Wrench In The Plan

Wrench In The Plan is the third episode of Survivor: Calamian Islands

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Water Slaughter Two members from each tribe would battle for a life ring. The tribe that gets one of their members to have a hand on the ring and one on their scoring pole scores a point. The first tribe that scores three wins reward. Reward: Comfort and Shelter Winner: Malcapuya

Immunity Challenge: Share the Wealth Two tribe members, tethered together, must run inside the jungle to retrieve a chest containing paddles, which would be used at the second part of the challenge. Once retrieved, two other tribe members must ride a boat and use the paddles to reach a buoy with a crate below. The paddlers must unclip the crate and bring it close enough to shore, where all six tribe members would then take the crate to a station where the final two tribe members must open the crate, revealing puzzle pieces. First two pairs to solve the puzzle (a tower with a Filipino hut on top) win immunity for their tribe. Winner: TBA

Previously On Survivor...
Previously on Survivor... After James was blindsided Sherri was in the power position ‘Right now I’d say I’m in the most powerful position in the tribe’. At Busuanga Twila was feeling any better ‘I can’t do this anymore’. After Malcapuya won the reward challenge Chase found a clue to a hidden immunity idol. He found the idol but Sherri had some suspicions ‘It definitely made me concerned that he wasn’t just fishing'. Meanwhile, at Busuanga, Brandon continued to make final three promises ‘We should definitely be final three, agreed?’ After Malcapuya won the immunity challenge, Twila tried to make it easy for her tribe by telling them to vote her out, but Xavier had a plan to vote out Brandon due to his untrustworthiness ‘I don’t trust Brandon at all anymore’. Xavier managed to persuade four other people to vote with him, but at tribal council, Twila put her foot in her mouth and accidentally ruined the whole plan ‘I had a few people talk to me about some potential other plans’. After a tough decision, Twila did end up quitting, saving Brandon. Fourteen are left, who will be voted out tonight?

Night 6
The camera shows the Busuanga tribe walking back from tribal council into their camp, the fire is still going but barely.

Brandon: Wow, would not have seen that coming.

Todd: What, Twila quitting?

Brandon (annoyed): No, you guys turning on me.

There is silence for a bit and no one is speaking.

George: Well-

Brandon: George, I don’t wanna hear it.

Xavier and George are seen sitting by the fire after everyone is lying in the shelter trying to sleep, Xavier starts whispering to George.

Xavier (whispering): That did not go well.

George (shaking his head): No, no it didn’t.

Xavier (whispering): Now that Brandon knows we are after him, we absolutely have to have each other’s backs.

George (nodding): Yeah, I agree.

Xavier (whispering): Do you think he could find the idol?

George: I don’t know. I hope not but… I don’t know.

Xavier looks into the fire as George gets up and lies in the shelter.

The camera shows Xavier stoking the fire, obviously deep in thought. Then it cuts to the intro.

Day 7
The camera shows the Busuanga beach and Brandon is seen walking along the beach. The other castaways are standing or sitting around at camp.

Ruth: It’s nice to not have to go down and comfort Twila this morning. I can kind of just sit here and relax.

George: Yeah, it was kind of annoying, even for the ones of us who didn’t have to comfort her.

Nel (sitting up): Sort of annoying... She was f**king ridiculous.

The castaways continue to murmur between themselves and George looks over, noticing Brandon is no longer in sight.

George (sitting up): Where’s Brandon gone?

Xavier: Probably to look for the hidden immunity idol... Come on George lets go, just to make sure that if he does find it, we know about it.

Xavier and George get up out of the shelter and start walking down the beach as soon as they are far enough Xavier starts talking to George.

George: You think Brandon has gone to find the idol?

Xavier: I’m certain. There are two of us, so one of us can watch him while the other can go and look for the idol, just to make sure that it is in our possession, not his. I'll go look for the idol while you watch Brandon, Ok.

George: Ok then.

At this George walks off after Brandon while Xavier starts to search in the other direction.

Brandon is seen walking through the forest looking up in trees and under

Brandon (whispering to himself): Come on this idol is so much harder to find then I thought.

While Brandon is looking behind some logs George is seen walking through the forest.

George: Hey Brandon, what’re you doing.

Brandon (without turning): What do you think?

Brandon is seen walking back to camp whilst George is seen happily following him. The camera points to the skye and then settles back down on the Malcapuya beach where everyone is waking up peacefully.

Chase: How nice is it to not have to have gone to tribal council, hey.

Sherri: Great!

Eric: Yeah, not havin’ to go to tribal, not havin’ to see Jeff is bliss.

Whilst his team are sitting in the shelter chatting Jim is watching them looking slightly ticked off.

Jim: So does anyone want to help me with the fire?

Sherri: You only really need one person to start the fire don’t you?

Jim: Yeah, but I thought someone might want to help me a bit, you know, get our camp organised.

The camera shows Jim walking around with firewood and placing logs in position and cuts out.

The camera cuts back into a wide shot of a sandy beach and zooms in. A little way into the water is a long, roped-off trapezium. At one end of the trapezium are two poles with different colours for each tribe. Jeff Probst is standing on the beach as the two tribes file in and stand on their mats.

Jeff Probst: Malcapuya getting your first look at the new Busuanga tribe. Twila quit at the last tribal council after she felt she could not continue in this game.

The reaction over at the Malcapuya tribe is not one of surprise. A few roll their eyes in annoyance and others just shake their heads.

Jeff Probst: Alright, ready to get to today’s reward challenge?

The castaways clap and cheer.

