Dale followed his daughter right off the island in Survivor: San Juan del Sur Episode 6.
The following day, Missy explains their plans to Keith. He did not suspect he would be receiving votes, as nobody bothered to tell him. However plausible their justification (to flush out the idol), he is not happy.
The tribes receive treemail informing them of a merge. After meeting for a feast, they return to their new camp, the former Coyopa camp.
Jeremy hopes to form an alliance with himself, Natalie, Julie, Jon & Jaclyn, and Missy & Baylor. Great. I hope they don’t take over because I’m hard pressed to find someone on that list to root for.
Josh has an alternate plan: couples against singles. The dilemma here is Baylor’s. Her only ally is Josh, while her mom is allied with that list of people who Jeremy wants to join. Missy seems to be pulling the strings here. Realizing that is a lost cause, Josh approaches Jon and Jaclyn instead. That makes them the swing votes again.
Josh wishes Wes a happy birthday. Then Keith remembers what day it is.
They know that the trail mix was packed before leaving the feast. Julie has it and intends to keep it a secret, perhaps sharing with people she likes. Don’t hide food on Survivor. That is one of the worst mistakes you can make. This is very basic Survivor 101 that we learned even during the earliest seasons.
For the immunity challenge, they will balance balls on a disc attached to ropes. Jeremy is out quickly. Just before the end of the first round (10 minutes), Missy and Julie drop. The next round will require them to move further back. Reed drops. Baylor is next followed by Alec and Jaclyn. The wind is playing a huge role here. This seems to be more about luck than what you would think is an endurance competition. Natalie is next. After 25 minutes, they add a second ball. Josh drops. Then Jon. Keith beats Wes to win immunity.
Now that she knows she’s been busted for stealing food, Julie is talking about quitting again. Missy tells her she needs her. She wants her to stick around. Julie knows exactly what this means. For one more vote anyway. Then she can quit.
As Josh seems to be the puppetmaster, Jeremy’s vote tonight will be for him. The other side wants to get rid of Jeremy. Jon has decided he does not trust Jeremy.
For all the talk about how they are going to vote, it’s all irrelevant, at least for tonight. Julie asks Jeff to come to the island. In addition to missing her boyfriend, she acknowledges that part of it is that she thinks she has already lost the game anyway. As she had discussed, she quits. One of the weakest reasons to quit I have seen, though I do like that she bowed out now rather than having people pretend to like her just because they were using her as a number to be chopped down later.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: San Juan del Sur Episode 8, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.