That's Off the Chain!

'''As the campers build their own bikes using supplies and race them in a dangerous motor cross, one person takes somebody who has never learned how to build or ride a bike on a joy ride. But it's one of the campers who betrays her best friend.'''

Recap
The remaining contestants hang out by the lake relaxing and throwing a frisbee around with Geoff off by himself bemoaning Bridgette leaving in the previous episode. Lindsay suggests to Heather that they form a girl's alliance but the suggestion is immediately shot down by Heather. Duncan, DJ and Owen consoles Geoff and try to make sure he stays in the guy alliance but Geoff is still sad about Bridgette but forgets her when he runs off to get breakfast. Moments later, the campers are summoned by Chris to meet at the Arts and Crafts Center for their next challenge.

A short time later at the Arts and Crafts location, Chris tells the campers that they are to build their own bikes using materials from the bike depot, and that the best design wins. Lindsay decides to make her dream bike she never got which makes DJ and Owen sad. Duncan encourages the guys to build the best bikes they can so their alliance will win, whereas Heather gets Lindsay to disassemble Chef's bike stored nearby for use in building her a bike. Izzy invites LeShawna to join her on the bike she built and go for a test drive, but the two have trouble stopping once they get going.

Elsewhere, the guys talk about bad bike accidents they've had in the past with fond remembrance except for DJ who keeps trying to wear proper protective gear. after hearing them he puts on a helmet. A short time later, Chris inspects the finished bikes except for Izzy and LeShawna, who are out in the wilderness driving out of control. Chris tells the campers that they will be racing their bikes but in a twist, they will be switching the bikes they race with the idea that the bikes that cross the finish line get to be ridden by the original builder in the finale for invincibility. After names are drawn, Lindsay rides Heather's bike, Owen rides Duncan's bike, Geoff gets Gwen's bike, DJ rides Geoff's bike, Gwen gets Owen's bike, Heather rides DJ's bike and Duncan rides Lindsay's bike. In the race, Owen and Heather have trouble just starting as the others race away. DJ and Geoff both crash since Geoff forgot to bolt the parts together. Heather pushing her bike also crashes into the two guys. Owen eventually manages to get his bike going and in the end, bikes belonging to Duncan, Owen, Heather and Lindsay all qualify for the final race for invincibility. Meanwhile, Izzy and LeShawna continue to go along without stopping with LeShawna screaming all the way and Izzy enjoying every moment of the wild ride.

The four remaining contestants line up for the invincibility race and Chris tells the campers the Motor Cross Challenge will have mines to avoid, an oil slick to avoid and jumping a pool of piranhas with the first to cross winning invincibility and the last to cross leaving the island, no votes or campfire ceremony needed. At this point, Heather tells Lindsay to help her win so they both can move on and Lindsay reluctantly agrees. Moments later, the racers are off with Owen wiping out almost immediately due to hitting a land mine. The remaining three continue on and Duncan crashes when he hits the oil slick. When Lindsay reached the pool of piranhas, she comes to a halt on the far edge of the pool and Heather, just behind her, catapults past her to win with Lindsay coming in second.

Chris tells Lindsay that since Owen and Duncan never finished the race, so technically she came in last and thus is eliminated. Outraged at Heather's refusal to give her the invincibility, or acknowledge her help with building the bike, Lindsay unleashes a profanity laced tirade at a stunned Heather, much to the delight of Chris, Chef and the other campers, who cheer their approval.

Afterward, in the confessional, Lindsay remarks how she doesn't know what came over her, listening to Heather all this time. But quickly recants and unleashes another censored tirade. As Lindsay gets ready to leave, she says goodbye to Gwen and LeShawna (calling them Greta and LeQuisha because she keeps forgetting their names) and thanks them for all their support. LeShawna tells Lindsay that they would've kept her on if they could have. Lindsay thanks her again and asks LeShawna to kick Heather's butt for her, to which LeShawna happily agrees to. She bids the others goodbye and tells Owen she'll miss him the most. Owen breaks down in tears and hugs her saying he'll miss her too. Finally, Lindsay tells Heather she hopes she gets everything her karma owes her. She boards the boat and the other campers (with the exception of Heather) all wave goodbye as the boat speeds away into the sunset.

