Warning: Here be series-wide spoilers!

PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS…

LET’S GET THIS SHOW STARTED!

After Forza get back from Tribal Council, Sierra is absolutely stunned that she’s still here.

Meanwhile, Coach and Debbie act like they’re totally cool about the Tyson blindside and that everything is fine, but deep down they’re seething. Stephen is a little bit suspicious about their reaction.

It’s now Day 28! And Debbie is still upset about last night’s Tribal Council. She’s now concerned that the old Timbira members will get pagonged, and they entertain the idea of gathering a new reformed Timbira Alliance.

REWARD CHALLENGE!

It’s the “Slam Pad” challenge. Each person who guesses correctly gets to chop a piece of rope belonging to someone else with a machete, that is attached to a giant hammer that will smash a giant statue after three cuts. Last one to have their statue intact wins a trip to a natural spring with a family feast and gets to take two people with them. Exile Island is also at play.

Off we go…

After all those giggles, it’s between Stephen and Taj. If Stephen gets the next question right, he wins reward. Onto the next question…

One of them has the correct answer. Who is it?

Stephen wins reward!

Stephen picks J.T. and Taj to come with him. He also picks Erinn to go to Exile Island, just in case a new Idol appears this time.

Fast forward to the family feast, the three former Jalapaos make themselves at home. However, one small child hits her head falling and starts crying, and Taj immediately goes into mommy mode.

It’s at that point where she realises how much she misses her kids back home, and the waterworks start.

After they finish eating, they head over to the spring, and are completely beside themselves over the weird phenomenon going on under the water.

They eventually talk strategy, and aren’t sure whether to vote out Debbie or Sierra next. Stephen recognises that Debbie is a lot more savvy than she appears, but finds Sierra very erratic and isn’t sure if they can keep her under wraps.

Over at Exile Island, Erinn discovers that there’s no new Idol to find, so she’s left to fend for herself in the middle of a thunderstorm.

Back at Camp Forza, Coach and Debbie set about trying to set up a new alliance with Sierra. They have the nerve to be surprised when it turns out Sierra isn’t that keen on pledging loyalty to a man who tried to vote her out last episode, and they both go bananas. Any hopes to reunite the old Timbira tribe burn to ashes right there and then.

It’s now Day 30! And a panicked Coach goes running back to J.T. to re-establish their alliance. Of course, this involves a riverside chat.

Coach (the guy who values honesty and integrity, remember) then becomes a massive hypocrite by lying to J.T. about Sierra wanting to create a Timbira Alliance. Meanwhile, Sierra is telling Stephen what really happened.

Stephen then finds Coach and J.T. by the river where Coach reiterates to Stephen the big fat lie he just told, and of course Stephen informs J.T. of what Sierra told him once they’re alone. This only serves to make Stephen and J.T. incredibly suspicious of all three of them.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!

The castaways have to toss a grappling hook to retrieve three bags. The first three to retrieve all of their bags move on to the final round. In the final round, the three have to compete in a labyrinth game. The first to finish wins immunity.

Off we go…

Making it to the final round is Coach, J.T. and Debbie.

All that meditation seems to be paying off for Coach, who calmly works his way through the labyrinth. J.T. however is very quick, and we end up with a nail-biting finish…

Coach wins immunity!

Back at the Forza camp, Sierra reiterates her side of the story regarding the attempted Timbira Alliance to everyone while Coach and Debbie are out of hearing distance, and she’s determined to prove it. As soon as Coach and Debbie come back, she decides to drop a huge drama bomb on the whole camp.

While Stephen, J.T. and Erinn sit back in real need of some popcorn, Sierra, Debbie and Coach go into a massive war of words with each other. Eventually, Debbie turns on the waterworks and nothing is left within the blast radius.

After the smoke has cleared, Stephen and J.T. discuss matters and both feel that Sierra is telling the truth, and that Coach and Debbie have been exposed for the devious liars that they are. They ponder over whether to make a strategic move and vote out Debbie next, or vote out Sierra and reduce the amount of drama in camp.

TRIBAL COUNCIL!

As Forza take their seats, Jeff asks how things are at seven people. J.T. says that things have definitely changed, so much so that he’s scared to go fishing. Debbie follows that up by saying that they’re no longer a big happy family anymore.

Coach not-so-subtly suggests that Sierra is the reason behind all the bad vibes at camp, which she responds with an epic eye-roll.

This doesn’t go unnoticed by Jeff, who asks her what’s going on. She then spills the beans about the drama with Coach and Debbie, which causes Coach to go on a long diatribe about how much she sucks and that he’s a person with honesty and integrity blah blah blah and even quotes the Book of Stephen from the Bible.

Taj is enjoying every second of it however, because she hasn’t watched a soap opera in ages.

Jeff suggests that Debbie is a threat because she’s popular and has won immunity before. She says that she’s going to keep being herself and that voting is becoming increasingly hard.

Jeff then asks J.T. what is important when it comes to voting at this stage. J.T. claims that you have to find a way to vote someone out without making them mad. Stephen follows that up by saying that sometimes blindsides are necessary, but you need to balance personal feelings with your goals in the game.

It’s time to vote!

Let’s read the votes! Who will become the third member of our jury?

Welp, it was only a matter of time. Goodbye Sierra, too much of a drama llama for anyone’s tastes.

See you guys for episode 12!