Gettin' to Crunch Time is the ninth episode of Survivor: San Juan del Sur.
Story[]
Day 21[]
Day 22[]
Host Jeff Probst welcomes the Huyopa tribe to the Reward Challenge: Shake It Off. In the challenge, the castaways would be divided into teams of five. One player from each team would square off on a wobbly beam over a pit of mud. The last person standing would win a point for their team, with the first team to a score of five winning an afternoon on a fishing yacht with a feast of sandwiches, cakes, soft drinks, cocktails, and champagne.
The Blue Team consists of Jaclyn Schultz, Jon Misch, Keith Nale, Missy Payne, and Wes Nale. The Yellow Team consists of Alec Christy, Baylor Wilson, Jeremy Collins, Natalie Anderson, and Reed Kelly. As rain begins to fall, the first match-up begins with Reed taking on Wes. Reed makes the first offensive move, but as Wes tries to push back, he loses his balance and both fall off the platform, with Reed taking the winning point for Yellow. Next, Jaclyn and Natalie square off. Despite Jaclyn's "long-ass arms," Natalie scores the point, giving Yellow a 2-0 lead.
Next, Jeremy takes on Jon. Jeremy makes the first move, but Jon pushes back, sending Jeremy off the beam to score Blue's first point. Next, it is between mother and daughter, as Baylor challenges Missy. The two try shaking the beam, rather than physical combat, but once Missy reaches over to pull Baylor off, she loses her balance, allowing Yellow to extend their lead 3-1. Alec and Keith are up next. Alec swats at Keith, but the older firefighter stands back, relaxed and unfazed, before easily slapping Alec into the mud to score for Blue, 2-3.
Starting from the top of the roster, Reed and Wes face off again. Reed catches some mud in his eye, and ultimately, Wes scores the victory to tie up the score at 3-3. Jaclyn and Natalie are up next, and when Jaclyn fails at her offensive attack, once again, Natalie emerges victorious, giving Yellow a 4-3 lead. Jon wins his rematch against Jeremy, after the latter loses his balance lunging at Jon, to even the score 4-4 at the match point. With the game riding on Baylor and Missy, the battle is evenly matched. However, it is ultimately Baylor who wins the point, winning the challenge for the Yellow Team.
Immediately, Natalie asks Jeff if she can give up her place on the reward, and when permitted, gives her spot to Jon. Jeremy follows suit, sacrificing his place for Jaclyn. Jaclyn and Jon are near tears with gratitude as they take a place on the winning platform. Natalie explains, "When somebody shows you that they're loyal to you, I feel like the only thing to do is to show back just some love and respect." The "winning" team are then instructed to send someone to Exile Island. Rationalizing that Jeremy is already packed to go, they send him away to Exile Islad as the rest of the group disbandes to camp or the yacht. In a confessional, Baylor notes that she hopes that Jeremy would find the Hidden Immunity Idol on Exile Island as it would benefit the whole Fab Five alliance.
“ | We chose Jeremy to go to Exile just because I'm positive that there is an idol on Exile and it would be better for our alliance to find it. | ” |
Back at camp, Keith, Missy, Natalie, and Wes wash up from the challenge, as Natalie discusses her decision to give up her reward, clarifying that it was designed to solidify her alliance with Jaclyn and Jon. Keith comments that the move would earn Jaclyn and Jon's loyalty to Natalie "for life," as Wes laments that the couple were now firmly in the other alliance. Wes asks Natalie to inform him if he is next on the chopping block, claiming that he does not want to be "hashtag-blindsided." She agrees, commenting that her next target is Reed, but Keith adds that it was clear the opposing alliance would become the final six. However, in a confessional, Keith reveals that the comment was intended to be a subtle play to try to get a heads up in advance of using his idol for himself or Wes.
