Queen Bee

Pagong
The tribe return from their first tribal, having just voted Hector out of the game.

There is a small silence after this, with Jessica breaking it to ask the tribe to talk in the morning instead as she is tired. Everyone agrees to this, preparing for bed as they settle in to a slightly more spacious shelter.

Tagi
Samantha, Christian and Naomi are the first to wake up. Samantha's foot has healed well and she asks Christian if they can go hunting for clams together now that she's a bit more mobile. Naomi seems aprehensive about this, but after checking at Samantha's foot is convinced it would be okay. They head down the beach while Naomi stays to watch the fire.

Samantha and Christian begin to search through the rockpools, with Samantha carrying a bucket as Christian walks ahead of her.

They both laugh at this. Christian continues to fish clams out of the rockpools, with Samantha's bucket almost full by the end of the trip. He dives in to a rockpool, surfacing with two more as she claps from the side. They walk back in the afternoon, having to both carry the bucket due to the weight of clams collected.

Meanwhile at camp, Amy is plaiting her hair while everyone sits in silence. She sighs loudly, rolling her eyes. Amy walks up to Eugene, she is holding a few coconuts in her hand and begins to whisper something in his ear. He gets up and follows her down the beach. Alicia raises her eyebrow at Terry, who shrugs back.

After about an hour, Amy suddenly runs back in to camp, out of breath and without Eugene. Terry sits up, looking genuinely quite worried now. She catches her breath, motioning for the tribe to follow her down the beach. They reach the end of the beach and Amy shouts 'surprise' as they stand in front of a makeshift volleyball court that has been constructed by herself and Eugene using sticks to mark out the boundaries and woven together palm leaves to create a makeshift net. Eugene has managed to hollow out a coconut which the tribe try using as a makeshift ball that is still a little sore on the hands but does the trick. The group spend the rest of the afternoon playing on this.

As the sun begins to set, Naomi declines another game as she heads back to camp to make dinner. Instead, Eugene and Drew take on Amy and Alicia in a game while Terry and Samantha sit on the sidelines.

Naomi comes back down to tell the group it is time for their evening meal, with them all sitting around the shelter talking about the volleyball net and praising Amy and Eugene for giving the group something to do. During all this, Terry sits in silence and looks at Naomi, who seems blissfully unaware of him.

Pagong
Rory and Sean are in the middle of the jungle, collecting firewood for the camp. They laugh as Sean stacks sticks on to Rory's arms, with the pile covering his face.

Sean continues to pile sticks into Rory's arms, but he suddenly starts yelling, flailing his arms around as he backs away from Rory.

Rory drops the sticks and they both run up the path, yelling, screaming and laughing a bit. They stop to catch their breath after a short job, giggling with each other. Rory shoves Sean, calling him out for his over the top reaction. Sean explains the spider was about the size of his fist and Rory should be thankful as he's just saved his life. They both end up laughing, refusing to go back to the pile and instead agreeing they'll just pick up some more firewood in a different part of the jungle.

Meanwhile, back at camp, Jessica, Bianca and Amanda sit quietly in the shelter. Bianca and Amanda sit at opposite sides of the shelter, not really acknowledging each other. Jessica shifts her weight, turning over to face Bianca.

Amanda audibly laughs at this, which causes Bianca to sit up.

There is a long silence, before Bianca moves out of the shelter and walks out of camp. Amanda sighs, lying back down while Jessica is left sat there, rubbing her forehead with her hands. Amanda mutters something to herself, before putting her buff over her head. Bianca walks over to Jennifer and Joshua who are paddling in the low tide. Jennifer laughs, motioning for Bianca to come over, but her face quickly drops when she notices Bianca's upset expression.

Bianca goes in to more details, with Joshua suggesting they can just vote her off next since she's obviously going to try and work against the group. Bianca seems excited about this, and the two laugh at the idea of throwing immunity just so they don't have to live with her any longer. Jennifer remains largely quiet throughout all this. The three talk for a little longer before walking back to camp. They begin to prepare dinner along with Jessica, however Amanda remains in the shelter with her buff over her face. Jennifer leaves some food beside her, to which Amanda doesn't react. The other six sit around the fire and talk about home as they eat their rice.

