3:10 to Crazytown

'''The teams compete in Western-themed challenges. Someone continues to throw challenges for his love and that person can't stand it anymore. A relationship finally reaches its end and a certain someone blackmails one of them as a result. It all ends with someone getting the blame and being voted off, with the other owing a team a favor.'''

Plot
The episode opens with the castmates struggling to keep cool in the intense heat wave outside. Despite this, Gwen somehow manages to develop a cold. Trent attempts to cheerf her up, but fails. Chris then arrives in a cowboy outfit, announcing that the day's challenge will be based on the Western movie genre. The castmates stop at the set of an old western movie, where they are given their first challenge: they must jump onto a horse from a hundred foot high diving board. Since the Screaming Gaffers won the previous week's challenge, Chris forces them to go first.

As Gwen begins to climb up the ladder, Duncan jokingly tells his teammates that they will probably need a new leader. Gwen hears this and tells him that she heard the comment in an exasperated tone. Once she climbs up to the board, she decides not to jump. However, when Gwen turns around to climb back down, she falls off when she sneezes, managing to land on the horse. She has a painful landing, as she lands with her legs split on the saddle. As she falls off the horse in pain, Trent rushes to help her, and is rewarded with an appreciative smile. Their moment doesn't last long when she discovers that her arm is injured when Trent pulls it to try and help her up. Trent volunteers to go next, thinking things can't get any worse, but misses the horse and sustains a severe blow to his groin after landing on a gate post. Soon, all the castmates take their turns, except Justin, who has a modeling contract that prevents him from participating in the challenge in order to protect his "assets." Owen jumps, but the horse runs away in terror at his massive weight, so Owen chases it and forces himself onto the saddle. Chris gives the Killer Grips a point even though Owen obviously cheated, angering the Gaffers. Leshawna and Heather are all that's left to break the tie, and they both climb up the ladder while insulting each other. In anger, Leshawna pushes Heather off and is pulled down too because Heather grabs hold of her arm, but they both land on a roof ornament and hang by their pants. Leshawna's pants rip on the weather vane and she falls off, but she still misses the horse, while Heather is left hanging off the plank. Both teams are then tied with three points each.

In order to break the tie, Chris chooses to let the castmates have a quick draw showdown using water guns. In order to help Gwen win, Trent chooses the easy-to-hit Owen as the shooter for the team. However, Owen drinks all the water out of the squirt guns, forcing Chris to make a new tie-breaker. The final challenge is to have the team of cowboys (the Grips) rope the group of cattle (the Gaffers). While the Grips do well at first, Trent gives up in order to let Gwen and her team win. The remaining Gaffers then find some extra rope lying around and turn the tables on the Grips by capturing them, thus winning the challenge. Chris then lets everyone shower before the elimination ceremony.

While everyone is showering, Gwen meets with Trent and says she doesn't like him throwing all the challenges for her. With a sad message and a breaking heart, Gwen ends her relationship with Trent. Justin, who is nearby, overhears everything and tells his team. Justin and the rest of his team then meet with Gwen and accuse her of putting Trent up to this. While she tries to convince them she didn't, they don't believe her and Justin keeps accusing her of making attempts to get to the final two. In a desperate attempt to convince them, she tells them to vote off Trent. Despite this, Justin insists that Gwen still "owes them." At the elimination ceremony, Chris tosses the Gilded Chris to Lindsay, Beth, Justin, and Owen. Trent is voted off. He begs to say goodbye to Gwen, but Chris and Chef don't care and Chef hurls him into the lame-o-sine. Meanwhile, Chris and Gwen are watching the whole elimination ceremony from Chris' viewing room. Gwen asks Chris if he did this to make her feel bad, to which he says he did. Unfortunately for Gwen, it worked, which prompts Chris to say "his work here is done". He then he signs off the episode.

