San Mari-oh no

Plot
The episode opens up with the Jumbo Jet flying through sunrise. The camera zooms into Chef flying the plane, whistling happily, before winding back through Chris sound asleep with a frilly eye mask on and continuing until it lands on Team Glory in first class. Beyla, Alex, Hailey and Rice are in one of the sets of chairs, with Hailey saying how great it feels to finally break their losing streak. Rice agrees but says it's almost accentuating their losses -- now in first class without Chloe or Clay.

 Rice (CONF):  I hope Chloe is doing well, she's so great...well I guess aside from betraying us

Alex interjects and says it's all thanks to Beyla and reeling about how awesome she was in the last challenge.

*flashback to Beyla swiftly dodging two throws from Gianna and Miller in the final dodgeball match, before lobbing to take Gianna out and dramatically revealing she caught Miller's ball*

The camera continuing to wind through the team passes Zach relaxing on the couch sipping a vanilla latte, Kathryn chatting it up with Lauren and Izzy at the mini bar over some breakfast pastries, and lands again on Colby, Dani, Graham and Kirsten in the other set of chairs, trying to guess the next destination as they marvel at the pink sky out the floor-to-ceiling windows. Colby says he hopes it's tropical, while Kirsten says she hopes it's somewhere exotic. When Graham mentions wanting to go somewhere cold, Dani looks at him in disbelief.

 Dani (CONF):  Oh hell no, if we go somewhere below 50 degrees my ass isn't leaving this jet

Winding back to the mini bar, Eli and Nick are a few seats down with mugs of coffee. Eli takes a sip of his, mentioning it was a blast to play dodgeball, with Nick, spinning back and forth on the stool, agreeing but adding it almost wasn't worth the stress of potentially losing a third challenge in a row.

The camera winds back to economy class, where Team Friendship is getting a firsthand look of the animosity between Team Waka and Team Booty, especially after Waka sent Booty to their first ever elimination ceremony with Morgan and Duncan's epic showdown.

*flashback to Duncan and Morgan exchanging throw after throw, swiftly avoiding the barrage of red rubber balls*

Sibu and Nico on the other hand, are second-guessing their decision to flip on Sierra in Hawaii, given that yet another CK counselor was sent home at the last campfire ceremony.

Sibu (CONF):  Yeah maybe we didn't think that one all the way through, but come on this game is hard as fuck there's like a hundred variables that are constantly changing

They hope that Frances, Gianna and Karthik will still have their backs if they find out it was them who flipped. They decide to strategize on how to rip apart Clayton’s alliance from the inside, potentially using Miller as an ally.

Erica and Paige are talking loudly about how they are annoyed at how Team Booty has been playing the game, with Leigh and Helina passive aggressively retaliating.

Cleo (CONF): Please, the people on Team Waka are just mad no one on their team is actually playing the game

Hank, Garrett, Abbey, Mary, Archer, Ranjitha and Yuri are trying to keep tensions low, but Kirk, Duncan, Wilson, Sammi, Ani, Zack, Brian and Rourke are joining in on the bickering. Even Cleo and Suzanne, who are close friends, look annoyed with one another. A nearby Myra, Ryan and Clayton look confused, as bickering erupts around them about "the bear tag" and "winning in a game meant for middle schoolers." There are also some more...colorful words involved.

Suddenly, Chris calls everyone to the mess hall over the intercom. When they crowd inside, tensions still high, he is standing there beaming.

Patrick (CONF): This is almost eerie...

He tells them to get excited, because their next challenge will start in - Venice, Italy. The contestants cheer.

Sofia (CONF): Dublin, Maui and now Venice, this is *breathes excitedly* absolutely, insane

As they sit there, he explains that they are starting their challenge in Venice then taking a train to San Marino. There, in San Marino they will race up to a castle, where they will find the last part of the challenge. First team to complete the challenge will win immunity. Everyone cheers again until he says "but a twist", the words slicing through the noise and leaving everyone quiet.

He goes on that the two teams that come in last will be sending someone home at the barfbag ceremony, becoming the 7th and 8th people voted out depending on if the team comes in 3rd or 4th.

Colby (CONF): I’m sorry what

Grant (CONF): Well this sucks

Zach (CONF): Fuck

Mary (CONF): I guess that makes things a little more difficult

He wishes them luck and winks, before opening the door and allowing everyone to be sucked out and plummet down toward Venice.