Day 5
Reward A reward challenge takes place, each tribe must select three members to hold a certain among of weight, which every tribe holds on the longest wins reward, a map to a closer water source. Winner: Pagong Information (Pagong): Sean and Rory volunteer immediately, with Rory stating he wants to prove himself to the tribe. The tribe also agree to get Jennifer to compete as they think she will be given less weight by the opposite tribe. Rory and Jennifer perform averagely, lasting 6 and 7 minutes respectively. Sean lasts 15 minutes, closing his eyes and remaining unmoved throughout the challenge. Information (Tagi): Alicia demands she does the challenge, stating she used to lift weights in secondary school. Everyone is apprehensive because of her size, but no one wants to volunteer against her. Christian and Samantha are chosen as the tribes other participants. Alicia drops first, lasting only 3 minutes. Samantha lasts 7 minutes while Christian gets to 10 minutes before his knees give in.

Tagi
Upon returning from the challenge, Alicia is pissed off and rants in the middle of the camp about how the weights were shaped differenly in her school gym and that was the reason she wasn't able to stand. She kicks the shelter in frustration, causing it to shake a little.

She storms off down the beach in frustration, everyone stands in silence for a few moments. Eugene goes over to check the shelter.

The tribe spend the rest of the afternoon lounging around the beach. Eugene, Amy and Drew make a few repairs to the shelter while Naomi cooks some of the clams for the tribe meal. Alicia eventually returns to camp, sitting in the shelter quietly. Samantha sits under the tribe flag, watching the sun set. Terry walks down to the tribe flag, sitting beside Samantha as they both watch the sunset. He nudges her with his shoulder.

Samantha playfully punches him at this, they both laugh.

Samantha explains her disappointment at her challenge performances so far to Terry, who gives her a hug afterwards. He reminds her they've only done two challenges so far and that there's plenty of worse competitors out here than her. She thanks him for this, and the two watch the rest of the sunset before being called for food by Naomi. After dinner, Christian and Drew walk down to the shoreline to wash some pots. Drew compliments Christian on his challenge performance, which Christian thanks him for. Drew then looks behind him, before ducking down and motioning for Christian to do the same - who does so slowly.

Drew goes on to explain that the group should have a target, to which Christian suggests they decide based on tomorrow's challenge performance. Drew seems reluctant and pushes for a name, to which Christian throw out Alicia's name because of her behaviour this morning. This satisfies Drew, who stands up again and goes back to scrubbing the pots. Christian slowly rises from crouching as well. Christian and Drew finish cleaning the pots, walking back up to camp and placing them beside the fire to dry off for the evening.

Pagong
Upon returning from the challenge, Rory apologises to the group for his performance, upset with himself at how he performed. Sean makes fun of him, flexing his muscles as he proclaims himself as the 'tribe hunk' once more. Rory doesn't laugh at this, sitting in the shelter with his head in his hands. Rory continues to mope about his challenge performance, with Sean and Bianca comforting him. Jennifer rolls her eyes at this, walking over to stand over him.

This descends into an argument, with Jennifer claiming that Rory's mood is bringing down the camp and that by being upset he is in turn making her feel bad for doing better than him. Rory gets annoyed at this idea, trying to defend himself but being shut down by Jennifer who keeps interrupting. Eventually Sean breaks up the fight, ushering Rory down the beach with the help of Bianca.

Once both have left camp to cool down, Joshua sighs, climbing in to the shelter.

Sean walks around camp with his buff fashioned like a miniskirt, he carries sea shells with small berries and water in them, handing them out like they are pills to everyone around camp. People laugh as he does so, with even Amanda playing along with the act. He jokingly checks Joshua's temper, pushing his head to his heart to listen for a heart beat.

Sean drops one of his 'pillbox' shells, bending over and jokingly looking back at Joshua with a wink.

The group laugh at this, with some of the group wooping as Sean continues to play his 'sexy nurse' character throughout the afternoon. As the day goes on, Rory goes to fill up the group's water bottles at the well. While doing this, Jennifer emerges from the trees. She has clearly been crying, she walks up behind him and he turns round, screaming as he suddenly sees her.

Jennifer's voice is shakey as she replies, with tears forming again. Rory sets down the water bottles and goes over to hug her as she weeps in to his shoulder. He tells her to breathe and the two sit down against the well. Jennifer explains that today is her son's 7th birthday and that she has been upset to be missing it.

