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It's Night 30 and our merry bunch of survivors have given Candice the boot. Well, not all did so, and not all or so merry. Candice's pals, boy-toy Adam and ring-bait Parvati are sad. Jonathan is happy to have survived Tribal Council. Things had gotten very ugly, with the three ex-Raros calling Jon a rat and a cancer, amongst other nastiness. But Jon is undeterred by all of this and has no intention of permitting them from derailing his prospects for advancing further in The Game.
Day 31 and while the boys are out fishing, the ladies are busy chopping coconuts. Parvati uses a machete and suddenly… OUCH!!! She strikes her left thumb, splitting it open halfway down the nail. Medics are called in and determine that she needs more than a bandage. She gets stitches along with shots for numbing the thumb and to fight bacteria.
It's Reward Challenge time. Jeff inquires Parvati if she can get her thumb wet, which she can a little bit. Today's prize will be a boat ride to a local island and participation in a native water-blessing ritual, followed by a feast. But there's one more surprise, or maybe seven more. Out from the jungle emerges Jonathan's wife, Stacey!!! Next is Parvati's dad, followed by Adam's dad, Becky's sister, Yul's brother, Ozzy's mom and Sundra's mom! That's right, it's the seasonal Survivor's Loved-Ones Challenge. The winner gets to take their loved one with them on the reward, as well as participate in the challenge itself. Speaking of which, the challenge is a watery one. Survivors are to scoop up water from the shore with small buckets while blindfolded. They must then toss the water to their loved ones who try to catch the water with an equally small bucket. The goal is to fill a large buc- ket attached on a pivot to a flag. First team to fill the bucket enough to raise their flag wins.
The challenge is a fun and messy one. The loved ones try to guide their survivors to help catch the most water. Nobody is making much progress at first. But then innovation takes over. Stacey figures out that she can get more water from Jon if he tosses the water right at her. Ozzy's mom follows suit and both ladies get drenched, but begin to put decent loads of water in their main buckets. Parvati connects with her dad several times to get them into contention. Stacey then adds another twist, or two, by wringing out her soaked t-shirt into the large bucket. She even wrings out her soaked hair! Jon's and Parvati's buckets begin to tilt and flags rise. Parvati connects with her dad and he fills the bucket enough to win! She naturally selects Jonathan to go to Exile Island. Her dad then selects Adam and his dad and Sundra and her mom to join them for the feast. Jeff let's them know that the boat to take them will arrive at camp in a couple hours.
The gang and the winners loved ones arrive back at camp. After a tour, they do some more bonding and help out with a few chores. Ozzy wonders why he is bothering to feed these people? When the winners depart for their feast, Ozzy, Yul and Becky plan for a feast of their own. The winners are greeted by the natives flowers and song. Inside a large cave lies a pool of very clear and clean water. A ceremony of blessing the water with scented oil takes place, followed by everyone jumping in. Sundra is most impressed with the culture. Finally comes the food …, fried chicken, meatloaf, biscuits and apple pie. Yum-yum!
Day 32 and Ozzy raises the issue of extending the Jonathan Doctrine with Yul and Becky. He doesn't see why he needs to feed Adam and Parvati, thus helping them to win challenges. Yul and Becky agree and they decide to hide the coconuts. But this all changes when the boat returns Adam, Sundra and Parvati. They brought leftovers from the feast for the rest. They all seem to get along fine without Jonathan around. Hmmmmmm!
Day 33 and it's time for the Immunity Challenge. Jonathan returns from Exile Island and is greeted with cold shoulders. Hmmmmmmm! The event is simple, swim out to a platform and cross a floating obstacle course, then swim some more to fetch two bundles, one at a time, of sticks. Once both bundles are on the beach, the first to assemble a long pole and hook two large rings wins. This challenge has Ozzy's name all over it. He out swims the rest, has great balance and dexterity over the obstacle course, and build a huge lead on the others. Yul and Jonathan are way behind, but the rest get lapped by Ozzy as he proceeds to be first on the beach with his two bundles. Yul manages to start working on his pole but Ozzy finishes his and easily wins.
Back at camp, Jonathan gets the silent treatment. He follows Becky and Sundra as they scamper off for firewood. Jon asks if they are still cool and they answer, "Yeah". Hmmmmmmm! Meanwhile, Adam is working on Yul to get Jonathan booted. Jon then has his shot at Yul, reminding him that he owes Jon big-time! Yul tells Uncle cameraman he feels like the Godfather planning the next hit. LOL! Yul and Ozzy discuss the situation. It can go either way as far as Ozzy's concerned. He doesn't like Jon or Adam.
A Tribal Council, Candice throws Adam a big smile as she makes her way to the jury bench. Parvati talks about how happy she was to win the reward. Adam says that being sent to Exile Island now is damaging. Parvati explains why she chose Jonathan for being Exiled. Even Ozzy throws in his two cents saying it was nice not having Jonathan around. Hmmmmm! Jon and Adam spar again. Adam says that Jonathan doesn't deserve to be here. Jonathan says that he saved the ex-Aitus from being Pagonged. Yul puts a different spin on things, bringing up that he has the immunity idol and that it was HE who saved Jonathan! Hmmmmmm! It's time to vote. Jonathan votes to boot Adam, the rest unanimously vote to ditch Jon, who forgot to bring his hat to TC. As Jon takes his walk of shame, Jeff chides the gang that Jon trusted his alliance, and if they can turn on him, nobody is safe.
SPOILERS: Adam and Parvati plot on how to stay in The Game. Yul plots with Becky about getting rid of Ozzy. LOL! I guess Jeff is right once again!
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