Survivor

Save this article to read it later.

Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.

Returning from Uas tribal council, where Brad was blindsided, Genie is pissed.

Article image

Still, its Ricard who drops the best line of the bicker.

How are you gonna write down two of our names, and youre mad at us?

he laments to Genie.

Genie wrote Ricards name down at the first tribal council, and hesstillholding it over her ahead.

Ricard is publicly running the tribe alongside Shan.

Still, the merge is days away.

Weve got our first reward challenge of the season to attend.

This is a standard reward and one thats actually helpful for the tribe.

They killedRainbow Fishand with it memories of my childhood.

Though they lost, Luvu still receives a truly special moment.

She falls to the ground in tears after the loss, and her teammates comfort her.

You dont have to apologize to us.

We win or lose together, Danny says.

Even more impressive,Survivordoesnt immediately jump to scenes of Heathers teammates talking behind her back.

After years of pulling those shady moves, perhaps the show really is invested in spotlighting resilience over division.

Or maybe theyre just going to highlight both because the second half of the episode is all about manipulation.

Luvu, feeling their first taste of defeat, is restless to play the personal game.

So she proposes to Deshawn its time to vote out Sydney for being a hothead.

However, Deshawn is better aligned with Sydney and Danny and tells them about Erikas proposal.

It backfires for Erika.

Deshawn and Danny decide to throw the immunity challenge and vote her out.

This weeks immunity challenge involves a water race, a hidden key, and a ring toss.

The man unknowingly saves his team from a much-wanted loss.

But first, a littleSurvivorbackstory for the newbie viewers.

In season 16,Fans vs.

Favorites, a.k.a Micronesia, four queens changed the course ofSurvivorhistory and emerged as gay icons in my life.

And this is how theseSurvivorwomen came to be known as the infamousBlack Widow Brigade.

Now back to Season 41.

Shan concocts a similar plan.

Except he gets caught in Shans trap and gives away the advantage.

Obviously, Shan, Ricard, and Genie vote JD out at tribal later that night.

Its a great play by Shan and proof she might be on the receiving end of awinners edit.

Either way, its a thrill to watch a newSurvivorassassin emerge in Shan.