Lies, Cries, and One Big Prize (Total Drama Pahkitew Island)

Lies, Cries, and One Big Prize is the 13th episode of Total Drama: Pahkitew Island.

Plot
Shawn and Sky must compete for the million dollar prize with some assistance. After the host meddles with their feelings, the helpers (Dave and Jasmine) are now the hinderers. Who will get the money? One of the final two, or the helpers/hinderers?

Why It Is Pure Lies, Makes You Cry, And Gets No Big Prize

 * 1) Aside from Dave and Jasmine, none of the other contestants from the season are seen rooting for the final two.
 * 2) Chris, Dave and Sky are all at their worst here.
 * 3) Shawn and Sky don't get to pick their helpers. Instead, Chris brings a computer to help them decide. Shawn is okay with Jasmine, while Sky is stuck with Dave, showing that Chris obviously rigged the helpers in his favor.
 * 4) Sky manipulates Dave’s feelings so she can win the million dollars. That's cruel of you, Sky.
 * 5) Dave and Shawn's friendship was non-existent in this episode.
 * 6) Sky's infamous line in the confessional about Dave "He was brighter before, wasn't he?" doesn't really help, probably meaning that the writers ruined Dave ON PURPOSE!
 * 7) Chris decides to show Shawn's confessionals and Sky's audition tape to Jasmine and Dave, respectively.
 * 8) * After he shows Shawn's confessionals to Jasmine, Sky gloats at Shawn for his mistake, which is very rude and disrespectful.
 * 9) After finding out that Sky had a boyfriend at home (Keith), Dave becomes evil and tries to hurt her. He doesn't believe or care that Sky wanted to dump Keith before leaving for joining "Total Drama".
 * 10) Chris assigns Dave and Jasmine to hurt the final two, which the latter was reluctant about. This again doubles down on how desperate and depraved he has become to attract ratings and how little he cares for the competing contestants.
 * 11) Dave states that the torturing Sky and Shawn was worth it just for the former failing to tell him about her boyfriend, who she wanted to break up with prior to arriving on Pahkitew Island. This was all so Dave could have the pleasure of burning the reward money Sky and Shawn have been fighting hard to receive.
 * 12) *First, Sky had no obligation to tell Dave about her personal life, having never met him prior to the competition and feeling unsure about her own feelings towards him (though this does not excuse Sky using Dave's feelings by kissing him).
 * 13) *Second, Along with being one of the reasons as to why Dave is one of the most hated contestants in the show's history, Dave also seemingly has no care for Shawn despite their aforementioned friendship in WIIPLMYCAGNBP #5 and is willing to make both his and Sky's hard work in becoming finalists amount to nothing.
 * 14) When it seemed like she and Shawn were about to lose against Dave and Jasmine, while Shawn took it well, Sky threw a fit, which caused the mountain to collapse, and almost killed her and Shawn!
 * 15) Both endings are very rushed as Chris declares the winner and they briefly celebrate before cutting to Shawn, Sky, Jasmine, (with the respective winner holding their case) in the helicopter to leave the island. We don't see either finalist's reaction to the other one winning. This is mainly because the win occurs far too close to the end of the episode.
 * 16) Chris does not get punished for what he did to Sky, Shawn, Jasmine, and Dave.
 * 17) Dave gets left behind on Pahkitew Island with the Scuba Bear about to maul him in the final frame of the season. Dave did NOT deserve that!
 * 18) Speaking of spin-offs, excluding Leonard's participation in "The Ridonculous Race", Ella and Max appearing in an episode of "Total DramaRama", Sugar joining the main cast in the third season of the same show, and Jasmine (in teen form) appearing in an episode of the same show, we never see any of the "Pahkitew Island" contestants ever again.
 * 19) It ended the original Total Drama franchise on a sour note, and a rather mediocre way to end the series.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) This was the only episode of the season where Sugar does not make a physical appearance.
 * 2) Shawn, Jasmine and Chef are the only likable characters in this episode.
 * 3) Jasmine forgives Shawn after he didn't initially accept her dreams, and their relationship is reformed.
 * 4) This was the last episode to have Chris McLean as the host. He would be replaced by Don for "The Ridonculous Race" and he does not make an appearance in "Total DramaRama" until the episode "Broken Back Kotter", which while retaining his sadistic personality, it is notably toned down.
 * 5) Contrary to WIPLMYCAGNBP #16, it has been recently announced that Total Drama is gonna be revived at HBO Max for two more seasons, so this episode will no longer be the show's series finale.
 * 6) * However, in every other version of the show--including the Catalan dub and the United States release of the show--"A Million Ways to Lose a Million Dollars" of "The Ridonculous Race" was the show's initial finale, as TDRR was billed as a "Total Drama" season instead of a stand-alone spin-off.
 * 7) * Like the other Total Drama season finales, this episode’s ending is flexible due to it having two endings with one having Shaun win and the other having Sky win. Because of this the canon of these two endings are open to personal interpretation.

Trivia

 * This was the third "Total Drama" finale to premiere in another country before its premiere Canada or the United States. In this case, "Total Drama Pahkitew Island" aired in Italy before it premiered in the United States. The first time was in "Total Drama World Tour" when Australia finished the season. The second time was in "Total Drama: Revenge of the Island" where the finale aired in France before it was aired in Canada.

Reception
The season finale was given a 6.7 Rating on IMDb.

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