Would You Rather?

Plot
The episode opens with a wide-shot of the island. A lens flare intros the camera dropping into the woods and panning past various wildlife. Two squirrels chase each other down a long barren branch, a bluejay flies by only to fly into Sasquatchanawkwa and frantically fly away and a bear walks by having stolen Ranjitha's signature blue pullover, curiously trying to figure out how to put it on. The camera settles on a shot of the luxury cabin, where Team Waka resides for the first time since between their win in the X-Games and the dodgeball challenge.

Garrett is in the workout room lifting weights, nervous about his position in the game.

Garrett (CONF): Look, it’s only gonna get harder from here, I mean just a week or two ago we were literally hurled onto a mountain in Aspen and told to survive for the night

Paige is also lifting weights, and Mary is running on the treadmill.

Ani and Phillippa are sitting on a giant king-sized bed, with the latter complaining about how they’re no longer allies anymore. Ani tells her that she doesn’t have to just listen to what Rourke says. He shouldn’t be the dictator of the alliance, and Phillippa tells her she’s right, but she's honestly a little scared of what would happen.

Phillippa (CONF): I really like Ani I do, but I just don’t know if numbers-wise leaving the alliance would be the smart decision

Rourke is eating breakfast with Dan, and Dan is telling him that Kirsten has been acting weird around him recently. Rourke shrugs and says he hasn’t noticed anything, but suggests he talk to her about it soon because at any time, either of them could be voted out, especially since Nick's elimination in Bora Bora means the mega alliance on Team Glory is now going to have to turn on one another. Rourke adds that Kirsten almost got eliminated too, to which Dan replies that Rourke isn't making him feel better.

Frances, Vani, Duncan and Matt are also eating breakfast at the enormous table in the living room, admiring the floor-to-ceiling windows. Matt is making a case to the three of them as to why they should protect him, but Vani tells him he has to start doing better in challenges.

Vani (CONF): I honestly think working with the CK people may not be such a bad idea, but I'm just nervous about how many of them are left and the fact that Matt is ASS at challenges

In the mess hall, Alex and Lauren are getting "breakfast" with Fiona and Myra (purportedly breakfast burritos, but Chef wouldn't answer when Lauren asked what was inside them). Alex laughs at a story Myra is telling about drunkenly getting knocked over by a wave in Bora Bora when Lauren cuts in and asks how things are going on Team Booty. Fiona shares how shady Helina has been, manifesting in Sammi's elimination in Aspen, and Lauren tells her she should do something about it then.

Fiona (CONF): I really do like Helina, it’s just I feel like she makes all these decisions and like, doesn’t actually care about my opinion on them

Eli, Grant and Nico sit a table over talking about the NFL season they're missing, Zach, Kathryn, Sofia, Hailey and Archer sit a little further laughing about Sofia's clash with the locals of Norway over their treatment of the meat industry and Colby, Annie, Kirk and Yuri are ditching their plates on the front porch and running down the stairs away from a nasty fart courtesy of a snickering Ranjitha.

In line for the gross “breakfast burrito” (the term used loosely), Kirsten is theorizing with Izzy about what’s going to happen now they Nick is out of the game. Izzy says they have to really start thinking about forming an alliance within the Glory alliance, and the two begin to discuss options, with Izzy telling Kirsten that even though she still feels horrible about backstabbing Dani in Disney World, that doesn't change the reality of the truth behind the vote.

Kirsten (CONF): I honestly just don’t know what to do, Izzy is right but I just don’t trust her

Behind them, Townes jokes with Wilson about how the food is barely edible, when a flying batch of “scrambled eggs” smacks him in the face. The two look at Chef, but he just whistles and turns away.

Beyla and Gianna are hanging out down by the dock, and Sam is on a run, still determined to improve his fitness and get better for the coming physical challenges. Miller is also on a run, clearing his head from the chaos of the game.

Chris loudly yells over the intercom for everyone to get ready and meet him at the bottom of the cliff in five.

Mary (CONF): You know, I think I’ve had more than enough cliff time

Sofia (CONF): I swear, if Chris makes us jump off that thing again...

The scene flashes to everyone in a semi-circle around Chris, the cliff looming in the backround. Standing with him is JP from season one, smiling and waving at the newly-arrived crowd. Sam and Alex run and excitedly hug him, while Myra and Beyla cordially join in.

Chris explains that before the challenge begins, they have completed another two rotations, so will be having another tribute to their fallen competitors.