Quotes

 * Harold: (in the confessional, struggling to hold himself up on the make-up desk) My mad skills are leeching out of me. I can feel it. My mojo isn't sweat proof. (holds his head and falls over)

Owen: (who is fanning Justin) You're hot, (panting) but I'm hotter... (collapses)
 * Justin: Can't you fan any faster?

Harold: (hits his head on a window sill) Ow! Beth: (screams) Chris! Harold: My cranium! Chris: Take it easy. The guns are loaded with blanks. At least I'm pretty sure one of them is.
 * Chris: (fires a gun in the air)

Lindsay: Ooh! If you're driving us out of town, can we go to the mall?
 * Chris: (in a Southern drawl) Since there's no beatin' the heat, we're goin' west this week! There's a town meetin' at high noon. Be there, or I'll drive ya deadbeats outta town!

Justin: (poses) Oh yeah! Feels good. Chris: Enough with the man candy!
 * Harold: (shakes himself dry, splashing water on Justin)

Harold: I spent three summers at Medieval Steve's Medieval Camp. We learned to joust, ride horses, and how to look manly in tights. It's harder than it looks. Trent: Who says a western has to end with a guy on his horse? This is the movies. The guy always gets the girl. Meaning me.
 * Beth: (in the confessional) Ooo, I love horsies! Justin told me I look like one! He's so... (realizes her statement may not have been a compliment) great...

Chris: Because I said so. And I'm your host. (poses in front of camera) Chris McLean.
 * Gwen: We won last week. Why do we have to go first?

Gwen: Wish me luck. (walks off while everyone cheers) Duncan: We're going to need a new team captain. Gwen: I heard that!
 * (Gwen is about to go up the high board)

Gwen: Break a leg?! That's what Trent says to me as I'm about to plummet a hundred feet?! Trent: (silent then smacks himself over the head) Stupid! Stupid!
 * (in the confessional)

Gwen: (in the confessional) What was THAT? Trent: (in the confessional) Stupid!
 * Trent: Uh, guys, Gwen might really be coming down with something! In her condition we could have her fall off that platform and onto that poor horse!

(falls off of the platform and lands with his legs wide open on the pole of a fence) Trent: (in a strained voice) Or maybe they can...
 * Trent: (sighs) It's not like things can get any worse.


 * Justin: (holding up modeling contract) Uh, it says right here, page thirty-seven of my Glutius Maximus Modeling contract, I am forbidden from any form of jumping that might strain my, uh... assets. Huh. Sorry!

Beth: Oh, no. Never! Uh, can I have your hair if you die? Lindsay: I don't think so.
 * Lindsay: (on diving plank with Beth) If I go to that big beauty parlor in the sky, don't let Heather have my hair, 'kay?

Heather: Oh, oh right, right, because we all love looking at those kumquats on your mall kiosk T-Shirt.
 * Leshawna: Why is it that we have to stare at your navel all day? Put a shirt on!

Leshawna: (to Heather) Ha! Bet you're not laughing at my hair NOW! (the Camera zooms in to show the back of Leshawna's pants ripped open) Chris: Ha, ha, ha! Well, I guess you showed her! And by her we mean our entire viewing audience! Leshawna: GRRRR!!! Chris: Okay, okay! You don't gotta get my dungarees all dusty!!!
 * (Leshawna has just fallen off the weather vane and used her afro to bounce upright rather than hit the ground)


 * Chris: The hallmark of any good western is the quick draw cowboy showdown! Captains will pick their strongest cowfolk to compete in what will likely be... a fight to the death! Ha-ha! (cell phone rings, answers it) Y'ello! ... Uh-huh... I see... Fine... (hangs up) Our lawyers have informed me that you may shoot until someone is mildly injured or cries like a little baby.

Chris: Owen, we needed that water for the quick draw cowboy showdown! Chef: Don't look at me. I ain't lugging up any more water. Owen: Sorry, I was thirsty. Chris: Okay, new challenge.
 * (Owen has drank all the water in the squirt guns)


 * Trent: (about the cow-udder hats) I bet you'll look really cute in the hat Gwen, 'udderly' adorable.

