Survivor Episode2: Another Lazy-Ass? When Will They Learn?

The episode began with a terribly long recap of last week's show.  I guess the producers think that either more people are watching this show than last week or those watching are terribly forgetful.  Either way, here's MY recap of last week:

They met. They hiked. They paddled. They pulled on ropes.  The old guy hurt himself so he was booted out.  All this as the crocodiles contemplated eating the humans but held off because there was too much barf.

Oh, and the Mayan ruins are really cool and I wish I was there.

Ready kids?  Episode Two:

Oh wait, before I begin, I've thought of a drinking game.  But not really a drinking game because drinking games usually just make people drunk and stupid.  Similarly, though, each time we are shown a crocodile - because the producers want us to NEVER FORGET while watching Survivor that there are crocodiles lurking in every body of water - it could be treated as a punch-Buggy; but you should come up with something a little more creative, more crocodile-ish, than a light-hearted punch on the shoulder. 

Maybe you could grab your neighbor by the leg with your teeth and drag him/her off the couch and work yourself into a death-roll.  That would be cool.

By the way, so far, just in the recap portion, I counted one crocodile and in the opening there were two.  And remember, death-roll spottings are not retroactive, so you’ve already missed out on three opportunities.

Other things you could watch for:

• Every time there's mention of or a camera shot of someone being a lazy-ass
• Each time someone looks around nervously as they talk strategy
• Each time someone speaks a cliché (be careful during Tribal Council)
• Pixielated butt cracks
• A wild animal shot mildly pertinent to the immediately prior conversation or event
• A shot of the sky, sun, or moon used to indicate time or weather

Remember, you can't have something obvious like strategy talk or grunting during a challenge.  It must be relatively obscure.

The Morning After

Tribe Bobby Jon has found yet another reason to be sick.  This time it's Tribal Council and the "sick, sick feeling knowing we had to go and even worse, coming back."  Bobby Jon walks around the corner of an ancient ruin and the Ghosts of Mayan Traditions Past think, "If someone barfs on our hallowed grounds one more time that person will be sacrificed to the gods."  And thus, one of the Mayan mysteries has just been solved.

(Two more crocs swimming together. And you should know that these are actual screen captures from this episode.)

Tribe Stephenie wakes up and spends a lovely morning insulting the other tribe and talking about how special their tribe is and how well they all get along and how they’re all so in love with each other.  Young-Cute-Thang-Who-Loves-Everything-To-The-Point-of-Near-Tears-But-Is-Almost-Instantly-Forgotten-Until-the-Next-Rare-Time-She-Appears-on-the-Screen girl says, "It's day four and we're getting to know each other really well. We all have different qualities. We have an amazing tribe."  She wipes away a near-tear.

The 20-something model/waterski instructor, who makes observations one might expect from a 20-something model/waterski instructor, added his thoughts on the tribe, "Better to be diverse like we are. We've got the most diverse group there are.  We've got a bum (pointing to himself).  We've got a police officer.  We've got a magician's assistant. We've got a fishmonger. We got a gay guy and we got a landscaper... because we all come together just brilliant."

That was an interesting occupation.  I guess this was the exchange that took place:

"What do you do for a living?"

"Oh, I'm gay."

Thoughts on Rafe

The "gay guy" is actually a wilderness instructor brought up by parents who watched a lot of movies before deciding their occupations: "Hey honey, how about I be an inventor and you be the attractive wife/artist-or-sculptor because I was thinking, all movie wives are attractive artists or sculptors and all husbands, ONLY if their occupation is made known, are either detectives or FBI or something interesting like archaeologists or inventors.”

"OK!"

No wonder he lists screenwriting as an interest.  His household, alone, is great source material for the movies.  This got me to thinking...  Wouldn't life be interesting if all children were brought up in environments where they were totally surrounded by people whose JOB it was to be creative and inspired, whose survival totally depended upon following that creative spark?  Children are already naturally creative  the difference would be, now they wouldn't be stifled as they got older.

