My goal for Episode 8 is to have that review done by Thursday the latest. I've already given you guys the speech about how busy college has made my life, I don't need to go through that again. But since I'm a bit rushed I'll just jump right into this episode. Last time believe it or not, Heather, the queen of mean, and some might say the queen of Total Drama (a common title for her American fans since she's the only female winner in the United States, and I'm sure that applies to other parts of the world too that aren't named Canada...) was voted off. Of course Alejandro was to blame. Alejandro, Scott, Gwen, Courtney, and Cameron remain on the Vultures with Sierra, Duncan, Zoey, and Mike on the Hamsters.
The show starts off with Sierra learning in a very unique way that being a teen mom is hard and time consuming. She seemed to have an easier time with it in her first season (Season 3, Episode 22), and with a mutant twoheaded rat, she certainly has her hands and face full, the later which is full of barf. Can't have Total Drama without barf every few episodes, am I right? If that were real and I were on that show, I would be freaking out a lot more with the high frequency of barfing, but as a viewer of an animated cartoon, it doesn't affect me as much. Weird stuff when you take time to think about it. While Scott continues to display his eagerness to eat Chef's crappy food to the rest of his team, Alejandro walks towards the other four vultures and is not greeted warmly. Alejandro tries to play off his legs' "miraculous recovery" but it seems Alejandro's luck in this game might have just run out. Courtney predicts that the teams will be merging soon, if not this episode, and warns Alejandro to watch his back.
What is it with Courtney doing so much to win back the respect she lost from me over the past two seasons? I don't know but I like it. She's sticking it to Al. SHE'S CALLING HIM AL! Courtney was Alejandro's biggest supporter even after she knew of Alejandro's evil and deceiving nature in Total Drama World Tour (Season 3, Episodes 24-26) and then up until this episode, the two haven't really interacted much, but now it's clear Courtney's not on his side anymore. This episode makes me think this might be Courtney's all time best season, even better than her run in Total Drama Island, but a lot can still happen in the episodes that remain. Anyway, Alejandro is still bugged by people calling him Al and tells us that he had a dream about his brother, Jose. I sure wish we could meet Jose someday....Anyway Scott gets defensive about Alejandro not liking the name Al, saying his sister is named Al, short for Albertha, the county hog caller champion or something. Let me just say that the hog Scott attracted with his call is adorable. And Chris interrupts this interesting conversation with the beginning of the next challenge. And Mal definitely left his mark on Boney Island.
Duncan tries to talk to Zoey about Mike saying that he knew him from juvey as Mal. And Zoey's initial reaction of disbelief is expected. I mean it's very difficult to picture Mike in juvey. But it wasn't Mike then, it was Mal. Zoey doesn't know what to believe since it's a lot to process, but at least she's giving Duncan a chance to say what he has to say instead of being defensive for her boyfriend's sake. Duncan suspects that Mike/Mal broke Cameron's classes, Duncan's knife, Sam's game guy, and Sierra's hardly-resembling-a-phone-with-much-intelligence smart phone. Zoey thanks Duncan for the info and calls him thoughtful and considerate, which Duncan quickly denies, and after Sierra's mutant rat messes up an intern's face, we get to the challenge. Oh, and Mike and Mal meet face to face (well it's in Mike's mind so not really, but you get the picture) and we get a bit of background on their connection and Mal has no intention of letting Mike free now that he finally regained control. Cameron is immediately frightened when he sees a boxing ring and writes "his last will", along with revealing his full name in the process. At this rate we'll know all 52 contestants' (counting the 14 new guys in season 6) full names after like 15 seasons, maybe haha. Chef is scared of Mike now, after seemingly getting his ass handed by him (probably not, but the thought of that is hilarious and entertaining). The challenge is a mix of Phobia Factor (Season 1, Episode 7) and No Pain, No Game (Season 1, Episode 9) where if you last a whole round or defeat your opponent, you score for your team. First to three wins immunity. "NOW LET'S GET READY TO PUMMEL!!!!" but not without giving Zoey her reward: a point for the Heroes and exemption from the challenge. Pretty solid reward. And either Cameron is a really good spot or he forgot he's on the Villains team, as he celebrates the point with the other Heroes. Silly Cameron...you're supposed to be the smart one.
