Alone In A Camp Of Morons

Alone In A Camp Of Morons is the fifth episode of Survivor: Temotu.

Challenges
Reward Challenge:  Challenge Pitch (Cagayan)  With four members of each tribe competing, two pairs will be formed on each tribe, with the first pair needing to throw sandbags at stacked up blocks, attempting to knock them all off a platform. Once all the pieces have fallen, the other pair will race out to grab the blocks, stacking them back up, attempting to align the pieces to solve a picture puzzle. The first, and only the first, tribe to finish wins reward. Reward: Winners: TBA

Immunity Challenge:  Balance Seam Each tribe member competing will have a long piece of bamboo pole, with a very thin seam carved down the centre of it to allow a small ball to balance on. They will then, without moving their feet, roll the ball down their piece of bamboo, into the next member's piece, continuing on until the ball is to the last person, who will need to climb up a small set of stairs, before dropping the ball into a tube. Once a tribe has all three balls, the final member will attempt to roll the balls along a track, aiming to have the balls each land in one of three holes. The first two tribes to finish win immunity. Winners: TBA

Banie Tribe
The Banie tribe all return back into camp, setting down the belongings, when the camera focuses on Cameron, who has a beaming smile on his face."banie2"

- That, my friends, was great gameplay. I managed to convince these morons that they should keep me, which is going to be one of the biggest mistakes of their lives. Seriously, I don't know why, I don't know how, but I somehow got in their heads enough that they were fully under my spell, allowing me to control that vote. I'm even more excited and raring to go now, because I'm one blindside down, many more to go.

(Everyone settles back in to camp, sitting in silence around the fire, with the camera zooming on Margot.)"banie2"

- Tonight, I had to cut ties with Elijah, who was one of my few allies on this tribe. It sucked, because it puts Matt and I in a bad position at the moment, but if we can just tough this out and win some challenges, we've probably set ourselves up nicely for the merge...

(Margot looks over at Cameron who is sharpening the machete.)"banie2"

- Cameron still being here really bugs me though, because I think he thinks that he made some huge power play at tribal. I really don't think he realises that it was ultimately Matt and I who dictated the result of that vote, and while it's probably a little early to be playing the resume game, I don't think for a second that it would stop him thinking he's made some big move, and when someone gets on a power high, their come down is going to be high.

(Cameron keeps sharpening the machete, eventually annoying Matt.)

Matt: Could that wait until morning?

Cameron: When everyone is sleeping? Sure, let me just not do something that creates noise now, while everyone is awake, and instead put it off until the early morning when people are trying to get in their few hours of sleep we get out here.

Matt: Jesus, no need to bite my head off.

(Cameron goes back to sharpening the machete.)

Cameron: Elijah had no idea that was coming, did he?

Margot: Doubt it.

Samantha: If he did, he'd have played his idol.

(Cameron suddenly throws the machete down.)

Margot: (muttering) There goes the sharpness...

Cameron: But I thought- wait, how many people knew about his idol!?

Margot: All of us, he told us.

Cameron: What the [expletive]!? Why would he do that?

Margot: If you couldn't tell, strategy of Survivor wasn't exactly something he knew much about.

Cameron: Wow, I knew the guy was a lunatic, but I didn't realise he was that stupid!

(Cameron laughs, whilst everyone else uncomfortably shifts.)

Cameron: What? It's not like he's on the jury, it means nothing for me to say what he is, an idiot.

Margot: We'll see how far that gets you.

Cameron: You too."banie2"

- Margot thinks that every little thing out here is just so vitally important to the endgame, and it's almost laughable that she would think me saying something bad about Elijah, the fourth boot, could effect my game in any way. On top of that, this is coming from her. I'm sorry, but does she notice that I'm the kingpin here? She's got no chance against someone like me.