Rafe majored in evolutionary biology and anthropology.  My guess is that he's probably not one to subscribe to the "God created the world and everything in it in six days and on the seventh day he rested" theory.  Still, having studied what he has, he must admit that throughout the history of man, there were clear and distinct times when humans took huge evolutionary leaps in very short times.  And he and all of science has still yet come up with a logical explanation for these gaps in evolutionary history.

When President Bush was asked if he believed the Earth had been guided by “intelligent design,” I got excited.  I got excited because, to me, divine inspiration isn't a white-haired male God sitting on a throne making decisions and creating things.  Divine inspiration is a spiritual idea in which the collective consciousness somehow, some way, is inspired with creativity and intellect - inspired in the same way that so many inventors and artists are in their dreams or in that altered state of consciousness.  Where does that spark of genius come from?  How many breakthroughs came from a dream?  I think THAT is divine inspiration; not some Christian idea of how man came to be.

Here’s a brief explanation: “Intelligent design, a concept some scholars have advanced over the past 15 years, holds that Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection cannot fully explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms. It implies that life on Earth was the product of an unidentified intelligent force.”

When I heard Bush's response, I thought all those writers, creative folks, tree-huggers, and other alternative types would jump up and say, "Yeah, he's right!  Mankind WAS divinely inspired."  And the evolutionary biologists would all be asked and they would have to admit this to be true because of the missing gaps and because Darwin’s theory really CAN’T fully explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms.  No, it’s not scientifically proven, but so far, science hasn’t come up with all the answers.  In fact, the most logical answer is that there was some sort of inexplicable intervention to give mankind a boost; i.e. Intelligent Design.

And so, finally, the people of this world, the GENERAL people, not just those already inclined and open to spirituality and meditation and all that, would begin to see that there truly is something bigger than just living day-to-day and dying.  But instead, the media took it upon themselves to bash Bush.  This sucks because they had an opportunity to enlighten.

(And now you're thinking, "Wait a minute, he's not into bashing Bush, but at the same time he points out how Christianity and the religious right is mistaken...?")

I digress.  Back to the gay Mormon...

There are many, many things people don't know about Mormonism.  Unlike other religions, they actually have food banks set up and running to help the starving.  Other religions talk about how this SHOULD be done.  Mormons have done it all along.  Imagine how things would be if EVERY church did this: those suffering in the hurricane aftermath, for example, would actually have already had a support system waiting for them.  (Should we, then, blame OURSELVES instead of the government?)

Other Mormon themes are industriousness and hard work (you'll see statues and signs of bees all over Salt Lake City), wellness of the mind and body (exercise and nutrition are actually mentioned in their Bible), and creativity.  The arts are very important to the Mormons.  One of the best places in this world to live if you are an artist or performer is in the Salt Lake City area.  You could actually make a living by practicing your art as opposed to having to relegate it to a hobby done in your spare time after work.

So, it doesn't surprise me to learn of Rafe's upbringing.  And if I didn't have to learn secret hand signals to show to the angels after I die in order to get to heaven, I'd probably BE a Mormon because I agree with what they DO more than any other religion.

One thing I don't know, however, is how the Mormon's feel about homosexuality.  We know that hardcore Christians believe it to be a sin and an abomination (you've got to love subjective forgiveness and acceptance, not to mention avoiding understanding contextual history and genetics), but what do Mormons believe knowing that their religion is an extension of Christianity?  I don’t know.  Plus, since so many males in the arts are homosexual and since the Mormon religion so strongly supports the arts, I really hope Mormons avoid the same hypocrisy so many Christians live their lives by.

(And such is the reason for this site name... to send people off to ponder.  Feel free to send me Feedback.)

Rafe just might do well in this game of Survivor.  His challenges are that the girls in his tribe seem to have more strength and athletic skills.  And the guys might have difficulty accepting such a flaming homosexual UNLESS he can demonstrate useful knowledge one might gain from having managed the Brown University Outdoor Leadership Training program, which was designed to give students exposure to intense wilderness situations.  If he can fly under the radar and quietly demonstrate his wilderness knowledge and creativity, we could very well see a lot of Rafe in this game.

But somehow I have gotten entirely off the subject...

