Episode 14:  I Trust You But I Trust Me More



Back at camp after Tribal Council, Stephen was concerned that he would be perceived as the one who betrayed Coach and that he lost jury votes. At the Immunity Challenge, J.T. got a large lead during the puzzle piece bag retrieval stage, Erinn made a huge comeback from last place during the puzzle assembly stage, but J.T. managed to finish his puzzle just in front of Erinn. Erinn pleaded her case to J.T. and Stephen that Taj was a threat for winning jury votes. The men agreed that they would take each other to the Final Three no matter what, but were undecided on if Erinn or Taj would be a greater threat at the next Immunity Challenge and with the jury.

n day 38, Erinn and Stephen told each other that they had to win the Immunity Challenge as neither stood a very good chance against J.T. with the jury. J.T. gave his word to Stephen that he would take him to the Final Two and Stephen likewise gave his word. The day’s tree mail told the Final Three to take the traditional journey honoring the castaways voted out before heading to their final Immunity Challenge. At the Immunity Challenge, Erinn was out first with three balls simultaneously going. With four balls circling the track, Stephen bobbled and dropped a ball, giving J.T. his third Immunity Challenge win in a row. Back at camp, even though Stephen lost the challenge, he felt a great relief that he would not have to decide who he had to take to the Final Two. Erinn told J.T. that Stephen told her that he would take her to the Final Two over J.T. to ensure himself a victory with the jury. When J.T. asked him, Stephen denied that he would have taken Erinn to the Final Two.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 15: Live Reunion Show



During a live reunion show the Survivors get together for the first time since being in Brazil to discuss the results of the game.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 13: The Martyr Approach



Coach was shocked by the turn of events at the last Tribal Council, especially after he was told that Debbie voted for him. Coach told J.T. and Stephen that he did not want to go to Exile Island because of his asthma, but J.T. and Stephen believed that Coach was scared to go to Exile Island and looked forward to sending him there. The Reward Challenge was won by J.T. by a wide margin. He selected Stephen to go with him on the trip, and Coach to go to Exile Island. After he was selected to go to Exile Island, Coach said that he would take the “monastic approach” on Exile by simply meditating without food or water. This did not sit well with Erinn and she called him out for trying to take the “martyr approach” and use his time at Exile Island as an excuse for not winning the next Immunity Challenge. While Stephen and JT enjoyed their reward, Erinn admitted to Taj that she felt a little guilty about what she said to Coach after the Reward Challenge, and was worried that what she said could cause J.T. and Stephen to vote her out before Coach. Coach did exactly what he said he would do on Exile Island and was mentally refocused on the game. While on their reward, J.T. and Stephen talked about voting Erinn out before Coach because of what she said to Coach. The Immunity Challenge was won by J.T. when he outlasted Coach after he collapsed from the challenge apparatus due to back spasms. Coach declined having the Survivor Medical Team look at him as he feared that he would be pulled from the game for medical reasons. Erinn and Taj were suspicious that Coach was playing up the sympathy card. J.T. and Stephen told Coach that their alliance was good and that Erinn was going to be voted out, but Stephen was not sure who he would vote for. At Tribal Council, the confrontation between Coach and Erinn at the Reward Challenge was discussed again. Just before the vote, Coach felt that he was safe and recited a poem, much to the jury members’ amusement.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 12: The Ultimate Sacrifice



Upon returning to camp after Tribal Council, Coach was livid about Erinn and Taj voting for Stephen and Debbie, respectively, at the last Tribal Council. He talked to Debbie about targeting Erinn and Taj next, with Taj to go first. On the morning of day 31, Debbie woke up feeling that she needed move away from her alliance with Coach and told J.T. and Stephen that she wanted an alliance with them. However, Stephen was worried that she was just playing the game instead of wanting a real alliance. Instead of a Reward Challenge, a Survivor Auction was held. On the last item up for bid, Jeff presented a Samsung Instinct loaded with a video message from loved ones at home and announced that the usual Survivor Auction rules would be suspended and that the castaways could pool their money in order to get one of the castaways to win. Everybody gave their remaining money to Taj so that she could win the item uncontested. At the very end of the video message, Eddie George, Taj’s husband said that he would see them back at camp. After pointing out the last line in the video, Jeff told Taj that only Eddie would be back at camp, but if Taj offered to go to Exile Island where Eddie would join her, the other castaways’ loved ones would be at the campsite. She immediately accepted the offer. Back at camp, the castaways were joined by Coach’s assistant coach, Debbie’s husband, Erinn’s father, J.T.’s younger sister, and Stephen’s brother. After the loved ones had left, the game resumed on the morning of day 32 with Debbie continuing to push her allegiance to J.T. and Stephen, even so far as promising to give the final Individual Immunity to one of them should she win it and they make it to the final three, but they continued to be suspicious of her promises. After J.T. and Stephen told Erinn of this offer, Erinn said that Debbie had to go next. Coach pushed the idea of voting out Taj to prevent the Hidden Immunity Idol from being played. At the Immunity Challenge, Stephen was way behind the others, so he tried to remember all ten symbols in one pass, while the others needed multiple trips to try to remember the symbols. Stephen’s memory technique did not fail him and he was able to come from behind to win Individual Immunity for the first time.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 11: They Both Went Bananas



