Strike First or Be Struck Dead

This is the 12th episode of Survivor: Eyre Peninsula!

Previously On Survivor...
After Elijah's elimination, the Black Hole alliance were on top. They received a further boost when a disgruntled Raphael finally kicked Angela out of the alliance. She wasted no time in forgetting her old bonds and forming new ones. Just when it looked like things couldn't get any worse for the good guys, a rift rose between Thijssen flipper Itsuki and alliance leader Raphael over the hastily made decision to boot Angela out. Feeling like they needed an extra number, the Good Guys looked for a hole in the Black Hole alliance and sought out Hazel, who they deemed was the most likely to flip. When Hazel acted interested, Horatio thought they had a deal. However, Hazel was smarter than they thought. At the reward challenge, she told the Black Hole alliance to throw the challenge and let Raphael win. When Raphael won, he took his best friend Horatio, and- wanting to get Hazel over to their side- opted to take Hazel instead of alliance member Itsuki. Itsuki, frustrated at missing out on all the food rewards, grew even angrier at Raphael.

Challenges
Immunity Challenge (Day 31):

Challenge Title: Domino Effect 

Challenge Mechanics:  Players must stack all of their pieces like a line of domino tiles while avoiding tripwires that would topple the tiles that were already stacked. Once all of the blocks have been properly stacked, the castaway will start a chain reaction which would be enough to trigger a mechanism which will release a ball rolling to a bowl, releasing a flag. The first castaway to raise their flag will win.

Winner: TBD

Reward Challenge (Day 32): 

Challenge Title: Touchy Subjects

Challenge Mechanics:  Each of the castaways would fill out a questionnaire about the tribe in private, then the results would be tallied and the challenge would begin. The questions would be posed to the group and the castaways would guess whose name was written most often. Whoever got the question right can chop one of three ropes of another castaway.. After 3 strikes, the castaway's statue will fall and break, eliminating that player from the challenge.

Winner: TBD

Immunity Challenge (Day 33): 

Challenge Title: Jail Break

Challenge Mechanics:  Locked in a makeshift jail cell, players must use sticks and rope to create a long pole to retrieve three keys. These keys are to be used to unlock three locks. First person to open all three locks and get through their door stays alive.

Winner: TBD

Night 30
(Having just eliminated Angela, Shrike returns to camp.)

Raphael: Well, that was easy!

Horatio: It was, but you aren't out of the woods yet.

Itsuki: How could Angela tell them all that you had the idol?

Raphael: Because she's a stupid bitch, that's why!

Itsuki: But she's still put you in a bad position, so what are we going to do about it?

"shrike"

- Tonight we united together to eliminate Angela. I'm absolutely thrilled that flipper is gone! But then she must have sat on a thumbtack, because she got majorly butthurt and told everyone that I had the idol. (sigh) I needed to keep it a secret, but now the cat's out of the bag, there's a huge target on my back.

Horatio: Hey, Itsuki? What did you say to Holly at Tribal?

Itsuki: What? Oh, nothing. I was just asking her to reach my bag for me.

Horatio: Oh, well that's okay.

Itsuki: Why?

Horatio: It doesn't matter. Never mind.

"shrike"

- Tonight I'd made the choice that I was ready to flip, but I couldn't do that, because for whatever reason, Kris's alliance had decided to vote for Angela, so I couldn't. And now I think Horatio might be on to me because I wasn't sneaky enough... oh god, what have I done? (tears well in her eyes)

"shrike"

- I dunno, but something seemed real suss about Itsuki. She was still a little mad at Raphie about the reward challenge, I could tell. So when she leans over and whispers to a member of the other alliance, the survival instinct kinda kicks in, and you can't help but think the worst. All I can say is I'm glad the immunity necklace was around my neck. I might have to get Raphie to smooth things over with her tomorrow, before she actually does switch sides.

(The camera focuses on Kris's alliance.)

Holly: So, Angela's gone. Shame, isn't it?

Kris: Not really. She was causing a rift in our alliance.

Audrey: Well, I just think it was the wrong decision! She was a goat, and she wasn't going anywhere in challenges. We should have gotten rid of Raphael, especially since he has an idol!

Timothy: Um, to be fair, w-we didn't exactly know that.

Hazel: And her goat status actually makes her more threatening. She would have definitely gone to the final 3, which means one less spot for us, and I wasn't prepared to give that up for some flipper.

Audrey: Whatever. But we still have to worry about the idol.

Kris: Audrey, were you aware that he had it? He's obviously found it on Van Diemen.

