MK says.
"About?"
"Have you noticed that Cody, Lightning, and Sugar are all from the same phase 2 team?"
"Yes." Sammy states in a 'no shit' tone.
"I feel like we need to take Sugar out next." MK states.
Sammy smiles. "She annoys me a lot, so I wouldn't mind."
Cut to Fire Team
We see Noah sitting by himself near a rock. Nichelle and Shawn are watching him from a distance. "Remember, we need him to think that we are all going to turn on each other. If I hear another nasally syllable when you try to pitch this to him, I'm going to cry." Nichelle says.
"I wasn't even nasally." Shawn shakes his head. "Whatever, I'll go talk to him."
With that, Shawn walks over to Noah and waves. Noah looks up and waves back. "Hi, Shawn." he greets.
"Hey!" Shawn greets back as he sits next to Noah. "So… you had a close call yesterday, in the mine, huh?"
"Yeah, I was nearly eliminated." Noah nods.
"How did you do so badly? Did an animal slow you down or something?" Shawn asks.
"Uh… yeah. That is exactly what happened." Noah lies, not wanting to mention that he took so long because he found an idol clue which led to him getting the idol.
"Glad you're okay… and that no one cut your bag." Shawn states. Noah gives an annoyed sigh at this. "Too soon?"
"A bit. I'm feeling a lot more pressure on me to win this now, it's all up to me to help Emma." Noah looks a bit worried.
"That makes sense, you never want to feel like you let your girlfriend down." Shawn agrees, thinking back to his earlier conversation with Alejandro.
"Yeah…"
There is a moment of silence before Shawn speaks up. "If you don't want to let Emma down though, maybe you should consider this deal." Shawn says. Noah gives him a curious look, which is a cue for Shawn to continue. "Remember how you wanted me to protect you? For the past few days, I've been talking to Nichelle. I've been trying to convince her that going int situation if we lose again would be a bad idea, since it would be a tough tiebreaker against either Alejandro or Josee. Working with you to take one of them out would be our best bet, and she finally agreed with me earlier today. What do you say about taking one of them out if we lose?"
Noah looks surprised for a moment before smiling. "You're serious?"
"Of course! I fought to make sure that they'd keep Jen over you, didn't I?" Shawn replies. The duo shakes hands.
Confessional: Shawn
"I nailed that performance, screw what Nichelle says about my acting!"
Conf end
We cut to later in the day. Noah is again sitting alone like the emo he is, but this time Alejandro and Josee are the ones watching him from afar. After a very similar talk to what Nichelle and Shawn had, Alejandro walks up to Noah.
"Hello." Alejandro greets.
"Hi." Noah says in a less friendly way than he did to Shawn.
"Hi…" Alejandro repeats his greetings wearily after catching Noah's tone.
"You already greeted me-"
"Sorry, I'll just get to the point." Alejandro states, showing a little bit of frustration on his face. "I'm sure you've noticed the state of this team. The four of us are against you."
"Wow, are you sure?" Noah responds sarcastically.
"Snark won't help the situation out… but maybe my pitch will." Alejandro says, causing Noah to look alert.
"I'm listening."
"I'm close with Shawn and Nichelle, but what if I said that I didn't feel comfortable going into a possible tiebreaker with them? Nichelle has expert training on a lot of physical activities, while Shawn's survival skills speak for themselves. One bad roll of the tiebreaker wheel, and my game would be toast." Alejandro states. "You, me, and Josee could blindside one of them when they least expect it. What do you say?"
Noah smiles. "Well, I don't have anything to say but yes!"
Confessional: Alejandro
"Obviously, that wasn't true."
Conf end
Confessional: Noah
"I went from being on the bottom this whole time to possibly being the swing vote that dictates who goes home next. I was lying to Alejandro though when I said I'd vote with him, because I trust Shawn more than that eel. Not to mention, he came to me first."