Cast

 * Chef Hatchet appears, but has no lines.

Quotes

 * Chris: (in recap) Man, that stinks, Geoff. And so did she. Will the guys ever trust Geoff again? Will the girls form an alliance? Will I be stuck hosting reality TV for the rest of my life?


 * Geoff: (singing) Baby come back. (cut to Geoff in confession can) Any kind fool can see. Something, something... about you! Hey Bridge, sending out mucho love to... wherever it is that the Boat of Losers takes you.


 * Geoff: (sniffs) Is that bacon? Aw crap! Did I miss breakfast?


 * Chris: Welcome to the Arts and Crafts Center! Duncan: More like the Arts and crap center.


 * Duncan: (in confessional) Finally, a challenge I can get behind. I use to build bikes back home with my brothers all the time. Okay, so I used to steal them from the dweebs down the street and crash them into the school wall. The point is, this is something I know.


 * Lindsay: Okay, maybe I'm navy (mispronouncing "naive"), but Heather's always been trustworthy to me before. That I know of.


 * Izzy: Hey LeShawna, come with me, okay? I already built my bike. LeShawna: How did you do that so fast? Izzy: My brother was a mechanic before he got run over and developed a fear of motor vehicles.


 * Izzy: No, wait, your extra weight will totally help out with our speed! LeShawna: Uh, I'm gonna take that as a compliment. Izzy: OK!


 * (in the confession stall) Lindsay: I think sometimes I say the wrong thing. Once I told my math teacher that his new hairpiece looked like my dog's butt, but he totally took it the wrong way. My dog has the cutest curly little butt! It was a compliment!


 * Owen: Hey, do you guys remember your first bike ride? Duncan: Yeah. I wiped out so bad I popped my collar bone. You could see it sticking right out of my shoulder. It was wicked. Geoff: I flew so far over my handle bars that I skid for a mile. (chuckles) Skin was hanging off me in chunks. Owen: That's nothing. I popped my arm right out of my socket. It took three doctors to hold me down while they slingshot it back into place. All three: Good times.


 * Chris: (about Heather's bike) Excellent aerodynamics, Heather. Heather: It only weighs two ounces. Gwen: Like her brain.


 * Chris: (about Geoff's bike) Now this is a hot rod. Ni-i-i-i-ce! Geoff: I call her... (sniffles)... Bridgette! (in the confessional stall, crying) Bridgette! Bridgette, I'm sorry. I should have made them vote for someone else off. Even though you were stinking, you were also kind of a threat because you know you're nice, and totally athletic and hot and stuff. Forgive me, Bridgette!


 * Chris: Alright, racers! On your marks... get set... paramedics on standby... and drag!


 * Duncan: (while riding Lindsay's bike) Okay, this is messed up, but yee-haw! This is one boomin' ride! Lindsay: (rides right by him) I know, right?


 * Geoff: (about his bike) Whaling ride, eh? I used top of the line bolts. (in the confessional) Okay, so I forgot the bolts.


 * (after DJ and Geoff crash) DJ: Ooh! Forgot... to wear... jock...!


 * Heather: I can almost taste the marshmallows. Can't you, Lindsay? Lindsay: Mmmm... yes!


 * (in the confession stalls) Lindsay: (about Heather) Heather is really smart. I'm lucky to have her as a friend. Heather: (about Lindsay) I have no way of knowing if she'll come in second. The only thing that's really important, is that I come in first. Invincibility is everything.

Gwen: This week.
 * Heather: Whatever, I have invincibility! No one can touch me.
 * Lindsay: (to Gwen) Thanks for all of your support, Greta. (To LeShawna) I love you, LeQuisha. LeShawna: (hugs Lindsay) Take care, girlfriend. If it makes you feel any better, we would have kept you on. Lindsay: Really? Thanks. Kick your butt for me. LeShawna: My pleasure.

(Lindsay and Chris drive off on the Boat of Losers into the sunset.)
 * Lindsay: Bye guys, see you at the finale. (sees Owen depressed) Awww, I think I'm gonna miss you the most. Owen: (cries and hugs Lindsay as tears fly out of his eyes) Me, too! (continues to cry as he puts Lindsay back down) Ba-Bye!

