Lies, Cries and One Big Prize

'''The final two face each other with some needed assistance across the island that had been altered by someone's hand. To further the danger, the host makes things worse by revealing damaging dirt to the previously defeated, making the finalists work their hardest to make it to the finish line or else lose the money to the losers. Ultimately, someone does finish the challenge and the season ends happily for some, but not others.'''

Plot
The story starts off when Sky is trying to get some sleep and Shawn is trying to stay awake. Moments after Shawn falls off of the tree and Sky manages to shut her eyes, Chris sends them over to begin the finale. Chris tells Shawn and Sky that they get to pick one former contestant to act as their helper. In the confessional, Sky said her first choice would be Jasmine if she wasn't into Shawn, and taking that into consideration she's unsure of who to choose. Shawn considers physical strength to narrow down his options but comes to the conclusion that he's fine with whoever as long as it isn't Leonard. However, Chris reveals that he lied to them and that their partners would be randomly determined via slot machine. Shawn goes first, ends up with Jasmine, and decides to stick by Jasmine as his partner. In Sky's turn the machine lands on Dave. Given the awkward circumstances prior to Dave's departure, Sky asks to try one more time, but once again it lands on Dave, forcing him to be Sky's helper. Jasmine and Dave arrived via helicopter. Jasmine and Shawn are happy to be reunited, but Chris tells Dave about Sky's reluctance to have him as a helper which causes him to be sad. Sky, however, really wants Dave to help her. So to do that, she kisses him and tells him that she repicked because she wanted to focus on the challenge. The two seem to be happy, and they begin the challenge.

The first part of the challenge involves skiing down a mountain using all kinds of junk available. Jasmine goes down while Shawn holds on to her. Because of this, Shawn gets through unharmed. But Jasmine gets hurt pretty bad, and is freezing from the snow. Sky and Dave however, have a hard time skiing down, as they can't find good parts to ski with. The two end up trapped in a snowball. Thankfully for them, the robo-cat from Scarlett Fever is there. Sky is able to make the cat melt the snowball and free the two, however, it burns Dave's hair off in the process.

Next, they have to go through an eight foot mud pit. Jasmine agrees to walk while Shawn hangs on, a decision that Shawn feels bad about. However, Jasmine has a hard time getting through due to claustrophobia and starts going backwards. Sky walks under the mud and is able to successfully catch up with Shawn.

Chris then shows the helpers leaked clips to cause more drama. For Jasmine, she sees Shawn's confessional where he doesn't want to share the money with her and shoots down her idea for the money if it were shared. For Dave, he sees Sky's audition tape, where she claims to have a boyfriend. Both are furious about this. Chris then gives the helpers controllers to control the island. If they successfully stop the two finalists from reaching the finish line in ten minutes, they split the money.

Shawn and Sky both struggle with the challenge trying to avoid the obstacles such as trees falling, winter conditions, and even rockets. While Jasmine eventually starts to show sympathy for Shawn, Dave madly enjoyed hindering Sky, wanting to burn the money in front of her for hurting him. Dave then creates a tall mountain, which traps the finalists. Shawn is happy that Jasmine will get the money since neither will probably cross the finish line. Sky thinks it is not fair and breaks the mountain in anger, causing an avalanche, and the two are buried under the snow. Whoever sticks their arm up from the snow depends on the ending.

Chris, the finalists and Jasmine leave the island happy. Chris is ready to sign off, but feels they forgot something. Dave is shown very upset, but thinks things can only go up from here. The episode ends with Dave about to get mauled by Scuba Bear 3.0.



Shawn's ending
Shawn reaches his hand out from the snow with a flower, Jasmine runs over and pulls him out of the snow before Chef tries too. Shawn is thrilled to hear that he won, and he asks her if it is still okay to split the money. Jasmine kisses him in response, indicating all is forgiven between them.



Sky's ending
Sky reaches her hand out from the snow and waves. Chef walks over and places her on a stretcher. She excitedly announces she won the competition as Chef wheels her off screen.

Cast

 * Chef Hatchet was seen laughing and screaming but had no dialogue.
 * All of the eliminated cast members had cameos on the television screen to select a helper, but did not appear physically or speak.

General

 * Sky's audition tape was seen for the first time in this episode, though it was only part of it. This makes Shawn the only contestant of the third generation with no audition tape.
 * Shawn becomes the fifth male to win in the United States overall and third consecutive male United States winner. This makes Heather the only female winner in the United States.
 * All the contestants whose picture was stopped on had a unique picture.
 * Jasmine's picture has a bug in her mouth, a reference to her challenge in I Love You, I Love You Knots.
 * Sugar's picture has her posing.
 * Dave's picture has him sitting down and crying from Three Zones and A Baby.
 * Shawn's perception on the past contestants' strength based on their physical abilities in order from most to least are:
 * 1) Jasmine
 * 2) Rodney
 * 3) Dave
 * 4) Samey
 * 5) Topher
 * 6) Scarlett
 * 7) Amy
 * 8) Max
 * 9) Beardo
 * 10) Sugar
 * He did not mention Ella, but he states that Leonard is the weakest of them.
 * This finale has the lowest number of appearing contestants to date, with only four.

Continuity

 * The events of Scarlett Fever are mentioned by Chris, as he explains Scarlett's hacking of the island's computer systems caused the landscape to be rearranged.
 * The helpers having a chance to win the million is just like in The Final Wreck-ening. However, Chris stated that the helpers would split the million dollars, giving them five-hundred thousand dollars each if they manage to stop the final two from crossing the finish line within a ten minute time limit.
 * This is the second finale in which the season's entire cast does not appear, the first being The Final Wreck-ening.
 * This is the third finale where two couples play prominent roles in the episode.
 * The other times it happened were Hawaiian Punch with Alejandro and Heather and Cody and Sierra, as well as The Final Wreck-ening with Mike and Zoey and Alejandro and Heather.
 * The "rocket trees" featured in Scarlett Fever (which Scarlett fired at Chris) appear again.
 * The island's central computer, which was shut down after the events of Scarlett Fever, was brought back to operational status to allow the helpers to manipulate the island's landscape and weather via remote control in order to hinder the final two's progress.
 * The flame spitting robot cat, which Sky refers to as "Cat-bot" also makes a return.
 * Dave was the only contestant who did not know of the truth of Pahkitew Island prior to this episode, having left mere seconds before the island went haywire.

Reference

 * The title of this episode is similar to the ninth episode of Survivor: Guatemala, Secrets and Lies and an Idol Surprise.

Goofs

 * When Shawn, Sky, Jasmine and Dave were about to sit down, Dave was shown with his hair when it should have been gone.Dave's_goof-_he_got_hair.png
 * Chris states in the beginning of the episode that either Shawn or Sky would be shot out of the cannon by the end of the episode, but the episode ends with both Shawn and Sky in a helicopter along with Jasmine and Chris.
 * The picture of Jasmine on the monitor is different before Shawn stops the slot machine.
 * When Sky and Dave are in the snowball, Sky's earring is missing.

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