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The latest Survivor: Winners at War episode is titled “Quick on the Draw” and will feature a double-elimination — only the winning tribe is safe from Tribal Council. The castaways are dismayed to hear this in the preview video, and they are similarly surprised to see that Boston Rob Mariano was voted out.
Meanwhile, out on Edge of Extinction, there’s a chance to find a fire token by turning over rocks and Tyson Apostol is desperate to find one. In case you’re curious about the fire token count, on EOE, Natalie Anderson has three. Danni Boatwright, Amber Brkich Mariano, and Ethan Zohn each have one. Boston Rob doesn’t have any.
Back in the game, Parvati Shallow has the most with four, followed by Nick Wilson and Denise Stapley with two apiece. Adam Klein, Ben Driebergen, Jeremy Collins, Yul Kwon, Tony Vlachos, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, Sophie Clarke, Michele Fitzgerald, and Wendell Holland have one each. Sandra Diaz-Twine and Sarah Lacina do not have any.
Follow along here with our live recap, but be warned of spoilers for the episode. All times Eastern.
8:00 — It definitely feels weird to be conducting business as usual for a TV show right now, but it is kind of a welcome distraction that at least some shows will finish out their seasons as planned, like Survivor, which filmed last summer and is almost completely finished. It’ll be interesting to see what they come up with for a finale, but since the votes are already cast, they could certainly at least just have Jeff Probst read them live on Twitter or something.
8:03 — Ben is pretty pleased with himself that they all voted Boston Rob off and he’s pumped to work with Sarah and Sophie. But Adam knows he’s the odd man out, so he’s not sure what to do here.
8:05 — Meanwhile, out on Edge of Extinction, Tyson finds a clue about fire tokens that tells them to start checking under rocks or just “be in the right place at the right time.” He realizes the clue is talking about the tide and manages to find the advantage. It turns out to be an Idol Nullifier. He decides to sell it to Parvati, who obviously spends one of her tokens to buy it. Tyson immediately spends his token on a massive jar of peanut butter. But wait… won’t they be offered something later that will help them get back in the game? And if you don’t have any fire tokens, you won’t be able to purchase it? I feel like Tyson did not make a good decision here.
“Both tribes will vote somebody out of this game.”
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8:12 — We get right to the immunity challenge because tonight will have two Tribal Councils. It’s a double-elimination episode. But before it starts, the survivors are shocked to see that Boston Rob is gone. The challenge involves trekking three huge bags of rice from a boat, through some tiny holes in a wall in the ocean and onto the shore. They then cut them open and retrieve three balls that they must then maneuver through a maze. Only the first-placed tribe wins immunity, but they also win peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Dakal sits out Sandra, Sele sits out Michele.
8:15 — Sele gets off to an early lead, but it’s not that big of a lead and by the time they are hauling their sacks onto the beach, all three tribes are fairly even with one another. But Dakal has trouble finding their balls inside the bags of rice, so they fall behind a bit going into the ball maze.
8:20 — Yara gets its first two balls to drop first, then Sophie gets the third ball and that’s that. She made very quick work of the two balls she got to land. As Jeff said, it was a masterclass. She did very well.
THIS IS SO CLOSE. #Survivor
8:24 — At Sele, Parvati is nervous. She’s got Michele, but that’s not enough. If the three guys vote together to vote out Parvati, that’s it. They’re going to go two votes for Parvati and one for Michele just in case. But wait! Nick wants to play with Parvati, so… does he stick with his guys’ alliance or try to switch sides?
8:28 — Well, that becomes an easy decision when Wendell hands Parvati a betrayal for her to take to Nick. Wendell tells Parvati that if she gives him two fire tokens, he’ll vote for anyone she wants him to vote for. But he wants the tokens before Tribal and she says she would give them to him after Tribal. So it’s a no-go. But Parvati runs to Nick and tells him what Wendell did and now he’s considering voting Wendell out.
8:30 — Meanwhile, over at Dakal, Tony is worried if Sandra and Kim will stick by him against Jeremy and Denise. So Tony gets inside his spy bunker to eavesdrop. He overhears Sandra say that the original Dakal members are probably going to stick together. But Jeremy has the “safety without power” advantage. Oh no, that might spell Kim’s doom.
Classic Tony. 😂 #Survivor
8:33 — While Tony is off hiding, everyone gets very suspicious. There is a lot of talk about who is going home… until Sandra makes a total baller move by telling Denise that she’ll give Denise her immunity idol for Denise’s two fire tokens. The only stipulation is that Denise can’t go after Sandra or Kim. She has to vote for one of the men. Whoa! That’s a great move. Plus, that leaves Denise with the idol she already has. And then Denise very smartly makes the deal, but says that she’ll give Sandra one token before Tribal and one token after Tribal, once she knows that the idol is real. Oooh, you guys! Now I am rooting so hard for a power alliance of Sandra, Denise and Kim!
8:43 — Tribal Council No. 1. It’s Sele first and Wendell says that this season is all about preexisting relationships and friendships. He says he’s willing to forego preexisting relationships and play pretty cutthroat. Jeff wonders who Wendell might be talking about and Parvati outs them as having been involved. But it definitely sounds like Parvati, Michele and Nick are voting for Wendell because all of them say that being so cutthroat may not be the way to play this season. Wendell makes it clear his offer to vote Parvati’s way for two fire tokens still stands and she considers it, but she doesn’t throw a name out there and that makes me sure Wendell is going home.
8:50 — The votes go Parvati, Wendell, Wendell, Parvati… and Parvati. Hmm. That’s a little surprising, I thought for sure Nick had flipped. Guess Parvati should have forked over her fire tokens to Wendell! On her way out, she gives her four fire tokens to Michele.
8:53 — Tribal Council No. 2. Sandra starts talking about threats being targeted and she says they’re all threats except Denise. Denise doesn’t look overly offended by that and correctly points out that people are threats in different ways. Anyway, Tony and Jeremy seem to think there’s a consensus about who to vote out tonight and it’s Denise. This should be fun if she plays the idol she got from Sandra.
8:58 — Interestingly, we see Sandra vote for Denise and she says, “This is all for show. I’m certain you’re not going home tonight.” Then before the votes are read, Denise does indeed play her idol! Then she plays her other idol for Jeremy! WHOA! The votes go four for Denise and then one for Sandra! Denise got her idol and then voted her out! Denise is not messing around, y’all.
9:00 — Next week: Are Wendell and Michele fighting? And Tony may be in trouble. On her way out, Sandra gives her fire token to Yul.
Survivor: Winners at War airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
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