How will everyone navigate their “New” swap tribes?

Chris arrives at Extinction and does not get a warm welcome. Keith and Reem are bitter as hell and it is so annoying. Reem comes off as hypocritical since Keith betrayed her and she was open arms but when Chris comes suddenly it’s extinction not the Holiday Inn. Chris attempts to deal with his vote off and we cut to Manu.

Manu

We start with Wendy returning the flint using her sneak 100 skill. It’s never Wendy except Wendy was sniffed out by Wentworth. I gotta say that Wendy is a horrible player but I want her to stay on my screen as long as possible. Manu agrees on Wendy for the next vote since they are a solid 5 and will never turn on each other! Cue the swap

Swap

Kama is shocked to see Chris gone since he carried them in challenges. I agree because I still think Chris was the wrong move and this episode justified it. Jeff announces to drop your buffs, we are going from two tribes to three. The swap was interesting since all of Manu except Wendy goes to the new green tribe, Lesu. Joe, Julie, Julia, Aurora and Ron stay on Kama. Aubry, Gavin, Eric and Victoria join Wendy on Manu. This swap reminds me of All Stars second swap when everyone except Amber swapped to the opposite tribe. Looking at these tribes, I hoped Lesu would lose just to see how the five would fracture. Wendy stays with her closest alliance of the chickens and Kama heads back to camp.

Kama

On Split Kama, Joe wants to build relationships so he reaches out to Ron. Ron seems to listen but, PLOT TWIST, Ron was distracting Joe so Julia could look in his bag for an idol. This is great editing on Survivor’s part since they never do flashbacks. Joe is still the target.

Lesu

The Lesu tribe talks about how great it is that they swapped together and they need to just get second in challenges. Building a new camp is tough. Wentworth talks about how Survivor breaks down the strongest people. The very next second, Lauren is throwing up and not eating. Lauren does not want people to think she is weak because she is a student athlete. Lauren is having a hard time.

Manu

Wendy gives her new tribe the tour. Aubry likes Wendy and Wendy roasts her tribe just like actual Wendy’s. The new Manu members mention killing the chicken. Wendy is triggered. So, In the middle of the night she lets them free.

Extinction

The rain is coming down. The next morning, Chris feels lonely and Extinction heightens his feelings of failure. Chris wins favor with Reem and Keith by catching fish. Chris is the one to watch in terms of coming back in the game. Chris jokes about a lizard and Reem is like, “I will dropkick you”.

Manu

Manu figures out that Wendy let the chickens free making her public enemy number one. In fact, during Eric’s confessional, a chicken interrupts him.

Challenge

In this challenge, they need to go over three arches with a rope to pull a crate full of puzzle pieces. The fun part is due to the rain the arches became slippery making them 100 times harder to get over. It go to the point that the tribes needed to make human ladders to get someone to the top. Kama wins followed by Manu. Lesu is going to tribal. No reward this time. Wentworth coins them as the Cleveland Browns of tribes. I’m not comment since I know nothing about sports.

Lesu

In a scene similar to Ikabula, they just sit there in silence for a bit. Honestly, I don’t feel bad for them after the secret scene from last week. The pairs target each other with Wardog in the middle. The guys want Lauren out while the girls want Rick out. Lauren has an idol but she does not want to use it. Wardog listens to everyone’s pitches and they head to Tribal

Tribal

This was a melancholy tribal. They did not want to vote each other out but they know they have to. Kelley gets emotional which is rare. David talks about this being the most incredible tribal he has ever been at. Eh, I think the rock draw is still more incredible. Now it’s time to vote, the two sides vote exactly as planned and Wardog choose to vote for…

Rick by a vote of 3-2. I am sad to see Rick go since he probably does not get off Extinction. Rick could have been a force in this game. The obvious loser is David since he loses his partner in the game is the obvious target next time. The winner is Kelley since she keeps her number one and has Wardog in her pocket.

The purple player of the week was Gavin since at least Julia got that scene with Ron and the Joe distraction. I can’t recall Gavin being on screen for more than a second.

Next time: Wardog wants to take out Lauren, Aubry pitches a women’s alliance and there is a dash on Extinction.

Grab your stuff and head back to camp!