Ah yes, the 20-something model/waterski instructor sort of giving Rafe's occupation as gay guy.  What I'd like to know is what the hell a fishmonger does?  How might one monger a fish?

The Excitement of Gary's Secret Occupation

The show's producers once again show Gary talking about how he isn't being totally straight about his occupation.  This seems so exciting to them!

Should you revisit all of my Survivor crap, you'll see that I mentioned a LONG time ago how it would be so much more interesting and fun to go into this game totally creating and living as though you were a different person.  Someone could make himself or herself out to be less of a threat, or more valuable, or having overcome more of life's difficulties, or anything at all.  I think this would be a fun, creative exercise.

And now, finally, 11 seasons into the show, we have someone SORT OF lying about his occupation and the producers are SO excited.

And I can understand why Gary is doing this.  Yes, he would be perceived as someone who could really help out the tribe during tribal challenges, but once the individual challenges come along, he would be too much of a mental/physical threat.  Well, to ME he would be.  Anyone that's talented enough to just MAKE a COLLEGE team is an exceptional athlete.  And then you have the 3^rd and 4^th string pro quarterbacks that never play a game who are the college standouts.  And finally there exists the pro quarterbacks who actually PLAY.  Not only do they possess incredible athletic ability, but they also have superior mental skills and discipline.  Well, at least the quarterbacks do.

Gary has a distinct advantage in that he's not so young as to be instantly considered a physical threat.  But he has the age and experience to lead a team through some of the most mentally challenging and stressful situations where he's repeatedly required to make extremely important decisions instantaneously.

It'll be interesting to see if he insists on being the "quarterback" during that challenge that requires one person to direct all the members of his blindfolded team through various obstacles or whatever.

Tribe Sickness

Over at Tribe Sickness aka Tribe Bobby Jon aka Tribe Nurse-Margaret-Takes-Care-Of-The-Guys, the studmuffin "Real Estate Broker" model skydiver "president of every organization that he's been a part of" just can't seem to breathe and is always needing to lie down. Nurse-Margaret holds him in his arms and tries to make him feel better as the other ignored-and-ugly-step-children guys look upon the favorite son with jealousy and contempt.

Twang-Accent-But-Good-Looking-Until-He-Talks-Replaced-Cowboy-Hat-With-Indiana-Jones-Hat-Because-He's-On-Survivor-By-Golly boy commented, "I ain't got anything against him.  I think he's a good guy and everything but uh... I'm more one of those, like, a tougher guy, which, you know, when you're hurting and everything, you've just got to man up."

And this made me wonder why they edited this comment to appear just before the...

Luxury Challenge

The luxury challenge is centered around a large rope spider web.  They have to hang upside down and crawl across the web to untie bags of sand.  A few observations:

Each time I hear Jeffy give the running play-by-play during challenges I cringe because it has become very annoying.  "Gary unties his rope.  Stephenie unties HER rope!"

In these kinds of challenges, why don't they first get the bags that are furthest away before they expended their energy?  This way, those who are weaker have a better chance of helping.

Also, it's been shown again and again that the thin, agile girls are much better at climbing and hanging by a rope than muscle-bound guys.  During this challenge, yet-to-be-seen-or-heard Cindy blew away the guys but she only went once because the strong studmuffins probably insisted on going again so the world could see their abs flexing some more.

The prize was a bunch of fishing gear and bait. 

(Although they didn't show any, Jeffy mentioned crocodiles, so this sort of counts in the game.)

Those who couldn't do this challenge: Rafe (he was horrible), Judd, and Briana.  Although Real-Estate-Broker-Model-Big-Man-On-Campus was dying and out of breath at camp, he ran this course twice.  Why?  Because he was so rested?

Like all contests thus far, it was very close.

"Nakum wins reward!"

Just in case you're like me and can never remember which tribe name is which, Nakum is Tribe Sickness aka Tribe Bobby Jon aka Tribe Nurse-Margaret-Takes-Care-Of-The-Guys.

