There's No Happiness in This Tribe

This is the 5th episode of Survivor: Upolu!

Challenges
Reward Challenge: The Gauntlet  One at a time, each tribe member has to traverse a rope swing, three rolling barrels, a balance beam, a 'wobbly bridge', and two-rope hand-over-hand bridge to retrieve a pennant, followed by returning to the starting line. Meanwhile, two members of each tribe use swinging bags to try and knock their opponents into the water as they cross the three middle obstacles. First to collect all ten wins.. Reward: Feast of sweet treats, including brownies, cookies and lemonade Winner: TBD

Immunity Challenge: Survivor Sumo Using large padded bags, each tribe member has to get their opponent off of a platform and into the surrounding water to earn a point. Contestants must have two hands on the bag at all times and no feet. There will be one-on-one same-sex match-ups. First tribe to six points wins. Winner: TBD

Apolima Tribe
(After voting out Brody, the six remaining Apolima castaways return to camp. No words are spoken for a while; everyone is silent.)

"apolima"

- So we returned to camp and the mood was just dead. Nobody said a word for a good couple of minutes. Nobody wanted to vote out Brody, and everyone could tell there was a giant gaping hole in Apolima without him there.

Desiree: I'll be the first to say it: I really miss Brody.

Aloma: Me too. He's the one who always used to motivate us after each and every Tribal.

Chadwick: Well, now that he's gone, we can hopefully win a challenge. Doesn't mean I won't miss him like crazy, though.

Sasha: Right now I just want another one of his hugs...

(The camera cuts to Johannes and Skanda.)

Johannes: So... wanna tell me what that was all about?

Skanda: I was as sick of losing as the rest of them. It came down to him or Sasha and it was a no-brainer. Simple as that.

Johannes: Then, like, why didn't you tell him not to vote for Sasha?

Skanda: Because he was the weakest on the tribe.

Johannes: Dude, you voted Desiree last time. Why the sudden change?

Skanda: Just didn't want to lose another one. Anyway, it's just you and me now, Johannes.

Johannes: Yeah, I guess it is.

"apolima"

- I don't know what's up with Skanda but I get the feeling she's giving me major BS. I was packing for Tribal tonight thinking we were voting for Sasha, but then she came up and said she wanted to vote for Brody. Like... what the hell? What's up with that? This whole thing is just wacky as hell. It's just me and Skanda now, but, like, I don't even know what Skanda's playing at.

Skanda: Goodnight, Johannes. (she moves over to him and gives him a hug. As she does, the camera fouses on her.)

"apolima"

- Voting off Brody was literally just saving my ass. He knew about the Idol of Burden and he nearly blew it yesterday. Johannes doesn't know about it, and as far as he's concerned, I turned the vote because I wanted to win a challenge. Whether this plays out for me or not I can't be sure, but I do know that it's Johannes and I versus the rest of them. I have the Idol, but that won't keep me safe for long. I just hope I can get out of this hell-hole.

Reward Challenge
Jeff: Come on in, guys!

(Namua come in first, followed by Apolima.)

Jeff: Namua, getting your first look at the new Apolima tribe. Brody voted out at the last Tribal Council.

(none of the Namua castaways seem shocked by this.)

Jeff: Chadwick, you're now down to 6 on Apolima. How does that feel?

Chadwick: It's definitely disappointing, Jeff. We're down two, and that's going to take a lot of work to claw back.

Jeff: Well, Chadwick, you're about to get a reprieve. Everyone drop your buffs. We're switching things up.

(gasps of shock and amazement ripple through the castaways. The camera pans over all of them, seeing their stunned faces. The camera pans to Ruben, who seems excited.)

"namua"

- YES! TRIBE SWITCH! YEAH BABY! I need this more than ANYONE. Tucker wants me dead, and I need to get away from him ASAP. If I can pull out a purple buff, I'll SCREAM!

(Jeff comes forward with a box of buffs wrapped in cloth so they can't be distinguished.)

Jeff: Everyone take a piece of cloth. Keep it wrapped up until I tell you to.

(he goes around distributing cloths, and one by one, the castaways pick.)

Jeff: There are seven buffs for each tribe, so you're going to be swapping evenly. Evevrybody unwrap your cloths... now.

(Everybody unwraps their cloths. The camera focuses on Desiree's alliance. Desiree is the first to unwrap hers, and she has picked a green buff, indicating she'll be swapping tribes.)

Desiree: Hm. Interesting.

