‘Survivor 41’ Episode 5 Recap: Trust Carries You To The End

(CBS) – This caller play of Survivor just gets much aggravated by the week! Did you miss this week’s episode? Here’s however it each went down…

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Ua Tribe 

After past week’s blindside of voting retired JD – Genie, Ricard, and Shan each consciousness beauteous unafraid successful their present three-way alliance… truthful it seems.

Genie, who’s been unfastened astir playing an honorable game, announces to Ricard and Shan that she’ll look for the recently hidden Beware Advantage. They each hold to beryllium loyal to 1 different from present connected retired and support nary secrets… but past again, this is Survivor. What would the crippled beryllium if determination was nary lying oregon manipulating?

Genie finds the Beware Advantage and instantly shares it with Shan and Ricard. But, since Brad (who’s already voted out) initially recovered this advantage, these 3 castaways already person the thought of what this Beware Advantage could mean. As mentioned successful erstwhile episodes, if 1 finds the Beware Advantage, which is yet a three-way Immunity Idol, they cannot ballot until this Hidden Immunity Idol is activated. The lone mode the idol is activated is if the subordinate from each people who owns the vantage says their concealed operation astatine the adjacent Immunity Challenge.

Knowing these consequences, Genie, Shan and Ricard recovered it risky to unfastened the Beware Advantage conscionable yet. They hold to support it sealed for now, without immoderate 1 of them claiming it…

…that is, until Genie goes disconnected by herself.

Ouch…🤭 #Survivor pic.twitter.com/GKfaCdmZ75

— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs) October 21, 2021

Mastermind Shan, and her sidekick, Ricard, came up with a program to unfastened the Beware Advantage/Idol without Genie’s consent. Knowing the risks, Shan opened the Beware Advantage and present has implicit ownership of the Hidden Immunity Idol erstwhile activated. Reminder: she’s retired of a ballot until she knows some the Luvu and Yase people person recovered their thirds of the idol. But, let’s not forget, Shan did conscionable snatch JD’s extra-vote vantage from past week…

Luvu Tribe

Meanwhile, connected the Luvu tribe, some Danny and Deshawn are alert of the information that much men than women are getting voted retired from the different tribes. Since the Luvu people inactive has ne'er gone to Tribal, Deshawn and Danny are reconsidering their erstwhile ploy of throwing the adjacent Immunity Challenge. They privation to power the numbers connected their tribe, truthful this time, they see Naseer successful this imaginable plan.

Naseer, who’s pioneered his ain crippled frankincense far, is hesitant yet flattered these men privation to enactment with him.

That feeling erstwhile you’re included successful people decisions! 🤩 #Survivor pic.twitter.com/Q8J3eo7vzr

— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs) October 21, 2021

Yase Tribe

There’s inactive a coagulated 4 near connected the Yase tribe: Xander, Evvie, Liana and Tiffany. It seems similar Evvie is inactive successful the powerfulness seat. She’s not lone made a beardown confederation with some Liana and Tiffany, but Xander arsenic well. Both Tiffany and Liana are onto her and Xander’s crippled and determine to instrumentality matters into their ain hands… literally.

Because this is Survivor, ethics are retired the window. Tiffany and Liana marque a bold determination and determine to sneak done Xander’s container portion he’s gone. They find the confirmation they request arsenic they’ve rummaged done some his extra-vote and Hidden Immunity Idol notes. Pretty risky determination if you inquire me…

After strategizing with Evvie, Xander is motivated to physique up the spot betwixt him and Tiffany since helium already feels helium trusts her much than Liana. He past tells Tiffany astir his Hidden Immunity Idol and includes the info astir saying his concealed phrase. But then, Xander got caught up successful his ain lie. He told Tiffany helium had conscionable recovered the idol that day, but Tiffany knew helium shared his concealed operation aloud conscionable a fewer Immunity Challenges back. Knowing helium lied, Tiffany is present adjacent much wary astir Xander, and let’s conscionable say, things aren’t looking bully for him.

Never prevarication to a schoolhouse teacher. 👀 #Survivor pic.twitter.com/ODwGeXpIha

— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs) October 21, 2021

Immunity Challenge 

Immunity is, erstwhile again, backmost up for grabs! In summation to Immunity, the archetypal 2 tribes would triumph immoderate much-needed tarps to support them lukewarm and dry.

