Winners At War Episode 2: Snakes And Ladders

Amber finds Extinction pretty jarring, but is glad she's not out of the game. Rob receives a fire token, and instantly his mind goes to the possibility of Amber being voted out. Parvati reaches the same conclusion, though he's holding out some hope it might be Sandra (guess he doesn't know how mad she is at him then).

One big happy family?

Ben wants to play more of a social game this time, so decides to help Denise find an idol. When she gets it, she sees they work differently this year and she has to give half of it to somebody else. Initially she assumes Ben will want it, but he suggests giving it to someone else, and likes Adam. Adam is stoked to hear about the idol, but less so that Ben knows. Denise asks Adam what he thinks about giving it to Parvati, which he shoots down as a terrible idea...meaning he gets it instead.

Yul uses a pole to knock down the hard-to-reach breadfruit. Kim is looking for an idol, and finds it just as Tony and Nick walk up, but they don't see. Kim has to share it with someone and picks Sophie, since she has a lot of power on the tribe. Sophie questions the choice.

Kim's slow crawl back up the ladder

On Extinction, Natalie and Amber get a clue that they can't decipher. But any time you get a weirdly-written note on Survivor, it's an acrostic, and this one says "Water well". Eventually Natalie finds it by accident, and gets another advantage (safety without power...there's gotta be a better name for it than that) to sell on. She chooses Jeremy, and he decides to buy it.

A health and safety nightmare

Tony is building a ladder to keep himself occupied. When he tries to use it to get fruit, the others are worried about how unsafe it looks, but he insists it's meant to be like that. Somehow Tony climbs up it without breaking, but Tyson says it best - "how is this guy still alive?" Sarah and Tony reaffirm their bond and say they're restarting Cops R Us but for real this time, and keeping it on the down low.

She's so heavy

At the immunity challenge, Probst obviously asks Rob about Amber being gone, and he gives nothing away. The challenge is from Cagayan, where they have to move crates through a course on a cart, breaking it and reassembling it, then solving a puzzle. Hey no fair, two Dakals have already done this one! Dakal edges out Sele on the first gate, and then really powers through the bumpy floor, whilst Sele get stuck. Sophie and Sandra have a big headstart on the puzzle, but Rob and Denise catch up. Rob and Denise take a long time to organize but it doesn't help them much, and Dakal blow them out to win immunity.

Ethan playfully teases Rob about how much he sucked, topping off a pretty bad day for the Godfather. The old schoolers want a new schooler gone, and are torn between Jeremy or Ben. But Danni doesn't feel included so wants to flip to new school. She talks in front of Ethan and Ben about the old school alliance, which Ben obviously finds pretty interesting. Danni targets Parvati, whilst Rob wants to get Danni out now. Adam is really happy to see that old school can't get it together. Jeremy wants to go one step further and flip the game to take out a big threat like Parv. But Adam knows going against Rob is a big move.

Stop and frisk

Before we even start tribal council, there's a funny moment where Adam has trouble putting his torch down. Michele says old school vs new school is dead and reading people is what's important, which she didn't do on the last vote. Danni says she doesn't have the loyalty she had in the last game. Parvati explains how we got to this point and Ben latches on to the mention of the old school alliance to start a big argument. Rob says Ben is crazy and starts whispering, then orders everybody to dump out their bags to find out who has the idol...which they do. Denise somehow gets away with it, as Adam protests. Even in his 5th appearance, Rob is still coming up with new strategies.

The votes are read, and it's unanimous for Danni to leave. She bequeaths her token to Denise and heads to spend the night with the other ladies. She really shot herself in the foot here, it looked like she would've been safe until she turned on an ally for no reason. Well, the old schoolers got a lot of praise last week, but now they're severely weakened and I'm guessing Rob's grip on the game will be over soon.

STAR OF THE WEEK: DENISE STAPLEY

Got her hands on an idol, avoided having that revealed, and got an extra fire token too. The early target on her seems to have completely dissipated and now she's in a solid spot with Adam as her right hand man.