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Last time, Angelina got her way, Bi hurt her leg and Jeremy was voted out 9-1. On to the swap!

We start right at the swap but before we drop our buffs, Bi has a announcement. She is quitting the game due to her injury. This is not a medevac, it’s a quit. This is one of the more reasonable quits. Bi’s whole career is based on her ability to use her muscles so, I understand why she did it. Also, it saved us an episode of the tribe voting out Bi due to her lack of challenge ability. Natalia has a moment of sympathy towards someone. Take it in it’s a rare sight. Davie comments on how the Davids consistantly get knocked down.

Next, time to drop your buffs. They split into three tribes because this is modern Survivor. The tribes are Tiva(not sponsored): Christian,Gabby,Allison,John and Dan, Vuku: Kara,Alec,Natalia,Elizabeth and Davie, and Jabeni: Nick,Lyrsa,Natalie,Angelina and Mike. You may have noticed someone missing, that’s because Carl drew no buff so he is going to exile. He goes to real exile, not the Cochran exile. Every tribe consists of two Davids and three Goliaths. Being in the minority on a swap does not mean you are out since the numbers are so close. Now, back to camp for the new tribes and exile for Carl. Christian has a confessional about the Davids being gerrymandered.

(Author’s note: since it is a swap episode there are not many photos released so bare with me.)

Over at Vuku, Alec is loving his new camp and Davie is ready to make some bonds. Davie mentions he doesn’t befriend that many caucasian people but, he is a nerd driving a P.T cruiser. I like Davie. He is a fun personality and I can see him winning if he makes it to the end. Elizabeth is also trying to connect with the girls. Elizabeth and Kara bond over horses but, Natalia is not having it. Natalia feels jealous that Kara is bonding with Elizabeth so, she wants her out. Natalia shifted her hate from Natalie to Elizabeth.

On exile, Carl is feeling terrible about being there. Until, finds a pole telling him to find an object near the shore for an advantage. Carl had to find a marked coconut to get the advantage. No surprise, Carl finds the coconut and gets, the Idol Nullifier. If he plays it at a tribal on the right person then, the idol is void. This advantage does have some risk, which I like because it balances the power of the advantage.

On Jabeni, Mike thinks his tribe is weak so, he thinks that he will see tribal a lot. Natalie is straight forward and wants the Davids gone. The only thing that can ruin that plan is Natalie herself because she is back to ordering her tribemates. This could give Lyrsa and Nick a chance. Nick knows he needs to hustle so, he bonds with Mike and makes another named alliance. Mike and Nick are the Rockstars. I hope they don’t have any daughter’s birthdays coming up. Mike is somewhat on board because Nick is a great salt of the earth type of guy but, he wants to stick with his Goliath alliance. I predict either Lyrsa or Natalie goes home if they go to tribal.

At Tiva, Christian is bonding with the bros and can’t chop bamboo for his life. Christian asks John about the politics of Slamtown. I called it in the last recap that they would swap together and was not disappointed. John admits in a confessional that he gets nervous in a small group environment. This is a nice foreshadowing moment for the next scene While everyone is bonding, Gabby is having a hard time. She breaks down due to the situation. I feel for Gabby, I see a lot of myself in the way Gabby plays. Christian comforts her and tells her Goliaths have their insecurities. I love their relationship. we cut to Gabby crying in the rain. Which I actually have a picture of thanks to survivorfandom.com. Gabby is probably the first boot off that tribe.

It’s time for the immunity challenge. Jeff unveils the second tribal immunity statue. They are competing for reward as well. The reward is brownies and coffee and only the 1st place tribe wins it. The challenge is a blindfold challenge. Shockingly, no one got hit in the nuts this time. In this challenge, two blindfolded tribe members push their caller through obstacles like, a maze and a ramp where the caller unties a bag with a ball for the next part of the challenge. the other two blindfolded tribemates are lead by the caller through a table maze. First two tribes to complete the table maze wins immunity. The callers were, Kara for Vuku,Gabby for Tiva and Angelina for Jabeni. The MVP was Gabby. She stayed calm and got through the obstacles quickly and helped her tribe win first place. Some highlights of the challenge include, Natalie saying “we’re behind!” after Jeff calls it out and Nick’s foot nearly being crushed by the wheel if they fell off the ramp. First place was Tiva, followed by Jabeni. Which means Vuku is going to tribal. On the way out Kara has a confessional about how this would be an easy vote. I immediately put in my notes, “No it’s not Kara”.

At Vuku, Davie has the idol but, he doesn’t want to use it tonight. Elizabeth wants to get Natalia out. Davie, similar to what Elizabeth did in episode two, runs to the Goliaths and tells them her plan. Davie is on board to vote out Elizabeth. Elizabeth seeing that her name is on the chopping block, goes to Alec to try to sway him to keep her. She goes to Alec because he is smart? Questionable, but whatever she needs someone. Alec tells her to vote for Davie. Alec is later thinking maybe he should flip since Natalia is being bossy and a bit of a bully. He feels she doesn’t trust him.

TAt this point I was thinking that Alec should not do it since Carl is gonna join their tribe so, Kara and him will be in the minority after the vote. Davie tells him to look in his eyes if he wants to get out Natalia.

At tribal, it seemed like the typical post swap tribal. The only thing worth mentioning is when Elizabeth admitted that when she saw the swap she wanted to poop her pants. That got a laugh out of me. Then, right before the vote Alec gets up and whispers to Elizabeth. Natalia gets nervous and asks him what he said. So, while Elizabeth is answering a question, Alec whispers to Kara, who whispers to Natalia that the plan is still set. It’s time to vote. Natalia votes for Elizabeth and Elizabeth has a mystery vote but, says she doesn’t know what just happened. The votes are reveal, Davie,Elizabeth,Natalia,Natalia and the final vote and the third person voted out of the game/ fifth person to leave is….

Natalia is voted out 3-1-1. She does not leave quietly. She asks Alec why he voted for her. Alec has a savage response and says, “sorry” with a smile. Natalia is so mad that she cannot find the place to put her torch. She leaves and kicks something in the path. The ultimate loser of this vote is Kara since she is alone now if Alec stays with the Davids but, Alec could also be in danger since he has proved he is willing to cut his allies. The winner of the vote is Davie since he got his way and still has his idol. I’m happy to see her go since she was a negative presence on the season. Now we don’t have to hear her say how much she does not like Natalie over and over. Natalia in her final words wants to hurt Alec.

The purple players of this episode are, Allison and Lyrsa. Lyrsa did get a moment of Jeff copying her pose after swapping and a great shot of her on a rock so, Allison is the most purple player of the episode. My favorites keep getting no airtime. In the words of the great Chicken Morris, “DAMN!”.

Next week, Mike wants Natalie out, Kara wants an explanation and the weather wants to destroy the castaways.

Grab your stuff and head back to camp!