Audrey: We always suspected, but never actually knew for certain. But now we do, and now he has to go. He's a huge threat.

Holly: Right, well, it's a little late for strategising now. How about we all go away and sleep on this, then we'll talk more in the morning. Sound good? Night, you guys.

(Holly leaves, Timothy follows her.)

Kris: Yes. A good night's sleep will give us an edge.

(Kris leaves. Soon, he is in the sleeping shack, with Hazel next to him. The camera zooms on Audrey, who is watching them with concentration in her eyes, a frown on her face,)

"shrike"

- Watching what just happened, it was ridiculous! It made it clear to me that this is not an alliance of five, but two alliances of two plus me. And that means, once we pick off the others, that I'm the next to go. Or if they need to sacrifice someone for idol, it's going to be me that's chosen. So that means the highest I can finish is fifth! HELL NO! I didn't come out here and starve myself for all these days just to finish in fifth! If those guys think I'm just going to keep things the way they are, then they've got another thing coming. I'll shake this alliance up, mark my words.

Shrike Tribe
(The camera shows Holly and Timothy, talking in the forest.)

Timothy: Um, Holly? Thank you for last night. I mean, thanks for giving me the courage to go to the other alliance.

Holly: I didn't do thatat all, Timothy. You did that by yourself.

Timothy: Well, if I hadn't talked to you about it, I might not have done it.

Holly: Well the thing is, you did it.

Timothy: What are we going to do about Audrey? She wanted to send Raphael home over Angela.

Holly: There's nothing to do, Timothy. Just because she wanted to vote out Raphael doesn't mean her loyalty is going to waver. It just means she's playing the game.

Timothy: Then, that makes her dangerous, right? What if she tries to get one of us out?

Holly: If I know Audrey like I think I do, then she's not going to try to get us out until she knows it's safe. She doesn't make rash decisions; she's calculated and waits for the right moment. Buit you're right, that makes her very dangerous.

Timothy: Is it really wise to take her to the final 5 then? E-especially since, you know, Audrey's going to be the swing between the groups of two...

Holly: Groups of two? What groups?

Timothy: Well, um, I don't think Kris and Hazel will go against each other, and I'm not going against you. So... Audrey's the swing, right?

Holly: You could say that.

Timothy: So, you'll take me to the final three, right? Um, Holly, this is, um, going to sound really weird, but... well, you've been a really good friend to me lately, and I- I really care a lot about it. Um,. I can tell you now, I- uh, I want to sit beside you at the Final Tribal Council.

Holly: (touched) Wow... oh, Timothy. Wow... Thank you so much. That means a lot to me.

Timothy: You're welcome... So, the two of us can take someone to the final three once we eliminate the others.

Holly: But we know for certain that we don't want to sit next to Audrey. And we also know that we don't want Audrey to make it to the final five...

Timothy: But if we eliminate the other alliance members, then she will make the final five. So i-is that what we really want to do?

Holly: (gasp) You're suggesting we get rid of one of our own and take someone from the Good Guys to the final five? Timothy!

Timothy: W-well, it's only a suggestion! If we really don't want Audrey to make the final five, then maybe we have to... I wouldn't want to take Horatio, because he'll win.

Holly: If we were to do this- and I want to be very clear, Timothy, that it's a very big if-  we'd better not take Raphael, because he'll have friends on the Jury. So we'd have to take Itsuki. She's kind of on our side anyway, and she'll do anything to cling on for a few more days.

Timothy: A-and we'd have to use her as a vote to get rid of either Kris or Hazel at the final five, and then the three of us w-would just get rid of her at the final four, right? '

Holly: It would be what we'd have to do. But don't act on it. I want to be very clear this was just an idea, okay? Don't say anything more about it, or the both of us are going to be in hot water. We're lucky no one's heard us. Maybe if we get to the final six, we could have this discussion again, but no more unti, then, okay? Actually, you'd probably be best forgetting this ever happened.

Timothy: Well, okay then. Sure. But after Raphael and Horatio are gone, w-we'll talk about this again, right?

Holly: I'll see what happens. Right now we should probably go back to camp, or the others might worry about us scheming.

(They leave for camp together.)

"shrike"

- I'm worried about Timothy. It seems like pulling off the blindside has given him a little bit of courage. That's good for him, but, now all these radical ideas are coming into his head. They make sense, too, but I never actually thought he'd be the one thinking up of them. I hope he doesn't do anything stupid.

