Island Of The Idols Episode 2: Top Gear

Tough job, but somebody's gotta do it

After tribal, Elaine explains to Aaron he was too close to Ronnie to be let in on the vote, as Vince asks why his name came up. Missy does a good job with damage control on Aaron, but he still doesn't trust anybody.

Noura opens up the morning by complaining about not getting enough appreciation for her work around camp, and everyone is annoyed with her. Noura doesn't seem to be the biggest fan of Molly in particular. Jason, who is on the bottom with her, wants to stay loyal to her as she was the only one who helped him out. Interesting that Molly has fallen into the role of The Popular Girl and Noura is The Dorky Outcast...I would've bet on it being the other way around.

Lairo are still struggling to make fire even with flint. Chelsea has a go and gets it quickly, really showing up Aaron and Tom. Chelsea then finds an idol in a tree during a firewood hunt when it's still dark and people are around. Good for her, that's another item off the bucket list.

Is this the prayer circle for Noura's safety?

Noura runs a morning yoga session. Then a boat pulls up and instructs Kellee to go to the Island of the Idols, which leaves her very shocked and confused. Kellee shows up at the island and sees Rob and Sandra. Kellee laughs as she had predicted a Cochran appearance, but Sandra says they're "way better than Cochran".

The three sit down and have a long chat about irrelevant stuff, which Kellee seems to find boring and pointless. However, it is then revealed it was all a test, and if she can answer personal questions about Sandra, she will get an idol, The questions are about Sandra's daughters, husband and dogs. Kellee goes 3 for 3 to win the idol (which is good for 3 tribals). She draws the next name and departs. Once back, Kellee cries to her tribe and tells them the same lie Elizabeth did about smashing urns. It's hard for me to believe they're not being heavily encouraged by the producers not to spill their secrets. Kellee lets them go through her bag, knowing the idol is really in her hair.

Trivia champ

Drop some Molly

The immunity challenge is to untie a ladder in the water, use it to retrieve a bag, then have another tribe member roll balls into slots. Everybody freaks out when they see spices is the reward as well. The challenge starts and Vokai are very slow moving their ladder. Chelsea retrieves the bag first for Lairo, but they hit a setback when they lose the bag in the water. Molly takes a few attempts to get her bag as she keeps falling off the ladder. Lairo have a good headstart on the rolling, with Missy getting one and Elaine getting another. Vokai catch up when Jamal gets 2. Missy scores the last point to win immunity for Lairo. Well, these two tribes seem pretty evenly-matched at least.

Sleeping on the job

The consensus around camp is that it's an easy vote, with the votes split on Jason and Noura. Jamal feels so confident that him, Jack and Molly are in control, he opts to take a nap. Lauren and Janet discuss targeting Molly instead, since they think she's dangerous. Noura is so excited about the flip, Jason has to tell her to stop dancing. Tommy thinks it's much too soon to make that move and doesn't want to lose Jack and Jamal as allies.

At tribal council, Noura's hair almost catches fire lighting her torch. Jason says he's been an outsider since the very first few hours of the game. Kellee says he misread the group culture, but Jason defends himself by dumping out his bag to prove he has no idol. Noura claims she hasn't fit in ether but that she never really does. Jamal talks about the game still being in first gear, and gives a condescending speech about how he hasn't had to play from the bottom yet like Jason.

The votes are read and the Molly blindside goes through, shocking Sandra and Rob most of all. I really had Molly down as a strong contender, I didn't think she'd be viewed as a threat too early. But hey, the silver lining is at least one more episode of Noura!

STAR OF THE WEEK: CHELSEA WALKER

Even though there were only a few Lairo scenes, Chelsea was all over them and was doing everything this episode - starting fire, finding an idol and stepping up in the challenge. She's not just talking the talk, she's walking the walk.