Duncan: (in the confessional, wearing cow udders and grunting) Stupid million bucks!
 * Harold: (in the confessional, wearing cow udders and chuckling) I have cow boobies on my head!

Duncan: Would the host care for an udder sandwich? Chris: I'm good.
 * Chris: Would the cattle care for some hay?

''Chris: Love the dress, "Chef-ette." (Chef gets mad and ties Chris to a fence post.) Chef: Maybe when I change, I'll come back and untie you! (walks away) Chris: (squirming) I can't feel my arms!
 * ''(The lasso tie-breaker is about to start. Chef approaches Chris wearing a fancy, pink hoop-skirt dress complete with a fan and bonnet.)

(lassos Heather) Heather: Where did you learn to do THAT? Beth: Baton twirling, cow roping, all in the twist of the wrist.
 * Beth: Yee hah!

Trent: Lindsay, I'm on your team. Rope the cattle. Ya know, the people with udders? Lindsay: Ha ha ha! You're funny.
 * Lindsay: (after roping Trent) Gotcha, cowboy!

Owen: He's right... (panting)... I can't... (falls over and Harold backs away)
 * Harold: Can't catch me! Can't catch me!

Harold: That was too easy.
 * Justin: (to Harold, who is trying to lasso him) Not the face, or the neck, hands, feet, legs, knees, or anything in the chestal region! (Justin sits down and curls up in a defensive position; Harold lassos him anyway)

Gwen: (in the confessional about Trent) "G"? Like for "Gwen"?
 * Trent: (referring to the branding symbol) Got anything in a "G"?

Leshawna: I'd like one good reason why that punk-haired, skull-shirted wanna-be keeps picking on poor Harold! Duncan: You wanna know why I pick on Harold? Here's a hint: She's about yay tall, has beautiful brown hair, and can tear you limb from limb. (camera cut) No, it's not a bear. It's Courtney. Harold got Courtney booted last season. Yep, payback's a bi- (camera cut)
 * (in the confessional)

Justin: Prove it. Gwen: Fine, vote Trent off. It's gotten too weird around here. You'd be doing me a huge favor. Owen: Great cherry cheesecake, she's bluffing! Justin: We'll see about that, but either way, you owe us Gwen.
 * Gwen: I wasn't in on it, I swear!


 * Justin: This, this whole thing could be a rouse! Some strategy to make it to the final two.

Chris: Yes. Yes we did. Gwen: (depressed) Well it worked. Chris: My work here is done.
 * Gwen: (after being shown footage of Trent being voted off) Did you call me in here just to make me feel bad?
 * Trent: (in Lame-o-sine) So, it really stinks that I gotta go. I thought, this season, I'd go all the way, with Gwen. Things with Gwen and I were great. You know that sweet spot on the sofa? The one you spent years carving? That's how Gwen felt to me. Things got a little nuts. Okay, I got nuts. Liking Gwen made me crazy. Crazy enough to lose a million bucks. I guess the Grips are better off without me. UH! (bangs his head against the wall) Think my forehead needs a bit of time to heal.

