Remember the Fallen

Plot
The episode opens up with Team Waka in the luxury cabin. They are satisfied with their performance last challenge, taking down arguably the strongest team, and now gunning to keep up their momentum.

Garrett (CONF): I just hope we keep winning because this team has become so shifty that any elimination ceremony could be my last, like remember when we were deemed the earth element for being steady? That has definitely changed

Garrett eats breakfast with Vani, as the two discuss how tight their alliance has been and how shocked they were when Brian was voted out. Also eating at the big table are Phillippa, Mary and Ani.

Phillippa (CONF): I find it rather alarming that there’s bacon for breakfast

Duncan is lifting weights in the workout room while Matt runs on the treadmill, and Frances sits on a bed with Paige and the two girls joke about which challenge they think has been the hardest, with Paige saying either Dublin or the scavenger hunt and Frances arguing either the boot camp or climbing the mountain in Norway.

In the mess hall, Helina eats breakfast with Yuri and Alex. She seemingly has forgiven Yuri, as the three sit over breakfast.

Helina (CONF): I’m not even mad Yuri flipped, it’s just sad because he was one of my closest allies...but just because I'm not mad doesn't mean I'm gonna let it go

Alex talks about how much he misses Myra, and how he’s sad they won’t be making the merge together like they did last season.

*flashback to Alex and Myra riding emus in the outback and swimming through Loch Ness in search of the Loch Ness monster*

Zach sits with Gianna and Beyla, telling the three how upset he is that Kathryn isn't in the game anymore.

Beyla (CONF): Sorry buddy but that’s kind of why we voted her out

Nico, Archer, Lauren and Ranjitha are also a table over, talking about ridiculous that last challenge was. Zach, Gianna and Beyla slide over to their table and they all laugh. They start to talk about who they miss the most, with Gianna saying she misses Sibu, Lauren’s obvious answer is Ryan, Beyla wishing Dani was back in the game, Nico sad about Clayton’s elimination and Ranjitha wishing she could have hung out with Leigh more.

Kelsey and Grant sit on the front porch in rocking chairs, with Grant idly strumming his guitar and Kelsey explaining how she’s having a hard time being here without Patrick, Chloe, Erica and Mahmoud. Grant reminds her of all the cool adventures they get to go on, but Kelsey reminds him of the hard times they’ve suffered through.

*flashback to Graham throwing up in Norway, Zack screaming as he is being dragged away by the psycho-killer, Phillippa collapsing from exhaustion in Death Valley, Clayton ringing the bell with his head during boot camp and finally Kelsey and Grant profusely sweating as they roll the tires up the cliff in the Would You Rather? challenge*

Kirsten is still asleep, having spent more time to herself after the fiasco with Dan, and Miller, Annie, Colby, Townes, Wilson, Sam, Eli, Sofia and Izzy all lie around the common area between the cabins, too exhausted to really do anything.

Everyone groans as Chris appears, the other contestants in tow, and tells them to gear up because it’s time for their next challenge. Once everyone is in their gear, he congratulates them and tells them they have officially made it to the halfway point of the game. They have seen many fall before them –

*flashback to Connor walking over to the Team Friendship mat, Erica smiling as she dances with Rourke and Kelsey, and Kathryn on the Boat of Losers being pulled into the distance*

And it’s time to remember them. Everyone looks around nervously, but Chris assures them no one will be re-entering the game. At least not today. He brings them to Boney Island, where he stands in front of a giant mountain. He tells them today’s challenge is going to be grueling, and potentially the hardest one they’ve had yet.

Lauren (CONF): Like honestly how is that even possible

He leads them to a sign at the base of the mountain, which people quickly realize as the order in which the previous contestants were eliminated.

Gianna (CONF): Oh Sibu was before Brian?

Wilson (CONF): Damn I really miss Rice, I wish he was still in the game

Colby (CONF): I do not want to be the next name on this list

He tells them that it is a three and a half mile hike up to the top of this mountain.

Paige (CONF): Ok how have I never seen this mountain before it’s so tall

Halfway up are thirty-two giant logs for each team, each one with a fallen competitor’s face on it. At the top are three mats, one of each team’s color. Their challenge is to bring all the logs to the top of the mountain and stack them in the order of their elimination – with the first eliminated on the bottom and the recently eliminated Kathryn on the top. Once they ask the judge to check it, if they’re right they win, but if they’re wrong the entire team has to run all the way back down the mountain to where they’re standing right now, and re-check the elimination order. No corrections can be made until the entire team has returned to the mat.

