If You Can Dodge a Wrench...

Plot
The episode opens up with a picture of a robin on a tree branch. As it flies from a shaded tree into the dawn light, the luxury cabin comes into view. Inside, Team Waka is waking up - still enjoying the perks of winning the X-games.

Rourke, Ani, Paige and Suzanne are eating breakfast on the front porch and discussing the logistics of their alliance. Rourke bites into a pile of scrambled eggs, saying if they lose again they should follow in the other teams' footsteps and try and vote out someone in CK. Suzanne seconds, saying that's the tightest and hence most dangerous group in the game.

 Rourke (CONF):  I think one thing people don’t realize, is there are also a lot of Chi Psi’s in this game, so if we can hold off long enough to reconnect…

Paige agrees, suggesting Mary and Ani counters with someone like Zack. Once the four are finished with their debate, they re-enter the cabin and join the team at the giant table as Mary passionately tells the story of how Helina led Team Booty to steal their tag in the last challenge. Garrett and Brian are also providing intermittent commentary over their mugs of coffee. Suzanne joins, and the four finish the story together, aggravating the other players on Team Waka.

 Suzanne (CONF):  Yeah Helina like seriously what the fuck

Duncan say they should retaliate by targeting them in this upcoming challenge, and the team agrees, rallying together behind a common enemy.

 Ani (CONF):  We're gonna show them the right way to take down a team

 Abbey (CONF):  Oh boy, this won't end well

Hank and Abbey eye each other nervously, as the camera pans past a deer in the woods before landing on the regular cabins.

Team Friendship is discouraged, having yet to win a challenge. The previous challenge is the highest they’d placed – tied for second – but they’ve never done better. Karthik and Miller are attempting to rally the team, but the contestants aren’t getting extremely inspired.

Ryan (CONF):  We have to start winning or we’re going to end up being the Team Firecrotch of this season and that would be very embarrassing

Yunah is getting to know Kelsey and Frances better, while Myra, Gianna, Annie, Nico and Sibu sit on the floor in their PJs and play cards. Clayton sits on the front porch with Dan and Duma, the three talking about life and how they had hoped their team would perform better.

Duma (CONF):  I just honestly can't help but feel partially to blame for that...but this next challenge is my challenge

Team Booty is in full strategy mood, as per the usual.

On the boy’s side of their cabin, Kirk tells Townes and Wilson they need numbers if they don't want to be taken out. Wilson suggests joining forces with Helina, giving them an alliance of seven, which Wilson argues will be a large enough voting block as long as they kept it secret. Kirk agrees, but asks who they should target, and Wilson suggests Leigh for seemingly being the leader of the rival alliance. Archer, overhearing the conversation, realizes if he doesn't stop this somehow they're going to be stuck in the minority. He slips out, passing Patrick and Grant talking on a bunk and Yuri snoring, before sneaking over to the girl’s side. He pulls aside Morgan, as Leigh, Sofia and Sammi lie sound asleep, and tells her Wilson’s plan, telling her to attempt to join forces with Helina first. Morgan agrees, waking up the other three girls to discus a course of action and, attempt to stop the CK purge that is taking place. Morgan goes over to join Helina’s discussion, and they begin talking strategy.

 Helina (CONF):  We really do need the numbers, and Wilson is definitely one of the biggest threats on our team

Helina, after discussing with Cleo, Ranjitha and Fiona, agrees, and the two alliances form a power alliance of nine to the remaining seven. Archer happily slips back over to the guy’s side, glad he caught Wilson, Townes and Kirk discussing their plan.

At Team Glory's cabin, they’re all together on one side. Things are still tense after the previous night's campfire ceremony. Kathryn is upset the CK alliance didn’t hold strong again and flipped on Chloe, but agreed that it had to have been her who helped blindside Clay so in the end it will help their alliance become more airtight. Nick is still suspicious about Kirsten, but isn't sure what to do because they're friends and he doesn't feel he has any power in the game yet. In the meantime, he sits with Graham on the bunk, continuing his quest to get to know his teammates and make sure he solidifies his place on the team.

