Mom Said There Would Be Days Like These

Mom Said There Would Be Days Like These is the third episode of Survivor: Morocco - Blood vs Water

Challenges
Redemption Island Duel: Domino Effect The three castaways each stack domino style wooden blocks on their separate raised courses. Once all of the blocks are properly stacked on the course, the castaway can then start a chain reaction by releasing a ball which travels down the course to the end and smashes a tile. First castaway to break their tile wins. Winner: 

Reward/Immunity Challenge: In The Barrel One tribe member crams into a tiny barrel. Then, other tribe mates, who are attached at the waist, will roll the barrel up and into a special barrel-shaped cradle. The barrel dweller will then hop out, climb onto the barrel, and untie a bag of balls and then hop back into their barrel. The rollers will back the barrel out of the cradle, proceed to the next stand and continue the ball-retrieving process. There are four cradles in all and they are arranged in a zig-zag pattern along the course. Once all four bags have been retrieved, the barrel will be rolled into a final cradle and the inhabitant will burst forth to present the rest of the tribe with his or her bounty. The four remaining players will then roll the balls up a skeeball structure. The first tribe to land six balls in place wins immunity. Reward: Fishing gear (including lines, hooks, lures and live bait) Winner: 

Previously On Survivor
''On Day One, ten pairs of loved ones began the adventure of a lifetime! On the Zibaq tribe, Caleb and Whitney were making waves with one another. - “It means you’re a pain in my ass! Now get out of the shelter and work!” – Facing Tribal Council, Joe was the swing vote between two alliances of four and had to make a decision. – “I’m coming back with three pissed off people.” – In the end, he voted out Eryn, leaving Noel, Troy, and Paige on the outs. Sixteen are left, who will be voted out tonight? ''

Najma
Once the ‘Previously On…’ segment ends, we fade in to the Najma tribe returning from a surprising Tribal Council. The focus is on Noel as she looks at Paige. Paige shakes her head and shrugs before seeing Joe hug Deena. Putting two and two together, Noel looks to the ground.

"najma"

- Tribal Council was an eye-opener. I thought that we had enough votes to send Deena to Redemption but Joe blindsided us. He kept giving his word over and over that he was with us and he was gonna vote Deena out but it was all a lie. I don’t know how I feel about Joe, honestly. I get lying is part of the game but he took it a few steps too far, in my opinion. Now I know I can’t trust him and Troy, Paige, and I need to find a way out of this hole we’re in.

As Joe and Deena finish their hug, Noel decides to step in with her hands on her hips.

Noel: Joe, I just gotta ask, why did you think lying to us by telling us you were with us “one hundred percent” was a good idea? Did you not think we would come back pissed?

Joe: I did not say I was with you one hundred percent.

Troy (Stepping in): Yes you f**king did, dude! You told us “I am with you guys one hundred percent!” Don’t f**king lie!

Paige: Troy, stop.

Joe: No, let him blow up. Let him show his true colors.

Noel: The only one showing their true colors tonight is you, Joe. You’re a boldface liar.

Joe: I am NOT a liar! Don’t you dare call me something I’m not!

Noel: You lied to us for hours on end! No one should trust you!

Joe: Well I got four people who do trust me because they know I never lie so I’m sitting pretty right now.

"najma"

- I stuck to my original alliance and I got a lot of backlash when I got back. Do I care? Not really. I’m in a great spot in my tribe and them blowing up on me just further solidifies their place on the bottom. So I am gonna keep this alliance of five together for as long as possible and vote each and every one of them out. (Shrugs)

After Joe’s confessional, we see Jace and Paige walking together in the woods. Paige has her arms crossed as Jace has his hand on her back.

Jace: First, I want to apologize for that. I connected with Deena on the first day and I didn’t want to see her go home yet.

Paige: I get it. It just sucks because I’m not on the bottom.

Jace: Question, did Joe really say he was with y’all one hundred percent?

Paige: Honest to God, he did. He kept telling us for hours he was with us.

Jace: He told us the same thing.

"najma"

- Even though I’m very happy with how Tribal went, what happened after is making me feel icky. Noel and Troy called Joe out and the dude went off on them. Like Troy ain’t right with what he said but Joe went a bit too far as well. Learning he was double dipping all afternoon makes me wonder if he’ll stay loyal to me. Yes he voted with us this time but what happens down the line? I need to keep my eye on him.

*intro plays*

Redemption Island Duel
After the intro, we get a look at the second Redemption Island duel. Soon, we see Probst.

Jeff: Come on in, guys!

Zibaq enters as all eight members take their seats and turn towards the entrance of the arena, eager to see who was voted out.

