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Good Evening everyone! Just got home. This will be quick because I have to be in bed in less than 10 minutes. My son is sick. *tears.. I will be posting something that I wrote last night during work. I was bored so I just kept on typing in my sticky notes to entertain myself. lol! Here it is:

Hey! I'm late again. Sorry. I'm at home and sick. I missed another Survivor episode but I finally got the chance to watch High School Music 3: Senior Year. BIG SCREEN! I SO LOVE IT! The production, choreography and crew/casts are amazing! The film is so beautiful. I have the OST in my cellphone. *wink! Anyway, here's the recap for the last episode on Survivor. I can't upload the photos but you can visit the site: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/

NEW DAY, NEW TARGET
As the morning sun rises, the Fang Tribe find themselves rummaging through the remains of their rice. Ace determines that they only have a mere thirty handfuls left, and the tribe scrapes a few grains from the bottom of their pot. Suddenly, Crystal accidentally knocks over the stash of rice, spilling a significant portion into the dirt. Matty vents, "Rice is more valuable than gold, and she just clumsily trips over it and spills it. I wanted to just lay into her and chew her out, but it's just pointless. You can’t cry over spilled milk, you know, it’s just too late." Tensions rise between Crystal and the rest of the tribe when she refuses to eat the rice. "I don’t want to feel like I took away from anybody in this tribe, so by all means, eat your food like you normally do," Crystal pouts. Matty and Ace become agitated by Crystal’s attitude, which places the target on her. Ace reveals, “Crystal did me a favor and she will be the next lamb to the slaughter."

ON THE OUTS
At Kota, Dan’s insecurities come out when he desperately tries to align with Corinne, Charlie and Marcus, whom he sees as an exclusive alliance. Feeling on the outside, Dan pushes himself even further away from them by trying too hard to proclaim his devotion to their alliance. He claims to have alienated himself while on the Fang Tribe in order to prove he has no attachments outside of the Kota Tribe. Marcus reads into this, and sees Dan as a threat: “Dan is the ultimate paranoid human being. Like at some point, Dan is going to be a huge liability and unfortunately, there’s nothing I can do to sort of save him from himself at this point.”

REWARD CHALLENGE: ELEPHANT EGGS
Both tribes arrive on their colored mats as host Jeff Probst explains the rules. Three members of each tribe will toss a breakable ball back and forth while one member from the other tribe attempts to smash that ball or force it to the ground. Both tribes will compete at the same time, in two separate rings. The tribe whose attacker breaks the opponent’s ball first wins a point. The first tribe to accrue three points wins a helicopter ride to a beautiful location in Gabon where they will also enjoy a picnic lunch including a selection of meats, cheeses, drinks, and breads. In addition, the winning tribe will send one member of the losing tribe to Exile Island. Since Kota has two extra members, Corinne and Charlie sit out of the challenge.

In the first round, Randy is the attacker for Kota in the Fang ring, with Ace the attacker for Fang in the Kota ring. The tribes begin tossing their balls in a game of keep away while Randy attempts to destroy Fang’s ball by forcing it to the ground. In the Kota ring, Ace goes from person to person attempting to smash Kota’s ball or force it to the ground. Randy tackles Ken just as he passes to Crystal, but it falls short and breaks on the ground. Kota scores their first point. In the next round, Bob is the attacker for Kota, and Sugar is the attacker for Fang. Randy taunts Sugar by growling at her. Bob is very aggressive as he tackles each Fang player. Sugar makes no offensive maneuvers, allowing Kota to slip balls right past her. Bob causes an error by Fang when he tackles Ace mid-throw. The ball breaks on the ground, and Kota scores their second point, leading two to zero. In the next round, Dan is the attacker for Kota and Matty is the attacker for Fang. Matty comes on strong as soon as the round begins, attempting to tackle each Kota player to the ground. In the Fang ring, Dan tackles Ace as he throws the ball to Sugar. Sugar misses and the ball breaks, scoring the third point for Kota. With three points, Kota wins the challenge, and decide to send Sugar, once again, to Exile Island. Kota is then off to enjoy their reward in the helicopter as Fang slumps back to camp.

CLIFF REWARD
The Kota Tribe takes in the gorgeous view from the helicopter as they fly over Gabon. They land on the edge of a cliff that opens to a deep canyon spanning several miles. Everyone marvels at the view as they lay out their picnic basket contents. Susie reflects, "The beautiful scenery…it was awesome. It's something I thought I would never experience. So it just gives you more incentive, more power, more strength and you know that you can get through this no matter what. It was very surreal for me. It was just amazing."

A TRIBE IN SHAMBLES
Back at the Fang camp, Matty rants to the tribe about Sugar's poor performance at the challenge. On a private canoe ride, Matty tries to convince Ace to take out Sugar, thereby flushing out the idol and strengthening the tribe all at once. Ace defends Sugar, claiming that they can use Sugar and her idol to their advantage whenever they wish. Ace then suggests voting out Crystal. Back on shore, Ken and Crystal speculate that Ace and Matty are conspiring to take out Crystal, which angers her. Ken suggests blindsiding Ace, and tells her that he will talk to Sugar about it. Crystal expresses her resentment towards Ace: "The way that he is manipulating Matty…he’s the devil and he has to go."

LETTERS FROM HOME
Heartily enjoying their picnic at the cliff, Kota happily chatters about the sad state of the Fang tribe. Stunned silence falls over them when a Gabon native approaches them with letters from home. Everyone erupts with joy as the letters are handed out and read. Bob excuses himself from the group and wanders off on his own. He immediately breaks down bawling as he reads his family’s letters. Corinne approaches him and embraces him. “Your family loves you, Bob,” she says. Charlie and the other tribe members cry as they talk about their families. Bob opens up, “I’m close to these people here, but these are the people that are the closest to my heart. Life is good, and I realize how lucky a man I am. I’m here, and I can’t wait to get home to them. Life doesn’t get better than this.”