“ | We ended up getting the 'W', but I decided that I would give up my spot to Jon. I just wanted to do this so that he knew that I appreciated him siding with us last night at Tribal, but also just to make sure that moving forward I could always count on Jaclyn and Jon to trust me and Jeremy and, you know, this is going to be leverage for me down the road. | ” |
“ | Natalie and Jeremy traded places for the reward. It was a big time strategic move. I mean, Jon and Jaclyn ain't going to flip now. I congratulate 'em for it. Touché for 'em. | ” |
“ | Wesley was letting Nat know that he didn't want to be blindsided. I don't know if they took that hint. It was kinda just a little subtle hint really. That way we get a little bit of heads up on playing the idol or passing the idol between us two. | ” |
At Exile Island, Jeremy arrives confident in his play to give up the reward, and hopes that going to Exile Island would yield the idol. He receives the new clue: The path to victory is a rocky one. It's hard climbing the ladder of success. But with immunity in your pocket, you might feel a little bit less stress. Before going to look for the idol, Jeremy washes off in the ocean and spots the reward yacht on the horizon.
“ | Jon and Jaclyn joined our alliance and I appreciate that, so giving up our reward for them is the least that I could do. I came to Exile because I want to find the idol so I can protect myself and I could bring it back to my alliance and say "look what we have" and then now everybody feels like we can trust him. So when I make a move, they don't expect it, but first I need to find this Idol. | ” |
On the yacht, Alec, Baylor, Jaclyn, Jon, and Reed feast on sandwiches and watch the dolphins following the boat. The five toast with champagne as Jon explains how wonderful the experience is. Meanwhile, Reed is frustrated to have Jaclyn and Jon on the reward, and is irritated by the transparency of Natalie's play to give up her place. In a confessional, he resolves to wreak havoc at camp in the hopes of saving himself.
“ | Going out on a yacht, seeing dolphins jumping. It was really cool. Being able to share that with Jaclyn was incredible. It was a very good way for Jeremy and Natalie to show their gratitude. We're very thankful for it, but you do have to realize that this is a social game and that was a very big play on their part. | ” |
“ | I love food and I love rewards but Jon and Jaclyn were not supposed to be on the reward. Natalie is just trying to ingratiate herself to everyone by, "Oh, I'm going to give up my spot for this and I love you so I'm going to give up my spot for that". It makes you want to hurl because it is so transparent. Yes, it cements Jon and Jaclyn into their alliance but in the end does it really mean anything? Not if I can help it because I don't have anything to lose right now. I might have to go stir up a little bit of chaos to stay in the game right now. It may end up being the last nail in my coffin, but it's a risk I'm willing to take at this point. | ” |
Day 23[]
On Night 23, Jeremy struggles to get any sleep at Exile Island, sitting up for half of the wet and thunderous night.
Day 24[]
The next morning, Jeremy is exhausted and heads back out to have another search for the Hidden Immunity Idol. When he fails to find it yet again, he theorizes that Jon could already have found it. He is disturbed by that idea, and frustrated that he had been sent to Exile Island when the idol was already in their alliance.
“ | I hate Exile. Its just a long night, you know like, there's no shelter, you're sleeping on rocks next to the fire, its just like, its just not fun. I stayed up most of the night and now I'm feeling real lethargic this morning, you know. I feel like I got hit by a train. Not fun. This time I wanted to find the Hidden Immunity Idol and I didn't find it. I climbed this all day yesterday and I can't find it. The only thing I'm thinking is if Jon already found it. If Jon came out and found it that'd be great, you know, but he should had told me he found it and then I wouldn't be out here for two days, you know. I'm dying over here, I'm tired. | ” |
Back at camp, as Jaclyn and Jon collect water, Jon shares his concerns that Jeremy could deduce that he had the idol. He is further worried about the repercussions in the alliance, commenting, "Either people are going to think [Jeremy's] extremely stupid and is trying to pull off that he couldn't find it, or they're going to think I was lying this whole time."
