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Dire Strengths and Dead Weight is the second episode of Survivor: Cook Islands.

Story[]

At the Aitu camp, Billy quickly becomes a deficit to his tribe and his tribe mates become conflicted over what to do. Do they push to win the challenge and keep their tribe intact or throw it so they can vote Billy out? After just a short time in the Cook Islands, one castaway is already claiming their affections toward another. Love is in the air - or is it? Tension mounts between Jonathan and Adam when Adam refuses to waste his energy on what he sees as a "stupid" task.

—Episode Synopsis[2]

Day 4[]

Day 5[]

Day 6[]

Challenges[]

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Tow The Line
Each tribe must remember a historical story of Captain James Cook. Tied together as a group, the tribe must make their way over and under logs and through a field of poles, gathering seven answer flags. Once they cross a two-line rope bridge over a pit of water, they must use the seven answer flags collected to solve five questions about the story. The first tribe to answer the five questions correctly wins immunity and two large tarps as a reward. The first three tribes to finish win immunity. If a tribe misses a part of the story, they can go back to the starting line, where a copy of the story was placed there.
Reward: The tribe in first place wins two tarps, while the two runners-up only win immunity.
Winners (in order of finish): Puka Puka & Rarotonga (tied for first thus will take one tarp each) and Manihiki (Aitutaki exiled Yul Kwon)

Tribal Council[]

Tribal Council 2:
Aitutaki
Voted
Against
Voter
S13 billy t
Billy (4 votes)
S13 cecilia tS13 cristina tS13 jp tS13 ozzy t
Cecilia, Cristina, J.P., Ozzy
S13 ozzy t
Ozzy (1 vote)
S13 billy t
Billy
VOTED OUT:
S13 billy bw
Billy Garcia

Voting Confessionals[]

J.P.'s confessional and an edited version of Billy's confessional were aired.

S13 ozzy t
Ozzy
(voting against Billy) Sorry, man. I know your health's the most important thing, and we're trying all to win this, and I know you understand.
S13 jp t
J.P.
(voting against Billy) If I can't trust you now, I won't be able to trust you later on in the game.
S13 cristina t
Cristina
(voting against Billy) Billy, I'm sorry. I know you're feeling sick. I think you're best off being at home. Good luck with your future. Now, I'll see what I can do about Candice.
S13 billy t
Billy
(voting against Ozzy) The only reason why I'm voting for you is cause you are the best player in the Aitutaki tribe. This is just a respect thing, and also a crapshoot. Hopefully, somebody'll flip. Alright, brother. Good luck, brother. I think you're gonna win it all.
S13 cecilia t
Cecilia
(voting against Billy) I told you why I voted you. I hope you feel better.

Final Words[]

S13 billy bw
Billy
I came into this wanting to live the dream of playing Survivor. I got…I lived that dream for six days and I think it's kind of cool that the heavy metal guy's getting eliminated by some guy named Ozzy. My biggest regret is I didn't play the way I wish I would have. I didn't represent myself well in the beginning, but I'm not going to regret anything 'cause I still got to live the dream. Too bad there wasn't a heavy metal tribe, I think I would have fit in better there.

Still in the Running[]

 Sekou
20th
S13 sekou bw
 Billy
19th
S13 billy bw
 Adam
Rarotonga
S13 adam t
 Becky
Puka Puka
S13 becky t
 Brad
Puka Puka
S13 brad t
 Candice
Rarotonga
S13 candice t
 Cao Boi
Puka Puka
S13 caoboi t
 Cecilia
Aitutaki
S13 cecilia t
 Cristina
Aitutaki
S13 cristina t
 J.P.
Aitutaki
S13 jp t
 Jenny
Puka Puka
S13 jenny t
 Jessica
Rarotonga
S13 jessica t
 Jonathan
Rarotonga
S13 jonathan t
 Nate
Manihiki
S13 nate t
 Ozzy
Aitutaki
S13 ozzy t
 Parvati
Rarotonga
S13 parvati t
 Rebecca
Manihiki
S13 rebecca t
 Stephannie
Manihiki
S13 stephannie t
 Sundra
Manihiki
S13 sundra t
 Yul
Puka Puka
S13 yul t

Trivia[]

  • This is the first time two tribes tied for first place in a challenge with more than two tribes.
  • This is the only episode of the season that Ozzy Lusth receives a vote against him.
  • This episode aired on Parvati Shallow's 24th birthday.

References[]

Survivor: Cook Islands Episodes
"I Can Forgive Her but I Don't Have to Because She Screwed with My Chickens" · "Dire Strengths and Dead Weight" · "Flirting and Frustration" · "Ruling the Roost" · "Don't Cry Over Spilled Octopus" · "Plan Voodoo" · "A Closer Look" · "Why Aren't You Swimming?!" · "Mutiny" · "People That You Like Want to See You Suffer" · "Why Would You Trust Me?" · "You're a Rat..." · "Arranging a Hit" · "I Have the Advantage... for Once" · "This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..." · "Reunion"
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