Scott goes up first and is up against Fang (oh gee, what a surprise). Scott is too petrified to even shriek as Fang makes quick work of Scott, who can't even "Wake up and smell the gloves hitting you in the face, Scott!" (great line, Courtney! That was excellent advice). But it didn't do Scott any good as he lost his fight. Gwen helps Courtney lift Scott to.....a nearby hospital? Idk where they would take him but nice to see them cooperating. Gwen quickly noticed how Courtney "treated her like a human being" and celebrates such a difficult and rare accomplishment. Courtney thinks it's about time to let Gwen off the hook and is certain that she wouldn't kiss Scott. I think Courtney's right and she doesn't have to worry about that, but just in case, GWEN! WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT KISS SCOTT! Just being sure. Sierra's up next and is forced to fight the mother of her pet. Cameron states that the odds of both Scott and Sierra getting personal opponents is "astronomical" (what a drama queen....there's 8 slots on the wheel, so 1/8 times 1/8 is 1/64. Or if opponents can't be repeated, 1/8 times 1/7 is 1/56. It's definitely not astronomical but it's unlikely. But this doesn't matter. We all know Chris and Chef are rigging this. Why else would they tie the challenge in with Phobia Factor? Sierra gets beat pretty easily and lands on Cameron. Before the match Sierra "broke up" with Cameron due to the stresses of parenthood, but after the mother reclaimed her kid, Sierra rescinded that motion. So close, Cameron. So close. Right when you think the kid gets a break, all he can do is break Sierra's fall after losing the challenge. Alejandro goes up next. Courtney hopes Alejandro gets Heather, and Gwen agrees, but Alejandro would rather face Heather than................JOSE! We finally meet him! This just got a lot more exciting! Jose wastes no time taunting "Al", and Alejandro has a confessional saying how Jose is better at him in school, sports, and even......PERSONAL GROOMING (I know, what an FML moment right there. You almost feel sorry for Al.....NOT! haha) Duncan wonders why they're only going for body shots, but in the Burromuerto family (Alejandro revealed his last name in Season 3, Episode 2), you never go for the face. I guess that's more reasonable than fights in Justin's family, where you don't go for any part of their beautiful bodies and they just....stand there? Maybe they're good at staring contests....no shock Justin wasn't in All Stars.
Alejandro has enough of Jose and goes rage mode. "That's for always calling me Al! That's for hogging the bathroom mirror! And replacing my soap with a urinal cake! (FINISH HIM....haha Mortal Combat reference) And THIS is for calling any aspect of Heather UNATTRACTIVE!!!! (fatality) Of course Jose's not dead. But Alejandro won the match and made the score 1-1. Mike goes next but Cameron explains to everyone that the game is rigged. Sierra, Scott, and Alejandro all got their biggest enemies matched up with them. It's definitely not random. Chris tries to cover his master plan by purposely giving Mike a different opponent: Izzy in a spider costume, provoking Cameron's fear of Izzy (Season 4, Episode 4). Izzy thinks Mike smells weird..."good on the outside, bad on the inside" (what a coincidence). Mike tries to communicate to Izzy but Izzy is confused, but her mentioning Mal's name startles Zoey and Duncan. After plenty of "chitter chatter", Mal takes care of business and Mike earns a point for the Heroes upon defeating Izzy 2-1. Cameron feels slightly more confident now that Spider Izzy can't be his opponent, but he ends up facing four mutant gophers instead and it's definitely enough to defeat Cameron. Too bad he doesn't have his Iron man suit anymore (Season 4, Episode 13). Duncan's up next and he tries to hype himself up to be a "bad boy" as he prepares for his fight, hoping that this challenge can help earn him back some street cred. But he's matched up with the blue bird he met last episode, and Duncan just can't bring himself to fight it so he forfeits the match. Ok Courtney was a little too harsh on Duncan. That would be pretty mean to hurt that bird, even if this was a challenge.
