Blending in With the Asylum

This is the 4th episode of Survivor: Grenada- Temptations!

Challenges
Reward Challenge: A Maze 'N Jig The castaways would navigate a handle across a table maze. Once they get through the maze, the handle would be used to smash open a box that contained a bag full of pieces of a puzzle. The first castaway to solve the puzzle wins reward.

Reward: The Temptation + a feast of pizzas for the tribe. Winner: TBD

Immunity Challenge: Got to Choose The castaways must race under an obstacle and retrieve a war club. After completing the obstacle, they will have to maneuver through a rope tunnel. The tribes have the option of using a shortcut, thereby reducing the number of rope obstacles to cross. After this, the castaways must walk over a balance beam. The tribes can use a second shortcut to enlarge the beam, making it much easier to cross. The tribes will then carry a crate to the finish. Two members from each tribe will then have to solve a puzzle. If a tribe had used zero shortcuts, their puzzle will contain 50 pieces. If the tribe had used one shortcut, their puzzle will contain 60 pieces. If the tribe had used both shortcuts, their puzzle will contain 70 pieces. The first tribe to finish their puzzle wins.

Winner: TBD

Gouyave Tribe
(Following Wylie's elimination, the remaining Gouyave members return to camp.)

Samantha: Well, am I glad that went our way!

Eddiot: Yeah, but we lost the idol thingamajig! Was I meant to play it or did I screw up again?

Taihlaura: No, you did the right thing. We're the ones who screwed up. but to be fair, none of us were sure about where Trinity was actually at.

Eddiot: Wait, I was the one doing the right thing and you guys were wrong?

Taihlaura: (laughs) Yeah. Honestly, I feel like we were right not to trust her fully. I mean, it was a unanimous vote for Wylie and they played it up to make us play the idol.

Eddiot: Wait, I'm confused. Is Trinity in our alliance now, or not?

Taihlaura: Yeah, I think she is.

(As Taihlaura leans her torch against a tree, the camera focuses on her concerned face.)

"gouyave"

- Tonight was a win and lose for us. Trinity flipped. When I asked her who she wanted out she said "Wylie". It put me in a sucky spot because yes, we were getting numbers, but I had to get rid of someone I wanted to keep. I went back to the girls with the info and Samantha and Brooklyn thought we should play the idol anyway, because Trinity was probably saying stuff to both sides, and I thought it was cool. Even if it only negated four votes, it was better to be safe. Problem is, it negated one, and that's the lose for us. Our idol is gone for no reason, Trinity obviously told the other side she's flipping. That meant she kind of pulled a Wylie? There's someone in the other alliance she trusts, despite supposedly being with us, and that makes me really nervous for the future. I don't know what her plans are, but I think we're all going to be at her mercy for a long time coming.

Eddiot: Oh... cool! (laughs) Yo, I still can't believe I'm the one who made the right move this round!

Brooklyn: (giggles) Yeah, Eddiot, you take this win!

Eddiot: Woo! I won!

"gouyave"

- So, get this, camera people! I'm the one who made the right move tonight and the others are the ones who got it wrong! (laughs) It's opposite day! Anyway, Trinity said that she was gonna vote Wylie, so we were all like, "yo let's do that", but then Brooklyn, Samantha and... uh, Telona? Yeah, they told me to use the idol just in case Trinity was lying, and to play it on Brooklyn. So I did, but turns out I shouldn't have used the idol on her... I should have used it on Wylie! (stops) Wait... that's not right. I mean, I shouldn't have used it at all! Yeah, that's right! Woo! I'm smart. So now my idol thing is gone and I can't use it anymore, but at least Trinity is in our alliance? She must not hate me anymore, so, cool! Everyone voted for Wylie, though, even the people in his alliance. That's weird... I thought you weren't meant to vote for people if they were in your alliance? (shrugs) Anyway, the most important thing is that I was the smart one tonight and apparently we have the most in our alliance, so I'm calling this a win for Eddiot!

(The camera next transitions over to Trinity, who is radiating confidence as she leans her torch against the tree.)

Trinity: That went well tonight!

Shivani: (pulling Trinity aside) I'm not going to lie, I wish you hadn't flipped, but thanks for telling me.

Trinity: No problem. As if I wasn't going to? I'm loyal to the people who are loyal to me. And you're not in the minority if I have any say, so don't worry. I got plans.