Conf end
Cut to the challenge
We see Chris standing in an open field. We then see everyone walk in at once, since everyone knows who got eliminated in the previous challenge. "Alright, hello final 17. It's time for your next challenge. This will be a 5 part race where one member of each team will take on a different part. When you complete your challenge, you will have a ball. You will throw your ball to try and hit the target where the next teammate in the race will be in a water tank. Once you hit the button to release your teammate into the water, they will swim out the back and head on to the next part of the challenge. The first team to have completed every challenge will win immunity and the choice of which of the losing teams is up for elimination!" Chris explains.
The last sentence gets a gasp out of the campers. "So, it's just like the water balloon thing?" Tammy inquires.
"Indeed! Now, first things first. Water Team, you have two extra members. Two of you will have to sit out of this challenge, who is it going to be?" Chris asks. We see the Water Team go into a group huddle before Millie and Cody raise their hands. "Millie and Cody are the sit outs. Everyone else, get into position."
Confessional: Sammy
"Well… Millie can't do anything bad in the challenge if she sits out of it. I view this as a net positive!"
Conf end
We cut to Shawn, Sammy, and Scott at challenge #1- wrangle a pig into your team's pen. "Aw, I wish we got to decide our order instead of it being randomized, Sugar would've killed it at this one!" Sammy exclaims in disappointment.
"BEGIN!" Chris yells, cutting her off and getting things into business mode. The trio all run around and try to catch a pig.
"Come to mama…" Sammy tries sneaking up on one of the pigs. The pig kicks mud into her face and runs off, causing Sammy to growl and run after it.
"Please don't bite me like last time…" Shawn recoils in worry as he tries to also sneak up on a pig, the memories of the pig baton challenge in Pahkitew Island flooding his mind. Unfortunately for him, the pig does bite him in the head again, and he starts screaming. We see Scott easily take a pig to his pen, just as Shawn rips the pig off of his head and throws it. In a big mistake, he threw it in Sammy's pen.
"Thanks, Shawn!" Sammy says with sincerity.
"Yeah, that was totally intentional…" Shawn mutters in annoyance as Scott and Sammy grab a bag and untie it to get a ball.
Nichelle, Sugar, and Raj are in their team's water tanks. "Come on Scott!" Raj encourages.
"YOU BETTER NOT FAIL!" Sugar yells.
"Where the fuck is Shawn?" Nichelle stomps her foot.
Scott and Sammy throw their balls. Scott hits the button first try, releasing Raj into the water. Moments later, Sammy retrieves hers and hits it on the second try. Raj begins screaming. "TSUNAMI!" as Sugar is released into the water. Somehow, this doesn't happen. Raj and Sugar begin swimming to the next part of the challenge as Shawn finally gets a pig in his pen. With one throw, Nichelle is released into the water.
Raj is the first out, and onto challenge #2. Get past the horde of angry animals to retrieve a bag with a ball in it in the middle. "How do we get past these?" Raj asks with worry. Sugar runs up and looks at the animals with a slightly concerned look.
"They look angry." she comments.
"They look easy to pass!" Nichelle smirks as she uses Sugar as a launching pad to soar over all the animals. She effortlessly reaches the middle and grabs the bag. Raj and Sugar look dumbfounded as Nichelle jumps back out of the area and to release Noah, the person doing stage #3.
"I don't think we can do that." Raj worries.
"Oh, are you doubting my ability? I could jump like that if I wanted to!" Sugar states.
"I… sure!" Raj pretends to believe her. "But I doubt it will work again-"
"SHUT IT, YOU RAINBOW BITCH." Sugar snaps. "Help Sugar out here, we're allies. NOW."
Raj grimaces at being yelled at. "Alright, I have a plan! Let's run in together so the animals can't overwhelm us!"
"Sounds like a plan, good thing I came up with it!" Sugar smiles. Raj hides an angry look.
"On the count of three, we run!" Raj says. "3… 2… 1… GO!"
Raj takes two steps before stopping as Sugar runs in full force alone. All the animals attack her at once. Raj takes this chance to avoid all of them while they're distracted and grab the bag himself, leaving Sugar by herself as he goes to release Mary.
Confessional: Sugar
"How dare he do that!"
