I'm Glad I'm Not Alone

I'm Glad I’m Not Aloneis the second episode of Survivor: Mexico.

Story
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- Previously On... Survivor! Sixteen Americans began the adventure of a lifetime in modern Mexico City. They traveled back in time to a remote section of rural Mexico they then quickly learned that the tribes would be divided by gender. At the first immunity challenge, while both tribes fared well through the first two obstales, the women of Pantera breezed through the balance beam, only to struggle with the fire maikng portion, giving Zorrillo a chance to catch up. In the end, Zorrillo quickly sparked their fire, 'Zorrillo! Wins immunity!' winning immunity. Back at Pantera camp, Marisol, Citali and Wendy had it out to vote off Carlita, with Marisol stating, 'She hasn't really done anything around camp, and I don't think we'll really be losing any strength in challenges.' Meanwhile Estrella and Brisa stressed on Simoneta about eliminating Carlita, much to Simoneta's shock, for she aligned with her since Day 1. Simoneta confessed the dilemma she was in and had to choose between informing her cousin and putting her head on the chopping block or voting out her cousin. At Tribal Council, Carlita had it out to alienate Marisol, 'The fact is she lost us the lead and we lost.' 'Your a stupid blonde and you seriously have no idea what your talking about.' In the end, it was decided that Carlita was the weakest and most troublesome member of Pantera, and was voted out in a 7-1 vote. With her cousin, Simoneta, going back on her word and voting her out. Fifteen are left, who will be voted out tonight...?

Pantera
Bummed after visiting Tribal Council, where the whole Pantera tribe voted out a bratty Carlita Molina, Simoneta felt vulnerable about aligning with her. However the girls were happy to have received flint and started a fire to warm up. "pantera"

- I know that my tribe is coming after me next. I can’t believe I made the mistake of aligning with my cousin. All I know is that if I can’t plant myself within the group, I’m done for.

Zorrillo
At Zorrillo camp, though groggy after a bad sleep Rodrigo started to assign camp chores to everybody. With Lucas already gathering firewood, Lucas clashed with Rodrigo. Seeing all the drama, Damian, Memo and Yuyi watched from the sidelines, and thought to use everyone’s tension towards Rodrigo to their advantage. So they walked up to Lucas after Rodrigo left to conspire against him.

"zorrillo"

- Rodrigo is wearing everyone thin, especially Lucas. I think I can assure myself three more days if Rodrigo did something to set off the tribe. All I need is the right opportunity to strike.

Pantera
Over at the Pantera tribe, Simoneta took a walk with Estrella and asked about her position in the tribe.

"pantera"

- This is exactly the opening I needed. I’m hand feeding Estrella what she wants and in exchange, I can guarantee myself three more days. As long as I can keep stroking Estrella’s ego, I can assure myself some safety.

Zorrillo
That morning at Zorrillo, Diego, Lucas, Santiago and Angel were out gathering firewood and Rodrigo was off on his own, Damian, Memo and Yuyi put their plan into action. They took everyone’s shoes, canteens and water canisters, including their own with the exception of Rodrigo, and went down by the water. With Yuyi keeping watch, Damian and Memo emptied the water canisters and canteens and filled the canteens with the dirty Laguna water and dirt. They then tied everyone’s shoes together, packed them with dirt and had them sink in the water. "zorrillo"

- Sometimes you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet. If that means I gotta sink my shoes in the water and drink some dirty water, then so be it. They’re gonna see who Damian Bravo really is.

The three guys put the water canteens and canisters back where they were and went to go find Rodrigo. When the four guys returned to camp, Angel reached for his canteen and took a drink. As soon as he took a drink he spit that water. Angel walked over to the water canister but found that they were both empty. "zorrillo"

- The weirdest thing happened when we came back from collecting firewood. All the water in our canteens is dirty, we have no filtered water, and all of our shoes are missing. Either this is someone’s idea of a cruel joke or they want to purposely sabotage us.