"shrike"

- I-I guess you could say pulling off the Angela vote gave me the springboard I needed to actually play the game. I just don't trust Audrey with an idol at the final five. She'll use it as power, and... Holly seemed to go along, but she didn't seem to like the idea... I don't think. Oh, why did I suggest it to her? Why don't I think about things before I say them? I hope Holly doesn't rat me out to Kris! No, she wouldn't do that... would she?

(Raphael and Horatio are talking; Itsuki is nearby them, eating rice around the campfire with Kris, Hazel and Audrey.)

Horatio: Raphie, you really gotta patch things up with Itsuki.

Raphael: What? What happened?

Horatio: Something was suss about last night. She dropped her bag all the way over to Holly. It might have been an accident, but I dunno. I think she might have been asking her about the vote or something, like she was ready to flip.

Raphael: What? She'd never do that!

Horatio: I dunno. She's a sensitive girl, and you probably pissed her off by not taking her on the reward. I think you should smooth things over, for the game's sake.

Raphael: What? She wouldn't be that angry. But fine, I'll talk to her.

(Raphael walks over to Itsuki.)

Raphael: Can you and I talk for a bit? Alone?

Itsuki: (startled) What? Um, okay.

(Itsuki finishes off her rice, then gets up and walks away with Raphael. Horatio, satisfied, takes off into the forest.)

Audrey: (scoffs) Look at them. How pathetic. They're getting desperate now, going off to strategise in plain view of us! Them knowing that we know about the idol is sending them into a tailspin.

Kris: I don't get it. If they're strategising, why not bring Horatio? It doesn't add up. Has Horatio gone rogue?

Audrey: I highly doubt that. Raphael was literally all over him on Van Diemen. There's no way that they've turned against each other.

Hazel: Didn't Itsuki mention something at Tribal Council? Apparently she was looking to flip to our side. Raphael's probably doing damage control.

Kris: I think it's important we get information out of Horatio. Hazel, would you mind?

Hazel: I could use the walk. I'll come back to you guys after.

(Hazel leaves. When she is gone, Audrey turns to Kris.)

Audrey: I've got something I need to tell you.

Kris: What? What's gong on?

Audrey: There's some things going on in your alliance that you need to know about. Your alliance of five is actually two alliances of two plus myself.

Kris: Ludicrous. Where are you getting these ideas from?

Audrey: Are you sure they're ludicrous? You may think the five of us are together but in reality, Timothy and Holly are aligned with each other before any of you. Why do you think they went off early this morning? Why do you think they're still not back? When we get down to the final 5, they'll look out for each other. And if you make the stupid mistake of eliminating me just because I'm not in with you guys, there's going to be a tie at the final four. You and I both know that Timothy and Holly can hold their own in challenges. So if they vote for you, they could probably beat you, and you and I know that Hazel would be destroyed. So let's say they do the second option because you win the final immunity, that leaves you in the final 3 with Timothy and Holly. And sorry, but you've got no chance against them.

Kris: This is insane! That would never happen. Holly became friends strictly for the purposes of this alliance! When the time comes, she'll turn on him. She knows who her true allies are.

Audrey: Does she? They seem to be getting very close for alliance purposes. So either Holly's doing her job too well, or they've actually become friends. You can stop this before they reach the final four though.

Kris: I... I don't believe this. What can I do? How can I stop this?

Audrey: Instead of voting me off at the final five, I'll join  you and Hazel and vote off one of them. From then on, I've got your back. I'll watch out for you and come to you if I find out anything. But in return you have to take me to the end. You, Hazel and I will be the final three. You know you can't take Holly because she'll swing Jury votes in her favour. But if you double-cross me and you go back on this, I'll make your life hell. I'll make sure you never get a Jury vote and you end up being the goat they drag to the end.

Kris: Are you threatening me?

Audrey: I'm promising you. You know I'll stick to my words. Do we have a deal?

Kris: Hmmm... I suppose what you say is right. We have a deal.

Audrey: Great.

"shrike"

- Yes! I just improved my game from top 5 to the Final Tribal Council! I am one of the best players this game has ever seen, and once I get to the Final Tribal, I'll destroy everything in my path and take home the title!

"shrike"

- I always envisioned eliminating Audrey and Timothy at the final five and taking the three Thijssen members to the end. However, Audrey brought new information to light. If Holly and Timothy are as close as she says they are, I don't want any of them going near the end, or they'll get all the Jury votes. Taking Audrey is probably my best move, but I will have to keep a close eye on Timothy and Holly over the coming days.

(the camera cuts to Raphael and Itsuki on the beach.)

