'Survivor: Edge of Extinction' Episode 5

Wow! What an amazing DOUBLE episode of Survivor tonight! First off, while sad, good move getting rid of Rick. He definitely is a strong player that will definitely do well should he return from the Edge of Extinction. And it starts out with Rick toughing it out on the Edge of Extinction, knowing it sucks, but it'll be worth it. At the reward challenge, for PB&J (and for first place tons more), the tribes raced to get things to throw and land on a wall thing. (I'm bad at explaining some things, okay? Sorry.) Anyway, long story short: Kama and Manu win again, once again leaving Lesu with nothing but miserable feelings and a curse to constantly lose. At Kama, the tribe bonded over their win; however, Joe worked hard because he knew they would need him. Meanwhile, Ron was worried about the idea of taking out Joe, which Julie and Julia wanted, possibly considering throwing a challenge to take him out. At Manu, it was a decision of Aubry vs. Wendy who to vote out. Eric, Gavin, and Victoria then made a plan against Aubry, with Victoria even making a fake alliance with Aubry to have a women's alliance. Oh, and chickens kept interrupting the confessionals. One chicken was screaming during Eric's and one literally walked in on Aubry's confessional. And finally Lesu, the plan was to take out David, so David went searching for the idol, meanwhile Wardog considered taking out Lauren to Wentworth, which worried her since he reminded her of Tony Vlachos. So far, there's a returning player being targeted on each tribe: David, Joe, and Aubry. But it's Survivor, so anything can and will happen.

Meanwhile, over at the Edge of Extinction, the four boots found some maps, one for each of them. Rick Devens quickly found out the stars on them aligned quickly, finding the exact spot. And while the four agreed to go together, Keith went on his own, but the other three got upset and caught him; Chris even tackled him and got the clue first, saying "Practice," figuring it's "Practice" in terms of getting back in the game. And Devens found an advantage where he can give an extra vote to any person who's going to the next tribal council.

At the immunity challenge, the three tribes climbed and jumped into the ocean, swam under to get puzzle pieces, and moved their boat to the main area to finish a puzzle. While it seemed like Lesu would lose again, being in dead last for a very long time, still swimming for pieces while the other tribes were already working on the puzzle, they somehow pulled out a second place win, beating Manu and sending them to tribal council. Before Tribal Council, Aubry still believed that Victoria was with her, so "they" tried to convince Wendy, who wasn't sure about what to do. Aubry then was worried it would be her and she found her extra vote advantage that was given to her by Rick!

This is gonna be a pretty interesting tribal. I hope Aubry soon realizes that she's being played and Victoria, along with Eric and Gavin, want her out. At Tribal Council, the tribe spoke about trust as well as who may or may not go. Simple, easy. Then Aubry got the shock of her life when she was blindsided with an idol and an extra vote; neither used. She was then sent to the Edge of Extinction, where she realized. even at the lowest of her lows, she can go up from there. At the reward challenge, Kama and Lesu were shocked to see Aubry was voted out and I saw a hint go up in Joe's head to be wary of the newbies. The tribes then ran through a course, collected more bags, and threw them to tribemates who placed them in a pile. Then the tribes threw the bags towards a spring that would release a flag. Ultimately, Joe led Kama to another victory, earning Kama delicious food with Wardog missing a lot, earning another last place loss for Lesu, and Manu right in the middle with second place.

At Kama, Joe kept working in his tribe to not look as much of a threat. He knew he would be a big target, especially after seeing that his former ally, Aubry, got blindsided. So, he then started working his tribe, making people like Julia feel like they are a threat too and the tribe needs to stick together. Meanwhile, at Lesu, Lauren started to get a lot weaker and Wardog conspired against her with Wentworth and David. Then Wentworth and David began to conspire against Wardog, realizing he's too much of a dictator, bad at challenges, and not good around camp. This made it really interesting, since at first, David wanted Wentworth gone, but now he's working with her.

At the Edge of Extinction, the five previous boots all got new maps—this time with holes in them. They all searched for where the maps could lead, and ultimately, while it seemed like Devens had something... nothing. But Reem and Keith found it. Keith touched it first, so he had it. But Chris said Reem gave it away so she blew up at him, arguing why Keith got it. Aubry just watched as it went crazy. At the immunity challenge, it was announced before that only one tribe would win immunity. And so, the battle was even more fierce. And Lesu started out in dead last thanks to Wardog. They caught up by the puzzle portion, but it was too late and Kama won, yet again. So, Jeff then said that Manu and Kama will go to tribal council together and one person out of all of them would be voted out. Last time this happened was in Survivor: Game Changers and Malcolm got completely blindsided in a huge move. So, this vote should be pretty interesting. Could lead to rocks, could lead to flip-flopping, could lead to anything.

At Manu, the four all agreed to stick together and go to rocks in the vote. However, Victoria in a confessional, confesses that she will do what she needs to do. Even she's surprised everyone thinks they can trust her. Meanwhile, Lesu is the usual crazy plotting. The four talk about going to rocks. However, honestly, the other three don't like Wardog. He hunts for idols, does not work, is bad at challenges, and is a dictator. So, yeah, not a likable dude according to his tribe. And Wardog goes idol hunting, so they do it too. Wardog confesses in a confessional that he won't go to rocks for Lauren. And Lauren confesses to Kelley that she won't go to rocks for Wardog. And also, Kelley Wentworth found an idol. So now, Lauren and Wentworth both have idols. This is gonna be an epic tribal full of possible flips, idols, and maybe even rocks. This will be very fun to watch.

At Tribal Council, it was a big discussion between the two tribes. They all whispered to each other, made their side conversations, and Wendy was the middle person, from both tribes. They voted and it was a tie between Wendy and Lauren. Then both sides continued to whisper and have side conversations, all discussing the vote. And in the end, it ended up being a unanimous vote against Wendy, who was voted out by her old and new tribe. Wow, bye Wendy, but I'm thrilled you picked the Edge of Extinction. I was hoping you would. I've enjoyed Wendy so far this season, she is pretty entertaining. Overall, what a great double episode of Survivor tonight! Two people booted and a fantastic two hours. I can't wait to see what happens next week when the tribes merge and the castaways all find out about the players from the Edge of Extinction who may return to the game. #Survivor #SurvivorEdgeOfExtinction #ByeAubryAndWendy #Blindside #GoneWithAnIdolAndAnExtraVote #DoubleTrouble #SideConversations #Whispers #AwesomeSeason