Set adrift by Kneedling, the travellers find themselves marooned on a deserted island, seemingly destroying Fogg's chances of winning his bet. Secrets are revealed and air cleared as the trio face a struggle to survive.
Tropes:
- Armor-Piercing Question:
- Passpartout tries to break Fogg out of his depression by telling him that it's his fault they're stranded, because he recognised the man who set them adrift from when he offered Passpartout money to sabotage Fogg. Fogg asks, "Did you take the money?" Gilligan Cut to Fogg marching across the beach, shouting at Passpartout to get away from him.
- When Fogg angrily denies that Bellamy would sabotage him, Passpartout tartly declares that perhaps he doesn't understand English friendships, because Bellamy has never struck him as a good friend to Fogg. However, he's sure their friendship is based in something meaningful, "not just having attended the same school and social club." It's clear Fogg has no answer to this.
- Breather Episode: Being stuck in place, the trio are not currently travelling or attempting to keep a schedule, and finally have chance to sit down and hash out their differences.
- Call-Back: Given that this is the episode for clearing the air, this is a given.
- Passpartout confesses to drugging Fogg for money.
- Fogg learns that Passpartout stole the White Dragon and got him flogged.
- Abigail apologises to Fogg for humiliating him in her article.
- She also points out to Fogg that Passpartout saw his brother die in Paris and killed a man to protect them in the desert.
- Dark and Troubled Past:
- Abigail tells Passpartout about her mother's bouts of "melancholy" (depression to a modern viewer) when she recognises those symptoms in Fogg. This prompts Passpartout to start making confessions.
- After the raft is burned, Fogg reveals the true story of him and Estella; they were due to get married in Paris and travel the world together. But Fogg's insecurities, fuelled by Bellamy, made him lose his nerve and abandon her on the boat to France. He's never moved on from the shame or the pain of losing her.
- Everyone Has Standards: Bellamy has often belittled Fogg and was willing to sabotage his chance to win the bet to sort out his own financial woes, but his reaction to learning that Fogg and the others may have gone overboard makes it clear that he didn't want any of them dead to achieve that goal.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: When the trio set off along the beach to find civilisation, Fogg is troubled after a while because, "The sun was on the left... then it was on the right..." Then they find footsteps on the beach ahead and get excited thinking they've found people, until Fogg points out the obvious; those are their own footprints, because they're on an island.
- French Cuisine Is Haughty: Referenced when the trio first try one of the durium fruits Abigail foraged.Passpartout: I can't eat this. I'm French!
- Friend-or-Idol Decision: Fogg is already starting to forgive Passpartout, but their differences are settled properly when Passapartout gets sick and needs to be kept warm or he'll die. Their wood is quickly depleted, leaving the raft Fogg has been making and his best chance of still winning his bet and the only remaining fuel. He burns it without hesitation to save Passpartout.
- Gone Horribly Right: Passpartout breaks Fogg out of his Heroic BSoD by confessing to taking a bribe and drugging him in India. This works perfectly, by sending Fogg into such a rage he declares that he will have nothing further to do with Passpartout, in fact he will make a raft this very moment and sail away and leave him stranded! Thus begins the "clearing the air" theme of the episode.
- Honor Before Reason: Fogg wants nothing further to do with Passpartout, no matter how many lobsters he's caught or how inviting they smell. Infamously-revolting durium fruit are fine.
- Laser-Guided Karma: The positive kind. Fogg burns the raft that is his best chance of winning his bet to save Passapartout. The fire attracts a rescue boat that picks them up, leaving them only a day behind schedule.
- Love Revelation Epiphany: After briefly thinking Passpartout has died, Abigail realises she has feelings for him over some Flashbacks of their time together.
- Moment Killer: Passepartout and Fix are about to kiss for the first time...when Fogg starts yelling. There's a rescue ship.Passepartout: I wish it had come a half an hour later.
- My God, What Have I Done?:
- Fogg blames himself for endangering the others by dragging them off on a harebrained adventure and getting them stranded on an island, although he did no such thing and in fact tried to leave Abigail behind more than once.
- Bellamy appears upset after hearing of Fogg's death, although he may just be wondering how he'll get his money.
- Oblivious Guilt Slinging: Downplayed. A Reform Club official asks Bellamy to "say a few words" at a memorial being held for Fogg. Bellamy is reluctant, but does it without breaking a sweat. Like their friendship, while outwardly affectionate the subtext is condescending.
- Robinsonade: This episode sees Fogg, Passepartout and Abigail trapped on a deserted island for a few days, until they manage to flag down a boat to take them to the next stage of their journey.
- Saying Too Much: When Fogg is enraged after learning that Passpartout drugged him after taking a bribe, Abigail - who doesn't know about the drugging - tries to smooth things over by telling him Passpartout was only trying to help when he stole the White Dragon... leading to Fogg's Wait, What? and Passpartout's Oh, Crap! face.
- Tempting Fate: You'd think Fogg would know better by now.Fogg: [Adrift at sea] HOW? How could this be any worse?
[Rumble of thunder] - This Is My Side: Fogg reacts to Passpartout's revelations by drawing a line down the beach and demanding that Passpartout keep to his side. It's as mature as it sounds.
- Toxic Friend Influence: Fogg finally admits to himself what a terrible friend Bellamy is. First he's furious with Passpartout for even suggesting that Bellamy might have set Kneedling on him, but after Abigail points out that it does make sense because Bellamy's the only person with something to gain by Fogg losing, Fogg's resolve begins to crumble. Later he admits that it's probably true, and tells his companions how Bellamy's influence cost him the love of his life.
- What the Hell, Hero?: While Fogg is railing about Passepartout's betrayal in the previous episode, Abagail points out that neither Fogg nor herself have treated him very well so far, in particular showing no concern for his brother's death or his emotional distress after being forced to kill for the first time.
