Damage Control

Damage Control is the thirteenth episode of .
==Story==
===Night 30===
Aiga returns from Tribal Council. Russell tells Shambo that John was gunning for her to calm her down. Russell makes a confessional about him lying about his personal life and doing anything to win the game. Shambo bought the lie, but tells Russell that Dave needs to be the next to go.
===Day 31===
===Day 32===
Jaison asked Brett and Monica if he can join. They didn't mind as Monica pointed out that they were trying to handle getting voted out. The three discussed who would get jury votes and they agree on Mick and Russell potential getting votes. Brett said he believed that Russell was the biggest threat for his aggressive game. Jaison claimed that his game was to let Russell be the pit while he be nice in the background but Jaison is questioning his game. Jaison made a confessional about how at this point in the game one should think about jury management and his endgame argument was to convince the jury that the strategic thinking was a group consensus among the Foa Foa Four and not just Russell. Jaison reveals to the young Galu members that Russell makes millions, shocking them in the process. Brett makes a confessional about Foa Foa having cracks in the alliance.
When the castaways arrived at the challenge, Jeff revealed the challenge was for individual immunity. Russell was happy with the reveal. In the first round Shambo, Russell, Jaison, and Dave defeated Natalie, Brett, Monica and Mick respectively to advance to the next round. In the second round, Shambo and Jaison defeated Russell and Dave respectively to advance to the next round. In the final round, Shambo had two gutterballs while Jaison knocked down a few pins, winning him immunity. Shambo was estatic that Dave failed to win immunity.
When they returned to Camp, Dave was justiabifily worried about being voted out. Dave tells Monica to let Russell hear everything and stay calm. Russell told Natalie and Mick to vote out Dave and they would be in the top four. Mick makes a confessional about the reason for Dave's eventual elimination was to appease Shambo. Monica talked to Russell about the vote. Russell told her it was Dave. Monica then listed off reasons to vote out Shambo but said in a confessional that Russell wasn't a fool. Russell was interested in taking Dave to Day 39 because he believed that he would win easily. Russell tells Dave in private about how it's in his best interest to align with him. Russell tells Dave that he was arrange for Shambo to be voted out. Dave wasn't sure if it would happen but wouldn't be surprise because miracles had happened before. Mick tells Shambo that she was a target at tonight's Tribal Council. Shambo corrects him and stated that she been a target well before today. Shambo states in a confessional that she and Russell were going to have a talk if Dave wasn't voted out.
===Day 33===
At the Immunity Challenge, it ultimately came down to Mick and Brett. However, Brett scored first, giving him immunity.
Back at Camp, Monica was upset about not being able to land a bag.
==Challenges==
<tabber>Immunity (Day 31)=Challenge: Fauxconut BowlingThe castaways would compete in a bowling tournament. The castaways would be randomly matched against another castaway and given two rolls. The castaway who knocks down the most pins moves on to the next round. The remaining castaways would compete in another round and so forth until a winner is determined.Winner: |-|Immunity (Day 33)=Challenge: Walk On WaterThe castaways would swim out into the ocean to retrieve one of three bags. They would then swim back and have to launch the bag up into a basket on top of a tower by jumping on a plank setup like a seesaw. The first castaways to get their three bags into the basket would win.Winner: </tabber>
==Tribal Council==
===Day 31===
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====Voting Confessionals====
Shambo's confessional was shown in the episode. Dave was shown writing Shambo's name on the parchment. Jaison did not give a confessional.
====Final Words====
===Day 33===
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====Voting Confessionals====
Edited versions of Russell H. and Monica's confessionals were shown in the episode.
====Final Words====
===Still in the Running===
									
									
==Trivia==
===Behind the Scenes===
===Life at Ponderosa===
===Other===
* There was an error in the labeling. Initially Day 32 was shown. After the first Immunity Challenge, the day was claimed to be Day 31.
* Each pairing in the first Immunity Challenge consisted of a former Foa Foa member and a former Galu member.
* With Dave's elimination, this marks the first time that the original Foa Foa members outnumber the original Galu members.
* This is the first time that Russell H. receives votes that count.
==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Samoa Episodes
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Episodes
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