Survivor Blood v. Water Episode 6 thread - No spoilers on future episodes please
First, sorry I could not post a threat last week. Life just got in the way and I watched both episodes yesterday. So I will skip the Episode 5 discussion but to say I was sad Brad did not get ousted, and think the decision to send Laura M there was brilliant. She rocks puzzles and is a very strong woman. The RI duels have all had a puzzle and were based on prowess and not strength. She will do well there.
Onto Episode 6, I am so happy. My two least favorite survivors are gone. Brad was ousted by Laura. She played him good. She set him up and dropped him fast. And we sent Kat to redemption. I am sure they will never admit it, but Kat is only here because her loved one is big Brother Boy. Hayden pulls more cred than Kat could ever pull. Kat did not deserve to be here and she will be a quick ouster from RI.
Well, we also had the mix up last night. I was thinking it was too late to shift, but there goes MB fooling me again. After Laura and John ousted Brad (Fuck You Brad Culpepper - the best line this season), another hidden idol clue was burned and then the tribes shifted.
the new tribes are hardly equal. Aras, Tyson, Gervase joined Hayden, Ciera and Caleb. this is a STRONG tribe, but might not be able to do puzzles well. Tyson and Gervase are a powerful pair. If they join up with Hayden and Ciera, they can be a real force. I am not sure that the former player alliance will survive this switch. We will see. I think it plays better to T&G to oust the pairs and they need another pair without loved ones to do that. A foursome with no loved ones can do a lot of damage. Maybe it will be Caleb instead of Ciera, but it can be a good team. Aras has to go or else he will win this thing. He can not be allowed to join his brother at a merge.
Meanwhile, the oldies camp became a tribe of women and Vytas. He went from a strong man dominated alliance to being the only male left. He is toast, unless someone does somethign stupid.
At the IC, we saw how the tribes are going to play. It was part swimming to get lobster traps with puzzle pieces, then assemble the puzzle. Tina and Laura B swam out well, but forgot the trap with the puzzle pieces. This gave a one lap lead to the boys club. but come puzzle time, the ladies evened it out and almost won. Had they not given the boys that lead, no doubt they would have been safe.
Back at camp, Tina throws herself on the sword, but with her and her daughter, she has two solid votes, plus I doubt Monica is goign to vote for her. Vytas seems done for. Then Kat saved him by making a Kat-like stupid move. She attacked Monica, the leader and head vet on the tribe. She attacked her to Tina. Tina who might be in trouble and needs to give Monica a reason to keep her instead of Vytas. this gave Tina the room she needed to lock her up in the alliance and oust Kat.
Kat looked like a fool at Tribal, crying and begging to stay. She went to RI because she made a terrible move.
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We were shocked about that too. I thought maybe each of them thought the other had it. Then last night I read another recap, and was even more puzzled.
According to that recap, after Jeff says "I'll give you a minute to strategize." it actually takes a bit of time before they get to the challenge. Multiple cameras are set up to get the shots wanted, both tribes are actually walked through the scenario, if there are underwater tasks they are sometimes even shown photos of what is down there, and any questions that might come up are answered. Someone carefully monitors whether both teams are given the same instructions/answers to questions so that it is totally fair as far as hearing anything that Jeff says pertaining to the challenge.
So, how those women didn't bring it back is beyond me. Even when they got back to the beach, they looked like they didn't know what the rest of the tribe was talking about. Weird.
I think old Tyson is going to shoot himself in the foot pretty soon. He's getting too cocky and I don't think he's really all that smart, so that's a pretty risky combination. I'm waiting for him to say "I'm in control of this game now". That's always a death sentence. He's entertaining, but seems like a jerk, so I won't miss him.
I don't think it will come down to this, but wouldn't it be interesting if Aras and Vytas were in the final three? With the love/hate rivalry they already have it could be quite a drama!
And thanks for the recap Dr S. I always look for it on Thursday, but better late than never! 