Kelsey (CONF): You know I don’t love how Chris uses “fallen” like they’re dead

Chef rolls out a TV and begins to play Home by Chris Daughtry, as the screens bursts to life and flashes back to Hank protecting Rourke from Wilson's "water" balloon, Abbey ramming into Sofia during the bubble soccer challenge, Sammi accidentally burning down the team’s tent in Colorado, Clayton returning to camp with Kelsey having caught fish for the team, Ryan swimming through the Great Barrier Reef, Suzanne jumping out of the way of a falling stalactite, Sibu screaming at a centipede on the first floor of the Survivor tower, Brian sweating as he carries the Christmas tree to the plaza, and finally Nick building a marble track in the sixth hut in Bora Bora.

JP explains that today’s challenge is a classic game of Would You Rather?. There are five stations, and the team, as a whole, has to decide which of the two options they want to complete. Once they do, they have to retrieve their team’s token, a little wooden square of the team’s color with a one through five on it depending on the station, and bring it all the way to the top of the cliff. Last team to reach the top with their fifth token will be sent to elimination.

Eli (CONF): This should be interesting

JP steals the starting horn from Chris and giggles when he honks it, causing Chris to give him a dirty look and Chef to bust out laughing. Chris swipes and honks it even louder, beginning the challenge.

The scene flashes to Wilson popping open the first box for Team Booty.

Wilson (CONF): So this box is making us choose between eating cow brain and cow balls? My sympathies to those poor cows

Wilson and Helina take charge, and organize a vote via hand raising. Everyone but Grant and Kirk raise their hand for the cow balls, and Wilson tells them they’re overruled and they start to try and choke them down. Team Glory also chose the balls, with Team Waka deciding to attempt to eat the brains.

A montage shows Phillippa vomiting, Fiona and Sofia encouraging each other, Zach gagging, and Wilson yelling at Grant to pitch in and help the team. Matt is mushing some around in his hand, intermittently taking small bites.

Rourke (CONF): Hopefully Matt eating these brains will make him better at challenges

The scene flashes to Alex and Beyla linking arms and feeding each other, Kirk jumping up and down trying to keep the gross balls down and Mary, Fiona, Kelsey, Gianna, Zach, Nico and Duncan vomiting. Myra just stands there fanning herself, unable to even watch it happening.

Team Glory is the first to finish, and they take off up the cliff, with Kathryn snagging the token. As they're making their way up, Miller looks back and shouts to the team that Team Booty also finished and is starting up the cliff. This motivates them to pick up the pace.

Dan (CONF): Yeah as gross as it sounds, I think choosing the balls would have been the smart move here

In slow motion it shows Alex, Colby and Nico in the lead, profusely sweating, Eli with Izzy on his back, Zach helping Kathryn up, Hailey in the zone and Annie running alongside Kirsten and Miller in the back. It then goes to regular speed panning to Team Booty behind them, before switching back to slow motion and showing Wilson in the lead, turning to tell his team they're catching up, Kirk, Yuri and Fiona side-by-side sweating, Helina taking a swig from her water-pack, Ranjitha stopping with her hands on her knees, Grant and Kelsey running side-by-side and Townes and Sofia motivating Myra and Gianna in the back. Finally, another regular speed transition into slow-motion montage shows Duncan wipe sweat off his forehead, Ani running next to Phillippa and Garrett, all with their hands on their backpack straps, a grossly sweaty Paige running next to an equally sweaty Matt, Mary and Vani, and Rourke and Frances struggling in the back with Dan behind them, almost shoving them.

Chris, Chef and JP laugh from the top of the cliff, which earns them a bitter look from Team Glory as they hang their token on the first hook, wait for Eli with Izzy on his back to catch up, and head down the hill together. They pass Team Booty first, with Kirk clutching the token, and Team Waka next, with Mary in charge of it.

The scene flashes to Zach popping open the second crate.

Zach (CONF): Toss thirty rocks onto this metal barrel from ten feet away, or try and lasso five barrels…I mean I’m pretty good at beer pong so…

Alex and Kathryn pass out rocks, and Hailey, Zach and Annie each immediately score. By the time Beyla and Eli land two more, Team Booty arrives and Helina makes the executive decision to lasso, saying they don't have time to conduct another vote. She, Gianna, Townes, Yuri and Fiona line up and prepare lassos, tossing on a "Three!" from Wilson and all five missing. When Team Waka arrives, they notice Team Booty struggling with the lasso and see Kirsten and Alex land two more rocks, so decide to go with the rock tossing.

Duncan (CONF): Hey maybe being in last isn’t such a bad thing after all, you get an idea of which challenge is harder

Immediately, Paige and Rourke each hit a rock for Team Waka, as do Duncan and Mary. Grant looks over, nervously.

Grant (CONF): Wow Helina, great suggestion with the lasso

A montage shows Kelsey fire off a lasso and barely miss, Nico landing three rocks in a row, Phillippa, Garrett and Ani lining up and tossing rocks at the same time, with two landing on the barrel, Vani gathering a handful of rocks, and finally Myra roping the first barrel for Team Booty. Yuri motions Grant over and the two help her reel it back in.