Four long gondolas, each one correlating to a team color, sit on the edge of the canal.

Everyone lands in the water and quickly swims to shore, with elbows and fists flying everywhere.

Immediately, Alex, Myra and Sam recognize this part of the challenge from when they competed in it during the first season and hurry their respective teams in.

With their advantage, Friendship, Booty and Glory take off in the lead, with Waka close behind them. Izzy is at the head, yelling "stroke" and keeping people on pace. As they pass through the beautiful buildings and archways, people who are fans of the show cheer from the windows, leaving the contestants in awe.

Patrick (CONF): Ok this is pretty cool

Brian (CONF): *squeals* ah I just love this!

Lauren (CONF): This is absolutely insane

Eventually, they come across a split, and Izzy quickly chooses left and their team goes flying. Cleo, on the edge of the boat for Team Booty, calls out to follow her. Archer and Grant grunt as they speed up their rowing to try and catch up to Team Glory. Yunah and Rourke, at the head of the boats for Friendship and Waka respectively, both choose to go right instead. Rourke yells back to his team to pick up the pace, saying he doesn't want to lose to Team Booty in this challenge, and Hank and Garret work on rowing as hard as they can.

 Hank (CONF):  Easy for you to say Rourke, given you're just sitting there ordering people around

A split screen shows the four teams frantically rowing, flashing to Patrick grunting, Phillippa and Mary side-by-side profusely sweating, Rice stretching his arms and Sibu out of breath. It then shows Glory and Booty on the left and Waka and Friendship on the right. It then flashes to Lauren sweating, Erica grunting as she pulls the oar back, Wilson looking intensely at the Friendship boat, and Dan throwing his back into it. All the teams are trying harder given they have double the chance of being sent to elimination.

The scenery is beautiful, as they pass an array of colorful homes, pass couples on romantic gondola rides, and twist and turn down cute alleyways, flowerpots on the windowsills, laundry lines and the smell of bread decorating the paths.

It turns out that Team Booty and Team Glory chose the correct path, and are the first to make it to the train station. In an all-out sprint, Team Glory ends up in the first car with Team Booty in the second one. The train leaves before Waka and Friendship even arrive.

 Nick (CONF):  After winning the last challenge, I do not want to go back to economy class

The train cars are just open spaces, no seating, with intermittent floor-to-ceiling windows showcasing the stunning surroundings.

In Team Glory’s car, Zach and Hailey are looking at how beautiful the scenery is, Alex, Colby, Kirsten and Izzy are laughing and playing cards, Kathryn is resting and Lauren, Eli, Graham, Rice, Dani, Beyla and Nick are gathered around in a circle telling stories from the past few challenges, like how Beyla says that she peed herself a little in Dublin, with Eli laughing and agreeing he peed himself a little after the cliff dive. Dani says she almost threw up after getting nailed in the stomach during the dodgeball challenge, and Graham says he burnt off part of his eyebrow from letting the torch get too close to his face in Hawaii, causing everyone to laugh.

In Team Booty’s car, Sammi, Patrick, Ranjitha and Archer are listening to Sam talk about crazy adventures from the last season, like when Channing had to get medically evacuated on the cruise through the Caribbean or how brutal Joseph’s elimination in Tokyo was. Sammi asks questions, intrigued, and Sam laughs as he answers some of them, like how it felt having to dress up as a bride in Niagara Falls and how fun paintball was in the Redwood forest - and way less scary than the Hunger Games challenge.

Ranjitha (CONF): I’m in this for the adventure and to make those memories – I’m hype

Kirk and Townes are asleep on each other, Wilson, Sofia, Leigh and Fiona are in a circle in the middle of the cabin, blurring enemy lines and talking about life outside the game, and Grant, Cleo, Helina and Yuri are gathered around a window and playing an eye-spy sort of game that Yuri crafted up.

Rourke is spouting directions for Waka when he notices an alley that could cut them straight to the train station. Erica, Hank, Suzanne, Duncan, Garrett and Abbey slam their oars into the water, veering the boat right and shooting it down the alley. Team Friendship doesn’t see it in time, so Yunah tries to double their pace to catch up to Team Waka. Unfortunately, it isn’t fast enough and Team Waka gets to the better car on train two. Team Friendship barely makes it, and sighs with relief as the train pulls off into the distance.

