Survivor Nicaragua - October 6/10

It's night 8. Seventeen survivors remain. We are visiting camp Espada after tribal council and it is raining. Hard. Espada members, soaked, cold and grumpy sit around their campfire. What they really want is just to quietly wallow in their own misery but Jimmy T. sings, bops around camp, talks, hugs people and is generally annoying. Marty sums it up when he says that Jimmy likes to hear the sound of his own voice 24/7 and that all he needs is enough rope and he will hang himself. The next morning the Esparuvians wake up to find that their beach is missing. The rains have flooded the beach leaving muddy water and debris. Jimmy T. decides to go fishing and gives the net a few tosses but Marty only shakes his head in amusement. Later Marty nominates Tyrone as leader, suggesting they need one voice during the challenges. Marty knows this will drive Jimmy T. wild and it does. He tells the group he doesn't want to be leader while rambling on about how he wants "a shot" in the challenges.

At Camp LaFlor NaOnka is surprised to see it has rained. Apparently she sleeps well when her gums aren't flapping. She and Brenda set out to follow their clue to the immunity idol. It is Brenda who figures out that the final part of the clue refers to tree mail. With her input they find the idol. NaOnka, of course, claims the idol since she believes she was ultimately the one who solved the clue. Huh? Alina and Kelly B. have noticed NaOnka and Brenda searching a particular area so they wander over to have a look too. NaOnka follows them to "give them a scare". She asks them what they are looking for then proceeds to berate Kelly B. for no apparent reason. This one really might be crazy.

Tree mail arrives promising warmth and comfort. Included in the box are blindfolds. The clever oldsters know that someone is going to direct them, so they practise with the blindfolds and have Tyrone guide them verbally. Sure enough, they learn that the challenge involves tribe members being handcuffed together in pairs. One person guides the various pairs to retrieve 10 items scattered in an open area. The first tribe to retrieve the 10 items, then get some keys and finally get a chest, will win reward and immunity. The LaFlorides use their Medallion of Power and so start off with two of their 10 items already on home base. This one is never really a contest. In spite of their rehearsals the Espadaruvians suck. LaFlor walks away with the challenge. They have a choice of a number of reward packages so they chose fishing gear, a tarp and cooking supplies. As they get their swag back to camp, Chase is looking through the tackle box when he notices a rolled up clue. He hides it and later shows the clue to Brenda. He wants her to help him find the idol. Eventually Brenda is guilted into telling Chase that NaOnka already has the idol.

The Espada tribe are back at their camp as well. Jimmy T. is going on and on and on about how all he wants is a shot in one of the challenges. Everyone is polite, but no one is willing to let Jimmy T. control anything. As Jimmy T. and Jill are picking sea urchins for dinner Marty picks up a couple of small ones and eats them. Jimmy T. tells him he should add them to the community cook pot and accuses Marty of not being a team player. An angry Marty tells Jill that he wants Jimmy T. gone. Jill is leaning more to Dan, as is Tyrone. But when the votes are counted at Tribal Council it is the annoying Jimmy T. who is heading home. Much less annoying, but equally gone, is our own Grace from the pool. Sixteen hardy souls are left. Who will be the next to go?

Until next week,
Outwit, Outplay, Ou7tlast
Pat (aka Jill whatever you say Marty Behm)