Survivor Caramoan Episode 12 Discussion and Recap *Updated with Poll*

The season is winding down and since there are too many people left for the number of episodes left we will be treated to two immunity challenged and two tribal councils. It should be a fast paced episode with lots of twists and turns.

My predictions is that Reynold and either Andrea or Dawn will be joining the Jury.

As for last week’s polls it was close between people who think Sherri made a good move by not flipping and those who felt it was the wrong move. Almost 53% thought she shouldn’t have flipped.

It was little wider for Erik. Just over 67% thought he should have flipped to work with the Three Amigos.

Lastly just over 81% think Malcolm will play again. As far as I am concerned this is a given.

Look for my recap later and as always feel free to discuss below.

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It’s a big night on Survivor as we will have two immunity challenges and two tribal councils. It’s double the fun as we open back at camp. Reynold knows that although Malcolm is gone he and Eddie need to keep fighting. Reynold thinks he can win 4-5 immunities in a row.

This worries Andrea but Cochran has no fear as he thinks the Favorites have all the power and slowly he will pick apart the remaining of the fans.

The next morning the tribe gets tree mail advising that they would have an immunity challenge then go to tribal that evening to send one person home. Erik thought they would have a reward challenge but knows they need to beat Reynold and send him home.

Back from commercial immunity is back up for grabs. Each castaway will be standing on a perch in the water. At certain intervals they will move their feet up trying to stay on the perch and not fall in the water. Last person standing will win immunity. There is also a reward for the winner in the form of information.

The only person who absolutely needs to win this challenge is Reynold although Eddie would be wise to win. Jeff tries to convince people to jump for donuts and milk. Eddie proves he is an idiot by actually jumping into the water with Erik to share the donuts and milk. Don’t know how he can call himself a fan.

15 minutes in and everyone else is still alive. They move their feet up to the second perch to continue the challenge. Jeff offers hot dogs and soda which Cochran takes since his legs are burning. Back in the Reynold gets a little unstable but recovers. He taunts the other players by saying he is going nowhere.

30 minutes in and they are moving to the top of the platform. It’s a tiny perch to stand on and it will play out from here. Reynold and Dawn are unstable but recover. Sherri is shaking but staying alive.

Dawn and Sherri fall in when the wind picks up. Reynold rocks but recovers. Brenda and Andrea follows his lead but staying alive after rocking. Reynold loses balance and lifts a leg but stays on the platform.  He rocks again and then falls in the water causing a celebration on the sidelines.

Andrea offers to share the clue with Brenda if she jumps in but Brenda doesn’t bite. There is some back and forth discussion about being worried but Andrea says she wants to win one and Brenda wants to be beat.

After three hours both ladies agree to add a fourth leg by agreeing to lift their left leg until the challenge is over.  Brenda quickly falls into the water once the leg is lifted giving Andrea the victory and the secret information.

Back at camp Reynold knows people are happy he lost but says that this is the time for the others to really think about striking someone else. Personally I don’t think there is any way anyone bites on this since Reynold is a strong player.

For some crazy reason Andrea keeps her agreement to share the clue with Brenda and when they discover that it is a clue to the hidden immunity idol she then decides to share it with her alliance. I would not have shared it with Brenda since Brenda did not give up in the challenge but since Brenda knew the clue it made total sense to share with everyone. They all proceed to go on a mission to find the idol which is found by Erik.

This makes Cochran happy since he could have controlled how it was used by Erik but that changes since Erik handed the idol to Andrea for some crazy reason. Erik is a mess of a player.

Now that Andrea has the idol she is thinking blindside. She approaches Cochran about blindsiding Brenda. Cochran is worried since Andrea is thinking outside the six person alliance like he is. Dawn still thinks Reynold needs to go but seems open to blindsiding Brenda since she can go on an immunity run.

We are off to Tribal were Jeff questions Eddie about dropping. Eddie says he knew if wouldn’t have one so he sacrifices safety and pride for some food. Brenda says she didn’t give up since she wanted to test herself and be beaten.

Reynold brings up the idea that he can be used as a vote to make a move. Cochran agrees that a move has to be made before it is made on you. Andrea admits she is worried of being turned on. Eddie likes the idea that he can be used as a vote. Andrea says that they have to consider using Eddie and Reynold as votes to survive.

In a straight forward vote Reynold is sent packing with four votes. He is positive in his exit as he says he cannot wait to see what happens next. He didn’t play an amazing game and made a lot of mistakes but he was entertaining and still one of the better fans who were picked and better then Eddie and Sherri.

Back at camp Andrea wants to blindside Brenda or Dawn. Cochran is ready for a big move but doesn’t agree voting Dawn. He advised Dawn and Brenda that she is targeting them so they start forming a plan to possible blindside her.  They would need to keep it really quiet and survive through tribal questioning to avoid Andrea playing the idol. One thing about these players is that they often give away too much information.

We go instantly into the next immunity challenge. The castaways will move a buoy through obstacles in the water to a post holding a key. They will use the key to unlock a chest holding puzzle pieces to build a ladder. First to complete their ladder and make it to the top wins immunity.

Brenda and Erik take quick leads followed by Eddie and Cochran. Sherri falls back who is the last to start untying her key.  Erik and Andrea are first to het the key and start the ladder. Brenda and Erik follow as the others still work on untying the key.

Cochran is the last to get his key and everyone is now working on the ladder. Brenda grabs a quick lead on the ladder but Erik jumps ahead once he gets going. He quickly puts together the ladder once he puts in the first few and wins immunity. Jeff reminds him that the last time he had individual immunity he gave it away and got voted out. He says he is way too scared to let that happen again.

Andrea is back to targeting Brenda since she hasn’t backstabbed anyone and she is a strong player. She says that she thinks she has it ready to go but will be bringing the idol just in case she feels like it is needed.

Cochran clues in that Andrea wants to go to the end with Eddie. Now that he feels that he is not part of her plan he will make sure she is not part of his plan. He brings up the idea of splitting the votes in case she plays the idol. He tells Erik to make Andrea feel like she is safe.

Erik again feels like he is a middle man and this time is enjoying feeling like he is in control of the game. He says this time he will do what is best for him even though he has continued to make choices that benefitted other more than him.

At Tribal Eddie says that this is the time to make a move since his place in the game won’t change if he stays. Brenda says if Eddie goes tonight then the next vote would be crazy. Sherri admits that she thinks everyone is lying at this point and Cochran agrees. He says that he knows he has been lied to and he’s lied to others.

Jeff asks about the clue Andrea got and she admits to having the idol since everyone already knows she has it. Cochran says that Andrea having the idol can be huge if played at the right time since it has to be played before final five. Andrea finished the talk by saying if she ever felt paranoid she would play the idol.

Also the best part of the tribal as the awesome pornstache Reynold was rocking.

It is time to vote. Andrea votes for Brenda since she wouldn’t throw the previous challenge to Andrea. Brenda follows by voting for Andrea and saying that Andrea is a snakey girl always looking to blindside someone but she doesn’t think she is ready for this one.

Andrea chooses to not play her idol. Once Andrea gets her second vote she shouts out “what” in shock. It is tied at two votes apiece between Eddie, Brenda, and Andrea. With the last vote Andrea is voted out of the game holding an idol. Malcolm and Reynold are all smiles in the jury and even Andrea is smiling and saying it was a good move.

Next week Brenda starts targeting Cochran, Erik is withering away, and we get the family visits which looks to cause meltdowns for Sherri.  The season is winding down with the finale on May 12th. I’ll post the two latest Ponderosa videos in the next day or two.