Day 10 Aitu Tribe Despite the fact that the tribe is rolling in fish as a result of Ozzy’s spectacular fishing skills, Cao Boi sees a bird’s nest in a tree and decides he’s in the mood for eggs. He skitters up the tree, and then pokes the bottom of the next to knock the nest and it’s contents out of the tree. (So the eggs can fall to the ground and break? Has he actually thought this through?) But to the horror of Cao Boi, as well as Jonathan that is looking on, and the entire viewing audience… the nest doesn’t contain any eggs, but instead a brand-new just-born baby bird. Jonathan just about cries when sees what has happened, and runs over to retrieve the bird and cuddle it in his hand. Thank GOODNESS that Cao Boi actually feels horrible about what has happened, (given his track record, you never know what he’s going to think about things), and vows to make it right. They determine that the baby is still alive and okay, so Cao Boi skitters back up the tree, and Jonathan hands him the nest with the baby inside, and Cao Boi puts it back in place… much to the joy of the mother bird that has been beside herself since this whole fiasco started. Cao Boi crawls back down… a quieter, humbler, nail salon manager. The floating target slips off of Ozzy’s back, and settles on Cao Boi’s. Immunity Challenge The tribes arrive to find Jeff waiting for them, in his sporty straw cowboy hat. Adam rejoins his tribe. We’d all forgotten that he was even missing. It’s time to fight to the death for immunity. The tribes look vaguely bored. This time it is a 12-step program, or 4-part challenge… one or the other. Four members of each team must first put together a puzzle stretcher, and then they must race with it to the beach. Then one of the four must swim out to a mast offshore, where another member of the tribe has been shackled. The tribemate must free the poor prisoner, and then both have to swim back to shore. The four must then place the released prisoner on the stretcher, and race back with her to the starting point. There, three other members of the tribe must build a fire to burn through a rope to release a banner to signify the winning tribe. Got that? Good. They’re off! Adam, Nate, J.P. and Brad race with the stretcher for Raro, while Jonathan, Yul, Ozzy, and Flicka take it for Aitu. Raro hits the beach before Aitu, but Ozzy smokes past J.P. in the water on the way to the mast. J.P., more of a beach guy as opposed to a water guy, looks like he’s sitting still compared to Ozzy, Mr. Aquaman himself. Ozzy releases Candice, and they start heading back. J.P. makes it to Parvati, and releases her… but they have a lot of ground to make up. Candice and Ozzy hit the beach, Candice is hoisted up on the stretcher, and Aitu races back to the starting point. J.P. and Parvati drag themselves to shore, Parvarti hops on the stretcher, and they are on their way. Cao Boi is in charge of building fire for Aitu, so when the stretcher returns he begins his magic. He seems to try to make fire-building a performance art, and annoys his team by waving things around as he tries to make them catch fire. But they need not worry, because when the Raro stretcher arrives, we discover that they have decided to put the remaining ladies in charge of building fire… which consists of mainly the members of the original Hiki tribe. You remember Hiki? They finally got fire well after everyone else, and it still took them forever even after they were given flint and fire-making materials? Yeah, that’s them. They’re the ones put in charge of making fire here, along with Jenny who just manages to get her hand almost cut off as Stephannie wildly thwacks the machete about trying to get a spark. Needless to say, Cao Boi’s performance art is far superior in starting a fire than Stephannie’s machete wielding. Aitu gets their fire, and they win immunity. Aitu Tribe The sad, beaten team returns to camp. Stephannie tells everyone that she feels responsible for the loss, and that they should all vote her to go home. The men all perk up, and are happy to have it all settled. J.P. is so happy, he decides to take a nap. They ladies however… not so happy. Jenny and Rebecca start talking, and they both wish that Stephannie hadn’t been so willing to roll over and play dead. If Stephannie, goes, the ladies are afraid they will be picked off one by one because they will no longer have a numbers advantage. They decide that they need to act now to preserve their advantage, and go talk to Stephannie to see if she’s willing to change her mind. Stephannie tells them she regrets her little speech, and that she wants to stay. Cristina agrees to vote for one of the guys instead as well, and they all decide on irritating, bossy, thinks-he-owns-the-world J.P. But they need one more vote to ensure that he goes. They go to talk to the remaining girl. Parvati. Parvati, for some reason we don’t understand, is unsure. She has to think about it. Even though she has been complaining and whining about J.P. all this time, now she’s not sure that voting him out is a good idea. So the girls, still looking for a vote, go to the next best thing and try to recruit Brad. Brad is unsure, and has to think about it too. Oh no, it’s time for Tribal Council and we don’t know which way everyone is going to vote! The suspense builds. Tribal Council Campfire time again… and still no one brings any marshmallows. The kiddies gather ‘round, and Ranger Jeff asks about their day. “Is there a leader in this tribe?’ Jeff asks. No one speaks up. Jenny finally says, not really. J.P. is somewhat hurt that they aren’t singing his praises. “Stephannie, should you go home since you screwed up the fire?” asks Jeff. Stephannie defiantly says that no, she shouldn’t go home… anyone of them could have choked and almost cut off Jenny’s hand, and she shouldn’t be blamed for their loss. “Do you think that’s true, J.P.?” asks Jeff. J.P. generously agrees, that Stephannie shouldn’t be blamed. J.P. also thinks that everyone has agreed to vote for Stephannie, so he has nothing to lose by looking tolerant and forgiving of Stephannies sucky fire-building abilities. Just to take it to that next level of generosity, J.P. even offers that he sucked big time at the whole swimming-out-to-the-mast part of the challenge… and he could be blamed for the loss as much as anyone. Everyone else makes a mental note, and feels even better about the fact that they are about to vote him out. Time to vote! Dramatic Survivor music builds… everyone trudges up and casts their votes. J.P. wonders if he has time for another nap while the voting raps up. Tallyho time… and much to J.P.’s surprise, he’s won a one-way ticket to Limbo Land, where he gets to sit out the rest of his days, waiting for everyone else to finish playing the game. Sorry J.P. Good news is, you’ll have lots of time on your hands to lounge around and catch a nap.