Outlast Cast: A Survivor Podcast

Since Spencer and Jamie covered two episodes this week the summary was too long to post here. For a full summary go to www.secondcoursemedia.com.

After Tribal:

Rodney told his alliance that it was time to target Mike. What they didn’t know is that Mike overheard them talking.

Survivor Auction:

Will bought a covered item, which turned out to be a buyout from the auction, and was sent back to camp immediately. Fortunately he had a message waiting that sent him on a treasure hunt to find snacks that he ended up sharing with the tribe. Shirin bought chicken and waffles, Jenn bought a large bowl of rum punch, Sierra bought beef souvlaki, and Rodney bought a steak. Sierra bought a letter from home for $20 and everyone else was given the chance to buy their letters for the same price. Carolyn, Dan, Tyler, and Mike were holding out for a possible advantage in the game, but decided they would all buy their letters from home together. Mike tried to be sneaky and not buy his letter but was called and bought it anyway. Carolyn, Dan, and Mike spent $480 on the potential advantage, and drew rocks, with the white colored rock determining who would get the advantage. It was Dan that ended up with the advantage in the end.

Immunity Challenge:

Before the immunity challenge Mike tried to stir up drama about Will convincing Shirin and Jenn that Will had more snacks that he was keeping for himself. This prompted an argument between Will and Shirin during which Will said some very hateful things about Shirin and her family.

Each tribe member had to use metal tongs to transport a ball across a series of teeter-totters to a stand. The first tribe member to get all six of their balls to their stand won immunity.

Before the challenge began, Will asked Jeff if he could get his letter from home in exchange for sitting out of the challenge. Jeff agreed provided every other tribe member agreed to let him have his letter. Shirin was the only one that did not agree.

The challenge itself was not very exciting and was over very quickly with Mike winning.

Tribal Council:

Mike lobbied Shirin and Jenn to vote with him to try and oust Carolyn. Mike then went and tried to win Dan’s vote. Dan found himself the swing vote which was a position he hated being in because he knew it would leave him on the bottom either alliance he chose.

At Tribal Council, Shirin and Will reignited their argument, and Shirin tearfully recounted her past as a victim of domestic abuse. Will seemed unphased and continued to say hurtful things about Shirin. Carolyn held on to her idol as the votes were split between Shirin and Jenn, with Mike and Shirin also voting for Jenn to send her out of the game.

Survivor - S30E8&9 - Keep it Real & Living on the Edge

Spencer and Jamie were away last week at the Reality Rally in Temecula, California helping to raise money to fight breast cancer. This is why you has to wait a week to hear them reap both episodes seven and eight of Survivor Season 30.

Escameca Tribe:

After tribal council Rodney and Mike spoke. Mike gave Rodney his reasons for why they voted out Joaquin and Rodney explained that he felt extremely disrespected by not being kept in the loop.

Nagarote Tribe:

Not much to discuss here as the Nagarote tribe woke up to a note that led them to believe they were headed to a two tribe merge and they were right. They met up with the members of Escameca on the beach and were treated to a feast by the Survivor production crew. After the feast was over they returned to the Escameca camp to find all the materials won at previous reward challenges were gone. They had to start from scratch by building a new shelter.

Merica:

Mike proposed a new name for the tribe after Shirin started the conversation about the tribe needing a new name. Mike’s suggestion was Merica because the three original tribes colors were red, white, and blue and the new tribe is a melting pot. Shirin was pretty vocal about her distaste for this name.

Before the immunity challenge there was a lot of game play to see where allegiances lie. Hali and Jenn solidified their commitment to Shirin and Joe, with hopes of pulling in Carolyn and Tyler. Rodney pulled in Will, Carolyn, and Tyler in order to get back at Mike and Dan for voting out Joaquin. Rodney also promised that they would be a final four. Can you believe this all happened before tribal council?

Immunity Challenge:

This was an endurance challenge. Each tribe member had to hang onto pole until they were the last one left. Mike’s plans to vote out Joe were thwarted by Joe’s win at this challenge. So he had to set his sights on another No-Collar tribe member in order to keep the Blue-Collars numbers up.

Back at camp Mike worked hard to get Tyler’s vote while Kelly worked on Carolyn. Carolyn decided she wanted to work with Kelly and they made Jenn the target. Mike pulled Rodney back in by telling him they should try and get rid of Jenn instead of Joe. Rodney agreed to Mike’s plan but told Will it would be Hali in order to see how he would vote. If Will voted for Hali then Rodney and the Blue-Collars would know they he was loyal to them.