Trivia

 * Title Reference: This episode's title is a parody of itself, That's Off the Chain.
 * It is also referenced to another substitutable slang term, That's off the Hook.
 * Unedited, this episode is TV-PG-L (Even though an episode had censor beeps in America, it did not carry the "L" sub-rating).
 * All dialog edits of this episode can be found on the Edits page.
 * The bike that DJ built was the only one with training wheels.
 * Strangely, DJ's bike doesn't break when anybody sits on it despite its main support being thin branches.
 * Lindsay is the first camper to not leave the island at night.
 * Lindsay is the first camper to be eliminated by a sudden-death challenge. She is the first competitor overall.
 * The only campers that weren't seen in the confessional were DJ, Izzy, Owen and Gwen.
 * The list of the switches of the bikes:
 * Gwen had Owen's bike.
 * Owen had Duncan's bike.
 * Duncan had Lindsay's bike.
 * Lindsay had Heather's bike.
 * Heather had DJ's bike.
 * DJ had Geoff's bike.
 * Geoff had Gwen's bike.
 * Duncan's bike had an engine despite only Heather being seen taking apart the only motor bike with an engine, Chef Hatchet's hot rod.
 * At the beginning of the episode:
 * Owen, Duncan, DJ, LeShawna, Gwen, and Izzy are playing Frisbee.
 * Heather and Lindsay are sitting at the Dock of Shame.
 * Geoff is moaning in the confessionals because he misses Bridgette.
 * This is the second time someone is saying a expletive, the first one was on Not So Happy Campers - Part 1.


 * This is the first episode to have someone leave the island without a campfire ceremony.
 * Although Izzy did make a bike, neither she or LeShawna participated in this week's challenge due to Izzy driving them both off into the wild.
 * Lindsay says she thinks it would be fun to win a challenge for herself for "once", but in reality she actually did (she won the mud skiing challenge in X-Treme Torture). She must have been referring to individual invincibility.
 * Heather wins solo-invincibility by herself for a third time in a row.
 * This is the last episode in which Heather won solo-invincibility, she did win invincibility in Are We There Yeti?, but it was with Gwen.
 * This is the second time everyone is at the Dock of Shame watching the voted off camper leave.
 * This is the first time Chris goes on the Boat of Losers with the voted off camper.
 * Running Gag: Izzy is riding on her bike like a maniac with LeShawna, who is screaming the entire time.
 * This is the second time DJ gets hit in the crotch. The first time was in the episode, Who Can You Trust. This time, after crashing Geoff's bike, a metal bar from the bicycle landed right between his legs and into his groin.
 * When Lindsay told Heather: "I hope you get everything your karma owes you", maybe is a reference to her unfortunate accident in a future episode. Coincidentally, the accident is indirectly caused by Lindsay, although she is eliminated.
 * The song Geoff is singing in the confession booth is similar to the song "Baby Come Back", by the group Player.
 * Lindsay is shown to be very smart in this episode, as she is capable of building a bike and she told off Heather while memorizing every swear she said in the confessional. Nonetheless, she still mistakes a few names.
 * This is the first episode of the series to feature a sudden death elimination. (The other being, Can't Help Falling In Louvre. Notably, Lindsay is eliminated in both.
 * This episode was written by Erika Strobel.

Goofs

 * Lindsay's Name Goof(s): Again, she calls LeShawna "LeQuisha" and calls Gwen "Greta," despite getting her name right every time in past episodes.


 * When Duncan finishes his bike, it has pedals like the other bikes; but when Owen races it, the pedals are gone, and it is now a motorbike, with the controls installed in the skull mounted on the handlebars. When Duncan gets the bike back and races it in the final, it is a regular pedal bike again. It is possible that he took them off before the first race to make it harder for whoever had his bike, though it is unlikely, as in order to make it to the finals, someone had to cross the finish line with his bike.


 * Chef can be seen standing next to Chris when Lindsay starts swearing. However, when she starts swearing for a second time and Chris is smiling, Chef is nowhere to be seen.
 * When Duncan leaves to check on Geoff, LeShawna says, "What about our game?" during which her lips don't move.
 * On the Comcast info side bar, it calls this episode "That's Off Chain."