Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles

'''In a race to Hawaii, one contestant confronts another contestant about something she did earlier. Meanwhile, one contestant works with a previously eliminated contestant to reach the finish and develops a strong bond with her. Similarly, one contestant enlists the help of another fallen competitor to defeat his rival. One contestant guarantees a spot in the final two while two contestants tie because of a lack of time in the episode.'''

Recap
The episode starts with a dejected Chris pouting about the destruction of his beloved Total Drama Jumbo Jet and his luxurious belongings thanks to the events of the previous episode. Heather and Alejandro both try to convince Chris to continue the show which causes him to snap directly at the two. Cody is yelling at everyone to help him save Sierra in the rubble of the plane, which everyone ignores. Chef Hatchet finds an extremely large crate which Chris tells everyone is the emergency kit. Inside is a two-seater helicopter, only enough room for Chris and Chef. Chris tells the final three that the final challenge is in Hawaii and gives them GPS coordinators before leaving. Sierra asks what's going to happen to her, but he refuses to help her, in part because she blew up the plane. Sierra glares at him angrily as the helicopter takes off. Heather decides to help Sierra, in sympathy for her being bald, and gives her a wheelchair and her hat from Easter Island. Heather tries to align with Alejandro to get to the final two, but he tells her he knows about the vote she cast. The two yell at each other over the walkie-talkies until Heather turns hers off. He follows a truck full of the show's animals and enters it. Heather trips on some train tracks and goes to the nearby train station. A cocky Alejandro tells everyone he is going to win but is kissed by Sasquatchanakwa, which leads him to fall in a crate and accidentally locking himself in. Later, Alejandro climbs out of the crate and states that once he finds Heather, he will destroy her "as she destroyed my heart". He then discovers Ezekiel in a crate with the other animals on the truck, and agrees to let him out if he behaves.

Chris, from the helicopter, comments on the fact that Heather is in the lead and Alejandro is closing the gap, but Cody has gone nowhere. Inspired by Sierra and the items in the debris, Cody builds a hot air balloon but cannot find a basket. Sierra offers him her chair and tells him she is willing to stay in Drumheller forever. Cody thanks her for and calls her his "best friend". However, he can't morally leave her behind and takes her with him. Their hot air balloon barely avoids hitting Chris' helicopter but gets caught in a hailstorm.

Alejandro's truck is unloaded onto the train that Heather had boarded earlier, a non-stop train to Mexico. Just when Heather thinks that she has won, Alejandro appears in her car with Ezekiel (holding him by the hood of his jacket like a leash) and tells the conductor that Ezekiel is his little brother. After he notices Heather, he releases him and starts attacking her. She manages to escape from the feral Ezekiel but is cornered on the caboose by Alejandro. He uses his belt to disconnect the car, attempting to abandon her on the tracks, but she manages to jump onto his car and then kicks him in the process. Chris then uses this opportunity, in the middle of the hailstorm, to make the contestants sing which causes much complaining.

During the song, Heather kicks Alejandro off the train and Cody's hot air balloon crashes onto a telephone wire, leaving her the only contestant still moving southwards. Alejandro rides on a horse that is traveling in a herd passing the train. Heather then encounters Ezekiel again, and after a brief fight, Heather is thrown out of one of the train's windows by Ezekiel and manages to land on one of the horses. This causes the two to race to Mexico on horseback. Cody gives up on the competition when his hot air balloon is caught in electrical wires and burns up, but Sierra urges him to keep going. She goes to a nearby fireworks shop and tries to barter for fireworks, unsuccessfully. She then prepares to sell her expensive locket, with a picture of Cody inside, to get enough money to buy the fireworks. However, upon learning that the fireworks are for Cody, the clerk, who reveals himself to also be a major fan of the Total Drama series and Cody in particular (just like Sierra), gives her a whole box full of fireworks for free. They attach the fireworks to her chair and skyrocket towards the beach. Alejandro and Heather arrive at the same time, crashing into an embrace with each other, while Sierra and Cody crash and fly right into one of the boats and take off before the others can recover. Heather wastes no time catching up, while Alejandro comes up alongside. Cody throws a cod at Alejandro which causes them to battle with swordfish, allowing Heather to take the lead. She arrives at a mine field and avoids the mines, taking first place where Chris and an angry peanut gallery awaits. Alejandro tells Cody he is gong to win but hits a mine, blowing his boat skywards. Cody's boat runs out of gas inches away from the beach when Alejandro's boat crashes on top of his boat, launching them both to the beach at the same time. Chris tells everyone that he could look at the instant replay but doesn't feel like it and delays long enough to sign off the show with a tie for second place, ending the episode.

Cast

 * Ezekiel appears throughout the episode, making animal-like noises, however he never speaks.
 * The weatherman on the radio, the train conductor, and the man at the fireworks stand all have lines, but it is unknown who voiced them.
 * Chef Hatchet and twenty eliminated contestants appear, but don't speak.

