Hello Survivor fans, Aww.... The tribe swap episode leaves some celebrating, but others - like me - a little sad. But before we get into that, I'm curious about this: I pull up the CBS Press Express pics - and in an episode where we saw not ONE second of Edge of Extinction ... this is what I was met with first thing: Almost NO pictures of the episode we saw - but a ton of "Edge of Extinction" pics. Huh? Very curious indeed. Now lets try to read the thoughts of our outcasts. From the looks of them, Natalie is the only one having any fun ("Oh, I am SO hoping Boston Rob is the next to come here! It will be such a resume enhancer when I kick his butt at every challenge!") Quick... everyone "caption" the pics. I'd be most interested in what kinds of captions you all come up with. In particular, the Danni one. Curious expression on her face. Okay, I've had my fun. Now, lets proceed with the episode: Show opens at Dakal. Nick happy to lose Tyson... and even happier that Tyson bequeathed his fire token to him. "Still glad he's gone, but now I have a new appreciation for him." Nice, Nick. Next we hear Yul speaking: "I really like you all!", as we see one pic after the next of lizards. Yes, lizards. Not sure how to read THAT.... But then we see he is speaking to Sarah and Wendell. Sad sidenote: Yul is telling the two the tragic story of Johnathan Penner and his wife Stacy. She was diagnosed with ALS. So sad to hear of this. Yul tries to explain some of the hardships of the Penners and becomes overcome with emotion. Aww Penner. My thoughts and prayers go out to you. Immunity Challenge Or so they THINK (haw haw haw!!) ..... Yes, it's tribe swap time. And here's the twist: we're forming three tribes of five! They are: Sele (blue) now consists of: Michele, Wendell, Nick, Parvati, Yul Dakal (Red) now consists of: Jeremy, Denise, Tony, Sandra, Kim (whew! No ex-lovers on THIS tribe!) Yara (Green) consists of: Rob, Sarah, Ben, Adam, Sophie Adam confessional: "I SHOULD be happy with this situation - but I'm not. The relationship with Ben, Rob and myself has become quite fractured." Dakal Camp Jeremy is truly impressed by this camp built by Wendell (well, to be fair, he did have SOME help). Jeremy is looking for cracks, and he thinks he's found one in Kim (no, NOT while she was changing into her swimsuit!). Denise has a chat with Kim and she agrees that Kim might be their best shot to get a majority over Tony and Sandra. Tony realizes that Kim might see herself in the middle and knows he needs to keep her on their side. Kim seems to be willing to go either way. She is not sure that sticking with Tony and Sandra would be the best thing for her. This will be interesting to watch. Sele Tribe Wendell "feigns" being impressed by the not-quite-up-to-his-standard shelter Sele has to offer ("My God, I've been in outhouses that were built better than this!"). Parvati finds out that Yul's wife loves her - she's Mrs. Yul's favourite player! (Parvati: "Yul, did she think this even AFTER she saw me vote for Ozzy on Cook Islands season?"). More awkwardness when Nick admits to Parvati she was his high school crush. But the MOST awkwardness comes courtesy of Wendell and Michelle, as we hear more about their past short-lived, didn't-really-end-well romance. Parvati: "I'm cringing for her. Can't imagine what it would be like to be on a small island with an ex. Nowhere to hide. Nowhere to go." Awkward... Small, uncomfortable conversation with Wendell and Michelle. Lots of awkward on this tribe. New Yara Tribe This is where it gets interesting. First of all, they must start from scratch building a camp. This tribe is not without awkwardness too. Ben knows that, on paper, being with a majority of his former tribe (Adam and Rob) SHOULD be a good thing. But the three of them are not exactly pals. In fact, they have all tried to vote each other out already. Sarah and Sophie have a couple of tricks up their sleeve. Sarah has the steal-a-vote advantage that she can use to protect herself and Sophie. The guys are not covering their awkwardness well. Sarah can feel it; she knows the three of them are not tight. She talks to Ben. Sophie talks to Adam. Then the two women go on an idol hunt - and they find one. Actually, Sophie finds it; its one of those "shared" idols that she immediately shares with Sarah. Poor Rob (I'm sort of chuckling at this)! Have we ever seen him (in recent years) at such a disadvantage? Some vulnerable words coming from him as he idol hunts with the "new school" players but realizes that this isn't the game he knows. "I'm not used to having more questions than answers. I'm used to having all the answers. And I really miss just being able to whistle and Mark Burnett would come running to hand me some idols. But this time I'm playing against tough players. Smart players. I've underestimated them. I won't make that mistake again." Immunity Challenge The challenge is: race through a series of obstacles. Use sandbags to knock blocks off the edge. Then stack the blocks so that there are no repeating colors on any side. It's all pretty even, but the new Yara tribe leads and are first to get to the sandbags. Sele is next. Dekal is the slowest because, you know... Sandra. Yara is first to get to the puzzle. But for some reason (that is quite confusing to me) Puzzlemaster Rob does NOT do the puzzle. Adam and Sophie take the lead. And... struggle. Sele catches up and starts their puzzle. Wendell and Parvati are doing it for them. Dekal finally catches up and it is Jeremy and Sandra on the puzzle. It is Sele who finishes first! With Sandra's rarely-mentioned-but-formidible puzzle skills, Dekal manages to catch up and place second, sending... ...the newly created Yara tribe to tribal council! Rob hates losing but feels optimistic. He assumes he is in the majority with Adam and Ben and that the three of them just need to pick which of the girls will be first to go. Even people who are watching the show for the first time recognize this as "false foreshadowing". Rob does talk to Ben and Adam. They shake hands on not writing each others names down. Adam thinks that Sophie is more of an asset: "We should vote Sarah". Rob agrees. But.. he wants to protect them from having conversations with each other by using the Buddy System. Which means that he, Rob and Adam should stay at camp ALL day. Adam hates this. "It's BORING! No one can talk. No one can play. If only one of us had the nerve to stand up to Boston Rob! But between the four of us, we do not have a single testicle!" Ben hates this too. "Rob needs to be in control of everything. Always mister tough guy. Boy, if he ever came face to face with an actual Marine..." he pauses for a second. "Oh, wait a minute..." Sarah: "Rob's energy around camp is so negative. His way of playing is to put us all in a playpen so that he can keep an eye on us but.. I'm sorry Rob. I'm not going into a playpen. Ya, I know if I don't do anything I'll be sent to the Edge of Extinction - but that's better than being in a playpen!" Yeah, Rob very much so miscalculated this group. They won't be playing this way. Sarah and Sophie break free to chat (we suspect this involved chloroforming Rob and it wasn't televised). Sarah feels that one way or the other, she can get the advantage to take out Rob. She will use her "steal a vote" if she has to. Tribal Council A lot of discussion comparing earlier seasons to this season. How does it compare to the last time that you played, yada yada yada. The girls play it up like they know they are in trouble. They know it will be one of them. A lot of chatter. Okay, let's get to the vote. Heh. Sorry, folks. I'm tired. And this dull tribal didn't help keep me awake. So the vote happens. Sarah does NOT use her advantage. Hmmm....does she know something? Sarah, Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob... Most of us thought this would happen a lot earlier than it did - it IS the Godfather himself! - but Boston Rob is voted out of the game. He bequeaths his fire tokens (two!) to Parvati before heading to the Edge of Extinction where I'm sure Ambuh is very happy to see him (atrocious breath notwithstanding). I admit... I'm sad to see him go. But he actually survived a lot longer than I thought he would, so.... Next week! We lose TWO players? Interesting.... And this recap will be a lot more entertaining once WM gets his hands on it... I promise. :-}}
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