ONE HOT-HEADED CASTAWAY’S ASSERTIVENESS CAUSES A RIFT AS NEW ALLIANCES FORM AND POWER SHIFTS INTO THE HANDS OF A SWING VOTER, ON “SURVIVOR GABON — EARTH’S LAST EDEN,” THURSDAY, NOV. 13

“The Brains Behind Everything” – Conflict abounds when a hard fought reward challenge threatens to cause an upset, and a heated tribal council where dirty laundry is aired, on Survivor: Gabon – Earth’s Last Eden, Thursday, Nov. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Here’s what happened last week….

Back at camp after Tribal Council, Marcus and Corinne addressed Susie over her opinion that she was a stronger player than Corinne. Over at Fang’s camp site, the tribe tried to start over and looked ahead to an expected tribal merger. After tree mail hinted at a tribal merge, the castways packed up their personal items and went to a beach for a feast. At the feast, a clue for a Hidden Immunity Idol was tucked under a locked box that the castaways would open after the feast was over. When nobody showed much interest in going to find the idol, Marcus proposed to dig up the Hidden Immunity Idol, but to throw it in the ocean so that nobody could use it.

Although many were tempted to take the Idol, the castaways finally agreed to throw it in to the ocean. When the castaways opened the locked box, they were instructed to each draw a numbered stone from a bag. A second note was then read that stated that they had just selected new tribes. Castaways with odd numbers would be the new Fang and the even numbers the new Kota. At the new Kota, Marcus identified Crystal as the cousin of one of his friends, forming a connection with her. The two agreed not to write each other’s names down at Tribal Council, but Crystal later stated in a confessional she had no intention to be loyal to him. Marcus tried to convince Susie to join his alliance with himself and Bob. At the new Fang, Corinne felt that the greatest threat to her alliance with Marcus was Matty and she wanted to vote him out next.

Matty told Sugar that Ace never targeted her contrary to what Ken told her and she felt bad about blindsiding Ace at the last Tribal Council. The two formed a new alliance. Concerned over how Susie would vote at a Kota Tribal Council, Randy talked to Charlie and Corrine about throwing the next Immunity Challenge to force Fang to go to Tribal Council where the three would vote out Matty. At the Immunity Challenge, Matty outlasted Bob and he won the challenge for Fang, spoiling the Charlie-Corinne-Randy alliance’s plans.

Marcus tried to keep the Kota six alliance going by approaching Crystal about replacing Susie in the Kota six and voting out Ken followed by Susie, but she did not trust him. Marcus told a different story to Susie, telling her the plan would be to vote out Ken followed by Crystal. He also promised to take Susie to the final three. Not wanting to betray her long term alliance with Ken, Crystal told Ken what Marcus told her. Crystal tried to convince Susie that Marcus’ promise of a final three was not possible because Corinne and Randy disliked Susie too much to allow that to happen. At Tribal Council, Susie decided to join Crystal and Ken, and they voted Marcus out 3-2.

Voted Out:

Michelle Chase (1st Voted Off), Gillian Larson (2nd Voted Off), Paloma Soto-Castillo (3rd Voted Off), Jacquie Berg (4th Voted Off), Danny “GC” Brown (5th Voted Off), Kelly Czarnecki (6th Voted Off), Ace Gordon (7th Voted Off), Dan Kay (8th Voted Off), Marcus Lehman (9th Voted Off)