 Graham (CONF):  Nick seems like a really cool dude, but sorry the fact you're from Duke makes you an easy scapegoat man

Colby is passed out asleep, Kirsten and Izzy chat by a window, Dani is doing her hair in a little handheld mirror, and Beyla is drawing on her shoes. Rice had scooped Alex up like he was doing to Izzy during the blind sled race in the last challenge, and is showing him, Hailey and Eli his cheerleading moves.

Suddenly, Chris blows the beloved air horn, telling the contestants to report to the beach immediately for the next challenge. Upon arriving they find a giant glass dodgeball arena right on the sand by the ocean, reminiscent of the dodgeball challenge from the first season.

 Duncan (CONF):  I just truly don't understand when Chris builds these things, I mean this definitely wasn't here last night right? Am I just going crazy?

Chris announces that their challenge is another traditional five on five dodgeball tournament, with the losing team going to tonight's campfire ceremony. He then reveals the referee is Anna, voted off second in the first season. She waves, with Alex, Myra and Sam all moderately happy to see her. She tells everyone about how much it sucked she was that she was voted off so early in her season, so to feel lucky they’ve already survived five eliminations.

 Erica (CONF):  I guess she's the Mahmoud of their season...I wonder how he's doing

Chris announces that he will randomly place teams in a bracket, and the two teams against each other will play a best of three games. Then, there will be a sudden death match between the two winning teams and the two losing teams to determine who wins a first class trip to their next destination and who is going to be sent to the campfire ceremony. First up, he randomly draws Team Glory to play Team Booty.

On the court for Team Glory are Zach, Eli, Beyla, Hailey and Rice. For Team Booty stands Morgan, Fiona, Grant, Helina and Leigh. Chris yells "Go!" and immediately a slow-motion shot shows the five on either side sprint for the balls in the middle. The camera returns to regular speed when Morgan, Helina, Fiona and Beyla are the first to reach the line.

Almost immediately, Morgan hurls one at Eli, hitting him square in the side and eliminating him.

 Eli (CONF):  Well...that was fast

Then, Fiona and Helina team up to take out Hailey, already putting Team Glory down two members. Beyla immediately retaliates by lobbing one at an unsuspecting Grant. Zach hurls another one at Leigh but she catches it, bringing Grant back and leaving Glory down to just Beyla and Rice. Rice screams, and suddenly picks up four balls, hurling them left and right and hitting Fiona and Helina square in the sides. Beyla cheers and high-fives Rice, but in the meantime Morgan finds a ball and nails Beyla. Morgan and Leigh throw one at the same time toward Rice, who dodges the first one but gets hit in the stomach by the second, giving Team Booty the first point.

Leigh scoops up Morgan into a huge hug, as Team Booty erupts into cheers on the sideline.

Grant (CONF): Hell yeah let's do this

Kathryn gathers Team Glory for a pep talk. They hype each other up, and Alex, who won this challenge in his season, opts to go in next with Nick, Dani, Izzy and Graham.

In Team Booty's huddle, Helina is saying that Glory will be trying extra hard to win now so they can't be sloppy. Cleo, Archer, Sammi, Kirk and Wilson agree to go in for Team Booty.

When the whistle blows, each side ends up with two balls – Alex and Graham and Archer and Kirk. Immediately, Archer and Kirk both throw their balls, the first slamming into the back wall of the glass arena but the second hitting Izzy. Alex tosses the two balls to Dani and Nick and gathers them into a huddle. He tells them he picked up this strategy from Caelan - to pick them off one-by-one by teaming up on them with all four balls. Nick, Graham, Dani and Alex line up, smirking, and all four hurl a ball at Kirk, with all four connecting. Their strategy continues, a montage showing four balls slam into Archer, then Cleo, then Sammi. It ends with Alex, Nick, Graham and Dani lined up, all throwing the ball at the exact same time.

Wilson manages to connect with Graham, eliminating him, but Dani quickly retaliates amidst his celebrating and eliminates Wilson, giving Team Glory the second point. Anna is cheering Alex on, promting Sam to roll his eyes.

