User blog:CoolUnderdog/Recap Of Survivor: World Invasion Episodes 2-4

The four superstars are officially back in the studio after some delays.

Wally Welcome to another edition of Survivor: World's Apart Recap. We apologize for missing out the last few days. But fear not, we are back and we will recap each of the episodes that you missed as best we can. I'm Wally Matthews alongside Dexter Solo, Patrice Sampson, and Larson Washington and fellas, this is really becoming a great season, don't you agree?

Dexter I like it. Great drama. Great characters. I think this is becoming one of the best.

Patrice I feel like aside from my season, I'm more excited for this season every Wednesday night.

Larson My wife cannot stop talking about this season. She really loves it.

Wally I think this season is full of drama and expectations. So let's recap the previous three episodes. Dexter, I'll start with you on Episode 2. Pretty shocked to see Santa leave.

Dexter It was shocking, but I think there were pros and cons to the move. The pros are you got rid of someone who was't capable of helping the tribe out in terms of physical challenge strength and social game. So in that regard, you don't really hold them accountable for that. However, this does play a problem for Cortes in general because they have to deal with losing a few challenges in a row and having personalities and egos clash with each other. So I was not surprised by the move. I was more surprised with what happened after the move.

Wally Who did you think played the best game that week?

Dexter For me, I have to go with Renata because she was able to find an idol without being spotted by Bella. She can sense Bella being an early threat in this game and she took advantage of a situation, which was not spotted by Bella and Renata is now in possession of an idol in her pocket. I really liked how she was playing.

Wally What about Gary and his ability to help his tribe out with food?

Dexter He earns my respect for going beyond his comfort zone to do that and I think he's turning into a good player. Not great, but good.

Wally So Santa goes in Episode 2. Then we go to Episode 3 and Cortes struggles with personalities and egos. Where do you think things went wrong Patrice?

Patrice I personally think that the tribe just showed its true colors in what we made them out to be. We knew they would be the weakest tribe and they showed it. But to see them struggle in both challenges the way they did and to lose their shelter clearly, as funny as it was, shows just how bad of a tribe they are. They just couldn't get out of the slump.

Wally But why would they send Dennis? He tried so hard to get his tribe back on track and they didn't.

Patrice That's what I struggle with. I can't imagine a reason why Dennis would leave unless it was because of his age and because of his background, which Tito spotted. I think Dennis wanted this tribe to stick, but in the process, he made himself to be a target unintentionally I might add and that scared the tribe mates he had. But other then that, I can't imagine why he would be gone.

Wally Renata did point out there would be a case where the tribe can only survive if there was a swap. Were you anticipating that?

Patrice I was. I think the swap came at the right time. Cortes was dead in the waters as a tribe. So for them to be split up the way they were really gives each player a chance to shine as an individual. Now, the swap sounds weird because right now, we got three Cortes on one tribe and Tito on the other tribe. But that was the best thing for the Cortes players to have.

Wally Well Cortes had a huge effect on the Pizarro tribe in Episode 4 considering that Pizarro was the strongest tribe and had yet to be untouched. Larson, is there a sense of unity on this tribe?

Larson Maybe for players as people. But for players as players, that can be a problem. We saw that Ender didn't feel confident in his alliance with the former Pizarro members and with Wolfgang's influence, he was able to flip and vote out Sumiko who never saw it coming. This shows how much cracks are forming and I feel it's going to effect them quite a bit.

Wally Does a move like that give the Cortes players on Pizarro an edge over the other members?

Larson Well it does because Josefina is now with Bella and Renata. Add Wolfgang to the picture, the tide has shifted in the outsiders favor. So for Todd, Matilda, and Ender, they have to basically help their tribe win challenges or else, there names will be sent home.

Wally I can't figure out for the life of me how that could be the case because Wolfgang is on neither side and he is the X factor here.

Larson He is and I think he could be the deciding factor once again if it ever gets to another Pizarro tribal council. So Wolfgang has the power, believe it or not to determine the dynamic of this tribe and that could play a huge role for his game. I don't think he has the intangibles to go all the way, but I do see him as threat to make some beneficial moves for himself.

Wally Ok! So for the past three episodes, we see alliances being made and under the radar moves being made. I think the one alliance that could be interesting to watch is Hakeem and Phoebe. Both of them are in possession of an idol, but it appears that they don't seem to have a genuine alliance right now. Do you sense that Dexter?

Dexter I think one of them has to turn on the other at some point. So if this was an alliance that is, I don't think it will work. I think neither of them are in a strong category of being in the frontrunner spot of this game so far. I still they're long shots to win this game between them.

Patrice Well I think Phoebe knows that when Sumiko is gone, she needs another partner. It's ok to have someone from a different tribe as an ally. She does have Raj, who I'm not sure would be a great ally to have. So I think Phoebe needs someone like Hakeem to play with because he could be critical in the physical game while she could be critical in the strategic and social games. So I see no problem with Phoebe with Hakeem.

Larson I think if these two can admit their allies, they might make the merge and go deep.

Wally Well there's a quick recap of the episodes. Feel free to leave comments below. Now it's time to see who the favorite to win is right now.

Dexter For me, I'm going with Renata. I think she's a worthy candidate to go all the way after what she did in the game against Bella.

Patrice I'm still going with Cosette. We haven't seen her make any moves right now, but I do think she's due for a long run.

Larson Well, I was affected when two of my top three options got sent home. But I still have Hakeem in the game, so I will not pick him though.

Dexter Ah come on!

Larson I'm going with Ender after the move he made to get rid of Sumiko, it puts him in a great spot to take over.

Wally But it also makes him a target for his tribe. I'll still stick with my pick of Skyler because she recognized a final three deal between the Europeans, which has been halted because of the swap. So if those four survive till the merge, then we'll see what she brings. That will do it for us tonight. For Dexter, Larson, and Patrice, I'm Wally Matthews saying Good Night and we'll see you for our next recap.