(Chadwick unwraps his and is holding a purple buff, meaning he'll stay where he is. Aloma's buff is also purple, while Sasha's buff is revealed to be green. Sasha and Desiree are swapping to Namua, while Aloma and Chadwick are staying on Apolima.)

Sasha: Well, well, well. We'll see you guys on the other side.

Chadwick: I hope to see you guys too.

(The camera next moves over to the Namua mat, focusing on Hans. He unwraps his cloth, and pulls out a purple buff.

Hans: (falls to knees) NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIN!

"apolima"

- I can't believe it! I've been swapped over to Apolima! Nein! I'm not an Apolima person at all. My blood runs green! Green for Namua! I can only hope that I can somehow I and all the other Namuas can survive this switch! I just... can't... (he tries the buff on) This all looks so wrong!

(Josephine wanders over to Hans. She is holding a purple buff.)

Josephine: Calm down, Hans. I got one too.

(The camera flashes to Kiki, holding a green buff.

Kiki: I'm still stuck here. Have fun on Apolima, you two. (she stops dead, then stares to her right.) Oh great...

(The camera moves to where she's looking. Tucker is shown unwrapping a green buff.)

Kiki: (grimacing) Kill me...

(The camera moves to Johannes and Skanda. )

Skanda: Well, Johannes, this is our chance to stay in the game! On the count of three. One... two... three!

(Johannes unwraps green)

Johannes: Sweet.

(Skanda unwraps purple.)

Johannes: Wait, not sweet!

Skanda: (closes her eyes) Great... I'm freaking stuck here.

Johannes: Good luck, Skanda.

(The camera moves to Nathaniel and Rebecca.)

Rebecca: Hopefully we're still together!

Nathaniel: I'll say.

(they both unwrap their buffs. Both have received purple.)

Nathaniel: Well, it's a new tribe, but at least we're still together.

Rebecca: Well, let's see how everything pans out.

(The camera pans over to Ruben.)

Ruben: Purple buff, purple buff...

(He unwraps it and, to his horror, he draws out a green buff. Looking around, he sees Tucker has drawn a green buff too.)

Ruben: (long bleep) Why?

Vinny: What are you swearing at, Ruben?

Ruben: I didn't want to be on a tribe with Tucker!

Vinny: (showing green buff) Well, we're together too. Just stick it out, okay?

Ruben: (sigh) Whatever...

Jeff: Everybody move to your new tribe mats now!

(Everyone moves over to their new tribe mat. The new tribes look like this. Note that swapped tribemates still have their old colour as background so it is easy to tell who has swapped.)

Jeff: Now we've swapped into new tribes. Nathaniel, how does it feel to swap?

Nathaniel: I'm not gonna lie, I'm not crazy about it, but I think we've got a good mixture of people. I think we can do well as a tribe.

Jeff: Sasha, how are you feeling, having moved over to Namua?

Sasha: I'm definitely nervous, especially since we have a 4-3 disadvantage against the former Apolima members, but I'll just take everything as it comes.

Jeff: Well, you're about to have your first test as new tribes. We're going to have a reward challenge right now!

(everyone gasps)

Jeff: For today's challenge, the tribes will race through an obstacle course, one person at a time, trying to collect a pennant at the end. On the way you're going to face opposition from the other tribe members, who will be trying to knock you off the course. If, at any point, you get knocked off the course, you must start again. First tribe to collect all seven pennants wins reward. Want to know what you're playing for?

Castaways: YES!

Jeff: I have no doubts it's going to be a ltitle awkward with new tribe members. Well, nothing breaks the ice like... (lifts off tarp) sweet treats! There's all kinds of treats you could imagine: brownies, cookies, and lots and lots of ''lemonade! ''Worth playing for?

Castaways: YES!

Jeff: I'll give you a minute to strategise, and then we'll get started.

Polls- During Episode
Who will be screwed by the tribe switch? Aloma Chadwick Desiree Hans Johannes Josephine Kiki Nathaniel Rebecca Ruben Sasha Skanda Tucker Vinny

Who will be saved by the tribe switch? Aloma Chadwick Desiree Hans Johannes Josephine Kiki Nathaniel Rebecca Ruben Sasha Skanda Tucker Vinny

Do you like the new tribes Yes No

Author's Notes

 * Both challenges used this episode originated from Survivor: Palau.
 * Updating of this episode will be slow due to my episode of Survivor: Oman - Heroes vs Villains.