 Sam (CONF):  Nice neutrality ref

In Team Glory's huddle, they hype themselves into a cheer that ends with Izzy in the middle wildly screaming and everyone erupting into yells. In Team Booty's huddle, Sam draws out the outline of Team Glory's strategy, and how to best avoid it in the final game.

For the last game it is Kirsten, Colby, Lauren, Kathryn and Eli against Townes, Yuri, Sam, Sofia and Ranjitha. Immediately Kirsten leads the same strategy, but Sam leads Team Booty in countering it, doing a better job at not letting Glory get all four balls at the same time. Colby starts by connecting with Ranjitha, causing her to jokingly yell at him. Immediately, Townes hits both Kirsten and Kathryn back to back, with both looking confused. Eli hits Sam, and Sofia hits Lauren. Yuri tries to hit Colby, but he manages to catch it, bringing Kirsten back into the game. Suddenly, Kirsten, Eli and Colby each find themselves with balls and, instead of targeting one person, fire at both Townes and Sofia, taking them off guard and eliminating both and protecting Team Glory from the elimination match-up.

 Townes (CONF):  I can't believe the fate of our team rests in one match of dodgeball

Team Glory floods the court, psyched for the opportunity to play in the sudden death match for first place, but more psyched to be avoiding the campfire ceremony since they had gone to the last two elimination ceremonies in a row.

*flashback to Clay taking the Drop of Shame and Chloe being pulled away by the Boat of Losers*

Team Booty, however, seems to have mixed responses to going into the elimination round.

 Patrick (CONF):  This blows, we need to avoid that campfire ceremony at all costs

 Helina (CONF):  Honestly losing wouldn’t be so bad, let’s get some strategy going up in this bish

Team Friendship and Team Waka are up next; both determined to avoid the sudden death match that could send them to the campfire ceremony.

The first match up pits Sibu, Annie, Miller, Nico and Frances for Team Friendship against Suzanne, Erica, Zack, Rourke and Matt for Team Waka.

Nico is the first to reach the four balls at the center and kicks all four of them back to his teammates. Miller, Nico, Sibu and Frances all throw simultaneously at both Suzanne and Rourke, connecting with both. The four cheer, employing a similar strategy to Team Glory. Matt and Zack both throw in retaliation, with Miller jumping over one but Annie getting hit by the other. Again, all four Friendship members throw at both Zack and Erica, hitting both, leaving just Matt in for Team Waka. Miller, Nico, Frances and Sibu smirk, as they squat in ready position. Matt fires all four at once, going after Sibu and Miller, but Miller and Sibu manage to jump and duck around all of them. Finally, all four wind up and strike out Matt, giving Team Friendship the first point.

 Matt (CONF):  Well that was embarrassing

The next match up is Duma, Dan, Yunah, Myra and Kelsey against Duncan, Hank, Paige, Vani and Abbey. In a montage, Dan hits Paige and Abbey hits Duma. Yunah and Vani hit each other simultaneously, and Duncan hits Dan. Finally, at the end of the montage Hank, Duncan and Abbey hit Myra and Kelsey, winning a point for Team Waka. Mary and Ani are cheering on the sides, with Rourke and Brian high-fiving in the background.

The final match pits Gianna, Clayton, Karthik, Ryan and Frances against Mary, Phillippa, Brian, Ani and Garrett. Immediately after the whistle blows, Clayton gets all four balls like Nico had in the first game. Gianna, Frances, Karthik and Clayton all fire at Ani, eliminating her. Garrett throws one at Karthik but he catches it, and Frances and Gianna dodge throws from Mary and Phillippa. Ryan hits Brian and Karthik hits Mary, leaving just Phillippa in the game for Team Waka. Phillippa ends up being great at dodging, avoiding hits from Karthik, Clayton, Frances and Ryan. She hits Gianna and Ryan before finally getting her ball caught by Karthik giving Team Friendship the final point, and advancing them into the winners round.

