Survivor Nicaragua - November 3, 2010 Episode Recap

Company Will Be Arriving


Last week LaFlor voted out Marty's one ally - Jill. This episode opened at:

LaFlor - Day 19
(They show vultures eating a dead alligator (ew.)
-Marty says the vultures are circling, he definitely feels like a dead man walking. And because no one is a bigger fan of Marty than Marty he says he can't believe he's in this position - Having no Jill and no idol he's got not protection and doesn't want to be next to go - he has to do his best to try and hold on.
-Fabio comes into camp with Treemail - it tells them to pack up and follow the map to their new home...MERGE!
-Marty is so happy - he feels like LaFlor will want to be getting rid of their own and not worry about the old people. He's back in the saddle again.

Espada - Day 19
-The whole tribe ventures to treemail where there is a chest waiting for them with a note telling them not to open it until they get the key and to make room, company will be coming soon.
-"HERE?" I get the feeling they'd all rather go back to the LaFlor camp... so they are merging 6 and 6 but really it's 8 old LaFlor and 4 old Espada... we'll see how that goes.
-Alina says they should make plans but Benry tells the camera that you can see right through Alina - she burned bridges early in the game and they agreed she should be the next to go home. (You know, I bet Dan could win this game by being the least threatening player there - that seems to be the only criteria they use.)
-Alina gets them all together and says as long ast hey stay strong together they can be final 6 - she wants to blindside Marty if he's still there.
-NaOnka says Alina was in on this plan all by herself - not even Uncle Dan was in - she's going to be the first out if she doesn't get immunity.

LaFlor arrives at the beach with their chest and Espada is surprised Jill is gone - thought she and Marty were running things (well, Alina did anyway.) They open the chest and it's full of food - They get new red buffs and Marty dictates a new name for the tribe - Libertad - which he says means Freedom, well Liberty but he's going with freedom because that suits his purpose better. He's free from his situation at LaFlor (because it's all about Marty, after all. You'd think he'd try not to be so overbearing... ah, who am I kidding, he's just going to be him.) He digs that he got to author the new name (is that what you call it?)
-They are digging into the food - Chocolate Chip Cookies - and Brenda squealed so only dogs could hear her. They got a cask of rum and Fabio wants to drink it all today (that's what you need, to get drunk off your butt...he's pretty.)
-They Feast! NaOnka says it's like her booty (I think she meant pirate booty not bootylicious but you never can tell) she snuck a bunch of nuts in her bra (it sounds naughty but it's actually just nuts - peanuts - in her bra and pockets.)
-Brenda is so relieved to see NaOnka - they go for a walk and NaOnka fills her in - Alina shady. Brenda fills her in too - Jane is good, Marty is bad and Sash got Marty to give him the hidden immunity idol. NaOnka thought Marty was a dummy giving up the idol - but she loved that Sash got it from him.
-They agree once Marty and Alina are gone the game will go much smoother for them and they'll be able to get rid of the rest one by one. NaOnka, "It's about to get real wicked." (I'm not sure what that means but watch the cocky ladies, Survivor karma can bite you in the butt.)

Libertad - Day 20
-Chase Rice! and Jane are bonding over their southern twang and the fact they're both from North Carolina - he's been missing his mom and home and she just brings that all back to him. They get along instantly and also bond over his having lost his father and she having lost her husband... Aww, they're so cute.
-NaOnka woke up irritable today (Oh sweet Jebus, watch out world.) She decided to make tortillas for everyone but got pissed off that everyone was gobbling them up and not saving her any - she had to do all the work then was the last to eat and got the smallest tortilla. Sooo, she decides to show them and takes the flour out of the merge chest (Holly watched her the whole time) and puts it in her bag and goes and buries it away from camp. (WTH, grow up.)
-Then she goes back to camp, everyone is gone now, and she steals a bunch of fruit for herself, a bowl, frying pan, whatever she would need to make herself tortillas. She says, "It tastes better when you're stealing it, (as she's munching an apple) Sweet Victory." (Wow. That's all I can say.)
-NaOnka then proceeds to give testimonial with her mouth full of apple about how it says a little somethin' somethin' about Alina that everyone's against her. (As she's horfing down stolen food... the irony totally lost on her.)
-Next we see Alina talking to NaOnka out on the beach - asking her if she's back with Brenda or still with them. NaOnka tells Alina she is not back with Brenda but that no one is with her - the rest of them are gunning for Alina so she better get immunity. Alina's upset and hurt, she doesn't understand why no one likes her.
-NaOnka takes her off and shows her all her stolen goods - tells her to eat an orange and feel better. (Then there is lots of noisy, slurping - Arghh - I have a thing.) anyway - NaOnka succeeds in gaining Alina's trust, she tells her they see her as a threat but with no alliances so she'll be easy to get out. (NaOnka scares me man, she is positively diabolical.) NaOnka tells the camera she's working Alina to have her vote on the jury... (smart - and cold-blooded.) Alina shakes her head and laughs, "I can't believe you took all this stuff."

