Blindside Blood

Blindside Blood is the penultimate episode of Survivor: Calamian Islands

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Mud Run Castaways have to dive into a mud pit and cover their body with as much mud as they can. They then race back and scrape it off into a bucket. They cannot carry mud in their arms or in their hands, only their body. After ten minutes, the buckets are then weighed, and the heaviest bucket wins. Reward: King sized bed delivered to camp complete with an steak dinner and dessert. Winner: TBA

Immunity Challenge: Jacob's Ladder The castaways have to move pieces around a maze table to unravel ropes and release a key. Then they have to use the key to open a chest with ladder rungs and use the rungs to build a ladder. Afterwards, they have to build a staircase with planks that fit only in certain spots. After building the staircase, they must climb to the last stage, where they have to solve a sliding puzzle. First person to finish the puzzle, wins. Winner: TBA

Previously On Survivor...
Previously on Survivor... Since the merge, Chase and Jim found themselves on the bottom, quickly running out of allies at every tribal council, 'Jim and I are down again. We lost a good ally last night'. After George was voted out, it seemed certain that one of the two would be next, 'we gotta go Chase'. But after Brandon took Gwen on reward to make a final two pact, 'I still want to go all the way with you', Ruth made other plans, 'So you want to vote Brandon out now?', 'He and Gwen are way too close for comfort'. However Jim didn't trust Tabby and Ruth to follow through with the plan, allowing Brandon to catch wind of it, 'Ruth and Tabby have spoken to Chase and I quite a bit about blindsiding you over the past few days', 'I should've known that was coming'. After Jim won his third individual immunity, 'Jim wins immunity!', no one wanted to vote Chase out, ' I don't want to vote Chase out. He's no threat to me'. With Brandon and Gwen pitted against Ruth and Tabby, it seemed like Jim and Chase were the swing votes, 'tonight I'm basically deciding who goes home'. But at tribal council, the majority alliance stuck to their guns and Chase was blindsided out of the game, 'Chase... the tribe has spoken', leaving Jim without any allies left. Five are left... who will be voted out, tonight?

Night 33
The camera focuses on the final five lumbering into camp and placing the torches against a tree and it particularly focuses on Jim.

Jim stares into the fire and shakes his head in frustration.

Brandon: Congrats Jim... last one standing.

Jim (forcing a smile): Yeah... does not feel as good as you might think.

Ruth: Sorry about Chase... he's got a lot of friends on the jury and he was very likeable.

Jim (to himself): ...Or was it just because he was aligned with me.

The camera focuses on Brandon throwing sticks into the fire as Jim watches from a nearby log. The camera then focuses on the sky as the stars and the moon slowly change to the sun and clouds.

Day 34
The camera switches views to a boa slithering up a branch, flickering it's tongue in and out before switching to Jim and Brandon walking up the beach and then siting down on a log a while away from the shelter.

Brandon: What's up?

Jim: I just want to know what happened last night? Why'd you vote Chase?

Brandon nods and thinks for a little.

Brandon: Here's the thing... Chase had a lot of friends on the jury, Tabby doesn't. Chase had the possibility of being good at the challenges, Tabby doesn't. Most importantly though, Chase has proven to me that he's willing to vote for me. Tabby's never voted for me so that means that Chase is more likely to help you out, and I can't let that happen. I'm sorry but that's just the way it is.

Jim: Nah, I understand. It's a game for a million dollars, you gotta do what you gotta do.

Brandon nods and slaps Jim on the back.

Brandon (standing up): Well I'm glad you get it. If I'm honest, battling it out like this with you has been fun.

Jim (smirking): That's one way of looking at it.

Brandon nods and walks off towards the shelter leaving Jim to sit on the log and stare, thoughtfully out to the ocean.