Let's Make Things Interesting

Plot
The episode opens up with Team Booty in the luxury cabin for the second time. Kirk and Yuri are eating breakfast together at the huge table, with Sofia and Archer sitting at the other end. Archer and Sofia are talking about how their CK alliance has been pretty much decimated, with Morgan, Leigh and now Sammi all voted out.

Sofia (CONF): I’m just really unsure what to do with Helina now, like it makes more sense to go with them because they're way less threatening down the road but she literally turned on us...twice

Helina and Fiona are next to each other on stair-masters in the workout room, and Helina is telling Fiona about how during her talk with Izzy, she realizes that they need to stop taking out people from CK and start taking out people from Chi Psi. Fiona tells her she’s right, and was a little upset they voted out Sammi in Aspen. Helina apologizes, and starts to think about how they're going to regain Archer and Sofia’s trust.

Sam is also in the workout room, running on the treadmill so he can fare better in challenges. Townes and Wilson are cooking eggs in the kitchen together, and Grant is on the front porch reading his bible.

Alex is eating breakfast with Rourke, Suzanne, Phillippa, Paige and Mary, and the six are laughing about how gross the food has been. Kirsten and Dan are at a table next to them, having been spending a lot more time just the two of them, and Colby, Duncan, Miller, Annie and Frances are at the table next to that. They are all talking and laughing, but Miller is still a little wary of Frances.

Miller (CONF): Look Frances, Dan told me you pretty much threw the challenge yesterday, that's pretty bad

Suddenly, the lights go off in the dining hall and when they flicker back on, Miller, Annie, Frances and Dan are gone.

Phillippa (CONF): Uh-huh, nope, Chris, I am absolutely done with this whole haunted house psycho killer bullshit

Garrett is hanging out on the porch of Team Waka’s cabin with Matt. Matt is trying to get Garrett to officially join up with them, but Garrett dodges the question, not wanting to break his alliance with Vani and Brian.

Garrett (CONF): Tempting offer, maybe I’ll become a cool double agent or something, but it's too early for that

Nick and Zach are hanging out on the Glory cabin's porch, just enjoying the scenery, and wave to Sibu, Nico and Gianna who are doing the same on the porch of Team Friendship’s cabin. Sibu makes a face prompting Zach to laugh.

Nick (CONF): CK is definitely my way in, I do not want to go home and - if you can't beat em, join em

Nick turns to talk to Zach, and starts asking questions about CK, genuinely interested. Zach is happy to talk to him about it, and mentions getting to meet cool people like Sibu, Nico and Gianna. When the two of them turn to look at Team Friendship’s porch, the three are gone. Neither think much of it, and continue talking.

Ani is on a run, Vani, Brian, Eli and Kelsey are asleep, and Myra is hanging out with Beyla, Lauren and Izzy down by the campfire ceremony. Izzy apologizes to Beyla for turning on Dani in Disney and tells her she understands why Townes and Rourke wanted her to turn now. Myra, having not realized this, thinks about potentially helping and getting Dan and Miller voted out on her team. Lauren on the other hand is quiet, having not fully gotten over the fact her best friend was voted out in the last elimination ceremony.

Kathryn and Hailey are sitting by the pier.

Hailey (CONF): Sometimes it’s nice to just chill and not think about the game

They suddenly hear a scream, and turn around to see Izzy, Beyla and Lauren searching around the campfire ceremony. The two run up to ask what happened, and the three girls tell them that Myra disappeared.

Chris suddenly blows the air horn, and the contestants meet him at the area in between the cabins. Suzanne asks if this has something to do with Miller, Annie, Dan and Frances disappearing from the dining hall with Zach chiming in that Sibu, Gianna and Nico disappeared from the porch of the Team Friendship cabin and Izzy adding that Myra did as well while they were hanging out at the campfire ceremony. The contestants look around and notice Kelsey is also missing. Chris sarcastically answers that they are so observant and correct, and that their challenge today will be to find the hiding members of Team Friendship by sundown. They have to find three members, and once they do, they have to return to Chris at the campfire ceremony. Whichever teams don’t find three members by sundown will be sending someone home, and if all of Team Friendship is found, then they are going to the elimination ceremony.

The twist is though, if all of Team Friendship is found, then the last team to complete the challenge will be joining Team Friendship at the night's campfire ceremony.

 Paige (CONF):  Well that's not quite what I want

Wilson asks why they disappeared and they couldn’t just have a head start from the campfire ceremony, but Chris just snickers and says he’s surprised they haven’t learned by now that Chris likes to make things interesting. He yells "Go!", and the three teams spread out across the island to try and find members of Team Friendship.

