Solana

Trish goes after Lindsey, calling out the alliance and all but telling her she is next. Lindsey comes right back and personally attacks Trish.

Probst shows up and chats with Lindsey. She decides she can’t trust herself not to blow up and hurt Trish so she pulls herself from the game. Her tribe isn’t even upset! It is crazy how they don’t get they still need each other to win challenges! Sorry Stephanie, Lindsey has spoken and she quit!

Quote:

Lindsey- “You disgust me, everything about you is annoying, your laugh, your teeth, your face, everything about you I cannot stand.”

Tony- “Two for the price of one.”

At the reward challenge the other tribes are blown away to see two members of the “Brawn” tribe are gone. Basically, it’s smiles all around. Solana wins and they get to raid the Appari tribe. While Tony and Woo are there they decide to mess with them. They get an immunity idol clue for their beach, but they give the clue to Jeremiah which puts a huge target on him. What’s funny about it, is he realizes it right away because he has seen that clue before, he already has the idol from that beach!

Quote:

Spencer-“I don’t like that somebody quit, but two people are gone and I didn’t have to do anything.”

Appari

Tony is really playing hard and his team mates are starting to see it. Tony is feeling comfortable with this group though and decides to come clean with them. He lets it out that he is a cop. This promps other confessions?

Quote:

LJ- “Tony told us the truth so we could trust him, but he lied, and now we should trust him. Different.”

Trish-“I should tell you something too, I’m really a man.”

Immunity challenge is close until they get to the puzzle. Solana pulls ahead and pulls out the win. Tony is feeling good and starts with the “Final Five” chant a little loud and his old alliance Sarah hears. She realizes her old tribe mates have moved on. When Appari get together to talk they all discuss Tony’s comments. They are concerned there is one on their tribe that could flip at the merge. That is the person to vote out tonight, but which is it? Jeremiah or Alexis? The Brains feel like they have all the power, but have you noticed the Brains over think things? The tribe was good with Jeremiah, but Spencer doesn’t trust Alexis.

Quote:

Kass-“We needed somebody to boss around. The Brain needed a body. We found our zombies now we’re in.”

At tribal council you can see the Brains thinking and rethinking about which to go with. It comes out that Jeremiah has been disloyal before. Anyone with half a brain would go with Jeremiah, but they didn’t. Sorry Skylar Rittierodt, the tribe has spoken, Alexis is out.

Fact or crap? Trish is a man? Actually, hard to say!

Brain Tribe:
Quotes:
Kass- "How my team has played this game is ridiculous. We are not the Brain tribe, we are the crap for brain tribe. A rolling log jam mess with a couple of nerds on top."
Spencer- "This could be the final 3. The thing between us and that is 2 entire tribes."

At the reward challenge there are new team assignments. They go from 3 teams down to 2. They aren't mixed up too much. You've got Solana tribe which is all Brawn + 2 beauties (LJ & Jefra). Then there is the Aparri tribe which has all the Brains that are left + the other 3 beauties and Sarah, the odd Brawn out.
The challenge itself is very physical, but worth all the sand in places where the sun don't shine. The winners (Solana) walk away with coffee and donuts (and other pastry).

Per usual, after a mix up, there is scrambling when you are in the minority of a new tribe. Some how the mix up finds the Brains on top of the food chain. The beauties all start to scramble to be their number 4. Out of no where the Brains have a prayer.

The immunity challenge is all about brute force and tailor made for the Solana tribe. Some how it turns out to be a nail bitter and very close at the end. Aparri tribe pull out the win and those brains finally escape tribal council.

Solana Tribe:
Paranoia sets in but the obvious choice is LJ. He is an odd man out and a strong threat. Trisha is LJ's new buddy though (they are both from Boston) so she starts to swing the vote to Cliff instead. LJ has an idol and contemplates whether to us it.

At tribal it is pouring down rain and they pretend that it isn't. The talk is all about moving forward and where does the loyalty lie. You really aren't sure what Tony is going to do (assuming he is the swing vote). In an absolute blind side Cliff gets voted out in a 4-3 vote & LJ doesn't even use his idol. That was a close call and very ballsy! Sorry Rob Rittierodt, the tribe has spoken, Cliff is out!

Beauty tribe:
Morgan calls Jeremiah out for voting for Brice. In front of everyone she asks why did he go against their alliance? He is forced to defend his decision to go with a difference alliance. Morgan proceeds to throw Jeremiah under the bus further by hanging out his dirty laundry. She tells about all his plans while he was part of the alliance with she and Brice.
Quote:
Robert Rittierodt- "She's not all boobs after all."

Brains tribe:
They get the tree mail for the up coming challenge and back they go to practice. J'Tia talks about how she should be the target, but she some how isn't.

