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Night 14 at Casaya Camp. They're all in the shelter trying to sleep, except for Courtney who decided to crash on the beach. Shane decides to unload on Danielle. He says that they made a mistake tonight at tribal council. Shane believes that Bruce should have been voted off instead of Bobby. Bruce is old and near the end of his endurance, according to Shane. Shane is also just plain irritated by Danielle and Courtney and tells Danielle that he wants out of their alliance. The only reason he is still loyal is due to his swearing on his son's life. Shane would prefer to play lone wolf for the rest of the way. Danielle is tired and just wants to sleep. She doesn't feel like debating with Shane and tells him they'll argue in the morning.
Day 15, which is a real long one. Cirie is up early and gets things going with Courtney, who apparently must have gotten a good night's rest on the beach. Cirie tells Courtney about Shane's latest outburst. Courtney's had enough of Shane and tells Cirie that he's toast at the next Tribal Council. Danielle wakes up and joins them. The three ladies giggle in delight over the prospects of booting Shane.
Over at La Mina, Dan's enjoying a quiet moment on the beach. He reflects about how he's been here (Panama's Pearl Islands) before countless times, but then he was two-hundred miles up in space. Sally is revelling in being the last wo- man standing and she thinks the Boy's Club alliance is doomed at some point. Terry and Austin enjoy a protein break consisting of the world's smallest min- nows! Dan and Nick go fishing and Dan decides to confess his secret about being a retired astronaut who's made multiple trips a board the space shuttle. Nick is extremely impressed. Dan then confesses his true identity to Austin and Sally. Austin is also amazed! I'm amazed that Austin knows who Neil Armstrong is!!!
Back over at Casaya, the warmth of the sunshine is soon overshadowed by another Shane outburst. He announces that he's tired of his alliance and only his oath on his son's life prevents him from walking. Danielle absolves Shane of any obligations. She and Courtney then lay into him about how disrespectful he's been to them and others in general. Courtney does attempt to reason with him, that now is a really bad time to not have an alliance. But Shane does not care. He thinks the two young gals are wrong and useless. The exchange continues on as Aras confides to Uncle Cameraman that he's glad the alliance is over. He really doesn't want to be dragged down by Shane's behavior. Aras does take Shane off to the side and explains to him that he may have just sealed his fate, and that it might be a good idea to apologize and patch things up. But Shane will have none of that. He can't stand either Courtney or Danielle.
Tree mail arrives at La Mina. Sally reads it to the gang and they learn that the next challenge is an Immunity-Reward combo. Terry tells Uncle that this one is extremely crucial. Should they win, then they'll go to The Merge even at five members each. Failure will give Casaya a six-to-four advantage. It will also mean the end of Sally's stay.
Both tribes are assembled together and Jeff explains the event. For reward, he unveils a pile of toys, which the winning tribe will present to the children of a local village. There, the winners will enjoy a barbeque complete with beverages. The winning tribe will also pick one member of the losing tribe to be sent to Exile Island. The hook here is that this time, being exiled is a very good thing, as the exile-ee will not face a vote at Tribal Council.
The event itself is another puzzle race. Three members from each tribe (Terry, Nick and Austin for La Mina and Shane, Aras and Danielle for Casaya) will race one at a time to untie and retrieve four large, heavy wooden puzzle pieces. Once all four are gathered, two members from each tribe (Dan and Sally for La Mina and Bruce and Cirie for Casaya) will then fit the pieces into an interlocking game board which has sections which can be spun in order to fit the pieces together. First tribe to figure out the pattern and assemble their puzzle wins.
La Mina gets an early lead thanks to Shane's slowness. Casaya tries to keep pace afterwards but La Mina does gather their four pieces first. Dan and Sally then try assembling the puzzle, but can't figure out the right way to turn the interlocking pieces with those which were retrieved. Casaya catches up and Bruce and Cirie begin working on their puzzle. Bruce figures out the pattern very quickly and completes their puzzle while La Mina barely gets their first piece in place. Casaya wins reward and immunity! After a brief pow-wow, Casaya chooses Sally to be exiled, and therefore safe from Tribal Council.
Sally is happy as a clam on Exile Island. She knows damn well that Casaya just saved her butt from being booted. Her gal-pals, Courtney and Danielle, came through for her. Sally gets a set of clues for the hidden idol, and seems to be looking in the right place, but she finds nothing. After all, we know that Terry already found the idol.
Casaya boats over to a small fishing village. They pass out the toys furnished to the awaiting children. All of them have a great time. Danielle pigs out on all the food. Cirie just likes being around different people for a change. Courtney plays and dances with the children. Aras is pleased with the whole experience. Bruce puts on a karate demonstration. But the happiest Casayan of all is Shane. He bums a smoke from a villager! The nicotine takes the edge off his attitude. Shane gets all warm and fuzzy and apologizes to Danielle. Cirie is not happy about that and now worries that the old alliance is reborn.
Back at La Mina, Dan tries to explain his failure at the puzzle-solving. Austin talks with Terry and convinces him that Terry would be better off swinging with the young guys now. Both talk with Nick, who agrees. Terry decides to tell Dan before Tribal Council what will happen. Dan is concerned about a 2 vs 2 vote. Terry tells him that he's decided to go along with Nick and Austin. Dan admits that the loss was mostly his fault and understands Terry's decision. Dan says he'll take the hit.
At Tribal Council, Austin lets Jeff know that had Sally not been exiled, she would've been voted off tonight. Terry says that Casaya made a good strategic move in choosing her, as it forces the Boy's Club to boot one of their own. Nick declares that they are all very close, but that a decision was made in a heads-up, business-like manner. Jeff is amazed and wants to know who's been selected for the boot? Dan raises his hand. He tells Jeff he's going tonight. Terry explains that the options were facing off with a 2 vs 2 vote or someone falling on their sword. Terry made his managerial decision that Dan was the weaker member of the Boy's Club and that's all there is. Nothing personal, it's just business. Austin praises Dan as well. Jeff has them vote anyway. Dan cast his ballot against Austin. The rest boot Dan. As Jeff snuffs out his torch, the others all rise and stand in honor of their departing comrade.
SPOILERS: Next week Wednesday is your basic recap show with additional footage and extra blah-blah. Due to March Madness, the next new episode will not be for three weeks!!! We are told that the rewards will be bigger and the challenges more difficult. We are then shown footage of an ambulance boat making a run! One of the contestants will require medical attention.
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