Jeff: Zibaq, getting your first look at the new Najma tribe. Eryn, voted out at the last Tribal Council.

D.J. pats Patricia on the shoulder to comfort her, but she jerks away, furious to see her wife voted out. We then get a look at Paige as she shakes her head. Kai looks down, knowing his girlfriend is now in the minority. Najma then takes their seats.

Jeff: We’ll now bring in the competitors for today’s duel.

Anderson, Dani, and Eryn all make their way into the arena and take their spots in front of Jeff, who goes over the challenge.


 * Anderson gets an early lead as his calm approach works much better than Dani’s panicked approach and Eryn’s extremely slow approach.
 * Dani’s stack falls over, forcing her to start over, while Anderson’s lead continues to grow.
 * Eryn starts to catch up on Anderson but her shaky hands start to hurt her as she knocks down half her stack, furthering Anderson’s already large lead.
 * It isn’t long before Anderson places his final block and rushes to start the chain reaction. He starts it and his final block knocks the ball down, giving him the win as Deena cheers from the sidelines.
 * Eryn and Dani continue to go back and forth with one another. Patricia loudly cheers on her wife from the sidelines, which causes Caleb to react with worry as he has never seen Patricia this loud.
 * The two women place their final block at the same time and rush to start the chain reaction. They both knock their block down to start the reaction and we go back and forth between both women before Eryn’s chain reaction completely stops, prompting her to curse. Dani’s final block knocks the ball over, giving her second place and eliminating Eryn for good. We then cut to the three of them facing Probst.

Jeff: Anderson and Dani, the two of you live to fight another day. Eryn, as for you, place your buff in the urn and head on out.

Eryn sadly nods as she waves Patricia goodbye. She removes her buff before leaving the arena for good.

Jeff: Alight you guys, head on back to Redemption and await your next competitor.

Anderson and Dani leave before Jeff turns to the two tribes.

Jeff: Alright guys, head on out, I’ll see you at the next challenge.

As the two tribes leave, we go to commercial.

Najma
We return from commercial with the Najma tribe returning from the Redemption Island duel. Troy is seen putting his bag down in the shelter.

Troy: Honestly expected Eryn to go off on us.

As he talks, the majority alliance of five all gather together and walk down the beach, leaving Paige, Troy, and Noel by themselves.

Troy: Whatever.

"najma"

- The majority can kiss my ass for all I care. They are so damn cocky that it makes me sick just to look at them. They’re probably trying to decide which of us three to vote out already. I swear to God, if they vote me out, I’m putting all their s**t on blast. No joke, I mean I’m gonna drop a full on bomb on these kids. Just watch.

As Troy’s confessional ends, we see the majority alliance all together away from camp. They stand in a small circle as to keep an eye out in all directions.

Jace: So Joe, what did you tell them yesterday to get them all pissed?

Joe: I told them I would vote with them. But it was only to make sure an idol wasn’t played.

Jace: They were fuming, bro.

Joe: I get that but they’re on the outs. Of course they’re gonna be a bit upset. I’m still with you guys one hundred percent, you don’t need to worry about me.

Sibyl: We don’t, Joe. We have your back.

"najma"

- I personally don’t care what Joe did. He voted with us and proved his loyalty so I have faith that he will stick with our five and we’ll be able to make it to the merge with ease.

Joe: We can’t let them get in our heads. We need to stay five strong.

Andre: Agreed.

Joe: Once we get to our loved ones, we can figure things out but no matter what, we are in this together.

"najma"

- I feel like my speech was really good. I told them that once we get to the merge, we’re five strong and we bring in our loved ones to get to the end of the game. Even I felt moved by it! I hold a lot of the cards on this tribe and I feel like I’m keeping this group together, which is good for my game. The more I’m needed, the longer I’ll stay. I don’t think people will attempt to vote me out because I have a good relationship with a majority of the tribe so Paige, Troy, and Noel have nowhere to go. They might as well just head over to Redemption Island right now. (Laughs) That’s so mean, but it’s true.

As Joe’s confessional finishes, the alliance of five does their secret handshake before turning over to Jace.

"najma"

- I’m still a bit wary about Joe because of the guy double dipping but he does seem genuine when he says he wants us to stay five strong. He’s loyal to me and loyalty is everything so, as of now, I do plan on sticking with my original group but I’m just gonna keep an eye on Joe and see how he acts in the next few days. If I get a sense of him being a snake, I may have to change things around.

After Jace’s confessional, we cut to Paige and Noel sitting in the shelter.

Noel: What to do, what to do.

