Love is the Death of Duty

This is the twelfth episode of Survivor: Book Smart vs. Street Smart.

It's a Survivor classic gone wrong.

Udre Udre Tribe


It's a dark and stormy night as the final eight castaways of the Udre Udre tribe rush back into camp.

Jimmy: I'm gonna get to work on the fire.

Carrie: Yes, please, thanks so much.

The camera focuses on Dakota, who shakily places her bag back down.

With the tribe seated around the fire, even Joy and Mei seem to be engaged in the conversation.

Ash: I don't want to start another civil war, but hats off to you, whomever flipped the vote.

Dakota: Yup, thanks for keeping me in the game, guys! And to whomever you are, I promise you that I'm not gonna vote you out. Mad respect to you.

Carrie: I'm not even going to begin to try and figure out how the hell that happened.

Jimmy: Perhaps that's one of the greatest mysteries in Survivor.

The camera focuses on Carlos, who seems to be deep in thought.

Carlos and Chad talk down by the beach.

Carlos: Dude, what the (expletive)!?

Chad: I know, I know.

Carlos: Who did you vote for?

Chad (sheepishly): Mei.

Carlos: Ah, no, you're kidding!

Chad: No, I swear. I voted Mei!

Carlos: How come?

Chad: I thought we were going through with the Joy v. Mei civil war, and I promised Joy I had her back.

Carlos: Did you really think they were gonna push through with that?

Chad: Apparently, Joy didn't.

Carlos: And based on Ash's language back there, I think she was after Dakota.

Chad: So you think that the three girls all wanted Dakota? But there were still three votes after the tie?

Carlos: Yeah, I have no clue. Carrie did mention that she was leaning towards either Molly or Dakota, so I don't think she voted for Joy.

Chad: Do you think Jimmy voted for Joy?

Carlos: We may never know.

Chad: Tomorrow's a new day. Maybe something good is gonna happen.

Carlos: At this rate, I'm sure that anything will brighten up our days.

Episode Polls
Episode 12: Who is your favorite castaway? Ash Carlos Carrie Chad Dakota Jimmy Joy Mei Episode 12: Who is the player of the episode? Ash Carlos Carrie Chad Dakota Jimmy Joy Mei

Trivia/Author's Notes

 * Without any spoilers, this is my favorite merge episode. This is the reason why I couldn't rearrange the boot order for the merge, because I feel like a lot of the different storylines I set up meet right here at this episode. I can't wait for you guys to read this one.
 * I had planned to flesh out the murder mystery of Molly's boot, but I think it's best to leave it a mystery as to why Joy and Mei somehow voted together again. Besides, neither of them would be willing to even talk about the fallout of the boot together.