With the Zapatera tribe doing something somewhat unpredictable for the first time in Survivor: Redemption Island Episode 7, “the six” turned on Sarita rather than David.
Matt says he’s been hearing some horror stories from Zapatera, but Sarita doesn’t want to bag on the tribe that just got rid of her, instead going on about how great they are.
Both tribes will be attending the duel in full. This marks Matt’s sixth and final duel, which he’s going into with a cut on his foot that he indicates is a big deal. For the duel, they will use their arms to brace themselves while their bare feet are on narrow footholds. After 15 minutes, they drop down to the second foothold. 15 minutes of being tortured by listening to Phillip babble leads into the move to the last foothold. Sarita’s tribe is rooting for her as if they didn’t just turn on her. She falls, and Matt wins again, buying himself a ticket back into the game, which for the record has nothing to do with God’s will.
For Boston Rob, this is not good news. This is a guy who could flip on their tribe at merge. That’s what Rob would do. Speaking of which, we are now merged, and everybody will be heading to a new beach. One more thing: beginning with the next tribal council, Redemption Island starts again.
Murlonio means united from the sea, or so Rob tells his new tribe. That sounds like a good thing to call themselves then.
Matt wants some splainin from his old tribe. He’s the only hope for the Zapatera tribe, which was stupid enough to throw that challenge to get rid of Russell, leading to their own downfall. As far as I’m concerned, they deserve to get Pagonged on the basis of stupidity alone. Don’t lose on purpose and give Boston Rob momentum. That said, Mike makes a pitch to Matt that them, Andrea, and Steve should be the final four. I wouldn’t trust this guy any more than I’d trust the tribe that got rid of me early.
Matt has come up with a pecking order. First, he wants to get rid of Steve and Phillip. Then he wants to get rid of Rob. Huh? I don’t get it. He’s basing this randomness not on it being wise but rather his theory that the game respects big moves. However, he’s not so sure God wants him to do that. Oy.
Rob wants this Christian coalition broken up. He doesn’t like any group that likes the same thing.
For the first time, individual immunity is up for grabs. They will stand on a log while balancing balls on a disc. Phillip’s struggling already. Julie’s the first one out. They add a second ball. Ashley is out next, closely followed by David. A third and final ball is added to the mix. This all just seems like a matter of luck to me. Andrea’s out. Grant follows her. Matt’s the next one out, followed by Matt and then Rob. In spite of his attempt to whistle to his balls to get them to return, Ralph drops. Steve is next. Mike hasn’t budged this whole time, but eventually his feet go numb. Natalie wins immunity.
Ralph is okay with playing the idol. Mike’s plan is to get rid of Rob’s right hand man, Grant.
Rather than join up with the other tribe, Matt has decided to rejoin his old tribe. In the process, he tells Rob the whole story, which Rob views as an excuse to get rid of him. He says he’s not morally capable of flipping. That’s a good person to keep around. Somebody crippled by their ethics is unlikely to turn on you. Granted, they’re also likely to hold a grudge if they make the jury. Andrea takes this as him throwing her under the bus, since in his story, her name came up.
Grant doesn’t want to target Mike. Instead, he’d rather target Steve, who he doesn’t think they’d give the idol up for. Rob would rather get rid of Matt. Again. Unlike the first time they got rid of him, this plan is contingent upon Andrea voting with them.
Mike’s new deal for Matt: final three. In spite of his limited options, how do you seriously trust someone who claims to be willing to screw over 4 other people just for the sake of saving himself this one night?
The merged tribes are not so much a merged tribe as two tribes living on the same beach. Ometepe was pretty comfortable in the rain, seeing as they won the tarp and all. David’s complaint about this is that there should be an asterisk on that victory, since his tribe threw that challenge, which once again is coming back to bite them.
As planned, Ralph gives his hidden immunity idol to Mike.
Votes
Grant
Grant
Grant
Grant
Grant
Steve
Matt
Matt
Matt
Matt
Matt
Matt
With 6 votes, Matt will be heading back to Redemption Island.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Redemption Island Episode 9, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.