Paige: Well, the first thing is we need to try and get back into some people’s good graces. That fight yesterday did us no favors.

Noel: I know, I was just pissed.

Paige: So was I, but they control the tribe right now and fighting isn’t gonna do much to help you stay a few more days. If anything, it could make you a target.

Noel nods.

"najma"

- Now that I’m on the bottom, I need to try and find a way to get back to the top. Noel and Troy are the only two people I trust right now but Noel I think is a better partner going forward so if they have to get rid of one of us three, I’d rather it be Troy. What Noel needs to do is apologize to Joe. Even if she doesn’t mean it, she has to do it. It’s the only way she can stay.

Noel: I just don’t want to do it today, I can’t really stand to look at him.

Paige: That’s fine. Even if you do it now, it could come off as a bit fake.

"najma"

- Paige is a genuine person. She tells you how it is without a filter and I appreciate that. I can be a bit stubborn so I need someone to be very blunt with me to get me to understand. I may lose some of my dignity apologizing to that slimeball but I need a million dollars so…sorry dignity.

Noel watches as the majority alliance of five comes back from their meeting as we cut over to the Zibaq tribe.

Zibaq
As the Zibaq tribe returns from Redemption Island, Patricia is seen leading them with a scowl on her face. D.J. tries to comfort her but she pulls away.

Patricia: Don’t touch me.

Patricia storms off, leaving everyone back at camp.

Tyler: Leave her be, she’s just being a child.

"zibaq"

- Patricia was upset her wife was voted out. Oh boo-hoo, get over it. You’re on Survivor, people get voted out all the time. It’s nothing new. Truthfully I was glad it was her because I can manipulate Patricia much easier now with Eryn gone but her attitude sucks so she better hurry up and change it.

Kai: I’d say give her some space; let her have some time to herself. She needs it.

Tyler rolls his eyes before walking away. We focus on Kai as he takes a deep breath before laying down in the shelter.

"zibaq"

- Knowing Paige is on the outs sucks. She and I had a goal of getting to the merge together and getting to the end. But she’s a tough girl, the toughest girl I know, so I know she can get out of it. We may have been dating for only a few months before coming out here, but I love the girl to death. She’s my everything and I just want to see her succeed because she deserves it so much.

After Kai’s confessional, we cut to Caleb going to work. He picks up logs, bamboo, etc. As he brings it to camp, he slams in on the ground. Whitney is sleeping in the shelter, which annoys Caleb some more.

"zibaq"

- I grew up working on my dad’s farm. I was up every day at five in the morning and I worked my butt off before going to school, coming home, and working some more. That’s how I was raised. Whitney? I have no idea how she was raised because all she does is sleep in the shelter and reap the spoils of everyone else. It bothers me very much because the fact she gets to do nothing yet still stay in this game is not fair to everyone else who works around camp.

As Caleb’s confessional ends, we see him with Tyler and Kai. Kai is chewing on a bamboo twig as he listens to Caleb.

Caleb: I bet you she was spoiled as a child, man. Never heard the word no a day in her life. Probably treats her kid the same way to.

Whitney’s eyes open at the mention of her son as she looks towards D.J., who is very uncomfortable with the situation.

Whitney: Did he just mention my kid?

D.J.: Whit, don’t say anything.

Whitney: Trying not to.

Caleb (Continuing): She probably babies him all the time. Can’t imagine what it’s like in that house.

"zibaq"

- Caleb started on another one of his rants about me today and it got under my skin. He started making assumptions about Troy, about how we live, and how I’m so spoiled. He has no idea that Troy and I don’t live a very rich life. I still rent out an apartment for us so for him to think I don’t know what work is? That’s laughable. He’s nothing but a stupid hick and he’s gonna get what he deserves.

As Caleb continues on his tirade, Whitney finally gets out of the shelter and walks over towards the three men.

Whitney: What makes you think you can just talk about my personal life?

Caleb: Because of how little you do. Starts somewhere, must be home.

Whitney: How dare you!

Caleb: Lady, we’re out in Morocco, not your house. Don’t lecture me.

Whitney: I will lecture you because you have no respect!

As the two argue, Sundra is seen getting more and more agitated the longer the fight goes on.

"zibaq"

- Caleb and Whitney fighting is a daily routine at camp. At first it was funny but now it’s honestly irritating as hell. One of them has to go so we can have peace back at our camp.

Whitney: You have got to be one of the most immature people I have met!

Caleb: Says the chick who does nothing but nap all day. What’s your excuse, saving energy for the challenges? Newsflash, you still suck at ‘em!

Whitney: Why I never!

Caleb: Then never somewhere else.

Whitney:  Why I…you…UGH!