Team Glory decides to climb the cliff, figuring at least one person will be up there and if not it will at least give them a solid aerial view of the island. On the climb up, Izzy is talking about how she feels like something isn’t right about this challenge. Alex agrees, getting weird vibes from it. Kathryn and Hailey are leading the charge up the hill, with Alex, Nick, Eli, Zach and Colby in the middle and Kirsten, Lauren, Izzy and Beyla hanging out in the back. The scene transitions to Team Waka, who had decided to search in the mines.

Duncan (CONF): Ok did we have to go back in the mines? I think going down once in the scavenger hunt was more than enough

Rourke is talking to Suzanne and Paige about wiping out the rest of the enemy alliance, and wants to start with Ani because he’s still bitter about her leaving the alliance for Matt. Paige counter argues saying that Ani is a friend and she didn’t leave, Rourke kicked her out, but Rourke says it was just a matter of time before she did and he was just taking preventative measures. Paige rolls her eyes as the scene shifts.

Team Booty is searching through the woods. Sam is talking to Grant and Sofia about how he’s never seen something like this during the team stage in the first season, especially since Izzy, Beyla and Lauren talked about Myra disappearing right in front of their eyes.

Wilson (CONF): Something just seems kind of off about this whole thing

Team Glory is the first to come across a member of Team Friendship. Similar to the location of the egg in the nighttime scavenger hunt, Nico is tied to a branch high in the tallest tree at the very top of the cliff.

Eli (CONF): Nico doesn’t really look like he’s hiding he looks...tied up?

Zach and Izzy begin to climb the tree to untie Nico, as the scene shifts to Team Waka, who has come across Dan. He is deep in the mines, surrounded by stalagmites and stalactites. When they untie him, the entire cave starts to rumble and the stalactites start raining from the ceiling. Mary pushes Suzanne out of the way of a falling stalactite and Garrett and Matt drag Dan, who is only half-conscious, as fast as they can out of the room. Phillippa and Brian both jump out of the way and are the last two to dive out of the room.

Brian (CONF): Ok that wasn’t the least dangerous thing I’ve done in this competition

They run to get out of the mines, figuring that no one else is down there as the scene transitions to Team Booty coming across Kelsey. She is tied up in a clearing, causing the members of Team Booty to look at each other suspiciously. As they approach the clearing, a cute bunny hops up to Fiona. As Fiona bends over to pet it, the bunny suddenly growls loudly and bares its teeth, aggressively hopping toward the members of Team Booty. Sofia jumps over it, Archer and Helina are on their toes, and Kirk lets out a scream when it backs him against a tree. Townes and Grant untie Kelsey while Ranjitha and Fiona try to keep the bunny at bay with a long branch.

Once Zach and Izzy recover Nico from the tree, a montage follows of the three teams coming across and rescuing the next member of Team Friendship. Alex, Nick, Beyla and Kirsten work together to swim through shark-infested waters to rescue Annie who is tied to a pole in the middle. Yuri, Archer and Sofia dig at a marker that reads “Gianna” on the beach, and Paige and Rourke lower Suzanne down on a rope to rescue Sibu from Chef’s kitchen. Paige nearly slips, causing Suzanne to plummet toward the floor and almost wake a napping Chef Hatchet up, but thankfully Duncan and Ani grab on at the last second, and Vani, Garrett and Matt join to help lift Suzanne holding a somewhat conscious Sibu up.

 Matt (CONF):  It doesn't seem super fair that the members of Team Friendship are unconscious and didn't really get to...hide

After the montage, it shows Team Glory searching throughout the luxury cabin to see if there’s anyone there. Nico and Annie have somewhat regained consciousness, and Nico is walking with Beyla and Alex. He tells them that he doesn’t remember anything after blacking out, only coming to in that tree. Annie echoes that sentiment, obviously not deciding to hide amongst angry sharks.

Beyla (CONF): Ok this is weird because hide-and-seek normally entails you know…hiding and not…being kidnapped?

The sky starts to become an orange-y pink, and the three teams are frantically searching around the whole island to try and find the remaining three Team Friendship members, Miller, Myra and Frances, before sundown.

Suzanne (CONF): After being in the bottom two last time, I do not want to risk going back to the elimination ceremony

Matt (CONF): Nope, way too risky

Townes (CONF): Hell no I’m not being voted off after coming this far

Lauren (CONF): It is way too late in the game to be sent home

Sibu (CONF): I am honestly so confused as to what’s going on right now

Suddenly, Eli yells for his team to come up to the fourth floor of the luxury cabin. In one of the master bedrooms, he finds Miller tied up under the bed. Suddenly, the house begins to go berserk, with things flying around and doors slamming open and closed, acting seemingly with a mind of its own like when it was "haunted" in the scavenger hunt.

