High Noon

**The teams compete in Western-themed challenges.**

## Plot

The episode starts off with the cast mates trying to keep themselves cold due to the heatwave that's going on. Kiyana and Sim are trying to fan themselves with a fan; George pouring cold water on himself; and Abe popping his head out of the trailer, being very annoyed about how hot it is.

Ciande is seen using a mini portable fan on herself. Hailey is seen running through some sprinklers to cool herself off, as Stella tries to cool herself down with an icepack. Adam and Lucas are seen taking turns using a spray bottle on each other. Adam expresses that he hasn't been this hot in a while. Lucas tells Adam he'd rather be playing video games then staying out in this heat, but Adam tells him that it'll be alright.

As the castmates try to cool down, Chris arrives dressed up in cowboy attire. Abe pokes fun at him, but Chris smirks saying that it's time for the old western type movies. He says that the contestants better hurry or he'll be there or I'll drive you deadbeets out of town!" Jada complains stating she'd rather participate in a mermaid type movie so they can cool down.

The castmates arrive at a set of an old western type movie, which makes Chris explain their first challenge: hey must jump onto a horse from a hundred-foot high diving board. George snickers and asks Chris if there will be "any hot babes" at the saloon, but Chris shushes him. Sim says that he's glad that there's a bit of new scenery and asks Chris if he could model for a western type theme'd photoshoot at the end of the season. Chris denies the offer, despite Sim pleading him.

Chris then reveals a horse, whose a bit old and run down. He asks Chef if that was the best they could get, but Chef Hatchet says that Chris spent all of the budget on his rich way of living, and he had to make cuts.

Due to the fact that the Killer Grips won the previous challenge, Chris says they'll have to go first, despite protests. The Killer Grips talk about who will climb up first, and the Grips select Hailey. Abe chuckles and tells Hailey not to break the horse, causing Hailey to push him into a horse trough.

As Hailey makes her way up the ladder, she exclaims how "Cool" the challenge is. Abe exclaims to her that she's crazy for liking the challenge. Hailey ignores him however as she reaches the top. George says he wants to go next after Stella.

Hailey runs back a bit, and jumps off the tower in a rocker-like fashion, and she whoops the whole way down.

Hailey lands onto the horse, much to Abe's surprise. Hailey gets off the horse and cheers with George. Lucas compliments on how brave Hailey was, but Hailey says it was nothing and she could do that in her sleep.

Stella then decides that she'll go next, wanting to prove herself to the team, but as she jumps off the tower, the horse sees her fall, and moves slightly to the left, causing Stella to just miss the target. Kiyana is next, and lands on the horse beautifully. She is then followed by Lucas who lands on the horse. Sim jumps, and despite falling awkwardly, manages to land on the horse much to the Gaffers' surprise. Chris announces the score in two to three with the Grips being in the lead. Most of the castmates jump, even though the challenge is very dangerous. The people who don't jump however are Ciande, Jada, and Abe who went on a bathroom break and missed their turns. Adam and Jaylen fist bump and tell Chris they'll go together. The two are on the ledge and try to talk to each other before jumping. Despite Ciande not wanting him to, Adam brings up the suspicion of Jaylen and Stella being in a secret relationship. Jaylen seems a bit offended by the accusation and tells Adam it isn't true. Jaylen then says he's going to jump now, either with or without Adam, and the two guys jump, and both of them make it, giving the Gaffers two more points. Now it's up to George to see who the winner of the challenge will be. George seems excited as he climbs up the ladder, but once looking off the ledge, becomes terrified. Hailey tells him to go "YOLO!" and George does, but he didn't aim correctly, causing him to miss the horse. Chris announces that the teams are tied, and will have to do a tiebreaker.

Chris says that the tie-breaker will be to have a showdown between the cast with water guns.

Adam decides to pick Stella to be the shooter for his team.

The challenge however doesn't happen, due to Chef Hatchet using all of the water in the water guns for the night's dinner. This causes Chris to cancel the challenge and to think of a new idea. The new idea is for the cowboys (the Grips), to lasso the cattle (the Gaffers). The Grips must lasso all the cattle in order to win, the cattle needs to stay in the game until the timer runs out.

The Grips do very well with lassoing Sim, and Jada. This lead rises when Jaylen and Adam start to argue.

The two guys are distracted with each other, and this allows George to lasso Adam easily. The Grips manage to defeat the Screaming Gaffers, despite their best efforts.

Chris announces that the Grips have won the challenge, and that because the Gaffers lost, they'll need to brand themselves with the letter "L" for loser. Jaylen and Adam look toward one another but Ciande tells them to drop it.

The producers call Chris and tell him that branding is out of the question, so the Screaming Gaffers will have to eliminate someone. Chris then says that they all stick and tell them that they can bathe in a barrel. Despite Abe wanting to bathe first, Lucas says that George should since he's the MVP.

With the majority of the castmates bathing, Ciande asks Adam if they could talk for a couple minutes to see what happened during the challenge. Adam says that he asked Jaylen about their theory and Jaylen didn't take it that well. Ciande asks why Adam told Jaylen, despite her telling him not to. Adam says he thought it would be best. The camera then pans to Sim, who has overheard their conversation.

Sim returns to the trailers, and Kiyana notices some off behavior about him. Kiyana asks what happened, and Sim tells Kiyana what he heard. Kiyana seems a bit shocked, and says that Sim shouldn't worry. Sim sighs a sigh of relief as Kiyana goes to talk to Abe. Kiyana tells Abe about everything and Abe comes up with a plan to tell Stella, but to use someone on the Gaffers to tell her.

Jada is seen hanging around the bathrooms, until Abe comes over to her. Jada asks what he wants, and Abe says he has something important to tell her. Abe tells Jada the information about Adam and Ciande, and tells her to tell Stella. Jada nods and walks away.

Jada goes over to Stella, whose talking to Jaylen. Jada whispers into Stella's ear about the information that's been telephoning around camp and says it doesn't look good for Stella's reputation. Stella gasps and Jaylen says they need to do something about the two. Jada nods, and says that they need to try to convince Sim.

Elsewhere, Sim, Adam, and Ciande are talking about how they want to vote either Stella or Jaylen off. Sim nods along but seems a bit nervous. Once Adam and Ciande leave, Jada tells him the plan that she concocted with Jaylen and Stella.

The elimination ceremony begins, with Chris saying that he can feel the tension and loves it. Chris gives the Gilded Chris Awards to Jada, Sim, and Stella with Jaylen, Adam, and Ciande being in the bottom two. The next Gilded Chris is given to Ciande, who seems very thankful. A moment of suspense happens and the final Gilded Chris award is given to Jaylen. Adam sighs and wishes his team good luck. Ciande waves to him as he leaves, and while walking to the lame-o-sine, Lucas kisses Adam goodbye. After some tears are shed, Adam is escorted to the lame-o-sine, and waves goodbye to his boyfriend. A shot of George comforting Lucas is shown before the scene fades to black.