The nine teams return to Canada for a Wild West-themed showdown, forcing down a potful of pork and beans and having to survive a mechanical bull. While one competitor faces their worst culinary fear, another has a hard time in dealing with a long ride. Meanwhile, two competitors continue to have troubles getting over their own heartbreak. An embarrassed competitor manages to reconcile with his son after improving their aptitude, but despite their efforts, they get eliminated. However, they depart with their spirits held high.
Plot
Devin has reached a new stage of heart break, as Carrie is getting tired of it.
The teams' next destination is Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Alberta, Canada. Carrie discovers that Devin has moved on from anger to the next stage of heartbreak, desperation, which makes him believe that Shelley will take him back if he wins the game. As the teams hail taxis to go to the airport, Dwayne and Junior fall behind because Dwayne is being ridiculed for having a “lady’s” tattoo. Meanwhile, Noah is still in shock and in a catatonic state over Emma dumping him, resulting in Owen carrying him throughout the episode.
Father and Son watch an episode of Total Drama: Pahkitew Island.
On the second flight, Dwayne and Junior bond while watching an episode of Total Drama: Pahkitew Island. Dwayne remarks that he will be content even if they get eliminated, inadvertently jinxing them when the pilot announces that a storm over Montana will delay their flight. Meanwhile, the plane carrying the first six teams lands. Once in Alberta, the teams must drive pickup trucks to their next destination. The Ice Dancers attempt to sabotage the Cadets and are met with retaliation from MacArthur, who crashes into their truck several times. This sends both teams’ vehicles off course, allowing the Surfer Dudes to reach the ranch first. An hour after the first plane touches down, the second flight finally lands. With Noah still in a state of shock, Owen is forced to drive for the Reality TV Pros, even though he doesn’t have a license. His poor driving leads him to crash into several animals. The next challenge is an All-In, where contestants must eat an entire pot of pork and beans and retrieve the tip from the bottom. While the Daters struggle with the eating portion (due to Stephanie’s aversion to beans), the Surfers quickly finish their share and move on to the next task, a Random Botch. The team member who isn’t holding the tip must ride a mechanical bull for eight seconds. As more teams arrive at the ranch, Stephanie urges Ryan to eat faster. Elsewhere, Brody struggles to stay on the bull for the required time.
Brody gets downtrodden as he struggles to ride the mechanical bull.
As the other teams eat, Emma notices Noah’s despair and begins to feel guilty about their breakup. Stephanie is still unable to eat even a single spoonful of beans, but Ryan manages to motivate her by calling her a loser and using reverse psychology to make her believe she can’t do it. In the meantime, for the Reality TV Pros, Owen has eaten far too many beans, causing him to let out a loud fart that disgusts both Emma and Loki, astonishes Sanders, and even shatters the truck’s window. For the Cadets, MacArthur selfishly hogs the pork and beans, despite both team members needing to eat in order to avoid a penalty. Sanders manages to trick MacArthur into looking away long enough to grab a spoonful of beans from the pot, impressing her. Soon after, the Surfer Dudes lose their lead due to Brody’s failure on the mechanical bull, allowing the Goths to take the lead. Geoff gives Brody his hat, giving him enough confidence to finish the challenge and finish first at the Chill Zone. The Daters come in second place, while the Best Friends place third. Devin is disappointed that they didn’t finish first, but Carrie manages to cheer him up. Despite being the first team to ride the mechanical bull, the Goths place fourth after stopping to examine a rotting skull, which disgusts Don.
Father and Son hug each other after being eliminated.
More teams complete the bull-riding challenge, and eventually only Father and Son and the Reality TV Pros remain. Dwayne is upset about letting his son down, but Junior gives him a pep talk that helps him ride the bull successfully. The final two teams race for the Chill Zone, and Owen and Noah finish in eighth place, sparing them from elimination. Emma approaches and apologizes to Noah, snapping him out of his funk. She tells him that she still has feelings for him and wants them to be together, but she can’t focus on romance during the competition, so their relationship will have to wait until after she and Kitty win. Noah and Owen wonder if this means Emma won’t date Noah if they win the million. Owen remarks on how cold that sounds, but Noah’s feelings are rekindled by Emma’s snarky attitude. Dwayne and Junior are the last team to reach the Chill Zone, and they briefly believe it is a non-elimination round before Don corrects them. As they leave, Junior expresses pride in his father and thanks him for everything. The two embrace before walking off into the sunset to marathon the rest of Pahkitew Island, their emotional bond stronger than ever.
Cast
| Voice actor | Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Terry McGurrin | Don |
| Scott McCord | Brody/Jacques/Owen |
| Kristin Fairlie | Carrie/Waitress |
| Stacey DePass | Crimson/Emma |
| Jeff Geddis | Devin |
| Neil Crone | Dwayne |
| Dan Petronijevic | Geoff |
| Julie Lemieux | Josee |
| Jacob Ewaniuk | Junior |
| Stephanie Anne Mills | Kitty |
| Evany Rosen | MacArthur |
| Carter Hayden | Noah |
| Joseph Motiki | Ryan |
| Nicole Stamp | Sanders |
| Nicki Burke | Stephanie |
- Ennui appears; however, he has no dialogue.
- Jasmine, Max, Rodney, Samey, Scarlett, and Topher appear in archival footage from I Love You, I Love You Knots, but they do not speak.
- A pilot speaks and a taxi driver laughs, but it is unknown who voiced them.
Leaderboard
First Place • Racing • Eliminated • Last placer on a non-elimination episode
Returns to the competition • Season winner • Season 2nd place
Trivia
General
- Those who competed in the Random Botch were Brody, Crimson, Devin, Dwayne, Jacques, Kitty, Noah, MacArthur, and Stephanie.
- The waitress resembles Sadie's Camp TV design.
Continuity
- Dwayne still has the chin tattoo he got in the previous episode.
- During the flight, Dwayne and Junior are watching a scene from I Love You, I Love You Knots.
- Brody failing to stay on the bull before the timer even begins is similar to what happened to Geoff in X-Treme Torture.
- This is the third episode to feature an eating challenge.
- The latter episode is brought up by Ryan when he tells Stephanie that he finds it ironic that she has difficulty eating pork and beans and not scorpions and worms.
References
- The title is a reference to the TV series Little House on the Prairie with one of the actors being Richard Bull.
Goofs
- Much like in previous episode, Dwayne's cleft chin is missing when he has the tattoo.
Geoff is wearing his bracelet on both of his wrists.
- When the Surfers reach the Chill Zone, Geoff is briefly seen wearing bracelets on both of his arms despite not wearing it during this show.
- Even so, he wears only one bracelet, on his right arm, in Total Drama.
- When Dwayne and Junior are running to the Chill Zone, Dwayne's tattoo on his chin is missing.
- When Emma apologizes to Noah once he reaches the Chill Zone, part of his hair is cut off.
- At the beginning of the episode, the Surfer Dudes collect their Travel Tip before the Daters, even though the Haters ranked fifth place and Surfer Dudes ranked sixth place in the previous episode.
- While watching Jacques ride the bull, Josee's scrunchie is missing.
- Stephanie's the one who ride the mechanical bull despite grabbing the tip in the previous challenge.
- This is probably because Ryan grabbed the tip first before Stephanie punched him.
- The Ice Dancers' heads and faces are drawn differently when they talk about being superior in the beginning of the episode.
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