In Team Waka’s car, Rourke officially asks Erica to be a part of his alliance while the two look out the window at the breathtaking landscapes they pass. She agrees, having unofficially worked together since Hawaii, and the two proceed to chat and enjoy the view. Hank and Abbey arm-wrestle as Paige, Phillippa, Suzanne and Brian cheer them on. Mary, Ani, Duncan, Zack, Vani, Matt and Garrett are playing some rock-paper-scissors game and are laughing hysterically about it.

In Team Friendship’s car, Kelsey is asleep on Ryan’s lap. Nico, Clayton, Dan and Annie found a little soccer ball and are kicking it around, laughing at how difficult it is on the train because it keeps jerking them around. Similarly to people on other cars, Miller, Karthik, Sibu and Gianna are looking out and enjoying the scenery. Myra, Duma, and Ryan (with Kelsey on his lap) are laughing and playing a weird drawing game, where you draw something and have the others guess what it is. Frances and Yunah chat in one of the rows about how beautiful Venice was.

When the first train arrives, it is sunset as the teams try to maneuver their way through a thick forest to the castle. Thanks to a delay with the first train caused by a brake malfunction, both trains arrive nearly at the same time, but the contestants seem too distracted to notice.

Archer (CONF): This view is breathtaking As they race through the forest, some of the contestants reflect on the past couple challenges.

Yunah (CONF): I need to step up my game

Phillippa (CONF): This has just been so much fun, I can’t wait to keep playing

Nick (CONF): Look I don't want second or third, I'm here for first

Finally when the forest clears, they see a path leading up to a gorgeous castle on the edge of a vast cliff, overlooking San Marino. The contestants gasp at how breathtaking the view is, and are excited but nervous for what the next part of the challenge was going to be.

Rourke (CONF): This is crazy

Helina (CONF): Oh my god it’s so beautiful

When the four teams arrive, they notice there are a bunch of medieval themed mini-challenges set up, with a flag of every team's color at each one. Standing in the middle in knight’s armor is none other than Chase from the first season. He announces that he expected to give the spiel for this next part a few times, but it is convenient that all four teams just arrived together. He tells them that the teams have to split up and complete the different tasks all throughout the castle. First team to retrieve 15 flags of their team's color will be crowned the winner, with the last two teams sent to elimination. He also announces that some of the tasks will require the teams working together, while others will be completely individual.

Immediately everyone splits up. Alex ends up beside Sammi, Hank and Kelsey firing arrows at a target. Paige is sword-fighting with a scary looking intern, Rice and Garrett are attempting to throw a telephone pole in some old fashioned Olympic game in the courtyard, and Sofia is jousting a scared intern in the space right outside the castle.

 Garrett (CONF):  This challenge has honestly been kind of fun...*rubs back* although a lot of physical labor

Mary stands with Ranjitha, Graham and Nico, the four of them trying to figure out how to retrieve the flags from the other side of a wall of flames. Nico and Graham boost up Mary, who tosses Ranjitha over the top. Ranjitha slides the flags under the flames, and Nico, Graham and Mary sit wondering how to get Ranjitha back or whether they should just leave her.

A montage follows of Miller snagging the flag off a mechanical dragon’s back with Leigh climbing up the side and Suzanne charred on the floor next to it, Wilson repelling down the side of the cliff for another flag with Lauren dangling over the edge tied up in her ropes and Ani slowly climbing back up, and Fiona picking the lock in a dungeon to rescue a princess who gives her a flag with Erica having accidentally locked herself in another of the cages and Karthik still tinkering with the lock. Alex finally hits the target, winning a flag and going to back-up Kathryn in a juggling challenge.

As the competitors win flags, they attach them to their flagpole in the middle of the main courtyard, and all four poles are slowly filling up.

Karthik (CONF):  Two teams going to elimination? Yeah hell no

Duncan bursts down a booby-trapped corridor with flags at the end. Arrows are barraging from left and right. Nick, Kirk and Yunah arrive at the same time and, hoping Duncan tripped the trap already, begin to run only to be met with more barrages of arrows. Duncan, having stopped and crouched against the floor, is passed by Yunah, evading left and right and Nick, powering through. Kirk stops to pick Duncan up and help him along.

