The morning of Day 7 Russell of Foa Foa meets Ben on the beach to tell him Ashley was pushing for him to be voted off at the last tribal council. It seems Russell's only mission is to create distrust in the tribe. Unfortunately, his "It's called a Russell seed", plan as he put it, has caused this tribe to focus on who is going home next instead of winning the challenges.
It doesn't take long for another uproar in camp to breakout. Jaison makes a bold move and spreads word that it is he or Ben as he is convinced Ben is the one causing dissension among them. Russell was faced with a choice: does he give in to Jaison's request to get the others to trust him, or does he stick to his guns and convince all the others to vote for Ashley?
Meanwhile Galu sits comfortably at their camp celebrating another victory by beginning their morning with a session of yoga led by Laura. Shambo has begun to feel on the outs with her tribe. She made a good point and had good reason to be upset with the "yoga class" because there was no food, no water, and no firewood ready for the day and night ahead. Perhaps purple is getting a little to comfortable with their winning streak…
Later in the day, tree mail revealed the next challenge. Tribes would battle it out for immunity and reward. Two members of each tribe had to swim out to retrieve four blocks that had different colors on each side. On their way out, they were met with two opposing tribe members who did their best to slow their opponents pace. Upon returning with all four blocks, tribe members had to stack the colored boxes in Rubik's cube style – the blocks could not have the same color showing on either side.
For the third time in a row, purple would walk away with immunity, but not before the leader would choose the reward for his tribe. "Comfort" or "Function", Jeff says, as he revealed a pile of pillows and towels and a kit containing a tarp, kettles, and cooking utensils. Russell (2) chose comfort. Clearly, the ladies were happy, the men, not so much.
Russell chose Shambo to be the one who would join the yellow tribe through tribal council the next evening. It was evident she was happy with the choice as she wasted no time making friends and giving hugs to all the members while complaining to them about her own tribe – a stark contrast from their last guest.
Once at camp Russell explained to the guys that it was important they keep their women happy. They didn't say much to him, but while the women cuddled with the pillows, the men talked about how useless the pillows would be when the rain comes their way. Will this choice of comfort backfire on Russell and bring the first feud to this tribe?
Tribal council day 8 – things heat up and all but fists fly between Jaison and Ben while Natalie sat between them trying her best to lean back out of harms way.
With a unanimous vote, Ben goes home. Russell the puppet master is still running the show. It was a smart move on his part to side with Jaison on this one and get the others to vote for Ben. Ashley was spared – this time.
Will yellow bounce back from this loosing streak? If they would stop working against each other, they just might. Then again, maybe this is exactly what the puppet master wants, his tribe members are dropping like flies and no one suspects he is the cause.
Previews for next week's episode reveal a major storm. Will purple "throw" their game to teach Russell (2) a lesson? Tune in next week to find out.
31 days and 16 people left to go. Who will be voted out next?
© Teresa Ortiz
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