General

 * The cast members seen in the confessional for this episode are Beth, Duncan, Gwen, Harold, Justin, Leshawna, Trent.
 * In No Pain, No Game, Leshawna states that she's wearing a weave, but in this episode it poofs up, as if it were normal hair.
 * Leshawna also taunts Heather for being bald, claiming "Well at least I have hair".
 * This episode shows that Chef is now starting to rebel against Chris, as he is refusing to wear certain outfits and even ties him up. This is quite possibly because he is now comfortable with his alliance with DJ, as well as him getting increasing angrier at Chris because of him not giving Chef his paycheck.
 * The cowboy hat Chris wears is similar to Geoff's hat, only it is gray instead of beige.
 * Lindsay and Beth jumping together off the diving board is similarly done by Katie and Sadie when they jumped off of the cliff in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2.
 * Despite not making it to this challenge, Bridgette and Izzy are featured as cardboard targets in the online game for this episode on the Teletoon website with the rest of the castmates. It's also interesting to note that Bridgette has a cowboy hat and pistol equipped, but Izzy has neither.
 * Duncan admits in this episode that he continues to bully Harold because he rigged the votes and eliminated Courtney last season. This shows that he eventually found out the truth about her wrongful elimination, even though he first thought Heather was behind it.
 * However, this still does not explain why he kept pranking him during season one.
 * The washroom Trent showered in looks very similar to the communal washroom from Total Drama Island.
 * With Trent's elimination, there is a pattern mirroring last season's eliminations.
 * Last season, the pattern of the first eliminations were:
 * Ezekiel (Bass) - Eva (Bass) - Noah (Gopher) - Justin (Gopher).
 * The pattern this season for elimination is:
 * Geoff (Bass) - Bridgette (Bass) - Izzy (Gopher) - Trent (Gopher).
 * It is revealed that the fruits shown on Leshawna's shirt are kumquats.
 * Another pattern is also seen in this episode: the Killer Grips have a consecutive streak of three losses just as the Killer Bass did in Total Drama Island. Though the first suffered two consecutive losses, they later suffered three consecutive losses before the teams dissolved.
 * Just like previous season, the final ten contestants consist of four people on one team and six on the other.
 * Total Drama Island:
 * Gophers: Owen, Gwen, Heather, Leshawna, Lindsay, and Trent.
 * Bass: Duncan, DJ, Geoff, and Bridgette.
 * Total Drama Action:
 * Gaffers: Gwen, Heather, Duncan, Leshawna, DJ, and Harold.
 * Grips: Justin, Lindsay, Beth, and Owen.
 * The horse makes it debut to the series in this episode.
 * In the United Kingdom, this episode is simply titled "Crazytown".

Continuity

 * Gwen breaks up with Trent in this episode, making them the second couple in the series, and the first in Total Drama Action, to break up. The first was Harold and Leshawna in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island.
 * This episode marks the third time nudity is shown in Total Drama Action (the first time being when Owen's pants fell down in Riot On Set and the second being when DJ's swim trunks were snagged by the sharks in the previous episode). In this episode, Leshawna's butt is seen after her pants are ripped by a weather vane. Also, Heather's butt is shown as she hangs on the same weather vane, but only a small uncensored bit.
 * This is the second time this season, fourth time running, that Chris has mentioned the episode title.
 * This episode, like the previous one, nearly made direct use of a curse word in two instances. While in the confessional stall ranting about Harold, Duncan says "Payback's a b-" before being cut off. Justin talks about his "assets" while looking at his butt, mirroring what Harold said one episode ago.
 * This is currently the last episode to feature Trent as a contestant.

Goofs

 * When the camera is zoomed out before Chris says that the Killer Grips will have to vote someone off, DJ is missing his udder hat while all the other members of his team have their hats on. However, it appears on his head in the next scene.
 * When the Gaffers won the challenge, Owen was not shown tied up.
 * When Heather says to Owen to put some pants on, closed captioning says that Gwen said it.
 * When the castmates meet up with Chris for the tie-breaker challenge, Leshawna's pants show no signs of being ripped by the weather vane earlier. She may have simply changed her pants.
 * When Leshawna yells at Heather, Lindsay appears to have no teeth and Beth is missing her ponytail.
 * When Duncan trips Harold, he falls into a water container. However, there is no water container near Duncan.
 * When Leshawna is about to fall, Heather's arm becomes oddly long.
 * When Chris is announcing the second part of the challenge, Owen is missing.
 * When Trent and Beth are caught in the rope, Trent is seen to only have one leg.
 * After the Gaffers find rope during the calf roping contest, Leshawna and Harold both rope Justin. Even though Harold roped him first, Leshawna's rope is lower on Justin's body than Harold's is, which is physically impossible.