Right after as Team Booty celebrates Kirk lassoing a second barrel, Hailey lands the last rock for Team Glory and they grab their second token and head up the hill. A few minutes later, Frances lands the last one for Team Waka, and Duncan yells for the team to hurry and follow.

Wilson curses, watching both teams disappear up the hill with Ranjitha firing a lasso in the background and completely missing. Sam and Helina manage to each land a barrell in consecutive throws, but it’s not until Team Glory is fully up the hill that Fiona gets the last one and they head up with a huge disadvantage.

Fiona (CONF): I just feel like the lasso was a really dumb idea, and who proposed it without anyone else's input...

The scene flashes to Hailey popping open the third crate, Team Glory already back down from their second trip up the cliff.

Hailey (CONF): As a team, carry five giant mattresses or twenty tires up this giant ass hill? Is neither an option?

Team Glory chooses the mattress and split up – Zach and Alex, Eli, Beyla and Izzy, Colby, Lauren and Kirsten, Kathryn and Nico, and finally Hailey, Miller and Annie. The five groups get to work, exhausted as they flip the mattresses up the near 90-degree incline.

The scene flashes to Rourke and Mary saying “mattresses” at the same time. They split up into teams as well – Phillippa goes with Paige and Matt, Ani with Garrett, Rourke with Duncan, Dan with Vani and Frances with Mary. The five groups pursue Team Glory up the hill.

Team Booty is the last to arrive at the third crate, popping it open. The team agrees on tires, and each of them takes either one or two and begins carrying them up the hill. Kirk is nonchalantly rolling his, when Wilson exclaims that Kirk is brilliant and tells all his teammates to roll them

Another montage that switches between slow motion and regular speed follows, starting with the lead and panning down toward last place. First, in slow motion it shows Alex and Zach hurl the mattress over, Eli lugging it with Beyla and Izzy pushing, Annie dry heaving aside Hailey and Miller pulling with all their strength, Kathryn rolling up her sleeves while Nico sips his water and Colby, Lauren and Kirsten flipping the mattress on three.

Regular speed transitions to Team Waka, before switching back to slow motion with Phillippa, Paige and Matt shoving the mattress from behind, Dan flipping it with Vani and yelling at Frances and Mary to pick up the pace, Rourke barely supporting Duncan and Garrett cheering Ani on as she fights through the pain.

Again, a regular speed transitions to Team Booty before switches back to slow motion to show Kirk hurl a tire ahead while holding another, Fiona, Archer and Gianna side-by-side rolling one, Helina and Sam each having one on either arm and sweating heavily, Wilson and Townes each with their own but sharing a third, Myra buckling down and rolling with all her strength, Yuri rolling two as he encourages Ranjitha with hers and Kelsey, Sofia and Grant side-by-side pushing.

Grant (CONF): We're definitely moving faster but...damn this is hard as hell

Team Booty’s choice pays off, as they begin to close the gap between them and the other two teams.

Kirk (CONF): You know I'd really like to keep this streak of avoiding eliminations going

Team Glory still manages to finish first and bolts back down the hill, but Team Booty catches up to Team Waka and the two are right behind. The scene flashes to Colby popping open the fourth crate.

Colby (CONF): So we have so solve some tangrams puzzle and make either this big house or a bridge, but both seem pretty stupid if you ask me

A three-way split screen shows Kirsten, Wilson and Duncan all saying “house” at the same time. The teams are now equal as they work through the fourth leg, the puzzle proving to be an equalizer. A montage shows Fiona pulling out a piece and rotating it, Annie and Miller pulling an entire section of the board after realizing it won’t work, Archer cheering as he fits a piece in and Garrett closing his eyes, trying to visualize it.

Team Glory and Team Waka finish nearly simultaneously, putting Team Booty at a deficit again. Thankfully for them, Ranjitha squeezes in the last piece and they head up the hill only a few minutes after the other teams. Team Waka edges out Team Glory slightly on the run back down, as Team Glory had to wait for an exhausted Izzy, and the scene shows Mary popping over the fifth crate.

Mary (CONF): So either enjoying a huge birthday cake or finishing the challenge in your birthday suit? Yeah um not ok with that

Everyone looks too nauseous to eat the cake, when Phillippa immediately yells to strip down, startling the others for her sudden assertiveness but ripping off their clothes regardless. Team Glory is doing the same, and by the time both teams are almost fully undressed, Team Booty is also there to join in. All three teams leave nearly simultaneously, a mob of naked and sweaty contestants makes its way up to the top of the cliff, with Lauren, Yuri and Dan gripping onto the fifth token for their respective teams.