Almost simultaneously, Team Booty stumbles across Myra at the heart of Boney Island. They frantically untie her and Helina and Ranjitha get in a canoe with Myra, Sofia rides with Gianna, Archer and Yuri, Townes with Wilson and Fiona and Grant with Kelsey, Sam and Kirk. The four canoes bolt back toward shore, having a long journey to the finish line.

Ranjitha (CONF): We couldn't have found Myra somewhere oh I don't know...not a thousand miles away

Eli unties Miller, who is still somewhat unconscious as well, and calls over for Zach and Nick to help him get up. The door to the bedroom suddenly slams shut and locks, and Alex and Hailey throw themselves against the door trying to open it.

A split-screen shows Ranjitha and Helina sweating as they canoe heavily to get back to shore, and Alex and Hailey still frantically trying to break down the door. Team Glory’s side becomes the entire screen as Izzy gets an idea – she grabs one of the bedposts and instructs everyone to help her use it as a battering ram. Zach and Nick lie Miller down on top of the bed and the eleven members of Team Glory alongside Nico and Annie charge the door. Unfortunately for them, it opens right as they approach and the momentum sends them shooting down the stairs. They land in a pile, bruised and tangled together, but Kirsten starts laughing, prompting the eleven members of Team Glory, Annie and Nico to follow suit and laugh hysterically. Kathryn quickly snaps them out of it and they work on getting back to Miller.

The scene then flashes to Team Booty, triumphantly standing with Chris, Kelsey, Myra and Sibu. Team Glory comes running up, battered and bruised from their fight with the luxury cabin and with Miller, Nico and Annie in tow. They sigh when they see that Team Booty beat them to the finish line.

As night begins to fall, something appears in the distance.

Nico (CONF): From my impression we…don’t want Team Waka to finish I think? Because then we’ll send someone home? That doesn’t seem fair

Team Waka, now with Frances, who they found in the cave where the bears live, also somewhat battered and bruised, cheer as they reach the finish line before the sun completely sets. The members of Team Waka look distraught to see that they were beaten out by the other two teams, meaning they'll be sending someone home alongside Team Friendship. Suzanne, Phillippa and Paige nervously hug to comfort one another, Ani is in Matt's arms, and Duncan angrily kicks a rock, as Rourke and Garrett wander speechless

The members of Team Friendship look dejected realizing that means they are also going to elimination, when Chris stops them. He tells them that the game from this point is completely changing because…Team Friendship is no more!

The contestants’ mouths drop.

Phillippa (CONF): So are they like…all eliminated...or...

Alex (CONF): What the hell is going on

Grant (CONF): *waving goodbye* Not the worst thing to happen

And the three members that each team rescued…

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...should say hello to their new teams, because they are joining them. Everyone looks around in shock.

Some look extremely excited. Annie and Colby hug and jump up and down as Alex swarms Miller and Beyla and Kathryn squeeze Nico.

Rourke hugs Dan but looks wary of Frances, who begins to mingle with Matt, Phillippa and Duncan. Mary runs over and squeezes Sibu, ecstatic to have her join their team and starts introducing her to Brian and Vani.

Helina is psyched Myra is on the team, as is Grant with Kelsey, but Wilson looks worried about Gianna, obviously adding to Sofia and Archer's numbers.

Annie (CONF): Wow holy shit did I get lucky with Team Glory *cheers* heel yeah let's do this

Myra (CONF): This is so weird, but honestly Team Friendship was starting to look like Team Firecrotch so I’m not too upset

Frances (CONF): This makes things interesting *grins*

Dan (CONF): Are you kidding me? Why couldn’t Team Glory have found me so I could be on a team with Kirsten? This blows

Gianna asks about elimination, and Chris snickers and thanks her for reminding him. He says that the original stipulations still ring true - because Team Waka finished last, they will be eliminating someone at the campfire ceremony that night. The only thing is that Team Friendship won't be joining them now that they're dissolved, but he says that Sibu, Frances and Dan are still eligible to be eliminated. Dan protests, saying that’s unfair because Chris didn't tell them to try and help Team Waka win the challenge, but Chris shrugs and tells him his new team should have performed better anyways and not finished last.

At dinner that night, everyone is sitting at a table with their new teams. Annie, Miller and Nico are talking about how lucky they are to be off Team Friendship to Team Glory, having gone to seven elimination ceremonies together.

*flashback to the faces of Connor, Sierra, Duma, Karthik, Yunah, Clayton and Ryan from past episodes*

Kelsey jokes with Myra about how they are lucky they got saved by the winning team so they get to be in the luxury cabin the next day. Gianna is talking with Ranjitha and Helina, with the latter two talking about how they’re glad that they saved three girls because the numbers had been getting unbalanced, with seven guys to only the two of them, Fiona and Sofia.

Sibu, Frances and Dan are extremely nervous.

