Basic Human Responses

"Basic Human Responses"	"Basic Human Responses"
 	
Season 	Survivor: Thailand
Episode Number 	11/13 (063)
First Broadcast 	January 4, 2018
Episode Chronology 	Episode Chronology
Previous 	When Girls Come Together No Man Is Safe
Next 	Convince
Basic Human Responses is the eleventh episode of Survivor: Thailand.
==Story==
===Day 30 (Night)===
The final six arrive back at camp, with Karen now completely alone after the elimination of Kanda. Phillip seems in high spirits, clearly pleased to have almost completely eliminated his former tribe, feeling that his 'revenge' has been widely successful. 
Karen looks in the direction of Salma, feeling as though she has made a bad decision in sticking with the boys, and that she will be amongst those cut before the final tribal council. Salma decides to look away from Karen, failing to give a response to her indirect insult. 
===Day 31===
The group lay around the camp whilst Aaron and Phillip go off to collect tree mail. Julius rubs his hands across his lips, complaining that they are dry and cracked due to dehydration. Vince lifts his shift and looks at his torso, noting his ribs are on show more and more with each passing day.
Over by tree mail, Phillip and Aaron escape their sombre mood once they read the preview for the next challenge, assuming that the reward will involve luxury food, giving them a much needed moral boost. The pair rush back to camp, excited to share the information with the rest of the tribe.
The boys return to camp, reading tree mail aloud to the rest of the tribe, giving everyone some sense of excitement in that they may be playing for a much needed meal. They all begin to gather their things, getting ready to head over to the reward challenge.
===Reward===
The final six reach the reward challenge, sitting down on two rows of benches with Jeff stood across from them. After a short update on their camp situation, Jeff then moves on to what the group will be playing for, bringing individuals out one by one.
Vince's dad runs out from the side, standing behind a small counter/bar area waving to his son, causing everyone to go into a small meltdown, bursting with excitement that they'll be playing for time with their loved ones. Jeff informs the contestants that they will not be allowed to embrace their loved ones, and only the winner will be allowed to do so.
Karen mouths "I love you" to her boyfriend, unable to speak due to her constant crying, with the mixture of sadness and happiness proving too much. 
Ben waves to Aaron, who gives a short wave back, spending much of his time trying to wipe tears away from his face. Karen places her arm around Aaron, still crying herself over not being allowed to have physical contact with her boyfriend.
Salma covers her mouth and begins to sob as her daughter walks out, sobbing more after her daughter exclaims that her mum is "doing great". Julius sits and waits, knowing his loved one will be the next to walk out.
With all the loved ones lined up, Jeff tells the group that they will be taking part in an eating competition, in which they will consume bugs in order to win time with their loved one. All six contestants tell Jeff they are ready, only to be informed that their loved ones will be competing on their behalf, with the winning loved one earning the right to spend twenty-four hours at the Chuay Jai camp with their loved one. The first course is brought out, with the loved ones expected to each eat several dead fire ants.
All six loved ones shove the bowl of fire ants into their mouths, trying to get them down in bulk rather than one by one. Vince's dad Hinata and Aaron's brother Ben finish first, quickly followed by Julius' wife Toni and Phillip's brother Brian. Karen's boyfriend Ed finishes several seconds later, leaving Salma's daughter Cece struggling. After words of encouragement, Cece managed to swallow the ants, putting her through to the second round.
The six loved ones are then provided a single water bug each, once again being told to consume it without any time limit, with those able to do so moving onto the next round. The group begin eating, immediately gagging and heaving at the taste and consistency of the water bug. Hinata and Ben once again finish first, followed closely by Brian, who remains emotionless during the ordeal. The other three loved ones struggle, with Ed eventually gagging so much that the mushed up bug falls from his mouth onto the floor. Unable to consume what has now fallen, Ed is announced as being out of the challenge, with no chance to spend time with Karen. A teary Ed apologises to his girlfriend, who assures him that she's still glad to have seen him. Toni and Cece eventually manage to get their bugs down, placing them through to the next round. 
