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Previously on Survivor, Rob and Kathy agreed not to "stab" each other as ambassadors for the merge. They also agreed upon a hot pink flag. What were they thinking? Kathy got paranoid, then got immunity. Sean punched his fist and yelled at John, Zoe did a lot of backpedaling, and then Rob was voted off. Nine remain.
A haggard-looking, night-vision Paschal carries a lantern. The tribe stands around the fire, and Tammy says that it's a "somber" mood because they had to vote somebody out, but condescends to the others about being on the jury being a "huge accomplishment" and they should all feel really proud of themselves. Neleh and Kathy both feel "great," while Paschal feels "wonderful, wonderful." In a confessional, Vecepia tells us that she pulled Rob aside to the Tribal Council and revealed that she was going to vote for him. She wanted him to hear it directly from her, because they'd had an agreement "at one time"; she says he was okay about her vote. Now the tribe turns in for the night while Neleh blabs about the weather. They spoon as Zoe explains in an interview that since Rob's departure, it's been much more peaceful around camp. She says there are no more worries that some "wise-ass remark" will be made and set off a new fight. That, and now there's no one left to call her out for being a liar.
Sean enters the tent where the others are sleeping with a t-shirt tied around his head. He dons socks while the others want to know who farted. He owns up to it and then says, "Excuse me. That was the first fart that actually had substance in it." The others laugh uncomfortably. In a voice-over Robert tells us that the island diet has played havoc with Sean's intestinal system and he has a "little flatulence problem." Robert is fortunate because he sleeps "upwind" of Sean at the other end of the tent. Sean apologizes to the others, and claims that he thought he'd left enough time to air the fart out. In an interview Kathy says that Sean will most likely be the one voted off because he doesn't work hard, he complains, and he farts a lot. Hee. I was thinking that the editors had juxtaposed this segment with her confessional to make it look like the other members of the tribe were voting him off because he farts a lot, and as it turns out, they actually are voting him off for that very reason. Sean farts again and grins that he's just "messin' with everybody else." He also may or may not be just "messin'" in his pants. In any case, Tammy wants him to take it elsewhere. Sean tells us in an interview that he's playing the game exactly how he planned to, because, "if you're true to yourself, that's the true game of life." He says the only thing that has changed for him during Survivor is his attitude, whatever that means. Now it's daytime and Sean gleefully moans; he wants everyone to know how happy he is because he's just farted again. This is accompanied by a "fart" sound effect. Sean outstretches both arms and exclaims, "I can pass gas and feel free as a bird!" Now it's nighttime again and they're back in the tent. We, however, are outside the tent and hearing different verbal expressions from within regarding Sean's intestinal distress: coughing, gagging, laughing, and various "Sean!"s. The segment concludes with Sean saying he's got "some nasty ass."
“ Kathy then calls Zoe 'sweetie,' which I bet she doesn't hear too much. 'Sweaty,' maybe. ”
Same night. Lights flicker while the moon peeks through palm fronds. Angels sing because Paschal is thinking of his family. He tells us he was up before daybreak because he couldn't sleep. We see him settling down for a little nap about one foot from the wind-blown fire. Sparks fly all around him, and Paschal rolls around and attempts to cover his face with his buff without catching fire. A tree falls down behind him and he rises looking sleepy and perplexed, but not particularly alarmed.
Morning dawns on Day 22 and a surprisingly non-charred Paschal is still out there. He sleeps on his back, with his knees bent, one foot flat on the ground, and the other leg crossed over. He also has one hand on his chest, and he looks kind of ridiculous. I'd be upset to be caught on camera sleeping in that pose. It reminds me of spring break my senior year of college when we drove to Key West and there was this total Adonis-looking tanned blond man sleeping on the beach in a ridiculous position -- he was spooning, but just one spoon. So we dared each other to get as close to him as we could, and pose in a similar manner. And he never woke up, even while being spooned by Liza. Liza, incidentally, would do anything; and was rushed to the hospital later on during that trip because someone hit her over the head with a chair. She's now a surgeon. Robert explains that it was a rough night and a windy morning at Soliantu, and two trees came down around the camp. He says they were lucky that the trees didn't fall on their tent. Tammy and Vecepia hug and kiss while Tammy whines that -- with a few more feet -- the tree could have landed on their tent. Vee doesn't want her to say that; she just wants to "praise God."
Now Kathy and Zoe sit together and Kathy wants to "go over what happened yesterday." She says she was confused and wanted to know if there was an alliance among the Rotus to vote her off first after the merge. Zoe insists that there was not. Kathy wants to know, then, if an alliance was formed with the sole purpose of duping Rob, and Zoe claims that that was always her "intention." She says she tried to express that there was never any intention of voting Kathy off, and that they wanted to get Rotu back together. She's really a poor liar. Now there's someone I can call "shifty" and have no worries about. In a confessional Kathy tells us that Zoe lied to her; she thinks the Rotu alliance had definite plans to vote her off. She says Zoe has been lying since the beginning of the game and playing both sides, but Kathy "can't take that." We see her tell Zoe that whoever wins will win, but she won't be their pawn. She says she'll fight to figure out what's going on, but she's also wary of disrupting friendships. Zoe says she has the same concerns. Kathy tells us she was going to goad Zoe further, but she backed off because she wanted to make her feel guilty "for good negotiations," and she thinks she accomplished that. Kathy and Zoe link elbows and hold hands; they look intimate. And uncomfortable. As the camera pans away, we see that they've been sitting on a big pile of sharp-looking rocks. Kathy tells Zoe that she's happy they got through this difficult beginning, and that after they vote Sean off, they can work on their own relationships. Kathy then calls Zoe "sweetie," which I bet she doesn't hear too much. "Sweaty," maybe.