Edge Of Extinction Episode 2: Open Dialogue

We open on Reem, wrapped in a blanket and wondering what's next for her, motivated by revenge and wanting to do her family proud. She's had a lot of time alone to do the post mortem on her game. Wendy is on the warpath against Kelley, who she blames for being behind Reem's vote-out. Kelley is worried about Wendy flipping on them now that she knows she's on the bottom, and suggests they all go looking for the idol to stop her from getting it.

Kama chameleon

Ron choreographs a tribe cheer that gets the whole tribe laughing, but Aubry says she hates kumbaya Survivor. Aubry tries to get answers on how the rest of them feel about the returnees, but gets generic platitudes in return. The newbies compare notes to find out Aubry has been saying similar things to everyone, talking a lot about wanting to have "a dialogue". This cast is not gonna get walked over like past ones have.

Hold on, the anti-returnee sentiment is growing even stronger! Rick and David solidify their alliance and are both in agreement that Kelley is a huge threat. They talk about teaming up with Wendy and Keith, which would give them numbers if they could get Wardog too.

Gavin and Eric decide to step up the idol hunting...and the girls have noticed. Julie says maybe the girls should look as well, but she doesn't want to be that type of player. David and Rick are looking on Manu too, but the person who actually finds it...is Lauren. Yeah girl! Kelley would be proud. She's not even telling her right now though.

Boost that stat, girl

Release the beast

The immunity challenge is to swim out to a cage containing a snake which they need to lift out and take to the beach. Then there's a ring toss. As Jeff points out, Aubry did this challenge in Game Changers and knows how heavy the snake is. The players all swim to the cage and this is where Wendy excels. But Keith is very slow and needs to be helped by Chris, which sets Manu back a lot. Kama's strategy is to have Aurora go over first and pull it down, which works well. Manu struggle for a bit then have Rick do the same. Somehow Manu catch up at the ring toss, and whilst Joe gets the first one, Chris gets one too. Joe and Eric alternate, both making successful tosses. Chris switches with Keith, who flops, and then has to go back in. Why did they take him out in the first place? Kama win the challenge, and now Wardog is thinking of going for plan C - taking out weak link Keith.

Wardog rallies the troops

Wardog explains why he wants Keith out, and Kelley is not happy...she'd still prefer Wendy since she's coming after her. Keith tells Chris that he will never turn on him since he's helped him so much, and Chris wants to keep him around. He tells this to Rick, and now the plan to blindside Kelley might be resurrected. Wardog tries to convince Chris it's a bad move and that Kelley will be a target over them down the road. Kelley can feel the shift in how people are acting around her and is really worried she's about to get voted out.

At tribal council, Rick warns Kelley that her name has been out there, and she tries to make the case to stay by pointing out her challenge strength. Keith, on the flipside of that, says loyalty is more important than being good at a ring toss. Wardog says he won't know if he's got the right read on this group until the votes come out, as everyone agrees there will be a blindside tonight, which Rick admits is a bucket list item for him.

If there's one person who shouldn't be smack talking...

The votes come out, and Keith gets super dramatic once he realizes it's him. "Still think y'all gonna win challenges?" he remarks, and the tribe just brush it off. He gets to the signpost and starts yelling "Oh God", seeming indecisive. And then the episode leaves us with that. Laame! I'm surprised anyone would find it a tough choice, to be honest. Is Reem really gonna have to wait another 3 days to get a friend?

STAR OF THE WEEK: DAN "WARDOG" DASILVA

With lots of different plans floating around, Wardog was the one who got his way tonight. He hasn't been the aggressive Tony clone I thought he would be at all, and is actually surprisingly normal and logical.