Warning: Here be series-wide spoilers!

PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: VANUATU…



LET’S GET THIS SHOW STARTED!

After Alinta get back from Tribal Council, Twila is pretty riled up because the girls brought up Songate that night when she was feeling pretty bad about it enough as it is, and never wants to hear about it anymore.

This irritates Eliza and whatsherface (ed- Julie), who were cussed out despite trying to apologise and diffuse the situation.

It’s now Day 34! And you could pretty much cut the atmosphere with a knife.

Now that Julie has her back against the wall, only now does she decide to start trying to save her own skin by persuading Eliza that Twila needs to go next, and sets her sights on persuading Chris next.

REWARD CHALLENGE!

It’s essentially a mashup of various challenges from this season. Winner gets a horseback ride, picnic and overnight stay at Mt. Yasur.

Off we go!

First round is the mud crawl, where Scout is the first one eliminated. Second round is the pig pit (for the love of god I thought we were done with the pig squealing!), once again Eliza is brought down by the pigs, and gets clotheslined by the fence in the process.

Third round is the tiki puzzle, and Chris loses one of his pieces and gets eliminated as a result.

It’s a good thing too, because that dreaded balance beam is the final round along with the tiles. It’s Twila vs Julie. Who will come out on top?

Julie wins reward! And takes Chris with her!

She picked Chris in an attempt to get him on her side. They arrive at the volcano and set off horse riding, where Chris has initial trouble with controlling his horse.

They arrive at their hut and their guide shows them how to use the volcano’s steam vents to cook hotdogs.

Julie then tries to talk strategy with Chris. Chris is very much aware that she’s trying to save her own skin, but is open to the idea of keeping her and tells her what she wants to hear for now.

Later that night, Chris and Julie are taken up the volcano in the middle of the night to get a spectator’s view of the erupting lava.

Back at the Alinta camp, Eliza is wanting to cook some of their banana supply and asks Twila where the she buried them, who does the classic pre-school “I’m not telling you” routine. Predictably, this kicks off an argument which results in Twila calling Eliza childish. Hypocrisy FTW!

It’s now Day 35! And almost immediately after arriving back at camp, Eliza takes Chris aside and tells him about getting rid of Twila. Of course, he sits like a nodding dog saying yes to everything, and realises that his double-dealing has put him in a bit of a predicament…

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!

It’s the folklore challenge. Jeff tells everyone the local legend of Roy Mata, and there are six huts with a puzzle revealing a question based on the legend. They have to collect five white tusks from each station. First person to get all five wins immunity.

Off we go!

After a while, it’s a dead heat between Eliza and Julie for a fifth tusk. Who’s it going to be?

Eliza wins immunity!

After arriving back at camp, Chris is finding himself to be the swing vote, he doesn’t know which way to go. He talks with Scout and Twila, which sets off Eliza’s alarm bells.

Eliza then confronts him, and he reassures her that he’s on her side (the nodding dog approach again). But then they notice a certain someone spying on them…

All hell breaks loose. Eliza and Twila get into a huge fight airing their frustrations with each other. And when Chris is questioned?

Both Twila and Julie are hoping that Chris will stick by them. For him, it’s a hard decision that he has to make, and one that he thinks will benefit him most in the game.

TRIBAL COUNCIL!

After Alinta take their seats, Jeff asks everyone if they’ve thought about who deserves or doesn’t deserve to win the game. Twila initially wants to keep her mouth shut, but after some prodding, admits that there’s one person she believes is undeserving, to which Eliza immediately puts her hand up.

Eliza in response says that regardless of who she dislikes, everyone deserves to be here.

Jeff then asks his beloved Julie if she’s thought about who she wants to go to the end with (lol, so cute that he thinks she’s safe tonight). She says that she has and that some of the others care about her.

Jeff then asks Chris what the toughest thing about tonight’s vote will be. Chris says that it’s the toughest vote for him because he’s the middleman and doesn’t want to cast a vote, but has to play the game.

It’s time to vote!

Let’s read the votes! Who’s going to become the fifth member of our jury?

Wah wah wah. I’d imagine somewhere Probst was crying in his Julie shrine that night.

See you guys for part one of our finale!