“ | This is one of those times where I hadn't really considered what's going to happen when Jeremy does comes back and says he can't find the idol. My entire cover would be blown and then I could be in very big trouble. | ” |
At the Immunity Challenge, Jeremy returns to his tribe, evidently exhausted after his time on Exile Island. Jeff takes back the Immunity Necklace from Jeremy and then reveals the challenge: The Game is Afoot. Each castaway would unspool a rope to release a bundle of blocks which they would then use to assemble a three-tiered tower, with seven blocks on each tier. The first castaway to place their flag in the center of the tower would win immunity. The challenge contains a twist, however, as all parts of the challenge had to be completed using only one's feet.
Keith is the first to release his bundle of blocks, followed closely by Jon, Missy, Natalie, and Baylor. Reed and Wes catch up soon after, with Jaclyn, Jeremy, and Alec bringing up the rear. Once it gets to the assembly of the tower, however, Reed quickly pulls out into the lead. Jeremy and Keith are keeping close behind, whilst Jon struggles and Missy moved slowly with "no panic." Baylor and Natalie are also moving fast, but Reed maintains his lead, completing his first tier and moving onto his second.
Working on the second layer, Baylor, Keith, Natalie, and Wes are keeping up behind Reed. As Alec is falling out of the challenge, and Jeremy begins his second level, Keith and Reed complete their second tiers. However, Reed knocks over one of his blocks, losing a few others in the process. As Keith takes the lead, Baylor and Natalie begin working on their third layers. Wes begins his third row, but loses several of his blocks, setting him back, and Jeremy begins on his third level.
Reed recovers from his setback, and once again, it is Keith and Reed in the lead, with only a few blocks left. However, as Keith goes to place his final block, he knocks down several blocks, leaving the victory wide open for Reed. As Baylor and Natalie fight to catch up, Reed works to place his final block, but it falls. Natalie loses a number of her blocks, as Reed again struggles to place his final block. Moving methodically, Baylor catches up to Reed and after a narrow battle, she manages to place her final block first to take the lead. She carefully places her flag in the center of her tower, and in doing so, emerges victorious to win immunity.
As Alec and Jeremy commiserate over the difficulty of the challenge, Baylor receives the Immunity Necklace and Huyopa headed back to camp. In a confessional, Jeremy notes his disappointment at losing, but is relieved that the Immunity Necklace had stayed within his alliance.
“ | Exile zapped me. If I was, you know, 100%, that would've made a difference. I always want to win, but as long as one of our alliance members won, I'm happy how it turned out. | ” |
“ | I didn't win immunity today, which I came close to. I'm a little bummed about that because I felt that was a custom made challenge for me, and now I'm thinking my chances of being here tomorrow are pretty slim. I may be going home tonight so I will, you know, light this camp on fire on my way out. So I was like, "I want to see what Keith has in his bag. I want to see what this old coot is sitting on." So I'm going through his bag and I'm looking and he's got the piece of paper that was folded up and creased over there. It is the directions on what to do with the Hidden Immunity Idol. Keith left a paper trail and I was like "it's a big rookie mistake, don't leave stuff in your bag that you don't want people to find". So I did it and I always thought, "Oh, I hate it when people go through people's stuff" but, um, desperate times call for desperate measures. | ” |
“ | I know Reed is scrambling, but Keith really has an idol. It's not good at all. You know quite frankly, it may be something that we should think about. | ” |
“ | If what Reed says is true, freaking Keith, out of all people, has an idol, which is baffling. I would never think Keith would be the one to find it and be able to hide it this long. Who knows how long he's had it, so its about to get crazy. | ” |
“ | I mean, that's my stuff. I don't like, I don't go through your stuff, I don't expect people to go through my stuff, but people, them people got different values, I guess. So if word might be out that Keith's got the idol, then it might come in play sooner than later. | ” |
“ | A lot's going on. There's total mayhem right now on camp. Keith has an idol, so he's got a very good play in his pocket. Definitely complicates things. | ” |
“ | I think Jon has the idol, so my plan is I want to try catch him in a lie because Jon is like the worst liar. | ” |
“ | He's got to be lying but, um, I got to trust him a little bit. Like we're all in this together, we're trying to get to the final six and then we'll see what happens. | ” |
“ | Sending Jeremy to Exile was a great thing at first, but I think right now Jeremy actually does believe that I have the idol and just hearing me saying that, so I need to do something and change the course of the game. | ” |
“ | I just got this information about the idol and I'm very pleased to know that Jon is super aligned with me, but he's got this look in his eye. Jon's saying "Jeremy is a threat, Jeremy is a threat". Now may be the time to take out Jeremy, but you know it's interesting because I've watched Jon and Jaclyn kind of barrel through people so far and they have no problem pissing people off and since I started this game, you know, I've been aligned with Jeremy and Natalie from my old tribe. Jeremy and I initially were together, you know, full fledged so for the first time is like a little bit cloudy and at the end of the day is like, okay, are we making the right decision? I think maybe a better way to do it is split the votes Keith/Reed, try to flush the idol, stay together six strong just because, you know, we rock the boat too hard, one of us is going to fall off. | ” |
Challenges[]
Challenge: Shake It Off
The tribe will divide into two teams. Opponents of the same gender will face off one on one on a wobbly beam over a pit of mud. The goal is to knock the other person off the beam into the mud to score a point for their team. The first team to five points wins reward.