Itsuki: What's this about? You're starting to scare me.

Raphael: Sit down.

(Nervously, itsuki does as she's told.)

Raphael: Okay, there's no use beating around the bush. I'm just gonna ask this: are you angry with me?

Itsuki: About what?

Raphael: The reward. Angela. Everything.

Itsuki: Well... yes, kinda.

Raphael: Did you talk to the other alliance about switching sides?

Itsuki: What? Why would I do that?

Raphael: Did you?

Itsuki: It... crossed my mind.

Raphael: What's this about?

Itsuki: You never include me in anything! Everything is always between you and Horatio. You didn't pick me for the reward; I suggested keeping Angela but you kicked her out; and you didn't even listen to me when I said we should vote out Kris over Horatio! I feel like I'm being set up to be your goat!

Raphael: (sigh) The reason you got left behind after the reward challenge was because Ray-Ray and I were working on getting Hazel over to our side. And yes that backfired majorly, and I'm sorry. Secondly, Angela going was for the best. And it didn't have a major impact either, because of Timothy getting her out. So what I do is for the best, and you need to understand that. You're not a goat at all.

Itsuki: Yes I am! I never get a say in anything and I'm expected to just follow you blindly! You know something? I'm kind of getting sick of that! So here's what I think, and listen this time: I'm not going to be your goat! Either give me a say in what goes on in the alliance, or I will switch sides! And I'm serious!

Raphael: Wow... you really feel like that?

Itsuki: Yes!

Raphael: I never knew you thought I wasn't giving you a say. You have just as much a say as the rest of us. Okay, from now on, I'll hear your opinions and not just brush them off, okay? If you've got an idea, say it, and we'll listen to it. You won't be a goat on my watch. You'll get there because you deserve it. You shouldn't have to bottle all this up. Sometimes I like to control things and I don't realise I'm doing all the controlling; if you feel that happens again, just tell me, okay? And you don't have to switch sides, and you don't have to threaten me, because I'll listen.

Itsuki: Thanks Raphael. I'm glad we talked about this.

Raphael: Me too. Let's head on back, huh?

(They leave together.)

"shrike"

- Phew! Oh my god, I thought I was totally screwed! But it felt so good to get everything out! Now Raphael and I are mended, and he's going to give me a say in stuff that goes on. This is great! But I hope the other alliance doesn't still think I'm on their side...

"shrike"

- Ugh! I'm an A-Grade screw up, huh? I never knew Itsuki was feeling like that. I must have been coming across as a total jackass if she was willing to switch sides. I'm glad Ray-Ray helped me to nip it in the butt before things got way out of hand. Itsuki sounded like she was seriously going to switch sides. We would have been totally screwed if that had happened!

(The camera cuts to the forest, where Horatio and Hazel are. Horatio is a few paces ahead of Hazel, bending over to collect firewood.)

Hazel: Hey, Horatio! Wait up!

(Horatio pauses and waits for Hazel to catch up.)

Horatio: Hey, Hazel. You wanna help me with this firewood?

Hazel: Sure.

(Horatio unloads some of the wood into Hazel's arms and they start walking.)

Hazel: Hey, what was that thing about between Raphael and Hazel back there? Seems kind of weird they'd go off to strategise and leave you out of it, don't you think?

Horatio: Don't you worry about that. They weren't strategising either, just sorting out stuff. My place in the alliance is fine.

Hazel: Fine, maybe, but also a death sentence. The alliance is just going to get you voted out. Why not side with us and push your luck further?

Horatio: No. I made a deal with Raphie and Itsuki and I'm gonna keep that. I'm not gonna backstab my way to the finals. I'm gonna prove you can win this game by being nice.

Hazel: Fair enough. The offer's still there if you change-

(she notices something sticking out of a tree.)

Hazel: What's that?

Horatio: Looks like Tree Mail.

"shrike"

- Seeing Tree Mail kinda has me scared. We haven't gotten Tree Mail very often this season, and when we have, it usually means a twist or something. I hope it's nothing too drastic.

(Hazel drops the wood, then goes over to retrieve the Tree Mail and scans the note.)

Horatio: What does it say?

(she brings it back to show him.)

Horatio: Oh. wow...

(The castaways are in the middle of camp when Hazel and Horatio return from the forest.)

Hazel: We've got tree mail!

Timothy: Tree mail? What does it say?

(The castaways fall silent, turning their attention to Hazel.)

Hazel: It says there's an immunity challenge today. Someone's going home today.

Raphael: Today? But we just had one!