BACK TO THE SUGAR SHACK
Sugar returns to the gazebo on Exile Island where she indulges once again in comfort. As she rests on the hammock, she reflects on her state in the game. “Thank God for Ace. What’s funny is I’m pretty sure we’re using each other, but I feel like my tribe thinks I’m naïve and that I am sticking with him out of stupidity. I’m sticking with him because he is the strongest player at this point. So, I just hope that they’re not all screwing me around.”

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE: LAKE LOG JAM
Kota and Fang arrive at their respective mats as Sugar returns from Exile Island and rejoins the Fang Tribe. In a shocking twist, host Jeff Probst reveals that both tribes will be going to Tribal Council and voting someone out of the game. Each tribe will be competing to win individual immunity. They will compete in a log roll and will be paired up against another tribe member from either tribe. The objective is to stay on the log longer than the other person. The first person to hit the water is out. Winners move on to the next round. The last person left standing wins individual immunity. In addition, there is a twist that will be revealed at the end of the challenge.

The first match-up is Dan versus Ace. The two tip-toe across the rolling log and attempt to keep their balance. Dan is in the water first and Ace moves on to the next round. The next match-up is Charlie versus Crystal. Crystal is in the water first and Charlie moves on to the next round. When Marcus takes on Matty, Matty is in the water first, sending Marcus to the next round. Susie is in the water first when she takes on Randy, and he moves on to the next round. Sugar defeats Ken, and she moves on. When Bob faces off against Corinne, he reveals that he is a former log roll champion. Bob shows off a little before easily defeating Corinne. In round two, Charlie takes on Ace and the two fight to keep their balance. Charlie is in the water first and Ace moves on to the final round. When Randy competes against Marcus, Randy falls in the water first and Marcus moves on to the final round. Sugar defeats Bob and she moves on to the final round. For the final round, Ace, Sugar and Marcus are all on the log at the same time. Sugar falls off first, leaving Ace and Marcus fighting to win immunity. Ace and Marcus battle it out, and, after maintaining good balance for a while, Ace falls in the water first. Marcus wins individual immunity and Jeff Probst reveals the twist: Marcus must assign individual immunity to a member of the opposing tribe. Marcus strategically chooses Sugar, in the hopes that the Fang Tribe will be forced to vote out a power player.

A SHIFT IN POWER
With Tribal Council looming, Ken attempts to convince Sugar to blindside Ace, her greatest ally in the game. Ken rats Ace out, telling Sugar that Ace plans on using her to gain possession of the idol and ultimately vote her out. Sugar realizes that she is being played by Ace, and backs Ken’s plan to take him out. Ken reassures Crystal that Sugar is with them and will vote out Ace. Crystal questions Sugar’s allegiance, and says that she will believe it when she sees Sugar’s vote at Tribal Council. Ace meets up with Sugar by the lake and asks for her immunity idol in case someone tries to pull a double-cross. Sugar tells Ace that is not happening, and causes her to question his motives. “When Ace asked me for the idol, it made me think maybe Kenny was telling me the truth,” Sugar reveals.

TRIBAL COUNCIL
At Fang’s sixth Tribal Council, Matty attacks Crystal for spilling the rice. Ace backs Matty as Crystal erupts, shouting that she resents her tribe members for not saving any rice for her to eat, even though she repeatedly refused it when her tribe offered some to her. In the midst of the unfolding drama, Sugar criticizes her tribe for fighting about such petty nonsense. In the end, Sugar decided to keep the immunity necklace for herself and blindsided Ace, who was voted out of the game with three out of the five votes cast against him. Ace Gordon, the 27 year-old fashion photographer from Naples, Florida, became the seventh person voted out of SURVIVOR: GABON: EARTH’S LAST EDEN.

KOTA SCRAMBLES BEFORE TRIBAL COUNCIL
Dan desperately tries to keep himself in the game by sticking with the original Kota members as they discuss who to vote out next. Randy suggests convincing Bob that he is still a part of the Kota four. Marcus reveals that, in reality, Randy has replaced Bob in a final four situation as long as he keeps his part of the bargain. As the discussion continues, Susie and Dan are put on the chopping block, with the majority of the tribe leaning towards Dan. “Dan is super vulnerable tonight, and the only thing Dan has going for him right now is that he should really cross his fingers and hope that Susie is going to blow up and do some crazy stuff,” says Charlie. Meanwhile, as Corinne has a chat with Susie, she ends up digging her own grave by admitting that she originally planned on voting out Corinne. Corinne is floored by this, and immediately brings this information to the rest of her tribe in an attempt to sway them to vote out Susie instead of Dan. Randy brings up that fact that Susie’s vote can be bought, which makes her a dangerous player. Marcus decides to play it safe by splitting the votes between Susie and Dan in the unlikely event that Dan may be in possession of the immunity idol from the one time that he was sent to Exile Island.

TRIBAL COUNCIL
At Tribal Council, Susie pointed the finger at Corinne for being physically weaker than her, which made Corinne even more aware that Susie is against her. Dan admitted to being a worrier and not knowing what is going on in the game. In the end, Kota stuck to their original plan of splitting the votes between Dan and Susie and, with four of the seven votes cast against him, Dan was voted out of the game. Dan Kay, the 32 year-old attorney from Boston, Massachusetts became the eighth person voted out of SURVIVOR: GABON: EARTH’S LAST EDEN.

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.