Blood Vs Water Episode 5: A New Hope

Tadhana return from a whirlwind tribal council where Caleb reveals his move wasn't planned at all. This makes Ciera hopeful she can get him to side with the girls, and Hayden is worried about that too. Meanwhile, Candice is relishing Brad being on Redemption Island. Even though he comes in peace, she still wants to take him out of the game for good.

You scratch my back...

Laura Morett gives Aras a backrub in the dark. He seems to be enjoying it, but he's not gonna change his alliance - he's perfectly happy with the five he's got. He thinks Laura knows she's on the outs, but that might be giving her too much credit. Incidentally, I think Laura might be the only grandmother that can get away with playing the flirt card on Survivor.

At the duel arena, Monica gets emotional and asks Brad if she can take his spot, but he doesn't let her. Just as well, because she has a much better chance of going far than he does. The three competitors have to race to assemble a bridge of planks. Candice gets

Redemption Island - now breaking marriages as well as dreams

off to the quickest start, but John completes his bridge first, as well as his puzzle. In a really close race for the final spot, the cheers Brad is getting from Galang obviously help him out, and he defeats John's spouse to stay alive. Candice says her goodbyes and tells her husband to stop crying. Once again, John gives the clue to Monica and she burns it.

Back at camp, Monica thanks the tribe for cheering on Brad...something she's used to, no doubt. The Culpepper wife is stepping up her game a little bit with her man in danger, but reassures Tina she still has her loyalty. Tina seems to think Brad has a good shot of getting back in, so she's a little wary of Monica now. Is she going to be an asset, or a threat?

Bug-bitten Ciera and toenailless Katie compare their injuries over at the other camp. Vytas tries to get Caleb back on his side and is a little wary of him becoming a loose cannon. "It's good to be the swing vote" brags Caleb, who is letting the power go to his head. Rule no.34 of Survivor editing: when someone declares themselves "the swing vote", they're usually about to get voted out for being flaky.

Tadhana hoping for good things on the horizon

The tribes arrive at the challenge to see what they're playing for, and today it's steaks that are at stake, which gets a big cheer. Kat demands to play in the challenge (possibly to finally get some screentime), meaning the two Lauras and Monica have to sit out. The task ahead of them is to go down a giant slide and complete a ring toss. Caleb gets Tadhana off to a good start by beating Gervase, and though Tyson levels it, Katie regains the lead by beating Kat. Vytas gains vengeance against his brother to make it 3-1, but Ciera loses out to Tina. Is there anything she can win? Caleb scores again against Tyson, before Hayden wraps it up. Tadhana finally have immunity.

Another awkward Laura moment

Laura Boneham is trying not to freak out when she gets back to camp, but her insecurity is clearly showing. She tries to stir something up by telling Kat the other girls were pissed she made them sit out, but Kat pretty much ignores her. Although they have an easy vote on the table and Morett appears to be down, Aras is considering making a different move. He tells Tyson that if they send Laura Morett to Redemption, she could possibly knock out Brad and leave Monica with nowhere else to go.

There can only be one

At tribal council, old-timers Gervase and Tina talk about how far the game has progressed since their days. Laura Boneham is quizzed on if she feels like she belongs, and she claims that she does. Other Laura points out that the first-timer hasn't felt the sting of having her torch snuffed yet, and as we get to the vote it appears she's trying to give her that honour. Both of them say "There's only room for one Laura", and it looks like the rest of the tribe shares that sentiment too. Everyone else votes for Laura, but we don't see which one. Turns out the veteran ends up snuffed out again in a blindside that sends Kat retreating into her hoodie. Should we have expected anything less?

"How the hell did you guys lose?" says Brad when greeting Laura on Redemption Island. A little bit of jealousy, perhaps? Laura realizes she screwed up by trusting Aras, but is now focused on the mission they sent her there for: to beat Brad Culpepper.

STAR OF THE WEEK: ARAS BASKAUSKAS

Aras shows he's a master of the game and appears to have everyone blindly trusting him for no reason. His dual-purpose move in taking out Laura appears to be working great. Proving he can own this game a second time should see him shoot up everyone's winner ranking.