The Thirsty Games

Plot
The episode opens with Team Glory waking up in the luxury cabin, many of them a little hungover from the previous night’s festivities. Alex shares a king-sized bed with Zach and Kathryn and Clay share in the other one. The four of them are talking strategy and how to prepare for their inevitable first loss.

Kathryn (CONF): Ok winning that first challenge was hype af, but we've got a long game ahead...like seriously Chris why did you bring in literally all of UNC

Kathryn suggests a CK alliance, consisting of the four of them along with current counselors Dani, Rice and Beyla and former campers Hailey and Chloe. Alex is unsure, as some of his other friends, such as Lauren and Nick, are also on the team, but Kathryn says he can take his time in deciding and they can focus on winning the challenges in the meantime. Despite this, Clay looks worried.

Clay (CONF): I feel like this decision should be an easy one?

Rice and Nick are eating pancakes in the huge extravagant dining room. As they scarf food down, Colby is playing on the grand piano with Dani singing along.

Dani (CONF): Now your girl could get used to this

Beyla, Izzy, Hailey, Chloe, Graham and Kirsten are playing Texas Hold'em in front of the fireplace, half-filled mugs scattered throughout. Graham cracks a joke and Beyla, Kirsten, Chloe and Hailey laugh. In the end, Izzy outsmarts them all and ends up winning the whole pot.

Graham (CONF): I think people really underestimate how much of a threat Izzy is going to be in this game, girl is hella smart

Eli and Lauren sit nearby on the couch, getting to know one another given they've never met.

Alex walks in and looks around, smiling as he takes it all in.

 Alex (CONF):  It’s so good to be back, but this season is gonna be much harder and the fact I made it to the final four last time is going to make me a threat

He dives onto the comfortable couch to watch the card-playing group as the scene transitions to the regular cabins. There are four wooden cabins, with a green common space in the middle and a big wooden pole with speakers at the top (for Chris to make frequent, obnoxious announcements) right in the center, equidistant from the four cabins. Right nearby is a washroom with a boy's side and a girl's side, as well as the messhall.

First the camera zooms past Team Glory's cabin, empty given their stay in the lapse of luxury, before it zooms into the boy's side of Team Booty's cabin where Kirk, Wilson and Townes are chatting. A rat drops from the ceiling onto Kirk's lap, prompting the three to scream.

Kirk (CONF): These fucking regular cabins man...

Once they regain their composure, they decide to start strong and form an alliance, calling it Kirk Alert. Patrick, noticing the three of them making some sort of deal, looks around and realizes he isn't really close with any of the guys on his team other than Yuri and will have to start laying the foundations of his gameplay. Sam is reading, Grant is strumming his guitar, and Archer and Yuri are sitting at one of the windows talking.

The scene shifts to the girl’s side, where similarly, an all-female alliance is forming with Morgan, Sammi, Sofia and Leigh, jokingly called the Kanye Krew. They sit on a bunk together, laughing and giddy about starting to get into the strategic aspect of the game. Helina and Ranjitha are connecting with Fiona and Cleo in a different bunk, Helina making sure she also has some numbers moving forward.

Cleo (CONF): Helina is going to be a huge threat in this game, but at this stage you want to be on her side not against her...now later in the game, not so sure

At the Team Waka cabin, the boys and girls had convened on the boys' side to get to know each other. Mahmoud is scoping out potential allies, eventually concluding on Erica and Rourke as a good place to start.

 Mahmoud (CONF):  The earlier you start an alliance, the tighter it is

Vani, Suzanne, Phillippa, Ani, Mary, Brian, Duncan, Zack and Rourke are in a circle talking and laughing, while Abbey, Paige and Erica do yoga, and Garrett, Matt and Hank relax on their respective beds, contently sighing.

Things are tense on the girl’s side of Team Friendship as Yunah and Sierra are fighting about bunks. Yunah argues Sierra took the good bunk and got better sleep but Sierra is calling her ridiculous.

