The following chronology attempts to combine vidcaps, voice overs, and CBS website previews into a logical sequence/scenario.
DAY 18: After Tribal council…
“A distraught Alex struggles over Shawna's departure.
Character redemption for the likeable Alex…
DAY 19: Relocation to “The Forest of Life”
”The mysterious locked box brings sweeping changes to the tribes.”
“Rob: There it is.
Deena: Here'sssss the key.
JP: The tribes learn the secret of the locked box.”
Treemail arrives and the tribes receive the key to the “mystery box”. (Jenna is wearing her yellow top) The instructions apparently tell them to quickly gather their things. (instructions give them a short, limited amount of time). The box probably contains a map to the new merge camp location. (which we know is in the Forest of Life).
The tribes arrive at the merge camp location still wearing their blue and yellow buffs. They apparently receive the red buffs sometime after they arrive at their new location.
They may or may not have a merge celebration. (Vidcap evidence hidden from us.)
DAY 20: Merge Camp
Heidi and Jenna happy to be reunited.(Heidi wearing the merge buff on her wrist. Jenna wearing a top other than the yellow she was wearing when they received treemail about the relocation)
“Deena: I don't think I have seen Jaburu move that fast, ever.”
Deena now wearing the merge colors, commenting on the previous day.
”Dave: They are looking at the whole package…<inaudible>?”
Dave commenting about his chances with the ladies, sees himself as a “complete package”. Dave is reunited with Jenna, since his “ambassador” date, and probably flirts with “the ladies” (Heidi and Jenna)
”One Survivor's smooth talk with the ladies irks Rob, who vows to target the suave tribe member.”
Rob is jealous about Dave’s “smooth talking” the “ladies” and we will probably see Rob commenting on Dave as a possible target….(misdirection away from this week’s boot…Alex)
Meanwhile, Roger assumes the men, led by him and Butch, are in control of the game with a 6-4 advantage…
”VO: One castaway thinks he controls the game.”
”VO: Is he living a fantasy?”
”Deena: They think that we are so stupid."
Deena is shown quietly rebelling against the men, knowing that Rob and Matthew may vote with Deena and her reunited alliance.
Now that a new camp needs to be rebuilt, Roger reverts to his old, bossy ways, as he takes charge.
"Alex: He's obnoxious, he's bossy."
Roger is edited as a vulnerable target in an attempt to direct our attention away from considering Alex.
DAY 21: Immunity Challenge
The first individual Immunity Challenge has been an endurance challenge in several of the previous editions of Survivor. MB appears to have gone back to this type of IC.
Tree mail arrives and the survivors get ready to go to the IC
Roger before IC, (challenge buff not yet around his neck), wearing long sleeve shirt and floppy hat. (anticipating spending a long time in the sun…)
The IC. Last one on their perch wins Individual Immunity. (Food incentives are used to lure the survivors into jumping off)
Jenna wearing her pink top over her swimsuit. (Confirming that the IC takes place on a different day than the relocation, when Jenna wore her yellow top)
Left to Right: Roger, Christy, Alex, Jenna, Rob, Matthew, Deena, Dave, Butch, Heidi.
Those who feel the most secure will be the first to jump, in order to take advantage of the food incentives. Matthew and Rob apparently jump early, followed by Dave later…
Dave jumps feeling confident that he’s not being targeted, or part of the men’s alliance. Deena looks to her right to see if Roger and Alex (in the #10 and #8 positions) are jumping too. She may feel like she’s the logical target of the men’s alliance.
“All eyes are on two women who strip in order to win their favorite food items at a Challenge.”
Rob probably offers to save some of his incentive food for Heidi and Jenna, in exchange for a little peek…
“VO: A Survivor surprise that's gonna blow the whole game...
Jenna: Heidi you wanna do it?
VO: ...wide open.
Butch: I'm not looking!
JP: And it all comes off at the Immunity Challenge.
Jenna: Heidi do you wanna pull your pants down?
Butch: Oh God, I'm not looking.
Alex: Oh I'm looking. Are you kidding?
Butch: Oh my God.”
Alex, Butch and Roger are featured in the vidcaps. They’ve probably gotten wind of Matthew and Rob’s alliance with the women and feel vulnerable, so they want immunity more than the others.
Roger appears to be taking a victory dive into the water after outlasting the rest of the tribe…(or regaining his balance after a close call)
In either case, this comment indicates that he probably wins Immunity...
“Roger: It's too good to be true.”
Roger, with hat removed, but challenge buff still around his neck (his shirt appears to still be wet and the late afternoon sun is low in the sky, casting long shadows), comments on what it feels like to have won Immunity…
“Deena: Some boys are gonna be sweating.”
Deena in a confessional after the IC, commenting on who should be worried at TC. She uses the term “boys” rather than “guys” or “men”. This could be because Roger is now safe, having won immunity and Butch is safe because Christy will only vote with the girls if they target someone other than Butch.
The “boys” that “are gonna be sweating” at TC are those who are not aligned with the women…Dave and Alex
TRIBAL COUNCIL
The suspense building up to TC will feature several targets:
Roger is edited as “obnoxious and bossy”; targeted by Alex and Deena early on after the merge, until immunity saves him…
Roger, with the security of Immunity, “thinks he controls the game” and can vote out Deena, the strong leader of the women.
Rob, who has an alliance with Deena and company, “vows to target the suave tribe member”.(Dave)
Behind the scenes Alex becomes the alternate target after Roger wins immunity.
Alex wasn’t a part of the voting block last week and is now a threat to reunite with the men. Alex chose Shawna over Jenna, so Jenna has no loyalty to him. Christy will go along with Deena as long as Butch is not the target. Alex voted for Matthew, so Matthew is happy to return the favor. Rob will go along as long as Dave and Roger are not too far behind…
The “distraught Alex” is reunited with Shawna and they live happily ever after…
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