Quotes
''Cody: Did you land on your head? Sierra: No, silly! I'm fine. I'm fantastic! Except for my left wrist, right earlobe, scalp and both ankles. Which, um, are kind of throbbing with every step we take. Heather: Um, could you be a bit more specific? I've done a lot. Alejandro: Of course you can. You're an expert at turning people off! Alejandro: Now to find Heather and destroy her, as she destroyed my heart. Also, where am I? Cody: As soon as you stop pinching my butt. Sierra: (gasp) We sound just like an old married couple, don't we? Cody: Ugh, I guess we do! Cody: So? Chris: Bro, we already have one cling-on named Ezekiel. We do not need two. Sierra: Cling-on!? Chris: I pride myself on my timing. Alejandro, Heather, Sierra and Cody: Are you kidding me? Chris: You know the answer to that by now! Sierra: We're going to die! Quick! Kiss me! Cody: Uh... false alarm. Steering, steering! Heather and Alejandro: You again! Alejandro: Hurry! Caballo! Heather: Just do what he says, but faster! Heather: I feel exactly the same.
 * Chris: Did I mention we've got no ride now? Because Sierra blew it up?! (inhales in a paper bag)
 * Chris: As usual, you two are thinking of nothing but yourselves.
 * Sierra: Oh, Cody. I've had dreams like this! Only in most of them, you wore a mountie hat and a loincloth. ''(purrs)
 * Heather: (checks GPS) "Middle-of-nowhere, Alberta." Well, they work.
 * Alejandro: I know what you did.
 * Alejandro: (in the confessional) Heather has a way of making my focus slip, like a too small speedo. (shudders) This race is my redemption. As long as I travel alone, she can't distract me with her clever words, or her distrustful eyes, or the way she tucks her hair behind those cute little earlobes. (slaps himself) Focus!
 * Heather: Guess what? I can just turn you off!
 * Alejandro: If you want to find a thief, follow his money. If you want to find Chris, follow the evil beasts he loves to throw into the challenges.
 * Heather: What kind of idiot leaves train tracks in the middle of nowhere?
 * Alejandro: (opens the box) Ugh... que malo...
 * Sierra: Stop giving it so much gas.
 * Chris: Umm, Cody, dude? Are you sitting on Sierra's lap?
 * (Music bell chimes)
 * Cody: Whoa! I can't steer.
 * Alejandro: Yeah! Andale! Oh, Heather...I'm coming...
 * Chris: Cody? The quitter? Wow...That's lame!
 * Alejandro: (to horse) Yes, you run beautifully. (Heather falls out of window and onto horse next to him) What the...?
 * Chris: Cody's still in it! Like a phoenix, burnt to a crisp before rising anew. No, wait. That's Sierra!
 * Alejandro: I hate you.
 * Chris: I'd go to the slo-mo to declare a winner. But... we're... kind of out of time. Yep, we are totally, completely, undeniably, out of time as... of... right... about... now.

Trivia

 * This episode was written by Shelley Scarrow.
 * Heather climbing underneath the train could be a reference to a similar, famous stunt performed by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, except the latter was underneath a truck rather than a train.
 * The title of this episode is a reference to the film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
 * This is the first (and only) episode in the season to feature more than one location, as the contestants travel through Canada, America, Mexico, and eventually to Hawaii.
 * The colors used to depict Cody, Heather and Alejandro on the GPS correspond to Team Victory, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot, and Team Amazon, respectively.
 * During the recap, Chris hyperventilates, making him the second character to do so in this season; The first being Sierra in Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1 and Niagara Brawls.
 * This is the second time in the series Chris has hyperventilated, the first being in Masters of Disasters, when the remaining contestants almost die.
 * It is revealed in this episode that Sierra's golden locket has a picture of Cody inside.
 * The fireworks seller resembles the blond intern, but with an eyepatch, hook, and a yellow shirt.
 * He is a huge Cody fan just like Sierra.
 * The feathered hat that Heather gave Sierra to wear is the same one she wore in Rapa Phooey!.
 * The train conductor is also the police officer who appeared in Duncan and Harold's segment of the Total Drama Action Alternate Realities.
 * This is the only episode after an aftermath where someone is not eliminated. However, someone would have been eliminated if it weren't for the tie.
 * This is the first episode since I Triple Dog Dare You! in which Geoff and Courtney appear, but don't have any lines.
 * It is interesting to note that if Chris had indeed gone with the slow-motion replay to see whether it was Alejandro or Cody that made it to the final two, Alejandro would have still made it to the final two, since he crossed the finish line before Cody.
 * When Chef pulls out the emergency helicopter, the beginning for Who You Gonna Root For? can be heard.
 * This is the second time the time limit of an episode is mentioned, the first time being Can't Help Falling In Louvre.

Goofs

 * In the beginning of the episode, Cody digs Sierra out of the rubble as if she had been buried by the plane parts in the explosion. However, she is seen sitting on the ground away from the wreckage in the previous episode immediately following the explosion.
 * Heather hears Cody say over the walkie-talkie that he and Sierra are now airborne. A few seconds later Chris says that it is too bad she turned off her walkie-talkie, before giving an update about Alejandro over the device. If Heather was able to hear Cody on the walkie-talkie then she should have heard Chris.
 * When Heather gave Sierra her hat from Rapa Phooey!, it is green. However, the one Heather had was red.
 * Though she may have found Sierra's cap.
 * The conductor whom Alejandro argues with about Ezekiel mysteriously disappears right after Ezekiel spies Heather.