Sierra (CONF):  Yunah are you kidding? You’re gonna make a scene this early on in the game? You’re gonna screw both of us over

Gianna, Kelsey, Annie, Sibu, Frances and Myra all watch scared as the scene switches to the boys. Duma is talking to Karthik and Ryan about how weird it is that Connor was already voted out of the game, and wonders who will be the next to go. The three look at the empty bunk where Connor's stuff used to be.

Duma (CONF): It's such a bummer Connor is out so early, he would have been a solid ally. I wish it hadn't been between the two of us

Clayton is talking to Dan, Miller and Nico, and proposes to officially solidify an alliance with the more athletic people on the team, including the four of them, Sierra, Kelsey and Sibu. He says they need to stay strong to ensure their team wins, as well as watch each others' backs given athletic people become targets later in the game. The three agree, and wait to tell the girls later.

Nico (CONF): I love Clayton but he is a big dude...but for now, let's do this

Suddenly, an air horn blows through the intercom system and Chris yells for all the contestants to run outside into the common area between the cabins.

 Matt (CONF):  I can’t imagine this second challenge being too bad

Duma (CONF):  I have to step it up this time, I do not want to be sent home

Once the contestants all arrive, Chris yells “Now!” and a bunch of interns with gas masks appear, lobbing gas canisters into the crowd.

The contestants all wake up alone in futuristic-looking rooms with sleek steel walls, wearing jumpsuits of their team’s color ( Booty, Glory , Waka , Friendship ). Also in each room is a weapon of some sort, a majority of them involving paint, such as paintball guns, foam swords and bows with paint-exploding arrows. Others have other practical uses, such as tranquilizer darts, giant shields or smoke bombs.

 Cleo (CONF):  Chris can’t be serious - weapons?

Suddenly, a television drops down and Chris appears on the screen, explaining the day’s challenge would be a hunger-games inspired paint war he is deeming the "Thirsty Games" (for copyright purposes). It is “every man for himself” and will go on as long as needed. He says the team with the last member standing wins the challenge, with him or her winning an extra reward for themselves.

 Helina (CONF):  Ooh an extra reward sounds gewd

He tells the contestants to grab their weapon and step into the tube that will take them to the “arena” (which is actually on Boney Island, right off the coast of Wawanakwa).

 Lauren (CONF):  I’m sorry is this a joke?

 Sam (CONF):  Chris kicking it off right out the gate this year...*smirks* not bad

 Rice (CONF):  So I'm confused, did Chris...build this?

A hesitant Myra is the last to step in.

Myra (CONF): Ugh I literally hate him

Initiating the challenge and causing all sixty-three platforms to start rising up the tubes. A loud countdown begins.

10…

The scene shows Alex rising up the tube with a bow and arrow, notching it and sweating. It also flashes to Graham rising, holding a couple tranquilizing darts and looking extremely nervous. Both him and Alex sport Glory gold jumpsuits.

9…

A split screen shows Leigh holding a paintball gun and Sofia holding two paint grenades with more in a pouch on her waistband. They both don Booty blue jumpsuits. The players are getting close to entering the arena.

Leigh (CONF): This is some seriously messed up shit

8…

Another split screen shows Mahmoud with boxing gloves with paint splattered all over them and Vani looking nervous with a foam sword covered in paint. Both are wearing Waka orange jumpsuits.

7…

The platforms rise into the arena, and all sixty-three contestants form a giant circle around what Chris labeled the “Chris-u-copia” (which earned a big eye roll from Zack), filled with food and water, a bunch of backpacks, ammo and better weapons.

6…

Mahmoud locks eyes with Myra, Alex and Sam. The three former players. His smirk sends chills down their spines.

5…

Morgan is stretching, getting ready to run. As she assumes a track-like position, Rice shifts uncomfortably on his platform.

Morgan (CONF): Welp, here goes nothing

4…

Helina has her eyes on a pack that is near her, and locks eyes with Erica who is seemingly going for the same pack.

3…

A montage of Archer, Kirk, Chloe, Frances and Sierra sweating nervously is shown.

2…

Zack is extremely scared, but ready - also armed with a paint grenades.

1…

The alarm sounds and the contestants start sprinting.