Whitney storms off in a huff, prompting Caleb to chuckle.

Caleb: How the hell did she pass the psych eval?

"zibaq"

- Whitney doesn’t know how to argue with people. It’s always ‘Why I never!’ and ‘How dare you!’ with her. It’s like arguing with a toddler; it’s just not a fair fight. The only silver lining to these fights is that it makes our next vote easier. Whitney gets on everyone’s nerves so it shouldn’t be a hard sell to send her packing.

We see Whitney lay back down in the shelter, cursing under her breath.

"zibaq"

- Caleb is a nuisance. He’s got to go. All he does is berate whoever he sees as unworthy and I’m sick of it. The sooner he is off this tribe, the better!

After Whitney’s confessional, we go to commercial.

Najma
As we return from commercial, we see Joe with his alliance. They are all laughing and having a good time while Troy, Paige, and Noel all lay around in the shelter, uninvited to the group. Paige rolls her eyes.

Paige: They make it pretty obvious we’re not part of the tribe, don’t they.

Troy: Mm-hmm, but when I’m done, they won’t be so tight.

"najma"

- I consider myself a pretty strong strategic player. I think I’m the smartest one in this game, honestly. I know that I’m on the outs but I want to put Joe on blast today. Show his true colors and I think if I expose the things he has done to my group, than he would become the target. It’s a brilliant plan in my opinion and it’s gonna work out beautifully.

Noel: What’re you cooking up in that noggin of yours?

Troy: I’m just gonna expose Joe for who he is: A slimy, slippery snake. Just tell them everything he did.

'Paige (Not buying into the plan): Uh-huh.

Troy: I know that if I do, we can get some people to flip to our side and turn the tides in our favor.

Paige: Do what you think is best.

"najma"

- Do I think Troy’s plan will work? Absolutely not. It’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard in my life. But I’m not gonna talk him out of it. I need Troy to be a bigger target than me for this next vote so I can squeeze by and buy myself some time to come up with an actual plan to get Noel and I out of this hole. But for now, I’m gonna let Troy bury himself some more and make it clear that he and I are no longer together.

As Troy gets out of the shelter, the music starts to intensify. The majority alliance continue to enjoy themselves as Troy approaches them, ready to enact his plan.

Troy: So Joe, how long you gonna keep lying to them?

Joe (Confused): What do you mean?

Troy: Cut the crap, dude. You led us on for hours, we all know you’ll do it to them. You’re a f**king snake, dude.

Sibyl: Troy, can you knock it off? Whatever you’re trying to do, it ain’t working.

Troy: You should just know what he’s capable of doing. He’s been nothing but a liar this entire time.

Andre: Hasn’t lied to us.

Troy: Yet.

As Troy continues, Paige and Noel are seen cringing in the shelter. Jace sees this before turning back to Troy.

Troy (Continuing): He can’t be trusted at all and you guys deserve to know that.

Joe: Enough! I am sick of you slandering my character! So I didn’t vote your way, it’s Survivor! Don’t like it, just quit!

Joe quickly storms off as Troy smugly smiles to himself.

"najma"

- I feel like my plan worked out pretty well. He blew up on me, someone seven years younger than him, so it made him look especially bad. Now I know his own alliance is gonna start questioning him and that’ll be the opening I need to swoop in and take control of this tribe.

After Troy’s confessional, we see Deena with a look of absolute annoyance on her face. She shakes her head before turning away from Troy.

"najma"

- I have no idea what Troy was thinking when he decided to ‘expose’ Joe but it didn’t do a thing. We still have a tight group of five and I trust Joe the most after Jace and Anderson so all he really did was paint a bigger target on his back.

After Deena’s confessional, we see Joe standing by himself, calming down from Troy’s antics. Noel walks up slowly, ready to apologize.

Noel: Hey, you alright?

Joe: What do you care?

Noel: Look, I want to apologize for the way I was after Tribal. It was the heat of the moment and I shouldn’t have lashed out on you like that. And Troy shouldn’t have gone at you like that.

Joe: Hmph, whatever.

Noel: Look, I had nothing to do with what Troy did.

Joe: I don’t really care. I doubt you’re even sorry for what you did.

Noel: I really am. I’m being honest.

Joe: Oh yeah? Well let me be honest with you. It’s not gonna work. Not Troy’s little stunt, not your ‘apology’, nothing. As far as I’m concerned, you three are still on the bottom of this tribe. Nothing is gonna change that so you may as well get your stuff packed now because you’re gonna be on your way out the door real soon. How’s that for honest?

Joe storms off, leaving a completely stunned Noel behind.

