Survivor Headlines:
-Cassandra wins Reward
-Individual Immunity begins
-Yao-man wins Immunity
-Edgardo joins the Jury.

Alliances:
The Syndicate: Earl, Cassandra, Dreamz, Yao-man
The 4-Horsemen: Edguardo, Mookie, Dreamz, Alex

Early Plotting:
The show began with the 4-Horsemen arguing over the immunity idol. Dreamz and Mookie, wanted Mookie to hang onto the idol. Alex had a plan for the 4-Horsemen to rotate possession of idol, each one getting it for a day. He seemed to think that this would prove they wouldn’t screw each other. I don’t understand the logic behind that one. Mookie didn’t like that plan but when faced with the dissolution of the horsemen he was prepared to give in. Dreamz tried to talk Mookie into abandoning the Horsemen and having the two of them go out on their own and make allies in the other group. Mookie was convince that wouldn’t work because the other players didn’t trust the two of them which is true. Boo to joined up with the Syndicate in an agreement for the final 5 to be Boo, Earl, Cassandra, Dreamz, and Yao-man.

Reward Challenge:
Each player had three towers. Prior to the challenge they asked all of the players a series of questions about the players. For example, “Which player would you want to be trapped on an island with?” The challenge was to guess how the majorityofplayers answered the question. If you picked the answer that the majority did, you could smash one tower of another player. Once all three towers were smashed that player was out of the competition. The prize was a night on a 70ft luxury yacht, with a barbecue, bed, snacks and drinks, you got tobring three other players with you, and select another player to spend the next two days on exile island.

Stacy got knocked out first question and Boo on the second. Everyone got the question about who they would want to be trapped on a island with: Yao-man. In the end Cassandra won. She didn’t miss a single question (most impressive). She picked two players she needed to work on her alliance first, Dreamz and Boo, and then she picked Yao because he deserved it. Mookie got the free ticket to exile island and man was he bitter. I think he spent the entire two days plotting revenge on Cassandra. Yao and Cassandra worked Dreamz over pretty hard on the yacht. They knew he was playing both sides. Dreamz was undecided when he left the yacht. If it wasn’t for Mookie I think he would abandon the horsemen and go with Cassandra in a heartbeat. The Syndicate was still suspicious of him because he still fraternizing with the Horsemen. In the end, to prove his loyalty to syndicate, Dreamz told them about Mookie’s Immunity Idol.

Immunity Challenge:
This week tribal immunity was replaced with individual immunity. All of the players had to brace themselves between two poles using only their arms and footholds less than an inch wide. Then, every 30 minutes they had to step down onto even smaller footholds. No one stood a chance against Yao-man in this challenge. When Boo finally dropped after over an hour, Yao seemed like he could have lasted another hour. Congratulation Yao on winning the first individual immunity challenge.

There was major, major maneuvering before tribal council. The Horsemen decided to go after Earl. The Horsemen believed Stacy was with them and wanted her to vote Earl but, Yao had already talked her into voting for Alex. It didn’t take the horsemen long to figure out their mistake. The Horsemen guessing that Earl has the Immunity Idol (which he doesn’t) decide to go after Cassandra instead. There fatal mistake was believing that the Syndicate was going to go after Alex. Alex talks Mookie into giving him the idol which, Dreamz tells the Syndicate. The Syndicate then plan to vote out Mookie but they are afraid that Dreamz will inform on them, so the Syndicate, decide to vote for Edguardo without telling Dreamz. (Did you follow all that?:) ) Yes, it was crazy, crazy good.

Tribal Council:

Watching the faces at tribal council was one of the best moments in reality TV history. Everyone thought they had out smarted everyone else. Alex played the immunity Idol before Jeff counted the votes. There were smiles all around and then slowly looks of concern as realization dawned on those outsmarted. None of the horsemen had even considered Edgardo as a target which is why Edgardo was the fourth person to join the jury. Next week Dreamz has some esplaining to do.

When Jeff tallied the votes, it was Edgardo who joined the jury: 3 votes Casandra, 1 vote Mookie, 5 votes Edgardo

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