Kirsten (CONF): Oh god let’s just hope no one forgets and if someone does they are carrying my ass back up this mountain

They all have small backpacks with water pouches and a tube that runs up to their shoulder so they stay hydrated. Once everyone lines up on the starting line, Chris yells "Go!" while blowing the starting horn and the contestants immediately huddle around the board with the order.

Rourke (CONF): Wait there are no pictures? I don’t think I even remember everyone’s name

Eli (CONF): Clayton seemed like a pretty swell guy, I didn’t realize how long ago he was booted

Kirsten (CONF): Ok I’m not gonna lie, seeing Dan’s name up there is weird

Zach (CONF): Would it be shady to ask Izzy to carry the Dani log?

Team Booty is the first done and they begin to run up the mountain. Almost immediately, Gianna and Kelsey fall behind, with Sam and Yuri looping around to help them. Wilson leads the way, repeating the order to himself.

Team Glory is the next to leave, followed by Team Waka. The trek proves to be almost immediately strenuous. Miller feels his team is in good shape, as he devised a strategy for Team Glory in which two or three people each picked a fourth of the elimination list to memorize.

Miller (CONF): It’s way easier to have two or three people do eight names each than try and have everyone do all thirty-two

Townes points out he sees the logs, and tells everyone they’re bigger than he anticipated. They’re heavy enough that each person can only carry one, so it will take three trips for every team (and potentially four for Team Waka). As Helina struggles to lift a log with Morgan’s face on it, Grant takes off up the mountain, carrying a log with Zack’s face on it.

Once the last Team Booty member, Gianna, dragging a log with Mahmoud’s face on it, leaves, Team Glory and Team Waka arrive nearly simultaneously. Rourke counts and immediately realizes their disadvantage, with Garrett offering to carry two.

Rourke (CONF): Ok is Garrett the hulk or something because carrying just one of these is definitely taking ten years off my lifespan

The three strong lines dividing the tribes are quickly blurred, with everyone trying to climb at their own pace. As they climb, the path gets steeper making it harder for people to move as quickly. Gianna is still in the rear, with Yuri practically carrying her and the Mahmoud log alongside his own Rice log.

A few wide shots are shown: first Mary lugging a log barely off the ground with Yuri carrying it over his shoulder in the background, then Alex carrying his in front of him with Ranjitha and Ani rolling theirs in the background, then Frances's log falling in slow-motion when she loses her grip with a startled Kirsten and Miller behind her and finally Helina wiping sweat off her brow as she takes a break with Garrett, Nico and Phillippa hauling logs next to her.

Townes ends up being the first to reach the top, fittingly carrying a log with Connor’s face on it. Once he places it down, he waits for his team to join him, as Chris adds that no one can move from point to point until the entire team unites on a mat. He cheers as Archer and Sofia reach the top, and the three look over to see Alex groan as he unloads the Sierra log onto the Glory gold mat.

A montage shows Frances cursing as she drops a Clayton log and it rolls back down the hill some.

Frances (CONF): Goodness Clayton is still causing me problems

*flashback to Clayton saying "shit" when Alex hands Frances the mini-idol in Plymouth rock*

Helina dropping the Fiona log on her foot and her cursing.

Helina (CONF): Alright that’s gotta be some sort of karma

*flashback to Helina and Fiona side-by-side on the elliptical in the luxury cabin, strategizing and laughing*

Alex and Beyla, who had just arrived with the Graham log, cheering on Izzy who is bright red with the Chloe log.

Alex (CONF): Damn I miss Chloe

*flashback to Chloe's "mom-dancing" in Dublin after the Halloween challenge*

And ends with Gianna, now with Yuri, Sam and Helina supporting her, arriving to the top and rounding out Team Booty’s first round. She hurls the Mahmoud log to the ground, screaming victoriously.

*flashback to Mahmoud viciously wiping out Miller in the Thirsty Games*

They all begin the long hike back down to where the logs are. Once Lauren makes it to the top, Team Glory finally pulls ahead of Team Waka. Rourke, Duncan and Mary encourage Phillippa, who is exhausted carrying the Suzanne log, and once she finally makes it to the top, they also begin their trek back down the mountain. Seeing the faces of their old competitors for the first time in a while causes people to reflect on their game.

Annie (CONF): Damn we are halfway? I feel like just yesterday we were voting out hot Clayton in Aspen or seeing those amazing Christmas lights in Disneyworld

Mary stops to throw up on the way back down the mountain.

Mary (CONF): We’ve made it this far, there is no way I’m going home soon, nope, uh-huh

Ranjitha (CONF): After all the literal shit we’ve been through

Sam (CONF): There aren't words to describe how much harder this season has been

By the time Team Booty gets down to the logs, Yuri is carrying Gianna on his back.