Let's go Fishing

Sun rises over the Mayan ruins and I were there I'd probably be labeled as this weirdo spiritual nutball because I'd be meditating in this sacred place as the sun rose and set.  The Mayans had advanced celestial knowledge, an advanced number system, calendars that mysteriously end at the supposed time when the world will end (or change abruptly or foster in a new age) -- 12/21/2012, and an appreciation for the movement of the sun.  How could a person go there and not want to soak in this historical place?

Theygo fishing at "the crack of dawn" and just to make sure we haven't forgotten... we see another pair of crocodile eyes silently peeking out of the water.  I can hear the Crocodile Hunter in my head, "Aye, she's a BEAUTY!"

They catch a few minnow-sized fish and they're so excited.

What's That?  I Don't Know.  Let's Eat It

Over at tribe Stephenie, some have decided to do what I would do: Eat grasshoppers, bugs, termites, ants, whatever.  I don't think I could eat them still moving and alive, but fry those babies up.  People acquire tastes for beer, coffee, and cigarettes.  How difficult would it be to acquire tastes for fried bugs?

If I were there, here's another thing I would do.  As you may have already guessed by looking over this site, I am a certified hypnotist.  It would be very easy to hypnotize everyone in the tribe just before challenges to make them more strong-willed.  And during the gross food challenge, I'd hypnotize them so they would think they're eating Twinkies or Little Debbie Swiss Rolls.  The mind is a powerful thing – especially when it's actually used.

Lazy-asses: After All These Seasons, How?

I really don't understand how in almost every Survivor series there is at least one lazy-ass.  How could they not have seen prior shows and in those shows see how the lazy-ass always gets booted.  And Morgan was like most of them, totally oblivious to the idea that people are working their butts off all around them while they just sit or lie around and take naps.

I've said it many times before and I'll say it again:  Lazy people suck.

This also goes for all lazy people in the world.  When I hear about this behavior, when I hear stories that "their man" just sat around while the woman cleaned up HIS mess, this just annoys me.

Another type of lazy-ass is that person who only does the bare minimum at work.  These are the type of people that would rather sit and do nothing at all instead of taking a little initiative to do those little extra things to help those who are really busy.  They're not doing anything.  They may as well use their time and be productive.  But they don't see it that way.  They would rather just sit and do absolutely nothing.

Morgan was one of those people.  She sat with her feet dangling oh-so-cool-like in the water just a few feet away from the tiny workhorse Lydia while Lydia dug out some sort of contraption to catch little fish.  How could Morgan not notice this and think, "Hmm… she's working over there to benefit the tribe.  If she had help, that thing could be done quicker and maybe even better.  I know!  I'll help."

I also wonder why someone from the tribe didn't say to Morgan, "Hey, people are starting to talk.  If you don't start carrying your own weight, you'll be voted out."

How could someone not realize that their actions, or lack thereof, are about to get themselves eliminated?  How could someone be so clueless and self-absorbed?  And if it’s neither of these, how could someone feel above actually working like all the others around them?

If you find yourself doing absolutely nothing, look around.  Are others working?  If so, you are probably a lazy-ass.  You suck.  Quit it already.

That's my Public Service Announcement: Don't be a lazy-ass. 

The strange thing about Morgan is that according to her CBS bio, she was active in school -- dancing, a stage performer, volleyball, cheerleader, and even National Honor Society.  These are not things a lazy-ass would normally do.  (I have my theories, but this article is already long enough.)

The Other Tribe's Lazy-Ass

The New York City hotel doorman who lives and breathes most every NYC stereotype complains about Real-Estate-Broker-Model-Studmuffin-Big-Man-On-Campus-Always-Needs-A-Nurse's-Care boy:  "Let me tell you something about Blake.  He does basically nothing in camp.  And then you've got Margaret nurturing him all day. Every time I turn around, all I hear, 'Sit down.  Relax. Get some water. Sit down.  Relax. Get some water.'  And I'm saying to myself, 'Damn, how much more relaxing does this dude need, man?"

I think Margaret realizes that she's over-nurturing the guy.  But I also think Margaret is doing this on purpose so that she'll both have someone who won't vote for her while having someone else in the tribe who will definitely be voted out before her.