Sibu (CONF): This is like, really unfair, because we could get voted out today for doing actually nothing

Rourke immediately approaches Dan and inducts him into his alliance, and Mary does the same with Sibu and Frances.

Rourke is discussing with Dan, Suzanne, Paige and Phillippa about who they should target. Suzanne suggests Frances or Sibu, for being new, because it’s an easy vote. Dan adds that Frances is a strategic threat, as he saw on Team Friendship, and Paige adds that Garrett, Vani and Brian don’t know her that well and would likely help join them in voting one of them off.

Duncan, still unwilling to target Rourke, immediately suggests going after Suzanne or Phillippa again, the former for her social connections and the latter for her growing physical prowess. Mary counters saying it’d be easier to vote out Dan, but Matt and Ani tell her that Brian and Garrett are close with Kirsten, so probably wouldn't turn on Kirsten’s new love interest. They continue to discuss, as the scene transitions to the campfire ceremony.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY*~

Chris walks in with thirteen marshmallows on his plate, welcoming the new Team Waka to their first elimination ceremony of the season. Once the votes are cast, he begins calling out the names of those immune for the night.

Garrett.

Garrett sighs with relief.

Vani.

Vani catches her marshmallow happily.

Mary. Duncan. Paige. Rourke.

The four hug, and return to watching who is going home.

Dan. Sibu.

The two both loudly sigh with relief, both of them sure they were going to at least be in the bottom that night.

Brian. Matt. Ani. Phillippa.

Matt and Ani kiss as Brian squeals with delight and hugs Phillippa.

That leaves Frances and Suzanne as the bottom two. Suzanne looks extremely nervous; given this is her second time in the bottom two in the past two elimination ceremonies. Frances just kicks dust, saying this is extremely unfair. Chris tells both girls that one of their journeys will be ending that night, and the final marshmallow goes to…

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Frances.

Frances and Suzanne both look shocked. Frances runs over and jumps up and down with Sibu, thanking her new team profusely for keeping her. Suzanne looks upset that her time on the show is over, and earns hugs from Mary, Garrett, Brian, Vani, Rourke, Paige, Ani and Phillippa before sadly walking the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers.

Suzanne (CONF): I mean I made some great memories here and I don’t regret anything, just...damn I wish I could have made it to the end

*flashback to Suzanne cheering as she jumps off the cliff, her and Rourke landing in the open coffin and disappearing, laughing as she rides Test Track, slamming into Alex during bubble soccer, and getting saved by Mary from the stalactite nearly crushing her*

When the contestants show up at the night’s party, some of the others look shocked that Suzanne is gone, with Helina feeling mixed given their rocky past friendship and Izzy looking upset.

The night’s festivities begin, with Chris having set up a glow-stick rave in the cafeteria. Garrett and Townes appear grinning holding tons of glow sticks and pass them out. It shows Zach turn two into a necklace, Annie fashion herself a headband and Brian make bracelets for both wrists.

Then, a montage shows Gianna and Mary dropping it next to Sibu who is whipping and Archer who is laughing as he dances along, Kirsten and Dan drunkenly grinding, Phillippa cheering on Garrett’s shoulders and Helina, Nick, Ranjitha, Beyla, Frances, Vani and Yuri in a circle, sarcastically dancing really hard.

Alex is in a circle with Annie, Colby, Duncan, Miller and Lauren, and is joined by Kirk and Fiona, the eight laughing and complimenting how good the music is. They jump up and down, sweaty and falling over each other. Alex hugs Lauren and tells her he misses Ryan too, and she thanks him and tells him she's starting to feel better. During this, Annie drunkenly confesses to Alex and Colby that she has an idol from the bubble-soccer challenge. The two look nervous, given what happened to Morgan last time an idol was played.

Suddenly, Grant, Kelsey and Wilson appear with tons of glow paint, and people dress themselves up even further. A montage flashes to Townes and Gianna covering themselves in glow paint, Matt and Ani doing the same to each other, Sibu putting on war paint, Annie, Nick, Ranjitha and Colby making it look like they're going to Coachella and Yuri jokingly splattering it on everyone causing them to groan.

Yuri (CONF): Glow paint!!

Another dance montage shows Yuri doing his weird drop move and nearly wiping out Phillippa and Paige, Izzy doing the running man with her head wildly swinging around, Zach doing the worm and everyone on the dance floor still falling onto one another.

At the make-shift bar, with Chef covered in glow-paint bartending, Mary thanks Brian and Vani for voting with them. Vani tells her it was a good idea to take out Suzanne, who has a lot of connections on the other teams. She also says she wanted to keep stronger athletic players because she's sick of losing. It also shows Paige, Matt, Ani, Townes and Myra pounding back shots together, and Eli and Sofia doing the same.

The beat builds up as the camera zooms out, and dramatically drops in line with the scene cutting to black.