"najma"

- I really was being honest when I was apologizing to Joe and…he’s had this nasty side to him since the vote. At first, I thought it was because I called him out but now he’s being super aggressive and condescending, I don’t like it. I get real freaked out when men are like that with me. It just triggers these flashbacks to my uncle and brings me to this real dark place. (Starts to cry)

As Noel’s confessional finishes, we see that Jace has watched the entire situation from afar, making sure to go unnoticed. He leaves the area before we cut to the Zibaq tribe.

Zibaq
Jovial music is heard as we get an aerial shot of the Zibaq camp. We see everyone, except Whitney and Patricia, are having a good time with one another, laughing and playing games. Though the music begins to fade away as a scowling Patricia leaves the shelter and walks by everyone. Joel rolls his eyes before turning back to the group.

"zibaq"

- For the most part, the tribe camaraderie is really good. When they’re in good moods, Tyler and Caleb are pretty cool to be around, Sundra likes to keep things in high spirits, and Kai is just an all around pleasant dude. So we do get along which is good because that will help us in challenges. But I’d say Patricia, as of late, has been a debbie downer. I get she’s upset about her wife being out of the game but she’s still in it, a chance for a million dollars and she’s using her time now to just mope, which is bringing some of us down.

Caleb: Patricia, come on, join us!

Patricia: I’m fine by myself.

Caleb (Shrugging): Well I tried.

Most laugh with Caleb’s joke while Whitney rolls her eyes, still sick of Caleb.

"zibaq"

- Caleb doesn’t care for people. He is one of the most selfish people I have met and the fact the rest of this tribe just follows his lead on everything pisses me off. This is how the world works now, huh? Bullies just get everything handed to them? Well they shouldn’t!

As everyone is having a good time among themselves, Whitney slides out of the shelter unnoticed. She gathers everyone’s canteens before speed walking down the beach. Once she is far away from camp, she begins to dig a hole in the sand. The hole is deep enough that she tosses all the canteens into the hole before covering it up. Once it’s covered, she heads back to camp where everyone is looking for the canteens.

Sundra: Are they over there, Kai?

Kai: No, I swear I left mine here though.

D.J.: The hell is going on?

Whitney barely responds. She just lays back down in the shelter while everyone is searching.

Caleb: Is this someone’s idea of a dumb joke because it ain’t funny.

As Kai looks around, he notices that Whitney is the only one not searching for the canteens before putting two and two together.

Kai: Ah, ok.

"zibaq"

- It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out Whitney hid our water. She’s been on the outs since the start and, instead of trying to get in with the group and make things better; she’s gone and dug herself a deeper and deeper grave. It’s put a giant, glowing target on her back that I don’t think she can get rid of at this point.

Kai:  She hid them dude.

Caleb (Walking towards Kai): Whitney? Seriously.

Kai nods.

Kai: She ain’t gonna tell us where they are.

Caleb: I know what to do.

"zibaq"

- On the farm, my dad taught me how to track animals. Gators, cow, deer, all that stuff. So when Whitney decided that she wanted to become an even bigger lunatic than before and hide our water, I just needed to put my tracking skills into use. I mean, let’s be real, Whitney is sort of like a dumb, wild animal so it wasn’t all that hard. (Laughs)

We see everyone, except Patricia and Whitney, begin to follow Caleb as he locates the tribes missing canteens.

Caleb: Tracks stop up here.

They get to the spot where Whitney hid their belongings and Caleb and Joel begin to dig up the hole. It isn’t long until Joel pulls out the first canteen. Everyone begins to cheer as Caleb pulls out more canteens.

Caleb: Told ya.

"zibaq"

- Within five minutes, I found where the moron hid our water. Being the hero of the hour is great because I get to rub it in Whitney’s face a little more. Oh, it feels nice. (Smiles)

As Caleb hands out everyone’s canteens, we focus on Tyler, who is downing his water.

"zibaq"

- Yeah it was nice that Caleb found our canteens but that doesn’t change the fact that he is a physical threat. The dude is 6’3 and jacked as hell. He looks like a freakin’ bouncer at the club I work at. No way do I want to go to the merge with this guy, he’ll crush me in everything! On the other hand, Whitney is a complete mess. I love hags on Survivor and she is our residential hag so I want to work with her. Plus, she’s on the outs so she’ll be open to anything.

Tyler is seen walking back to camp alone as Whitney sits up to talk to him.

Whitney: You get your water back?

Tyler: Yep.

Whitney: I can’t stand that motherf**ker.

We get a glimpse of Caleb laughing before cutting back to Whitney and Tyler.

Whitney: I can’t believe he’s gonna outlast me in this game.

