Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Pearl Islands
Episode Number	10/15 (101)
Original Release	November 20, 2003
Viewership (in Millions)	19.90
Ratings/Share (18-49)	7.0/20
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Shocking! Simply Shocking!"
Next	"The Great Lie"
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Swimming with Sharks is the tenth episode of Survivor: Pearl Islands.

Story

“	Two castaways find the opportunity to hatch a plan to keep from being voted off.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Rats In The Rigging
In randomly-chosen pairs, climb a fishnet to the deck, climb a cargo net to reach a rope and pulley, one person pulls a bell over, the other person rings it. Then, retrieve a rope with a grappling hook, swing to fishnet, climb to deck, then to crow's nest, one person unties knots to lower bell, second person rings it. Slide down sail, release a rope, grab the bell-ringer that drops, ring final bell. Two heats, two pairs in each heat, winners move on to final. The course is the same, but at each bell the player who gets the bell must also ring it, while the other player then grabs a bag of puzzle pieces. The final rope must be chopped with a cutlass to grab a key. The key opens a treasure chest with a solving station inside. The first pair to solve the puzzle wins.
Reward: Deep-sea fishing trip.
Winner: Burton Roberts and Lillian Morris (Burton gave his reward to Jon Dalton)

Challenge: Killer
In this game of blowdarts, each castaway will have an individual marked section on the gameboard (sub-divided into 1-, 2-, and 3-life sections). Each castaway must first land a dart anywhere in their section to become a killer, after which they may shoot at the other players' sections to get rid of their lives and/or killer status. Once a castaway has lost their killer status and all three lives, they are out of the challenge. The last person left wins.
Winner: Burton Roberts

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 12: Balboa
Voted Against	Voter
Rupert (5 votes)	Burton, Darrah, Jon, Lillian, Tijuana
Darrah (2 votes)	Christa, Rupert
Jon (1 vote)	Sandra
VOTED OUT: Rupert Boneham

Voting Confessionals

Rupert's and Jon's confessionals were shown in the episode.

	Christa	“	(voting against Darrah) It's your time to go. You're not part of the Drake tribe, and you're the next one.	”

	Sandra	“	(voting against Jon) I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. And I know you have it out for me. But guess what? Before I go home, you will be going home.	”

	Rupert	“	(voting against Darrah) A Morgan has to go tonight. And the other two work harder than you do.	”

	Burton	“	(voting against Rupert) Our island is not big enough for the two of us, and I don't have plans to go anywhere anytime soon.	”

	Jon	“	(voting against Rupert) To be the man, you gotta beat the man. Woo!	”

	Darrah	“	(voting against Rupert) Rupert, I'm voting for you because there is no longer a Drake alliance no more. And I know you're going to be totally shocked by this. But thanks for the good fish and feeding my tummy.	”

	Lillian	“	(voting against Rupert) I love you dearly. You're the nicest guy around. But in order for me to stay in this game, I need to get rid of the biggest threats. And you sir, are my biggest threat. Thank you.	”

Final Words

	Rupert	“	It is insane how bad I needed this. This would have made my life a lot better. I always get hurt trusting people. I want so badly to be accepted and I never get the acceptance that I want. I don't fit. So much for my dreams.	”

Still in the Running

Nicole 16th	Ryan S. 15th	Michelle 14th	Trish 13th	Shawn 12th	Osten 11th	Andrew 10th	Ryan O. 9th
Rupert 8th	Burton Balboa	Christa Balboa	Darrah Balboa	Jon Balboa	Lillian Balboa	Sandra Balboa	Tijuana Balboa

Trivia

• During the reading of the votes, all five votes for Rupert were revealed, even after he was mathematically eliminated when the fourth had been read.
• When Jon voted for Rupert, he referenced "Nature Boy" Ric Flair by saying two of his famous quotes: "To be the man, you gotta beat the man" and "Woo!"