The Beginning of the End

 is the twelfth episode of.

Challenges
Day 31 Reward/Immunity Challenge: Bermuda Triangle

Players will stand on an unstable triangular platform. At regular intervals until they reach the top. Jeff will tempt the castaways with food. If they fall off for any reason, they are out. Last person standing wins.

Reward: The winner will receive a note with a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol along with Individual Immunity Winner: Andrea

Day 33 Immunity Challenge: Fun Climb

The castaways would maneuver a buoy through a rope maze to a post. They would then untie a series of knots to release a key. The key would open a chest that contained a set of ladder rung puzzle pieces. The first castaway to assemble their ladder and climb to the top of the tower would win.

Winner:  Erik

Behind the Scenes

 * Andrea describes herself as a "Stubborn German" during the Day 31 Immunity Challenge. She explains that she was hungry for an immunity win and the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, hence the deal she brokered with Brenda.

Life at Ponderosa

 * Reynold Toepfer reflects on how bittersweet it is to be out due to the harsh conditions on the island. Reynold immediately goes to his post-game check-up, where he learns he has dropped from 203.7 lbs. to 181.0 lbs. Reynold comments that he has not weighed that much since his freshman year of high school. Reynold arrives at Ponderosa, where Michael Snow and Malcolm Freberg welcome him. Michael, Malcolm, Phillip Sheppard and Reynold sits down and eat. Reynold expresses his surprise at how down-to-earth Phillip really is, contrary to his view of Phillip being egotistical in the game.
 * Despite her blindside, Andrea leaves Tribal Council with good spirits, saying that she wanted to play hard, but it she deduces that she might have played too hard to vote Brenda out. Instead of moping about her elimination, Andrea laughs her elimination off. During her post-game check-up, she learns her body weight dropped from 126.6 lbs. to 115.6 lbs. Andrea cheerfully arrives at Ponderosa, where she is warmly welcomed by the other jurors, including Malcolm, whom Andrea thinks is bitter towards her. She then reflects her experience in two seasons, saying that she is just as surprised by how dirty and scruffy she looked when she was voted out from, and now. She happily wears her unused Hidden Immunity Idol and intends to keep it as a souvenir.

Other

 * As of this episode, John Cochran is the only player to not have any votes against them.
 * This is the ninth episode in which a contestant was voted out by a plurality (i.e., less than half of all counted votes), with Andrea Boehlke receiving only 3 out of 7 votes.
 * This is also the second time in which John Cochran and Dawn Meehan are involved in a Tribal Council that ends with the eliminated contestant being voted out by a 3-2-2 plurality, after Taste the Victory.
 * Reynold's elimination marks the first time this season that the remaining female contestants outnumbers the remaining male contestants (4 to 3).
 * With Andrea being voted out, all returning players from Survivor: Redemption Island have been voted out.
 * The 2nd Immunity Challenge is a variation of the one used in Survivor: Micronesia
 * Brenda Lowe & Erik Reichenbach - the only Favorites who voted against Andrea during the Day 33 Tribal Council - are also the only Favorites (and in extension, castaways) during the Merge that voted against Andrea during the Tribal Council vote in She Annoys Me Greatly, where they failed to vote out Andrea.
 * Andrea Boehlke is the first female jury member.

Episode Title

 * Cochran says this in a confessional when talking about Andrea's failed attempt to blindside Brenda.