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Previous Episodes September 18 (Tadhana) September 18 (Galang) |
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In another bid for $1 million, ten of the game's greatest players are taking on their greatest challenge: their loved ones! Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast the others? 39 days, 20 people... ONE SURVIVOR! Recaps by Chico Alexander & Chris Wolvie, GSNN
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Tadhana Tribe September 18 |
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In the past, the most emotional part of the show is when the Survivors get a visit from the Loved Ones to give themselves the boost they need to get through the last week or two. Well, THIS time, on SURVIVOR: BLOOD vs. WATER (season 27 of the longest-running reality show on network TV), the Loved Ones ARE Survivors! Ten Survivors from past seasons bring someone they love to live on the Luzon Strait in the Philippines to Outplay, Outwit and Outlast the others for the one million dollars! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE GOINGS ON AT THE GALANG TRIBE NIGHT 0: LOVE THE LOVED ONES YOU'RE WITH - Gervase Peterson
(Borneo) and his niece Marissa (21; Chapel Hill, NC) At each of the ten locales, each pair is given a note:
Some are excited, some are confused...NONE want to sleep on the ground. But sleep they do... DAY 1: TEAMS, VOTES AND REDEMPTION. OK, good news: your Loved Ones are here, vets. The bad news: you ain't playing WITH them...but AGAINST them! The Tribes are set up...
Vets are on Galang ("respect" in Tagalog), Loved Ones (whom I'll be blogging about) are on Tadhana ("honor" in Tagalog). Over half the Survivors are looking forward to facing their loved ones in battle. Katie wants to show her mom up, while Tina thinks that seeing that a loved one is gone will be sad. Famous QB Brad Culpepper (whom Uncle Jeff will call by last name) says he's torn between beating his wife...in the Challenges, that is...and fearing her departure. This...gets him a lot of stares. After the split, Uncle Jeff springs ANOTHER surprise: the first Double Tribal Council...is RIGHT NOW! One person from EACH TRIBE has to go bye-bye after just ONE NIGHT on the island!! Hayden is shocked, knowing that this will all be about first impressions. Ol' King Colton...is sweating bullets. It is time to vote! The 20 people take their own parchment and marker and write down the name of someone they just met (or, in a few cases on Galang, one they dealt with before). Uncle Jeff starts with Tadhana and has them reveal their votes: Vytas: LAURA B. That's five votes and that's enough. Rupert's wife is outta here. Now to the Galang tribe: Candice: LAURA M. ("Only because
I don't know anything about her") So the three-time Survivor and the wife of the only FOUR-time Survivor in this game are going home. Or...ARE they? Uncle Jeff talks about another island that's been in cold storage for the last year: Redemption Island! Candice and Laura B. will be the first two residents and will try to win their way back INTO the game. Oh...one more thing: if John and/or Rupert would like to take their place(s) and have their loved one on the Tribe that DIDN'T vote them off, now's the time to sacrifice themselves. For Rupert, it's no decision: he goes to RI and Laura B. joins Galang. Tina's not liking this; Galang lost their strongest player. John, however, after taking it over with Candice, stays put. So, the lines are drawn. Galang is all but one Veteran, Tadhana is all Loved Ones and it'll be Rupert and Candice on Redemption Island. The Tribes drop their parchments and pens and follow their maps. AFTERNOON 1: BUILDING SHELTER...AND TRUST Ah, Camp Tadhana, replete with tools, machete, bottle, canoe, a supply of rice and a map to drinkable (after boiling) water. We get to work on building a shelter. Brad has relived Monica's S:OW experience over and over...but to do it for real is nerve-racking. As the men build the framework, the women weave pond fronds together for cover. Brad still regrets his first words about protecting Monica and tells the Tribe that, if he doesn't give it his all in Challenges, they have his blessing to kick him to RI. But, behind the scenes, Brad is following his wife's advice and starting what I'm calling the Four-and-a-Half Men Alliance with John, Hayden, Vytas and Caleb (him being the "half"; no disrespect). John thinks this leadership role by Brad could backfire on him. As for the "half"...Caleb just agrees to shut him up, knowing he's just gonna front with Monica post-Merge. With shelter nearly complete, Vytas tries to start a fire. Unlike Galang, though, he has a hard time with it. As Ciera watches, she confesses to being a sort of "Teen Mom" before MTV butchered the concept. It was rough...but her mom Laura M. helped her through it. Vytas then shares how HE was a teenage felon, a heroin addict and who is all but excommunicated (to this day, mind you, 14 years sober later) from his bro, Aras. He hopes to mend fences in this game. No fire comes from it...but trust and understanding seems to. (Day 2 seems to be all about RI and Candice dealing with Rupert...so we zip to...) DAY 3: TREE-MAIL!
