‘Survivor 41’ Episode 7: The Merge Part 2

(CBS) – Man, past night’s portion 2 merge occurrence was intense! Things are changing by the minute. Now that the merge is yet here, these castaways are playing connected a full different level. Here’s what you missed:

Exile Island

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Last week’s occurrence near america with a cliffhanger: would Erika marque a bold, game-changing determination oregon play it safe? As a reminder, she’s fixed immoderate superior powerfulness successful the crippled – arguably, having to marque the astir important determination successful the crippled frankincense far. If she smashed this ominous, achromatic soil hourglass, she’d alteration the past of the game. That means those who mislaid the past situation (including her) would triumph Immunity, and those who had won Immunity would suffer it. This game-changing prime gave Erika the assurance she was looking for successful the game. She explains however the brutal acquisition connected Exile lone refined her spot and built her quality adjacent more. So, the question is… what was her decision?

This is simply a marque oregon interruption crippled determination close here.👀 #Survivor pic.twitter.com/STQaDFHGn9

— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs) November 4, 2021

Individual Immunity Challenge

At the archetypal Individual Immunity Challenge, Erika returned from Exile Island, wherever she and big Jeff Probst past explained this marque caller twist. Tensions were higher than ever – and Erika revealed she did, successful fact, smash the hourglass! Erika changed the people of past – and she’s surely gladsome she did!

AND, let’s not hide however successful portion 1, we saw her aged Luvu people members getting acceptable to ballot her retired next! Now, they’re each successful for a rude awakening…

Since Erika flipped the game, those who won the past situation and Immunity are presently not harmless and indispensable vie successful the Individual Immunity Challenge. This besides means those expected to vie are present harmless astatine the adjacent Tribal Council – including Erika herself!

Those who present person Immunity: Xander, Heather, Liana, Tiffany and Shan and Erika

Those who present person to vie successful the Individual Immunity Challenge: Naseer, Danny, Ricard, Deshawn, Sydney and Evvie

Season 41 🤝 Mixing it up!🌀 #Survivor pic.twitter.com/NQP1LorunN

— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs) November 4, 2021

The look of daze was connected everyone’s faces. But Deshawn said it beautifully – this is Survivor 41, and there’s nary messing around. Sure, it’s disappointing… but these twists marque Survivor, Survivor!

With that said, these six disappointed castaways present person to vie successful their archetypal Individual Immunity Challenge successful hopes of gaining their Immunity back. The castaways battled it retired by competing successful a fashionable Survivor situation wherever they could lone usage their feet. Without utilizing their hands, the idiosyncratic who tin merchandise their rope, stack their acceptable of blocks, and spot their emblem connected apical – wins Immunity!

We’ve seen this hard situation earlier successful erstwhile seasons, but let’s conscionable say, these castaways made it look easy! It was a choky contention the full time. It came down to Evvie and Sydney connected the past limb of the situation (pun intended). Just seconds distant from winning, these ladies were giving their all. But suddenly, retired of obscurity – Ricard swoops successful connected apical and wins the archetypal Individual Immunity!

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Tribal Council

Chaos was brewing earlier Tribal adjacent began. As we know, Liana has rather the vantage wherever she tin yet bargain someone’s idol oregon advantage. Liana’s “Knowledge is Power” vantage allows her to bargain someone’s plus conscionable by simply asking the close idiosyncratic the close question. However, if she’s incorrect, she loses her vantage completely. Last week successful portion 1, we saw however Shan blabbed astir Liana’s vantage successful beforehand of Tiffany. Now, due to the fact that Tiffany doesn’t spot Liana, she tells her closest allies, Xander and Evvie, astir the “Knowledge is Power” advantage.

Word travels accelerated astir camp…🤫 #Survivor pic.twitter.com/0oZSRFOIFh

— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs) November 4, 2021

Meanwhile, Shan is guiding each the different alliances and encouraging them to ballot Evvie retired next. But, since Tiffany and Xander are harmless astatine Tribal Council, these 2 entertain the thought of utilizing Xanders idol to support Evvie harmless successful this game. And they adjacent person a limb up present since they cognize Liana could perchance bargain it.

Cue the chaos.

To make paranoia wrong the different alliances, Xander, Evvie and Tiffany make a sneaky plan. Xander decides to stock with Danny (who is readying to ballot retired Evvie) however he’s playing his idol for Evvie astatine Tribal Council. Oh, and Xander adjacent shares with him however they each cognize astir Liana’s “Knowledge is Power” vantage too. This creates commotion successful this choky confederation of Danny, Liana, Shan, Deshawn, Ricard, Naseer, and Sydney. This radical is scrambling! They indispensable get Liana to bargain Xander’s idol to forestall 1 of them from getting voted out. So, earlier Tribal Council, Liana attempts to rekindle the spot wrong her erstwhile people members, Tiffany, Xander, and Evvie, and promises them Evvie is safe. In this scene, we adjacent spot Xander tuck distant what we deliberation is his idol close successful beforehand of Liana. This gives Liana the content that Xander inactive has the idol successful his possession…

At Tribal Council, things went nuts – but successful cleanable Survivor fashion. As Probst guided the convo, Evvie shared however she’d beryllium harmless acknowledgment to Xander’s idol. This was immoderate abdominous bait for Liana to bite. Xander past proceeds to whip retired an idol necklace with a enactment explaining however this idol volition each beryllium Evvie’s existent soon. Without hesitation, Liana takes vantage of this accusation and announces to the people that she’s utilizing her “Knowledge is Power” advantage. She past instantly asks Xander “if helium has an idol.” These snarky smiles of Liana and Shan rapidly deflated arsenic Xander says, “No… but you tin person this fake.”

You should’ve seen the looks connected their faces…

That’s #Survivor tribal assembly for ya!😉 Drop your questions beneath for tonight’s eliminated castaway. pic.twitter.com/j4YagNbzF1

— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs) November 4, 2021

The scrambling unleashes among the castaways, arsenic this dominating confederation present conscionable mislaid Liana’s vantage and inactive is paranoid that Evvie could beryllium harmless aft all. Xander, Evvie and Tiffany conscionable enactment connected the cleanable show, and present nary 1 knows what to do. People were spreading antithetic names near to right. But it came down to three: the thought of inactive voting Evvie (even if she has Xander’s idol), arsenic good arsenic the thought of voting either Deshawn oregon Sydney.

After the castaways voted, it was wide Sydney’s intuition was close astir perchance being connected the chopping block. That’s due to the fact that she’s the archetypal idiosyncratic to usage the “shot successful the dark” this season. The “shot successful the dark” means you cannot vote, and successful this case, person a one-in-six accidental to summation Immunity. Unfortunately, Sydney did not propulsion the harmless paper and mislaid her vote. Before speechmaking the votes, Tiffany adjacent teased the thought of utilizing Xander’s idol, which she had possession of each along, connected Evvie. Both Xander and Evvie encouraged her not to – but, man, it was close.

At 1 point, the votes were 3, 3 & 3: Three votes Evvie, 3 votes Deshawn, and 3 votes Sydney. Then, it was 4 votes Evvie, 4 votes Sydney. It was beauteous aggravated to watch, knowing Evvie took portion successful declining a escaped Immunity Idol. But successful the end, their sneaky program paid disconnected and Sydney was the adjacent idiosyncratic voted out.

What did you deliberation astir this two-part merge episode? This was easy the astir aggravated occurrence yet this season! I privation to cognize what Boston Rob thinks astir these last-minute Tribal scrambles. I mean, from what I remember, that other clip to strategize was ne'er successful the playbook during old-school Survivor!

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