Ruling the Roost

Ruling the Roost is the fourth episode of.

Reward
Challenge: Strung Along

Two players are harnessed to a rope winding through several obstacles. The rest of their tribe helps them move along it – up and over an A-frame, under a thick log on the sand, around a long hitching post, and around a giant boxlike structure – to the end of the rope. Then, one player swims to a buoy and dives down to retrieve a decoder wheel before coming back, where the entire tribe uses it to work out a six-word phrase.

Reward: Three blankets, two pillows, and one hammock.

Winner: Aitutaki

Immunity
Challenge: Mayday

Four players untie and assemble a wooden puzzle stretcher, lock it in place with metal braces, then run to the beach. One swims out to a mast and climbs a rope ladder to free a hostage, then they both swim back holding a life ring. The hostage gets on the stretcher and is carried back. Finally, the three remaining tribe members make a fire large enough to burn through a rope, lowering the tribe flag.

Winner: Aitutaki

Voting Confessionals
"rarotonga"

- Sorry J.P., it was either going to be you or me. "rarotonga"

- I wish you to voice that weakness, but you're a wonderful person to be with for the rest of this game. "rarotonga"

- J.P., I think you had your gameface on, and none of us wanted to be played. Good luck. "rarotonga"

- Your wish is my command.

Final Words
"rarotonga"

- Wow. This is something I never, ever saw coming. Then again, it is a game of Survivor, and I definitely got outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted in every means. I thought I was pretty confident going into this one. In no means did I think I was going to be voted out this time, next time, or for a long while, but that's the name of the game. There's no hard feelings in any way. I'm completely baffled; everybody at home, don't give me too hard of a time. Anyway, it was a great experience, I was happy to be here, that's the way the game is played, and wow, they really pulled one over on me.

Trivia

 * This is the third straight episode an original member of Aitutaki is voted off.