Jeff Probst: Alright, for today’s challenge two members from each tribe will battle for a life ring in the marked out area. The first tribe that gets one of their members to have a hand on the ring and one on their scoring pole scores a point. The first tribe that scores three wins reward. Wanna know what you’re playing for? (The castaways respond positively). You are playing for comfort and shelter.

Jeff takes the cover off the reward items as he says this and the castaways are all excited for this some cheer and Katie starts shaking Skye’s arm.

Jeff Probst: You’ll win tarp, pillows, a hammock and even a mosquito net. Worth playing for?

Again Jeff is met with positive responses.

Jeff Probst: Alright then, I’ll give you a minute to strategise and then we’ll get going.

The survivors are seen getting into the water and ready for the challenge.

Jeff Probst: Ok, first round is George and Ruth going up for Busuanga with Jim and Katie are going up for Malcapuya. Survivors ready... Go!

George, Jim, Katie and Ruth are all running to the ring. George gets their first but Jim tackles him straight away. The ring flies from George’s hands and lands in the open. Ruth shoves Katie down and sprints to the ring. She gets the ring and manages to get a fair way to the ring before Jim takes her down. George however pushes Jim out of the way. Ruth is once again at the ring but Katie is after her, pulling her bikini bottom down, distracting her. Jim runs with his shorts halfway down his legs to the ring only for George to wraps his arms around his legs. Ruth has pulled her bikini bottom back up now and is running to the ring, but not before giving Katie a playful shove underwater. Jim and George are all tangled up and Katie is half drowning. This gives Ruth a free run to the pole and Busuanga scores.

Jeff Probst: Ruth scores for Busuanga, Busuanga leads 1-0.

Katie (with a deathly stare): She dunked me!

George: You pulled her bikini bottom down.

Katie just rolls her eyes as the rest of Busuanga laugh.

Jeff Probst: Ok, after a tough first round we have Todd and Nel for Busuanga and Chase and Skye for Malcapuya. Survivors ready... Go!

All the castaways move out towards the flag but Chase is the fastest. He gets to the flag but Nel comes up to him he tries to side step her but she lashes an arm out and stops him. The ring gets tossed over to skye and she grabs it. Todd stands their awkwardly not sure how to tackle Skye while the rest of his team mates are screaming at him to do something. Nel runs over and pushes Skye’s head underwater. Skye lets go of the ring but Nel keeps holding her head underwater.

Jeff Probst: No Nel, let her up, let her breathe.

Skye gasps for air while Todd has the ring and is running over to the Busuanga pole, exhausted even though he has not done anything. Chase tackles him and he lets go of the ring. Chase grabs it but Todd tries to hold on as Chase drags the two of them over to the Malcapuya pole.

Jeff Probst: Chase scores for Malcapuya; we’re tied 1-1.

Chase and Skye bump fists as they walk over to the rest of Malcapuya as Todd hangs his head as his greeting is not very nice, no one on Busuanga says a word to him except George.

George: You tried.

Jeff Probst: Ok, we’re all tied up, for the third round we have Brandon and Gwen going up for Malcapuya against Eric and Sherri for Busuanga. Survivors ready... Go!

Brandon is first to the ring and he pulls it from its spot. While Gwen and Sherri move forward together not wanting to lose sight of one another Eric stands between everyone else and the team poles. Nobody is moving too fast yet. Brandon suddenly sprints off in one direction. Eric goes to tackle him but he throughs the ring to Gwen. The ring falls short and Sheri intercepts it. Sherri is running to the flag while Gwen is struggling to stand up and Eric is trying to hold Brandon. Brandon pushes Eric out of the way and pushes Sherri. The ring goes flying towards Malcapuya’s pole but seeing neither Eric nor Sherri is touching it. There are no points. Brandon is quick to react and grabs the pole. The distance between the two poles is short but Eric steps in and starts pulling the ring. Sherri and Gwen are also there and pulling. Slowly but surely the ring is being pulled to Malcapuya’s pole. Sherri reaches out and just grabs the pole.

Jeff Probst: Malcapuya scores, Malcapuya leads 2-1.

The castaways go back to their tribes and Eric and Sherri are congratulated by theirs.

Jeff Probst: Ok after three rounds this is where we stand, Malcapuya leads 2-1. Each tribe has one member left who hasn’t gone. Busuanga you have to send up a women and Malcapuya you have to send up a man. If Malcapuya wins this round they have won reward, Busuanga needs to score to make it a tie.

Each tribe discusses strongly who to send up and eventually choose.

Jeff Probst: Alright, going up for Busuanga is Ruth and Xavier against Jim and Tabby for Malcapuya. Survivors ready… Go!

Jim is first to the pole and grabs the ring for Malcapuya. Both Xavier and Tabby are slow and Ruth is left alone to take on Jim. She tries to tackle him but Jim easily gets past her however she still has a hand on his leg and Jim trips letting the ring go. Tabby and Xavier both run to it but Xavier stops to catch his breath. Tabby gets it only to knocked over by Ruth. Jim however is also joining in and is soon pulling Ruth along. Xavier tries to get in on it but it is too late and the round is ended quickly.

Jeff Probst: Jim scores, Malcapuya win reward!

Malcapuya get really excited as Jim and Tabby walk back. Ruth stares at Xavier as if he just burned down her house and Xavier looks down.

Jeff Probst: Malcapuya, come and collect your tarp, the pillows, the hammock, the mosquito net and head out. Busuanga got nothing for you.

The tribes are seen walking away from the challenge in different moods. Busuanga are moping and hang their heads whilst Malcapuya is overjoyed by winning another challenge.

The camera focuses on Ruth and then Xavier and then cuts out.