Chaos Is My Friend

Chaos Is My Friend is the tenth episode of .
==Story==
===Day 28===
When Solarrion returned to camp after voting out Jeremiah Wood, Jefra Bland was unapologetic about going back on her agreement to side with the minority of Jeremiah, Spencer Bledsoe and Tasha Fox, and conversation turned to Spencer's wasted Hidden Immunity Idol. Kass McQuillen told Spencer that she'd known he'd had the Idol, given his confident body language and behavior, but Spencer doubted her claims. In a confessional, he reiterated his resolve to fight for the game.
===Day 29===
In the morning, Tony Vlachos and Woo Hwang returned to camp with Tree Mail, where Woo duped Trish Hegarty into lifting up the back of his shirt to reveal envelopes for the Survivor Auction, sending the tribe into celebration. While most of the tribe were excited to eat, Spencer, Tasha, and Tony were all more interested in claiming an advantage in the game.
Solarrion arrived at the auction smiling, where Jeff Probst informed them of the rules of the game: bidding was to occur in $20 increments, no sharing of money was allowed and the auction would end without warning. For the first item, Jeff uncovered popcorn, candy and a glass of soft drink. Kass bid $40, which was raised to $60 by Jefra. Trish won out, bidding $80, and excitedly ate a "gummy" spurring the envy of her tribe.
Already, Tony was showing frustration as Jeff revealed the second covered item. Jefra bid $60, which Tasha raised to $80 before Jefra reclaimed it at $100. Jefra feared she'd purchased a pig brain, but Jeff revealed she had bought herself quesadillas, guacamole, salsa, and a cold margarita.
The next item also remained covered and Kass bid at the minimum $20 and nobody challenged her, allowing her to win big. As she went to collect her prize, Trish turned to Tony and chided him for not bidding. Jeff then offered Kass a choice to trade what she'd bought for a smaller item. Making her decision by the color of the covering, Kass chose to keep her original purchase, winning a steak sandwich and iced tea. As Spencer and Tony visibly displayed their anguish, Kass eagerly enjoyed her meal.
Jeff then put the covered item that Kass had passed on up for grabs. Woo bid $40, whilst Trish raised it to $60 where Woo bowed out. Jeff revealed that she had bought herself a bowl of rice and a glass of water, but despite her disappointment, once again told off her tribemates for being "cheap-o deep-os" and not bidding.
The next item Jeff revealed to be three succulent barbecue ribs and a bottle of cold beer. Woo bid $40, but yet again Spencer, Tasha, and Tony held off on bidding, and Woo won the meal without competition. At the bench, Woo chowed down on the ribs, savoring the flavor.
Jeff asked the tribe what was going on, since Spencer, Tasha, and Tony had been holding off on placing any bids. Tony told him that he was waiting for an advantage, which Spencer and Tasha echoed. Jeff cut to the chase and brought out an advantage in the game. Immediately, Tony bid $500, but Jeff told him to wait, revealing that once the bidding reached the maximum, multiple people could pay the same price and bid on the chance to win the advantage, with the winner of a rock draw taking home the item. Tony and Spencer immediately bid $500, but Tasha backed out at the last minute.
Spencer and Tony approached Jeff, paid their money and drew rocks – with the black rock winning the advantage. Spencer drew first, followed by Tony. The two men then revealed their draws, with Tony having the black rock and winning the advantage, whilst Spencer only took home a useless white rock. Jeff then closed the auction and sent the tribe back to camp. In a confessional, Tasha revealed that she'd held off on matching the bid because she'd suspected another advantage might be offered, but her hopes had been dashed.
Back at camp, Tony and Spencer debated the pros and cons of forgoing food for the advantage, but both agreed that Spencer was the real loser in the scenario. However, despite winning the advantage, Tony grew resentful that he had given up food for the game, although the members of his alliance felt that he had chosen to play the martyr and had no right to blame them for choosing a different opportunity.
Tony then headed down the beach to read his advantage to discover that it was not an advantage in the Immunity Challenge as he'd anticipated, but rather a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol. Ecstatic about the power shift in his direction, Tony began searching the tree line on the beach for his second Idol.