Hazel: Well now we're having another one. And another thing, it starts real soon, so we have to go.

(The camera fades away, showing the castaways heading towards the immunity challenge. The camera zooms in on a nervous Horatio and a confident Kris.)

"shrike"

- Normally I have a break in between challenges. I'm gonna try my damned hardest, but after 30 days, even I'm starting to get a little tired. You know what? It doesn't matter. This is just another immunity challenge. I'm gonna win this one like I did all the other ones, and then we'll play the idol and pull ourselves back into power.

"shrike"

- It excites me that there's a challenge today. Horatio's not prepared, so I'll pounce. Just you watch: today's the day I'll finally beat Horatio. Today's the day Horatio will go home. He may have won the battles, but I'll win the war.

Immunity Challenge
Jeff: Come on in, guys!

(The Shrike tribe files in one by one and stands on the mat.)

Jeff: You guys ready to get to today's immunity challenge?

(the castaways nod.)

Jeff: First thing's first: Horatio, once again, I gotta take it back.

Horatio: And once again I'll ask you to bring it back.

(Jeff unhooks the necklace and takes it back.)

Jeff: Once again, immunity is back up for grabs. For today's challenge, you will race to stack a series of blocks while avoiding trip wires, which will cause your blocks to fall if hit. Once you have arranged your blocks, you must tip them and make them fall like dominoes. If they reach the end, they will release a ball, which will smash a tile and raise a flag. First person to have their flag raised wins immunity and guarantees themselves  a 1 in 7 shot of winning this game. We'll draw for spots and then get started.

(the castaways are waiting for the signal.)

Jeff: For immunity... Survivors ready? GO!

All castaways get out to strong starts, stacking their blocks rapidly. Itsuki soon hits a trip wire, knocking her stack down. Raphael gets out to a quick lead, closely followed by Timothy, with Horatio, Hazel and Kris following in that order. Holly is doing okay, but stumbles over a trip wire, knocking over her tiles and sending her glasses flying. She realises to her dismay that dirt has smudged all over them, and she frantically wipes it away as the challenge progresses. The camera shows Audrey making some good progress. Meanwhile, Timothy has overtaken Raphael, with Horatio about to move into second place. Timothy has his blocks just under halfway stracked. Kris is making quick progress and overtakes Hazel, who has fallen behind as she drops a few of her tiles. By now, Horatio has moved into second place, but Timothy is clearly the front-runner, as he passes the halfway mark. Kris, not wanting to lose again, starts stacking his blocks like wildfire, narrowly avoiding trip wires in his haste.

Because of his quick and effective stacking, Kris quickly overtakes Raphael and Horatio into second place, with Horatio third and Raphael fourth. Holly, Audrey and Hazel are now making good progress, with Itsuki a little bit behind them but still in the race. Itsuki has begun working well and has made up a lot of ground, overtaking Hazel in the progress. However, it is clear Timothy is in front, stacking his blocks in a methodic yet effective manner. He is soon well over the halfway mark, with Kris hot on his heels and Horatio just behind him. Raphael is still keeping pace but that all changes when he stumbles while placing pieces at the halfway mark, knocking over some of his stack. Timothy has now finished stacking his tiles, with Kris and Horatio not far behind. He goes back to the end and starts his chain. It looks good, but at around the halfway mark he hits a trip wire and his blocks scatter all over the place. Sighing, he races to pick them up. Timothy's stumble allows Kris to move into the lead with Horatio close behind. Near the end of the stack, Kris drops a tile. The delay allows Horatio to catch up to him and it is soon neck and neck. Kris recovers quickly from the stumble to still maintain a slim lead although it is anyone's game. The two finish their stacks at roughly the same time and both Kris and Horatio race back to get their chains started. Kris gets back a second before Horatio and starts his chain. Horatio is right behind him, hoping to capitalise if Kris makes a mistake. Realising they're out, the others stop and watch the events unfold.

Both stacks make quick progress. For a second it looks as if Horatio will hit the trip wire, but he is safe. Kris's stack is moving along at a good pace too, a couple of blocks ahead of Horatio. As the stacks move further and further near the end, both alliances watch with bated breath to see who will win immunity. Kris watches with a frown as his stack nears a trip wire, but it passes through effectively. His lead over Horatio is still small but good, and as both near the final trip wire, Horatio is willing Kris's stack to tumble. It passes through cleanly, and Horatio sighs. Kris's stack reaches the finish untroubled. His tile smashes and his flag raises, securing the win. Horatio's flag is raised literally one second later, but it does not matter.

