The eight remaining teams fly to the Arctic Circle, where they must play ring toss using narwhal horns, and then race to build an igloo. Meanwhile, the Haters' dating problems continue to drag on while Devin moves on to the next "stage of heartbreak": depression.
Tropes
- Accidental Pun: Ennui thinks Devin when depressed is "cool".... while in the Arctic.
- Big "WHAT?!": Ryan lets out a big one after Stephanie uses the boomerang on him, which results in them having to do the ring toss again.
- Didn't See That Coming: Josee is stunned by how badly her attempt to drive a wedge between the Surfer Dudes backfires.
- Friendship Moment: Geoff and Brody when letting go of their doubts and stress about winning the challenge.
- Group Hug: Don again gets pulled into with Geoff and Brody and is not happy about it.
- Heroic BSoD: Yet again, Devin goes through the "seven stages of heartbreak". In this episode, he starts off on depression, which results in him becoming little more than a whiny, depressed mess, before moving on to the forth stage: Rock Bottom.
- Hoist by Her Own Petard: Josee attempts to sabotage the Surfer Dudes by planting them with doubt about each others' abilities. This backfires after the two have a talk about their doubts, which actually ends up strengthening their friendship and allows them to win first place.
- Ignored Epiphany: Just when it seems like the Haters' have realised the competition is tearing them apart and they're about to recoil... Stephanie insults Ryan once again, continuing their feud.
- Kick the Dog: Josee aggravates Owen's fear of planes by pointing out how many crash in a year.
- Never My Fault: Stephanie continues to blame Ryan for the Daters' failures despite her being just as much to blame.Stephanie: Second doesn't win a million bucks! We've only been first once because you keep dragging us down.
Ryan: Me? You're the one who wouldn't eat any beans.
Stephanie: Whoa-whoa! Look who's playing the Blame Game! - Not So Above It All: Don over Josee venting her frustrations on Chilly Billy.
- Oh, Crap!: Don screams and runs away when he sees the giant snowball coming towards the finish line.
- Pet the Dog: Though he previously trolled them on their placing, Don sincerely tries to tell the Ice Dancers that second is pretty good.
- Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: The title is a play on the Lord of the Rings franchise.
- Revenge Before Reason: Stephanie uses the boomerang on Ryan, forcing them to redo the narwhal ring toss, only this time Stephanie has to do it since Ryan did it previously.
- Shout-Out: The idea of a snowman living at with Santa Claus comes from Frosty the Snowman.
- Skyward Scream: In a fit of rage, Josee destroys Don's snowman Chilly Billy. Don kneels at the snow-corpse, raises his fists and face, gives a Big "NO!", and cries out for Billy.
- Tears of Joy: Brody over coming in first for the challenge.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: After placing first, Geoff and Brody explain that they know what the Ice Dancers were trying to do to them, but they don't care. They insist they'll win the race their way: by playing fair.