In the meantime, Patrick, Duma and Beyla laughing as they try to match a pattern on one of those maypoles and Colby, Gianna and Dani working together to try and pull a sword out of stone.

Gianna (CONF): I’m not gonna lie, this is one of the more fun challenges I think we’ve had

Suddenly, a horn blows causing the contestants to stop what they’re doing and look up. Everyone runs back toward the middle courtyard to see Hailey triumphantly holding up the fifteenth flag and attaching it to Team Glory’s pole, having found it in a secret underground tunnel system. The members of Team Glory rush her and throw her in the air; excited they aren’t one of the teams having to send someone home and winning their second challenge in a row. Immediately the other three teams race back to their tasks, working double time to get those last few flags and avoid elimination. Chase runs over and hugs Alex, congratulating him on his team winning.

Dani (CONF): Thank god, with all these CK people getting eliminated, it’s nice to feel safe

A last montage shows Frances sweating as she repels down the side of the castle at full speed, Helina giving it everything as she sword-fights the intern, Grant army-crawling through a low underground tunnel, Hank frantically trying to pull the sword out from the stone and Sammi finally nailing the bulls-eye in archery.

Finally another horn is blown. The contestants return to see Vani, holding up the fifteenth flag after deciphering a code on a tapestry, and attaching it to the flagpole. Team Waka similarly rushes Vani, with the members of Team Booty and Team Friendship cursing. Team Booty is especially upset, as this is the second time in a row they're getting sent to elimination. Chris announces that since Team Booty has 13 flags and Team Friendship only has 11, Team Friendship will be the first to the barfbag ceremony followed by Team Booty, with whoever voted out getting 58th and 57th respectively.

The next scene shows contestants lined up with trays in hand, waiting for Chef to give them their daily scoop of unidentifiable gray slop. Clayton is discussing with his alliance, and is talking about how a few people from other teams, namely Rourke and Wilson, confronted him about trying to take another person in CK out to try and reduce their numbers. Clayton suggests Gianna, for being perceivably weaker than those in CK and still outside of their alliance. Nico and Sibu, concerned, pull aside Kelsey and Clayton when Dan and Miller are no longer around, and tell them they are concerned that Chi Psi members are targeting people in CK so that they will have a large majority come merge. Nico points out Rourke, Wilson, Duncan, Townes, Kirk, Dan, Rice, Colby and Graham are all still in the competition, so to be careful about losing numbers to them. Both seemed interested, and they continue talking.

At Team Friendship’s table, only Frances and Gianna had sat down. They discuss who they should take out as Annie and Myra join them. The four discuss potentially taking out a strong competitor, with Annie suggesting Duma for being athletic and likable but not pulling his weight in challenges.

*flashback to Duma refusing to jump off the cliff, getting hit by Alex’s paint arrow, and struggling to fight the fire-dancer off the platform in Hawaii*

Gianna counters saying maybe they should take out someone who seems to be in the majority alliance, like Dan or Clayton, and the girls continue discussing as Ryan, Yunah and Karthik join in. Yunah comments that it might be too risky going for Clayton because he's been so helpful in the challenges, and Ryan follows up saying the same could probably be said about Dan. Karthik pipes in they also need to make sure they have the numbers to make any kind of move. They continue discussing, unsure which direction they want to try and go.

At Team Booty’s table, Leigh is in talks with Helina about who to take out: Kirk, Wilson or Townes. Helina suggests they take out Wilson, but Leigh forcefully insists it should be Townes.

Leigh (CONF): We can’t have another little idol stunt happen again, so easiest way to prevent that – take out Townes

Helina is unsure though, thinking that Wilson is still a bigger threat, but Leigh is refusing to even listen, making Helina angry.

Helina (CONF): Like does she think I’m just going to blindly do as she tells me? Absolutely not

Wilson approaches Helina, asking their alliance to join them in voting out Leigh, and Helina says she’ll consider. As she approaches Ranjitha, Cleo and Fiona, she hears Cleo say that she thinks Wilson is a bigger threat than Townes. Helina agrees, but says that because Leigh and the Kanye Crew don't seem willing to change their vote, if they wanted to go with Wilson's plan. Ranjitha asks what that is, and she says that Kirk Alert is targeting Leigh for being the other perceived leader of the CK alliance. Ranjitha adamantly opposes, saying if they lose the CK alliance's trust this early in the game none of them are going to make it far.

