San Juan Del Sur Episode 13: Hobbling To The Finish

Everyone comes back from tribal council confused at what just happened, and Natalie is playing along quite well. She claims she didn't know who she was supposed to vote for, and it appears everyone buys it. Natalie lets Keith know that she went out on a limb to keep him and that she has his back. Yay, Keith! You still have an ally after all.

Holy crap, this challenge is a death trap

Today's reward challenge involves going through hay, through an obstacle course and carrying a bucket of water over a see saw. It's Natalie, Baylor and Jaclyn against Jon, Missy and Keith. Jaclyn leads her team through the hay faster and hell of a lot more gracefully than Keith and Missy's team. Missy takes a few knocks climbing over the posts and then gets a bad sprain on the see saw. The three girls pick up a decent lead on this section, but the end puzzle seems to be going well for Jon and Missy. Jon missed the border at first, but still got it before the other team to win the challenge. The reward is a spa, but Jon doesn't care much for it, and decides to give it to Baylor. Baylor has to piggyback her mom out of the challenge arena. With Natalie Exiled, Jon and Jaclyn are going back to camp alone. Everyone wins.

Keith points out to Missy that her ankle still looks bad, but she's playing it down as she wants to see the game out. The spa treatment is a lot of fun, and Keith is particularly hilarious throughout, as he's never done this kind of thing before. Baylor's even coming around on him, realizing for the first time that he's pretty cool.

Keith enjoys a cleanse

Back at camp, Jon talks about how he's definitely gonna use Natalie's wonky vote against her when it comes time to face the jury. You idiot, you're the one that looks dumb there. Jaclyn now starts to wonder if she did it on purpose, but Jon can't see the blindside coming. On Exile, Natalie spends a lot of time crying and thinking about her sister.

No Payne, no gain

We get the longest "come on in, guys" ever before the challenge, as Missy has to be carried to the mat. Obviously it's bad enough for the medic to look at, so they bring him in to examine it. Based on the swelling, the medic can't rule out the possibility of it being broken, but would need to pull her from the game to do an X-ray. However, with only 4 days left, he's happy to just immobilize it and leave her in. Missy breathes a sigh of relief, as she didn't want to go, so Baylor and Natalie promise to carry her over the finish line if they have to. There's still no way she can do the challenge, however.

Bringing a new meaning to "battling the elements"

The challenge is to hold onto handles and balance another see saw to avoid your vase falling. Jaclyn is the first one out, and Baylor is next. The three left face an onslaught of the wind, and Keith falls next to set up a Natalie/Jon showdown. Jon's vase topples without him doing anything...mother nature decided the outcome in the end. Natalie wins immunity.

Missy says...shut it down!

Jon is happy for Natalie to have immunity, though he really shouldn't be. Natalie is planning a split vote between Jon and Jaclyn, and fills Keith in, telling him not to do anything crazy this time. Jaclyn is a little concerned as she's not sure Keith is really going home. Baylor tells Missy the plan and she flat-out refuses, saying she's gonna lose jury votes if she betrays someone she gave her word to. But she might have to do what's best for Baylor's game.

Missy is still on crutches and needing to be carried around even at tribal council. Surprisingly that injury doesn't come up and they mainly talk about how Keith wants people to trust him and make a move. Jon admits he's thinking about his final tribal council speech a lot, and the jury seem very angry at this. He'll have to get there first, starting with surviving this vote.

The first vote ties between Jon, Jaclyn and Keith, with the split vote only prolonging Jon's agony. He doesn't have any hard feelings about it, but admits he didn't see it coming at all. Natalie is grinning as this had been a long time coming. Probst closes the episode by telling them to remember to outwit, outplay, outlast. We're right near the end now and it's gonna be a struggle...for everyone.

STAR OF THE WEEK: MISSY PAYNE

You gotta respect Missy for hanging on in there and not quitting, she really is pretty tough. Despite initial reservations, she went along with the big move too. The last pair in the game could be occupying two of those final seats.