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Happy Monday everyone! Finally! I got the chance to sit in the computer. Tired with work & busy with time. WHAT?! Anyway, I missed Survivor last Friday because I needed to get enough sleep. But I know I would know what happend in the last episode. Here are some clips & recaps for the last episode.

A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
The Fang Tribe return from Tribal Council after GC was voted out of the game. As the rest of Fang enjoy the fire that Matty has just ignited, Ace contemplates who he will lure into his alliance that will keep him safe until the merge: "I just don't know who will be my potential Benedict Arnold."

The next morning, Matty confesses that every night he dreams about food, his dog and his girlfriend, Jamie. To remind himself of Jamie, his driving force in the game, Matty carves a ring for her. Because of her, he is determined to finish out the game until the end: "If somebody approached me with a legitimate, logical, reasonable plan that might work, for sure I'm on board man. I'm jumping on board and I am flying with it." Matty then meets Ace away from camp in secret and the two make a pact that, until the merge, they will stick together and not betray each other or their alliance. Matty brings Ken into the alliance and Ace brings Sugar. Ace swears on his mother's life while Matty swears on his girlfriend, and a deal is struck. Matty expresses his dedication to his new pact with Ace: "I'm not gonna break that promise for a million dollars…not for five million dollars."

GLUTANY AT KOTA
At Kota, everyone eats their equal portion of rice, corn and beans as they watch Dan shovel down fourth and fifth servings. Dan continues to help himself as he piles rice, corn and beans onto a large leaf of lettuce and gobbles it down. Corinne expresses her frustration with Dan: "So now we are going through food at an alarming rate and he takes multiple servings. I am sick about how much food is being wasted on him."

A SHIFT IN POWER
Meanwhile, the Fang Tribe continues to struggle with rationing out their rice so they will have enough until the merge. Ken feels that the tribe wasted a lot of rice by either eating too much of it in the beginning or throwing unused portions away. "We have about six days worth. If we don't have rice, we're dead. Basically, we're gone. It's hard for our tribe right now. It's like we're at rock bottom," says Ken.

Ace approaches Sugar in the hut and warns her that he is almost certain that everyone knows she is in possession of the immunity idol. Sugar then offers to give the idol to Ace for safe keeping. Ace accepts her offer, and is given the immunity idol. Sugar admits that she is aware that Ace is untrustworthy: "Ace is kind of a snake, but he's my snake, and I'm glad to have him." Ace, on the other hand, is ecstatic about his new power position in the game: "It's been a crazy couple of days. It went from me being in a position of no power to a position of supremacy, having the immunity idol in my pocket. I have Matty's word. I have Sugar. I feel like I put myself in a very good position coming from a tribe that I didn't have any alliance with."

REWARD CHALLENGE: SNAKE IN THE GRASS
Kota and Fang arrive on their mats, awaiting their next reward challenge. Host Jeff Probst explains the rules. Each tribe will be tethered to a twenty foot long, two hundred pound snake. Tribes will start on opposite sides of the course. When Jeff yells, "Go!" the tribes will race around the course attempting to catch the other tribe. If, along the way, someone gets tired, they can opt out of the challenge by disconnecting from the snake. Each person who opts out leaves their portion of the 200 pound snake in the hands of their remaining tribe members. The first tribe to catch the other tribe and touch one tribe member wins pastries, croissants, fruit tarts, chocolate éclairs, coffee and tea. In addition, the winning tribe will send one member of the losing tribe to Exile Island. Because Kota has one extra member, Corinne is chosen to sit out of the challenge.




Jeff yells, "Go!" and the two tribes are off. Fang gets an early lead at the start. Kelly, at the front of the Fang snake, begins to slow down, allowing Kota to gain on them. Ace and Matty tell Sugar and Ken to go, and they both drop out. Susie drops out of Kota, and her departure seems to give them even more steam as they continue to gain on Fang. Kelly is the next to drop out of Fang and, down to only three members, they gain distance on Kota. Crystal, at the rear of Fang, suddenly slows down and Matty yells at her to drop out. Ace yells to Matty that he cannot take all of the extra weight with only the two of them, but Matty insists they need to keep at it. Kota, with five strong men, closes in on Fang. Matty and Ace nearly tire out as Marcus tags Matty, winning the challenge for Kota. With Crystal crying and the rest of Fang defeated, Jeff Probst hands over a tray of pastries to Kota, who proceed to devour them in front of starving Fang members. Crystal breaks down and says that she is tired of losing. Kota chooses Sugar for the fourth time in a row to go to Exile Island.

