Warning: Here be series-wide spoilers!

PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS…

LET’S GET THIS SHOW STARTED!

The Jalapao tribe have just gotten back from Tribal Council, but just before they left, Jeff was generous enough to give them some flint.

Meanwhile, Sandy is thanking her lucky stars that she’s still here.

It’s now Day 4 at Jalapao! And the tribe are now so hungry, they’re resorting to hunting down termites.

They also manage to find some sort of wormy grub thing, and pass it around the table.

Over at Timbira, they’re struggling to light a fire with the flint.

Meanwhile, Sierra is still worried that she’s going to be the first boot from the tribe, so she confides in Brendan to help find the Idol.

They head off to the beach, and after some digging, they find the second clue. And after working out roughly ten paces, they start digging again.

However, once the rest of the tribe start getting concerned, they almost get busted.

This is Debbie, a school principal from Alabama. She can be lovely, but can also come down hard on you, just like every teacher does.

Brendan and Sierra try to bluff their way out of their compromising situation by claiming that they are building a beachside fire pit. Amazingly, the rest of the tribe seem to buy it, at most they’re simply confused over the usefulness of this “fire pit”.

Unsurprisingly, after finding themselves trapped in a corner, the pair decide to ditch their idol hunting plans.

It’s Day 5 at Timbira! And Coach finds himself butting heads over how best to cook rice and beans.

This is Candace, a lawyer from Ohio. So naturally, she’s not shy of arguing her case for anything, and certainly doesn’t take crap from anyone.

Back at Jalapao, and everyone is starting to get a bit too dirty for comfort.

Taj starts talking about her husband, and everyone else gets curious. It turns out that her husband is Eddie George, apparently he was a really good NFL player or something. I don’t know, I’m not American and my knowledge of American sports is miniscule at best.

IMMUNITY/REWARD CHALLENGE!

Three alternating players from each tribe play some sort of basketball/water polo hybrid and have to stop each other from scoring. Three points wins the game. The winners get a bunch of fishing equipment, the losers get Tribal Council.

And as the rain pours down, Jeff reveals an extra twist: The winning tribe get to pick someone from the losing tribe to spend a day in Exile Island, where there are clues to the Hidden Immunity Idol.

As Timbira have an extra person, Debbie volunteers to sit out. And off we go…

After a series of tackles, Candace grabs the rebound from Taj’s attempt, and scores.

1-0 to Timbira!

It’s round 2, and there’s a lot more ugly tackles, and just plain ugly tactics…

Brendan makes a shot, but misses, however Tyson grabs the rebound, and scores.

2-0 to Timbira!

It’s an all-female round 3. Taj single-handedly pulls the Timbira women away for a shot on goal, but misses. The ball is then caught by Candace, who also misses. It bounces back to Taj who misses again, but Sydney catches the rebound and scores.

Jalapao make it 2-1!

Time for an all-male round 4. J.T. makes a run for it, fakes-out the shot, and then scores.

Jalapao make things level at 2-2!

It’s winner takes all now. After a long struggle, Tyson grabs the ball and makes a long shot, but misses. Sierra then picks it up, but misses as well. Then Sydney has a go, but is also unlucky. Then, the most unlikely hero of the day, Stephen, pulls off Sierra and makes the winning shot.

Jalapao wins immunity!

After the rain clears up, Jalapao choose to send Brendan to Exile Island. But then, a twist! Brendan can choose a Jalapao member to go with him. He chooses Taj.

Once Jalapao get back to camp, J.T. starts giving them fishing lessons. This will become a recurring theme with him this season.

And here we witness the birth of the most beautiful bromance in Survivor history.

Join the club, Stephen…

Over in Exile Island, Brendan and Taj approach some urns.

Taj’s urn is empty, but Brendan’s has two scrolls. One is an idol clue, the other gives him the option to switch tribes. He chooses not to, and after some pestering from Taj, he shares the idol clue with her.

They both realise that both Idols are hidden in their respective camps. Shortly afterwards, they make a deal to return to Exile Island in order to get more clues.

Back at Timbira, and they’re feeling battered and bruised from the Immunity Challenge. And Candace wastes no time in trying to convince the others to vote out Coach.

This backfires as Debbie blabs to Coach about her plans. Debbie doesn’t want any negativity in the camp, and of course this sets off Coach’s alarm bells.

He convinces everyone that she’ll eventually turn on everyone else at this rate, and thus the ball starts rolling for later that night. They keep their plan under wraps by convincing everyone else that Sierra is a goner, which even Candace falls for.

Brendan comes back from Exile Island, and naturally they’re curious about his idol search. He lies and claims that Taj has the clue. He wants that Idol all for himself.

TRIBAL COUNCIL!

It’s Timbira’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.

Once they sit down, Jeff relives that first day where everyone wanted Sierra gone. Sierra claims to be understanding of their choice considering she was really sick.

Jeff then turns it on Candace and asks what the vibe is at camp. She claims that everything is all hunky dory but that she has a slight case of foot-in-mouth.

Coach is then asked if anyone would tell him if there were clashes this early on in a display of not-so-subtle foreshadowing. He goes on about how you need to use your intuition to suss out if you’re not getting along.

Brendan is then asked about Exile Island. Coach claims that he respects him enough to believe his story, and for a brief moment, Brendan thinks he’s gotten away with it.

Jerry is then asked about trusting people you’ve only known for a few days. He says that without trust, you won’t last long in the game. But then, Erinn starts mouthing off about how you can’t trust anyone at this stage.

Debbie very much disagrees and states that the trek on Day 1 was enough for her to build trust in the others.

It’s time to vote!

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

Coach tastes first blood. Hard luck Candace, you won’t be the last one to feel his wrath either.

See you guys for episode 3!