Big Twists on Survivor

Even though we had to wait till almost the end of the episode, it was well worth it. What a twist in the game!

First, though, we got to see the continued dominance of Aitu. They are working as a team, and working well. You could really see it at the reward challenge - the contrast between their teamwork and the arguing at Raro was stark. I also have to wonder about the strategy play of Raro. Aside from not working well together, they don't seem to know how the game works. We all know you can't sit the same people in back to back challenges. We also know that while it's nice to win rewards, it's immunity that counts. So why did they sit Rebecca during a non-swimming reward challenge? It made no sense, and really set her up for failure. Oh well. I was glad to see Aitu win, and glad to see Yul cut loose at the reward. Too funny.

What I didn't like seeing was Candice & Adam getting all snuggly. Did he really put her fingers in his mouth? Did you see how dirty her fingers were? And the previews for next week show them kissing. Ugh. I loved Rob and Amber, but this is just gross.

The immunity challenge was great again. And again, Raro had some pretty poor strategy. They could have one person who competed in the reward challenge compete in the immunity challenge. Why would you choose Jonathan? It seems like Adam would have been a better choice. And poor Nate - swimming against Ozzy just can't go well for you.

Finally, at the end of tribal council, we find out about the twist. After Rebecca has already been voted out, they learn that they have to vote out a second member. Aside from the impact that would have had on Aitu if they had lost (they would have been down to 2, and the hidden immunity idol most certainly would have come into play), getting blindsided like that was huge. Jenny had no time to scramble, and sadly she went home. I know that everyone has been talking about why they've kept Jonathan, but that one seems easy to me. He's feeding them. And once they merge, it will be pretty easy to convince Aitu to vote him out. He's also not much of a threat at an individual immunity challenge. And the fact that Candice is still around just shows that Adam is really in charge at Raro, for better or worse.

With Jenny & Rebecca both joining the jury, there has to be some sort of twist involving the jury down the road. Otherwise there will be a 10 member jury. Some are speculating that the final three will go before the jury, but that won't work either - you could still potentially have a 3-3-3 tie. So we either have to get an extra jury member or lose one. Somehow the earlier voted out people could be involved, or the current castaways could end up voting off a member of the jury. (while that's one of the most unfair twists possible, could you imagine the repercussions if a jurt member gets a vote or two but stays on the jury?) I'm sure Mark Burnett has something interesting planned - I just wish I knew what it was!