-Back at camp they start to notice things missing - the bowl and the frying pan and the flour- Fabio,"That's really uncool."
-Holly asks NaOnka if she put the flour back. NaOnka gets very defensive, "I put it back."
-Holly says she saw her put it in her bag. "And I put it back!"
-Fabio wants to know why it ever went in her bag. She denies, denies, denies (well, bold-face lies, lies, lies) - then storms off.
-Alina looks totally guilty - she says she couldn't own up to it because she knew and didn't stop her or say anything - she couldn't have everyone be as mad at her as they were at NaOnka.
-Alina and Chase Rice! go after NaOnka and convince her to come clean to the tribe. Chase, "So you lied, it's Survivor." (Hmm, I don't know if that's the best idea... but it was soo obvious it was her, she had to try and clear the air somehow I guess.)
-So, NaOnka goes back and tells everyone she did take the flour but only so she could ration it because they were going through so much food (and the lies continue) She also makes sure they all know that Alina was with her and knew about it too.
-Marty tells her straight out he isn't buying it...(I hope not - I could smell the crapola through the TV.)
-Fabio tries to talk and she gives him the hand (talk to the hand) and she does admit that it was all her idea, Alina didn't have anything to do with it, she just knew. Fabio thanked her for at least owning up to it.
-Marty says to the camera that she lied and stole food - that should put her on the block automatically, it's simple but this game is never simple.

Libertad - Day 22
- Brenda shrugs off NaOnka's transgression as "oh crazy NaOnka" but she succeeded in implicating Alina to the point that Brenda says it sucks to be Alina right now. (I think NaOnka is the devil.)
- Sash asks Brenda, Chase & Jane if they are protecting Nay? They say yes but they are going to distance themselves... and still vote the same.
-Sash says, to the camera, it works perfectly for him that Nay is not popular around camp - he wants to take her to the final 3 cause no one will vote for her. Sash fills Nay in, tells her to keep being repentant and they've got her back. She's his number one there. (Oh, so fickle.)
-Jane caught fish and is doing the fish dance - everyone is amused and excited for her except Marty who snidely comments to Benry and Fabio that she can kiss his ass. Marty says the longer Jane stays in the game the worse it'll be - the Carolina bond she's made with Chase (Rice!) will spread it's cancerous tentacles through the rest of the tribe (that's 3 on the carcinoma count for Marty this season.)
-Marty working on Brenda that they need to get rid of Jane - she's got the saddest story, she's so well-liked, she makes it to the end and she'll win.
-Brenda's no dummy - she knows Marty’s dangerous and with him talking to Fabio and Benry it might be best to just get rid of him before he gets them all warped.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE - two necklaces

-Each person has 2 handles that they will use to keep tension on a steel bar which runs up between them - (one on either side - pulling outward.) Relieve the tension at all and the bar will slip right through, fall and break the tile underneath and they'll be out of the challenge. The last man and woman standing will win immunity.
-They begin and within 2 & 3 seconds, Kelly Purple and Teflon Dan are out. Alina is next, and not happy, and they continue to drop off quickly... Brenda, Benry, Sash, NaOnka... it's down to Jane and Holly for the women and JANE wins immunity... but she doesn't want to stop, she's got something to prove - she holds on and we're down to Chase Rice!, Fabio and Marty... and the old guy is out next (Jane grins, yup, she wanted to best her nemesis.) Then Chase loses the bar and FABIO wins immunity for the men.

