African Lying Safari

'''The final five arrive in Tanzania for their next challenge: Hunting down what used to be a former contestant. Someone's obsession with another peaks, and two others continue to doubt their attraction towards each other. In the end, one person wins the challenge, and another is sent home again after a close vote.'''

Recap
The episode starts with Duncan elated with Courtney's departure, then comments on Alejandro and Heather's mutual crush, revealed by Blaineley in China. Both try to deny it, but end up speaking in unison, making them seem like a couple all the more. Meanwhile in the first class compartment of the Jumbo Jet, Sierra has started feeding Cody her love-me tea, causing him to go into a physically weakened state.

Once the plane lands, Chris welcomes them to Tanzania, home to the Serengeti. Sierra arrives late, carrying Cody in her backpack. She declares that she will be playing for herself and her "husband." Chris introduces the first challenge, which he named "Sock-et To Me." He also points out Chef's punishment for making an illegal alliance with Blaineley: wearing a parka and pants in balmy African heat, dubbed the "Penalty Parka" by Chris. Contestants have to run to a pile of plums and return while avoiding the soccer balls kicked by the competitors. Only Alejandro makes it through unharmed. The plums are then used to smash gourds, which Heather wins. As a reward, she gets six tranquilizer balls for the hunt. Alejandro, smashing his gourd after Heather, gets three balls. Duncan only gets two balls, since he flung his cricket bat at the gourds to smash them instead of using plums. Sierra and Cody, failing to smash their gourds, only get one ball each and no slingshot to hurl them with.

Chris then announces that the tranquilizing balls will be used to knock out Ezekiel, who was found in the hold after Blaineley ratted him out. Ezekiel is now in a completely feral state, with very little hair, ripped clothes, a chewed up ear, talon-like feet and unruly teeth, in such a feral state that he even attacks an intern upon release. The contestant who catches him wins invincibility. Sierra manages to build her own slingshot from a stray stick and Cody's spare underpants. Duncan suggests to Alejandro and Heather they team up to hunt, but Heather decides to go alone. This is a mistake as Alejandro steals all her ammo. This is a problem, as she soon comes across a lion.

Alejandro and Duncan walk into a quicksand bog, slowly sinking into it. They manage to get out with Ezekiel's help, but he runs away before either could get a clear shot at him with their slingshot. Sierra shoots some rocks to lure Ezekiel out, but angers a rhino and flees. She trips, launching Cody into a tree. Heather bumps into Sierra, offering to team up and help Cody down from the tree. However, a baboon grabs him and runs off.

The girls and boys start charging at each other, accidentally knocking each other out. Chris chooses this time to make the contestants sing, but they are still a bit stunned. This doesn't stop them from singing Wake Up. At the end, Chris warns that they have just one hour to catch Ezekiel, or the plane is leaving without them.

Duncan tries to make an alliance with Sierra, but she only wants to ally with Cody. Meanwhile, Heather and Alejandro plan on how to get rid of Duncan and win the competition at the same time. Sierra runs off on her own, finding Cody held by a baboon. Cody has recovered from the drugging, warning Sierra that the primate really likes him. Ignoring this, Sierra tries to save Cody, causing the baboon to call for more baboons to stop her. Even though she is outnumbered, Sierra easily beats up the baboons and rescues Cody.

Heather and Alejandro put their plan into action. Heather asks Duncan about Gwen, which distracts him enough for Alejandro to trip him. Duncan smashes into Serengeti Blood Berries, and goes to a watering hole to wash up. Ezekiel leaps out of the water and beats on Duncan. Alejandro, being the only one left with ammo, easily knocks out both Ezekiel and Duncan, winning the challenge, the invincibility and the reward. Trying to leave Ezekiel behind, Chris rushes the contestants inside the Jumbo Jet, but Ezekiel manages to break his way back into the plane before it leaves.

At the voting ceremony, Duncan gets voted off, which he expected. He gets tossed out of the plane by Chris. Alejandro, considering who to bring up to first class with him, chooses Cody, surprising everyone. This angers Heather, who begins ranting about Alejandro in the confessional. Chris then barges in on Heather's confession and signs off the episode.

Cast

 * Chef Hatchet and Ezekiel both appear but do not speak, although Ezekiel makes animal noises and Chef grunts.