Shivani: (smiles) Thanks, Trinity.

"gouyave"

- Tonight, Trinity flipped, despite my insistence not to. I can't lie and say I'm not disappointed, but I am happy she at least told me. I was then able to tell the others. We all agreed, begrudgingly, that we would throw our votes onto Wylie and save my idol, while still playing up to the other alliance that we had the majority, to get them to waste their idol. That worked at least, so even though we lost a number, we can claim a small victory. I'm still quite sad we lost Wylie, because he was my closest friend out here and he voted for Brooklyn as per our plan, so he would have been loyal. He took his exit graciously and I'm very happy for that. As for where I stand now, I couldn't say. I know Jensen, in particular, is very upset with Trinity but she supposedly has "plans" involving me. What that entails, I have no idea, but she hasn't deceived me yet, so I'm going to put my trust in her. If it means saving me for the uncertainty between now and a tribe shuffle, then I'm all for it.

Trinity: (happy) I'm just so glad we got that snake-ass bitch out of here!

Jensen: Yeah, and replaced him with another: you! I can't believe you did that! We had majority but you had to go all crazy and screwed it!

Trinity: You know what I heard just then? (imitates baby crying) Get over it. So you're allowed to flip on our alliance because you don't trust Wylie, but I do it and I'm crazy? Mmmhm, looks like you just got off the train from Hypocrisy City. You wanna know why I flipped? Wylie is the biggest snake-ass bitch who was just kissing my ass. In fact, all y'all were! I put two and two together and realised I was on the bottom of the alliance, so I jumped.

Jensen: That's not putting two and two together! That's mish-mashing fragmented bits of other twos to make your own! You got things all wrong, Trinity. We were gonna be loyal to you but you sold out big time. You wanted to get off the bottom but you just put yourself on the bottom of another alliance. I don't get it: you jumped up and down about wanting Eddiot gone, bitched us out about not voting for him, yet you vote to give his alliance?

Trinity: Yo, at least Eddiot knows how to stick to a freaking plan, which is more than I can say for you! And at least his alliance actually consult me and treat me like a person, asking me what I want instead of stabbing me in the back and kissing my ass when they realise I'm in power, which, again, is more than I can say for you! If y'all had just talked to me. we could've been in a big-ass 6-2 majority, but the real tea is you can blame me all you want, but when it comes down to it, you ain't got nobody to blame but yourself, Jensen.

Jensen: Yeah, whatever. We could have been 5-3 but that means nothing to you.

Trinity: And now you're just salty that I torched your ass and you haven't got a comeback. If you're not gonna realise your own faults, alienate me and push yourself even further on the bottom, then do you, boo.

Jensen: Whatever.

Meiling: (laying an arm on Jensen) Come on, let's get some sleep.

(In a huff, Jensen heads off to the shelter. The camera focuses on his irritated scowl.)

"gouyave"

- I couldn't tell you in words how pissed I am at Trinity. The only reason I didn't lose it at her completely is because, as much as I hate it, I kinda need her right now unless I can find some other way out. Ugh, she calls me a hypocrite, and fair that I flipped on Wylie, but doesn't she realise how hypocritical she's being right now? She ripped us a new one for flipping on Wylie and keeping Eddiot, she goes on and on about how much she hates the guy, yet she flips, to Eddiot's alliance, for the same reason we flipped on Wylie the first time? Ummm, 'kay then. If you were really on the bottom of this alliance, why tell Shivani you're flipping and not get us to flush our idol too? She can march to the beat of her own dumbass drum, but whatever. I'm probably the next to go unless something drastic happens, so I have to trust that Trinity's gonna go haywire again. I hate it.

(The camera then focuses on Trinity, who shakes her head and smirks as she walks away.)

"gouyave"

- Jensen can be a salty-ass bitch all he wants, but I play for myself and nobody else, so I knew the best move was flipping on Wylie and I did it. He don't think I got plans? Bitch, I got plans. I got rid of Wylie 'cause he was a snake and I brought Taihlaura closer to me. I told Shivani what was going down to keep her idol and that alliance, and I played up that I was still considering things to get the others to waste their idol if they had one, 'cause ain't no idol gonna be messing up my game! Taihlaura's on the bottom of that group so I'm bringing her into a three with Shivani and then I'mma take control. Jensen, Meiling and Shivani need my vote to keep themselves in, so they can't vote me out, and Samantha's alliance need my vote for majority, so they can't vote me out. I'm in the perfect position to make my move. I'm the one in power now. Queen Trinity is taking the reigns, bitch!