Conf end
Confessional: Raj
"Ok, I know it looks bad, but…" Raj looks like he is going to defend his actions, but he gets a stern look on his face. "Actually, you know what? Screw her! I can't even pretend to not find her awful to be around anymore, she deserved that!" he says in an uncharacteristic showing of anger.
Conf end
We see Mary arrive at challenge #3- finding a needle in a haystack. Due to the luck based nature, Noah still hasn't finished. "I hate this challenge." Noah grumbles.
"At least MK isn't here yet." Mary tries to get a positive out of the situation.
"Whatever."
"Do you think that we should work together?" Mary questions. "We did form a truce after all!"
"Yes, that's a truce I totally trust." Noah responds with annoyance, not wanting to have a discussion during a time like this. Mary looks frustrated at that comment. Noah yells out of anger. "I swear, this challenge is impossible!"
Right on cue, MK runs in and instantly finds a needle. "Ba-boosh! Later, skaters!" MK taunts before running off. Because she sucks at being athletic, she misses her first few shots. Eventually, she manages to release Chet into the water. He swims to challenge #4 while Mary finds a needle of her own.
Confessional: Mary
"Why are people so snappy when I just have simple questions? This is a downright jinkies. But if Noah is against me, I'll make sure he goes home. My target list increases by the day it seems."
Conf end
We see Chet and Staci working on stacking 20 blocks with having them fall over while Noah is still looking for the needle. "Hey Chet!" Staci greets.
"Hi. We're in the middle of a challenge-"
"What is with your Yellow Team hate anyways? Is that why you targeted Kitty?" Staci is blunt when asking.
"Uh… maybe." Chet awkwardly admits.
"You can tell me about it, I helped with your hate by voting for Bowie after all!" Staci tries to prod information out of him.
"Well… there may or may not be an anti-Yellow Team establishment." Chet admits. "But I-"
Before he can inform Staci about the attempt to end his grudge, Alejandro runs in and gets to stacking, and he's doing it much quicker than the other two. "How are you going so fast?!" Chet asks in shock.
"I'm a master at stacking things."
"Damn Gary Stu." Chet shakes his head in annoyance as the three all finish around the same time despite Alejandro starting way later. Chet and Alejandro hit their buttons at the same time, releasing Lightning and Josee to finish things off. Staci is a flop, are we even surprised.
Lightning and Josee swim to challenge #5 at around the same time. "I got here first!" Josee looks proud of herself as she gets out of the water. In a petty move, Lightning shoves her back into it.
"I was here first!"
"You did NOT just do that!"
While they argue, the camera pans over to the giant basketball hoop. The goal is clear- score. The first person to do so will win for their team. "I'm done sha-arguing, let's get to scoring!" Lightning says with determination. He grabs a basketball. When he throws, it hits the edge of the hoop, but it doesn't go in. Instead, it falls back down and hits Lightning in the head.
"Thanks for handing me the victory!" Josee taunts. Her taunt looks stupid very quickly, as the basketball hits her in the head as well. As Josee runs off to retrieve her ball, Tammy enters the scene and runs up to Lightning.
"I'll take care of Josee. You score, and make sure that you choose my team to be safe. Do we have a deal?" Tammy negotiates. Lightning smiles in response.
"You got a deal, Pam!" He butchers her name.
"It's Tammy." she corrects. As Josee runs back to shoot again, Tammy tackles her to the ground.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Josee spits out in anger.
"Come on, Lightning!" Tammy yells. In a flash, Lightning scores.
"The Water Team wins immunity!" Chris announces. We cut to Millie and Cody cheering from the sit out bench while the Fire and Earth Teams both look disappointed. Josee growls at Tammy while Lightning gives her a thumbs up.
Confessional: Lightning
"I know nothing about her, but she's alright in Lightning's book for doing that!"
Conf end
Confessional: Josee
"THAT BITCH!"
Conf end
Confessional: Tammy
"The Green Team alliance needs to whittle down and fast. Either they betray each other now, or their last layer of protection goes home. I doubt that the Water Team is a happy family despite being the biggest. I hope Lightning merges so I can use that assist to my advantage."
Conf end
We cut to everyone at the starting point of the challenge. "Alright, here's the deal. The Water Team wins, so you guys get to choose which of the losing teams is voting someone out tonight. Make your choice." Chris tells them.