Duncan (CONF): Hey at least now we get the chance to take down Team Booty

Chris then announces the rules for the final match – it will be five on five again, but if you are eliminated because the other team catches the ball, a teammate who hasn't played yet has to sub in. He says the first match will pit Glory against Friendship for the win. Team Glory huddles up and wants to send in their best line up. After narrowing it down, they choose to go with Alex, Dani, Colby, Lauren and Eli. Team Friendship puts in Clayton, Nico, Sibu, Karthik and Frances. Both courts have all five squatting and bouncing on their toes, eyeing their competition.

When Chris yells "Go!", everyone immediately rushes the center, with Colby, Alex, Nico and Clayton getting balls. Nico hits Lauren, but Dani catches Clayton’s, eliminating him and bringing in Kirsten for Team Glory. Alex and Colby hit both Sibu and Karthik, but Nico catches a throw from Kirsten, eliminating her and bringing in Kelsey for Team Friendship.

 Kirsten (CONF):  Ok "ketchup boy"

A montage follows of people being eliminated and brought in. At first it shows Team Glory’s bench, with Alex tagging out with Nick, Colby tagging out with Rice, Rice hugging Graham as he steps off the court, Izzy raising her hand and going back in as a dejected Dani walks to the bench, and Graham coming back out and tapping Beyla's hand, sending her in.

Then it shows the montage of Team Friendship’s bench, with Gianna disappearing and Nico appearing, Miller disappearing with Frances back on the bench in his place, Dan disappearing to replace a dejected Kelsey, and Annie disappearing to replace Dan.

Finally, it comes down to Izzy, Beyla and Nick against Gianna, Miller and Annie. Izzy and Annie hit each other at the exact same time, both dramatically falling to the ground. Distracted by Izzy, Nick gets hit square in the stomach by Miller. He groans and walks off the course. Miller and Gianna smirk, as it’s just the two of them against Beyla. Beyla immediately dodges two throws, which cuts off the cheering Team Friendship and causes Team Glory to cheer.

Rice (CONF): Damn Beyla, get it

Beyla lobs one toward Gianna as a distraction, and then hits her as she tries to catch it, causing Team Glory to go wild. Miller hurls one right at her, hitting her square in the stomach. Just as it looks like Team Glory lost, Beyla holds the ball up, revealing she caught it. Team Glory rushes the court, with Zach and Rice throwing Beyla in the air.

 Zach (CONF):  Beyla where the hell did that come from that was insane

Team Waka is getting fired up to play Team Booty, still upset over Helina sabotaging them in the last challenge. They huddle up and begin bouncing back and forth, their cheer hitting a crescendo until they're enthusiastically screaming and jumping on one another. Duncan, Hank, Paige, Phillippa and Erica go in to take on Morgan, Grant, Patrick, Kirk and Sofia. The animosity is tangible once the five members of Team Waka hit the court.

Phillippa (CONF): You know maybe I should have avoided going in, this feels like it's going to be rather...dangerous

Kirk taunts them about the bear tag, prompting Duncan and Hank beeline two in his direction, hitting him in the head and the stomach. Patrick throws one toward Phillippa, who swiftly dodges allowing Paige to catch it, sending Patrick out. Sofia and Morgan throw one at Paige but she hits the floor, and while Sofia is distracted, Erica nails her from the side of the court. On the sideline, Ani, Zack, Mary, Rourke, Brian and Abbey go wild in support of their team.

That leaves just Morgan. Phillippa throws one at Morgan who jumps over it, retaliating and hitting both her and Hank.

 Hank (CONF):  *rubbing his bruised arm* That girl has quite the arm on her

Duncan and Erica both fire, but Morgan again dodges both, hitting Paige and Erica in response. Now Leigh, Wilson, Townes, Yuri, Cleo, Fiona, Ranjitha and Helina are on their feet, enthusiastically cheering for Morgan.

Duncan and Morgan lock eyes, and the two begin hurling balls back in forth, dodging left and right. Morgan ducks. Duncan jumps. Morgan hurls one and Duncan lobs one to try and distract her. Finally, Morgan beelines one right at Duncan’s stomach, who drops to the ground and rolls, grabbing a ball and throwing it upward and hitting Morgan square in the chest. Team Waka floods the court, throwing Duncan in the air and sending Team Booty to their first ever elimination ceremony.

