After a reminder that Bruce and Katurra really don't like each other and that Kaleb was saved by Production, tonight's episode starts in Dakuwaqa on Night 13.

Remember the good seasons where there would be this whole scene about chooising the name, and painting the flag? Well forget it. Survivor is now a generic version of the original. Same location, same beaches, same storylines just spewed by different faces. The true «End of the Beginning» occured in Cook Islands but ever since the Pandemic it's as if we're being served the same dish over and over again.

«Am I going Insane?» said Dee, still dumbfounded by the last TC.
Kaleb is happy: «Never Say Die» he says joyfully. He knows he's a «Loner» but he hasn't yet joined «The Children of the Grave» so he can still enjoy «Tomorrow's Dream» It was a «Hard rRoad» but «We made it to the merge», he shouts to the cheers of the others.

«People at home would call me a pretty lucky guy» Kaleb tells us.

No, I think you were privileged by Production's interference.

To the group he says: «In a tribe of «13» I got 12 votes but we'll be OK.»

«Paranoïd»

Bruce lets some members of Reebok know that Katurah was on the fence about the Kaleb vote.

Katurah admits to us that she didn't want to vote against Kaleb but she tries to save face in front of Reebok.

Bruce is happy that is plan to spread paranoïa is working on Katurah.

Katurah isn't the only one showing signs of being «Paranoïd», Kendra is also tired of all the «Wheels of Confusion» that are created by Bruce's erratic behaviour.

Once more Kendra mentions a target (last time it was Emily) and her scene is immediately followed by the introduction where a fierce Fijian Warrior leaps on our screen with his spear ready to strike. Last week I thought it was an omen telling is that Kendra is that warrior who will floor all her opponents. It could still be that omen but Kendra is now 0 for 2 in her attempts to eliminate someone. Should we look at it in the opposite direction and say that Kendra's targets actually Outlast her?

Katurah tells Kaleb that Bruce was the driving force behind the vote. She wants to replace Bruce with Kaleb in the Bellow alliance. Kendra is all for it but, while she pretends to agree, we hear Kellie say that she wants to keep Bruce.

Emily sweet talks Kaleb by telling him that things have changed and that they have the numbers now. All she wants is to solidify the threesome she had with Austin and Drew on the old Bellow tribe.

WHAT? Did I miss that triple-X scene? I mean, I've heard 45 seasons of «Parental Guidance is needed» to watch a Survivor episode and that, for the first time, the warning would have been really necessary and I missed it? Geeez.

Getting back to the episode, my friend Aruba is probably saying that Emily is a lying piece of crap. Even if he always ignores the tactical value of a lie, I can't say that he is wrong here.

Emily tries to entice Austin into getting rid of Kellie so that he could turn his amulet into a real idol but Austin isn't too hot at the idea because that would put a target on his back.

In confessional, Austin is quick to remind us that it was only 11 votes at TC against Kaleb because he got to activate his idol. It took «13» days but now, he feels so strong, he could be the «Iron Man»!

«After Forever»

These commercials last so long that we can forget where we were. However they do have their good sides. They give FP time to write the play-by-play in the East Coast Thread and it gave me the opportunity to slide in another Sabbath Song!

For fun Sea Food is wrestling with Austin and Bruce while a green crab tries to imitate his moves. From his position on the beach, Jake gives us a running commentary.

To us, Jake confides that he wants Kaleb to stay and bring him in the Bellow alliance. The problem, of course, is Bruce. Kellie also has the same Bruce-problem.

We witnessed a conversation between Kellie and Bruce. The camera was so close that, while Bruce talked it was almost as if we were in Kellie's shoes but when she replied we switched and wound up in Bruce's place.

Does that mean we should watch from Bruce's perspective? My head hurts just thinking about it! Thankfully, the same camera work is used when Kellie and Jake meet at the water well. First we are in Jake's shoes and then in Kellie's. So Kellie is the common factor here. Of the three she is definitely the smartest so I feel better thinking this episode should be viewed from Kellie's perspective.

Jake tells Kellie that they could use both Bruce and Kaleb because it is going to be a war between the Blue and the Red, between the Crips and the Bloods.

