Welcome to the new format for recaps on Purple Reality. I have decided to focus on 5 moments from the episode rather than the whole episode. This is done to tighten up the recap and so it is not the length of a college essay.

5. The Swap

It’s pretty standard Survivor to go from 2 tribes to 3 tribes. This swap turned out great for balancing drama and tribe strength. We did not get a repeat of EoE’s swap and I am thankful for that.

The tribes are as followed:

Sele: Yul, Nick, Wendell, Parvati and Michele

Dakal: Tony, Sandra, Kim, Denise and Jeremy

Yara: Rob, Ben, Adam, Sophie and Sarah

As we saw, the dynamics of these winners interacting is amazing. Dynamics like…

4. Kim in the Middle of Dakal

Kim benefited from this swap more than anyone. She is now in the middle of the Lions, Tony and Sandra, and the Hyenas, Jeremy and Denise. This tribe set up does unfortunately have the chance that Tony is Cirie’d out of the game. Sandra has an idol, Denise has an idol, Kim has an idol and Jeremy can leave tribal. Let’s pray that this doesn’t happen.

3. New Season, Who Dis

Most of the talk on Sele was about Michele and Wendell dating or did they just kick it. From what I got, Michele thought it was a relationship while Wendell thought it was just them hooking up. Wendell looked bad in this segment and this dynamic will be a storyline going forward.

Honorable mention: Parvati and Michele being best friends and the reunion of Yul and Parvati.

2. The Fall of Boston Rob

Rob deserves to be voted out for what he pulled. The buddy system is boring television and I think his tribemates understand why we hated Redemption Island. This was never gonna work with players who think for themselves. Ironically, the strategy that he was using to save himself really sealed his fate since they probably decided on Rob before the challenge. Sophie and Sarah played it perfectly and now they have all the power on Yara. Adam and Ben made a huge mistake by giving the girls the power and now they will pay for it.

1. Yul Playing for ALS

In the preseason, we knew that Yul was playing to help Penner and his wife who was suffering from ALS. Yul talking about it on the show was powerful. He articulated it well and showed how great of a person Yul is. The promo afterwards with Penner broke my heart especially since we have seen Stacey in the family visit before and seeing her in that condition really emphasized why we need to find a cure for this disease.

Link to the donating page for Penner and Stacy: https://secure2.convio.net/alsa/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app278b?df_id=39950&39950.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=03FAFFB0518C3C9624CB7B84ADFD5C8E

Next time: We have two tribals!

Grab your stuff and head back to camp!

(Note: sorry for the Getty images. It’s the best I could find for this episode)