Carriacou Tribe
The camera picks up on the Carriacou Tribe as they return to camp, following Jason's elimination.

Kendra: (happy, as she leans her torch against a tree) Thanks for saving me, people who did it! I'm so relieved. I love you guys!

Ashanda: I'm glad Jason's rich ass is finally out of here!

Topher: Yeah, it was no problem. I thought I was better off with you, so, that's where I went.

Kendra: Group hug, guys! Jamie, Stanley, Lulu, get in here!

(The six who voted Jason out go in for a group hug, Jamie somewhat guiltily and reluctantly. Kendra pulls them in for a tight hug.)

Kendra: Wooo! You guys made the right choice!

(As they pull apart, the camera focuses on Topher, who is smiling.)

"carriacou"

- I was the swing vote tonight and I like Jason a lot, so it really hurt to let him go, but I think I made the right choice going with Kendra. She and I forged a strong bond on day one, things went south after that, and I wanted to give things another chance. I know she didn't do what Ashanda said and if she went home, I was worried she'd think it was because of that. When Lulu told me Kendra had said she'd kill herself if she went home, I knew I couldn't live with myself if I caused her to be upset like that. I have confidence that we're going to rebuild our friendship and get it back to the way it was on that first day. I feel very comfortable here.

(The camera then pans to Mackenzie as she tries to approach Kendra.)

Mackenzie: Kendra-

Kendra: (walking away) Nope!

Mackenzie: (following) Kendra, please-

Kendra: No!

Mackenzie: Kendra, if you'd just let me explain-

Kendra: I'm not talking to you anymore, Mackenzie! I hate you!

Mackenzie: Can we just talk this out? I-

Lulu: (stepping in, angrily) Okay, no, no. Do you know how badly you betrayed us all tonight? How badly you betrayed Kendra? She was your friend! And you threw that all away for some BS thing with Jason that you've been doing behind everyone's backs the entire time. You leaked to Jason, you tried to move with him to get Kendra out, you got caught. Now you're on the bottom. You made your bed, lie in it. There's nothing to explain.

Mackenzie: (defensive) I felt like I was on the bottom of that alliance! Kendra spends so much more time with you and Stanley. She never went one on one with me,

Lulu: And did you ever go to talk one on one with her? No, of course you didn't, because you spent all your time with Jason. Relationships are a two-way street Mackenzie. You can't sit on your ass and expect Kendra to magically walk up and talk to you. Even if you didn't talk all the time, you were still part of our alliance and she still considered you a friend!

Mackenzie: Why am I being persecuted for this when Ashanda was turning on Kendra just yesterday? Does she suddenly get a free pass because she voted Jason out?

Lulu: Don't even try to deflect this! You're just playing the victim right now instead of owning up to what you did! Was Ashanda trying to get rid of Kendra? Yes, but at least she wasn't pretending to be her friend, like a two-faced bitch, when she was working behind her back since day one! At least she didn't vote for Kendra! You really think you were on the bottom? You really think you weren't that important to her? You know she burst into tears when she found out what you were doing? You know what she said? "How could she do this to me when I've done nothing to her?" Everyone has been going against Kendra and you, her friend, just added to it. Do you know how much this game means to her? No, of course you don't, because you never even bothered to talk to her. Maybe if you did, you'd have a little more understanding of your place instead of just assuming things. You know what she said to me tonight? That she'd kill herself if she got voted out.

Mackenzie: (completely stunned) I... I didn't know that.

Lulu: No, of course you didn't, because you were too busy being Jason's bitch. Do you know how scary that is to hear? And after all this, you stand here trying to explain yourself? To defend yourself? To turn this on Ashanda? I've lost so much respect for you, Mackenzie. I can't believe this.

Mackenzie: (deep sigh) Okay then.

(Shoulders low and head down, Mackenzie leaves camp. Lulu looks as she leaves, rolling her eyes.)

Lulu: Honestly!

