The beginning of this episode, Lex reveals his actions to the "judge" (Jackson) and the "jury" (Nathan, Taylor, and Melissa), along with the lawyers Daley and Eric.
The group on the beach is running out of fresh water. Daley and Eric search for a source of water, while Nathan designs a method to capture water condensation.
SEASON FINALE Day 23, they take a vote, Daley does not kill the chicken. Melissa is still angry at Taylor because she knew how much she liked Jackson but she still tried to get close to him anyway.
With the dried food running out, Nathan, Daley, and Lex have to find food in the jungle. Nathan tries to prove himself by climbing up the tree he previously fell from. Meanwhile, Jackson tries to help out by catching fish, with little success.
Trying to get into the holiday spirit, Nathan tries to make a bracelet for Daley to show her how much he is in love with her only to have her crush his feelings.
Nathan and Daley nearly get into a fight with Jackson. To try and bring the survivors together, Lex builds an obstacle course and challenges the others to a competition.
In the episode before the castaways just started pulling the plane onto the first couple of skids. The next day they are now fully determined to get the plane by the firepit for shelter, everyone except Eric is still skeptical.
Abby returns to camp. Lex finds a chicken. Abby isn't the same girl she was before. She wasn't as hard as this. Chickens aren't native, so that must mean people have brought it to the island.
Daley is fed up with Taylor because she isn't doing her share of the work. Meanwhile, Lex finds a signal kite that he and Nathan build together but is destroyed due to Nathan's recklessness with the flare gun.
Jackson finally feels better. Eric finds a piece of board that's from Guam and figures out there could be a current near the island. They have an idea of building a raft to test the current to get off the island.