Almost everyone runs straight toward the Chris-u-copia and the initial bloodbath begins. Alex immediately fires an arrow at Sibu, nailing her right in the back. She looks hurt, so he mouths sorry as a cannon sounds and a trap door opens up beneath her. Scoreboard:  Booty: 16 | Glory: 16 | Friendship: 14 | Waka: 16

Immediately after, Fiona takes her paint grenade launcher and fires a grenade toward a larger crowd, eliminating Kirsten, Yuri and Patrick. The three curse, particularly Yuri and Patrick who are mad they were taken out by their own teammate. Three more cannon shots fire as three trap doors open up beneath them.

Patrick (CONF): *covered in paint* Damn it Fiona

Scoreboard:  Booty: 14 | Glory: 15 | Friendship: 14 | Waka: 16

Mahmoud, with a determined yet terrifying glint in his eye, slams into Nick’s back, viciously taking him out. Nick looks startled, as yet another cannon sounds and he falls into the abyss.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 14 | Glory: 14 | Friendship: 14 | Waka: 16

Dan looks on, and him and Mahmoud lock eyes. They run toward each other, and Dan swings his foam axe in the air but it’s too late. Mahmoud duck-and-rolls under it, wipes out Dan’s legs, hops on top of him and begins wailing him hard. Dan, similarly to Nick, looks terrified as the cannon sounds and he is dropped out of the challenge.

Dan (CONF): *rubbing his neck and covered in paint* Well that was...intense

Scoreboard:  Booty: 14 | Glory: 14 | Friendship: 13 | Waka: 16

Others take more passive approaches. Hailey grabs a nearby backpack filled with a rope, some ammo and a canteen and takes off into the woods on her own. Cleo and Helina similarly grab smaller things that are closer to the outskirts and dart into the woods. Kirk and Matt both don't even bother with supplies, opting to dart as far away from the initial conflict as possible.

Kirk (CONF): An individual advantage this early in the game would be clutch, there's literally no reason to fight it out in this frickin' bloodbath

Izzy, who has a sling over her shoulder filled with paint-filled balloons, wildly throws them- hitting Yunah, Duncan and Paige. She enthusiastically screams, as three cannon shots sound.

Yunah (CONF): *covered in paint* Did I just let myself get taken out by...Izzy?

Scoreboard:  Booty: 14 | Glory: 14 | Friendship: 12 | Waka: 14

With the initial bloodbath over, Team Friendship took the biggest hit losing three teammates as opposed to the rest of the teams who had only lost two. Everyone else had fled into the woods except Alex, Colby, Eli, Lauren and Beyla. Duma tries to sneak up and take the five out with his paint pistol, but Alex notices and fires an arrow at the last second, taking him out. He curses, hoping to have performed better in this challenge.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 14 | Glory: 14 | Friendship: 11 | Waka: 14

A montage follows with the screen split into three parts, which constantly shift to cover the different groups that had formed, those groups being Colby, Eli, Alex, Lauren and Beyla by the Chris-u-copia sorting supplies, Annie, Gianna and Karthik trekking through the woods, Nico and Sierra pitching a tent, Rice and Dani collecting water from a stream, Kathryn, Chloe and Izzy climbing up a large hill, Townes and Ranjitha sitting on the ground looking at a map, Archer, Morgan, Sammi and Fiona putting ammo in their respective weapons, Brian and Abbey trying to get up into a tree, Ani, Zack and Hank sitting around a small fire, and finally Phillippa, Garrett, Mary and Suzanne walking into a cave. Other contestants are traveling alone, such as Hailey who is sorting through the supplies from her backpack, Mahmoud who is stretching and Kirk who is resting on a low-hanging branch.

As the sun begins to set, players grow increasingly nervous. Clay, who has also been wandering on his own, has a blow tube and sack of paintballs. As he treks, he runs into Cleo and Helina. Helina immediately pulls out her giant shield but it is too late. Clay hits her square in the chest. Right as Cleo fires a paintball shot in Clay’s direction, he sidesteps and hits her right in the forehead. She curses.

 Clay (CONF):  This is kind of fun

Scoreboard:  Booty: 12 | Glory: 14 | Friendship: 11 | Waka: 14

Night comes and the tribute music from The Hunger Games starts playing over the entire arena. The pictures of the fallen in their jumpsuits are projected into the sky, starting with Sibu, then Kirsten, then Yuri, then Patrick, then Nick, then Dan, then Duncan, then Yunah, then Paige, then Duma, then Helina and finally Cleo.