RATIONING LAWS
The Kota Tribe returns to their camp after winning an assortment of pastries. Marcus begins delegating how they should distribute fair, equal portions to everyone. Dan agrees with Charlie's suggestion that each tribe member should get their own portion so that he or she could eat as much of that portion as they want on their own terms. Corinne snaps that Dan is the sole reason for the tribe having to ration a reward like this in the first place. Randy catches on to this and decides to slowly distance himself from Dan as he brings himself closer to the original Kota.

THE SUGAR SHACK
Sugar is once again back in the gazebo of comfort on Exile Island. Although she is thankful for being there rather than at her camp where food is nearly non-existent, she feels bad for her other starving tribe members. She cries, "Why do I get to come back here and eat fruit when everybody is starving at my tribe and they're running out of food and they don't have anything but rice and I'm feeling really guilty." Sugar also reflects on giving Ace the idol, and wonders if he will need to use it if Fang has to go to Tribal Council.

PARANOIA SETS IN
After losing the reward challenge, Fang falls apart even further when Crystal becomes paranoid. "Don't view my tears at today's challenge as a sign of weakness," she tells Matty. Ace and Kelly walk off alone and talk about how Crystal's tears brought the whole tribe's morale to a new low. Crystal becomes aware that Kelly has not talked to her since the challenge, and decides to confront Kelly and Ace in the woods. Crystal tells Kelly, "At some point, we all get depressed. It's just that mine come out through my eyes." Kelly doesn't quite buy Crystal's defense, claiming "I definitely think that Crystal crying in front of the Kota Tribe and our tribe shows a sign of weakness. Like, you could take it either which way, you know. Like, she can explain it to us, but she can't explain it to the Kota Tribe."

TURTLE SOUP
Back at Kota, Marcus, Randy and Bob catch a large turtle in the lake and decide to cook it. With morale higher than ever, the Kota Tribe enjoys eating turtle soup. Marcus remarks on the state of the tribe: "Right now, the Kota Tribe is probably at our highest high and the fact that we caught a turtle just knocked us up ten notches, so Fang better watch out."

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE: JUNGLE RELAY
The Kota and Fang Tribes arrive on their mats. Sugar returns from Exile Island and rejoins the Fang Tribe. Jeff Probst explains the rules for the immunity challenge. Each tribe will divide into three pairs. Each pair will be tethered together by a rope. The first pair will crawl under a cargo net and race into the jungle, navigate an obstacle, and retrieve two sections of a flagpole, then race back to their mat. The next pair will then tackle the course. Each leg of the challenge adds another obstacle, making it more difficult. The first tribe to collect all three pairs of flagpole pieces and assemble the flagpole correctly wins immunity. Since Kota has one extra member, Susie sits out of the challenge.



Sugar and Kelly are up first for Fang, while Bob and Randy are up for Kota. Sugar and Kelly quickly make their way underneath the cargo net while Randy drags behind for Kota. At the first flagpole station, Sugar and Bob race to untie the knots to retrieve the first set of flagpole pieces. Bob does it first with Sugar right behind, and both pairs race back underneath the net. Bob and Randy make it first, and the next pair for Kota, Corinne and Charlie, are off. Sugar and Kelly get stuck underneath the cargo net, greatly slowing things down for Fang. They finally make it back to their tribe, and Ace and Crystal take to the course for Fang. They race through the second obstacle, which is made up of a tall bunch of numerous pipes, and catch up to Corinne and Charlie, who are already working the knots for the second set of flagpole pieces. Corinne and Charlie untie the knots first, and race back with the second set of flagpole pieces for Kota. Ace and Crystal make up a lot of time and gain on Kota as they make their way back to their tribes with the second set of flagpole pieces. Dan and Marcus are off for Kota competing against Matty and Ken for Fang. Matty and Ken throw themselves through the cargo net and dash to the final obstacle. As Dan and Marcus struggle through the final obstacle, Matty and Ken pass Kota by climbing up over the top of the obstacle. With Fang now in the lead, Matty and Ken race to untie the knots and make their way back. Kota is right behind as they use Fang's strategy of going on top of the obstacle. Both tribes are neck and neck as they make their way through the cargo net and deliver the final flagpole pieces to their tribes. As both tribes race to assemble the flagpole, Kota works together while Ace insists on doing it himself. He refuses help from anyone as he tries to force the pieces in. Kota quickly assembles and raises their flagpole, winning immunity and sending Fang to their fifth Tribal Council.

Blessed Sunday everyone! Just came home from work. Got off at 5am & directly went home because I miss my son. But he is already asleep when I arrived. Anyway, I'm posting updates about the last episode of Survivor Gabon because AGAIN my KOTA tribe won Immunity! Here's the updates...