NYC-Stereotype man continues his discussion to the cameras, "... so he's got all his strength and energy to go into the challenges.  I want to be the hero in these challenges and immunity.  I want to be the hero."

And from my experience with this show and its editing, this means one of two things: NYC-Stereotype man soon will either be a hero or will end up looking like a total dork.

Immunity Challenge

Before the immunity challenge, the producers are excited to show Horrible-First-Impressions-Beauty-Queen-Sports-Show-Something-Or-Other woman comment to the cameras about the former NFL quarterback being in the other tribe.  This could prove interesting if they both make it to the merge since she has a little bit of credibility and he doesn't seem to be a very good liar.

The immunity challenge was a tug of war contest with a twist: any member could get up and mess around with the other team.  A few did this, but all they did was walk right behind someone and pull them back. Horrible-First-Impressions-Beauty-Queen-Sports-Show-Something-Or-Other woman intercepted Baby-Faced boy, who was the first to try the other tactic, tackled him, and pulled him right down.  While the tackle was impressive, she seemed to be having a nice conversation while they lay there in between the two teams.

I'm going to do the arm-chair quarterbacking thing (are you noticing all of my football references? Boy oh boy, I sure am creative) and say that if I were there, I would've walked around to the FRONT of the other tribe and tripped them up, lifted their hands, rubbed mud in their faces.  This way, even if I was tripped up and held down by a skinny babeness, I'd still be in the way talking to them, telling them to give up, playing with their minds.

Like most tug-of-wars, this ended in a virtual stalemate after 15 minutes.  So then the challenge designers really screwed up and made them compete in one-on-one showdowns.  But there were only three flags to win, so this completely eliminated the women from the competition.

Whatever happened to each person having to compete?  That would've caused them to have to come up with a little strategy in deciding who's going against who.  But no.  Now we're left with the studmuffins and the hero-wannabes to compete.

First round, NYC-Stereotype man Judd vs I'm-Not-A-Former-Quarterback-Dammit man Gary.  (During the competition, someone said, "It's a quarterback vs. a linebacker" and the producers were so excited.)  Gary lost after attempting to run over to the other side to pick Judd up to carry him back to his side as though he were a pro wrestler; “See?!  I’m not a quarterback.  I’m a professional wrestler, dammit.”  Strange strategy, but he was losing, anyway, so why not try something looney.

Arguably the two least intelligent guys pair off, with the Country-Twang-Destroys-the-Language boy winning when Model-Waterski-Instructor tries the same crazy strategy of running over to pick him up and carry him or something?  Maybe he intended to steal the flags so the other team couldn't grab them...? 

Country-Twang boy “manned up” and won and then slammed down the flag with an end zone celebration.

I guess it was an attempt to redeem himself, but Model-Waterski-Instructor goes again, facing off against Hero-Wannabe-NYC-Stereotype man.

In a surprisingly smart move, NYC-Stereotype man, even though he was in a slightly losing position, sat and waited until the last five seconds and exploded, catching his competitor off-guard and quickly pulling himself over for the win.  Nice job!  I was impressed.  He definitely won immunity for his tribe and all the women swooned, "My hero!"

"Nakum wins immunity!"

Tempting the Crocodiles

After the challenge, the survivors all sit at the water's edge and wash themselves off.  Since I'm a big fan of the Discovery Channel, I've seen crocodiles suddenly lunge out of the water at a baby zebra or elk or deer and yank it back down into the water.  Why is there no fear of this happening?  There must be some sort of off-camera watch group or something.  Dammit.  (But this becomes an issue in next week’s episode.  Woo hoo!)

Who Should We Vote Off?

Now that they have to go to Tribal Council, Team Stephenie begins trying to decide who they should vote off.  The younger dumb-ass Model-Waterski-Instructor wants to eliminate Stephenie.  Wisely they ignore him because they need to keep the strong so they can win the challenges.

But the producers can't allow more than a few minutes pass before bringing up the non-NFL Quarterback lie.  Kids, here is how you should NOT respond when attempting to tell a lie...

"Gary, were you a former NFL quarterback?"

"Me?!"

