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NIGHT 16/DAY 17 - REDEMPTION ISLAND: WHO LET THE KAT IN?

Kat is dissappoint...but at least she didn't cry for a change. John and Laura M. welcome her with open arms and proceeds to rip Galang a new one. She swears to do whatever it takes to get back in the game. What REALLY bothers her is Hayden, whom she thinks will dump her for failing. John and Laura tell her that's not true...

...but, in the morning, Kat can't help letting the tears flow. It's been hard without Hayden by her side...and she can't help feeling he'll be upset at her for not trying her best. Again, she vows to win at...

REDEMPTION DUEL: BUILD A FIRE

RI Arena...Uncle Jeff...Tadhana...a Kat-less Galang. Hayden...not happy. Not the Duelists: John, Laura M. and Kat. Before a word can be said, Kat asks Hayden to hug her...so he comes down and does so. Kat admits how she felt Hayden would feel about her being voted out...but Hayden shakes his head. "My relationship with Kay," says Hayden, "is even more important than this game." But Uncle Jeff asks if it's important enough to take her place in the Duel. Kat think perhaps he should because the Duel looks like a puzzle, at which she stinks. Hayden asks her what's better for the couple long-term? Kat knows Hayden can still win this game. Her praises brings tears to Hayden's eyes. In the end,...no trade-off; Kat stays in the Duel

And the Duel is this (the same one Cochran won in the final Camaroan Challenge to secure the million): untie a machete, use it to cut a rope to release a bag of puzzle pieces, then use said pieces to complete a vertical fire puzzle. First two to finish stay on RI to await another Duel. Third place...hits the bricks. And, of course, the winner gets a 3I clue to give to someone else (who will, more than likely, send it into the burning coals).

"Survivors, ready...GO!"

Kat starts out quick with the knots, but it's John who gets his machete first and wails on the rope like Jason Voorhees. Kat is second to untie...but her shots are weak. Her pieces drop second, right ahead of Laura M.'s. The others dump their pieces...but Kat's bag isn't open wide enough, costing her valuable time.

Now the hard part. The pieces fit only in one correct fashion. But it gets easier once the concept is set. John gets it...Laura gets it...Kat is lost. Hayden watches the others and tries to help Kat find the right pieces verbally. Laura looks at John's puzzle to get the idea (illiciting a "cheater" epithet from Kat). Finally, Kat starts to gain some ground of Laura...but John is ripping through it. In no time at all, he has it! JOHN STAYS ALIVE!

So, which girl will join him back on RI? Well, Laura again looks at John's finished puzzle to try to figure out the pattern. Galang tries to tell Kat to look at Laura's...but Kat refuses to cheat. Tadhana aren't proud; they give Kat verbal clues based on Laura's puzzle. But it's too little, too late. Laura gets the last pieces in place...and Uncle Jeff gives the news:LAURA M. STAYS ALIVE!

John has survived four Duels to stay around, Laura M. her second. But Kat...she lasted 33 days on One World but is history here after only 17. Another tearful hug between Kat and Hayden...and he ASSURES her that he won't break-up with her for this. Kat grabs her stuff, tosses her Buff(TM) in the urn and heads back to Orlando to continue her studies and sales work.

Once again, Uncle Jeff asks John who gets the 3I. Once again, he chooses Monica...and ONCE AGAIN, Monica chucks it on top of the burnt Buff. Does NO ONE want Immunity in this game?!?

AFTERNOON 17: SURVIVOR'S GUILT

Back at camp,...it's Hayden's turn to cry, wondering if he SHOULD have taken Kat's place. He always helped her through the tough times...and, this time, he didn't. The one GOOD thing about not worrying about his loved one is that he can now play HIS game. And that's good, because Aras is already planning on bringing his brother Vytas into the six of them and running roughshod through the women of Galang come the Merge. Aras is the only one among the Tribe who has a loved one on Galang.

As Aras goes alone to meditate - feeling he's tight with Tyson and Gervase and that Vytas will make them an unstoppable force - Tyson gathers the Tribe together and talks to them about that very issue: that the Super Baskauskas Bros could very well dominate upon a Merge. He's not liking that one bit and promises to stick with the other four to the Final Five. This shocks Ciera a bit, given how tight he is with Aras, but she knows Tyson's smart and an alliance of those without Loved Ones seems the way to go now. So...the No Loved Ones Alliance is born!

DAY 18: TREE-MAIL!

REWARD/IMMUNITY CHALLENGE: CHAIN RECATION

Mr. Immuni-Ugly gets returned to Uncle Jeff on Challenge Clearing and we get to the Challenge. Four Tribe members will be chained ankle-to-ankle. The two outer ones on the chain will have their wrists caught in a coil. On "go", the two undo their wrists and then the four traverse and criss-crossing obstacle course, grabbing bags along the way. Once all the bags are at the end of the course, the fifth member will untie the bags, put together a set of bolos and toss them at a horizontal pole target. First Tribe to have three bolos staying on the target gets to chill while the other goes back to the Beachfront Circle of Doom. In addition, the winning Tribe gets a southern-Fried feast of chicken, corn-on-the-cob, mac-and-cheese, iced tea and lemonade. EVERYONE salivates over that. Tadhana sits Ciera out. Tyson and Tina will be the bolo tossers, the others the chain gangs.

"Survivors, ready...GO!"

Gervase and Hayden quickly undo their wrists from the coils, though Vytas and Monica are on their heels. The teams go over the small bamboo poles before ducking under a bamboo mesh to grab the first set of bags. This is where the cluster@#$% starts; eight people in close quarters undoing knots and threatening to tangle each other up. Galang manages to get out first while Hayden stalls. Back to the bamboo poles, Tadhana marches like an army troop with "inside, outside" cadance...while Galang is confused. Under the second mesh, Tadhana works quickly. Caleb tries to lead the others out...but Monica blocks the chain allegedly reaching for another bag. Aras gets tied up by Vytas. Galang succeeds in its strategy: both teams hit the finish at roughly the same time.

Now to Tina and Tsyon. All bags must be emptied before the bolo-making begins. Tina finishes first and starts to clip balls to chains. But Tyson makes headway with that and is the first to start tossing. His first shot is good, the second bounces off. Tina's first lands right. Tyson bounces off the top rung, as does Tina. Tyson gets one on a corner, putting Tadhana up 2-1...but he has to run to collect the bolos that missed. good thing Tina's last shot falls short before SHE has to reload. Upon gathering, tyson misses and Tina ties it up! Who gets chicken...and who's the turkey?!.

Tyson...bounces off! Tina...too far. Tyson...NAILS IT!! TADHANA WINS IMMUNITY AND REWARD!!!

Three in a row...who knew all it took was one close win and a Tribal Shuffle to get their act together?! We take the Immunity Idol and head around the corner for some sweet Southern cookin' that's finger-lickin' good! And Galang...

TRIBAL COUNCIL: OPEN MOUTH, INSERT TICKET TO REDEMPTION ISLAND

Just when we thought that Vytas was - quite literally - the odd man out, Laura B. had to say something about it TO Vytas. The trust was gone and, sadly, so was Rupert's wife. She joins the other Laura and John on RI...with, perhaps, one last chance to get back in the game.

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