Tyler: Don’t be so sure, you got some friends on this tribe.

Whitney: What?

Tyler: Just stay quiet and let me do the dirty work, ok?

Whitney smiles and nods before we see a smug Tyler.

"zibaq"

- I am one sneaky, little bitch, ok? I can be very manipulative when I want to be and Whitney is an easy target. I already have Joel and D.J. in my back pocket and with Whitney as my secret partner in crime; I have this tribe eating out of the palm of my hands. Oh this game is so fun, I love it!

After Tyler’s confessional, we go to commercial.

Immunity Challenge
Once the commercial break is over, we open on an aerial shot of the third immunity challenge of the season. Once we get a look at the challenge, we cut to Probst.

Jeff: Come on in, guys!

The two tribes arrive for their next challenge. Once they step on their respective mats, Jeff goes over the challenge.


 * Caleb, Kai, and Joel work in unison to roll their barrel, that has Sundra in it, while Andre, Joe, and Jace are unable to go in a straight line.
 * Zibaq gets to their first station and Sundra begins to untie her first bag.
 * Najma finally get to their first station as Sundra gets back in the barrel and Zibaq moves on to their second station.
 * Noel is quick in getting her bag and this time, Najma does a better job rolling the barrel as Zibaq reaches their second station.
 * Najma catches up to Zibaq but Zibaq keeps a slim lead.
 * Zibaq gets their four bags first and reach their station as Sundra hands Tyler the balls. Najma is not far behind as Noel gives Troy the bags.
 * Troy insists on tossing every ball but he misses every shot. Meanwhile, Tyler makes it every single time, giving Zibaq the win. We then cut to the two tribes facing Probst.

Jeff: Zibaq, another strong effort. Congrats, enjoy the night off.

Jeff gives Tyler the idol as Zibaq leaves, prompting Jeff to turn towards Najma.

Jeff:  Najma, got nothing for ya except a date with me at Tribal Council where one of you will be sent to Redemption Island. Head on back to camp, I’ll see you tonight.

As Najma leaves, the focus is on a cool and calm Andre.

"najma"

- It’s tough to lose but I ain’t stressin’ about the vote. I’m in a strong five person alliance and we’re gonna stick together and vote out Paige, Troy, or Noel. Nothin’ special.

After Andre’s confessional, we go to commercial.

Losing Tribe
After the commercial break, we see the Najma tribe returning from their second challenge loss in a row. Joe seems very happy about the loss, something he doesn’t hide very well. Troy goes to say something but Paige stops him by putting her hand on his shoulder.

Paige: Don’t, it’s not worth it.

Troy: Whatever. I just can’t wait to see the look on his face when he ends up going to Redemption tonight.

"najma"

- The loss today sucks but I’m very happy to go to Tribal Council. My plan was to show Joe for who he really is: a lying snake. I think I did a pretty good job of that yesterday and I feel like the tribe is united today to get rid of him. He doesn’t belong on this tribe and I don’t think he has any idea what’s in store for him tonight at Tribal. (Smirks)

After Troy’s confessional, we see the majority alliance of five gather together by the water’s edge to discuss the vote.

Sibyl: If y’all don’t mind, I want to get rid of Troy tonight. He is just an obnoxious pest.

Joe: Personally, I want that as well, but strategically, he’s not a threat. Those two girls are.

Deena: Yeah, Noel and Paige are the more strategic of the three so I think one of them should go.

Sibyl: If that’s what y’all want.

Joe: I think it’s best for us going forward.

"najma"

- As much as I want to vote out Troy tonight, voting him out would be purely emotional. I’m not an emotional guy so I want to make the smartest play possible and that’s voting out Noel or Paige. Between the two, Paige is the smartest option because she’s very quiet, very observant, and those are the people you really need to look out for so we’re gonna vote for Paige tonight and be done with it.

Jace: So what are we thinking? Paige?

Joe: That’s who I want.

Andre: Ok, done deal.

Sibyl nods, though she’s not very happy about the vote.

"najma"

- I personally want to go for Troy because he irks my entire soul but I’m loyal to this five person alliance so if they want to vote for Paige, I’m writing Paige’s name down. Sorry girl, majority rules.

After Sibyl’s confessional, we cut to the alliance parting ways. Paige sees Jace walk out to the woods before following him without anyone noticing.

"najma"

- The alliance of five seem to be sticking together and I have this feeling in my gut that I could be the one they’re targeting. While I wanted to do Troy in order to keep Noel and myself safe, if they’re going for me, I need to try and turn two votes against someone else. Joe has shown to not only be a liar, but a very emotional person. Jace is a good kid and I feel like I could get him on my side to at least tie it and if he does, someone will flip and keep me in the game and get rid of Joe.