Meanwhile, the women waded in the shallows discussing idle topics such as beach vacations. Tasha, however, hoped that by spending lots of time with Jefra, Kass, and Trish, she might be able to instil the fear of a "women's alliance" in Tony to her advantage. As Tony returned to camp with a bag of firewood, he noticed the women in the water, and Spencer also took advantage of the opportunity, confirming Tony's suspicions that Tasha was working the women. Spencer reminded Tony that Jefra had not been lying to them and that she had agreed to flip on Tony at the last vote before getting cold feet: "One hundred percent, she says she wants to blindside you." Tony bought Spencer's lies and exaggerations
===Day 30===
As the women relaxed in the shallows, Kass revealed her contentedness in a confessional. Meanwhile, Tony and Woo discovered that a crab the tribe had caught had died in the heat. When Tony shouted down to the women to ask if it would still be okay to eat, they returned that he needed to get it cooking soon. A frustrated Tony complained about the women not helping at camp, but fearing that they truly did have an alliance, left camp to search for the Idol.
Heading inland from the beach, Tony found a "big white tree" that matched the description of the clue. When digging around the roots, he quickly uncovered the Idol. Upon returning to camp, Tony showed Kass, Woo, Jefra, and Trish his newly-found Idol and told them it was for the team. However, he also hoped to spook any of them who might have been considering turning on him into staying loyal.
At the Immunity Challenge, Jeff took back the Immunity Necklace from Tasha and revealed the challenge: Inside Track. Each contestant would race to dig up five bags buried in the sand, but all tied to a single rope. Once collecting all of the bags, they were to empty them, collecting five balls which they would then use to navigate a table maze. The first person to land a ball in each of the five slots at the end of the maze would win Immunity.
Woo was the first to find his first bag, followed closely by Tony, Tasha, and Spencer. Jefra found hers soon after, and the five of them raced down the course, collecting the rest of their bags. Tony was the first to reach the end of the line, with Woo and Tasha hot on his tail. Meanwhile, Kass and Trish remained stuck at the beginning, still struggling to find their first bag.
As Spencer and Jefra reached the finish line and Trish finally found her first bag, Tasha pulled ahead and was the first to make it to the table maze. Kass finally found her bags and caught up to the pack whilst Tasha easily landed her first two balls on the maze. Tony, Spencer, and Woo began work on their mazes. Tony overpowered his board whilst Spencer and Woo remained calm. Nevertheless, as Tasha just missed landing her third ball, Woo and Tony landed their first.
Jefra caught up to the table as Tasha landed her third; Woo, his second and Spencer, his first. Woo quickly landed his third, evening him up with Tasha, though she pulled ahead to land her fourth. Woo caught up again with his fourth, but it was too late, as Tasha landed her last ball to win her third Immunity in a row.
Back at camp, Tasha was congratulated for her Immunity success. Planning to play up her connection to the women to fuel Tony's paranoia, Tasha headed off with Spencer to get water. Meanwhile, Kass and Woo talked by the fire shelter, reconfirming that both Spencer and Tasha had to go. Tony, Trish, and Jefra joined them and the four confirmed that Spencer should be the next to go. 
However, Tony was worried about being outnumbered by the women if Spencer went home, and approached Woo to propose pulling "a fast one" and blindside Jefra. Woo eagerly agreed, also recognizing the danger of the gender imbalance, and the two agreed to pull Spencer and Tasha in on the plan. 
Tony relayed the scheme to Spencer, telling him that it needed to stay quiet and instructing Spencer to share the plan with Tasha. Spencer then revealed the "Survivor Miracle: Part Two" to Tasha who was relieved, but also baffled at how Spencer had managed to pull a reversal off. Spencer took the good news back to Tony, but to play it safe, then headed into the jungle to search for the Idol. However, when Tony realized that Spencer was out looking for an Idol, he began to doubt Spencer's loyalty to the plan and considered doubling back to take out the threat.
At Tribal Council, Jeff first welcomed in the jury: Sarah Lacina, Morgan McLeod, LJ McKanas, and Jeremiah. Jeff began by asking Spencer about the Immunity Challenge, and the need for him or Tasha to win. He responded by agreeing that the situation placed him in trouble as he had no Hidden Immunity Idol and Tasha held Immunity. Tony was asked about the afternoon's events, and Tony revealed that Spencer had come up to him and told him that his alliance – namely Jefra – had planned to flip on him. Tony then pulled out his regular Hidden Immunity Idol and placed it around his neck, commenting that he didn't want to get blindsided. 
