Last week delivered an unexpected twist on Camp Wawanakwa. Alejandro seized the invincibility statue Heather had tucked away and used it to dodge elimination, which meant Heather faced the flush. With the Spanish team showing renewed mobility, the field narrows to nine, and questions linger about a potential merge or what other tricks Chris McLean might have up his sleeve.
THE CHALLENGE
The contestants gather at the Camp Wawanakwa Coliseum, bracing for a wicked mashup of two Season 1 staples, No Pain No Game and Phobia Factor. In the center sits a boxing ring, while the Wheel of Misfortune sits nearby, both symbols of risk and unpredictability.
Participants spin the wheel to decide who, or what, they will fight for two minutes. A win earns a point for the team, and the first side to reach three points claims victory. The early bouts reveal surprising consistency, a result of Chef lingering near the wheel and nudging outcomes in subtle ways.
Zoey earned the perk from the last challenge: she does not have to enter the ring, and the Heroic Hamsters begin this challenge with one point.
The matches are:
- Villain Scott vs. Fang the radioactively mutated amphibious shark [LOST]
- Hero Sierra vs. the mother of her creepy two-headed mutant rat pet [LOST]
- Villain Alejandro vs. his older brother, José [WON]
- Hero Mike/Mal vs. Izzy in a spider suit [WON]
- Villain Cameron vs. four mutant gophers [LOST]
- Hero Duncan vs. the cute mutant bird from last episode [LOST]
- Villain Gwen vs. Villain Courtney! [WON BY BOTH!]
Chris’s plan to have Gwen and Courtney beat each other into submission only partly works. Once the dust settles, the two realize how much they’ve missed being friends. To soften the moment, the host grants them both a point. The final tally reads 3-2, and the Villainous Vultures emerge victorious.
THE ELIMINATION CEREMONY
Many contestants expect a teams merge to happen with fewer players, but Chris reveals that will not be the case. Instead, the winning Villains will decide which Hero goes home, while the losing Heroes choose which Villain is exiled to Boney Island.
The Villains deliberate and ultimately choose Sierra to return to the real Cody, much to Cameron’s relief. “You have a real Cody back home who needs you. Now run, Sierra. Run to him,” Chris reminds everyone that Sierra will be swimming back due to the Flush of Shame.
The Heroes banish Alejandro to Boney Island immediately, with no discussion necessary.
THE DRAMA
Duncan takes Zoey aside to reveal that Mike/Mal’s juvie past might be responsible for the odd dynamics in their circle. He suspects the malevolent personality is the same force that disrupted Sam’s Game Guy, Cameron’s glasses, Sierra’s smartphone, and his own knife. Zoey grows uneasy around her boyfriend.
Mal’s cover nearly cracks when Izzy challenges him in the ring; Izzy embodies Cameron’s phobia. She taunts him with the line that he smells like a honey cruller wrapped in rotten ham and asks, “Who’s Mal?” He uses his boxing gloves to keep the secret safe, while Mike remains trapped in his own subconscious.
In a nearly unconscious haze, Scott tells Courtney that he likes her, answering her call to wake up and notice the gloves hitting him in the face.
Alejandro’s brother and he have never seen eye to eye, so they clash immediately, body shots only due to a family code that forbids hitting the face. Alejandro gains the upper hand after José attacks Heather, sparking a righteous rage.
“Duncan Do-Right,” as Chris has begun calling him, has had it with being labeled heroic and goody-goody. Still, he can’t bring himself to strike a bird in the beak.
At the start of Gwen and Courtney’s fight they’ve mostly patched things up. That changes when Chris rolls a clip show of Gwen and Duncan kissing from Sierra’s Gwuncan blog. Once the blows stop, the two share a heartfelt moment and agree to remain friends forever.