"carriacou"

- These victim noises coming from Mackenzie are making me sick. "I was on the bottom! Kendra never talked to me! Ashanda tried to turn on Kendra too! Why is she getting away with it?" Puh-lease. How dare she try and act like she's the victim in all this, after what she did to Kendra? I wasn't just going to sit down and take that. I may have gone a bit overboard, but Kendra's my best friend out on this island. I've never been tight with my family, so friends are extremely important to me. If you betray my friends it's like betraying family, so you're not going to get any sympathy from me. I just can't believe Mackenzie betrayed us from the very start, and for Jason? Well, whatever. If she'd owned up to her actions and apologised I'd be a little more forgiving, but after that display I've lost all respect for her. She can have fun with Jason in pre-merge Ponderosa because she's going there very, very shortly.

Kendra: It doesn't matter. I know exactly who I trust now. The ones I do are staying and the ones I don't are going. And Mackenzie... (she motions slitting throat)

"carriacou"

- I was terrified that the votes would go against me tonight but thankfully people came to their senses and didn't trust that snake bitch Mackenzie. She tried to get rid of me but failed, and hopefully this teaches a lesson to anyone else who thinks they can take me out! I can't believe I ever trusted her! She was going to go far with my alliance, but she had to screw it all up. She's been against me since the start, and look where she is now! By the way, she complained about me letting Ashanda getting away with things, but I haven't forgotten what she did, I just trust her more than Mackenzie. I clearly made a huge mistake picking Mackenzie for my tribe, but I'm going to fix that right now. Tonight showed me who I can trust and who I can't. The only people on this tribe I can trust are Lulu, Stanley, Jamie and Topher. Everyone else is a snake but they can wait their turn while I deal with the biggest traitor of them all. I hate Mackenzie, I'm never talking to her again, and she is going home next!

(The camera then picks up on the beach, where Mackenzie is sitting by herself, staring into the distance. Jamie comes and sits beside her.)

Jamie: Hey.

Mackenzie: Hi.

Jamie: Listen, I'm sorry I didn't tell you that I was voting for Jason.

Mackenzie: (sigh) I'm just really disappointed. Not because Jason left- well, yes because Jason left- but mostly that we've been together since the first day and you turned on me. You were in on this plan too, I just got caught. You completely sold me out and now I'm in a really bad spot.

Jamie: I'm sorry you feel like that. Do you want the honest truth about what went down?

Mackenzie: Yeah, I do.

Jamie: I lost trust in you. Plain and simple. I was happy to keep Jason around because I genuinely liked him and thought you and I were the duo. Then I find that you're going off having conversations by yourselves and the first I hear of this blindside of Kendra is from Kendra. She came up to me crying and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It showed me that you were a lot closer to Jason than you were to me, and that really scared me.

Mackenzie: I was always loyal to you. We were going to be a trio with Jason.

Jamie: Yeah, I thought that too, but you have to understand how it looks from my end when you're running off having secret conversations without me.

Mackenzie: (sigh) I know, but I didn't intend to make new plans without you. I was talking to him to confirm what we had already planned, that we'd jump the round after and take Ashanda out. Jason kind of blindsided me with the Kendra plan and the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. It was completely spur of the moment, but I understand how it must have made you feel. I wish I'd gotten to you before Kendra did.

Jamie: I wish you had too, but I also wish you'd just left it. In my eyes we had Ashanda gone, then nothing was going to stop us from taking Kendra out next, Then you didn't take the Temptation, which freaked Kendra out enough, so in my mind there was no need to talk to Jason. That made me a little nervous about you too. I went to Topher, he said he was voting Kendra, and I thought "the votes are against Jason anyway, why attach myself to him when I'm not even sure I can trust them?" I'm sorry that I misread the situation but from my perspective, you and Jason looked a little shady.

Mackenzie: (sigh) You're right, this is on me. I'm not going to sell you out because this is my screw-up, not yours, and now I'm going next. I just hope we can rebuild our alliance and I can show you that you can trust me. Just, please, save me this round somehow.

Jamie: I promise I'll try. Again, I'm really sorry about this, but I had to make the best move for me.

Mackenzie: It's okay, I understand. Thanks for being honest with me.

(Jamie heads back to camp. The camera focuses on him as he leaves.)