 Ranjitha (CONF):  That just sounds like a bad idea

Helina is about to retort when Fiona jumps in and says Ranjitha is right, and that she can talk to Sammi and see if she'll be willing to convince Leigh to switch her vote. Cleo seconds, saying even if the two end up voting different, unless Kirk Alert can rope in Yuri, Patrick, Sam and Grant, they'll still end up with the majority. Helina walks away, saying she has to think about it. In the meantime, Cleo goes over to find Yuri, as Ranjitha splits to find Patrick and Fiona goes to talk to Sammi, Leigh, Sofia and Archer and see where their heads are at.

Kirk and Townes sit at a different table when Wilson returns. Kirk asks if he's sure they can trust Helina, and Wilson glances over, looking at Helina running scenarios through her head and mumbling to herself, and Wilson says they can.

Team Glory and Team Waka are sitting together, laughing and relieved they are safe from elimination. They are giggling as Duncan and Hank play paper football, shooting little wads of paper at Graham and Kathryn's goals.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY (PART 1)*~

Chris walks in to a dejected Team Friendship, giving them the usual spiel, telling them to go into the confessional and stamp the passport of whoever they think needs to go home.

Annie (CONF): Ok you've really got to start at least doing something in challenges  *stamps Duma’s passport*

Dan (CONF): Nothing personal, just strategy *winks and stamps Gianna’s passport*

Gianna (CONF): Let’s hope this works *stamps Dan’s passport*

Ryan (CONF): Honestly I don’t even know

Nico (CONF): *holding up Gianna, Dan and Duma’s passports* Fuck

Chris walks out with a plate full of thirteen barfbags full of airline-issued peanuts. He announces only thirteen of the fourteen of them will be surviving this elimination, and the first person is…

Sibu.

She sighs with relief.

Nico. Ryan. Yunah. Myra. Kelsey.

Ryan scoops Yunah into the air, as Kelsey and Nico share an embrace and Myra wipes a bead of sweat from her brow.

Miller. Clayton. Annie. Karthik. Frances.

Frances hugs Miller while she sighs with relief, and Karthik lets out a holler. Clayton looks to high-five Annie, who purposely replies with a fist-pound instead.

Chris announces the remaining three received at least one vote, with the next barfbag going to…

Dan.

He sighs loudly with relief, glaring at some of the people in the crowd as he catches his bag of peanuts. Gianna and Duma both look shocked, neither expecting to be in the bottom two, and the last barfbag goes to…

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Gianna.

Gianna jumps in the air with excitement and runs over to join those immune, as Duma looks dejected. He tells the team he had a lot of fun, and wishes he could have performed better in challenges.

Duma (CONF): I’m pissed, I wish I had just done a little better in challenges...I’m not ready to leave this sucks

*flashback to Duma taking the escalator of shame, exhausted on a run with the other guys on Team Friendship, getting hit by Alex's paint arrow in the thirsty games, vomiting after losing the sprint through quick sand and laughing with Beyla and Sibu as they try to match the pattern on the maypole*

Duma only manages to hug Clayton and Myra, before Chris comes barreling in and shoves Duma out the Drop of Shame, beginning to usher Team Friendship out and saying he needs to get ready for the second elimination ceremony of the night. They get up and lightly jog out of the elimination room, excited to have survived the night’s elimination ceremony.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY (PART 2)*~

Team Booty passes Team Friendship as they walk in, with Yuri looking extremely disappointed it was Duma who was voted off. Chris gives Team Booty the same talk that he gives Team Friendship, including that he’s disappointed they lost twice in a row, and to speed up the voting process because they're only sixty minute episodes.

Leigh (CONF): That trick isn’t going to save you this time, bye! *stamps Townes’ passport*

Wilson (CONF): Lord please let this work *stamps Leigh’s passport*

Patrick (CONF): I feel like no one ever talks strategy with me, but especially not you *stamps Townes’ passport*

Helina (CONF): Ugh *holding up Leigh’s and Townes’ passports*

Chris walks out with fourteen barfbags on his plate. He hands the first one to…

Grant.

Grant cheers.

Ranjitha. Sammi. Helina.

The three girls hug, causing all three to miss their barfbags.

Patrick. Sam. Sofia.

Sofia squeezes Patrick and eventually scoops in Sam too.

Yuri. Cleo. Fiona.

