Furthermore, unlike previous seasons, contestants will not be given the materials or tools that they need: instead, they must purchase them from a Canadian Tire store near the rehab centre while keeping under budget.
However, Gail and Andrew decide that the worst in the episode is Brian P.: before the first challenge, Brian P. had demolished his bathroom sink to get a head start on the next episode's demolition challenge, but had caused a water leak that is starting to drip into the common area on the floor below (Gail also notes that he had not attempted to use any of his new tools, relying on what he knew coming into rehab).
At the final deliberations, Geoff puts Johnnie as his candidate for being worst due to having finished nothing and forcing the experts to intervene in the group challenge.
In the end, though, the fact that Brian M. managed to salvage his bathroom floor in his spare time made the difference, as it saved him from being named the worst; in his own words, Johnnie went "from hero to goat."
As Brian P. and Angie both hang their heads in shame, their extra challenge is the "common sense test" of trying to fit square pegs into round holes.
As Brian P. manages to force a peg in with a hammer, Angie, who was named the most improved in the previous episode for finishing all the challenges, comments that, indeed, "some people are just born without common sense."
Angie, who was named joint-worst with Brian P. in the previous episode for her poor performance in the Group Challenge (as Gail so eloquently pointed out in individual evaluations), states, "I think his leaving would be a wise decision."
The episode ends without neither an expert evaluation nor verdict, as a visibly and audibly shaken Andrew informs Brian P. that he is required to leave: "So, that concludes our fourth episode here at the Handyman Rehabilitation Centre and this is the part of the show where I usually talk about who is the worst and who is the most improved, but let's just bypass that today and I'll talk a little bit about why we're actually here and that's for one reason and one reason only and that's to make you people better handymen.
The incident brought an unusually serious sense of tense drama to what was an otherwise humorous, lighthearted show featuring clumsy and troubled handymen as they struggle to improve themselves and not be named Canada's Worst Handyman.
Brian P.'s expulsion also made him statistically the worst handyman in the show's history, having failed every single challenge during the four episodes he participated in (every other candidate passed at least one challenge during the first four episodes of any given season, including the nominees who were ultimately named Canada's Worst Handyman in their respective seasons, despite being named the most improved at least once-- Keith Cole, Terry Cress and Joe "The Bullet" Barbaro).
During the expert verdict, Brian M. is taken to task for his drywalling mistake (applying plaster to a flat part of the wall), while Angie is criticized for the bad cut in her chair.
As his homework task, Johnnie must master the six basic parts in soldering copper pipes together, all while singing to his infamous operatic musical style.
Despite her challenge failures, Angie is named the most improved, as she found the time to fix the taps on her vanity and the experts feel that her positive attitude and approach to learning deserves rewarding.
In this final verdict, two sets of judges will decide on who Canada's Worst Handyman is: first, a group of Cub Scouts will evaluate each room.
There were relatively few criticisms for Angie's room, the only major faults being that some of her bathroom fittings were rather loose, and her coat rack completely fell apart during an impromptu "stress test."
Between the two experts, both Gail and Geoff quickly agree that Angie is easily the most improved overall, having demonstrated a positive attitude throughout, being a relatively successful leader in the final group challenge and having completed her entire list with almost every job done to an acceptable standard.
Johnnie had conceded this (Angie and Eric both thought Brian was worse) and, as the Canada's Worst Handyman trophy is given to him, he sings for his captive audience an operatic rendition of his own ineptitude.