With 3 days under their belts these new castaways are beginning to get their heads in the game and start thinking strategy. While personalities begin to clash and allegiances form, everybody can agree on one thing, that they gotta eat. Jalapao pulled it together and decided it’s time for protein, but without fishing supplies they elected to dig up some termites and start chowing down. Elsewhere in Timbira, Coach and Candace realize that they are far from becoming fast friends during a dispute over the best way to cook beans and rice.
All of Timbira was not solely focused on food though. Sierra began thinking about that hidden immunity idol she had a clue to, and included Brendan in on the tip (he was the only person who didn’t throw her a vote within the first minutes of the game). They head down to the beach and start sorting out their clues, but when Debbie stumbles upon them digging a giant hole, they have to do some fast talking and explain that they were building a firepit for later. Yeah, so awesome!
At the Reward/Immunity Challenge, the tribes faced off in a pretty physical basketball-type challenge in the water, and Jalapao was victorious! Not only did they score immunity, but they got fishing gear, and also a chance to send Brendan to Exile Island. In an interesting turn of events, Brendan then got to choose someone from Jalapao to join him on Exile, and he chose Taj, who her tribe recently learned is the wife of Heismann Trophy winner Eddie George.
At Exile, there are two urns, and one has a note in it. Brendan scores the one with the clue, and allows Taj to come along and seek it out but they soon realize that the immunity idol is not at Exile, but there is one in each of their camps. They spend the rest of the time bonding, hoping that maybe they can use each other for some kind of advantage in the game. Certainly useful in a merger down the road.
Back at Jalapao, JT, the cattle rancher, and Stephen, the Jewish city boy, bond while JT shows Stephen how to fish. Despite their differences, they are both surprised to find themselves befriending each other. Furthermore, JT is emerging as a fast leader in the tribe, which is interesting because he doesn’t seem like a strategic player, just more of an outdoorsman than most of the others.
As for Timbira, there was smack to be talked with someone on the chopping block that evening. Candace was unimpressed by Coach’s performance at the challenge, which is not promising, but Coach and the others turn around and discuss Candace. The general consensus is that Candace is the “cancer” of their tribe with her negative attitude, and she’s gotta go. Sierra is psyched to hear this because up until now, she was dead certain that she was gone. Good news. Granted, post-production may have just been giving viewers hope for Sierra, you know, for a little dramatic flavor, but ultimately Candace was sent packing. Guess her attitude was just too damn much for everybody.
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