Meanwhile Hali approached the White-Collars to see if they would work with the No-Collars to take out the Blue-Collars but nothing solid was decided upon. It was clear that Carolyn and Tyler were the swing votes and everyone wanted them to vote with them.

Jenn and Hali spoke about what might happen at tribal and Jenn told Hali they needed to know how the Blue-Collars were planning to vote because she had an idol. Apparently Jenn was planning to use it on Hali or herself depending on how the vote was supposed to go.

Tribal Council:

There was a lot of talk about this be a definite night, but after you read the result I think you will see there is still plenty of scheming to be done. The words icepick, knife, and chainsaw were thrown around because everyone thought they would know where the power would lie after the result of the vote. Jenn’s little trick to use the idol as a way of putting a kink in the Blue-Collar’s plan to get rid of her because everyone except for Will (who voted for Hali) voted for Jenn, meaning none of their votes counted. This meant that Joe, Hali, Jenn, and Shirin’s vote for Kelly sent her home.

Jamie bought a new mixer this week. So he apologizes for making Spencer sound like he was talking in a bathroom. Hopefully he figures things out before next week.

Nagarote Tribe

After tribal council Shirin tried to find out why Max was voted out and Carolyn said it was because they were disloyal and blaming it on the constant scheming that Shirin and Max had been doing. Hail was a bit more honest and admitted that everyone thought they were annoying. Shirin in confessional vowed to make changes and become apart of her tribe.

Escameca Tribe

Rodney and Joaquin decided to work together because they have the most in common on their tribe. Since Joaquin and Tyler are old white-collar members they tried to convince Sierra to work with them, but she had her misgivings because of Joaquin aligning with Rodney.

Reward Challenge

The tribes had to climb through a series of obstacles to make it to the top of a tower. Once at the top they had to one at a time launch sandbags down on the field below to hit six targets.

Nagarote started strong with hitting the targets after almost being blown out of the water in the race. Escameca caught up to Nagarote and it appeared they would win but Rodney slowed them down in the target-hitting department allowing Nagarote to catch back up and win.

Nagarote won a dinner on the beach picnic style and an evening watching sea turtles on the beach at a sea turtle sanctuary. During this reward Shirin was able to reconnect with her tribe.

Immunity Challenge

Before the immunity challenge Rodney schemed with Mike to vote out Joe by throwing the next challenge. Rodney’s allegiances seemed a bit muddy because he told Mike that he had Joaquin wrapped around his finger. I thought he had found the bromance we was looking for with Joaquin. Anyway Mike agreed to go along with Rodney plan only because he wants to help keep Kelly by not having to go to tribal council.

The immunity challenge was most likely tailored to be one that either tribe could win after last week’s crushing defeat of Nagarote because of their sheer lack of physical strength when compared to Escameca. The tribes had to memorize a series of six items and then line the same items up from memory. Nagarote started strong but Escameca caught up and it appeared that Rodney’s plan was in danger until Mike went up against Kelly in the last round. He whispered to her that he was throwing the challenge and throw it he did. Nagarote won and Escameca went to tribal council.

Tribal Council

Dan and Mike started having suspicions about Rodney and his loyalty before Escameca went to tribal council which led them to approach Joe and tell them of Rodney’s plan and suggested they get rid of Joaquin. Dan and Mike also told Joe about Dan’s missteps with Sierra and how they needed her vote but weren’t sure they could get it from her. Dan and Mike both spoke with Sierra and she was conflicted.

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Spencer and Jamie spoke a little longer this week since there was a double episode of Survivor. They spent a lot of time unpacking what happended with Rodney and Lindsey and the drama with the Blue-Collar Tribe. They finish out by predicting that either Will or Shirin, will go home after next week's immunity challenge.

Spencer and Jamie sing the praises of the White-Collar tirbe while they express thier concerns about the both the Blue-Collar and No-Collar Tribes. They both agree they were happy to see Nina go because it seemed she wasn't having fun playing the game. They leave you with thier predictions for next week. Tune in to Survivor to see who is right.

Spencer: No-Collar looses again and Will goes home.

Jamie :Blue-Collar looses and Mike goes home.

This week Spencer and Jamie talk about Will's decision to blindside Vince at tribal council and ponder of thaat was the best move for him to make goin forward. Nina's meltdown over skinny dipping was a topic of conversation as well as Dan's antics to get back into the good graces of the Blue Collar tribe. For a full recap keep reading or skip below to head to the podcast.