Warning: Here be series-wide spoilers!

PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: VANUATU…

LET’S GET THIS SHOW STARTED!

It’s Day 4 at the men’s camp! And they’ve just had a crappy night of sleep because it was freezing cold, and they’re getting sick of eating raw food. They try once again to start a fire with bamboo, but any embers they get die quickly.

Crap.

Meanwhile, the women are not enjoying the cold nights and constant rain.

They manage to cut down plantains from a tree, but when they go to cook them, they find maggots living in them.

Back at the man cave, the younger guys are getting worried because the Fat Five have ganged up on them and now hold a 5-3 majority in the tribe.

REWARD CHALLENGE!

It’s the By The Numbers challenge. The winning team gets comfort items. The men will also get flint if they win.

Scout sits out. Off we go!

Of course, as this challenge involves squeezing past people on a beam, the smaller women are going to benefit more…

The women win reward!

The men get back to camp and Rory is pissed about the ladies’ celebration dance. This tirade doesn’t impress the others.

Over at the women’s camp, they hear a chicken clucking nearby and scramble to try and catch it.

After chasing it with a machete for a few minutes fantasising about chicken soup, they come across a nest and the chicken lays an egg. Twila tries to stab it with the machete but it flies away, but at least they’ve got some eggs now.

Ami notes that there’s a clear age divide developing in the tribe. Jeez, this season may as well be Age Wars as opposed to Gender Wars at this rate.

Twila is concerned that the older group are in a 4-5 minority, and gets reassurance from Dolly, who is fast emerging as a potential swing vote.

Back at the men’s camp, they receive some cryptic Tree Mail regarding the spiritual stone they got on Day 1, and they decide to make a high pole to place it on. However, as they attempt to raise it, it immediately starts pouring down with rain.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!

It’s a blindfold puzzle challenge! As you can tell from my Tocantins recap, the blindfold challenges are my absolute favourite in terms of comedy material. Seeing blindfolded people crash into things and each other while being screamed at is never not funny to me.

Dolly sits out. Scout and Sarge are the callers. Off we go!

The men are the first to get all of their puzzle pieces. Just as well that they get a time advantage…

The men win immunity! And (finally) some flint!

The women get back to camp and it’s looking like either Eliza or Leann are going home.

Dolly is stuck in the middle and breaks Rule 101 on How To Be A Swing Vote by telling everyone that she doesn’t know who she’s going to vote for which only serves to make the others freak out.

Doh!

TRIBAL COUNCIL!

It’s the women’s turn to have their first boot, and they get to light up their torches for the first time. Unfortunately for one of them, it’ll only stay alight for about 10 minutes.

Jeff asks about the workload at camp. Twila goes off about how the older women work hard and the younger women are total slackers.

Leann talks about how tired she is from lack of sleep and how it makes her more withdrawn in the mornings. Jeff suggests that could be a huge detriment in a social game like this.

Jeff then asks Dolly how she’s getting along with everybody. She says that she’s getting along too well with everyone and flaunts her swing vote status as if she’s oblivious to the idea that it may come back to bite her in the ass.

It’s time to vote!

Let’s read the votes. Who’s going to be the first booted out of the women’s tribe?

*sad trombone* Goodbye Dolly, the unwitting architect of her own demise.

See you guys for episode 3!