GC decided he’d had enough and asked his tribe to get rid of him in Survivor: Gabon Episode 5. Apparently, he was surprised by the backstabbing and lack of food (on Survivor). His tribe honored his request, despite having found out that Sugar has the hidden immunity idol, putting old Fang in a rather precarious position, one which goes quite nicely with new Fang’s rather dim prospects as a whole.
Ace is looking for a Benedict Arnold. Shouldn’t be hard to find considering old Fang just voted out one of their own. Matty feels as if he’s in a terrible position within his tribe. Ace approaches him and offers him a deal until merge. Not a very good deal. Anyway, Ace gets to keep Sugar, Matty gets to keep Ken, and they’ll all watch each other.
The tribe is concerned that Dan is eating way too much food, as he’s taking large servings and going back for more. That can be the kiss of death.
Fang also has concerns about food because they’ve failed to ration the rice properly and don’t have much else.
Ace tells Sugar he’s pretty sure they went through her bag. She’s got an idea. She gives the idol to Ace instead. Of all the dumb moves I’ve seen, this was the latest.
Kota’s happy to see GC is out of the game when they arrive at the challenge. Each tribe will be tethered to a snake. Tribes will run and try to catch each other. If someone gets tired and wants to drop out, they can disconnect, but the rest of the tribe will have to pick up their weight. Yeah, it’s a physical challenge. Do we even need to watch to see the results? Reward is a breakfast feast. Corinne sits out for Kota. Fang manages to get an early lead, which lasts for about one lap before Kelly starts struggling. Sugar and Ken both drop, and Kelly is close behind them. Susie is the first out for Kota. Matty starts to get annoyed with Crystal and wants her to drop out, which she does, but the weight is too much for two people to hold. It’s not long before Kota catches Matty and Ace to win reward. Jeff gives them a sample to eat right away, which Randy happily rubs in Fang’s faces, a great way to create unnecessary hostility toward himself. Crystal is getting tired of losing. Sugar will be going back to Exile Island. Again.
You’d think they would just dig in and celebrate, but Kota is worried that Dan will pig out, so they end up more concerned about how it’s going to be divided. While they’re dividing it up, Dan says this is an extra meal and they need to still cook dinner.
Sugar feels guilty that this year Exile offers comfort. She gets to eat while her tribe starves, since she already has (had) the idol.
Fang views Crystal’s crying after the challenge as an indication she’s breaking down like GC did.
Kota’s already got plenty of food it seems, but then they also stumble upon a big turtle.
At the immunity challenge, tribes are divided into pairs. They’ll gather flag pole pieces on an obstacle course. Each leg will add another obstacle, making it more difficult. Susie sits out for Kota. Bob & Randy start off against Kelly & Sugar. Fang gets off to an early lead as Randy drags for Kota, but Kota turns things around on the second half of the leg that involves carrying flag pole pieces. Corinne & Charlie have a good lead over Ace & Crystal (why isn’t Ace on the last leg?). Fang manages to erase much of Kota’s lead as Dan & Marcus go against Matty & Ken. Going over the last obstacle instead of under it, Fang gets a slight lead at the halfway point, and Ken’s looking a lot more impressive than I would have anticipated. On the second half of the leg, Kota retakes the lead as I expected, but it’s pretty close as they go to assemble the flag pole. Jeff says assembling the flag pole will take teamwork. With that said, Kota wins immunity. Jeff has a warning for Fang: if you continue to play like individuals, you’ll be at tribal council every time.
Ace wants to send Kelly home, which they should have done two weeks ago.
Matty tells Ace he wants to flush the idol. Ace tells him Sugar can’t play it tonight, which is true.
Crystal is tired of Ace and thinks Matty is stupid for telling Ace everything without getting anything in return. Ken seems onboard with the Kelly plan, but he believes there’s reason to be suspicious that Matty’s flipping. Matty tells him all they have to know is that Kelly’s next. Because that’s all Ace has told him.
After Ken talks to Matty, he wants to have a discussion with Sugar alone. She asks if she should get the idol back from Ace. Why is she asking this? She’s either really ridiculous or a genius at this game. She takes the idol out of Ace’s jacket, and Ken tells her she needs to keep it on her at all times.
Ace accepts some blame for the challenge loss at tribal council, though it’s hardly fair to suggest he needs to be voted out because of it since it’s not like the rest of them contributed to the final stage of the challenge either.
Kelly suggests Crystal is not stable, and Crystal’s response to that is to get loud, which is supposed to prove she’s stable I guess. Kelly says that Ace also talked about Crystal’s crying at the challenge. He doesn’t like that he’s been thrown under the bus “for no apparent reason.” He tries to lie his way out of this, but I doubt anyone’s buying it. Crystal’s classy response to all this is to give Kelly the finger as she’s voting her out.
Votes
Kelly
Crystal
Kelly
Kelly
Kelly
Kelly has been voted out, proving Ace is firmly in control of this tribe. Not that it’s necessarily a good thing to be in control of a tribe that’s falling apart.
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