Gwen and Courtney both volunteer to go next and share in some laughs. Chris makes Gwen spin and she gets Courtney, but both initially refuse to fight each other since they're friends. However, Chris uses Sierra's Gwuncan blog videos of Gwen and Duncan kissing as incentive to get the fight going. Courtney loses her cool and starts punching, saying that's what Gwen gets for kissing her boyfriend. Gwen retaliates by saying Duncan wasn't her boyfriend at the time (again Gwen, he was!). Duncan tells Alejandro about how they're fighting over him. That pleases Duncan since girls don't fight over good guys (I don't think girls fought over Alejandro before, oh wait Courtney and Heather maybe sorta did in Season 3) but then the bird shows up and Duncan's soft side is re-exposed. They keep going until Gwen tells Courtney that she only came back to Total Drama to rebuild their friendship and Courtney says she missed Gwen and not Duncan. So in a touching moment, Gwen and Courtney stop fighting and agree to be "totes friends forever" (Courtney's words, not mine, but touching nonetheless). Chris gives both Courtney and Gwen a point to give Villains a 3-2 victory.
At the bonfire ceremony, Duncan tries to get Zoey to vote off Mike, and brings up the possibility of Mike being Mal's alternate personality instead of the other way around. A conflicted Zoey contemplates this information in the confessional. Chris says he has an announcement. Courtney expects a merge and Alejandro claims that he feels he can just power through the merge by winning challenges. I guess sticking it to Jose has given him even more confidence and arrogance. I know, hard to believe. But instead Chris says the Villains get to eliminate a Hero and the Heroes get to send a villain to exile on Boney Island. Eh, it's a new one, I'll give it that. It might alter the course of the game down the road. And the villains deliberate and decide to send Sierra out of the game. Sierra wonders why they chose her, and here comes some BS from Cameron. I bet Cameron did a lot of convincing to get his stalker he inherited from Cody out of the game with this chance. Cameron disguises those obvious intentions by saying Cody needs Sierra. And I'm sure it was enough for Sierra to buy it. Zoey, Duncan, and Mike agree on sending Alejandro to exile. So yeah, Alejandro doesn't seem to be in the best position right now with all guns aimed at him. Duncan says Mal is lucky the Heroes couldn't vote. And maybe he's right. Duncan probably convinced Sierra and if Zoey votes for Mike or Sierra and Mal/Mike votes for Duncan, Mike would've been out. But it could've also been Duncan. But it's Sierra. Everyone besides Alejandro (who is exiled) is there to bid farewell to Sierra. Gwen tells her to say hi to Cody for her and Duncan asks Sierra to keep posting Gwuncan videos (nice one, Duncan). So Sierra is out! I was excited to see Sierra back and I knew it would be different without Cody, but honestly we got what we expected. She kept thinking about Cody and her weirdness was as transparent as ever.
So yeah my predictions didn't go so hot last time considering what happened this episode but it's hard to predict the twist that occurred at the bonfire. So here are my predictions
8.Alejandro
7.Cameron
6.Duncan
5.Gwen
4.Mal(Mike)
3.Courtney
2.Scott
1.Zoey
-I know it's bold for me to predict Alejandro to be the next one to go since it seems too easy for Alejandro to get voted off right now. However with the rise of Mal and with Scott still around, we don't really need him to be a villain for the show this season.
-Mal's gonna start backstabbing and he starts with Cameron.
-Duncan and Mal go head to head but Mal pulls some strings. Also neither Courtney or Gwen like him.
-Gwen is an obvious threat at this point and I bet Mal wins immunity to justify voting Gwen off at that point
-Mike regains control of Mal but at that point no one trusts him and he's next to go.
-Zoey wins the final 3 challenge and thinks Courtney is the bigger threat so she votes her off, and she probably would like to beat Scott in the finale. But interestingly Zoey and Scott haven't been interacting this much this season despite them being enemies.
-I've said this before: Zoey would make sense as the next Total Drama winner. She just fits the bill IMO.
Sorry Scott but you've been more funny than annoying this season so far.
Honestly Courtney, Scott, and Zoey in the finale would be pretty good. I see at least one of those three in the final 3. Also since there needs to be a double elimination episode, maybe Mike and Courtney's eliminations would be in the same episode and after Mike's vote off, they do another quick challenge followed by another quick vote.
Well this season's half over, but I hope it's still entertaining. It's been fun seeing things play out the way they had and hopefully it'll continue. However in a series that lacks female winners, a final 8 consisting of 5 boys and 3 girls is a bit concerning for those that care about that. See you guys for the next episode.
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