CBS Survivor Gabon Episode 4 Recap - by Wolfie
CBS Survivor Gabon Randy aces out Ace, Kelli finds a team. Christmas is sweet in the Sugar Shack and Randy aces out Ace in the immunity challenge. Ace says Kelli will be the next lamb to the slaughter. That may come back to haunt him. And in the Fang camp, Crystal GC and Ken bond knowing what a "walk" means when Randy, Mattie, Susie and Dan go out to "pick fruit". Click Read More (below) for the Full Recap.
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Ranking your tribe.
A tally board for each one to fill out in private on a spot on the beach ... results are:
Kota - Marcus is 1 and surprised by that, but I'm not. Ace is second, Bob 3rd, Charlie 4th, Jacquie 5th, Corrine 6th, Sugar 7th and Kelli 8th and last. She remarks that it's interesting and different for her but she's not whining about it. Good girl!
Mattie is ranked first on Fang also not a big surprise, with Dan 2nd, Randy 3rd, Crystal 4th which upset her and she is the one who feels blindsided. Ken is 5th while GC is 6th who says it doesn't look good for a pimp, and Susie as expected is ranked last.
Jeff asks what Marcus thinks about Fang's rank and he says he is surprised Randy is as high as he is. Randy ends up on his team so I wonder if that will come back to bite him. Jeff asks Randy what he thinks of the Kota ranking and he says he doesn't think anything, that it doesn't show who's hooking up with who. Randy is a pretty smart cookie. Obnoxious but he's playing a pretty good game.
Randy says... about Kota.. doesn't think anything, doesn't show who's hooking up with who.
Jeff says "Drop your buffs" and they proceed to pick new tribes.
Marcus and Mattie will stay on the original tribe and be captains, picking first. They alternate between them. It ends like this:
Marcus - Kota from fang, chooses Dan, Dan chooses Charlie, Charlie chooses Randy, Randy chooses Corrine, Corrine chooses Susie (they told her to) Susie chooses Bob
Mattie - Fang chooses Ace from kota Ace chooses Crystal, Crystal chooses Jacquie, Jacquie chooses Ken, Ken chooses Kelli, Kelli chooses GC
GC last member of Fang to be chosen.
Bob is chosen for Kota and Sugar is going to exile island
Sugar is to stay there until after next tribal council and joins tribe who goes to TC
New Fang - Mattie, Ace, Crystal Jackie, Ken, Kelli, GC (red buff)
Kota - Marcus, Dan, Charlie, Randy, Corrine, Susie, Bob (yellowbuff)
On the new Fang, GC, Crystal and Ken had bonded when Mattie went out for a walk with Susie, Randy and Dan. Now GC, Crystal and Ken are still together, Mattie is kind of out in the cold. But he is original Fang, if they can play into that at some point. It is not as likely as one might think because that tribe had not bonded as a tribe at all.
But on Kota there are 3 of that former alliance with Mattie. Randy, Susie and Dan. I can't see Randy sticking with Susie for too long. The original alliance of Marcus, Charlie, Corrine (sans Jacquie) are still together on the new tribe. If Dan, Randy and Susie stick together, then Bob will likely choose to go with his former teammates. Randy would do a lot better jumping over to the four original Kota if they will have him. His play is good, he's smart, but he's got a numbers problem right now. I don't think he has a "loyalty" problem becaues he's more in tune with the idea of Survivor than he is into any "loyalty". I think this puts Susie in a bad situation. She's not strong in the challenges.
Sugar chooses comfort at exile island of course. Like Christmas morning, hammock, fruit, "Sugar Shack", swimming and laying out in the sun.
Back at Fang GC is happy because he's one of four. Ace is going to teach them how to make ginger rice. Kelli talks about being an outcast (with Crystal) Crystal tells Ken, they realize she can't stand her old tribemates and she's ready to "jump ship" and go with them. She's joining them and it gives her the numbers. Kelly, Ken, Crystal, GC
In the challenge the first score is Randy Kota on the board. Randy scores second point, no one on Fang goal, Ace left the goalie spot.
Kelli doing nothing and "Kenny is useless in this challenge" - Jeff
Dan falls out of boat and Ace falls out of his boat.
Randy scores for Kota and Kota wins immunity. That means Sugar will be on Fang with Ace.
Jeff calls Fang out saying it's the worst performance he's seen.
Randy aced out Ace! I don't know if his new tribe will notice but he left his spot as goalie and then he fell out of his boat. He did not shine in this challenge and he's always boasting about being stronger.
TC starring Fang tribe, again.
Jeff asks "Mattie do you trust Ace now?" He says well he doesn't know if he trusts him but he wants him on his side. Ace says that's right, you have to do what's best for the tribe. I guess they didn't judge his performance as harshly as I did.
Jacquie is the one who cried and begged Crystal to keep her. It's between her and Kelli.
Kelly tries to throw Kenny and Crystal under the bus about being weaker. Crystal fights back.
Jeff says Jackie Ace and Mattie contributed today. Well I guess he contributed but he fell short in my opinion. Of course Kelli, Dan and Ken did nothing in their little boats. Ace makes the case for not knocking him out because of strength. Jackie talks about feeling vulnerable due to Fang numbers. Ken says Kelli should be most worried.
As they vote we see Ace vote for Kelli whispering he's returning the favor.
Kelli votes for Jacquie of course and Jacquie votes for Kelli. Hidden immunity idol not in play.
Votes: Jacquie, Kelli, Kelli, Jacquie, Jacquie. Jacquie is out and I'm shocked
Sugar will be a part of Fang, joining Ace. She'll find Kelli teaming up with GC, Crystal and Ken. Will Mattie go with Ace and Sugar because he was ready to break with Crystal, Ken and GC before the switch?
No reward challenge.
Next episode shows an elephant coming into or very close to the camp (Kota I think) and it seems GC is MIA and can't be found shortly before the challenge. (Yikes)
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