"carriacou"

- I feel bad for turning on Mackenzie, but today, with all the secret conversations going on between her and Jason, and the fact she was playing so hard, it made me really wary of them both. Add to that the fact the votes were against him anyway, I had no choice but to jump. I do feel for her, because I was involved in the plan and she's the one taking the fall, but I would have been happy to leave it for the next round. I think I'm going to have to stick with Kendra now and that means working on my relationships with Topher and Kendra to make us appear more enticing than Lulu and Stanley. The entire reason Kendra keeps getting targeted is because she's in an airtight trio, so if I can make her see that, I can push my way into the top with Topher. And maybe, if I play my cards right, I can try and save Mackenzie. She's seen the error of her ways. I truly believe she'll be loyal to me now. If my Kendra plan goes bust, I'll be able to have a reliable back-up option, just as long as I don't give anything away. I've seen what happens to people who get caught playing double agent, so I have to be very, very careful as to what I do next.

(The camera then transitions to Mackenzie, who heaves a big sigh.)

"carriacou"

- I screwed up everything tonight. My conversation with Jason was overheard, I was exposed as the one leaking to Jason, now Jason's gone because of me and I've lost the trust of everyone, even Jamie. I came into this game wanting to hide behind targets, but in the end, I got so caught up in trying to save Jason because of the bond we'd formed, that I became blind to how much danger I was putting myself in. Well, I know now. (laughs) I appreciate Jamie being honest with me. I know I made myself appear super untrustworthy and I hope he'll at least try to save me and give me a second chance. It seems like all I've got now is Moses, but I'm in a 6-2 minority, no idols, no nothing. Kendra and Lulu are coming for me like raging bulls and unless I can win the Temptation again, it's going to be very difficult for me to get out of this. I'm never going to give up, though, not until my torch is snuffed. There's still wiggle room in this tribe and the switch is close. I just need to do everything to hold on until then.

Carriacou Tribe
The camera picks up on day nine for the Carriacou Tribe as sombre music begins to play. The tension is evident in the camp as the castaways sit in complete silence around the camp and in the shelter as Kendra prepares the rice and beans for that morning's meal. Stanley, seeing this, gets up and walks towards the hammock that the tribe won as part of their comfort items reward.

Stanley: (laughing) Watch this, you guys, I'm gonna belly flop in that hammock.

Topher: (laughs) Oh, God, this is gonna be fun.

Stanley: (like an Olympic commentator) The final dive for this evening is the USA's Stanley Moriarty, and he's in with a big shot at the gold medal if he can just land this twist and dive, and Karen, I think this kid's gonna do it. (making his voice higher to imitate a female) Yes, Steve, this Moriarty kid sure has a lot of talent and I don't wanna jinx it, but I think the US is about to add another gold medal to their tally. Let's watch.

(Struggling to keep himself from laughing, Stanley gives a running start before jumping and belly flopping in the hammock. However, to his surprise, the hammock spins around and dumps him on the ground. He begins laughing hysterically, and soon his contagious laughter is spreading throughout the tribe, making them forget momentarily about the previous night's drama. Still laughing, Stanley gets to his feet.)

Stanley: (struggling through laughter, using his female voice) And Steve, that's a gold medal to the U- (he breaks off, unable to contain his hysterical laughter, and heads back to the group, clutching his side. This makes everyone laugh even harder as Stanley sits down.)

Moses: (chuckling) Stanley, you are such a goof.

Stanley: (laughs) That's me! We couldn't have everyone being crabby for the next few days, could we?

(As the tribe continues to chuckle about Stanley's shenanigans, the camera focuses on him as his confessional is heard.)

"carriacou"

- I'm a bit of a joker and a goof in real life, but I'm playing it up a little more out here as part of my strategy. It's working pretty well right now, 'cause in this tribe I'm the only one without any heat on me: Kendra is Kendra, Lulu lost it at Mackenzie, Mackenzie is dead because she tried to move against Kendra, Jamie's got heat 'cause Mackenzie's a little mad at him, Ashanda and Topher are swings and kinda untrustworthy, and Moses is on Mackenzie's side. I'm just blending in with the asylum right now. (laughs) Everyone on this tribe is crazy to some degree and if I don't make waves, I'm gonna be fine 'cause people will forget about me. My whole shtick is to align with people who are gonna get booted before me. I don't care where they are, as long as I'm safe. Right now that's with Kendra and Lulu, 'cause Kendra is a heat magnet and Lulu has ruffled feathers, so even if the tide gets turned, I'm gonna be safe. Don't worry, there's a brain in this goofy personality!