 Yuri (CONF):  Wait this sucks, I could be going home tonight...that would suck balls

At dinner in the mess hall, the teams are at separate tables, with various people joking about how the challenge wasn't nearly as dangerous as climbing an active volcano or diving off a huge cliff. Paige is teasing Rourke and Suzanne about how poorly they performed, and Miller is complimenting Nico on his athleticism. Team Glory is reveling in their win, with their praise directed at Beyla for killing the challenge.

 Beyla (CONF):  Let's just hope this doesn't put a target on my back

At Team Booty’s table, they are discussing elimination. Kirk, Wilson and Townes are trying to deduce who's in charge of the CK alliance, narrowing it to Morgan or Leigh, and plans on trying to team up with Helina's crew and take one of them out that night. Helina, however, after already agreeing to work with the Kanye Crew, is helping devise a plan on how to get one of those guys out. They decide to go after Townes, determining that he is the biggest threat because he’s so likable and people probably won’t want to vote him off as the game progresses. Some however, argue Wilson is a more strategic threat, and they should go after him. Both sides are also vying for the votes of Sam, Grant, Patrick and Yuri, all floating in the middle. Helina is trying to recruit Yuri to her alliance, but he’s still unsure given she doesn't trust Patrick so doesn't want him joining as well.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY*~

Chris walks in with a plate full of marshmallows. He announces that he's excited they've finally gotten the chance to join him here at the elimination ceremony, and can't wait to see the results of the vote. He announces that there are fifteen marshmallows on this plate, which will leave one person out of the game. One by one, the contestants get up off their stump to vote, a montage showing Leigh supportively grab Sofia's hand as she goes, Fiona hesitantly walk away, Townes fiddle with something in his pocket, Morgan eye Kirk as she goes and Yuri return, avoiding eye contact with everyone. Just as Chris is about to hand out marshmallows, Townes speaks up, deciding to play his immunity idol he won in the hunger games challenge.

Everyone's mouths drop

 Townes (CONF):  No way I’m going home with this idol in my pocket, especially not with this many people left in the game

He walks up and hands it to Chris. Chris announces that it is in fact a real immunity idol, and because it was played, he is going to read the votes instead of handing out marshmallows so everyone can see if it actually negates any votes. An intern scurries up, carrying an ornate urn with carvings of Chris doing various god-like things around the perimeter. Chris looks through the votes and sorts them, feigning dramatic gasps and shuffling them in an order he likes. Cleo rolls her eyes and Kirk can't stop nervously sweating.

He clears his throat and begins reading the votes.

First vote…Wilson.

Second vote…Wilson.

Wilson groans, and Townes winces.

Third vote…

Townes. Doesn't count.

Townes smirks and Wilson holds his breath.

Fourth vote...Townes. Doesn't count.

Townes. Doesn't count.

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That’s ten votes for Townes that don’t count. Kirk and Wilson cheer, hugging Townes. The thirteenth vote is for…

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Morgan.

Morgan throws her head in her hands. The other contestants look a mix of sad and relieved.

Fourteenth vote…Morgan.

Fifteenth vote…Morgan.

And the sixth person voted out of the game…

Morgan.

Everyone gasps, as Wilson and Kirk, who still had no idea about the idol, run around wildly, in utter disbelief.

 Kirk (CONF):  Townes would have literally been voted out tonight...this is blowing my mind

Wilson and Kirk end by running over and hugging Townes, while Archer, Sammi, Sofia and Leigh go over to comfort Morgan.

 Morgan (CONF):  I...I am absolutely in shock

*flashback to Morgan screaming while falling after jumping off the cliff, eliminating Hank and Hailey in the thirsty games with her fire extinguisher, sweating as she runs with the torch in Hawaii, and in the epic dodgeball showdown with Duncan*

As she walks the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers, she's speechless. It's sunset, and she stops at the end of the dock to hug Leigh, Sofia, Sammi, Archer, Yuri, Helina and Ranjitha. The rest of the team joins, Kirk and Wilson still quietly celebrating in the back, as she boards the Boat of Losers and it pulls her into the sunset. It suddenly falls quiet, as everyone watches the boat disappear into the horizon. All but Townes look nervous, realizing now that there are idols in play, a whole new layer of strategy is added.

