Survivor: Heroes v Healers v Hustlers - Episode 2 Recap
I'm a Wild Banshee
By Jim Van Nest
October 10, 2017
We get to spend some quality time with Chrissy as she lays out her game, as she sees it anyway. She feels that making it through the first vote was huge and that she has a chance now. But she really wants to find a partner to work with. So, she starts analyzing her choices. She feels like JP is not smart enough to go far. But we see her chatting him up pretty well. She then shoots down Ashley as not trustworthy, as we see her cozying up to her. Third on the no-go list is Alan. He went nuts, so she's worried about how that would work. But we see her locking up some quality time with Alan. Ultimately, she decides on Ben as her strategic sidekick. She approaches him with that and he's all for it. They both feel like they can run the game together. In fact, Ben even tells us that they're in the "driver's seat". Oh shit - that's the kiss of death, isn't it? If nothing else, they seem solid for now. I will say that if Chrissy follows through on her actions - setting up little alliances with everyone - she could be in for a deep run. But, if she follows through on her words and has really completely negated 75% of her options on her own tribe, she could be in trouble. Survivor is a fluid game and rigidity is one of the classic downfalls. I guess we'll just have to see how it goes.
With Chrissy and Ben all settled, it's time to check back in with the Hustlers. We take a peek on Devon doing some meditation/yoga on the beach, but that is quickly interrupted by human cartoon, Patrick screaming about finding a crab. He's freaking out over the crab, which is pretty annoying to Lauren. What follows is basically a b-reel of Patrick acting like a fool all over camp. He seems to think that if he can be the jungle jester, people will keep him around. Lauren has pretty well had enough of him. She tells us several reasons why he bugs the shit out of her, but she doesn't feel like she's in the place to say something. She's kinda left out of the crowd and she worries that by singling him out, she'll ultimately put a target on her own back. Cut to Lauren and Ali chatting about Patrick. Lauren tells her concerns to Ali and Ali 100% understands, which has her 100% wondering if she did the right thing in aligning with Patrick. As we head to break, Ali lets us know that while she wants to work with Patrick, if the tribe decides he's too much for them, she'll have to cut him loose. Like seriously - can I please have my winner pick back? I'd like to change!
We come back from break to Day 6 and this episode's Probst Sighting!!! Today's challenge is a good one. 3 members of each tribe will have to dive down into the water, untie a pile of puzzle signs and then move them through an underwater cage to release them to the surface. Once all 3 sets of pieces are released and taken to the platform, the other 2 members of the tribe will work on a sweet sign post puzzle highlighting many of the locations Survivor has filmed on. Healers and Hustlers will need to sit someone out. Joe, who learned to swim just to be on Survivor, sits for the Healers while Lauren sits for the Hustlers. Also up for grabs on this challenge, a huge fishing kit for the winning tribe and a smaller fishing kit for the 2nd place tribe. Worth playing for? I know it is.
Diving for the Heroes: Ashley, JP and Ben. Diving for the Healers: Cole, Jessica and Roark. Diving for the Hustlers: Devon, Ryan and Patrick. And they're off and neck and neck getting to the buoy where they are to dive down. Devon goes down first for the Hustlers. Ashley and Cole also go down, but both come back up without a bundle. Devon, however, gets his bundle. And he goes right back down. JP and Jessica come up with bundles as Devon gets bundle #2. JP gets bundle #3 about the same time as Devon gets # 3. Devon has just destroyed the first half of this challenge. JP now comes up with the 3rd set of pieces for the Heroes - he ALSO has killed this challenge. The Healers are WAY behind at this point. Both groups are working on puzzle as Cole come up with the 3rd bundle of pieces for Healers.
The Hustlers are first to give it a go on their puzzle, but they're wrong. They have to switch some pieces out. Simone and Ali have completely lost the huge lead the Hustlers had. They try again and it's still wrong. Healers are starting to catch up and they spin their puzzle - and the Healers. Win. Immunity! All the way from WAY behind, the Healers win again. The Heroes have also caught the Hustlers and when all is said and done, the Hustlers just cannot figure it out and the Heroes win immunity! Hustlers heading to Tribal Council tonight. As we leave the challenge, Devon tells us that Simone is the easy choice tonight as she doesn't really fit in with the group and she obviously can't do a puzzle.
We come back to Hustler Beach where it's time to play, "It's Anyone But Simone." Ultimately, I'm not sure how it could be anyone but Simone, unless Patrick is just THAT annoying. To her credit, Simone steps up and takes responsibility for the loss. On Survivor, that's a tough thing to do, so kudos to her for that. She tells us that she's feeling pretty much on the outside, but she knows that Lauren is tired of Patrick and she's going to try to work the narrative to booting Patrick. She gets with the girls and pretty well gets them on board for a Patrick vote. She just needs to get a guy to join them. Lauren is a little worried about it as Simone isn't very good in the challenges, but she signs on for Patrick. Patrick tells us that Simone is the one to go as the guys are all together and Ali's on his side. Patrick takes Ali aside to confirm that Simone is the vote. Ali, of course, is on board with that. And, she has very nicely set herself up in the middle of this vote as everyone in the tribe seems to be running their plans through Ali.
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