Last time, Gabby and Christian voted out Carl. The show gave the minimal amount of time on the recap. Let’s go on to the final 8.

We start off after tribal with Nick being pissed about the Carl vote. This is the first time we have seen Nick blindsided and playing with his emotions. It is interesting seeing this side of him. Nick goes up to Christian for an explanation. Nick is worried about them flipping and Christian assures him that he and Gabby will not flip. Nick reveals in a confessional that Mason Dixon is dead and he will remember this.

Reward Challenge

It is time for some love! Davie sees his mom, Hazel, and I love her. Hazel was my favorite of the loved ones. Between where is Davie and Davie Crockett, I want her on a Blood vs Water season. Next is Alison and her mom, Willa. No, she did not say hi mom so the meme hasn’t evolved. Kara and her brother, Eric, are next and damn both of them look good. After that, Nick reunites with his dad, Jim. Then Gabby sees her mom and Gabby comments about always freaking out and I was like, same girl. Angelina then gets her mom, Anna. Mike’s boyfriend, Josh, is brought out. I hoped we would see his dad for an Amazing Race reunion. Finally, Christian and his GIRLFRIEND, Emily. The editors did a decent job cutting to Gabby during this. Now it’s time for the challenge and it is a real challenge ahem HHH.

Pairs dig for keys then each member must throw a ball on to a ledge. The pairs are, Alison and Kara, Christian and Gabby, Mike and Davie, and Angelina and Nick. Some big highlights include, Angelina’s mom cheering, the balls getting stuck in the bag and Jeff roasting Angelina at the beginning. Despite the roast, Angelina and Nick win. They choose Davie and Mike to go with them on the loved one reward.

We see the loved ones reward and everyone wants to make a final four. Everyone agrees but Davie is a bit more apprehensive in his confessional. Back at camp, Christian talks about Emily and Gabby comes to a realization. Christian has been treating her like his girlfriend and that she needs to get out from under him. So, she goes to Alison and Kara to try to blindside Christian.

I think Gabby was correct in making this move because she is never gonna win against Christian. Gabby could go to the girls after that. It’s not a bad move. Just because it is to the detriment of your favorite does not make it a bad move. Something I noticed during this scene is that they focus on Alison making fire. Is that foreshadowing that she is in the fire challenge? Anyway, the girls are on board.

Immunity Challenge

Players must hold a stick in the palm of their hand while standing on a beam. If they lift the stick too high or low they will get hit with water and be eliminated from the challenge. I think this challenge is really where Christian got a whiff that he was the target due to everyone cheering for Nick. How is Nick not a target when everyone is cheering for him? Kara wins immunity and Alison is onboard with the Christian plan.

Back at camp, Gabby tells Nick the plan and he is ready to take Christian out for revenge basically. Gabby is told the decoy boot is Alison. Mike and Angelina walk up to Nick and are told about the plan but, they are told to vote Gabby in case of an idol. This is important. Davie still wants to play with Christian so he tells Christian the plan.

Christian has the idol but, he wants to repair his relationships so, he apologizes to Nick. Nick is still against him but he wants to make Christian comfortable so he does not play the idol. Christian gets a confessional about being right every time and I think he is going at this point.

Tribal Council

Nick starts by continuing to act like he has forgiven him. Then, Gabby mentions being confident, which is a bad sign. The best part of tribal is Alison calling Jeff the grim reaper. Now it is time for the vote. If anyone has a hidden immunity idol, now is the time to play it. Christian looks at everyone and decides to play it. Christian was correct because he got 5 votes. the person going by a vote of 2-1 is

Gabby. Gabby took a swing and missed. I liked Gabby and I think she had the right idea. Her downfall was Christian seeing her face before the idol. That gave it away. PSA: do not attack Gabby for going against Christian.

The purple player of the episode was Mike. After the loved ones visit, he dissappeared from the episode only coming back to vote out Gabby.

Next time, everyone is the target

Grab your stuff and head back to camp!