Townes (CONF): Chris really has a flair for the dramatics huh

As Townes and Ranjitha watch the faces flash in the sky, they discuss how their team is not doing fantastic, losing Patrick, Yuri, Helina and Cleo, and the two of them will have to take a more offensive approach the next day. When the sun rises, Mahmoud immediately starts viciously eliminating contestants. He comes across Graham, and as Graham tries to throw a tranquilizing dart at him, Mahmoud swiftly rolls out of the way and punches him in the gut. A cannon shot sounds and Graham disappears.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 12 | Glory: 13 | Friendship: 11 | Waka: 14

Dani and Rice come across Brian and Abbey and the four square up for a showdown.

Brian (CONF): Ok this is gonna be fun

Abbey takes out her paint-covered lasso, and hurls it toward Dani. Rice tackles her into safety, and throws his paint boomerang- originally missing Abbey but nailing her in the back on it’s return. As a cannon fires in the background, Brian quickly tries to retaliate with his paintball gun, firing it at Rice but Dani is the savior this time, pushing Rice out of the way and throwing a smoke bomb. Rice tosses the boomerang into the smoke and the two hear a scream followed by a cannon shot.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 12 | Glory: 13 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 11 | Waka: 12

Dani and Rice high-five, as the scene shifts to Erica. Erica sees Mahmoud in the distance, and tries to wave but he is intensely focused. Curious, she decides to follow him, and notices he is following Miller. She watches as he savagely takes out Miller from behind, hitting him unnecessarily. A cannon fires and the trapdoor almost takes both of them since Mahmoud hadn’t stopped, with Miller yelling at him to chill out.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 12 | Glory: 13 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 10 | Waka: 12

 Erica (CONF):  Well that was horrifying

Erica decides not to say hi anymore, running the other way and straight into Matt. She tells him she wants to stick together, and begins telling him about how scary Mahmoud had just been. Chris announces to everyone over the loudspeaker that there are better supplies now stocked at the Chris-u-copia.

Most of the players don’t want to take the risk, but Rourke, Hank, Ani, Zack, Sam, Hailey, Nico, Sierra, Fiona, Archer, Grant, Morgan and Sammi all arrive at the same time, figuring they have nothing to lose by trying. The Chris-u-copia is stocked with food, water, advanced weapons and other benefits. Immediately, a second bloodbath begins. Ani has a spray can, taking out an unsuspecting Sam.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 11 | Glory: 13 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 10 | Waka: 12

Zack hurls a grenade, attempting to take out Nico and Grant, which is successful only he also takes out Rourke who is also a member of Team Waka. Rourke angrily curses as three more cannon shots fire.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 10 | Glory: 13 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 9 | Waka: 11

Hank and Hailey are squaring off, both of them holding plastic paint covered swords. They are in an intense sword fight, until Morgan flies by with her fire extinguisher filled with paint, covering both of them.

Hank (CONF): *paint dripping off his body* Well that's not quite what I wanted

Scoreboard:  Booty: 10 | Glory: 12 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 9 | Waka: 10

As Morgan runs around with her fire extinguisher, Fiona and Sammi are covering her with the paint grenade launcher and a new, more accurate bow and arrow respectively. Archer completes the foursome, joining Morgan in close combat with some foam nun chucks. A montage shows the success of this method, with Ani and Zack being taken out by one of Fiona’s grenades, and Sierra, with a shield, fighting against Archer only to be hit by one of Sammi’s arrows. Three more cannon shots fire.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 10 | Glory: 12 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 8 | Waka: 8

A montage follows of contestants squaring off in various places around the arena…

…Townes shoots his net gun at Zach, with Ranjitha finishing him off with a foam mace…

*cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 10 |  Glory: 11 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 8 | Waka: 8

…Alex, Eli, Lauren, Colby and Beyla smirk as they surround Ryan…

*cannon shot* Scoreboard:  Booty: 10 | Glory: 11 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 7 | Waka: 8

…Clayton takes his foam bat and hurls it at Matt, who dodges only to realize it had flung past him and hit Erica, Matt responds by throwing a paint balloon…

*cannon shot, cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 10 | Glory: 11 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 6 | Waka: 7

…and finally Clay snipes Wilson, who is drinking from a river.

*cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 9 | Glory: 11 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 6 | Waka: 7

As night falls, tribute music fills the sky, with pictures of the fallen in their jumpsuits again projected for the remaining contestants to see, starting with Graham, then Abbey, then Brian, then Miller, then Sam, then Nico, then Grant, then Rourke, then Hank, then Hailey, then Ani, then Zack, then Sierra, then Zach, then Ryan, then Erica, then Clayton and finally Wilson.

As the faces flash in the sky and music fills the background, Dani and Rice talk about how a lot of people must have gone for the new supplies.

Rice (CONF): That just felt way too risky

Rice comments how it's weird because everyone is working together but also desperate for that individual advantage. A montage shows Kirk drifting off in a different tree, Chloe, Izzy and Kathryn asleep under some wool blankets, Dani lying with her head on Rice's stomach, and Sammi and Fiona pitching a nice tent they gleaned from the bloodbath.

In the middle of the night, Annie, Gianna and Karthik hear noises. Freaking out, Gianna fires her paintball gun into the bushes and hears a scream. Frances and Kelsey emerge from the woods, telling Gianna she hit Myra. A cannon sounds.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 9 |  Glory: 11 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 7

They realize that they are the only five members left in Team Friendship, and decide to stick together to try and power through it for as long as they can, hoping to at least not come in last for the second time in a row.

<font color="mediumpurple">Frances (CONF): After watching Connor take the Dock of Shame...damn, I do not want that to be me

When sunrise comes, Alex, Eli, Lauren, Colby and Beyla trudge on, running into Mahmoud. Mahmoud, with the same fire, charges. Eli begins trying to fend him off with his shield and successfully buys time for Beyla and Colby to fire at him with their paintball guns, but a wild swing from Mahmoud takes out Colby. A cannon fires as the trap door swallows him into the abyss.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 9 | Glory: 10 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 7

Mahmoud makes a run for it realizing he is outnumbered. Beyla continues to fire at him, as Alex begins firing arrows in his direction, but he evades them as he disappears into the woods. Because of the commotion, Fiona, Archer, Morgan and Sammi are drawn to the area- newly loaded with equipment from the second Chris-u-copia bloodbath. Another battle ensues, beginning with Alex immediately hitting Sammi with an arrow. A cannon fires.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 8 | Glory: 10 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 7

In retaliation Morgan fires a barrage of tranquilizer darts, hitting Alex’s leg and temporarily paralyzing him from the waste down. Archer moves in to hit him with a nice mace but Lauren intervenes with her axe, taking him out. Another cannon, another trap door.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 7 | Glory: 10 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 7

Before Fiona can fire, Beyla fires her paintball gun into the barrel of the grenade launcher, causing it to back up and explode all over her and Morgan. Unfortunately some of it gets on Lauren too though, eliminating all three of them.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 5 | Glory: 9 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 7

Alex, Eli and Beyla look at each other, shaken from the intensity of the showdown. Alex offers to be left behind, but the group immediately bumps into Dani and Rice, and the four insist he stay in the game as long as he can and if he's left behind he won't last much longer. The five of them soon run into Clay, and the six head out to continue the challenge together, with Clay and Rice carrying Alex.

Another montage shows Kirk using his blow tube to snipe Chloe, leaving Izzy and Kathryn confused, Sofia throwing a paint grenade at Matt, and finally Phillippa, Garrett, Mary and Suzanne running from Leigh who is firing a barrage of paintballs at them, only managing to hit Suzanne. As the montage is playing, cannon shots fire for Chloe, Matt and Suzanne.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 5 | Glory: 8 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 5

Numbers begin running low, as Alex and his group decide to stay at the Chris-u-copia for the night. They are starting to run out of food and water, so they are getting nervous and hope the challenge is ending relatively soon. Clay tells the others there's no way Chris would let them starve out there, but Alex tells him he doesn't know Chris.