A montage shows Ranjitha grunting as she picks up the Kirk log, Gianna too weak to pick up the Patrick log so Sam helping her, and Sofia, profusely sweating, take off up the mountain with the Hailey log.

Right as Gianna leaves, Team Glory arrives, and another montage follows of Zach loading a log with Yunah’s face on it into Lauren’s arms, Alex and Kirsten starting back up side-by-side, Alex with the Nick log and Kirsten with the Abbey one, and Annie turning red as she strains to pick up Clay's face.

Again, once Izzy, taking up the rear for Team Glory with Morgan's log in tow, leaves, Team Waka arrives. Duncan agrees to be the one to take two this time, grunting as he lifts up both Leigh’s and Ryan’s logs and begins up the mountain. Phillippa is behind him with a Duma log, rolling it on the ground, and Paige grunts as she heaves the Hank log onto her shoulder and treks up.

Team Booty is the first to arrive by a pretty large margin, with Gianna getting a spark of energy out of fear of being voted out. They turn to go back down one last time. Similar to the first time around, Glory stays in second and Waka stays in third. Team Booty manages to widen their lead, so they get an early start on stacking the logs.

Sofia (CONF): Ok so Myra was eliminated with Nick right? Or was it Hailey? I just remember us going with Team Glory in New York City

Yuri (CONF): I wonder how Duma's doing, I miss him

Townes and Wilson debate over whether or not Abbey was eliminated before or after Hank, and Grant grunts as he stacks Patrick right on top of Erica. It shows Helina passing Ranjitha the Nick log, with her kissing it and saying she misses baby Nick, Yuri stacking Brian's log on top of Suzanne's, and Gianna asking Kelsey to confirm if Yunah was before or after Cleo to which she defers the question to Sam who tries to remember. Time passes and the camera shows the logs slowly building up.

Before either of the other teams even arrive, Kelsey climbs to the top of the ladder and places the Kathryn log on top. A judge comes over to check.

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Team Booty:

Connor -> Mahmoud -> Sierra -> Chloe -> Clay -> Morgan -> Duma -> Leigh -> Graham -> Zack -> Yunah -> Cleo -> Karthik -> Erica -> Patrick -> Rice -> Dani -> Abbey -> Hank ->  Clayton -> Sammi  -> Sibu -> Ryan -> Suzanne  -> Brian -> Nick -> Fiona -> Kirk -> Myra -> Hailey -> Dan -> Kathryn

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The judge nods his head "no", causing Helina to curse and Wilson to angrily kick the logs. They all head back down the mountain, taking sips from their water bottle, right as Team Glory and Team Waka almost simultaneously arrive, with Team Waka confident after winning the last challenge.

Izzy (CONF): I actually don't think I'd make it back down the mountain

Immediately, people get to work.

Ani and Matt go back and forth over whether or not Clayton was technically before Sammi or not, while Duncan and Paige get to work stacking Mahmoud on top of Connor and Sierra on top of Mahmoud. Vani is with Rourke and Mary laying out what they think is the correct order, while Garrett helps Phillippa lift the heavy logs and hand them to Frances who is partially up the ladder stacking them.

Kirsten and Alex are drenched in sweat, working with Annie to lay out the order correctly. Beyla and Nico whisper about whether or not Morgan's elimination in the dodgeball challenge was before or after Chloe's in the X-games, and Zach looks at the Hailey and Kathryn logs, sadly missing his friends. Miller grunts as him and Eli pass logs up to Lauren who stacks them, as Colby carefully goes through the line, thinking that they can take this challenge slow thanks to Team Booty's error.

Suddenly, Matt calls for a judge to come check. His team looks over angrily, with Rourke telling them they should have double-checked first. A judge walks over:

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Team Waka:

Connor -> Mahmoud -> Sierra -> Clay -> Chloe -> Morgan -> Duma ->Leigh -> Graham -> Zack -> Yunah -> Cleo -> Karthik -> Erica -> Patrick -> Rice -> Dani -> Hank -> Abbey -> Clayton -> Sammi -> Ryan -> Suzanne -> Sibu -> Brian -> Nick -> Fiona -> Kirk -> Myra -> Hailey -> Dan -> Kathryn

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He gives them a thumbs up, and everyone runs and tackles each other, with Ani and Matt kissing and Mary and Frances hitting a nae-nae. In the meantime, Team Booty finally makes it to the bottom. Wilson, now utilizing a strategy similar to Miller’s, splits up the order and has everyone memorize eight. After a couple minutes, they sprint as fast as they can (which at this point, isn’t much) back up the mountain.