When the three guys found Rodrigo, they saw Rodrigo found some prickly pear cactus for them to harvest. The three guys were happy about his discovery that they told Rodrigo to go tell all the other guys. When Rodrigo returned to camp the rest of the guys saw he had his shoes and they just stared at him with a look of accusation. Before Rodrigo could say anything, Lucas began to yell at him. Rodrigo handed Santiago his canteen and Santiago pour some of the water out. It was clean, which further incriminated Rodrigo. Before he could explain, Damian, Memo and Yuyi returned to camp with some prickly pear telling all the guys that they found some prickly pear cactus for the tribe to harvest, taking all the credit from Rodrigo. "zorrillo"

- So when I got back to camp, I was treated to that fat whale, Lucas, yelling at me about the water and everyone’s shoes. I didn’t do anything, but what the hell am I supposed to do? Whoever did this is going to PAY! "zorrillo"

- I’m done with Rodrigo, he’s lazy, he talks too much, he thinks he’s better than everyone else, and the fact that he’d try and sabotage was the last straw. I think we’re just going to throw this challenge just because we can’t deal with him anymore.

Santiago, Lucas, Diego and Damian then all went for a walk down by the banks of the water. "zorrillo"

- I hate the idea of ever throwing a challenge, but Diego has a point. If we let Rodrigo go anywhere near the merge, it could spell trouble for our tribe.

Pantera
At Pantera, the ladies were having their morning meal of rice and were delegating their priorities and who will be their leader.Everyone was in agreement, but Simoneta just stayed quiet. "pantera"

- So, we have another immunity challenge today and we really need to win this one. I don’t think any of us are ready to go to tribal council again, especially me.

Rewaard/Immunity Challenge
"COME ON IN GUYS!" Zorrillo came in first followed by Pantera as Jeff announced, "Zorrilo, getting your first look at the new Pantera tribe. Carlita voted at the first Tribal Council. Alright, you guys ready to get to today’s challenge?"

Everyone shouted YES to Jeff walked over to Zorrillo "First things first, Lucas, I’ll take back immunity,” Jeff then placed the immunity idol on a platform, “Once again, immunity is back up for grabs. For today’s immunity challenge, one person will be at the top of a tower pouring water while five other tribe members will use sections of gutters to direct that water into a barrel. Once the barrel fills, a bag of puzzle pieces will drop, and the last remaining tribe member must then use those pieces to solve a puzzle. First tribe to get it right… wins immunity, safe from tonight’s tribal council. Losers, tribal council tonight where someone will be voted out. In addition, you are playing for reward." After explaining the rules, Jeff asked, “Wanna know what you’re playing for?" Both tribes anxious to get started responded with a “Yes,” “Just to make your food situation a little easier,” Jeff then uncovered a tackle box filled with fishing gear, “Fishing gear, in addition you will have a fishing boat waiting for you back at camp. Worth playing for?” Everyone nodded their head in agreement, “Zorrillo, because you have one extra member you’re sitting one person out,” Zorrillo chose Rodrigo, ”Rodrigo, take a spot on the bench, I’ll give you a minute to strategize. Take your spots we’ll get started.” Once everyone was in position, Jeff began to announce, “Here we go, for immunity and reward. Survivors ready, GO!” Both tribes had the same idea in mind and made on straight gutter. With Yuyi pouring the water and Damian solving the puzzle, Zorrillo’s plan to backdoor Rodrigo had commenced. Instead of pouring the water straight into the gutter, Yuyi was tossing a few buckets of water before he finally started to pour into the gutters, giving Pantera a big lead. “Zorrillo has a nice flow," Zorrillo’s barrel was flowing slowly and steadily. “Pantera with a great flow," Pantera’s barrel was filling quickly that it would drop at any moment, “Pantera releases their puzzle pieces,” Simoneta then raced to untie the puzzle pieces and get to work on the puzzle. As soon as she finished untying her bag of puzzle pieces, she heard jeff yell out, “Zorrillo released their puzzle pieces,” and Damian lightly jogged over to untie the bag. “Both tribes now working on their puzzle. It all comes down to Damian and Simoneta," Even though Simoneta had a lead over Damian, Damian was whizzing through the puzzle. “Simoneta, off to a quick start. Damian’s, got something going," However, Damian looked over to Simoneta and saw he was ahead of her so he faked being stuck on the puzzle, giving Simoneta an opportunity to catch up. “Damian, quickly falling out of it. Damian, you need to pick it up! Simoneta getting very close,” When Damian decided to resume the puzzle, Jeff announced “PANTERA! Wins immunity and reward!” The ladies celebrated, jumping up. As Jeff walked over to the Ladies, “Pantera, immunity, who wants it? No one going home tonight from Pantera tonight. Come get your reward, head on back to camp,” he handed the idol and to Wendy and Pantera went to claim their new fishing gear then left. Jeff then turned to face the women’s tribe “Zorrillo, got nothing for you except a date with me tonight at Tribal Council tonight, where one of the eight you will be voted out. Have the afternoon to think about it, see you at tribal,” Zorrillo walked away with no hesitation on who will be voted out tonight.

