Older protocol and decides who does what when.
Younger are hey, whatever.

Marty and Jud discuss Immunity Idol tales.

Marty tells the whole tribe he has the immunity idol. This is not as impressive a move as he seems to think it is based on confessional reactions.

Marty is out-arroganting(?) Tyrone on the other tribe.

Everytime I look at Marty's wild hair I laugh.

Marty tells all of LaFlor he has an hii. Brenda thinks he is arrogant

can't take the rain, wants to quit.

Marty says easy to feel good in the Taj Majal. Being dry was great.

Alina says bonded in a different way from being wet.

Immunity up for grabs.

Three strapped to a wheel that submerges you under water.
Fill mouth with water spit out until balls a released.
Use balls to break tiles.

La Flor goes fast, but misses the water
Espada going slow and the ball is released first.

Espada breaks first tile.

Tied 2:2

La Flor leads 3:2

Tied at 4:4

Fabio wins it for La Flor

LAST EDITED ON 10-13-10 AT 08:38 PM (EST)

Benry: Resources are slim, shelter built in wrong place, no shortage of rain.

Rain won't stop. Na hates the rain. "When I'm cold, I lose it." (Also, when she's warm, and even when she's tepid. But that' beside the point.)

Alina: Na is like a HS girl--irrational, like she's on her period all the time. (!) If she wants to go home, that's better for me.

Na complains about the cold, Alina comforts her. Na starts talking about wanting to leave. Alina and Chase tell her she will regret this the rest of her life. "Just a little storm. We'll be all right."

Chase tells story of day his dad died, thought he saw a rainbow in back of his truck during a rain storm. Dramatic music accompanies. "We'll make it through this."

Na complains through the night.

Immunity Challenge.

Marty: easy to feel comradery when you're in the taj mahal of camp.
Jane: Ah feel GREAT.
Alina: we bonded because of the rain.

Challenge: 3 members will be strapped to wheel, submerged (while wheel spins), get mouthful of water, fill tall glass thingy to release a ball. Use balls to break tiles. First to 5 tiles wins.

Girls are on wheels, spinned by guys (and Na).

Learning curve. LaFlor moves twice as fast as Espada. Espada going slow on purpose--different strategy. Espada has lead, releases ball.

Tyrone and Benry breaking tiles for Espada
Tyrone 1-0.
Jud & Jane for La Flor.
La Flor takes lead.
4-3.
Benry ties up.
Fabio wins it for La Flor.

Na: I knew we'd lose. I'm not a quitter, but I think I'm done.

Oh sorry, I would have helped more but I passed out after Benry got a confessional.

Well he certainly isn't the smoothest talker out there!

Discussing how to kill chickens in front of them. Tyrone wants the eggs.

Tyrone didn't help clean or cook the chicken but was there to eat, and it seems he got more than everyone else, too. This is rubbing people the wrong way, but NaOnka hanging on by a thread mentally.

mood shot: waves and birds

Na: Espada is cursed. I'm not nervous. I don't care--I really want to go home. I'm over it.

They discuss eating a chicken. Tyrone doesn't want to cut down on their one-egg a day production.
Holly: we should stand up to Tyrone.
They vote to kill the chicken.
Tyrone: Not what I wanted, but I don't want to rock the boat right now. Wouldn't be smart.

Holly notices that Tyrone doesn't help cleaning and boning, but sure helped with the eating. Benry also notices that Tyrone gets more chicken than rest of tribe, he's becoming more and more obnoxious by the day. Adds: he could help us in challenges, but he's not the easiest person to get along with. Worried that Na isn't there mentaly right now.
(Right now? She hasn't been there mentally the WHOLE GAME!)

Eve and Alina talk about keeping the tribe strong--want to send Na home.
Alina: myself, Chase, Benry, and Holly--we're in control of this game. I'll see what everyone else wants to do.

Alina: Turf wars we have to go with their rules.
Tryone outed as the bossy one, oops, leader.
Tyrone feels qualified to be the leader, but he wants it to be smooth, need to address the turf wars.

Alina: Nights are tough, really rainy, drenched and cold.

NaOnka: Last night I was freezing and shaking, didn't think it would be this difficult. Divorce hardest thing before now. Have a support here. She was talking about wanting to quit and being at the breaking point.

Benry: Confused by Jeff (She wants to go, so do people go with compassion or competitive).

NaOnka, really don't know, smart people who know when to shut up and when to talk.

Na
Tyrone
Tyrone
Naonka
Tyrone
TD
Tyrone

Fifth person voted out Tyrone.

Alina talks about dynamics. We're on Espada's turf, have to go with their rules.

Benry: Tyrone is the boss man, he's assertive.

Tyrone: Being the leader is huge responsibility. I'm qualified and happy to be leader. I take input from others. Turf wars? news to me.

Alina: Tyrone gave us a speech when we came to camp. I felt like a child.

Ty: I didn't intend to lay down law. Maybe that's the generation gap.

Alina: Nights have been toughest. EVeryone was drenched, cold.

Na: OMG, I was freezing. Never thought it would be this tough. Up til now, getting a divorce at 26 was toughest. I was one to mess it up. I couldn't shield myself then, but here I have a support system.

Jeff: you get more love from strangers competing?

Na: It was. They helped me through it. I wanted to quit, I was at my breaking point.

Jeff challenges the tribe about wanting to keep someone who wants to quit.

Eve: I want longevity with these people.

Jeff: weren't you thinking about the game?

Na: I don't know. There are smart people on this team--they know when to talk and when to shut up. (what the heck does that mean?)