Alex (CONF): I'm honestly surprised we aren't using real weapons right now

Night falls for the third time, and tribute music starts playing as the faces of those eliminated are projected into the sky, first Myra, then Colby, then Sammi, then Archer, then Fiona, then Morgan, then Lauren, then Chloe, then Matt and finally Suzanne.

Alex groans, as he still can’t move his legs, and hopes that the effects will wear off soon. In the meantime, Clay pulls aside Dani and Rice and asks if they think it is worth it to keep Alex in the challenge. They hear a laugh and the three look over to see Beyla, Eli and Alex making dirt angels, Alex only able to do so with the upper half of the body. Dani says that she’d rather have Alex win an individual reward over some of the other members on the team she trusts less, mentioning she barely knows Eli, but Clay counters saying he's a proven competitor having made it to the end last season. As they are talking, Dani, who uses her hands a lot when talking, accidentally knocks a smoke bomb off her belt as Phillippa, Garrett and Mary approach the edge of the field surrounding the Chris-u-copia. Clay takes advantage of this, firing his blow tube. Another cannon shot, and Alex disappears into the abyss.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 5 | Glory: 7 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 5

 Clay (CONF):  I mean it's nothing personal but he was a liability, not to mention he is hesitant about joining the CK alliance which is concerning to say the least

Beyla asks what happened, and Clay points to Phillippa, who has a blow tube of her own but it's fastened to her belt. Beyla loads her paintball gun as Eli raises his shield. Garrett, armed with a foam sword, Mary, armed with paint-covered foam balls and Phillippa all charge. Phillippa fires two shots, the first missing but the second hitting Eli square in the chest.

*cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 5 | Glory: 6 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 5

Beyla retaliates, taking her out with a shot to the gut. Cannon shot. Rice throws his boomerang as Clay fires his blow tube, simultaneously taking out Garrett and Mary. Two more cannon shots.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 5 | Glory: 6 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 2

The scene flashes to Townes, Ranjitha, Izzy and Kathryn looking at the sky, confused in response to the multitude of cannon shots in the middle of the night. Izzy tells Kathryn hearing the sound makes her anxious, and Kathryn agrees, joking about what it must be like to be in the real Hunger Games.

The next day, the five Team Friendship members encounter a wandering Vani, who is swiftly eliminated from the challenge.

 Vani (CONF):  Darn

Scoreboard:  Booty: 5 | Glory: 6 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 1

A few more encounters are had, which leads to another montage of…

…Izzy throwing a balloon at an unsuspecting Kirk, with Kathryn high-fiving her…

*cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 4 | Glory: 6 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 | Waka: 1

…Leigh and Sofia scaring each other leading to them accidentally taking each other out…

*cannon shot, cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 6 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 |  Waka: 1

…Izzy and Kathryn being ambushed by Gianna, Karthik, Kelsey, Annie and Frances…

*cannon shot, cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 4 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 5 |  Waka: 1

And finally Mahmoud viciously taking out Frances, then running before the rest of the Team Friendship members can retaliate.

*cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 4 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 4 | Waka: 1

As the fourth evening approaches, an impatient Chris wants to speed up the game, so he calls all the contestants to the field surrounding the Chris-u-copia. The remaining eleven eye each other as they warily come out into the open, confused as to why they are there. It's dusk, and the other contestants are starting to look like shadows. Suddenly, flames burst around them, trapping them in the field surrounding the Chris-u-copia as they look at one another in fear.

 Townes (CONF):  This cannot be legal

 Dani (CONF):  I’m sorry like what the fuck

Night falls, the music begins and the pictures of the fallen appear in the sky, first Alex, then Eli, then Phillippa, then Garrett, then Mary, then Vani, then Kirk, then Leigh, then Sofia, then Izzy, then Kathryn and finally Frances.

Only by the firelight can the contestants see, and the final showdown begins. Immediately, arrows, grenades, paintballs and boomerangs begin flying.

A wayward boomerang hits Annie.

*cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 4 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 3 | Waka: 1

Then Rice by an arrow. Then Beyla by a paintball.

