Hit By the Reality Truck

This is the fourth episode of Survivor: Jeju Island!

Challenges
Reward Challenge: A-Tension Span Two members of each tribe will race out to a set of poles. They will then use poles to hold a buoy over a balance beam. The buoy will then be used to release a boat, where they will pull themselves by a rope to a platform. Using a slingshot, they must use a rope ball to hit two targets. The first two tribes to knock down their targets win. Reward: A feast of bulgogi (grilled beef dish) and dubu jorim (spicy Korean tofu dish). Winner: TBD

Immunity Challenge: Cell Block Sea Tribes have to race out to a bamboo cage. In the cage underwater is a heavy chest. They have to release the chest and take it back to shore. Once they are on shore, they will have to move the chest along a track and onto a platform by using grappling hooks. The first tribe to do so wins.. Winner: TBD

Night 8
(Following Suyai’s blindside, the eight remaining members of Jeonsa return to camp, leaning their torches against the trees.)

Alissa: Well, that was the most brutal thing I’ve ever experienced in my entire life.

Giacomo: I thought Tribals were gonna be hard but I didn’t think they’d go off like that.

Alissa: You had it easy compared to me. I’m just thankful it was only two votes I got and not any more.

(With a sigh, Alissa unloads her backpack outside of the shelter. The camera cuts to her confessional as she has a distressed facial expression.)

Forrest: Well the worst thing is, that bitch took the tarp on the way out. It really goes to show how selfish and childish she is.

Ingvar: Well, we’ll just have to sleep without one. That flag is her property and she had every right to take it. We can make a new one in the morning.

Forrest: That sounds an awful lot like something a Suyai sympathiser would say.

Ingvar: I am sympathetic towards Suyai, because I am human, and humans are sympathetic towards people and their issues. Based on everything you said about her at Tribal, and coming back here, clearly you are not.

(Ingvar walks off, feeling a little heated. The camera cuts to his confessional as he heaves a deep sigh.)

(Ingvar is next shown approaching Valentina, Kenji, Sanjay and Mercedes.)

Ingvar: Can I ask what happened tonight?

Sanjay: Yeah, sorry, Ingvar. It just came down to not trusting Suyai to stay with us.

Ingvar: She would have been. Emotional play doesn’t automatically equate to lack of trust.

Sanjay: I’m gonna be completely honest, Valentina and I were the ones who accidentally spilled the plan to Forrest. We were talking about the vote because Valentina was making sure what Suyai was telling her was true, and Forrest cornered us because he got paranoid.

Ingvar: Really?

Valentina: Yes. He was aggressive and frantic, and if we’d hidden the truth from him he would have spun a target onto us. Persuading Suyai to vote for anyone but Alissa tonight was a losing battle.

Sanjay: Exactly. Had we kept Suyai, Forrest would have gone to her and said we spilled the plan. We were worried that we’d be the new targets.

Ingvar: (sigh) I understand. It can be hard to trust somebody out here, but I’m disappointed. One thing baffles me, though. Mercedes, if you were voting for Suyai, why did you fight back at Forrest like that?

Mercedes: Because he needed to be told. I can speak the truth about someone and still vote their way. I didn’t want to have to put my game on hold for Suyai if I needed to think about other things.

Ingvar: That’s understandable. As long as we’re still together to vote out Forrest and Alissa if we go to another Tribal Council, then we’ll be fine.

Kenji: We’re completely on board. It was Suyai we were unsure about. You’re fine. Ingvar: Thank you. I’m looking forward to working with you all.

(Ingvar parts ways with the group, the camera focusing on him for another confessional.)

(The camera picks back up on the group that Ingvar has just left.)

Mercedes: I think it goes without saying, I’m all for voting out Forrest and Alissa.

Kenji: Me too. I hope Ingvar sees that.

Valentina: They need to go.

Mercedes: I also need to go. To sleep. (laughs) Goodnight, y’all.

Kenji: I’m gonna hit the hay, too. ‘Night.

(Kenji and Mercedes leave. The camera focuses on Sanjay and Valentina.)

Sanjay: (deep sigh) Wow… I didn’t want to have to do that, but I had to cover my own butt.

Valentina: Exactly. There’s no telling what Forrest or Suyai would have done had Alissa gone home. This was the safest option.

Sanjay: Yeah, and we’re still in the same position we were before. I can still count on you, right?

Valentina: Absolutely. We’re in this together.

(The two exchange a hug, then head back to camp. The camera focuses on Sanjay, who is looking a little guilty but mostly relieved.)

(The camera then changes focus to Valentina, who is smiling.)

Day 9
On another nice morning in Jeju Island, the camera opens on the Hwangjie Tribe for Day 9. We see Cleo sweeping the camp, Therese cleaning up the plates from that morning’s breakfast, and Cristian shooing Patrick away from the leftover rice.

Cristian: Man, get out of it, that’s Ares’!

Patrick: Well, he wants to hurry up about it, ‘cause I’m hungry!

Cristian: We’re all hungry, hermano, but you’ve eaten. (laughs)

Patrick: Okay, okay.

Ophelia: I’ll go wake him up!

(When the castaways go off to do their own thing, Ophelia climbs into the shelter. Ares is shown to be peacefully asleep. Ophelia smiles, then the camera cuts to her confessional.)