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, and 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 date him again if he wins the game. As the teams hail taxis to go to the airport, Dwayne and Junior fall behind, due to Dwayne getting ridiculed for having a lady's tattoo. Meanwhile, Noah's 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 by watching an episode of Total Drama: Pahkitew Island. Dwayne remarks that he will be content even if they are eliminated, inadvertently jinxing them as the pilot announces that a storm over Montana will delay their flight. Meanwhile, the flight carrying the first six teams lands. Once in Alberta, the teams have to drive pick-up trucks to their next destination. The Ice Dancers try to sabotage the Cadets and are met with retaliation by MacArthur who crashes into their truck several times. This sends the vehicles of both teams off course, which allows the Surfer Dudes to arrive at the ranch first. An hour after the first plane touched down, the second flight lands. With Noah still in a state of shock, Owen is forced to drive the truck on behalf of the Reality TV Pros, despite him not having a license. His poor driving skills result in him crashing into several animals. The next challenge is an All-In, where contestants will have to eat an entire pot of pork and beans and retrieve the tip from the bottom of the pot. While the Daters have trouble with the eating portion of the challenge (due to Stephanie's aversion to beans), the Surfers heartily eat their share and are the first to move on to the next task, which is a Random Botch. The person who isn't holding the tip will have to ride a mechanical bull for eight seconds. As more teams arrive at the ranch, Stephanie urges Ryan to eat faster for both their sakes. Elsewhere, Brody struggles to hold on to the bull for the allotted time.
Brody gets downtrodden as he struggles to ride the mechanical bull.
As the other teams eat, Emma notices Noah’s state of despair, feeling guilty over the break-up. Stephanie is still unable to eat a single spoonful of beans, but Ryan manages to successfully motivate her by calling her a loser and using reverse psychology, making her believe that she couldn't do it. In the meantime for the Pros, Owen realized that too many beans he ate, making him fart loudly that disgusts both Emma and Loki, astonishing Sanders and shattering the window. For the Cadets, MacArthur selfishly hogs the pork and beans, despite the fact that both members have to eat or risk penalization. Sanders manages to trick MacArthur into looking away in order to get a spoonful of beans from the pot, impressing her. Soon, the Surfer Dudes lose their lead due to Brody's failure on the bull, allowing the Goths to forge ahead. Geoff gives Brody his hat, giving him enough confidence to finish the challenge and place first at the Chill Zone. The Daters finish in second place while the Best Friends is place third. Devin is demoralized due to not getting first place but Carrie is able to cheer him up. Despite being the first to ride the mechanical bull, the Goths place fourth after stopping to look at 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, along with the Reality TV Pros are the last teams remaining. Dwayne's upset about letting his son down, but Junior gives him a pep talk that allowed his dad to ride the bull successfully. The final two teams race for the Chill Zone, and Owen and Noah finished in eighth place, sparing them from elimination. Emma comes over and apologizes to Noah, snapping him out of his depressed state. She proceeds to say 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 will not date him if they win the million. Owen comments on how cold that sounds but Noah's feelings are rekindled by her snarky attitude. Dwayne and Junior are the last team to arrive at the Chill Zone, but believe it's a non-elimination round before being corrected by Don. As they leave, Junior expresses pride in his father and thanks him for everything, also hugging him. The two embrace before walking off into the sunset to marathon the rest of Pahkitew Island, having strengthened their emotional bond.
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, though, 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.
- 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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