Sundae Muddy Sundae

'''The final five take a run throughout the island to create a sundae to feed the host's interns. Someone feeds mistrust between everyone and a planner, forcing them to find some way of surviving either on their own or through an alliance; while another tries to figure out the cryptic meaning of a fallen contestant's final words. Though one appears to reach victory, a twist in the rules leads them to lose completely and ultimately to their just desserts.'''

Plot
The episode begins with Mike, as Mal, tearing apart the spa hotel's bedroom looking for the DVD Alejandro hid. He reminds himself that "the truth is in the art," and, frustrated, cracks that "it's all hideous." Zoey joins him and is concerned about his activities, to which Mike uses the excuse that he was watering plants and dropped one..."against the wall." In the confessional, Zoey wishes that she could get into Mike's head, and the scene switches to wandering Mike, Chester, and Svetlana. They come across Vito performing as a ventriloquist, holding a dummy that resembles Mal. Just as he did with the others, Mike asks him to help him and his other assembled personalities defeat Mal. The puppet suddenly becomes possessed and is drawn to Mike, but before it can do any real damage he takes it and smashes Vito's chain. Vito is quick to become the fourth member of the resistance, and the group advances to find the only personality still trapped - Manitoba.

In the outside world, Chris makes his daily announcement to meet for the challenge. Chef brings Gwen back from exile on his jeep and pushes her off in front of the lodgings. Courtney hugs her, extremely concerned, and Gwen states calmly that while she had a Wooly Beaver on her tail, she climbed away from it and fell asleep looking at the stars. Zoey passes with Mike, offering a friendly comment at her return. Gwen is taken aback as Courtney seems to mock her, and the C.I.T. suggests they shun Zoey. Courtney then goes on to ask if Gwen is still mad at her for the Cameron situation, and after some talk, they promise to take each other to the finale. However, in the confessional, Courtney reveals an alternate plan - one she thinks will guarantee her a first place ranking. Showing the camera a chart, she explains that she will take Scott to the final two, believing that he will forfeit the game. Gwen she intends to go before him, in order to make sure that she doesn't get eliminated prior to that. Mike she admits is a "wild card," but Zoey she wants gone immediately. In the woods, Scott attempts to flirt with Courtney only to humiliate himself. She laughs with Gwen, who couldn't be happier that Courtney has regained her trust in her. Scott then begins to taunt Mike and Zoey, but is met with something completely unexpected. Mike exposes the chart, and Scott and Gwen are infuriated as Courtney scrambles to come up with an explanation. In disbelief that their friendship was purely one-sided, Gwen vows to take her down, and Scott swears that he will never forgive her. Courtney ends the chain of confessionals by cursing Mike and assuring the audience that she will not take the Flush of Shame.

The contestants are greeted by Chris, who shows them two starving interns and nonchalantly states that he never feeds them. Mike is hysterical, to which Zoey looks at him suspiciously. To honor the interns' needs, the challenge involves making a sundae out of ingredients placed in various dangerous locations around the island. The winner is the camper whose entire sundae is consumed by one of them. Courtney is fond of this, as she has experience working in an ice cream shop. As the contestants race up a mountain covered in manmade snow, where ice cream waits, Courtney apologizes to Gwen, who shuns her and calls her "Chartney." Meanwhile, Zoey wants Mike to explain why he did something as "mean" as revealing the chart. He sweetly tells her that the two of them need to stick together, as they are outnumbered thanks to Courtney's friendship with Gwen and relationship with Scott. When Gwen claims the lead, Mike separates from Zoey and rushes to overtake her. In the confessional, Zoey contemplates Alejandro's exit warning of a "greater evil" among them. Courtney then asks her for an alliance when they meet on the mountain, to be declined, and Scott pushes Gwen down into the snow, determined not to let Courtney win. As he reaches the top, Scott travels too far and ends up hanging over the cliff. Gwen fills her bowl with ice cream and slides back to the ground, followed by Mike, then Courtney and Zoey.