Votes:
Tyrone: (voting Na) this is a grown-folks game. I'm keeping it 100. Peace out.
Benry: (dropping bell) time to dethrone the King of Espada. Benry's here, baby.

Jeff tallys votes.
Na
Tyrone
Tyrone
Na
Tyrone
T.D. (tyrone)
Tyrone.

Tyrone voted out.

Ty wishes them luck as he leaves.
Jeff: Lot of talk about communicating and nurturing. Tyrone got neither--your first blindside. Congrats.

Bye-bye, Tyrone! You didn't have any real allies, and you were too bossy.

Belle Book

Dan wants to leave
Marty breaks out secret weapon. Chess master.
Another twist, tribal immunity is not what you are playing for.

Tyrone, we were democratic when La Flor, not a tribe game. Anything can happen. Anything happened.

Which season had the most people who wanted out? So far we have had Holly, Na and Dan thinking of quitting plus Jill said she didn't think she could make it another 28 days! Come on people, this is Survivor!!

In next week's preview I feel certain we'll see Jeff Probst threaten to quit.

I hope they get that promo up before I start the vote thread.

>Which season had the most people
>who wanted out?

Fans v Faves. It was bizarre. Like: Oh, Jeff, I know my tribe keeps winning but the tide came in and I lost it, please give me a section 8. And: Well, gosh, if you pinky swear you won't vote me out if I give you immunity, well here you go, you got immunity man-hating hot blonde.

Dan wants to go back to NY. Marty breaks out his secret weapon: he's a grandmaster at Chess. Jud: that figures. And new twist. Jeff: tribal immunity--NOT what's up for grabs.

Ty's last words:
I wanted to stay strong, we had democratic basis. La Flor came over and gave us the jump. Anything can happen, and that's what happened.

Thanks guys for giving us the play-by-play and your reactions along the way. That was a good episode and it was fun how he boot was hidden until the chicken incident.

As for the twist, I guess double-boot if they aren,t playing for tribal immunity.

BTW, I don't remember reading anything about Marty being a grand master in his pre-seasom bio and I've never seen his name in news about chess tournaments. Is he really? If so, why reveal it?

Maybe he thinks being known as a master strategist (aka puppet master) is the way to win friends and influence people!

Amazing to watch the parallels between Tyrone and Marty tonight and how they both couldn't help themselves from being bossy and playing a bad social game. Meanwhile, NaOnka who wants to quit/everybody hates and Dan with the bad knee are both still in the game...go figure!

Re Marty: I agree -- don't think he's a Grandmaster. That would have come out by now, and I just tried to look up his rating on the USCF web site and he's not listed. Plus we know from last week's Insider Clips that he lied to his tribe about his job to make it look like he really needs the $, so wouldn't be surprised if he lied again....but funny that he picks Jud of all people to try to impress...don't think it's going to work.

Glad the MOP is gone. Hope they don't bring it back again ever!

So was Yve the 2nd vote for Nay? Interesting if she was out of the loop. Dan and Holly definitely voted for Tyrone so I think it must have been her.

P.S. I'm a city girl, but shouldn't they have cooked the rooster instead of the hen if they wanted eggs? Or am I mixed up and were they all hens?

If Marty thinks Jud id dumb then maybe he's trying to tell him stick with me kid and I'll help you figure things out.

Yes, Yve voted for Nay.

As for the rooster, I was thinking the same thing especially since that rooster would be waking them up every morning.

I also thought they should've killed the rooster and almost posted that thought up thread.

Yes Yve voted for Na. I wonder who clued Dan into the Tyrone plan. Holly? They were at odds last time but maybe they've synched up for now.

Correct. Once the rooster has done its job the hens will continue producing for quite awhile, longer than they'll be playing the game. So it was possible the non-producing hen would start producing, as long as she was alive, but the rooster is just an alarm clock after this.

Yeah, I couldn't believe they didn't kill the rooster. The rooster is totally unnecessary for egg production. I had a chicken adopt my carport (a wild chicken), and it laid an egg or so every day, even though the nearest rooster was a mile away.

Roosters are only necessary to fertilize eggs so that they hatch into little chickens, but the chickens just keep making eggs whatever. My poor chicken brooded over an unfertilized egg for like two weeks, she had no clue why it wouldn't hatch. Not the brightest bulbs.

I didn't realize until tonight just how crappy the Espada shelter was as far as the place they sited it. So the young people put together an altogether superior camp while remaining "chill." How funny.

P.S. OFG, I thought the same thing about how crappy the Espada shelter is. Wasn't sure if it's just the tarp that made a huge difference but it sure seems like the youngin's have outsmarted the old folks on several counts.

There is a funny Deleted Scene (at the end of Jeff's blog) where Dan says he always thought it was an Old Wives' Tale that Roosters crow early in the morning until now -- he's obviously a city boy .

my little Jerry!

Too funny emydi! Thanks for posting that -- I thought I saw every Seinfeld at least twice but I must have missed that episode.

Oh emy, that is too funny. I had forgotten all about that episode.
I guess that not only do the nuEspada members need a refresher bio class, they also need a refresher Seinfeld viewing!

lol, CT, that must be it!

Don't know about his chess, but he has a great resume:
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=102298&authType=name&authToken=Qztz&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore

and a new management job since he returned:
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Skytide-Appoints-Marty-Piombo-as-Managing-Director-of-Strategic-Partnerships-1303169.htm

Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships

gee, they gave him the job before they saw him run Espada!

(...thinking...) Because he's a moron?