 Patrick (CONF):  This is literally a whole new ball game

That night there is no party organized, citing how "fun the last party was, which was too nice" (in Chris's words) so the contestants hang out around the island. Word of the idol spreads quickly, and it's the talk of the town.

Duncan, Alex, Miller, Kirk, Colby, Annie, Phillippa and Abbey sit at the edge of the Dock of Shame. The stars are beautiful, and the eight are talking about the events of the night.

 Duncan (CONF):  Just one more thing to have to worry about...

They each go around and talk about their fears about what's to come. The scene pans past Beyla, Hank, Clayton, Gianna and Frances cooking s'mores around the campfire, Wilson and Townes in towels walking to the washroom, and Helina, Brian, Ranjitha, Yunah, Fiona and Vani lying on the ground stargazing, before landing on Sammi, Leigh, Dani, Karthik and Matt on the front porch of one of the regular cabins.

Sammi is describing the fear she felt when Chris was holding out the long dramatic pause to find out who was targeted. Leigh seconds it, saying it was scary how much power the idol gave them.

 Leigh (CONF):  Literally they could have picked anyone, Morgan just got the short end of the stick...*sighs* I feel bad but I felt so relieved

Karthik says they should search around the island sometime, see if Chris left any just lying around. Sammi agrees, saying tonight's elimination really woke her up as she puts her hand on Leigh's shoulder. The scene pans again past Grant, Kelsey, Erica, Eli, Patrick and Yuri talking on one of the other porches, Kirsten, Nick and Rice catching fireflies, Lauren and Ryan walking to the dining hall freshly showered and ends in the dining hall, where Zach, Nico, Archer, Kathryn and Hailey are sitting and eating snacks they raided from Chef's kitchen with mugs of hot chocolate.

 Hailey (CONF):  I love these snacks and all, but I can't shake this sneaking suspicion that Chef is going to appear out of nowhere and literally murder us

Zach tells Nico and Archer they need to watch their back, because their teams don't have the CK numbers that Glory does. Kathryn seconds, saying they need as many counselors (and Hailey of course) at the merge as possible to set themselves up for success.

At another table are Myra, Anna and Sam, also with some raided snacks, having bonded from the previous season. They are talking about how idols add a whole new component, one that makes the game a whole lot harder. Anna comments that this game has seemed so much harder than the previous season, to which Myra and Sam agree. She begins to tell the two of them in more detail about her lengthy stay at Playa des Losers, as the camera pans down to the table over.

Sitting around the table are Cleo, Suzanne, Ani, Paige and Izzy, only with mugs of hot chocolate. The five girls are also talking about the idol, with Paige echoing a popular sentiment that they're a scary thought. Suddenly, in a change of topic, Cleo leans in close and asks if she thinks anyone on the island is hooking up. The other five bust out laughing, but Cleo says she's serious. Ani says she thinks Matt is cute, and the other girls start to giggle and talk about it.

The last transition pans past Garrett and Duma talking on the porch of the dining hall, Eli walking freshly-showered to the luxury cabin with his toiletries, Sofia and Mary giggling on the ground in between the cabins, only visible by the light inside, and ends with Dan waving goodnight to those on the porch of Team Waka's cabin and walking into Team Friendship's.

The camera then zooms out of the island, with Chris whispering "goodnight" before the scene fades to black.

Trivia

 * As of this episode, every contestant still in the game has gone to a campfire ceremony
 * Every member of Team Waka, Team Booty and Team Friendship attended at least one campfire ceremony
 * Clay from Team Glory never attended a campfire ceremony


 * Also as of this episode, every contestant has attended some sort of elimination ceremony
 * Connor, Mahmoud, Clay and Morgan are the only contestants in the game to attend an elimination ceremony only once and not survive it