It doesn't take long for Jake's prophecy to come true because it is time for that war, meaning the Challenge where it actually is Crips versus Bloods in a six on six confrontation.

The Crips are: Kellie, Bruce, Sea Food, Kendra, Emily and Drew.

The Bloods are Jake, Dee, Austin, Julie, Kaleb and Katurah.

There will be immunity for one Crip and one Blood while one member of each side will be eliminated and miss the jury spot. However, the gang member that lasts the longest wins the right to stay in the the Sanctuary.

The battle lasted about 20 minutes. and it came down to Kellie versus Dee.

It was Dee-Day all over again! As soon as Dee got a Toe-hold on enemy territory it was over for Kellie. Dee dug her canines in and won reward for the Bloods.

In confessional, Dee had a million dollar quote about her toes winning it for her.

At the Sanctuary, the red gang is in «Technical Ecstasy»!
For them, «It's Alright»: They have this «Cornucopia» of food so the can do «St Vitus' Dance» «Under the Sun»

But the «Wheels of Confusion» start spinning again and Julie is the one being «Paranoid». The kill should be Kaleb but she feels it could be her.

Hey! We do need a decoy vote, don't we? Everyone knows that Kaleb is toast but SeeBS doesn't want to lose its last viewers so there has to be a semblance of suspense.

Jake will be utilized to provide that suspense by telling us that Dee is the biggest toe, the most dangerous player in this game and that Julie is her companion, her little toe, that gives her power. Getting rid of Julie surgically cuts off some of Dee's powers.

Jake plans on amputating the little toe.

Chased out of their hood, the Crips find solace on the old Lulu beach.

Now that place is for losers and we do feel Kellie's pain.

The gang tries to comfort her.

Kellie has nothing to be sad about; If these clowns wanted to eat all they had to do was hold on.

Drew, who really should be target number one is feeling threatened. He'd consider playing his «Safety without Power» advantage but he left his bag at the Reebok Beach.

The Bartender, Kendra, tries to mix something up and go for Bruce.
Bruce feels that Kendra has him in her sights so he tells Kellie that he might play his idol.
Kellie doesn't want to see Bruce go so she has to work on Kendra.

On Dakuwaqa, Austin tells Dee that her power ranking has gone way up so keeping Kaleb as a shield wouldn't be a bad idea.

Dee will have none of it. She is the big toe and she squashes Austin's plans. Dee wants Kaleb out. She thinks she can bring in Jake who she feels is easy to persuade.

In appearance, Jake goes along but his plan is to get Kaleb and Katurah to vote with him against Julie, threaten to let the decision go to rocks and then pull in Austin on the revote because Austin, he thinks, is playing scared.

When Jake exposes his plan, we get a weird kind of Flash-Forward like they used to do on Lost. We actually see the six sitting down at TC and we get a peek of the voting booth where we see Kaleb (we can identify him by the beige sleeve with a green marijuana leaf, the « Sweet Leaf» of Sabbath's 3rd album) writing Julie's name and Dee ( wearing her red long sleeves) writing Kaleb's name. We even see Jiffy reading those two votes as if it was going to be a tie. Jake is confident he can get Austin on the revote by telling him they don't have to go to rocks.

To get her vote, both Kaleb and Jake tell Katurah that Bruce has the Lulu Idol. That is when Katurah realizes that she was on the outs at the old Bellow. She even learns that Jake was in on it when he pretended to look for his ring. That's why she started thinking of voting with Reebok.

On Lulu, Sea Food considered his own mortality and Kellie convinced Kendra to talk to Bruce and use him as a shield.

Kellie, once again, has the final confessional just before TC. She explains how both options affect her game.

1st TC - The Crips settle their Problems

Bellow stuck together and sent Sea Food to sleep with the fishes.

2nd TC - The Bloods take care of Business.

Here again, the gang decides to get rid of the black man. At least Kaleb didn't receive all the votes this time. Jake admitted right there that the second Julie vote was his.

Next Time on Survivor: The women can count: There are 6 women left while the Men are down to 4.