In the meantime, Kirsten and Miller are going at it. Kirsten argues that Cleo was after Karthik, with Miller telling her she’s wrong and they went to Plymouth after they went to Sydney, reminding her he was on Team Friendship. Nico is at the top of the ladder, placing the Kathryn log, and Alex and Lauren are keeping it steady. Izzy shouts at her team to hurry up when she sees Townes charging toward them in the distance. While Miller and Kirsten are fighting, Beyla asks for a check. Everyone falls silent as a judge walks over.

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Team Glory

Connor -> Mahmoud -> Sierra -> Clay -> Chloe -> Morgan -> Duma -> Leigh -> Graham -> Zack -> Yunah -> Cleo -> Karthik -> Erica -> Patrick -> Rice -> Dani -> Hank -> Abbey -> Clayton -> Sammi -> Ryan -> Suzanne -> Sibu -> Brian -> Nick -> Fiona -> Kirk -> Myra -> Hailey -> Dan -> Kathryn

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They go wild as the rest of Team Booty finally reaches the top. Eli and Alex hug as Kirsten apologizes to Miller. Duncan runs over to congratulate Colby and Annie and Beyla dances with Zach. Team Booty in the meantime, looks dejected.

At dinner, everyone begins talking politics. Wilson, Townes and Sam meet and discuss potential strategy options. Wilson tells the other two he definitely didn’t convince Archer about the all-guys thing, so they'll need to take a different approach or risk losing another of their numbers. Townes throws out Gianna's and Yuri's names and Wilson counters with Ranjitha's or Sofia's, making it clear there is no real plan.

In the meantime, Helina, Yuri and Ranjitha are with Sofia, Archer, Gianna, Grant and Kelsey, discussing voting out Wilson. Helina pulls Ranjitha, Sofia and Gianna aside, and tells the girls what Grant and Kelsey told her about Yuri and Archer flipping. Sofia and Gianna look upset while Ranjitha just looks absolutely shocked, and asks what they should do.

Ranjitha (CONF): Helina you can't actually be thinking about voting out Yuri...it's Yuri

Helina says she doesn’t know, but as much as she hates to admit it she thinks Archer is probably a more steadfast ally post-merge and challenge-asset for the remainder of the team phase. Ranjitha is speechless, but Sofia and Gianna agree, with Gianna adding that Yuri's likability could carry him to the end.

Back at the other table, Yuri is insistent they vote out Wilson, given his strategic prowess, as Grant and Kelsey weigh Wilson's game against Townes'.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY*~

Chris walks out with a plate full of ten marshmallows, welcoming Team Booty back to the elimination ceremony. Once the votes are cast, he begins to read out the names.

Kelsey.

A relieved Kelsey walks up to get her marshmallow.

Sofia. Gianna. Townes.

Everyone looks around nervously, and Sofia and Gianna nod to Helina and Ranjitha. Townes just smiles, with mixed emotions given he knows that increases the risk for Sam and Wilson.

Ranjitha. Sam. Grant. Helina.

Grant locks eyes with Helina as the two walk up to get their marshmallows, trying to mouth to her and ask what she chose but she can’t understand it. Sam just eyes his marshmallow, sighing a long, heavy sigh of relief.

Archer.

He looks relieved, jogging up to get his marshmallow and joining the other eight safe Team Booty members around the campfire behind Chris. They watch anxiously. That leaves the bottom two as Yuri and Wilson, sitting on different stumps. Both look extremely nervous, and Chris hands the last marshmallow to…

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Wilson.

Yuri looks absolutely shocked. He gets quiet, upset that his teammates would vote him out because he doesn’t want them to not like him. Helina tells him she can't trust him after what happened in New York City, and he looks away sadly. At the same time, everyone is upset to see Yuri go, given how much of a light he is in the competition.

*flashback to Yuri dancing crazily in the temple in Thailand, Sofia covering her ears but laughing as he tells her a gross joke on the train to San Marino, and Yuri screaming with joy as he rides Mission Space alongside Fiona, Ranjitha and Clayton*

As has become protocol, everyone comes in for a group hug, before Yuri sadly walks down the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers.

Yuri (CONF): I’m so excited I got to do the things I did in this competition, and I am so bummed to be out of it but…damn it, I shouldn’t have voted out Myra...damn...

Everyone returns to the dining hall, where Chris reveals he has a treat for them and, in honor of the show airing, is going to show them the first episode. Everyone looks excited, with no one knowing the show was going to air while they were still filming.

Everyone laughs as they see their friends fall off the cliff, some screaming, others diving, and some look sad as the last marshmallow is thrown to Duma prompting Connor’s elimination. When the episode ends, the screen fades to black, beginning the downhill to the finale.