Tonight's episode is titled "Game of Chicken."

Based on a preview it looks like the episode will start off back at camp after the last TC. In a confessional Romeo tells us that three votes were put on him in case Chanelle had an idol. He's not happy about it but says he has to play nice to advance in the game. We also see that Hai is pissed that he received his first vote. He asks Tori if she voted for him and she tells him she voted for Chanelle. Hai suspects Romeo voted for him but when he asked him, Romeo lied and said he voted for Chanelle. Everyone else denies voting for Hai when asked. Romeo tells us in a confessional that he voted for Hai to screw with him. Romeo tells Lindsay and Tori that Hai is lying and that they have to vote him out.

In another preview clip we see Hai, Rocksroy, Mike, and Jonathan talking at the well. Hai pushes for Romeo to go next but Rocksroy wants the guys to stick together so they don't get targeted. He, Mike, and Jonathan later agree to stick together.

In a third preview we see Jeff explain the IC to the players. The challenge is the one where they have to stand on the edges of a triangular platform that is floating in the water. They are being split into groups of five with one immunity winner for each group. There will be two separate TCs with two people going home.

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Brian

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 4:29:50 PM UTC-6, Brian Smith wrote:
> Tonight's episode is titled "Game of Chicken."
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> Based on a preview it looks like the episode will start off back at camp after the last TC. In a confessional Romeo tells us that three votes were put on him in case Chanelle had an idol. He's not happy about it but says he has to play nice to advance in the game. We also see that Hai is pissed that he received his first vote. He asks Tori if she voted for him and she tells him she voted for Chanelle. Hai suspects Romeo voted for him but when he asked him, Romeo lied and said he voted for Chanelle. Everyone else denies voting for Hai when asked. Romeo tells us in a confessional that he voted for Hai to screw with him. Romeo tells Lindsay and Tori that Hai is lying and that they have to vote him out.
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> In another preview clip we see Hai, Rocksroy, Mike, and Jonathan talking at the well. Hai pushes for Romeo to go next but Rocksroy wants the guys to stick together so they don't get targeted. He, Mike, and Jonathan later agree to stick together.
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> In a third preview we see Jeff explain the IC to the players. The challenge is the one where they have to stand on the edges of a triangular platform that is floating in the water. They are being split into groups of five with one immunity winner for each group. There will be two separate TCs with two people going home.
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> Brian

Adding to the above, it should be noted that Rocksroy rubbed Omar and Hai the wrong way with his all guy plan. It came across as disingenuous and they didn't want to compete against all guys at F5.

Immunity Challenge

Besides what I said earlier, the person who lasted the longest in the IC would win beef and veggie kabobs for their team. They would also get to go last to TC and know who was voted out in the first TC before they started theirs.

Hai and Jonathan won immunity and because Jonathan lasted the longest, he also won food for his team. It should be noted that Lindsay also outlasted Hai. Jonathan's team was him and the four girls: Drea, Maryanne, Lindsay, and Tori.

Losing Team at Camp

The losing team was sent to one of the old camps to keep them away fro the winners. Romeo thought he was screwed but Omar told him that he'd rather see Rocksroy go. He said he would talk to Hai about voting out Rocksroy. Omar also talked to Mike. Mike said he had no problem voting out Rocksroy but didn't want to do it now because it would make them seem untrustworthy to their other alliance members.

Feast

Jonathan talked to Maryanne about targeting Drea so they could get rid of her idol. Maryanne was on board but not happy with the way Jonathan talks to her as if she was a kid. Maryanne then told Tori the plan which gave Tori hope. Jonathan told Drea to vote out Maryanne to get rid of her idol.

Lindsay then blew Jonathan's plan apart by telling him that if Drea played her idol they would lose Maryanne along with her idol and extra vote. She said it would be better if Maryanne voted to boot Tori. Jonathan wouldn't listen to her. He was convinced that Drea wouldn't play her idol.

Tribal Council 1 (Night 17)

Not much happened at this TC. Rocksroy was voted out by a vote of 4-1. He voted for Romeo.

Tribal Council 2 (Night 17)

A lot of airtime was devoted to this TC which will probably go down as another nail in the coffin of this show. When they walked in Drea noticed Chanelle and Rocksroy sitting in the jury area and she looked shocked. She played the race card right away and said she was going to use her idol. When she said that Tori didn't look happy. Maryanne then told Tori she can't vote out a black player. Jonathan then got upset over the racist accusations.

Jeff said to them that there was no sense voting if Drea and Maryanne were going to play their idols. They both immediately got up and handed Jeff their idols. It should be noted that Maryanne played hers because she felt if she didn't the vote would be seen to be racially influenced. Drea and Maryanne also made it clear that they were voting to boot Tori.

Tori didn't give up though. She stood up and said she was going to play her SITD. She went up to the voting area and grabbed one from a bag. She then gave it to Jeff to read. Unfortunately, it said "Not Safe" which meant Tori was out of the game. I have no idea why Lindsay didn't play hers. Being on a team with three idol holders pretty well signaled the end for Tori.

Next Episode

Very weird preview that basically only said that people are being targeted.

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Brian