*cannon shot, cannon shot*

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 |  Glory: 2 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 3 | Waka: 1 Karthik is squaring off with Ranjitha, fending off her foam mace with his foam axe. They are exchanging hit after hit, but neither can make contact. In the background, Clay shoots his blow tube at Kelsey, blindsiding her. The cannon fires and Kelsey disappears.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 2 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 2 | Waka: 1

The fire grows increasingly menacing. Finally, Ranjitha gets the upper hand on Karthik, eliminating him from the challenge. With a cannon shot, Karthik is among those gone from the arena.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 2 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 1 | Waka: 1

Mahmoud, who had been previously been evading Townes' net gun, sees that Team Friendship only has one member left and goes after Gianna. The two are locked in combat, with Gianna firing left and right and Mahmoud trying to get close enough to get a hit with his boxing gloves. As Gianna is backing up she falls, and right as Mahmoud jumps she fires, hitting him square in the chest and sending Team Waka to the campfire ceremony.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 2 | <font color="mediumpurple">Friendship: 1 | Waka:  0 

Gianna, distracted by her success and proud she helped her team evade elimination, is caught under one of Townes nets and hit by Ranjitha, eliminating Team Friendship from the challenge.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 2 | Friendship: 0 | Waka: 0

Dani throws scattered smoke bombs, which mixes in with the smoke from the fire. However, with no weapons defend herself from paint, Ranjitha gets the upper hand with a wild swing and eliminates her.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 2 | Glory: 1 | Friendship: 0  | Waka: 0

Ranjitha, similarly to Gianna, is distracted by her success and taken out by Clay. Noticing Townes has only a net gun, Ranjitha frantically tosses her mace to him as the cannon sounds and she is sucked into the earth.

Scoreboard:  Booty: 1 | Glory: 1 | Friendship: 0  | Waka: 0

Townes and Clay square off, with Clay firing his blow tube and Townes firing his net gun. Suddenly, Clay trips and Townes pins him under a net, dramatically approaching him with the mace and eliminating him from the challenge. A dramatic cannon shot signifies Team Booty's first win, as Clay is dropped out of the arena.

 Townes (CONF):  Too easy

Chris appears in a helicopter and takes Townes back to Wawanakwa, where the other sixty-two contestants are waiting, those most recently eliminated still in their jumpsuits covered in paint, but the others who were taken out earlier in their normal clothes and looking relaxed.

<font color="mediumpurple">Karthik (CONF):  So they just got to hang out while we we're literally fighting for our lives in the woods? No punishment?

Chris congratulates Townes and tells him his prize will be given to him after the night's campfire ceremony. He gives them the day to decompress after the long challenge.

In one of the cabins, Hank and Ranjitha each take a nap. On the front porch sits Sierra, Leigh and Matt, the latter talking about how nervous he is for his first elimination ceremony. The camera pans past a nervous Mahmoud running through the woods and Miller, who is reading on a low-hanging branch on the edge of the woods, before landing on Brian and Kirsten on the other porch, talking and laughing.

 Kirsten (CONF):  Honestly, I'm just glad I'm not one of the first two voted off, that'd be so embarassing

Alex, Nick, Yuri, Yunah, Gianna and Archer sit in the grass outside the dining hall, joking and laughing about their adventure from the past few days, Alex still recovering feeling in his legs. The camera pans past Kelsey, Chloe, Erica and Grant kicking around a soccer ball to inside the dining hall where Helina sits with Cleo, Suzanne, Fiona, Izzy and Paige and chats about the logistics of the game.

 Helina (CONF):  I honestly kind of want to go to elimination...it gives you an idea of where everyone's loyalty lies

Also there sipping on coffee are Frances, Sibu, Duncan and Abbey. Frances and Sibu are giving Duncan and Abbey advice, telling them about their experience with the elimination ceremony. In the back in the kitchen, Ryan, Myra and Lauren are teaching Sam and Clay how to cook. The camera pans past Colby and Kirk entering the woods for a hike, Wilson, Townes and Rourke running toward the beach in their swimsuits and ends with Zack sitting with Ani, Dani, Hank, Zach, Kathryn, Hailey and Morgan at the edge of the Dock of Shame.