See, that was horrible.  Of course, you, Gary.  You're the only Gary.  Plus, he should've expected SOMEONE to recognize him, so he should've intercepted this whole discussion with something like, "No, sorry.  I get asked all the time if I’m Gary Hogoboom, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback.  When I was younger it was pretty cool.  Unfortunately, I’m not.  Sorry."

And he should've made up a last name that didn't start with H.  Geez, it's almost like changing his name to Gary Montana or Gary Elway.

Baby-Faced-Looks-On-The-Bright-Side-Of-Life boy details his conversation he had in the mud with Horrible-First-Impressions-Beauty-Queen-Sports-Show-Something-Or-Other woman.  I'm-Not-A-Former-Quarterback-Dammit man avoided the conversation by getting up and scratching his butt, which, according to body language experts, is a sure sign of lying.

He explained to the excited cameraperson, "I'm just going to deny and see how it goes, play it by ear, because I think I'd be voted off immediately."

Well, I think I'm-Not-A-Former-Quarterback-Dammit man is simply not a good enough liar to pull this off.  I sincerely hope he does, but I'll bet he caves.  And as soon as he does, the others will vote him out for lying.  But they really SHOULDN'T because they will have eliminated one person who can NOT tell a lie effectively.

Back to Strategy talk.  Now the focus shifts over to the weakest tribe members, who happen to be the 4'11"-Fishmonger-But-Who-The-Hell-Knows-What-A-Fishmonger-Is woman and Lazy-Ass-But-More-Athletic-Knows-All-The-Magician’s-Secrets-For-The-Most-Part-Kind-Of-Cute girl.

Initially, the focus was on Fishmonger-Woman, but thanks to Baby-Faced-Looks-On-The-Bright-Side-Of-Life boy, it seems to have shifted over to Lazy-Ass-But-Sometimes-Cute girl.  "I know she's lazy, but we have to win challenges."

I think the young psychology major Baby-Faced-Looks-On-The-Bright-Side-Of-Life boy (aka Brian) may be more influential than he or any of the others realize.  He doesn't come across as though he commands attention and he doesn't seem like he's a take-charge kind of guy.  But he was able to talk to the tribe at the last minute and convince them to switch their vote to the lazy-ass.

Brian might just have that knack of getting people to do things without them thinking that it's because of him they're doing them.  This is an especially powerful trait when it comes to Survivor.  He's influential without standing out.

Plus, he chose to keep the little worker bee over the little hottie.  Yet another sign that Brian may just be far more wise and far more mature than most his age.  I'll be watching Baby-Faced-Looks-On-The-Bright-Side-Of-Life boy more closely as he has already proven to be an interesting contestant.

Tribal Council

Blah blah blah.  Jeffy tries to stir things up, but like most every Tribal Council, they refuse to really say what's on their mind.

Lazy-Ass-Magician's-Assistant girl proves that she is totally clueless by detailing how everyone has been totally honest to each other.  I say totally clueless because it was she who was voted out.

Before I provide the Tribal Council transcript, I feel I should share something...

I just went to the CBS Survivor site and noticed, oddly enough, that there are a few more contestants that I didn't realize were on the show.  Who are Brooke, Brianna, and Cindy?  I have to see them; especially Brooke.  Also sort of missing is Amy, but at least Amy has been spotted a few times.  Not being spotted, though, isn't necessarily a bad thing.  This usually means they'll last a while on the show.

The next episode promises lots and lots of crocodiles.  Woo hoo!

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TRIBAL COUNCIL TRANSCRIPT

>> JEFF: BEHIND EACH OF YOU IS TORCH.  GRAB A TORCH AND GET A FLAME. DIP IT IN AND GET FIRE.  THIS IS PART OF THE RITUAL OF TRIBAL COUNCIL BECAUSE IN THIS GAME FIRE REPRESENTS YOUR LIFE. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE FIRE, YOU'RE STILL IN THE GAME. WHEN YOUR FIRE IS GONE, SO ARE YOU.

SO CATCH ME UP ON THE STATUS OF THIS TRIBE. STEPH, WHAT WAS THE REACTION WITH YOU COMING INTO THIS GAME HAVING ALREADY PLAYED IT?