But, earlier the Immunity/Reward Challenge began, host Jeff Probst, prompted the castaways to stock a spot much astir their Survivor experience, arsenic they’re already connected Day 11. And, earlier we cognize it, we perceive a bid of concealed phrases… 1 aft another.

While speaking successful beforehand of each 3 tribes, Shan secretly slips successful her phrase:

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“I didn’t recognize this till now… broccoli is conscionable a clump of tiny trees.”

Followed by Xander, who past says his:

“I genuinely judge butterflies are dormant relatives saying hi.”

This means that lone 1 idiosyncratic from the Luvu people needs to accidental their wacky operation to activate this three-way Hidden Immunity Idol. And, successful perfect Survivor editing fashion, we perceive a confuzzled dependable from the Luvu tribe…

“I’m confused arsenic a goat connected astroturf.”

It was Naseer who said the past phrase! We instantly get a flashback of Naseer uncovering the last 3rd of the Hidden Immunity Idol each by himself astatine the Luvu camp. He says helium gives each the recognition to his girl backmost astatine home. That’s because, earlier going on Survivor, his girl would fell Immunity Idols successful the gait for him to find. Naseer was truthful arrogant she trained him well!

The situation itself was exhausting – and without surprise, it was the Ua people who erstwhile again mislaid and present had to (once again) caput to Tribal Council.

But earlier Tribal, the archetypal winning tribe, Yase, had to prime 1 idiosyncratic from Ua arsenic good arsenic different castaway, successful general, to caput to the Survivor Summit. They chose Shan and past Liana from their people to spell connected the travel together.

Survivor Summit

The 2 castaways had to trek for hours successful hopes of gaining an advantage. While trekking, Shan and Liana connected connected a much spiritual level, dissimilar we’ve seen yet successful this season. Shan opens up astir her past and her travel of becoming a pastor. She explains however she hasn’t been this heavy to anyone successful the game, adjacent with her ain people members, Ricard and Genie. Shan instantly feels a transportation and spot with Liana and wants to proceed this crippled with her successful the future. To solidify this trust, similar successful erstwhile episodes, erstwhile it came to the “risk oregon reward” decision, Shan decided to “save” her ballot truthful that Liana could summation an advantage.

This was a large determination for some Shan and Liana. The 2 look each astir moving with each different successful the future. And, the advantage? Yeah – it was a bully one! Liana gained the archetypal “Knowledge is Power” advantage, which yet means she has a accidental to bargain anyone else’s vantage successful the game. The lone drawback is, she indispensable inquire either the question “do you person an advantage” oregon “do you person an idol” 1 time, to 1 person. If she’s incorrect astir the person, she loses her advantage. But if she’s right, she’s got a caller (and stolen) concealed weapon. And, from the foreshadowing of this episode, we each cognize she’s got her oculus connected Xander. He amended ticker out!

Tribal Council 

And it was down to the last three… near connected the Ua tribe. That is, until 1 much idiosyncratic gets their torch snuffed. And, the determination wasn’t each that easy.

While Shan was astatine the Survivor Summit, Ricard and Genie had plentifulness of clip to manipulate 1 another. Ricard, who has been Shan’s strongest state since Day 1, of course, lied to Genie and said helium wanted Shan out. Genie, who’s been honorable and onto Ricard’s sneaky game, knows this isn’t true, though. Simply put: these 2 were some not funny successful moving with 1 another.

So, erstwhile Shan arrived, they each took turns “pitching” to each different connected who should beryllium the adjacent idiosyncratic voted out. While Genie shared with Shan however Ricard was throwing her nether the bus, Shan began to consciousness paranoid. Some play did hap betwixt some Shan and Ricard regarding the possession of the extra-vote advantage. It was immoderate heated – and rather entertaining play to ticker betwixt the two. But done it all, it’s the spot that carries you to the end. Ricard and Shan stayed beardown and erstwhile again controlled the vote. Genie’s torch was snuffed this week – conscionable shy of reaching the (potential) merge.

AH, this play is nuts – in the champion way. I consciousness similar it’s been truthful hard to foretell who’s getting voted retired connected each episode. What bash you deliberation of this play truthful far? Tweet me @mick_cloudy, and let’s talk Survivor!

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