We’re mid-way through Killer Camp‘s first season and the latest episode, “A Killer Accusation” takes a different turn than what we’ve seen in episodes prior. Rather than two contestants walking into the woods with one of them ultimately being killed off by Bruce, in this episode, the campers actually get to vote out who they believe the killer may be. *Not looking good for Eleanor* But before that elimination happens, let’s briefly go over what went down.
In “Playing With the Buoys,” the campers swim out in the lake to grab one of the many scattered buoys each with a different cash value. After three minutes, they must throw their buoy into a large hoop to the cash value to make it into their cash pot. Out of a possible $3k, the campers just managed to $500 and $2500 for the killer. All thanks to Jacques, Holly, and Rob missing their shot in the hoop.
“It makes Rob look like more of a suspect because he didn’t get it in,” Holly observes, “even though he did try.” Was their failure at a larger jackpot ineptitude or actions of the killer? Many are blaming Sam who took control of the game, giving orders and directions to everyone.
Once again it is noticed by a laughing Carl and Eleanor, that Rob, the film nerd, didn’t get his hair wet and that he isn’t really contributing much, while Eleanor suspects Sam could be the saboteur. Rob on the other hand confides in Holly and says that he’s paranoid that the other campers have been talking about him and avoiding making eye contact because they believe he’s the one controlling Bruce.
“Postcard Mortem” finds the campers split into two groups where they have to read postcards written by the opposing team which contain incriminating quotes about what they’ve been saying about that team. The first four to correctly guess who said what will win vital clues to the killer’s identity, which is crucial for the night’s campfire elimination.
After an emotional four rounds of postcard senders being revealed, it was ultimately the Blue Team — Sam, Carl, Rob & Holly — who won the clues. They decide to share the clues with their fellow campmates, and it is Holly’s clue that stood out the most: The killer can’t live without films. After this curveball of a clue shared by Holly, the camp is convinced that he is Camp Pleasant’s killer.
Rob tries and fails countless times trying to defend himself and prove he is not the killer, even up to the very last minute during the campfire elimination. Ultimately, the vote was a landslide: Rob was voted off the camp as he was believed by the campers that he was the killer. Before he gets hauled off by police, though, he does reveal that he IS in fact the killer!
Even though Camp Pleasant’s killer (Rob) has been identified and taken away by the sheriff, Camp Counselor Bobby still needs to share one of his scary stories with the remaining campers: Once upon a time, a handsome cop and his prisoner were on a deserted road, when suddenly a figure stopped them in their tracks and disappeared. The cop went into the woods to investigate and Bruce showed up at the car, broke through the window, dragged the killer out, and beat him to death with his hammer.
Yes. Rob didn’t make it to his destination. Instead, he was killed by Bruce, the camp’s handyman. But why did this happen? Plot Twist: ROB ISN’T THE ONLY KILLER. Another killer still at camp ordered Bruce to kill Rob since his real identity was revealed.
In the next episode of Killer Camp, the campers face more fiendish camp activities: blindly putting their hands inside terrifying boxes for cash, smacking each other with soaking dodgeballs and targeting those they don’t trust with buckets of blood. The penultimate campfire sees the killer claim their final victim in an epic, electrifying murder.
Killer Camp airs Thursdays at 8pm on The CW.