Having been sick pretty much from the beginning, Tanya was voted off the island in Survivor: Thailand Episode 2.
Since she’s never been away from her husband for this long, Ghandia’s happy that Ted is there with her. She loves hugging him.
Sook Jai got a fishing net in the reward challenge. Too bad they don’t know how to actually use it. A plate of cheese and crackers may have been more useful to them.
Ghandia was thrilled to be with Ted. Well, that didn’t last long. Now she’s depressed. They’ve been sleeping together, and last night she says he was grinding against her. He acknowledges that he may have done a bit of grinding before realizing what he was doing. He apologizes. Then she starts crying because she has emotional baggage from an experience she had in college. The casting directors missed a step here when they did the psychological testing. You don’t put someone this emotionally fragile and explosive in this situation. If you do, watch out.
As recently as the 1960s, the island they’re on was ruled by pirates. Today they get to be pirates and steal from the boats across the way. In the center of the course, there is a clearly marked attack zone. If they are in the attack zone, they can engage in contact with the enemy. Reward is two Red Berets, Thai Special Forces who know how to live off the land, for 24 hours. Jake and Erin sit out for Sook Jai. Sook Jai takes the lead 2-0. Then it goes up to 4-2. The first showdown is Ted against Robb, and Ted knocks Robb into the water. The lead extends to 5-3. The next showdown is Shii Ann against Brian, which her tribe insists is a good idea. It isn’t. The lead extends to 7-4. On his way back, Brian gets into a showdown with Ken. This time Brian falls in, which lets Sook Jai take the 8-4 lead. Sticking around the attack zone, Ken throws somebody in the water, but he’s told he’s not in the attack zone when he first makes contact (it’s pretty close), so Ken is eliminated and one of his team’s baskets goes to the other team to bring the score to 7-5. Immediately after, Probst warns not to get too cute in that attack zone. Not learning from Ken a few seconds before, Robb is not in the attack zone when he grabs clay around the throat, so he is eliminated and the score is now 6-6. Ted and Stephanie showdown, so obviously Ted throws her in. Someone tells her to grab his leg, which she does. She was in the water, nowhere near the attack zone. She’s out, and Chuay Gahn now has a 7-5 lead. This goes up to 8-5. Ted tosses Shii Ann in. Then Jed comes up charging Ted, again not anywhere near the attack zone. Jed is eliminated, and Chuay Gahn leads 9-4. With one more basket, Chuay Gahn wins reward, as Sook Jai self destructs.
This reward is a big one. The Red Berets are able to show them everything that’s edible on the island, which is a lot more than they were able to figure out on their own.
In the middle of this learning experience, Ghandia goes to the women of the tribe because she wants Ted gone. She didn’t really mean it when she said she accepted the apology. In the process, she comes up with new parts to her story that she never said before in an attempt to make him look bad. In addition to making stuff up, it slips her mind to mention that he apologized and she was okay with that apology.
Robb and Jed came up with the bright idea of leaving the fishing net out in the water for a long time in hopes of catching something. Bye bye net. Robb acknowledges responsibility, although Jed says he delegated watching it to someone else while he took a nap.
Helen goes up to Brian to tell him that the three girls are planning to take out Ted the next chance they get. Ted responds to Brian that nothing happened. So Brian tells Helen nothing happened. Of course, Helen goes right to Ghandia and tells her this. With that, Ghandia goes off and yells and starts punching and throws things. Clay is reminded of the tantrums his 2 year old throws. This lunatic needs to be thrown off the island before she hurts someone.
After her fit is done, Ted suggests having a talk in front of everyone. He tells the same story that he started grinding a couple times before becoming aware of his surroundings and that he wasn’t with his wife. Although he acknowledges that much, he denies the rest of her story (the part she made up to tell the other women) about how he bit, kissed, and stroked her. Following this discussion that gets them nowhere in which they are both telling completely different stories, Ghandia once again says that it’s over and they need to move on.
According to Erin, most of Sook Jai couldn’t care less whether they win or lose. They’re ready to start shedding some people. The challenge is to transfer the temple from platform 1 to platform 3 using all three platforms to solve the puzzle. They can only move one piece at a time and can never have a large piece on top of a smaller piece. Ken and Penny will sit out for Sook Jai. Chuay Gahn is making good progress. Sook Jai? Not so much. They’re all sorts of confused. Chuay Gahn easily wins immunity.
When it’s all done, Shii Ann says she could have done that logic puzzle in her sleep. She or Jake could have stepped in to save the tribe. They didn’t want to, though. They let Jed try to be the brains of the operation.
Robb has decided he would like to get rid of Shii Ann. Ken would rather get rid of the lazy Jed. It’s not just that he’s lazy and not helping them but that he’s lazy and hurting them.
Votes
Jed
Jed
Shii Ann
Shii Ann
Shii Ann
Jed
Jed
Jed
By a vote of 5-3, Jed has been voted off the island. 5 people got what they wanted and got rid of the weak link who they blame for losing the fishing net because he was too busy sleeping. Jed, Robb, and Stephanie remain on the outside of the tribe divided.
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