"Earth Team, please!" Sugar begs, clearly salty about Raj betraying her in the challenge.
"It obviously needs to be Fire." MK says.
"Yeah." Chet nods in agreement.
"No argument from me." Sammy agrees.
"Mhm." Cody adds.
"Yup." Millie states.
"But I want Earth Team!"
"Nobody cares!" Lightning says.
"But-"
"Nobody cares okay!" the rest of the team says in unison as Lightning turns to Chris. "We are sending the Fire Team to the campfire."
Josee gives them a death glare as the rest of the team looks disappointed. "There you have it. Fire Team, one of you will be the 84th person voted out of Total Drama Ultimate. You have until tonight to decide who that's going to be."
Confessional: Nichelle
"Can these people actually hop off? Like ugh. Now we have to make Noah feel comfortable all day. Luckily for me, I'm used to acting for HOURS because of horrible costars who take forever to get their lines right."
Conf end
Confessional: Noah
"I'm somewhat concerned about tonight. Hopefully, I can be the swing vote and not have to use the idol."
Conf end
Cut to Fire Team
We cut to the Forgiveness Alliance. "Noah. We all know the plan, just make him feel safe." Nichelle says quickly.
"We can't lose anymore after this. It'd just be us four alliance members after that." Josee says sternly.
"Understood. Let's separate." Alejandro says before the squad does just that.
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We see Alejandro and Josee walking up to Noah later in the day. "We can't talk for long, Noah." Josee says. "Alejandro talked to you earlier today, right?"
"Mhm." Noah nods in response.
"We can't be seen together, or else Nichelle and Shawn would get suspicious, but which one of them should we target?" Alejandro asks.
"Nichelle." Noah responds.
"Alright, we're in." Alejandro says before the trio splits up.
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We cut to Shawn, Nichelle, and Noah. "I think that those two think that you're the target." Nichelle states. "So, it should be a 3-2 against Alejandro or Josee."
"Yup." Noah nods. "We just need to figure out which one of them to target."
Confessional: Shawn
"I'm glad that Nichelle and I are in the power position because of my deal with Noah." Shawn says before giving a small frown. "I feel bad that we're betraying it right away."
Conf end
Confessional: Noah
"I don't think I'm going to need the idol, but I can't be too sure. There is always the chance I'm getting played… but I feel like I'm good. I don't trust Alejandro and Josee, but I do trust that Nichelle and Shawn are voting with me." Noah says before a bit of an unsure look pops up. "I don't know what to do yet, but if I save the idol, that could be major for me post merge. If I don't play it and go home… I'd be so mad at myself. What to do…"
Conf end
Cut to Fire Team at the campfire ceremony
"Welcome Fire Team! In just five rounds, you're losing your fourth member. Let's get voting and see who that will be."
Voting
"Sorry Noah, but I've been working with the others since Day 4. I can't throw out 70 days of work for you." Shawn frowns while voting.
"This was an easy pick. Should've happened when Jen left." Nichelle holds her Noah vote.
"Your cold attitude turned me off to working with you long term. Farewell again." Alejandro votes for Noah.
Josee shrugs while voting Noah.
Noah writes his vote down before putting it into the urn.
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-"
"Wait!" Noah suddenly cuts him off, causing the Forgiveness Alliance to tense up. Noah stands up. "I… honestly don't think that I'm 100% at risk of going home. But after Kitty got screwed over, I just want the risk of me going home to be 0%. If the duo I'm working with is actually on my side, then this won't mean anything, and we can work together on the next vote anyways."
Noah hands his idol to Chris.
"The rules state that if a hidden immunity idol is played, then any votes cast against that person will not count. This IS a hidden immunity idol, so any votes cast against Noah will not count." Chris says. Alejandro and Josee look worried as Shawn and Nichelle exchange an annoyed glance. Nichelle looks at her bag, wondering if she should use her idol. She takes a deep breath before deciding against it.
"Okay, 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… Noah. Does not count."
Noah looks at Josee and Alejandro with a grin.