The reward challenge this week is a real ball buster, literally! We all love a good blind fold challenge, but this time people were crackin' their business into posts left and right. Ouch! Beauty tribe gets off to a great start early and wins the hens and rooster prize with no competition. The Brains aren't doing too bad and they are neck and neck for a little while with the beauties actually. Then they start screwing up at the easiest spot...J'Tia's spot! She blows their lead and gives the Brawns a chance to catch up. Right at the end the Brawns get the win and the bowl of a dozen eggs and the Brains get nothing.

Brawn tribe:
If you recall...Tony told a little lie to Sarah to get her to like him. Sarah now believes that Cliff and Lindsey want to get Sarah out (again, all a lie). Because of this lie, Sarah wants to get rid of Cliff. She is recruiting other haters, sighting Cliff's basketball riches as a reason for getting rid of him. Sarah starts saying things like, "throw a challenge" to make it happen! Is she kidding? It seems a little early to be that paranoid.

Quote:
Tony- "Swearing on my badge means nothing to me. I'm here to lie cheat and steal. I'll drag people's dreams through the mud to pursue my own."

The immunity challenge was a fun water and basketball combo. Again, beauty wins it easily. We get down to a heated race between Brawns (that are trying to throw the challenge) and the Brains (that are barely functioning because J'Tia is usless). Spencer (Brains) was busting his ass actually and that is the only reason they got as close as they did, but when it was all over, Brawns beat them out. I'm not sure what Sarah is smoking thinking that you could throw a challenge when your NBA All star will be shooting the baskets for you.

Brains:
J'Tia or Spencer? That was the question at the Brains tribe. Tasha over thinks everything so she probably had that talk we witnessed with Kass 3 or 4 more times before they voted. Not sure how Kass is putting up with how ridiculous her team is.

At tribal council Kass and Tasha can't decide. They try to work it out during tribal with whispers and shifty looks. Really, all they needed to hear from Spencer was, "I will be loyal" to finally get rid of J'Tia. Sorry Cindi Lucas, the tribe has spoken, J'Tia is out and so are you.

Tonight you saw what happens to your skin when it's exposed to rain for a day straight. You get what I am calling raisin feet and it is gross. This monsoon weather seems to come around every Survivor season about this time and you really see who can hack it and who starts to crack.
Quote:
Tony- "The nonstop rain is really bad for moral. This is what I envision hell to be like."

Brains:
After what happened last week, it is really hard to believe that J'Tia is still around. I guess you can dump the rice on the fire and come out the other end. Not only did they not vote her out, but there is talk of an all girl alliance, so she isn't even the next to go!

Brawns:
Tony is really thinking game all the time, trusts no one, but is looking for someone to align with. He decides to come clean to Sarah about being a cop. It works like a charm. Before you know it she is talking about the 'blue blood flowing' and 'partners in crime' stuff. They even are calling themselves "Cops R Us". All the while Tony is telling the camera he trusts no one and he is telling Sarah lies.

Beauty:
LJ gets board of sitting in the shelter, hiding from the rain. His mind is running wild and he decides he wants to look for the idol. He knows Morgan was out on the rock wall in the water when they first arrived at the beach so he heads out there. Before you know it he has the idol. He says he will keep it a secret until he uses it. We'll see.

When it comes time for the challenge the tribes get a clue. The Brains, especially Tasha, decide it's important to practice. Well for all the good that did them. I really think these nerds are over thinking it. They stink up the water portion of the challenge (the part they practiced). Brawns and Beauty have a big lead on them when the challenge leads into the maze/puzzle portion. Woo killed it for the Brawn tribe and they finished first. Then all the sudden the Brains finished the water part and made a bunch of head way on the maze. Beauty got flustered and started to fall back. Spencer was desperate and you could see it on his face. He killed that maze in no time and won immunity for the first time for the Brains tribe. Probst made sure to get a jab in on the Brains about how he would miss them that night at tribal.

Back at the Beauty tribe it's time to scramble. First time to tribal is stressful, especially when you have barely slept. Turns out Jeremiah is already playing two alliances (LJ, Jefra & Alexis or Brice and Morgan). It seems early to me to be playing two sides, but so far so good for the kid. He says, "I'm just a country boy and I don't want to hurt any feelings." Well, he is playing the wrong game then!
When they get to tribal the questions start flying and it's pretty obvious who the votes are coming down to. It ends up being a 3 way tie for Brice, Alexis and Morgan. Jeremiah has made his decision. They of course have to go to the re-vote but those three can't vote. The re-votes are counted and Brice gets the boot. Sorry Joani the tribe has spoken, oh wait, that's me! Darn, that was early!