(As the laughter dies down, the tribe finishes their breakfast. When everyone is done, Mackenzie stands up and grabs the water bucket.)

Mackenzie: I'm gonna go grab water. Does someone wanna come with me?

Kendra: (blunt) Moses can go with you.

Mackenzie: Alright, Moses, let's go.

(The two of them walk out of camp.)

Mackenzie: (laughs) Welcome to the bottom, huh? I feel like filling this up and throwing it at them.

Moses: (chuckles) As tempting as it might be, please don't. Think of the poor water.

(Mackenzie cackles as the two of them head further in to the forest. The camera then transitions back to Kendra and her alliance.)

Kendra: See what she's trying to do? Get you guys alone so she can put more in your head and try and get you off the bottom. We all know how untrustworthy is, so none of you take the bait!

Lulu: Don't worry, none of us trust her.

Kendra: It's really important we don't give her an inch of anything! There's been enough disruption around here and we can't have anything else go wrong, so for the sake of that, no one talks to Mackenzie alone! Anyone caught doing so will be an assumed traitor and dealt with accordingly. That two-timing, traitorous, snake is just looking to get into our alliance. I know it!

Jamie: What do we do if she approaches us? Just tell her to buzz off?

Kendra: If Mackenzie wants to talk to you, take someone else along too. Then come back and report everything she says. She knows I'm paranoid so she'll probably come to me trying to spread stuff, and I'll tell you guys everything. Hopefully I can expect the same from you.

(The alliance nod in agreement.)

Ashanda: Don't worry, we're not gonna let her do anything.

Kendra: Good. Now we just have to hold out until our next Tribal visit and we can take care of the problem!

(As the group start to break apart, the camera focuses on Ashanda, with a smug smirk.)

"carriacou"

- On the most minuscule chance that I somehow don't win this game, I can just make a million dollars by writing a book called How to Get Away With Attempted Murder, 'cause as you can plainly see out here, I am the master of it! All you gotta do is make sure there's someone around who's doing worse than you. Lulu tried to expose me, so I did some digging and I exposed the biggest snake bitch in the history of the universe, Mackenzie. She was feeding info to Jason and trying to work with him, and anyone who does that deserves to go. (laughs) Anyway, now that Mackenzie's stupid plan backfired because I convinced Topher to stick with booting Jason, everyone's forgotten about me, Mackenzie is public enemy number one and I'm back in the majority! Kendra hates her, and her crazy psycho bitch sheep, Lulu, probably hates Mackenzie even more, so all I gotta do is wait for Mackenzie to go next. Then numbers are gonna be 4-3 and I'll take down Kendra, because everyone else left would be so dumb to let that trio go ahead. Mackenzie tried it but that was never gonna work, 'cause the only person allowed to take that scalp is me, and it's gonna happen, 'cause I've got everything lined up perfectly!

(The camera then transitions to Kendra, who is feeling satisfied.)

"carriacou"

- After what happened with Mackenzie, and Ashanda having gone after me before, I can't afford to have any tratiors in my alliance and I don't know who I can trust. With Mackenzie obviously trying to snake her way into the alliance like she did the first time, if I see anyone talking with her alone, that means I have to assume they're a traitor as well. So, if anyone wants to talk to her, they have to go with one other person and report back what she says. Am I being a dictator? Yes. Do I care? No. If they have a problem with it, they can blame Mackenzie. Ashanda I can somewhat tolerate- but only somewhat- because she wasn't in my five anyway. Mackenzie was actually in my five, and the whole time, she was double dealing me with Jason. I am not giving her an inch and I need to make an example out of her to show people what happens if they try and double-cross me. She's never going to get the chance to make a move against me and I'm making sure of that!

Author's Notes

 * This episode went through several title changes. The first was Grabbing the Bull So Hard I'll Rip its Horns Off, before it was changed to I'm Allowed to Have a Meltdown, and again to It's Opposite Day. After considering How Much Do They Earn By The Hour?, I eventually settled on this one.
 * All these alternative titles will be said at some point during the episode.
 * The episode title was said by Stanley Moriarty, describing his strategy of laying low to avoid generating heat.