Libertad - Back at Camp
-Jane huddles all the girls together and tells them she really just wanted to beat Marty. She wanted to prove to him that she may be little but there was no way in an individual challenge he was going to beat her. (I get it, I've disliked someone that much before - it's probably not healthy but it's also a great motivation to kick *ss.)
-Purple Kelly talking to Jane & Alina saying they have to get the girls together and vote out Marty. Alina tells them to just say you're voting Nay or me and he'll never suspect a thing.
-Alina is trying to lay low and hope the drama doesn't revolve around her tonight.
-Jane, Nay, Chase & Holly talking and they want to take out Marty - he's totally demoralizing the tribe. As long as it's Alina next , they're all in for that.
-Dan, from his regular spot lying in the shelter asks Chase what's up. Chase tells him it's either Marty or Alina, they haven't decided. Dan tells him to let him know. (Playing by not playing, that's his strategy? And it could win him this thing, I swear.)
-Sash asks Chase Rice! and Jane for a favour - he told Marty he'd give him the idol back the next round if he lost so he wants to wait one more round to take Marty out so he doesn't have to go back on his word.
-Jane is not happy with that - says to just give her the idol and you won't have it anymore (That would be awesome!) But I saw the flash of panic on Sash's face (MY Precious) Jane argues what if Marty get immunity next time. She wants to take him out now, while they have the chance but Sash and Brenda are against it. Jane says he's after her and Sash says they're her alliance, they have her back. (Team Jane! I wish they'd get rid of Marty!) Jane tells the camera she is not voting for Alina, doesn't think she deserves to go yet.
-Dan, having gotten up from the shelter, scratches his balls and tells Marty not to trust Chase (Rice!). He thinks they're going to blindside Marty. (Oh sneaky Dan, and darn that Chase Rice! for being so naive.)
-Marty, of course, goes nuts and runs to Sash - says, "I know you're going to blindside me tonight..." Sash says no, there is no blindside, it's Alina.
-Marty is peaking! Spouts off to the camera that Chase is a moron (well...) Then he's chewing Sash & Brenda's ears off - that he (Marty) is a zero threat - he has no number, no idol - it'd be crazy to waste time on him, blah, blah, blah.
-Sash says Marty is digging his own grave with his over-reaction. He should be laying low but he's in his face all day.
-Marty's also attacking Holly for assurances - demands she swear on her South Dakota word of honour that it's Alina tonight. (Wow, he reeks of desperation and it's not pretty. See Marty Panic.)
-Holly goes and talks to Jane & Alina and they're adding up votes - Sash & Brenda will not vote Marty but they think they will have Chase, NaOnka, Purple Kelly... that's 6 - if only they had one more... Alina goes and talks to Fabio (nooo, he hero worships Marty.)
-Alina talking to Fabio says she has 6 people to vote Marty and she'd like him to be 7, she thinks he should be first to go. Fabio thinks NaOnka should be first to go - Alina asks him not to put in a random vote for NaOnka - then says go ahead; it just won't count for anything.
-Fabio says this is why people want her out - every conversation has a hidden agenda - well, this one's not so hidden, but she's dangerous and he doesn't want to vote Marty, they get along.
-Alina, "Seems to me we got along too." And she...walked...away. (Well played Alina - that gutted him - but I still don't think she won his vote.)

TRIBAL COUNCIL

Holly, now you're 12 people going for million dollars, can you feel the game change?
- Absolutely. People are doing anything they can to get to the end and if you just agree with what everyone else says that's not going to get you to the end - you have to take a risk.
Marty, do you agree big moves are going to start happening?
- Absolutely he does and he thinks the window for big moves shuts quickly - you have to seize those opportunities.
Then Marty gets on his soapbox and says he wants to clear the air about the misconception that he didn't like 'Miss Jane' (he says her name with such contempt - I want to smack him) says within 30 minutes of getting there she made monumental errors...
-Whoa, whoa, whoa - Jane tries to defend herself but he's having none of it - he's got a speech prepared he won't be interrupted - he goes on that Jane has the saddest story - she needs the money - anyone that lets her get to the end deserves to lose to her and he'll vote for her if that happens. (Wow, what a total d*ck! Was he thinking if he was going tonight he wanted to do as much damage as he could or, does he think he can get them to vote for Jane? He did do damage - made himself look like a total bully picking on the nice old lady, and made them think taking Jane to the end wouldn't be the best idea.)
-Jane says he has a personal vendetta against her and it did kinda come off that way.
Alina - could Marty be hurting himself by being so vocal and harsh to Jane?
- He's just illustrated to this tribe what a strong, strategic player he is and how smart he is about the game. Do we keep him out here?
Dan pipes up - We had 2 people out here steal our food - they took bowls, pan, oil, flour...
Who stole food? - Alina & NaOnka
-NaOnka says "I did it - Alina was just there." She says, "But I gave it all back because I was pushed into a corner and she got punished for it."
How'd you get punished? (Ha! I accidentally typed 'punched' first... That would have made it exciting - but wrong - but... okay just wrong.)
-NaOnka, "No one talked to me."
Benry & Fabio - "Oh Wah!"
Alina, what's your culpability?
- It was hard to admit my part but I did. She goes on to say she'd be a really great swing vote - if you want to go farther you keep the pawn not the powerhouse - and I'm a pawn. (And you're a smart girl and they're afraid of you... nice try though.)

And it's time to vote: Jane & Fabio have immunity (it almost seemed like Marty forgot that fact.)
Jane votes for Marty - She hopes everyone is smart tonight.
Alina votes Marty - It's you or me tonight - may the best argument win.
Benry votes Alina - says she's 100% percent, grade A "dirt squirrel" (What does that mean?.. man, I feel old.)
Sash votes Alina too.

Jeff asks if anyone has a hidden immunity idol and wants to play it... no one does.

Tallying the votes:
Marty 1, 2, - Alina 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... ALINA is OUT! (Darn it - I had hoped Marty would be gone.)

So that means: Lee G, Janine S and Drew C. are out of the pool this week.

Next week : Sash & Brenda struggle to hold onto power and NaOnka lets her freak flag fly at Tribal - gives Fabio the finger and renders Jeff speechless.

Alina gives a bitter farewell address: Why would anyone vote to keep Marty over me? It's Stupid! I hope it bites them in the *ss. (Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel :)

Have a great rest of the week everyone.

Coleen