Survivor: Philippines - Episode 8

Dead Man Walking

By Ben Willoughby

November 8, 2012

Alas, there will be no fist bumps for Jeff Kent in Survivor.

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So this stage of the challenge is down to Michael for the blue team and Denise for the yellow. Michael says that he cannot see it, so Denise makes it out to the buoy while he is still struggling. “You gotta back up!” Michael calls out to his team, but no one knows what he is talking about. “What does that mean?” Abi calls. Artis glowers.

Denise has unhooked her fish trap and heads back, and Michael finally gets his released, so things are pretty close again. They get back. Start digging!

Malcolm and Artis are assigned to the digging part of the challenge, and they are about thigh deep when Artis comes up with his key. He unlocks the puzzle frame and Michael and Pete get to work opening the puzzle scrolls.

The yellow team is not far behind, and while the puzzle is easy to solve, it’s fiddly to assemble. It’s clear that Jonathan and Jeff Kent are going to take the lead here because they’re working very well together by separating tasks and putting two puzzle scrolls in place at a time while Pete and Michael are going one by one. “Pick it up!” But it’s not close at the end and yellow wins reward.

Unusually, we see the reward losers return to camp first. “This is a good thing,” says Abi. “Everything happens for a reason.” Artis, in a more charming interview than I’ve seen before, talks about how he wanted that reward. Has there ever been a victory that Artis didn’t want? Be more like this. Artis.

Carter and Abi get talking in front of everyone. Carter says “You guys got a four with Lisa,” and Abi has to count them out “Abi, Artis, Peter and Lisa... yeah, four” right there with Michael in front of her. Pete looks gobsmacked. Abi goes on “You are... you and Jeff [Kent]. Unless, you guys are now part of the alliance too. I mean, going with [Jonathan].”




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“Yeah,” says Carter.

“And there is no… placement. I really do think that way.”

Carter says, “You guys are up there, it makes sense”. I guess that’s... agreement?

In interview, Pete says that Abi has a big mouth, and compares her to “a puppy you have to take care of." He sets out his strategy with Abi – that everything is Tandang and it’s “a free ride home” so they have to get rid of Kalabaw. What if they get rid of Jonathan, but then get rid of Jeff, Denise, Malcolm and then vote out Michael?

Abi agrees that she wants Jeff Kent out because she believes he is forming an alliance with Lisa “even if you don’t believe me." Pete is irritated. “Why do you always have to do that?” So even though they are in perfect agreement, they are still sniping at each other. I hope they get married.

Pete has another interview says that “Abi is immature” and “thinks everyone is out to get her." He’d really like to vote her out, but “if she’s in a final three, she’s not getting anywhere."


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