Warning: Here be series-wide spoilers!

PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: VANUATU…



LET’S GET THIS SHOW STARTED!

After Alinta get back from Tribal Council, the Wicked Witch of Colorado is smug as all fuck.

Twila explains that catching the guys out on their double dealing made her not trust them.

On the other side, the guys are real bitter. They essentially say that Twila and whatsherface (ed- Julie FFS!) went from the bottom of one alliance to another without realising it.

It’s now Day 22! And Sarge is in a real sour mood. It doesn’t help that Scout suddenly starts singing…

REWARD CHALLENGE!

It’s pretty much the Coconut Chop challenge but with burning skulls. Winner gets a helicopter trip and a picnic.

Off we go!

If you know anything about how the Coconut Chop challenge works, you know without even seeing it unfold that the men are going to get all their skulls burnt first. It’s one of the few inevitabilities in human life, like the Republicans fixing elections. Or Russell Hantz losing a Survivor season.

After the guys are knocked out, things finally start to get interesting. Eliza is the first of the women to get knocked out, and to say that she’s not pleased is putting it lightly…

It turns into an old vs young fight. Julie, Scout and Ami get knocked out. It’s between Leann with two skulls and Twila with one. If Leann gets the next one right, she wins.

Leann wins reward! And takes Julie with her!

Leann explains that she took Julie with her to keep her on side. So the two ladies go off on their helicopter trip and have a blast.

They then arrive at a dormant volcano for their picnic and of course the strategy talk begins, and Leann makes a final three deal with her.

Back at camp, Eliza is still pissed to high heaven, and the two older women pretty much tell her “get over it, snowflake”. Meanwhile, the guys can see a potential rift open for them to exploit.

They decide the best move for them is to get Eliza voted out next, instead of, y’know, trying to get her on-board.

Leann and Julie arrive back from their picnic on the helicopter, and when they land, they hand over the women some leftover chicken wings to eat before the guys come back.

When the men do come back, the women serve up the ultimate stealth insult by handing them some leftover chicken bones.

It’s now Day 23! And while on her way to collect Tree Mail, Eliza arrives to find a pig on a leash. And as she drags the pig back to camp, the squealing starts. Oh dear god the squealing.

Upon arriving back at the beach, both Twila and Sarge arrive brandishing machetes. Unfortunately for them, the Tree Mail instructs them to not kill the pig and to take care of it, so no pork ribs for dinner today.

Sarge decides that despite dreaming of a nice pork dinner, he may as well make friends with the pig if he can’t make friends with any of the women.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!

It’s a memory puzzle challenge! Everyone must recreate a coloured mosaic puzzle from memory. Last one standing wins immunity.

Off we go!

Right off the bat in the first round, all of the guys get it wrong.

After three rounds, it’s between Ami, Leann and Julie. It’s now Round 4, and one of these ladies has got it right…

Ami wins immunity!

Back at camp, Ami is worried that her immunity win puts a bigger target on her. She wants Sarge out in case he goes on an immunity run.

Meanwhile, Chad and Chris pretty much encourage Scout to bitch about Eliza to them hoping that they can widen that rift.

Just as well, because Eliza is bitching about her in return to Ami.

Speaking of Scout, she’s noticing that Leann and Julie are starting to get along really well, and wonders what this could mean for her position in the Women’s Alliance.

More scrambling! Twila and Sarge butt heads over lack of trust between them. Sarge guilt trips her by saying that she was not on the bottom and that it’s all Julie’s fault that the deal fell apart, and that she and Scout are now on the bottom of the Women’s Alliance.

Chad joins in and suggests that Twila and Eliza flip. Chris notes that unless they can achieve this, the men are royally screwed.

TRIBAL COUNCIL!

After Alinta take their seats, Jeff brings up the Coconut Chop challenge to Eliza. She starts rattling off about how paranoid she is.

Jeff then asks Sarge if there’s a split in the Women’s Alliance. Sarge explains that you need to be careful what you say around certain people, and accuses Julie of snaking Twila. Twila then talks about how she was in the middle and got scared.

Leann then tries to salvage things by suggesting that Twila got the brunt of the guy’s blame and Julie got off scott free. Then out of NOWHERE, Julie then claims that the guys are targeting her despite HER NAME NEVER BEING MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE.

Jeff then asks if duplicity is part of the game. Chris thinks so and says that Twila and Julie simply played the game and that he would’ve done the same.

Jeff talks about how tonight’s vote will decide the first member of the jury, and goes on a spiel about how jury management will be important for whoever makes the final two.

It’s time to vote!

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

Dammit. Goodbye Sarge, guess you couldn’t get the numbers after all.

See you guys for episode 10!