"2nd vote… Noah. Does not count."
Noah looks towards Shawn and Nichelle, curious about the next vote.
"3rd vote… Noah. Does not count."
Noah's eyes widen, and he glares at the duo. Shawn avoids his gaze while Nichelle shrugs, not seeming to care about his annoyance.
"4th vote… Noah. Does not count. 1 vote left…"
Alejandro and Josee look stressed while Shawn and Nichelle look unworried, but sad.
"84th person voted out of Total Drama Ultimate…"
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"Alejandro. That's 1, and tonight that is enough."
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Alejandro's mouth is wide open as Josee takes a sigh of relief, clearly having been worried that she would be the target. Shawn and Nichelle give sympathetic looks while Noah has a small smile. Alejandro takes a deep breath before standing up. "Well… that's that." is all he musters.
"Alejandro, I'm so sorry that happened." Nichelle frowns.
"I'm not."
"Shut up, Noah. We don't need your stupid input on everything!" Josee snaps, causing Noah to flinch in fright. Josee stands up. "I'm also sorry, you didn't deserve to be idoled out like that."
"You were a great player, dude." Shawn adds.
Alejandro sighs. "I'm not pleased right now… I guess this is my karma for what I did to Heather. At least I can see her again." Alejandro looks at the other Forgiveness Alliance members. "I had a good time working with the three of you… now one of you must win this and finish off the others, especially Noah!"
"Hey!"
The Forgiveness Alliance share a group hug before Alejandro walks out to the boat of losers. We see Alejandro sitting calmly in the boat before his eyes widen. "Wait… DID STACI OUTLAST ME?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Confessional: Noah
"Everything in my soul was screaming not to be like Kitty and go home so close to the end… I'm glad that I made the right choice. I actually believed Shawn and Nichelle, but now I know not to make that mistake again."
Conf end
Confessional: Josee
"Ugh, my #1 ally since the beginning of the game is already gone!" Josee rages. "Noah, you are going DOWN!"
Conf end
Confessional: Shawn
"Uh oh… now Noah will probably be pissed at me…"
Conf end
We cut to Chris alone at the campfire. "Alejandro is gone due to an idol play! If that's a crazy blindside that can occur, you just wait until you see what else we have in store on the next episode of Total Drama Ultimate!"
And that's it for Episode 38! We're really get down to the wire on the episodes, only 14 remain.
Alejandro- RIP to the last runner up standing! I was considering switching him and 16th place, but I decided that the story would flow more naturally by not changing it. I liked his role in a major alliance, but he was the most expendable of the four in terms of future storylines. His duo with Josee was good and he made good moves, but this is a good way for him to go out. What will happen with the Forgiveness Alliance losing their first member?
Questions:
