One World Episode 9: I Know Why The Jaybird Sucks

Survivor life ain't so bad

We're treated to great opening shot of a Samoan sunrise and another in the directory of great Survivor dreams - Jay dreamt he got shot. Foreshadowing? Anyway, Tarzan talks to Troyzan where he basically reiterates what he warned him about (the girls knocking out the guys), and Troyzan says he plans to use his idol to knock out a bigshot like Kim. Let's hope so!

Tree mail brings another do it yourself challenge. The draw leaves Troyzan, Jay, Tarzan, Kat and Alicia on one team, and the other girls plus Leif on the other. They have to try and toss a bola to score points on a rung ladder. Troyzan takes the Jeff role. Kat gets the red team on the board. Tarzan of all people scores the highest. Christina gets 1 point, leaving Sabrina needing to score 5 with the last shot to win the game. She misses and the red team win a boat ride. It was funny how the least likely people ended up scoring. The rum and coconut reward is enjoyed by all, especially Troyzan. Jay opens up to Kat about his concerns in the game.

Chelsea likes Jay, but she likes money more

Kim wants to continue getting rid of the guys. Ruthless, but smart, as they're too good in challenges and too big of a threat in front of a jury. This upsets Chelsea as she has really grown to like Jay, but she knows it's her best game move. Jay wants Alicia out next, and when he tells the girls this they are all really awkward about giving an answer. Troyzan is really nervous about being blindsided, so he feels like he needs to win this next immunity.

You've got red on you

Jeff introduces the next one as a Survivor classic, and he's not wrong. It's the arm hang endurance challenge, with food temptations. Tarzan drops out pretty much before Jeff even has a chance to say "this challenge is on". Christina is out soon after. Sabrina, Kim and Kat all drop out for food. Alicia also drops out for food, and her behaviour is not that of someone who is on the block. Troyzan then falls off. Jay stupidly steps down for chicken wings, leaving Leif and Chelsea in contention. Chelsea tries to negotiate with Leif, saying he'll be less of a threat if he steps down. So he does. Chelsea wins immunity!

Kim thinks the challenge went well because Chelsea now looks like a bigger threat than her, and neither of her targets won immunity. She plans of splitting her votes between Troyzan and Jay in case an idol appears. Wait, what? How did she know about that? They want Leif in on it, too.

Troyzan doesn't like how Kim keeps saying "you're safe, you're safe". He thinks she's overcompensating, so he digs up his idol and puts it in his pocket. He fills Jay in and wants to get Tarzan and Christina to vote for Kim, but Jay doesn't feel he's in any danger and still thinks Alicia is going home.

I have a bad feeling about this

As if that wasn't stupid enough, Jay then blabs about Troyzan's idol to Kim and tells her that there may be votes coming her way. Kim stays calm, but says she doesn't have time to get to everyone before tribal.

At tribal council, only Kim, Jay and Troyzan raise their hand when Jeff asks who feels vulnerable. Kat and Christina point out the bulge in Troyzan's shorts - his idol, they mean. Troyzan says the reactions of some of the people at the challenge made him suspicious....some people who he thought should have been rooting for him were not.

"I told you not to step down"

It's time to vote and Troyzan votes Kim. Kat votes Troyzan. Jay votes Alicia. Wow, this vote is all over the place. Troyzan plays his idol, not wanting to join the list of people who went home with it in their pocket. The two votes against him are cancelled, but unfortunately it was for nothing and a guy still goes home - five votes for Jay is enough to send him to the jury. Next week, all Hell is gonna break loose as it's Troyzan vs the world!

STAR OF THE WEEK: TROYZAN ROBERTSON

Thank you for being the only person smart enough to recognize what a threat Kim is. I don't blame him for playing his idol, although he would've been better off keeping it, and probably shouldn't have wasted his vote. I can't criticize him too much when he got so much right though - if Troyzan doesn't win, it's Jay's fault.