She's Like a Dead Fish

This is the 4th episode of Survivor: Marianas

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Sleeping with the Fishes

''One at a time, a tribe member must dive down to the ocean floor and unhook a buoy from a weight, sending it to the surface. When all nine buoys are back at the dock, two tribe members must rearrange the buoys so they form a mystery phrase - 'WIN REWARD'.''

Reward: Eggs, bacon, coffee, hot chocolate, bagels with lox and cream cheese and toast for the first tribe to finish, coffee and hot chocolate for the second tribe to finish. Winners: TBA

Immunity Challenge: Dear Liza

Each tribe will carry a large bucket to a water tower where they will fill it. They will then race back and work together to plug as many of the holes as they can in their bucket to keep the water from leaking out. Then they will empty what’s left into a barrel and head back out. The first two tribes to fill their barrel and raise their flag win immunity.

Winners: TBA

Night 9
Luta returns to camp and Ali immediately stalks off into the woods. "luta"

- Operation White Knight failed hard. The only good that came out of it was now I know I can’t trust Karina. Honestly, I better work to win the next immunity challenge cause I know I’m on the chopping block.

Day 10
At Sarigan, Carmen finds the immunity idol after searching for firewood. Giddily, she jumps up and down, and shows the idol to the camera. "sarigan"

- I was totally stunned to find the idol. It’s been ten days and I’m surprised it hasn't been found already.

At Luta, Ali is up early to draw water and go fishing. David and Noemi watch him closely and comment on how worried he must be if he is doing all of the work for the tribe. "luta"

- Ali is like Luta’s personal waiter. Need something? He’ll get it for you.

Meanwhile, Isaac confronts Karina about her move yesterday. He tells her while he is glad she told Noemi about Operation White Knight, he is worried that she turned so easily on Ali and Charlotte. Karina reassures him that what she did was not to be crafty or cruel, but simply because she felt uncomfortable with the plan. Isaac accepts what she says, but comments that he'll be keeping an eye on her. "luta"

- I’m not sure Isaac believed me, but I tell the truth when I mean I didn’t like Ali’s plan. Plus yeah, I want to get in with a good alliance.

At Tinian's camp, Zac and Ryan spy a large shape in the water and call everyone to the beach. A small shark is seen swimming in the water and Zac and Ryan make preparations to try and kill it. Before they can get their machete, the shark swims off, leaving the whole camp disappointed. "tinian"

- Most of the tribe was excited to see the shark because it meant food. Me? I was scared as hell! I'm not getting in that water anymore!

At the reward challenge, Jeff brings in Luta, prompting some eyebrow raises from Sarigan and Tinian when they see Charlotte is gone. Ali points to Isaac and Noemi in return. "tinian"

- I’m surprised Charlotte is gone. Sure, she wasn’t the most active in challenges, but she never seemed like someone to draw animosity.

Tinian sits out Max and Skye while Luta sits out Isaac. Luta and Tinian start off in front after Carmen has a hard time unhooking her buoy. Luta breezes through the unhooking section and Karina and Noemi quickly solve the puzzle, winning them reward before either other tribe is out of the water. Tinian falters after retrieving all but one of the buoys but after Zac comes up with buoy, Skye reminds the tribe that losing this would be their third reward lost in a row. Tinian manages to power through the puzzle, winning reward and sending Sarigan home with nothing.

Luta excitedly eats their breakfast at the challenge area, although Ali gives up his portion. "luta"

- Ali’s really putting on thick. Here, let me collect water. Oh here let me catch you these fish. Oh I don’t want my reward, you can have it.

At Tinian, the tribe celebrates their first reward win while drinking their coffee around the fire. Margot is especially celebrated for narrowly beating Sarigan at the puzzle. "tinian"

- Oh god. It feels so good to know people recognize me as a competitor and a strong puzzler.

Sarigan dejectedly heads back to camp, and spends the next few hours lounging around. "sarigan"

- We were doing well until now. Ugh, it hurts!

While the rest of the tribe are off gathering breadfruit and coconuts, Carmen approaches Taj and asks to band together. While Taj initially declines, Carmen shows him her immunity idol and he accepts. Carmen then suggests bringing on Rayya, who was proving to be somewhat dominant in the challenges. Taj agrees to this. "sarigan"

- We’re leaving Ellie on the outs because she’s not the best in challenges and she isn’t really a good strategizer. She’s like a dead fish, really.

Day 11
At the Luta camp, Ali tries searching for the idol while he is off gathering water for the tribe. "luta"

- Even though David still might have the idol, it doesn’t hurt to look for it.

Seeing Ali look for it, Noemi also tries to find it and manages to locate it under a large rock. She debates telling Isaac but decides to keep it secret. "luta"

- I’ve got it, meaning Ali has no chance of salvation. That is, if we decide he is next to go.

She watches Ali search and comments that she feels bad that he is searching for nothing. Returning to camp, she quickly hides her idol in her bag and goes to help Karina wash the tribe's clothes

At the Sarigan camp, Carmen speaks to Rayya about their blossoming alliance, making no mention of her idol. Rayya is a little mad, seeing as Taj denied her offer of an alliance, but accepts. The pair take a walk on the beach to see Taj, who is fishing. Rayya asks why Ellie was not included and Taj rolls his eyes. "sarigan"

- I've realized why Rayya is a model. It's because sometimes I doubt she has brain in there. You can't have an alliance with every single member on the tribe, dumbo!

At Tinian, Max and Margot chat while they gather coconuts and papaya. Margot asks if their agreement is still on and Max nods yes. Margot then goes on to ask if he has anyone in mind in case they lose the next challenge. Max quickly responds with Zac and shoots down Margot’s suggestion of Madeleine. "tinian"

- Max is very set on Zac, but I’m not so sure about that. Zac is a fundamental member of our tribe and carries us through the challenges along with Ryan. I really don’t know.

At Luta, David gets into an argument with Ali when David confronts him about Operation White Knight. Ali reveals he formulated it to get rid of David’s idol and David shakes his head in disbelief and informs Ali that he never had the idol. Ali points out that David could be lying, but David maintains he doesn’t have it. After David leaves, Ali resumes searching for the idol, now with vigorous interest. After debating it, Noemi goes to Isaac and shows him her idol. Isaac's eyes widen and he whistles before motioning for Noemi to put it away.

Next Time on Survivor...

 * All three tribes go to tribal council - what does that signify in the game?

Author's Notes

 * The episode title was spoken by Carmen.