>> ACTUALLY THEY WERE REALLY WELCOMING. I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A FEW NEGATIVE REACTIONS. I'M NOT AN IDIOT. THEY KNOW I KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME. WE'RE ONE TRIBE AND IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO WIN IMMUNITY AND I FEEL THAT WAY AND I HOPE THEY FEEL THAT WAY, BUT THIS GAME IS A BIG BUNCH OF LIES HALF THE TIME.

>> Jeff: JAMIE, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH HAVING SOMEONE LIKE STEPH OUT HERE? SHE KNOWS THE GAME REALLY WELL. SHE'S TOUGH. NOT LIKE A GIRL. SHE'S MORE LIKE A BOY.

>> Jeff: WHO HERE OF THE WOMEN DOESN'T PLAY LIKE A GUY?

>> NONE OF THEM PLAY AT THE LEVEL STEPHENIE DOES IN MY OPINION.

>> Jeff: LYDIA, JUST LOOKING AT YOU FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU COULD SAY MAYBE YOU'RE THE LEAST EQUIPPED FOR THIS GAME. IT MUST RUN THROUGH YOUR HEAD A LITTLE BIT ON THIS TRIBE IF I'M THE LEAST ATHLETIC I COULD BE THE FIRST TO GO.

>> ACTUALLY IT IS, JEFF. SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE DEEP DOWN INSIDE ARE THEY REALLY FEELING THAT I CAN ENDURE THIS? I THINK I'VE SHOWN THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M A PERSON THAT WOULD NEVER GIVE UP.

>> Jeff: MORGAN, THE VIBE I'M GETTING FROM THIS -- FROM YOU GUYS IS THAT THIS IS A UNIFIED GROUP BUT SOMEBODY IS GOING HOME TONIGHT. IT'S LIKE AN UNSPOKEN THING THAT NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON IT?

>> I THINK THAT OUR TRIBE IS VERY UNIFIED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HONEST WITH EACH OTHER UP TO THIS POINT AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S NOT AN UNSPOKEN THING. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO GO AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO ANYONE YET.

>> Jeff: RAFE, WHAT ARE YOU BASING YOUR VOTE ON TONIGHT?

>> ON KEEPING THIS TRIBE UNIFIED. WE'VE GROWN TO BECOME SOMETHING LIKE A FAMILY HERE AND GOING HOME TONIGHT WITHOUT ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS GOING TO BE A CRUSHING BLOW THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE ON FROM, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN.

>> Jeff: OKAY. IT IS TIME TO VOTE. AMY, YOU'RE UP.

>> Brian: I HOPE TO HIGH HEAVEN THIS WORKS. I SCRAMBLED AT THE LAST MINUTE.

>> Morgan: BELIEVE IT OR NOT, LYDIA. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE HARDEST DECISIONS THAT I MAKE WHILE I'M OUT HERE.

>> Jeff: I'LL GO TALLY THE VOTES. ONCE THE VOTES ARE READ, THE DECISION IS FINAL. THE PERSON VOTED OUT WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE TRIBAL COUNCIL AREA IMMEDIATELY. I'LL READ THE VOTES.

FIRST VOTE MORGAN.

LYDIA.

ONE VOTE LYDIA, ONE VOTE MORGAN.

MORGAN.

TWO VOTES MORGAN. ONE VOTE LYDIA.

MORGAN.

THAT'S THREE VOTES MORGAN, ONE VOTE LYDIA.

MORGAN.

FOUR VOTES MORGAN. ONE VOTE LYDIA.

SECOND PERSON VOTED OUT OF "SURVIVOR" GUATEMALA, MORGAN. THAT'S FIVE.THAT'S ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO BRING ME YOUR TORCH.

MORGAN, THE TRIBE HAS SPOKEN. IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO.

WELL, BASED ON TONIGHT'S VOTE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. ON THE ONE HAND I DO BELIEVE YOU'RE UNIFIED AND TONIGHT WAS A TOUGH VOTE. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PERSON VOTED OUT NEVER SAW IT COMING. 

HEAD ON BACK TO CAMP.