Jenn saved herself with a hidden immunity idol in Survivor: Worlds Apart Episode 7, which caused Kelly to be sent home.
Rodney blames Mike, his leader, for changing the vote from Hali to Jenn.
For the reward challenge, they will collect puzzle pieces on balance beams and then the top three will solve a puzzle. Reward is a pizza picnic. Shirin is a lost cause. Joe is flying through this. You think he might dial it back, but it’s not like his strength is a secret by now. Mike is behind him. Hali places third. They all seem pretty competent at the puzzle, but it’s Joe who wins reward. He chooses Tyler, Will, and Carolyn to join him. After Rodney talks about being 7 strong, Joe can choose another person, and he goes with Shirin. He’s basically got all the potential swing votes with him.
In Carolyn’s bottle of soda is a clue to the hidden immunity idol. She doesn’t notice and gives it to Joe to finish, and Tyler catches him taking it. When they get back, Mike sneaks behind and watches them read the clue. Tyler knows something is up, so he tells Mike the clue. Later, Mike pretends to everyone that Joe found the idol, and Joe plays along.
Joe’s happy because he assumes everybody bought this, and he’s content to just rest on that. Then there’s Mike, who uses this opportunity to go find the idol himself. The interesting thing about this dynamic where Mike wants to get rid of Joe is that he knows he’s the next biggest target, so what he’s doing is potentially taking out a shield that deflects attention from himself.
The immunity challenge is three slide mazes and a slide puzzle. Nothing more than that, just a puzzle. Rodney and Hali fall way behind, but all the others are in it and trying to catch up to Joe. Dan yells that he has it, and everybody stupidly stops. He is wrong. Now he has it. Everybody stops and looks again. Wrong again. How about you keep going until Jeff says somebody wins? Like Joe, who wins immunity as usual.
Shirin is mentioned as a target, but she’s toxic and not going to win anything, making her a nice person to drag along to the end. Hali is mentioned as the replacement.
The girls find a common enemy to complain about some more, and Dan is their target.
Votes
Dan
Hali
Dan
Hali
Dan
Hali
Dan
Hali
Hali
Hali
With 6 votes, Hali has been voted off the island. She just got stuck at the bottom of the already established totem pole. Sierra backed out of the all girls plan, continuing with her original tribe that she hates, which makes more sense than forcing a tie.
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