While Kathryn, Zach, Hailey, Morgan and Dani talk about the dreaded campfire ceremony, none of whom ever attending, Zack, Ani and Hank are wary to talk about it, unsure of what the other's plans are.

 Zack (CONF):  Ugh I just am so stressed about tonight

*flashback to Connor being pulled off into the distance on the Boat of Losers*

At dinner, three of the teams relax as Team Waka talks strategy. The members of Team Friendship kick back, relieved that it is no longer them scrambling to figure out who is taking the dreaded Boat of Losers off the island.

Fingers are being pointed at Phillippa, for being considered someone with the most potential allies on other teams. Everyone seems to agree, but Erica - after witnessing his aggression in the day's challenge, has concerns about Mahmoud. While physically apt, his ruthlessness worries her for his loyalty in the future. She pulls aside Rourke, another contestant Mahmoud had approached in hopes of an alliance, and the two of them flush out strategy. Pulling aside, Paige, Suzanne, Phillippa and Duncan, the six of them decide to try and see if they can sway people away from voting Phillippa that night, with Rourke not wanting to lose a potential ally.

Rourke (CONF): Oh please, I trust Phillippa way more than I would trust Mahmoud

A montage shows Paige talking to Mary and Ani, Phillippa talking to Vani, Duncan talking to Zack and Rourke talking to Garrett and Brian, all trying to sway their votes with mixed success. Phillippa, nervous, sits on the dock with Izzy and Helina as the sun sets, talking about how scared she is that she will be the one going home that night.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY*~

Chris walks in with fifteen marshmallows on his plate, telling the contestants he’s sad another one of them will be sent home, but not that sad. In fact, more happy than sad. He tells the contestants the spiel, and to come up when their name is called. The first marshmallow goes to…

Zack.

Zack yells with joy and runs up to claim his immunity

Brian. Paige. Abbey. Suzanne.

 Suzanne (CONF):  Oh god wow that gave me anxiety, I love this what a rush

More cheers, more hugging, Suzanne and Abbey high-five.

Garrett. Erica. Vani. Duncan.

Duncan scoops up Vani, as Garrett and Erica awkwardly hug.

Ani. Hank. Rourke.

Ani and Rourke tackle each other, and Hank just grins.

Mary. Matt.

They hug and sigh loudly with relief. The final two are Mahmoud and Phillippa, both vying for that last marshmallow. Mahmoud looks at ease, while Phillippa is drenched in nervous sweat. Chris announces that the last marshmallow goes to…

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Mahmoud looks shocked and Phillippa hops off the stump and walks around with her hands on her head, shaking that she was so close to elimination. She runs over and is embraced by Abbey and Erica, thanking the latter for organizing the efforts to save her.

 Mahmoud (CONF):  Ok wow this was unexpected, and man this just sucks having to go so early...have fun guys and good luck

*flashback to Mahmoud hunting down and viciously eliminating Miller, Erica looking on scared, Mahmoud waving as he stepped off the yacht and cheering as he jumped over the cliff*

The contestants return to the cabins to find another huge party set up. Kelsey and Sam are bummed to see Mahmoud was eliminated, but the party rages on. Chloe comes up and drags Kelsey and Sam to the dance floor, joining Kathryn, Clay, Hailey and Zach.

Alex, Nick, Duma, Helina, Ranjitha and Morgan are laughing loudly at a story Myra is telling them, as Yunah throws back shots with Phillippa, Fiona, Cleo and Suzanne.

Miller is doing the robot, causing Colby, Graham and Rice to laugh and Dan, Wilson and Townes to look embarrassed. The camera pans past Annie, Hank, Kirk, Beyla, Ani, Sammi, Vani, Rourke, Zack, Mary and Sofia dancing, all laughing and glad the day’s challenge is over. It also shows Sierra dropping it with Leigh, and Karthik and Abbey loudly cheering them on.

After a night full of dance circles, games and shenanigans, Chris pulls Townes aside, telling him he has earned a hidden immunity idol as his prize for coming in first. He first tells him he may choose to share this information at his own discretion. He then advises him to use it when the time is right, and wishes him luck as the scene fades to black.