A team flag is alongside it and Brad brings it to camp. The Tribe get down to strategy right away. Katie says she's better than her mother Tina at puzzles so...that's the set-up to an AWESOME match-up! IMMUNITY CHALLENGE:
BLUE LAGOON BUSTLE Six tribesmen will swim through a watery obstacle course to a boat. Then, after untying said boat, they will paddle the boat (and a chest puzzle pieces) to shore. The other three will put together a ship's wheel puzzle. The first tribe to use the wheel to raise their tribal flag wins the Tribal Immunity Idol! And, MAN, is it fugly! Like a brown Buddha holding a bread basket over its breadbasket. But that ugly thing means your Tribe gets to chill while the other sends someone off to Redemption Island to join the two ex-Galangs. Oh, yeah, and in case someone IS bluffing, the winners get flint to make the fire-making easier tonight. As expected, Tina and Katie will stay behind. Tina's joined by Laura M. and Monica, Katie by Caleb and Ciera. Everyone else is going swimming. "Survivors, ready....GO!!" Galang opens a bit of a lead over the cargo net, but only because Tadhana work together instead of separately. The Vets struggle getting Gervase over the log...and almost leave Aras behind. Tadhana gets to the first platform ahead and they're back in the water over the crates before Galang are even up. Youth over experience, it seems. Down to the knots in the anchor goes the Loved Ones as an exhausted Gervase belly-flops after a shove by Aras. Aras has to drag Gervase to the boat lifeguard-style. Meanwhile, Tadhana gets the boat untied and scrambles into it to grab their oars and start heading back. Galang makes time up by untying THEIR boat...but they take a wrong turn whilst paddling and Tadhana's lead is HUGE when they get back to shore. Up to shore, the red chest is brought to the platform where Katie, Caleb and Ciera unload it. Hub pieces, half-spokes and handles make up the puzzle. By the time Galang can straighten up and paddle right, Katie leads her team in figuring things out. But once the yellow chest gets in front of Tina, Monica and Laura M...it is ON like Pagong! Katie panics a little, not sure if the spokes are right. Tina is fast but calm as she leads her squad. Galang catches up...and then surpasses Tadhana by having all their spokes done first. As they screw them on to the hub, Tadhana are still struggling. Galang get their spokes in place and work on the outer hub and handles...and Tadhana FINALLY get their spokes right. But...it's too little, too late. The two mothers and wife plant in the wheel and strike the colors of their yellow flag! GALANG WINS IMMUNITY (AND FLINT)! The Vets get Mr. Ugly and flint. But...it's not all happy happy happy. Colton is sobbing like Stephenie after the "Ulong Massacre", fearing that Caleb might be taking the walk to RI. John is pissed at Gervase rubbing it in; he's considering sending Marissa home just to spite him!. AFTERNOON 3: ANOTHER NEW FEELING Meanwhile, the Four-and-a-Half Men Alliance have their first official meeting to see which person with a XX-chromosone is hitting the bricks. Ain't easy...because, remember, the corresponding person on Galang will be heartbroken at seeing their Loved One out of the Tribe. Brad is still thinking Marissa, despite HER anger at her blood. Caleb thinks that Katie was lost in the puzzle...but he'll go with the majority of the 4.5M Alliance. Vytas decided to give Rachel the bad news since the girls KNOW the boys have bonded...and he doesn't want any bad blood between the genders. He tells her about them wanting Marissa out...but THEN tells MARISSA that they want KATIE out. Hey, as long as the vote effects the other Tribe, John's all for it.: TRIBAL COUNCIL: NINE NEWBS, THREE DAYS, ONE OUTTA HERE Ah, the Beachfront Circle of Doom. And there's Uncle Jeff...and there're the torches. Tadhana lights these representations of their life in the game...and hope said life doesn't get snuffed tonight. Yeah, Hayden WAS bluffing; they don't have fire even after three days. Sierra says her mom's stories and the reality of the game is VERY different. Brad knows the hunger and cold is tough. Caleb\ thinks playing against loved ones is TOUGHER, but they need to work stuff out like Galang has. John seems to have "survivor's guilt", allowing his wife to head to RI instead of taking her place. He even breaks into tears thinking about it. He feels that Rupert and Candice won't pull punches in the Duel...and that whoever gets voted out tonight is in trouble. Brad speaks of Gervase's celebration and Marissa adds that they should've won with more grace. Vytas thinks celebrating could work against you; it makes the counterpart an instant target. Marissa admits she's "guilty by association" and wishes her uncle had shut his trap. But...she thinks her OWN actions should speak louder than Gervase's. Katie then admits guilt in blowing the lead at the Challenge and feels THAT might be what the vote is based on tonight. May not be FAIR, but it wouldn't be surprising to her. Brad says that's not how they're "solely judging" on the others. It is time to vote! One by one, the nine newcomers march to the alcove, take a marker and write down on a piece of parchment the person they want out of the Tribe and onto Redemption Island. Katie votes for Marissa and vice-versa. Once all the votes are in the bamboo crucible, Uncle Jeff tallies them in secret (arranging them for dramatic effect). He brings the crucible in and reads the votes (apparently, 3Is are not in play yet): Katie... "Marissa :("... "Marissa :("... "Marissa :("... "Marissa <3"... ...and "MARISSA :("! In a unanimous vote, the niece of the biggest Veteran of the game has her torch snuffed. She has a chance to re-light it, though, as she is sent to Redemption Island with Rupert and Candice Uncle Jeff calls this a "blindside" and thinks their loved ones taught them well...but not well enough to avoid Tribal Council. But, hey, at least they get flint as well...so Tadhana will not be hungry or cold tonight. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE GOINGS ON AT THE GALANG TRIBE To see this episode in its entirety or to find out how to become a contestant, go to cbs.com/survivor |
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