A NEW THREAT ARRIVES
The new Fang Tribe returns to camp after their previous Tribal Council, where Jacquie was voted out. Ace admits that he is at a loss without Jacquie, and feels vulnerable. Knowing that Sugar will soon be joining his tribe, Ace lays out his new plan: "One of Sugar's biggest plusses is the fact that she has the immunity idol tucked up her sleeve, and I've got Sugar in my pocket." Sugar arrives at her new camp and is shocked to find out that Jacquie was voted out instead of Kelly: "My very first thought when I saw that it was the new Fang Tribe was, 'Yeah! I get to see Jacquie and Ace.' But instead, I saw Kelly, and that was a big surprise." Matty and the rest of the original Fang members begin interrogating Sugar about Exile Island. Sugar assures them that it was too difficult for her to find the hidden immunity idol and that she has been choosing comfort every time, naming the gazebo with the food and blankets, "The Sugar Shack." Crystal does not buy this at all and becomes suspicious: "Sugar, Sugar, Sugar. She's been out to Exile Island the longest. She's had plenty of time to look for the idol and I feel in my heart she has the idol, so I gotta get rid of her."

A SHOCKING SURPRISE
The next morning at Kota, Bob and Marcus catch four large tilapia and bring them back to camp. Everyone cheers as they dump the fish out in front of the tribe. A small fish about four inches long is laid out on a table. Bob touches it and it gives him a jolt. Marcus tries to pick it up and it gives him an electric shock as well. Everyone seems to be in good spirits around camp as they feast their eyes on the catch of the day. Randy, an ex-Fang member, is awed by Kota's resources compared to the conditions at Fang, where food was scarce and fish where almost non-existent. Although life is great at Kota, Randy still has some concerns: "If they had to vote somebody out right now, they'd vote the old Fang people out, but I'll work on them. When they say to adapt, they mean to adapt and this crusty old man can do it."

WILDLIFE VISITS FANG
At Fang, Matty hears a noise and descends into the jungle to see what it is. To his surprise, he discovers an elephant staring back at him just across the lake. Matty leaps back to camp and tells the others to check it out. The Fang Tribe quietly follow him into the jungle and onto a bank in front of the lake. The tribe is in awe of what lies in front of them: a large African elephant, which begins ripping away at tree branches. They sit and watch in utter shock as the elephant tears down a tree. Ace and Matty decide to take the canoe out across the lake to get a close-up view of the action as the rest of their tribe watches from a distance. As their canoe approaches the opposite back, the elephant begins trumpeting and violently tears away at the surrounding foliage. Matty reflects on the experience: "Seeing that elephant today really made me step out of the game for a second. It just makes you appreciate the simplicity of life and the pure things, and it makes you appreciate Gabon."

REWARD CHALLENGE: FRUIT FLIES
Kota and Fang arrive at their colored mats as host Jeff Probst reveals that Fang voted Jacquie out at the last Tribal Council. Jacquie's original alliance of Marcus, Charlie and Corinne are visibly shocked at the news, but Marcus asks them not to worry and to focus on the challenge. Jeff Probst explains the rules. Each tribe will start with a large pile of fruit. When Jeff says, "Go!" tribe members will toss the fruit to their tribemates through holes in two net walls while members of the opposite tribe use wooden clubs and attempt to whack that fruit out of the air. Once a piece of fruit hits the ground, it cannot be picked up. The fruit will be weighed at the end of the challenge and the tribe that manages to collect the most fruit at the end of five minutes wins their own herb garden which includes salt, oil and chili sauce. In addition, whatever fruit the tribes catch is theirs to keep.




On defense and wielding the club for Fang is Crystal at the front net, and Ace at the back net. For Kota, Bob is at the front net, and Charlie is at the back net. Jeff yells, "Go!" and the fruit tossing begins. Kota scores the first point right off the bat. GC tries to toss fruit through the front net, but is constantly blocked by Bob. After numerous tries, he finally gets a piece of fruit through the front net past Bob to Matty, who tosses the fruit through the second net to Ken, who catches it, scoring the first point for Fang. Kota struggles to get past Ace after numerous pieces of fruit are blocked by him. Fang maintains their lead as Ace continues to block Kota's fruit and Ken continues to score. Realizing that they're falling behind, Kota changes their strategy and Dan begins to throw two pieces at once. The strategy proves to be a success as Dan launches fruit through the net and into the waiting arms of Randy. As Fang throws one small piece of fruit at a time, Kota throws two larger pieces simultaneously and scores. Ace gets drenched in pulp as his bat and his nose connect with a watermelon and a pineapple which both fail to make it through the net. Both tribes are neck-and-neck in the final seconds of the challenge, desperately launching as much fruit at the nets as possible. After the challenge is over, Jeff weighs Fang's fruit first, which comes to sixteen pounds. Kota's fruit is then weighed, and is an impressive eighteen pounds. By two pounds, Kota wins reward, and sends Sugar to Exile Island.