Quotes
Duncan: What can I say? It's like all my problems were shoved out of a plane. Heather and Alejandro: (in unison) Yeah, right. As if! Stop that! Sierra: Oh, I didn't have time to finish the "Just Married!" banner. (giggles) You like? Chris: Very "walking-dinner-bell-for-lions". Heather: But it sure smells like him. Alejandro: And I yours, but for now, I suggest we work together, temporarily, to ensure we're kicking each other's butt in the finale. Heather: I'm listening. Alejandro: We simply continue to act awkward around each other in front of the others, while we secretly combine (Heather joins in) our powers to knock everyone else out of the ring! Heather: Seriously, that has to stop. Heather and Alejandro: Shut up, Chris! Duncan: (sighs) Kinda expected that. I could've had a bigger chance than this but- (Chris shows him off the plane) Ahhhhhhh! Chris: I'm gonna miss that delinquent.
 * Chris: We're down to the final five. Who won't make the final four? And how will I punish Chef for helping someone cheat, again?
 * Alejandro: Smiling? Whistling? This is the happiest I've ever seen you.
 * Duncan: (referring to Alejandro and Heather) Speaking of failed romance, you want me to hit the common area so you two love birds can start building your nest together?
 * Chris: What's with the cans?
 * Chris: Looking hot Chef!
 * Sierra: (about Ezekiel) It doesn't look like him.
 * Sierra: Mom always said I was good at arts and crafts, and relentless at tracking prey...
 * Chris: (after Chef drives off without him) Hey! Get back here! Stay away from my hot tub.
 * Heather: I fully intend to kick your butt.
 * Sierra: Who cares about votes and alliances and the million-dollar statue of Cody made of prize money right now? Monkeys stole my husband! Waaah!
 * Sierra: Take your dirty paws off him you darn, dirty ape!
 * Chris: You two are so cute!
 * Chris: Hhhhmmm, tension-y. Alrighty then. One for Heather, one for Alejandro, one for Duncan, one for Sierra. And the lucky loser is... Duncan!
 * Heather: (in confessional, referring to Alejandro) That rat! I fake-agree to an alliance, and this is how he repays me?

Trivia

 * This episode's title is most likely a reference to the Canadian safari park "African Lion Safari."
 * This episode was written by Laurie Elliot.
 * Heather gets six tranquilizer balls for winning the gourd smashing challenge, Alejandro gets three for breaking the gourd open, Duncan gets two for breaking the gourd open despite not following the rules, and Sierra and Cody get one each for not missing their gourd entirely.
 * Alejandro stole Heather's tranq balls, giving him a grand total of nine.
 * This episode features the seventh Barf Bag Ceremony in a row where Chris does not pass out Barf Bags Full of Airline Issued Peanuts.
 * Sierra style of running while fleeing a rhino is reminiscent of the Road Runner.
 * Sierra's line "Take your dirty paws off him you darn, dirty ape" which she says to a baboon massaging Cody's feet is a reference to the line said by Charlton Heston in the movie | Planet of the Apes, only that Heston says "d***" instead of "darn." This change was most likely due to censorship.
 * The idea of Cody being kidnapped by monkeys could be a loose reference to the original Johnny Quest episode, "Attack of the Tree People."
 * This episode marks the first time that Duncan is eliminated by ordinary vote off.
 * This makes DJ, Alejandro, and Sierra the only contestants to never be voted off.
 * This is the second time Chris is bald. The first is during The Aftermath: IV, though this time he is wearing a bald cap.
 * Ezekiel's physical appearance from this episode resembles Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, the only difference is that Ezekiel is still with his hoodie and jeans while Gollum only wears a loincloth.
 * This is the second time Ezekiel has been used in the challenge while not being a contestant; the first was in I See London... when he was pretending to be Jack the Ripper.
 * This is the first time in the Total Drama series that neither Owen nor Duncan are in the final four.
 * The final four has a few similarities to the past final fours.
 * The previous two seasons have had two girls and two boys.
 * They also have three contestants from one team and one contestant from another.
 * This is the third time that Chris has interrupted someone's confessional. The first two times were in Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2 and Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better.
 * This is the second episode in a row where someone has voted for someone else who has immunity. In Chinese Fake-Out, Cody voted for Sierra, despite her being immune.
 * The tune of Wake Up is played when Chris introduces the challenge.

Goofs

 * Duncan was shown to dislike soccer, but in The Sand Witch Project, Duncan was shown to take interest in soccer and was mad at Harold for making a hole in his soccer ball.
 * After hitting the gourds open, Heather grabs the items from within the pumpkin, when it was Alejandro who had cracked it.
 * Duncan is scratched by Ezekiel earlier in the episode in the chest, but at the elimination ceremony, it's gone. However, he could have changed shirts.
 * When Ezekiel is attacking Duncan, Duncan is covered in berry juice. However, when Alejandro hits them with the tranquilizer ball, he is perfectly clean.
 * Cody is shown with a full row of teeth several times in this episode when he normally has a gap between them.
 * When Duncan and Alejandro were stuck in quicksand, Duncan's shorts are on backwards.
 * An intern is tranqualized by Chris when he is explaining the challenge, though seconds later, he is seen fine when Ezekiel is attacking him.
 * When the competitors attack each other with Tranq Balls, Heather had one to shoot with, before she said she had none because of Alejandro stealing it. Sierra possibly gave it to Heather.
 * Sierra also ran out of ammo when she only used one.