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Day 34 and Boo is up early. He is busy making a secret pathway to the water well. He wants to be able to spy on others when they go there to discuss booting strategy. Back at camp, Earl holds a meeting for just that purpose. All agree that Boo goes next. Yau-Man is enjoying this part of The Game. So far his strategizing has paid off. Back at the well, Boo works to build a blind, thus improving his concealment. He intends not to be blind-sided.
Tree-mail arrives and hints that the next challenge will be the Super Reward Challenge, with the prize of a new car. Dre is excited, he's never owned a car before. Doesn't even have a drivers license. They gather at Challenge Beach and Jeff unveils a 2008 Ford Super Duty Truck. It's blue, big and beautiful. Reward Challenge begins with two teams of three, tied together. They must traverse two sets of obstacles, then dig for a hatchet to cut a rope and release a flag. The winning threesome then moves on to Round Two. A hatchet throwing contest. The winner gets the truck but all three get a ride. They are to deliver school supplies to a local school, then join the children for lunch. Round One begins with Yau-Man, Stacy and Boo versus Earl, Dre and Cassandra. The first obstacle is a series of see-saws which Yau-Man has trouble with. He falls off twice, each time sending his team back to the starting point. Earl's team moves on to the next obstacle, a cargo-net tower. Once reaching the top, they crawl their way down through several levels. Yau's team eventually reaches the tower, too. Due to Cassandra having problems, Yau's team catches up a bit. Earl's group reaches the last station and all three dig to find the hatchet. Yau's team then starts digging, too. As if by providence, Boo finds their hatchet first and they beat Earl's team.
Next comes the hatchet throw. Each take turns to cut two sets of ropes. Once cut, it releases a catapult which tosses the winner car keys. Boo hits on his first toss, Yau and Stacy miss. Yau-Man then hits on his second throw, while Boo and Stacy miss. Stacy and Boo miss again, but Yau-Man scores and wins the truck! Yau-Man must be afraid of the Win-A-Car curse as he does the unexpected, once again. Yau-Man cuts a deal with Dre! Yau-Man gives Dre the truck in exchange for a promise that should Dre be in the Final Four and wins immunity, Dre will give it to Yau. Dre accepts the offer. In another bold move, Yau chooses himself to be sent to Exile Island! Jeff is amazed and congratulates Yau on his sportsmanship.
Yau-Man relaxes on Exile Island. He didn't want to send Earl back there again, and didn't think Cassandra could hack it alone. Yau reveals his plan to use Dre's immunity to save himself and boot Dre from the Final Four. He also gets the third clue to the other hidden immunity idol which is more specific. The idol is in the hollow of a pine tree. Yau intends to share the info with Earl once he returns.
Dre is happy as a lark! He's large and in charge tooling down the road in his brand new truck. And it's a big truck, too. A large trailer is attached as they head for the village school. Once arriving, the children swarm them as the winners pass out clothing and other goodies. For the teachers they brought a mobile office, complete with air conditioning and a com- puter! Dre is beaming during lunch as he soaks up the love from the kids. However, it does dawn on Dre why Yau-Man made the deal.
Back at camp, Dre discusses this with Cassandra. She agrees that Yau was clever. Dre proclaims he will honor his promise to Yau… BUT… it sure would be nice if Yau-Man got booted BEFORE the Final Four! LOL! Cassandra agrees that would be good, but she fears Boo more as a com- petitor. Dre still wants Yau gone next, even if it means getting rid of Earl soon, too.
Day 35 and it's Immunity Challenge time. All six start on a platform and throw a ball connected to a rope at a hoop mounted on a hinged-balance beam. Once the ball is in the hoop, the rope is pulled to bring the beam down and the player then crosses to the next platform. The first four then play on, doing the same to the next platform. The first two then square off one more time to reach a small perch. From there, they are to use a grappling hook to retrieve a ball. This raises a float. First to raise their float wins immunity. Dre scores and gets across his beam first, followed by Boo, Earl and Yau-Man. Yau then scores first on the next stage and is joined by Boo. They square off for the last round. Yau tries hard, but Boo succeeds and wins immunity again!
Back at camp, Boo notices that everyone is nervous. The rest are in Plan B mode. Boo's happy he's dodged the bullet again. Earl and Yau sneak off and Yau gives Earl the new clue for the idol. Earl heads off to look for it and succeeds. Upon returning to camp, Earl winks at Yau and again they scamper off so Earl can show him the idol. Meanwhile, Dre works on Stacy to target Yau-Man. Stacy goes along, since she suspects that she's next to go. Cassandra joins in the conversation and likewise agrees to Dre's plan. When Earl returns, Stacy talks with him, and pretends to be accepting of her impending fate. Dre and Yau shoot the breeze while packing for Tribal Council and Yau senses danger. He goes to Earl and tells him he's got a bad vibe.
At Tribal Council, Jeff has Dre retell the story of The Great Truck Deal. It ranks right up there with "Who Moved My Cheese?" LOL! Yau admits it was a risky play, but he also wanted to let Dre have the truck. Yau-Man has such a big heart! What a guy! The talk then shifts to who's nervous about being booted? Earl says they all are. Stacy feels she's a target. Dre isn't too worried. Then Stacy voices that the vote may be split. Oh-oh! Yau-Man and Earl exchange looks. It's time to vote. We see Yau-Man vote for Stacy and Dre vote for Yau. Jeff gathers the ballots and asks if anyone with a hidden idol wants to play it now? Yau-Man does so! Jeff counts the votes. Yau and Earl voted for booting Stacy. The rest had voted for Yau-Man, but their votes are nullified. Yau-Man outfoxed them all, yet again! Stacy's torch is snuffed out and sent down the walk of shame. Jeff reminds them that the next TC will be the last chance to use the remaining hidden immunity idol.
SPOILERS: Sunday, May 13th, the Survivor Finale! Will Dre make it to the Final Four? Will Yau-Man get the promised immunity? Will the last idol be played? Who will win? We are promised the most tension-packed finale ever! Stay tuned and learn who will be The Sole Survivor!
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