Apple in the Garden of Eden

Apple in the Garden of Eden
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Gabon
Episode Number	7/14 (253)
Original Release	November 6, 2008
Viewership (in Millions)	12.01
Ratings/Share (18-49)	3.8/10
Episode Chronology
Previous	"It All Depends on the Pin-Up Girl"
Next	"The Brains Behind Everything"
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Apple in the Garden of Eden was the seventh episode of Survivor: Gabon.

Story

“	After one power drunk castaway decides to take the game into their own hands, the tribes are faced with a brutal endurance challenge that comes down to a nail-biting showdown.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Day 22

Charlie Fang	Corinne Fang	Matty Fang	Randy Fang	Sugar Fang
Bob Kota	Crystal Kota	Ken Kota	Marcus Kota	Susie Kota

Challenges

Immunity Challenge: Keep It Up
Each contestant would have to hold two poles against a platform above their heads. If any of the two would fall, that contestant would be out. The last person standing would win for their tribe.
Winner: Fang

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 9: Kota
Voted Against	Voter
Marcus (3 votes)	Crystal, Ken, Susie
Ken (2 votes)	Bob, Marcus
VOTED OUT: Marcus Lehman

Voting Confessionals

Ken and Bob's confessional and edited versions of Marcus and Crystal's confessionals were shown in the episode.

	Marcus	“	(voting against Ken) Ken, I'll let your frustration taking it out on me at Tribal Council go by the wayside. I'll see you on the other side. Sorry buddy, it's just time.	”

	Ken	“	(voting against Marcus) Marcus, you always told me that you liked comics where the little guy takes on the bad guy, or the bully. Well, hopefully that happens tonight.	”

	Bob	“	(voting against Ken) Sorry Ken. However, spilling your guts tonight makes it a little bit easier.	”

	Susie	“	(voting against Marcus) Marcus, I have a lot of respect for you, but Crystal and Kenny told me that you had it where you were gonna vote me out anyway. I wish you the best of luck, you're a good kid.	”

	Crystal	“	(voting against Marcus) You are not the Kota god. Go home. Goodbye.	”

Final Words

	Marcus	“	I see the future of Kota: Part III as being probably a very sneaky one. I mean, talk about corporate espionage. I feel bad for Bob. I don't see him necessarily surviving the next few days. You know, obviously the people that wrote my name down get to see me in the future. And, you know, I forgive. But I don't forget.	”

Still in the Running

Michelle 18th	Gillian 17th	Paloma 16th	Jacquie 15th	GC 14th	Kelly 13th	Ace 12th	Dan 11th	Marcus 10th
Bob Kota	Charlie Fang	Corinne Fang	Crystal Kota	Ken Kota	Matty Fang	Randy Fang	Sugar Fang	Susie Kota

Trivia

Life at Ponderosa

• After his elimination, Marcus is temporarily sent to base camp to have his medical examination, where he finds out he lost 15 lbs. after 24 days. He sleeps in one of the air-conditioned collapsible cabins before heading to Ponderosa the next morning. The next day, Marcus goes to the nearby lighthouse, where he retrieved the Ponderosa flag and hung it on the lighthouse's baluster.
• In a voice over, Jeff Probst revealed that since there are no roads leading to Ponderosa, eliminated contestants would be sequestered overnight at base camp, before they airlift them to Ponderosa the next morning. Before Tribal Council, jury members would be airlifted back to base camp, where they will be transported to the Tribal Council set.

Other

• This is the second time in Survivor history that the final ten contestants are thought to be merged, but actually switched tribes, the first time being "Mad Scramble and Broken Hearts".
• This episode marks the first time there has been a second tribe switch in a season.
  • This episode marks the only time that a season has two tribe switches with only two pre-merge tribes.
• This episode marks the first and only time Marcus has not been immune from the vote.