Zorrillo
That afternoon, all the guys held an intervention. They gave Rodrigo one last chance to confess to what he did, but again Rodrigo stuck with his story and denied the accusation. He then walked off to be alone and cried. "zorrillo"

- I didn’t do anything and the crap part is that I can’t do anything to prove that it wasn’t me. I mean like what am I suppose to say ‘Of course it was me because the second something happens, I’m the obvious suspect.’ I just can’t take being here one more day.

Diego and Santiago then went to comfort Rodrigo. "zorrillo"

- Rodrigo made an interesting proposition to me and Diego. He thought of voting for Lucas, but the problem is, if we vote off Lucas, we lose major strength in challenges. At this point I don’t know who to vote for, but all I know is that someone will be hurt tonight

Tribal Council
That night, Zorrillo made the long walk to Tribal Council. Once they arrived, Jeff famously recited, "Behind each of you is a torch, approach the flame, dip it in and get fire. This is part of the ritual of Tribal Council because in this game, fire represents your life. As long as you have fire, you’re still in this game, when your fire is gone so are you. " As they dipped their torches in the flame, and set them in their slots, the Zorrillo tribe took their seats. Angel stood up and walked passed the fire pit and through a small corridor to the urn and casted her vote. Her vote was not revealed and she folds it into the urn, went back and rejoined the group. One by One they all cast their vote. Once they all cast their votes, Jeff announced, "I'll go tally the votes." Jeff then went to collect the urn and tally the votes. Zorrillo already knew who was out. Jeff came back with the urn instructed, "Once the votes are read the decision is final person. Person voted out will be ask to leave the tribal council area immediately. I'll read the votes." "none"

- First Vote: Rodrigo Rodrigo Lucas That’s two votes Rodrigo, one vote Lucas. Rodrigo Rodrigo That’s four votes Rodrigo, one vote Lucas. Second Person Voted out on Survivor: Mexico: Rodrigo. That’s five, that’s enough. Need to bring me your torch. No need to read the last votes.

As Rodrigo collected his things and grabbed her torch, he placed his torch in the slot next to Jeff and his game was over. "none"

- Rodrigo, the tribe has spoken. Time for you to go.

Rodrigo then turned to face the tribe, “Thank God I don’t have to deal with you guys anymore,” "none"

- Well it’s clear that your guys’ priority is teamwork. The questions now is, was voting out Rodrigo the strategic move to get you guys ahead? Grab your torches head on back to camp. Goodnight.

Reward/Immunity
Challenge: Getting Tanked

One castaway stands at the top of a tower and pours water down five gutters held by five castaways. The water will fill a barrel, and release a net of puzzle pieces when full. The remaining castaway will assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to assemble their puzzle wins.

Winner: Pantera

Voting Confessionals
"zorrillo"

- I don’t want to vote anyone out, but you made everyone mad at you and I can’t go against the other guys. Good luck.

"zorrillo"

- Hasta la vista, baby.

"zorrillo"

- We were willing to look past your lazy attitude, but the fact that you would purposely sabotage us, you brought thls on yourself. I’m sorry Rodrigo, but this tribe is about teamwork.

"zorrillo"

- I can’t wait to see your torch get snuffed. Did you really think you could get away with this? Revenge is a dish best served cold.

"zorrillo"

- I can’t believe everyone thinks you’re the one who did it. Thanks for playing you were a great pawn in our scheme.

"zorrillo"

- If I don’t go home tonight, I will make this tribe miserable all because of you, Lucas.

"zorrillo"

- I want to believe you didn’t do it, but all the evidence points to you. It’s unfortunate because I thought you could be an asset to this tribe.

"zorrillo"

- You seemed like you had a few aces up your sleeves, so we had screw you before you scrwed the guys over.

Final Words
"zorrillo"

- I can’t believe they had the nerve to vote me out. I never threw their shoes into the water and I never dumped out the fresh water. They were probably jealous that I was better than them and I can’t blame them because I’m rich, good looking and smart. All I have to say is have fun starving you guys.