Yuri over-enthusiastically yells, catching his barfbag and lifting up Cleo and Fiona in a hug and cheering. Leigh rolls her eyes.

Kirk.

He sighs with relief.

Wilson.

Another loud sigh. That makes Cleo look at Fiona nervously, who just shrugs. The two girls eye Helina, who avoids eye contact.

Townes and Leigh are the bottom two, causing both to look absolutely terrified. Chris, in typical Chris fashion, holds a long dramatic pause, and the scene keeps flashing back and forth between Leigh and Townes, both nervously sweating and leaning in Chris's direction. Finally, he tosses the last barfbag to…

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Townes.

Leigh looks shocked. Archer, Sammi and Sofia look at each other, extremely confused. Townes in the meantime, runs over and hugs Kirk and Wilson. He is breathing heavily. Leigh just looks extremely upset.

Leigh (CONF): What the fuck? We had the numbers, I mean...come on...how even...does that mean…*yells in frustration*

*flashback to Leigh firing her paintball gun at Phillippa, Mary, Suzanne and Garrett, disappearing from the corn field in Dublin, throwing a dodgeball at Rice with Grant and Morgan, and rowing hard through the canals of Venice*

Leigh angrily takes the Drop of Shame, with Townes giving Helina a smile.

Helina (CONF): With Leigh gone, I feel fully confident to work with Sofia, Archer and Sammi now

Sofia (CONF): Helina and her alliance had to have flipped, but literally why would they do that? There's no way we can trust Helina after this

Chris lands the plane back at the castle, announcing that is where the night’s party will take place. Frances and Kathryn look shocked that Leigh was the victim of the Drop of Shame, while Alex, Lauren and Annie look sad that Duma is no longer with them.

Yunah (CONF):  The fact that both Connor and Duma are gone honestly blows my mind

Once the shock wears off, everyone cheers and runs inside to see a huge dance floor in the middle of the courtyard and a bunch of the interns walking around dressed like knights, princesses, kings, queens and dragons - amongst other medieval related things. They also notice they're all carrying shots, and people start wildly throwing them back.

 Kirk (CONF):  Any party could be our last - we have to make the most of them

Kirk and Alex ride a “mechanical dragon” together, both hysterically laughing and trying to beat the record set by Brian and Kirsten. On one side of the dance floor, Kirsten, Izzy, Beyla, Cleo, Annie, Abbey, Townes, Colby, Mary, Miller and Yuri circle around Yunah who is dropping it to all of them cheering. A montage flashes to Miller also dropping it, Yuri doing his weird "fall to the ground" move, Cleo and Izzy back-t-back and pumping it, Townes throw Colby in the air and Annie doing her dance from the Peanuts. Kirsten also does her "Igor" dance, prompting the others to keep laughing and dancing.

Hank and Gianna are are on the other side of the dance floor locked in a dance battle. Behind Hank is a hype squad consisting of Rice, Dani, Ani, Garrett, Hailey and Karthik. Backing Gianna stands Fiona, Sofia, Sibu, Brian, Helina and Vani. They shout support to their dancer, while also simultaneously talking shit about the other. Hank is going absolutely wild, but Gianna has better moves. It also flashes to Rice flipping next to Helina dropping it, Dani and Fiona locked in a battle, and Sibu crawling through Ani's legs before dropping it causing her team to go wild.

Kathryn and Lauren sit at the bar, taking shots with Ranjitha, Nick, Eli and Nico, the six of them getting to know each other. They talk about what they do at home, while also playing drinking games and laughing. Suddenly, Paige walks up and gets two double shots, downing both to the other six’s amazement.

 Kathryn (CONF):  Damn girl

Further down the bar Sammi, Matt, Zack, Phillippa, Duncan and Clayton laugh hysterically at a story Graham is telling, and Archer is having a deep emotional talk with Frances on the other side. Chase sits with Sam, Myra, Wilson, Townes and Suzanne, catching up with the former two and telling the others about the story of his elimination in Transylvania last season. Suzanne keeps asking questions, as they compare the seasons.

Patrick, Grant, Erica and Kelsey are exploring the tunnels of the castle, with Kelsey finding a window with a beautiful view of a lit-up San Marino.

 Kelsey (CONF):  This is honestly the life

The scene zooms out from the castle, with Chris warning them to have fun now because the game only gets harder from here.