Jason was the obvious vote in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 12, and he was the one who did end up going home, much to Tai’s surprise.
Tai feels that Aubry pulled a fast one on him by not informing them that the plans had changed or at least that nobody wanted to listen to his plan to get rid of Michele. She deliberately left him out of the loop in attempt to reclaim some control. He might have been better off sticking with those asshats Scot and Jason. They were planning to screw him, too, but because he’s a threat, not just randomly.
For the reward challenge, they will retrieve bags from the jungle to toss. Reward is a trip to a spa. Cydney and Aubry get off to an early lead. Aubry ends up scoring 4 out of the 5 she needs. Eventually, everybody can just take a nap as Joe slowly makes his way through the challenge. In this instance, however, speed is irrelevant, and it’s probably doing more harm than good to rush. He can just take his time because after they run out of bags, they have to wait around until everybody is finished before they get any more bags. Joe ends up winning reward after scoring on his final two tosses in a row.
Joe chooses Aubry to go with him on reward. Then, at Aubry’s insistence, he picks Cydney to join them, a slap in the face to Tai and really not anything that was necessary. She should have shut her mouth and let Joe make enemies, rather than painting a target on her own back.
As they discuss their plans for final three that none of them are really sure about, Tai and Michele have the opportunity back at camp to try to bond since they seem to be on the bottom.
During their time at the reward, Aubry has decided that Cydney’s also a threat, so she might as well stick with who she has been with so far. This leads to her patching things up with Tai. When Cydney sees this, she approaches Michele, who also thinks she has Tai onboard with her.
A side effect of the reward is that during it Joe kept eating meat. He calls in medical because he’s stopped going to the bathroom.
After some medication and a bit of improvement, he’s still struggling and not improving enough where he’s comfortable. At age 72, his enlarged prostate is a contributing factor to the doctor’s concern that he won’t be able to recover while on the island. With that, Joe is evacuated.
Three people have now faced medical evacuation this season, the most ever. Normally we see something like this mid-season as well, so for it to happen one episode away from the finale feels somewhat anticlimactic.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 14, where we will find out who the Survivor Kaoh Rong winner is, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.