Reward: Board a luxury fishing yacht, cruise down the coastline of San Juan del Sur while enjoying sandwiches, pastrami, soft drinks, cocktails and champagne.
Winners: Yellow Team (Alec Christy, Baylor Wilson, Jeremy Collins, Natalie Anderson, and Reed Kelly) (Jeremy Collins and Natalie Anderson gave up their reward to Jaclyn Schultz and Jon Misch; exiled Jeremy Collins)
Challenge: The Game is Afoot
Using only their feet, castaways must unwind a rope to release blocks that they will use to assemble a three-tiered tower. However, they may use their hands to return fallen blocks to the basket. Once the tower is assembled, they must place a flag in the middle of the tower. The first person to do so wins.
Winner: Baylor Wilson
Tribal Council[]
Tribal Council 8: Huyopa | |
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Voted Against |
Voter |
Jeremy (5 votes) |
Baylor, Jaclyn, Jon, Missy, Reed |
Reed (3 votes) |
Alec, Keith, Wes |
Keith (2 votes) |
Jeremy, Natalie |
VOTED OUT: Jeremy Collins |
Voting Confessionals[]
Keith and Alec were shown writing Reed's name on the parchment. Natalie was shown writing Keith's name on the parchment.
Jeremy |
“ | (voting against Keith) Happy retirement, buddy. | ” |
Final Words[]
Jeremy |
“ | They got me, they pulled a fast one on me. I did not see that one coming at all. I was so forthcoming with everything with my alliance. I thought we were all set. If I knew that we were going to be like this I would have taken that last Reward. I don't know, I don't have an alliance obviously. I'm just shocked, that's all. It's too bad. Good guy lost, good guy lost this time. | ” |
Still in the Running[]
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Behind the Scenes[]
Life at Ponderosa[]
Josh Canfield welcomes Jeremy Collins to Ponderosa. Josh speculates that Reed Kelly voted for Jeremy, but Jeremy erroneously dispels his postulations. Jeremy notes Josh's eagerness to play even at Ponderosa. As the conversation continues, Josh finds irony in the situation, having himself been voted out by the very person who got voted out next.
The next day, Jeremy wakes up in a better mood than the previous night. He admits that he took notes from past seasons for the last eight years and he regretted giving up his reward. As a juror, Jeremy states he would respect a finalist who would own their game and can look at him in the eye.[2]
References[]
Survivor: San Juan del Sur Episodes |
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"Suck It Up and Survive" · "Method to This Madness" · "Actions vs. Accusations" · "We're a Hot Mess" · "Blood Is Blood" · "Make Some Magic Happen" · "Million Dollar Decision" · "Wrinkle in the Plan" · "Gettin' to Crunch Time" · "This Is Where We Build Trust" · "Kind of Like Cream Cheese" · "Still Holdin' On" · "Let's Make a Move" · "This Is My Time" · "Reunion" |