Upon their return to camp after Tribal Council, Coach and Debbie were upset with J.T. and Stephen for not telling them about the blindside of Tyson. Debbie talked to Coach about reforming the Timbira alliance and regain control of the game. The Reward Challenge was won by Stephen, who selected Taj and J.T. to join him and for Erinn to go to Exile Island. While on their reward, J.T., Stephen, and Taj talked strategy for the next Tribal Council, either voting out Debbie or Sierra. Coach and Debbie tried to strongarm Sierra into joining up in a former Timbira alliance, but when she hesitated, they angrily turned on her. Coach felt a line had been drawn in the sand and approached J.T. about what his plans were for the final four. Coach lied to J.T. that it was Sierra who brought up bringing back the old Timbira alliance. Meanwhile, Sierra told Stephen that it was Coach and Debbie who brought up the Timbira alliance. The differing stories made J.T. and Stephen suspicious of all three of them. At the Immunity Challenge, Coach, J.T., and Debbie moved on to the final round, which was won by Coach. In an effort to show that she was not lying about her version of the potential reforming of the former Timbira alliance, Sierra confronted Coach and Debbie about what exactly happened between the three of them in front of the whole tribe. Coach said that Debbie wanted to talk about a former Timbira alliance, Sierra got into Debbie’s face, Debbie started to cry, and then he said that he did not want a Timbira alliance. Stephen and J.T. believed that Sierra’s confrontation brought out into open Coach’s half-truths and Debbie’s scheming and they considered voting Debbie out, but also thought that voting Sierra out would cause less drama in the future for the tribe.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 10: It’s Funny When People Cry



After returning to camp from Tribal Council, Sierra thought she was the next one to be voted out and she tried to smooth things over with Coach. The next morning, Sierra continued to plead for her life in the game, but Tyson said that she would not be able to change the vote and she would be voted out next. At the Reward Challenge, the red team of Debbie, Erinn, J.T., and Tyson prevailed over the black team of Coach, Sierra, Stephen, and Taj. Stephen was chosen to go to Exile Island for the second time in a row because they the red team did not want to give Sierra the opportunity to find a new Hidden Immunity Idol since Brendan took his with him when he was voted out. However, Stephen was given the seventh clue to the original Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore no replacement Idol was put into play. Sierra continued her lobbying of Coach give her a second chance to remain in the game, but Coach said he would not give her one. After describing the Immunity Challenge, Jeff offered anybody who felt comfortable enough in the game to skip the challenge and eat pizza as long as the challenge was being played. Coach, J.T., and Stephen chose to eat. The challenge was won by Debbie after she knocked away Sierra’s puck. Back at camp, Erinn told J.T. and Taj that there was an opportunity to vote out Tyson as he was the biggest threat at the Immunity Challenges and he did not win the last challenge. J.T. was concerned about breaking up the “warrior” alliance he had with Coach and Tyson.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 9: The Biggest Fraud in the Game



Coach continued to feel that he was in control of the game and he targeted Brendan for elimination next, followed by Sierra. With Joe’s departure, Erinn lost her only alliance member and thought about aligning herself with the former Jalapao members. The Reward Challenge was a nailbiter when the challenge came down to two partially broken tiles for the black team of Brendan, Debbie, and J.T versus the white team of Erinn, Sierra, and Stephen. A final toss by Brendan knocked out the final white tile and his team won the challenge. They selected Stephen to go alone to Exile Island, per the rules post tribal merger. Unlike most rewards in past seasons, the winning team went on their trip the next day instead of immediately after the completion of the challenge. On their picnic, Brendan talked to J.T. about going all the way to the finals together. The next day, Brendan talked to Sierra and Taj about a plan to keep J.T. in the game and to vote out Coach, Erinn, and Tyson. The Immunity Challenge was won by Tyson for the second time in a row. Coach and Tyson conspired to split the Tribal Council vote four votes for Brendan and three votes for Sierra to protect against Brendan using his Hidden Immunity Idol. Brendan wanted to finally reveal the secret Exile Island alliance to blindside Coach. Stephen and J.T. thought about following the Exile Island alliance.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 8: The Dragon Slayer