We see Troy filling his canteen up at the well. He looks up and sees Paige walking towards him.

Jace: ’Sup Paige?

Paige:  Sup.

Jace: What’s on your mind?

Paige: I just want to talk about the vote. I’ve been getting this feeling that I could be the target and I really want to be here.

Jace: I think we all want to be here.

Paige: But the thing is I’ve never done anything to you personally. I’ve never gone off the rails and that could be good for someone like you.

Jace: What are you thinking?

Paige: Joe.

We see Joe laughing loudly and proudly at camp before cutting back to Paige and Jace.

Paige: I hate to throw him under the bus but he’s been a handful the last few days, even without Troy pestering him.

Jace: I’ll be honest, he has.

Paige: Why keep him? We’re not winning with him so he’s not helping us in the challenge department and he’s always the one that has to be the most heard. He’s gotta have the last word in everything. I’d be a better ally to you than him.

Jace (Nodding): Right, I do see your points and I am thinking about switching my vote. But I need to talk to Deena.

Paige: All I ask is that you consider it.

Jace: I will.

Paige: Thank you.

The two hug and Paige leaves, leaving Jace to himself to think.

Jace: Oh man.

"najma"

- I honestly haven’t gotten great vibes from Joe since the Eryn vote and he hasn’t really done a whole lot to change my mind about him, especially the whole Noel thing I saw yesterday. If he keeps acting like an ass, I may just have to vote him out and start a new alliance with people I don’t know if I can fully trust. Deena is my number one on this tribe and I’m not doing anything without her so I need to speak to her about this decision.

After Jace’s confessional, we see him and Deena in the shelter laying down together. Jace sees Joe is napping on the beach before turning to Deena.

Jace (Whispering): I’m thinking we should turn the tables on Joe tonight.

Deena looks at Jace, completely confused.

Jace (Whispering): I don’t think I can work with a guy that pompous. I saw him go off at Noel yesterday for apologizing to him. He’s bad news.

Deena (Whispering): I think we should just stick with our five. I can’t trust those three.

"najma"

- Jace wants to vote out Joe but I trust Joe. He voted to keep me. But Jace wants to flip on our group and blindside Joe, which I don’t like at all. I have a good relationship with Sibyl and I would burn that bridge by flipping so I’d rather stick to the five we got and vote out Paige.

Deena (Whispering): It’s the wrong move to make.

"najma"

- Deena is against the plan to vote out Joe but I still want to do it. I don’t think he will be loyal to me in the long run but I’m not sure if Deena will vote for Joe if I go through with it. Do I want to do rocks? No, absolutely not. Especially this early. If I have to vote for Paige, I will but I hope Deena sees my side and sees why Joe needs to go tonight.

After Jace’s confessional, we see the Najma tribe leaving for Tribal Council. The sun sets and the moon rises as the eight members of Najma enter Tribal Council. Once they take their seats, Jeff begins the QnA.

Jeff: So it was obvious the last vote was a big blindside for a few people. Paige, what happened back at camp?

Paige: Noel and Troy both went off on Joe after Tribal. I can understand where their anger was coming from, Joe had basically led us on all day and made us believe he was with us.

Joe (Rolling his eyes): You sound like a child.

Jeff: Joe, you have something to say?

Joe: I do. They can be mad I didn’t vote with them all they want but I made a choice that was better for my game. They can try and ruin my character all they want but my alliance knows that I am an honest person.

Troy: Honest? You lied to us all day? How is that honest?

Joe: I don’t need to explain myself to a twenty year old.

Troy: You need to explain yourself to the tribe! If you’re so honest, why did you lie to four people all afternoon? That’s not honest.

Jeff: Joe, Troy has a point. You can’t say you’re honest if you’ve lied.

Joe: Jeff, my allies know what type of person I am. I am a good person that have three people trying to destroy my character.

Noel: A good person doesn’t go out of their way to make people cry. Cut the ‘I’m a good person’ crap, you sound like a douche.

Joe shakes his head and chuckles.

Jeff: Noel, what happened?

Noel: I went to Joe yesterday to apologize for what I had said to him after Tribal because I did go over the top. Joe started going ‘Oh you don’t mean it! You’re going home!’ I can’t really handle men yelling at me and I sort of broke down.

Joe: That is a complete lie! I never said that.

Noel looks down at her feet, still upset. Jace takes a few moments before raising his hand.

Jace: Can I speak?

Joe looks a tad surprised as he turns towards Jace. Jeff gives him the floor.

