DeShawn The Double Agent?īack at Viakana, Evvie, Liana, Danny and DeShawn and Xander enjoy the stew he won for them, but he’s the only person truly enjoying it.
That leaves Shan, Ricard, Naseer, and Heather to battle it out at one tribal and Evvie, Liana, Danny and DeShawn at the other. In a moment so perfect it seems written in the stars, local Jesus lookalike Xander is the last man standing ( and he’s wearing a cross around his neck! Come on).Įrika wins the other immunity necklace, throwing a massive wrench in Shan’s plan to split the vote between her and Xander. This week’s challenge is a classic test of endurance: each player stands against a wooden cross and must hold onto the handles behind them until their arms give out. This also means that alliances will be randomly split up into two tribal councils, with one player voted out at each. The twist is that two players will win immunity, and the last one standing wins a reward of delicious meat stew for their challenge team. Jeff and the powers that be shock the castaways when they roll the reward and immunity challenges into one. Besides using the turn-back-the-clock advantage a few episodes in order to avoid going home, she hasn’t done much to earn the adjective “mastermind,” but Shan won’t be talked down. For some reason, she’s still pushing for Erika to go home. Shan, proving DeShawn’s assessment that she has “very little tact,” calls the Core Four over for a scheming session in front of everyone else. After the chaos she caused at the tribal, we hoped she’d be a tiny bit more savvy than before. Meanwhile, Heather is caught in her own lie about writing Naseer’s name down. It would probably be wise if she started taking her own advice moments later, she’s already gunning for Erika, and pushing an exasperated DeShawn further into Evvie’s welcoming arms. “I don’t wanna seem like I’m the one who calls all the shots,” she says. DeShawn talks a big game, but he has yet to follow through with his vague threats to join “a new team.” The next morning, he and Shan have a heart to heart on the beach. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, though. Shan trashes DeShawn for being “immature.” It’s enough for him to turn to Evvie, who happily comments on the “fireworks here on our beach.” They’re right when they say “Chaos doesn’t help the people in power, chaos helps the bottom people” if DeShawn is truly ready to walk away from his Core Four alliance, this could trigger a seismic shift in power. First, he chastises Heather for speaking up, then confronts Danny about never sticking up to Shan, who’s been calling all the shots so far.
“There were fireworks here on our beach”Īs DeShawn nicely summarizes, “Tribal council was absolutely a train wreck.” Everyone’s fingers point every which way as they try to untangle the mess that just went down – except for Xander and Evvie, who can’t help but enjoy having the target shifted elsewhere for once.ĭeShawn, in particular, is on the warpath. That’s right, not one, but two castaways found themselves on the chopping block this episode, expediting an already truncated season.Ĭlearly, “Survivor” 41 is on the fast track to final tribal council, so without further ado, let’s bring you up to speed. Even though Tiffany went home, leaving Xander and Evvie more on the bottom than ever, something seemed to come loose in the airtight majority of Shan, DeShawn, Danny and Liana.īut just in case, the gods intervened yet again by combining the immunity and reward challenges, leaving time for two separate tribal councils. Last week, former background player Heather turned heads when she stirred up panic at tribal. Finally, we’ve reached the top of the mountain – or the roller coaster, to borrow Evvie’s nifty analogy – and boy, is the view glorious. In a season unusually lacking in the outsized personalities and amateurish drama that typically characterizes the show, it was a slow climb to that tipping point where everyone starts playing hard.
“Survivor” Season 41, Episode 9 will and should be looked back upon as the episode when the rubber finally hit the road. Spoiler alert! Proceed with extreme caution if you have not yet watched Episode 9 of “Survivor” Season 41
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