Jeff: Kris wins immunity!

Kris: (fist-pumping the air) YES!

(Horatio exhales a deep sigh, while Raphael looks crushed. Horatio goes over and shakes Kris's hand.)

Horatio: Congratulations, Kris.

Kris: Enjoy your final few hours on the island.

Horatio: (smiles) I will.

(Everyone is back on the mat.)

Jeff: Kris, come over here.

(Kris strides over to Jeff, who places the immunity necklace around him.)

Jeff: Kris, you have just guaranteed yourself a one in seven shot at winning the game. For the rest of you, after 31 days, someone's journey will come to an end. Someone will be voted out tonight and become the 11th person voted out and the 4th member of the Jury. Grab your stuff, head back to camp. I'll see you at Tribal.

(the castaways head back to camp. The camera zooms in on Raphael.)

"shrike"

- I kinda guessed this would happen eventually. Ray-Ray finally lost the challenge, so obviously, they're gonna vote for him. Thank God for the idol. Ray-Ray isn't going anywhere for a long time.

Shrike Tribe
(The castaways reutrn to camp. Soon after, the alliances split to discuss strategy.)

Horatio: (sigh) Sorry I couldn't win one today guys...

"shrike"

- Today I lost my first immunity challenge, and I'm facing the vote for the first time in a long time. I can guarantee the other alliance is voting for me tonight, because they might not have another chance to get rid of me. Thank God we've got the idol, is all I can say.

Raphael: It's okay, Ray-Ray! We've got the idol, so you're not going anywhere.

Horatio: Yeah, but they know we have it.

Raphael: So? They're obviously voting for you.

Itsuki: .Wait a minute, you don't think that they might not vote for Horatio to flush out the idol? With Horatio not winning, they might assume that we think they're voting for Horatio...

Horatio: So they could vote for you or Raphael to flush out the idol and just hope like hell I lose another challenge?

Raphael: They wouldn't do that... would they? I mean, surely not. This is the only time Horatio has been eligible for voting, so surely they would think of that, right?

Itsuki: Well, if they don't have another idol, they could do that. It keeps all them in the game.

Horatio: So now I've gone from being certain they're voting for me to unsure of who the hell they're voting for. But whatever, what's happening is happening, and we can't change that. The three of us need to decide who to target. Our idol is a good chance to wipe out someone strong from the other alliance.

Raphael: So who do we target? I'm leaning towards Holly, because she's a Jury threat. Have you heard her say one bad thing about anyone? Plus she's pretty much going to have Timothy's vote locked up if we don't get her out.

Horatio: Might be a good idea. Timothy relies on her for advice and stuff, so if we take her out, he might come to our side. But Holly hasn't been up to scratch in challenges lately; I mean she didn't even come close today. Plus if we're looking at a really big strategic threat, we should probably take out Hazel.

Itsuki: Hazel? Why Hazel?

Horatio: She's shown she's more than capable of making her own decisions, and she's got herself in a good position so Kris takes all the blame for stuff they do together. She's always thinking a few moves ahead, so if she gets near the end, she could be a real danger.

Raphael: I think we can say for sure that we're not targeting Audrey. Itsuki, what do you think we should do?

Itsuki: Well... (thinks for a moment) If we want Horatio to stay around after the idol play, should we focus on who's a threat at challenges rather than who's a threat in front of the Jury? That way Horatio has a bigger chance of winning immunity. Holly hasn't been the best lately; I'm thinking Timothy.

Raphael: Timothy? Yeah, you're right. He's been quite good in challenges; he nearly beat Ray-Ray the other day and today. He could beat him soon.

Horatio: And we all know I can't survive two Tribal Councils! I think getting rid of Timothy might be our best move now. Then if I keep winning immunities, we can start to fight our way through cracks in the alliance, such as Holly's good Jury stance and Hazel's under-the-radar game.

Raphael: Yeah, you're right. Idiot me for not thinking of that! Good idea, Itsuki. Timothy it is.

Itsuki: Thanks!

Raphael: Timothy's going down!

Polls- During Episode
Should I go straight into the immunity challenge on Day 31 or have a bit of camp life first? Straight into IC Camp life

Can Horatio keep up with his immunity streak or will he lose? Yes, he can still win! No, the frequent challenges will catch up with him and he will lose

Author's Notes

 * This is the first episode since When the Going Gets Tough, I Run a Mile to have two Tribal Councils
 * However, this is the first episode to have two Tribal Councils and not have them on the same day