Anticipating a merger, Coach refocused his game and tried to get along with his tribe. Over at Jalapao, an infection on Joe’s left leg appeared to have gotten worse. The tree mail on day 19 hinted at a Reward Challenge with a feast for the winner, but the tribes instead arrived at the challenge site to see a hut with a feast and note saying that they had merged. The castaways named their new tribe Forza, a corruption of força (Portuguese: “strength”), and moved to the old Timbira campsite. Coach approached J.T. about forming an alliance, which suited J.T. as he was concerned about Jalapao going into the merge down 4 to 6. After cementing the alliance with J.T., Coach approached Tyson about forming a four-way alliance with J.T. and Stephen, targeting Brendan as the next to be voted out because Coach and Tyson did not trust him. Tyson talked to Stephen and Debbie about the potential alliance. Taj was concerned that Brendan wasn’t holding up to his end of the secret Exile Island alliance, but Brendan wanted to keep it a secret and lay low until there were only seven or eight castaways left. Joe and Erinn went to get the Timbira Hidden Immunity Idol, but found nothing and figured out that either Brendan or Sierra had it. At the Immunity Challenge, Tyson outlasted Debbie to win the first Individual Immunity. After the challenge, Jeff told Joe to stay around so that the Survivor Medical Team could look at his infected leg. The doctor diagnosed that infection was serious and could spread to Joe’s bones or blood, which could lead to amputation of his leg or loss of his life. Stephen, Tyson, and Coach decided to blindside Brendan and negate him potentially playing his Hidden Immunity Idol by splitting the Tribal Council vote with four votes again Brendan and three votes against Sierra. However, all of the plotting would have to wait potentially three more days when Jeff arrived at camp to announce that Joe had been medically evacuated from the game by decision of the Survivor Medical Team and there would be no Tribal Council.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 7: One of Those ‘Coach Moments’

The day after Tribal Council, Sydney was worried that if Jalapao were to lose the next Immunity Challenge that either her or Taj would be voted off as the men would stick together. Joe tried to assure her that she would make it to the merger as she was trustworthy and the men would vote off Taj first. Taj and Stephen discussed telling J.T. about the Hidden Immunity Idol, but not the secret four-way Exile Island alliance in order to secure his vote at the next Tribal Council. Over at Timbira, Coach clashed with his tribe over him burning a pot of beans. At the Reward Challenge, Timbira won the closely fought challenge. Timbira decided to send Joe to Exile Island and he chose Erinn to join him, thinking that she would be a good candidate to flip her tribal loyalties once the merger occurred. On Exile Island, Erinn select the urn with the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol and shared the clue with Joe. Joe and Erinn thought that if they could find the two Hidden Immunity Idols, they could have a strong alliance together. To counter Joe figuring out Jalapao’s Hidden Immunity Idol had already been found, Taj and Stephen crafted a fake idol and placed it in the statue at tree mail. After using the real idol as a model for the fake one she made, Taj tried to hide it her bag, but J.T. stumbled upon the idol after she walked off. Stephen tried cover for Taj by telling J.T. that Taj had just discovered the idol moments earlier and had shown it to him. A bit later, Taj showed the idol to J.T. and told him that he could have it anytime he needed it. J.T. believed Taj and Stephen to be honest in their story and that he now had a strong alliance with them. At the Immunity Challange, Tyson gave his tribe a large lead by winning the slingshot shoot out over J.T. Brendan and Erinn finished off the puzzle to give Timbira their third Immunity Challenge win in a row. After the challenge, Joe told his tribemates that Erinn kept the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol to herself. Using an excuse that he wanted some water, he went to find the idol, not knowing that what he found was a fake. Joe told the tribe to vote out Taj. Stephen and J.T. tried to convince Joe to vote out Sydney, but were unable to convince him to change his vote.



Survivor Tocantins Episode 6: The First Fifteen Days



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