Jefra jumped in to clarify that she'd been upset about LJ's blindside, and that she'd "be lying if [she] said otherwise." Kass added that Jefra had needed to overcome the anger of being left out of the plan. Tony returned that you weren't supposed to "advertise a blindside." 
Asked about the dissention amongst the alliance, Tony argued that necessity kept them together and they just needed to get through two more votes and they'd be "Top Five." Asked for his opinion on the matter, Spencer agreed that "chaos is great" and as he was on the block already, it could only help him. Asked if the "dysfunctional family" worried her, Kass said it was possible that someone in her alliance could make a mistake as there was paranoia everywhere. Jefra nodded in agreement, stating that it was obvious that the people on the bottom would be trying to split them up.
Asked about how the story would end for him if he was voted out, Spencer said he would be happy knowing that he'd played hard, but spoke to the group, telling them that "windows of opportunity could be closing right now," saying that the most common way people lost the game was by not making moves at the right time.
Kass was then called to vote, and she cast her vote for Spencer. Jefra and Woo voted next, followed by Spencer, who cast his vote for Jefra. Trish, Tasha, and Tony rounded off the proceedings and Jeff tallied the votes.
Despite his threat to save himself, Tony did not play his Idol and Jeff read the votes. The first vote came up for Spencer, followed by one for Jefra. Both received another vote, to tie it up at 2-2. A third vote for Spencer was followed by a third vote for Jefra, which saw Jefra, Kass, and Trish grow puzzled. The final vote was for Jefra, and she became the twelfth person eliminated from and the fifth member of the jury. She wished the tribe luck as she departed, and Jeff sent Solarrion back to camp, emphasizing that it was an individual game after all.
==Challenges==
<tabber>Reward=Challenge: Survivor AuctionThe castaways were each given $500 to bid on items including food and idol clues. Pooling or sharing money was not permitted, and the auction would end without notice.
Purchase Breakdown 	Purchase Breakdown	Purchase Breakdown
Bidders 	Bidders 	Bidders
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Item 	Winner 	Bid
Popcorn, Candy, & Soft Drink 	 	$80
Covered Item(Quesadilla, Guacamole, Salsa, & Margarita)	 	$100
Covered Item(Steak Sandwich & Iced Tea) 	 	$20
Covered Item(Rice & Water) 	 	$60
Ribs & Beer 	 	$40
Advantage in the game(Clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol) 	 	$500
 Spencer and Tony both put the maximum bid for the item, so a rock draw was held to determine who won the item. Tony won the rock draw, making him the winning bidder.|-|Immunity=Challenge: Inside TrackThe castaways had to dig in a circle of sand until they found a rope, which ran underground and was tied to five bags. Once the castaways pulled all five bags up and out of the ground, they had to untie the bags, each releasing one ball. They would then have to maneuver the balls, one at a time, down a small maze and navigate them into five holes. The first castaway to land all five balls win immunity.Winner: </tabber>
==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
								
								
==Trivia==
===Deleted Scenes===
===Others===
* Jefra Bland's elimination makes Solana tie with Ulong for the earliest tribe extinction, as both tribes had their last surviving member eliminated on Day 30 in 7th place.
* This is the fourth consecutive time that a member of the original Solana was voted out.
* Kass McQuillen revealed that she had also won a brownie and iced coffee through a $20 blind bid on a covered item at the Survivor Auction, and that Woo Hwang bought a cherry pie, but the scenes were cut from the final episode.http://web.archive.org/web/20160413211810/https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/33ndpm/kass_ama/ However, the iced coffee and brownies are visible on Kass' tray during shots toward the bleachers after she purchased the steak sandwich, despite the purchase not being aired.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqloULk3dDA&t=355
* This auction holds the record for the least amount of money spent on food, with only $360 spent.http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/news/1002894/
* The Immunity Challenge is a more complex version of the final nine Immunity Challenge used in .
===Episode Title===
* The episode title is paraphrased from a comment made by Tony before Tribal Council where he told Woo, "It's going to be chaos, my friend."
==References==
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