(The camera pans across from Cameron to Samantha who is sitting next to Cameron.)"banie2"

- That tribal was a real turning point for me, because we got out a stray idol, leaving me as the only one on this tribe with an idol as far as I know, but the fact that Cameron is here, it's not ideal. As much as he's a good number for me, there's a huge chance that I could be guilty by association with him, because nobody would want to work with me if I'm working with Cameron. The more people he pisses off, the less chance I can stay aligned with him, and he's already on thin ice... this is bad.

Samantha gets up and heads to the shelter, as the camera pans out to the sky.

Teanu Tribe
As the sky is shown, there is a timelapse of the stars whirring around, before the sun eventually rises, with the camera then panning down to the Teanu tribe, where Noah is the first to stir awake. Noah takes a seat at a log by the fire, when Amanda suddenly awakes and joins him.

Amanda: Morning.

Noah: Oh, hey. Sleep well?

Amanda: I mean, as well as you can out here.

Noah: I feel you."teanu2"

- My game up to this point has been about trying to find what the best path for me is, and I look around at what's going on, and I'm noticing a pattern. I befriended Lacey at the start and we worked out an alliance, then she befriended Elijah and brought him in closer. Now, I've befriended Corey, and he's gone and befriended Amanda. It makes me curious as to whether or not I'm just being played by Corey, but I really don't think that's the case, so for my game, I think I need to get on Amanda's good side before he can work out any sort of final two deal with her.

(Noah looks over his shoulder, making sure the others are asleep, before turning to Amanda.)

Noah: Can I trust you?

Amanda: Sure. Why?

Noah: Well, you get along with Corey, right?

Amanda: Of course.

Noah: Would it interest you at all for us to form some sort of alliance? There's five on this tribe, if we could lock down three, we have a free choice between Gordon and Tyler to pick off.

Amanda: I'd definitely be down for that. I know it's only been a few days since we swapped, but I trust you two a hell of a lot more than I trust the other two.

Noah: Sweet! I was thinking it would be best if we take out Tyler first, just because he's a bigger threat, but if it was him it would have to be a blindside.

Amanda: Hold up.

Noah: What?

Amanda: I just think you're jumping the gun a bit. Take a second to just breathe.

Noah: I don't get it?

Amanda: There's no need for us to work ourselves up over voting out anyone just yet. We haven't even had any challenges yet, for all we know we could ride this out to the merge.

Noah: I... I guess.

Amanda: Just pull it back a notch. We'll be fine as long as we're solid, and we can worry about votes when we actually need to.

Noah: Okay.

Amanda: You all good?

Noah: Yeah. We should probably look like we're doing something in case someone wakes up. I'll go get some coconuts or something.

Amanda: Nice talking to you.

(Noah gets up to collect coconuts, with the camera zooming in on Amanda.)"teanu2"

- The way I'm looking at things, there isn't any need for us to be worrying about hypotheticals that we don't have to. Now, I'm not saying you should be naive and oblivious to how the game is going on around you, but I think there's a certain level of finesse that is required when strategising. Noah doesn't seem to get that, because he wants all these plans to be formulated in advance, when all that would do is give a longer timeframe for those plans to go awry. I hope he gives a bit more thought to things, because if anyone from here was to go, I would much rather it be Gordon instead of Tyler, just because I have somewhat of an alliance worked up with the two of them but trust Tyler a heck of a lot more, and for all we know, we might win immunity all the way until we merge, so there's no need to worry right now.

(Amanda begins adding rice into the cooking pot, with the camera panning across to Gordon sleeping in the shelter, when his eyes flash open.)"teanu2"

- What an interesting little conversation to overhear. It's truly amazing how much you can learn about people from just pretending to sleep. Amanda, oh Amanda, you silly girl. We had something great going, we could have gone far, but turning against me this soon? Big mistake. She's lucky she's our backbone in challenges right now, because if she wasn't, she'd be gone. But we'll have to see how her little buddy Noah feels about having his torch snuffed now, won't we?

Gordon breaks out into laughter, with the camera cutting out from his confessional and back into camp, before panning across to the water.

Viewer Polls
Who do you think Amanda should align with? Noah and Corey. Gordon and Tyler.