JP runs over and hugs Alex, still trying to cover up, when Team Glory is the first to arrive at the top, winning them the challenge. Everyone cheers, but no one really touches each other given they’re all naked. And coming in a close second, Garrett is the last to arrive for Team Waka, super uncomfortable with the nudity, but securing them safety for their second challenge in a row. A naked Team Booty looks dejected, as they'll be axing someone from their team at the night's campfire ceremony.

At dinner that night, everyone is joking about where they got sunburn from the long hike up the cliff butt-naked, with Duncan arguing he wins with sunburn literally all over his body.

Alex (CONF): I’ve had to do some weird shit on this show but…I think that takes the cake

Fiona is sitting with Archer, Gianna and Sofia, and the four are talking about how they aren’t really sure they still trust Helina. Ranjitha, sitting nearby, whispers to Helina, who looks upset.

Helina (CONF): I mean I’m sorry that I’m playing the game

Wilson, Kirk, Townes and Sam discuss the plan to save one of them for yet another elimination ceremony. Helina approaches them, and asks if they want to make a move.

Archer convinces Sofia and Gianna that flipping on Helina would be a bad idea, and go to inform Myra and Yuri of the plan to take out Sam. Fiona however, doesn’t look fully convinced, and is seeing if turning on Helina would be a viable option. She goes to talk to Grant and Kelsey, hoping to persuade them to help her, with both looking willing.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY*~

At the campfire ceremony, Chris appears with a tray filled with thirteen marshmallows. He welcomes the new Team Booty to their first elimination as a team, and tells them he’s very interested in some of the votes and how they spread out. He drags out that he is very, very, very shocked at the results, and that he is excited to reveal them. He tries to continue even further but Wilson cuts him off and just tells him to hand the marshmallows out. Chris looks like his feelings got hurt, and hands the first marshmallow to Wilson, who looks satisfied.

Gianna. Townes. Grant. Kelsey.

Grant scoops Kelsey up into a hug, as Gianna and Townes cordially chest-bump.

Kirk. Archer. Sofia.

Kirk budges himself into a hug between Archer and Sofia.

Ranjitha. Yuri. Myra.

Myra sighs loudly with relief, nervous about the elimination with her new team. Ranjitha whips and Yuri just squeals excitedly. Chris tells Helina, Fiona and Sam that all three received votes, but the next person safe would be…

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Helina.

She exclaims “oh dear lord” as she runs up to claim her safety. That leaves Sam and Fiona as the bottom two, with the last marshmallow going to…

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Sam.

Fiona looks devastated, upset her friends would turn on her. She looks over to Ranjitha and Yuri, who just look away. The scene flashes to her carrying her luggage as she walks down the Dock of Shame, hugging Sofia, Myra, Yuri, and Lauren, Paige and Alex who had come to see her off. She also has a quick group-hug with some of Team Booty, including Gianna, Kelsey and Myra, but ignores Helina as she steps onto the Boat of Losers, and is pulled off into the distance.

Fiona (CONF): Man this sucks...I guess I should have been more careful in working with Helina, but I just really wanted to stay to go on more adventures

Chris announces he set up a movie night like after the psychological thriller scavenger hunt. Chris starts to play Insidious, as Wilson and Sofia arrive with bags of popcorn and other snacks. Everyone cheers, but goes wild when Paige and Rourke come running in with bottles of wine right after them, prompting Mary, Annie, Duncan and Lauren to laugh. Alex and Sam are cuddled up with JP, telling him all the exploits of the game. Kirsten and Dan are with separate groups, each still thinking the other is acting weird, a heavy contrast to Matt and Ani all over each other. Helina is cuddled up with Ranjitha and Yuri, asking the two of them if they made a mistake, and Ranjitha tells her if Fiona didn’t trust them, she would have flipped eventually, reminding her that she got votes at the night’s campfire ceremony, probably thanks to Fiona.

Annie sits with Townes and Myra in the back, the three getting to know each other a little better as the movie plays.

Myra (CONF): We're getting down to the wire, I need to start making connections to make sure my ass doesn't go home

Eli is in the front row enjoying his snacks with Zach and Garrett, as Izzy is cuddled up with Phillippa and Vani’s head rests on Helina’s lap. Gianna, Beyla, Sofia, Frances, Mary, Nico, Archer and Miller are in a big cuddle pile, and Kirk’s head is half-asleep, half-watching the movie on Colby’s lap. During one of the scary build up scenes, Grant and Kelsey run in screaming wearing scary masks, causing everyone to freak out, then laugh hysterically since it caused Myra let out one of the highest pitch screams they had ever heard, as the scene fades to black.