Jace: I had actually went to go see Joe after the debacle yesterday and saw him talking to Noel and Noel is telling the truth.

Joe (Panicking): You what?

Jace: I heard everything, dude. You did go off on her and she was crying.

Sibyl and Andre give each other a look, unsure what to do.

Joe: This is a bunch of horses**t! They are trying to break us up! We can’t let them do that!

Jace and Deena begin to whisper in each other’s ear, talking about the vote.

Joe: Oh give me a break.

Jeff: Andre, what are your thoughts?

Andre: I think Joe is just a bit of a hothead but I still do value him as a member of my alliance and I will say it loud and proud that I will be sticking by his side tonight.

Joe: Thank you! Sibyl?

Sibyl: I…uh…

Joe shakes his head, whispering ‘I can’t believe this.’ We then see Paige whispering to Troy and Noel.

Jeff: I don’t think I have seen a Tribal Council this early blow up this fast.

Joe: Nothing is blowing up! Jace, Deena, Sibyl, Andre, I am with you five until the very end.

Troy: Or until you get to Tyler.

Joe: You shut your f**king mouth!

Paige and Noel are taken back by Joe’s outburst while Troy can’t help but laugh. We then cut to Deena and Jace whispering still.

Jace (Whispering): Are you still sure you wanna go this way?

Deena is unable to respond. She can barely muster up a shrug before Jace nods and turns back to Jeff.

Jeff: Alright, are we good?

Joe: Yes! Let’s vote and send one of them to Redemption!

Noel takes a deep breath and nods, giving Jeff the go ahead.

Jeff: Alright, this has been one of the craziest Tribal Councils I have witnessed. Let’s see where it’s leading to. It is time to vote. Andre, you’re up.

Andre gets up and quickly makes his way to the voting booth. Joe’s voting confessional is heard by everyone as he yells it. Paige gives him a disgusted look as he walks back. Joe responds by smugly grinning as she gets up. Paige is the next one to have her vote shown, but she has no voting confessional. Troy, instead, has his vote and voting confessional aired as he proudly puts his Joe vote in the urn. He is the last one to vote so when he sits down, Jeff collects the urn.

Jeff: If anyone has the hidden immunity idol and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so.

Everyone looks towards each other, not knowing who could pull out the idol. After a few seconds, everyone turns to Jeff.

Jeff: Once the votes are read, the decision is final. Person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I’ll read the votes.

Jeff pulls out the first vote.

Jeff: First vote – Paige.

Paige nods, knowing she is a target.

Jeff: Joe. That’s one vote Paige, one vote Joe.

Joe doesn’t react. He just keeps his smug grin.

Jeff: Joe.

Joe shrugs as Troy takes a deep breath.

Jeff: Joe. That’s three votes Joe.

Joe barely reacts at all. Andre and Sibyl are seen side by side.

Jeff: Paige.

Paige looks towards Andre, who doesn’t return her glance.

Jeff: Paige. That’s three votes Paige, three votes Joe. Next vote.

Paige pats Noel on the back, expecting to be going home. Noel mouths ‘I’m sorry’ to her before turning back to Jeff. Joe gives a satisfied smirk to Jace and Deena as the two of them continue to watch Jeff as he pulls out the seventh vote.

Jeff: Joe. That’s four votes Joe, three votes Paige, one vote left.

Suddenly, Joe’s smug smirk is now gone. A complete look of shock and terror replaces it as he begins to look around. Both Andre and Sibyl look stunned as well as Paige stops picking up her bags and glances back up at Jeff.

Jeff: Third person voted out of Survivor: Morocco – Joe. That’s five and tonight, that’s enough. Need to bring me your torch.

Joe cannot believe his eyes. He can hardly react as he gets up and takes his torch. Troy mockingly waves him goodbye as Noel and Paige hug one another, happy to survive. Paige looks at Jace and silently thanks him. Jace nods as he turns to watch Joe put his torch in front of Jeff.

Jeff: Joe, the tribe has spoken.

Jeff snuffs his torch.

Jeff: You will have a chance to get back in this game. Head to Redemption Island, good luck.

As Joe silently leaves Tribal, Jeff turns back to the Najma tribe.

Jeff: Well, an explosive Tribal ends in a blindside. The question now is: How will this tribe recover? Grab your torches, head on back to camp, goodnight.

As the Najma tribe leaves, Sibyl can’t pick her jaw off the ground as the credits roll.

Next Time on Survivor...
''A brutal blindside results in a war of words at Redemption Island, - “You can’t be trusted!” – and will one castaway go off the deepend? – “I’m ready to give up.” ''