1. Thoughts on our eliminated camper?
2. What was your favorite scene of this episode?
3. Which team was your favorite this episode?
4. Which individual was your favorite in this episode?
5. Which player do you think is going home next episode?
Remaining Players:
Fire Team: Josee, Nichelle, Shawn, Noah
Water Team: Cody, Chet, MK, Sammy, Millie, Lightning, Sugar
Earth Team: Scott, Tammy, Mary, Raj, Staci
Former Ruby Team: Cody, Josee, Raj, Sugar, Lightning
Former Sapphire Team: Millie
Former Emerald Team: Tammy, Nichelle, Shawn, Sammy
Former Amethyst Team: Chet, MK
Former Amber Team: Mary, Noah, Staci
Former Gold Team: Scott
Former Red Team: Scott
Former Purple Team: Cody, Chet
Former Blue Team: Tammy, MK
Former Green Team: Shawn, Nichelle, Josee
Former Pink Team: Mary, Sammy
Former Orange Team: Millie
Former Yellow Team: Raj, Noah
Former Gray Team: Sugar
Former Lime Team: Lightning
Former Cyan Team: Staci
Gen 1- Noah, Cody
Gen 2- Staci, Scott, Lightning
Gen 3- Sammy, Sugar, Shawn
Gen 4- Tammy, Mary, Chet, Josee
Gen 5- Nichelle, MK, Raj, Millie
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
72nd- Mike- Green Team- 6-1
71st- Laurie- Orange Team- 6-2
70th- Devin- Red Team- 4-3-2
69th- Ellody- Lime Team- 3null-3-2
68th- EmmaRR- Pink Team- 5-2-1
67th- Kelly- Cyan Team- 4-3-1
66th- Geoff- Red Team- 7-4-3-1
65th- Tom- Cyan Team- 7-5-1
64th- Lindsay- Purple Team- 4-2
63rd- Miles- Green Team- 5-1
62nd- Owen- Yellow Team- 4-3
61st- Katie- Orange Team- 3-2-2
60th- Ella- Blue Team- 2-2, 1-1 revote, lost tiebreaker to MK
59th- Max- Red Team- 4-3
58th- Jasmine- Pink Team- 4-3
57th- Zoey- Pink Team- 3-2-1
56th- Sanders- Purple Team- 3-2
55th- Heather- Gray Team- 4-3
PHASE 2
54th- Ryan- Lime Team, Amber Team- 7-2
53rd- Ezekiel- Orange Team, Gold Team- 6-3
52nd- B- Orange Team, Ruby Team- 7-2
51st- Crimson- Yellow Team- Amethyst Team- 5null-4
50th- Sadie- Orange Team, Gold Team- 7-1
49th- Justin- Cyan Team, Sapphire Team- 4-3-2
48th- Eva- Lime Team, Amber Team- 7-1
47th- Trent- Cyan Team, Gold Team- 4-3
46th- Dawn- Orange Team, Ruby Team- 7-1
45th- Bridgette- Red Team, Amethyst Team- 4-4, 3-3 revote, lost tiebreaker to Chet
44th- Sky- Pink Team, Amber Team- 4-3
43rd- Leshawna- Red Team, Emerald Team- 4-4-1, 4-3 revote
42nd- Dakota- Green Team, Gold Team- 3null-3
41st- Anne Maria- Cyan Team, Gold Team- 3-2
40th- MacArthur- Purple Team, Sapphire Team- 7-1
39th- Scarlett- Pink Team, Amethyst Team- 5-2
38th- DJ- Orange Team, Sapphire Team- 7-7, 6-6 revote, lost tiebreaker to Josee
37th- Sierra- Lime Team, Amber Team- 6null-6null, 6-6 revote, lost tiebreaker to Brick
36th- Axel- Gray Team, Emerald Team- 7-5
35th- Junior- Lime Team, Emerald Team- Automatically eliminated
34th- Chase- Gray Team, Sapphire Team- 4-1
33rd- Tyler- Purple Team, Ruby Team- 5null-2
32nd- Jacques- Gray Team, Gold Team- 3-1
31st- Dwayne- Blue Team, Amethyst Team- 3-3, 2-2 revote, lost tiebreaker to Courtney
30th- Bowie- Yellow Team, Amber Team- 4-1
29th- Wayne- Lime Team, Sapphire Team- 3null-2
28th- Duncan- Gray Team, Emerald Team- 3-3, 2-2 revote, tied in tiebreaker with Harold
27th- Harold- Red Team, Emerald Team- 3-3, 2-2 revote, tied in breaker with Duncan
26th- Brick- Red Team, Amethyst Team- 3-2
25th- Taylor- Cyan Team, Gold Team- 2-1
PHASE 3
24th- Jo- Lime Team, Amethyst Team, Earth Team- 7-1
23rd- Izzy- Pink Team, Amber Team, Fire Team- 4-4, 3-3 revote, lost tiebreaker to Shawn
22nd- Blaineley- Gray Team, Gold Team, Fire Team- 6-1
21st- Emma23- Yellow Team, Sapphire Team, Water Team- 7-2
20th- Jen- Cyan Team, Sapphire Team, Fire Team- 3-3, 4-0 revote
19th- Courtney- Red Team, Amethyst Team, Earth Team- 5-2
18th- Kitty- Yellow Team, Sapphire Team, Earth Team- Automatically eliminated
17th- Alejandro- Green Team, Ruby Team, Fire Team- 4null-1
That's all for now, thanks for reading!