LAST EDITED ON 11-07-13 AT 08:47 PM (EST)

Season 27, Episode 9 "My Brother's Keeper"

http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/survivor-blood-vs-water/releases/view?id=37252

11.07.2013

IT’S DOUBLE THE DRAMA AS CASTAWAYS ENDURE TWO TRIBAL COUNCILS IN ONE EPISODE, ON “SURVIVOR: BLOOD vs. WATER,” WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13

"My Brother’s Keeper" – It’s double the drama as castaways endure two tribal councils in one episode. Meanwhile, castaways wonder if Vytas will exact revenge for his brother’s blindside and one castaway attempts to change history in a challenge that’s tough to swallow, on SURVIVOR: BLOOD vs. WATER, Wednesday, Nov. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

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Certainly sounds like the brother's make it through Ep8.

I edited the main post with the Press Release info...

Just posted it on the vidcap thread, you beat me to it though.

So, two immunity challenges.

Tina choked on her tripe in Oz.

LAST EDITED ON 11-08-13 AT 09:08 AM (EST)

1. IT’S DOUBLE THE DRAMA AS CASTAWAYS ENDURE TWO TRIBAL COUNCILS IN ONE EPISODE,

So 2 TC's means 2 boots, off to RI. bbaper notes that the gross food challenge is the day after the last TC, so it's the first challenge.

Day after ep 8 TC:

Note that Vytas arrives with IN, and later doesn't have it on him, so this is an IC.

Then, there are pictures from the next day, most likely after the first TC was held, at night on the same day as the first IC(gross food) and Tina is still present...

As are Tyson and Cierra, also seen the day after the gross food challenge and likely TC. So, I have to wonder who is voted out at the first TC of this episode? My first inclination is indeed Vytas. He has won the first IC, everyone knows he's a threat, and he could be vengeful.

2. castaways wonder if Vytas will exact revenge for his brother’s blindside

This is the question....we hear in confessional...Vytas: Vengeance is gonna be mine at some point. And, he notes this most likely the evening of Aras' boot when they return to camp. If Vytas doesn't do damage control in a big way, he will have a huge target on his own back. Vytas is pretty socially astute and he has friends with the returnees and the loved ones. He could possibly weasel his way through this....or not.

3. one castaway attempts to change history in a challenge that’s tough to swallow The one that was most remarkable in the past with the gross food was Gervase. This has to be him...he may just win this one?

Here you go Patty from the Survivor Wiki about Gervase and his Borneo gross food eating competition

"Ultimately, despite Gervase's struggles, everyone is able to eat their assigned grub, forcing each tribe to select one person from the opposite group to eat two bugs in a tiebreaker face-off. Stacy beats Gervase, and as a result, Pagong attends their first Tribal Council, where Ramona's weakness only earns her two votes and BB receives all the rest."

So since Gevase couldn't eat two bugs Pagong went to TC.

Technically, Stacy finished hers first to win the tiebreaker, at that point it didn't matter whether he finished.

Gervase and Tina are the only two players who have done this challenge previously. Laura was a sit out in Samoa when it was used as a pre-merge tribal challenge.

Believe it or not, I remember watching the episode! It's now a classic!