Survivor: Micronesia Recap - - Episode Five

NOT SO SWEET HOME

Uh, over at Airai, Kathy plays hostess and shows the former favs their new home. They are shocked that the tribe lasted as long as they did. Jason gets the fire going for their BBQ, right on the beach, as James interviews he’s amazed they are still alive because they should be dead. To add insult to injury, he says they have a dingbat (Jason) handling the wood. Even Eliza says the camp is a disaster, and predicts the water will take out the fire just as the tide rolls up…and does just that. Picture this: you are at the beach with your three year old, who wants to build a castle. You allow him/her to fill up the pail with sand, but you obviously know that the child needs to move back some if he/she doesn’t want the water to take the castle away. So you explain to the little one that you need to move back a little further to make sure the water doesn’t take way the castle. The child, even at three, understands. The Airai tribe has no concept of said vision. So, the fire is out, everyone except the favs act surprised and shocked, and Jonathan is limping around on a painful leg. The mystery Survivor: Micronesia medics arrive on the scene, clean his wound and stitch him up, but warn him to watch for an infection. Not like they can leave him any Neosporin or anything. After all, what’s the name of the show? The next morning, the former favs help the new team build a bigger, better shelter on higher ground.

SCORE ONE FOR AMANDA!

Back over at Malakal, Amanda runs up holding a 4’shark that she got out of the net. Not sure whether it was already dead or she did something, but they cook that puppy up and devour it. Ozzy mentions how sexy it is that Amanda wrestled a 40 lb. shark. Off camera. With editors that catch everything. Anyways, now they are ready for any challenge Jeff throws at them ‘cause they are all fueled up.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Four members of each new team must alternate throwing stones at ceramic tiles to release puzzle bundles. All members will assemble the puzzle as one member helps from a tower. Chet is on the tower for Malakal, Eliza for Airai. James hits the targets twice without dropping bundles at all, so Malakal has a chance to pull ahead. In the end though, with Chet and Joel disagreeing about puzzle placement, Eliza leads Airai to victory.

Joel is not a happy camper. He’s had six losses in a row. He tells Erik that Chet is the weak link and needs to go. Joel says he has never interacted with anyone so spineless before, like a wet rag or ball of goo. He also said that in medieval times, Chet would have been killed. I hate to admit this, but as he’s talking, I’m looking at those biceps. Both he and James make me want to eat my spinach. But back to the game, Tracy, Chet and Cirie conspire to get Joel out of the game. Cirie tries to convince Amanda and Ozzy that Joel’s size hasn’t been a help so far. She manages once again to manipulate the situation, pointing out that although Chet is wasted space, Joel is more of a danger of winning the game if he stays. Can anything worse be said about poor Chet in one episode?

TRIBAL COUNCIL

Tracy talks about Joel dragging poor Chet around during the challenge. Joel has no regrets and offers no apology. Chet likes his new team, even if he was chosen by default. Erik says they need to vote to stay strong. No one offers up the immunity idol, and Joes is blindsided when he’s voted off. Their strategy? Apparently, weaken their own tribe right out of the gate and worry about physical strength later. We’ll see how that works out for them next week.