THE EVIL EMPIRE
Kota returns to camp ecstatic over their latest victory. With the addition of their own herb garden, Charlie realizes that they are way ahead of Fang in terms of food supply and quality. Dan huddles the group together and pledges his undying devotion to his new tribe. He attempts to convince the original Kota members to vote unanimously even after the merge, and coins their tribe, "The Evil Empire" to inspire confidence and unity. Marcus sees right through Dan, as he insists that all seven Kota members must stick together no matter what. Marcus is also concerned about Susie's loyalty, as she is too quiet around camp. "I don't have the confidence that we get to the merge and these people have my back," he says. Randy, on the other hand, is taking a more subtle approach to schmoozing his new tribemates. He reveals, "My plans right now is just to continue to win challenges and not rock the boat, and I will be Kota yellow 'til the end."

THE SUGAR SHACK
When Sugar arrives on Exile Island, she dances instantly to the gazebo and proceeds to eat every piece of fruit she lays her eyes on. "Everybody else in the game is tired and starving and stinky and dirty and I am living high on the hog in Eden all by myself with my own lake and fruit and comfort and I'm a very happy camper now. I have the idol, and I'd have to be really dumb to get sent home next, so I am definitely happy…and fat."

THE HEAT IS ON
Things heat up at Fang when GC comments on the low remaining portions of rice, to which Crystal retorts, "Eat your rice." This sends GC over the edge, and he begins questioning why he is even playing the game: "Not only do you gotta win these challenges to live well out here, you know, you gotta deal with these people day in and day out twenty-four seven. It's hard and I do question, 'What am I doing?'" Ace sees this as a benefit for himself, as he watches his tribe begin to implode.

GC GOES MISSING
Matty reads treemail at Fang, which hints at another immunity challenge. Matty's morale is low as he admits there is no chance of winning with the current state of his divided tribe. GC separates from camp and takes the canoe out as the rest of his tribe gets ready to head out to the immunity challenge. When Matty realizes that GC is missing, Kelly and Ken join him and they yell out for him. Crystal is enraged at this, and reveals that she is sick and tired of GC's tantrums. After yelling his name several times, Fang finally spots GC approaching the shore in the canoe. When Kelly tells him that they would've left for the challenge without him, he replies, "That would have been cool with me."

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE: CLIFF BOWLING
Both tribes arrive at their mats as Sugar returns from Exile Island and rejoins the Fang Tribe. Host Jeff Probst explains the rules. One member from each tribe will throw a ball down a cliff through a series of obstacles while a blindfolded member of the other tribe will use a shield in an attempt to block that ball with the aid of a caller. The objective is to get the ball past the defender and into a goal, scoring points for your tribe. The goals represent different point values with five being the highest. The tribe with the most points at the end of five rounds wins immunity.







The defender for Fang is Ace and the caller is Sugar. The defender for Kota is Dan and the caller is Randy. Charlie and Matty are the first to throw. Both balls make it past their defenders and make it into a goal with Kota scoring two points, and Fang scoring five. Susie and GC are next up and toss their balls down the cliff. Sugar struggles to communicate with Ace and, as a result, Kota's ball goes right past him. Randy is able to communicate perfectly as Dan blocks Fang's ball. Kota now has four points to Fang's five. Kelly and Marcus are next up and they both launch their balls down the cliff. Both balls roll recklessly down the hill, crossing paths just as they neared Dan and Randy. In the resulting confusion, Dan inadvertently blocks his own tribe's ball and Ace allows his tribe's ball to enter a goal. Fang now leads seven to four. Corinne and Crystal are up and send their balls hurtling at the defenders. Dan stops Fang's ball and Ace lets Kota's ball slip right past him, scoring two points for Kota. Kota now has six points to Fang's seven. Ace complains of a "shield to the face," after Dan's shield briefly struck him. For the final round, Bob and Ken are up. They send their balls rolling down the cliff. Dan immediately blocks Fang's ball after which Randy confuses Ace by yelling "Freeze, Ace, freeze!" Ace stops dead in his tracks, enabling Kota's ball to reach the goal and score two points. Kota wins immunity, sending Fang to their fourth Tribal Council.