After Ed leaves, the remaining five are then given three grubs each, informed that for the first time there is a limit to how many can get through to the next round, with only the first two to finish being permitted a spot in the final round. Toni announces to the group that she has a fear of grubs, and feels unable to go through with this round.
The round begins, with everyone but Toni shoving the grubs into their mouths. Cece immediately spits hers out, struggling once again to get through the eating. Ben finishes his grubs first, granting him the first of two spots in the final round. Hinata and Brian appear to be fighting for second place, with Hinata ultimately the one who gets through, leaving Brian and Cece eliminated from the challenge. Salma, Phillip and Julius say goodbye to their loved ones, still unable to physically hug them before they depart. Jeff informs the final two of Ben and Hinata that they must now consume a tarantula, showing them a live one, causing Ben to somewhat freak out, admitting he has a irrational fear of these insects. 
After beginning, both Hinata and Ben shove the boiled spider into their mouth, trying their best to finish. Hinata remarkably finishes before the time limit is up, leaving it up to Ben to finish in time, or be eliminated from the challenge. After the time limit passes, Ben is forced to spit the chewed up spider from his mouth, having been unable to swallow it in time.
Ben leaves the challenge area, with Hinata proudly walking over to Jeff to receive his honorary Chuay Jai golden buff, before being given the first opportunity to hug his son. The final six and temporary member Hinata head back to camp, somewhat excited to greet their new tribe member, but also envious that it is not their loved one coming back with them.
Challenge: Thai Menu
The loved ones will compete against each other in a bug-eating contest. If a loved one does not want to cooperate, they will be disqualified from the challenge, going home without any hugs from their survivor. The last loved one to finish their food is eliminated. Last one standing wins. The win will be counted as a victory for their survivor.
Reward: he winning loved one will stay at the Chuay Jai camp for 24 hours.
Winner: Vince (won by his father Hinata)
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Result 	Winner 	2nd 	3rd 	3rd 	3rd 	4th 	 	 	
Castaway 	Hinata(Vince) 	Ben(Aaron) 	Brian(Phillip) 	Cece(Salma) 	Toni(Julius) 	Ed(Karen) 	 	 	
===Chuay Jai===
The group arrived back at the caves with Hinata in tow. They all give him a standard greeting, knowing that much of his time will be spent alone with Vince. The father and son duo head off down the beach onto the tribes canoe, going out into the water in order to fish and spend time together. Aaron and Salma go off to collect firewood, leaving the other three around camp. 
Julius walks away, not wanting to spend much time around Phillip whilst he's in a bad mood, leaving both ex-Sook Jai members alone around the fire. Phillip begins complaining about Vince winning another reward to Karen, who fails to respond, clearly not wanting to get in conversation with Phillip. However, after Phillip mentions his annoyance surrounding the boys "disloyalty", Karen decides to engage, seeing the potential to create a wedge between the dominant alliance.
Out on the boat, Vince and his father talk through the game together, having already spent time speaking about home and the toughness of living off the land.
===Day 32===
After a night of talking, the tribe wake up late, sitting around waiting for Hinata to depart as his twenty-four hour stay comes to an end. Vince and his dad sit on the beach, looking out for the boat to come and take Hinata away.
As time passes, the boat eventually arrives to pick Hinata up, giving him one final chance to say goodbye to his son and the rest of the tribe. Once the boat has left, Vince is comforted by everyone but Phillip, who continues to remain bitter at not being given the reward.
Vince sees Phillip sitting alone in the caves, refusing to come down and see his father off.
Later on in the day, Phillip remains in the caves, speaking to Aaron and Karen about his annoyance surrounding Julius and Vince. Phillip tells the other two that he thinks Julius and Vince have taken Salma off to collect water in order to form a final three deal.
===Day 33===
The final six prepare for their next immunity challenge, heading out into what they realise will be an important moment, with several individuals wanting to both ensure they win, and that certain individuals aren't safe come tribal council.