Jennifer continues to cry, wtih Rory comforting her as she does so. She apologises for lashing out earlier, explaining she was feeling upset and he was an easy target to release her emotions. He tells her that while it hurt, he understands and hopes that she can communicate her emotions more with the tribe in the future. She promises she will, thanking him for being understanding and promising she will come to him next time she's feeling upset. They hug it out, staying at the wall for a few minutes longer until Jennifer feels ready to walk back to camp.

Day 6
Both tribes receive tree mail informing them of their second immunity challenge, which will involve eating various bugs. Pagong are informed they must sit one tribe member out, they select Razzy, who admits he'd be weak in a challenge involving eating.

Immunity Challenge: Buggin' Out 

Bug-eating competition. The bug of choice was a butok, or beetle larvae. The live butok is three inches long and a half-inch round. If one castaway refused to eat, his/her tribe will automatically lose the challenge.

Winner: Pagong Information (Pagong): Jennifer, Joshua and Bianca eat their bugs with ease, easily completing their round. Amanda, Rory and Jessica somewhat struggle but manage to finish. Sean gets his bug down, but then vomits it back up a few seconds later, losing a point for his tribe. Information (Tagi): Naomi and Christian eat their bugs with ease. Samantha and Terry hesitate slightly, but manage to keep the bug down one they put it in their mouths. Alicia and Amy both have a go at eating, but ultimately aren't able to keep the bug down, spitting it out after a few seconds. Eugene blatantly refuses to eat the bug, saying he has a weak stomach.

Tagi
The tribe return to camp, upset that they have will have to attend their first tribal council this evening and vote one of their own out of the game. Naomi suggests the group has a 'last supper' together - which she walks off to go prepare immediately.

Eugene offers to fill everyone's water bottles for this meal, asking Alicia if she will help him at the well. She agrees and the two walk off into the forest.

The two discuss who they think they could get to vote Amy as they fill up their water bottles, with Alicia suggesting Drew would probably vote for her, meaning they just need Samanatha as she'll be able to bring over Terry's vote. Eugene asks Alicia if she'll talk to her as Samantha is more likely to listen to her, she agrees. Alicia marches in to camp after her conversation with Eugene, grabbing Samantha and asking her to go on a walk down the beach. Samantha is a little confused, but agrees to go.

Alicia quickly explains the idea to Samantha, who nods along with her arms folded. Alicia says she'll definitely be able to get Drew's vote and that it relies on how Samantha and Terry want to vote. Samantha agrees she'll talk to Terry about it, with Alicia hugging her after this.

The two return to camp, with Samantha then saying she is going to use the restroom, walking off in to the forest. Amy says she also needs to go and offers to go with her, with Samantha sighing at this.

Christian walks in to the clearing, heading over to Amy and Samantha.

Christain again asks Samantha what Alicia said, with Samantha explaining that she wants to vote out Amy.

After Naomi's meal, Samantha and Terry lie in the shelter before tribal. Samantha looks around, making sure they are the only two left in camp.

At tribal council, the group discuss with Probst how they're getting on at camp, with everyone praising Christian for keeping the group well fed over the past few days. Alicia also tries to mention the shelter she helped build, which gets more of a lukewarm response. Probst notes this, with Naomi admitting that the shelter could probably do with some work. Alicia says she disagrees, with Amy then claiming this is typical behaviour from Alicia. Alicia gets annoyed at this comment, belittling Amy to Probst.

The tribe get upset by this, with numerous people piping up to stop the conversation. Amy exhales deeply, flipping her hair with her hand. Alicia smirks, winking at Eugene whose expression doesn't change. Christian puts his hand on Amy's shoulder. After a long pause, Probst asks if everyone is ready to vote, with the tribe going up and writing down votes one by one. A few people hesitate with their decisions, even Eugene who plays with the pen lid as he looks back at the tribe.

Alicia grins at this, staring at Amy who continues to look forward.

Alicia's face drops, looking around at her tribemates in disbelief. Samantha stares straight ahead, refusing to meet Alicia's eye. Terry and Christian both grin, with Eugene looking down at the floor. Alicia mutters under her breath, yanking her torch and bringing it over to Jeff who then snuffs it.

Amy gives the finger to her back as she leaves, with Probst noting that the tribe clearly had some tension, hoping that this tribal might have helped move everyone forward.