San Juan Del Sur Episode 9: Think On Your Feet

Reed is obviously devastated at losing Josh, but now he has nothing left to lose. Jon is the one being comforted by Missy as he feels bad for leading the other alliance on so badly. Keith is mad at Jon and is hoping to get the opportunity to idol someone out.

Natalie and Jaclyn shake it up

Let's get stuck in to a reward challenge now, where two teams stand on a balance beam and have to knock eachother off. And the rain starts just as the first matchup is about to begin. It's Wes against Reed, and Wes falls over trying to reach. Jaclyn falls in too, but Jon scores his team's first point by beating Jeremy. Baylor shakes the beam against her mom and wins easily. Alec falls over to give Keith the win, and Reed loses once he gets mud in his eye. Jaclyn falls in again, and Jon wins a point. That means it's Missy vs Baylor to decide it...and Baylor wins! Natalie asks if she can trade her spot to Jon as a thank you, and Jeremy does the same thing for his girl. Then he gets sent to Exile too.

The yacht club spot dolphins

Wes and Keith talk to Natalie back at camp, with Wes saying he doesn't want to be #blindsided (yes, he added the hashtag). But really the two of them are just fishing for clues on who to play the idol on. Wes seems impressed with Natalie's move to lock down Jon and Jaclyn. Jeremy can even see the boat he's supposed to be on from Exile Island, which has got to rub it in a little. The reward winners are watching dolphins, whilst Reed talks about how he plans to stir things up.

Jeremy doesn't get a ton of sleep on Exile Island, but decides to hunt for the idol. After scouring the rock where the clue said it would be, he comes to the conclusion that Jon might have it. This makes him a little wary of Jon...if nothing else, it would just be nice to know he didn't have to suffer out here. Jon has noticed this too, and thinks Jeremy is smart enough to figure out he has it. Does that mean he'll have to reveal?

Baylor gets a leg up

The immunity challenge, as Probst delights in telling us, is one that's totally unique. You have to stack blocks and plant a flag using only your feet. "How does that even work?" Natalie wonders. Reed starts off well, with Keith not far behind. Keith knocks his blocks off with one left to place. Suddenly it's Reed and Baylor going toe-to-toe. Reed gets nervous and Baylor wins.

Reed is on the (paper) trail

Now that he's in "go big or go home" mode, Reed
searches Keith's bag just to see what's in there. Turns out he left the instructions for the hidden immunity idol in there, tipping Reed off that Keith has it. He decides to let the girls know, which shocks Baylor in particular. Reed might just have shifted the target onto somebody else.

With all the idol gossip spreading quickly, Jeremy adds fuel to the fire by telling Natalie he's sure Jon has one. He goes to Jon and asks him directly but Jon doesn't admit it...and he senses Jeremy doesn't believe him. Jon goes to Missy and reveals he has the idol, but he's not willing to tell Jeremy as he wants him out. Missy is happy Jon trusts her, but still feels loyalty to Jeremy and Natalie as they were her first alliance.

At tribal council, Probst wants to talk about the reward switch, and Reed is quick to point out that it wasn't as selfless as it seemed. Jeremy talks about how depleted Exile Island left him. Jaclyn says she thinks someone has the idol, and gets into an argument with Keith and Wes about the two of them not talking to her. Reed wants this fight to continue, as any conflict is good for him right now.

The votes come in, and it's between Keith and Reed. Except it's not, as a bunch of Jeremy votes come out of NOWHERE and he ends up getting blindsided. Holy crap, did that just happen? I thought I was pretty good at reading Survivor editing, but they got me good with this one. Natalie is understandably pissed at Missy...guess they'll think twice before going the good Samaritan route again.

Where there's smoke, there's firemen

Jeremy's exit has opened up this game so much that it truly feels like nobody is safe now. No alliances are likely to stick from this point, meaning it's truly anyone's game to win, and anyone could be next.

STAR OF THE WEEK: REED KELLY

He was so invisible for so long, I didn't think Reed would ever get this award. But he finally got a chance to shine tonight, and overcame the odds to survive. Just goes to show you, never give up...sometimes chaos is the way to go.