At the individual immunity challenge, Jeff asks the group how it felt to see their loved ones, only to have them leave so suddenly after. After almost every member mentions their sadness at seeing their loved ones leave, Jeff shocks them by announcing "they never left", resulting in all six loved ones running out to embrace the remaining contestants. Once things have calmed down, Jeff informs the tribe that they will be competing alongside their loved ones in the challenge, with the pair that wins getting immunity for their tribe member at the next tribal council.
Challenge: Cube Crisis
Tied with their loved one, the survivors had to gather their own misshapen pieces from a nearby pile and fit the assorted, oversized pieces in such a way that they construct a colored cube. The first person to have successfully constructed their colored cube wins Immunity.
Winner: Vince
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Placement 	Winner 	Competitors 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Castaway 	Vince 	Aaron, Julius, Karen, Phillip, Salma	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
The final six return to camp, with Vince now immune with a guaranteed spot in the final five. He seems somewhat pleased, having initially worried due to Phillip's odd behaviour towards him since the previous reward challenge.
With individuals separating to get their things ready for tribal council, Phillip begins to put in place his plan to oust Julius from the game, having already laid the foundations of the plan with Aaron and Karen the previous day.
Aaron agrees to what Phillip has said, before heading off to find Salma, wanting to go over the options with her before making his mind up, feeling uneasy about Phillip's logic in the upcoming vote.
The Chuay Gahn four end up standing together down the beach, cementing what Julius and Vince believe should be an easy vote against Karen. However, Vince voices his concerns surrounding Phillip, asking if the others would be willing to vote him out first. Salma admits she'd rather Phillip go for personal reasons, but wonders if Karen staying would be a mistake. After some time, Aaron manages to get Salma on her own, filling her in on the side plans to take Julius out of the game.
The group arrive at tribal council, looking over at the entirely ex-Sook Jai jury, with Karen giving Ricardo and Kanda a half smile, realising that she is likely to join them soon. Rather than to wait to be questioned on tribal dynamics, Phillip begins by diverting off Jeff's question and bringing up Julius and Vince's control of the game, feeling that they are the most impressive players. He continues to highlight their threatening status even when they rebuke his claims, feeling that the control has been shared equally between the four Chuay Gahn members (and renegade Phillip). Salma and Aaron both agree that it is disconcerting to hear their own place in the game played down due to the perception others have of Vince and Julius, with Salma reminding the group that no one "controls" her vote, and that all her decisions are made to better her own game. When questions come to an end, Phillip commences the start of the votes, and is shown to be writing down Julius' name on the paper. Karen is seen doing the same, with the other votes remaining a mystery. Aaron seems the most hesitant with his vote, stopping momentarily to think through his decision, before placing his vote in the urn and returning to his seat. As Jeff collects the urn, Phillip looks over to the jury, winking at his former tribe mates in hope they'll appreciate what he believes is about to happen. Julius and Vince look at one another, then towards Aaron, who seems to be diverting his eye contact away from his former tribe mates.
Julius frowns, looking over at Phillip, expecting he is the second vote, shocked that he had the confidence to try and pull off such a move.
Karen gives a slight laugh and nods, standing to grab her torch. Phillip shakes his head in disappointment, offering a hug to his ex-tribe mate as she is leaving, which she refuses, telling him "don't waste your energy". Karen congratulates Julius and Vince, telling them they're both "impeccable players", before leaving the tribal council area. The final five then return to camp, leaving Phillip as the final ex-Sook Jai member, and now an obvious target after his failed move to get Julius out of the game.
==Tribal Council==
Tribal Council 11:Chuay Jai	Tribal Council 11:Chuay Jai 	 	
VotedAgainst 	Voter 	 	
Karen (4 votes) 	Aaron, Julius, Salma & Vince	 	
Julius (2 votes) 	Karen & Phillip 	 	
VOTED OFF:Karen 	VOTED OFF:Karen 	VOTED OFF:Karen	VOTED OFF:Karen
===Voting Confessionals===
===Final Words===
===Still In The Running===
Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn
Aaron 	Gypsy 	Harper 	Julius 	Rachel 	Salma 	Vince 	West
Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai
Estan 	Joan 	Kanda 	Karen 	Melissa 	Phillip 	Ricardo 	Rick