In the swamp, Gwen remains in first place as she approaches the cherries. She is suddenly threatened by an alligator, and Mike passes her in the race when he smashes into the animal, grabs a cherry, and dunks Gwen into the water as he leaves. Gwen is shocked, labeling him as either "really brave, really bananas, or both," but recovers and stays on his tail. Courtney is next, floating on a log with a swimming Zoey right beside her. Courtney claims a cherry and heads back without trouble, while Zoey becomes the next target of the alligator. Making sure to grab a cherry as well, she shoves a scoop of ice cream into its mouth and flees, as Scott arrives. The scene cuts to Mike and the Main lodge, where the nuts are located...as well as the newly repaired Drama Machine, welding a mallet. When Gwen reaches the lodge, Mike calls her out and the robot turns its attention towards her. He tops his sundae and walks out performing his signature whistle of In the Hall of Mountain King. Gwen grabs a handful of nuts and makes a quick escape, coming face to face with Courtney on the steps. She apologizes and begs Gwen not to vote against her at the elimination ceremony. Gwen agrees, deciding to cast hers for Scott and maybe convince Zoey to do the same, on the condition that Courtney vote for herself. Courtney protests, but Gwen offers no alternative and goes on to the next part of the challenge, as does the latter, who is chased by the robot. However, her place is taken by Scott, who is crushed repeatedly with the mallet, allowing Courtney her nuts and escape.

The third ingredient is chocolate sauce, which forms a pool beneath a fire-breathing flower. While Mike is the first to reach it, Gwen takes back the lead as he waits for Zoey. The two share a conversation and Zoey is ecstatic as she kisses his cheek and leaves to compete against Gwen. Here, Mike takes some chocolate sauce as well as a large rock, shoving it into the flower, causing it to explodes and turning the chocolate pool into coal. Scott becomes suspicious of him, however doesn't mind using dirt as an alternative. Courtney, on the other hand, is conflicted, but decides to use the coal as opposed to going without sauce. A bird also vomits on top of her sundae. The scene cuts to Gwen, Zoey, Scott, Mike, and soon Courtney racing to the interns. Courtney is the first to cross and cheers, forcing her sundae towards them. Her plans go awry as Chris announces that at the last second, he is changing this part of the challenge. Instead of feeding the interns, the contestants must eat their own creations until someone cleans their bowl. The others are delighted, even Scott, who considers the dirt a delicacy, and Zoey becomes the winner of both immunity and the stay at the McLean Spa Hotel.

At the elimination ceremony, Courtney again apologizes to Gwen and asks her not to vote her off. Gwen repeats what she said earlier, that she will not do so as long as Courtney votes for herself. Scott says that he does not trust Courtney anymore, and the votes are tallied as being 3-2 with Courtney taking the Flush Of Shame. Chris tells Zoey that the challenge winners can no longer take someone with them to the hotel for an unknown reason, and Mike is visibly angry. Chris signs the episode off as Zoey tries to fall asleep among an abundance of paintings of him.

Cast

 * Chef and two interns appear; however, they had no lines.

General

 * It is revealed in this episode that Courtney had a job as an ice cream maker for three weeks, but was fired for throwing food at a customer for annoying her on break.
 * This is the second time in the season that no one is exiled to Boney Island. The first was You Regatta Be Kidding Me.

Continuity

 * With this episode, both of the former Killer Bass members have been eliminated.
 * Gwen is also the last first generation cast member remaining in the competition.
 * This marks the first time since Basic Straining where Courtney is not eliminated with another contestant.
 * This is the second episode of the season where no one gets exiled to Boney Island, with the first being You Regatta Be Kidding Me.
 * With this episode, this is the second season where Gwen has surpassed Courtney. The first was Total Drama Island.
 * This marks the second time Zoey, Scott and Gwen make it to the final four of a season.
 * This episode marks the first time the Main Lodge has appeared all season.
 * This marks the first time in the series where the final four are composed of two members of each team. In every other season, it was always three members of one team and one from the other.
 * This is the first time since Heroes vs. Villains where the Drama Machine makes an appearance.
 * As of this episode, all of the contestants who made Total Drama Island's final four have done this twice.
 * Duncan and Owen made it for the second time in Total Drama Action.
 * Gwen made it for the second time in Total Drama All-Stars.
 * Heather made it for the second time in Total Drama World Tour.

Reference

 * This episode title is a reference to the popular U2 song, Sunday Bloody Sunday.

Goofs

 * Courtney states that the final five is the farthest she's ever gone on Total Drama. However, she came in fourth place in Total Drama Action.
 * In this episode, Courtney states that she can't stomach gross foods like the others. However, in Chinese Fake-Out, Courtney claimed that she has a strong stomach and helped Alejandro during the eating challenge.
 * Courtney's loose strand of hair is missing when the bird vomits on her sundae.
 * When Gwen, Zoey, Scott and Mike/Mal are running towards the finish line, Scott is in front of Mike/Mal, but he had left the toxic plant before Scott, meaning that unless Scott runs faster then Mal but slower then Zoey and Gwen, he shouldn't have been able to catch up.
 * When Scott was being hit by the Drama Machine, some of his ice cream is seen on the hammer as it were getting squashed. In the next scene he appears in, his ice cream appeared normal like all the other contestants'.