Knights of the Round Table

Knights of the Round Table is the fifth episode of .
==Story==
===Night 11===
The Heroes return to camp after Cirie Fields' blindside, and everyone is upset at J.T. Thomas for turning on them except for Tom Westman and Colby Donaldson, who are very pleased to see things turn their way for once. J.T. tries to justify his vote to his tribe by saying that Cirie was just too duplicitous to keep in the game, and that he wanted to keep the team strong.
===Day 12===
The next morning in the shelter, J.T. talks to Amanda Kimmel about why he decided to vote for Cirie, saying he only did it to get rid of a threat, and not because he wanted to align with Tom and Colby, but Amanda doesn't believe him.
Over at the Villains camp, the Villains decide to have a group session of Coach Wade's "Dragon-Slayer-Chi". Everyone in the tribe participates, except for Russell Hantz.
While the rest of the group does the Dragon Slayer-tai-chi with Coach, Russell searches for the Hidden Immunity Idol just down the beach and finally finds it while digging under a tree after having searched the same spot for the past several days.
Both tribes head to the Reward Challenge to compete for a feast of chocolate. As the Heroes walk in, the Villains look fairly shocked that Cirie was voted at the Heroes' last Tribal Council. The challenge is very physical; it is the same one used in the previous season that caused a medical evacuation. Just like the challenge's previous appearance, the challenge gets rough quickly. During the Reward Challenge, James Clement's knee buckles up and he falls down, causing host Jeff Probst to call in medical. Medical determines that James might be able to recover from the injury but that he cannot continue to compete in the challenge.
Both tribes fight hard and there are a few other injuries. Coach is thrown to the ground by J.T., then Rupert Boneham throws Jerri Manthey hard into the side wall and hits her head, causing Jeff to halt the challenge momentarily. Despite this, the Villains manage to beat the Heroes again, winning the reward. The tribe departs via helicopter. After the challenge is over, medical stays behind with James in order to examine his knee. Medical believes James' knee is injured badly enough to pull him from the game, but they put a splint on it to test if he can walk.
The Villains arrive to the reward congratulating themselves and indulge in the chocolate.
Once they're done eating, all of the Villains except Russell and Parvati Shallow go swim in a nearby open air water hole located forty feet below the surface in a depression in a massive opening in the ground. While enjoying the water, Rob Mariano's Villain alliance talks about the strong possibility that Russell now has a Hidden Immunity Idol, since they saw him digging for it all the previous day.
Staying up top at the table where the chocolate was, Russell reveals to Parvati that he found the idol.
Russell tells Parvati that having the idol is great, but that they will need to show somebody so they can work out an alliance. Parvati suggests to try Coach, since he is scared of his position in the game.
As Coach walks up from the water hole, Russell pulls him aside and reveals that after digging for three days, that he does in fact have the Hidden Immunity Idol. Coach is clearly shocked that Russell is sharing this information with him, but in a good way. Coach is honored that he has been trusted with this information and kneels down to be knighted by Russell.
At the Heroes camp, Amanda talks to Candice Woodcock about how devastating it would be if James were to be evacuated from the game and they express frustration at the results of the challenge.
J.T. and Rupert have doubts that James will be coming back from his injury, Rupert declares that James has been gone for far too long for the injury to have been a simple one and that he must be out of the game. Most of the Heroes are heartbroken at the injury, and the fact that it could affect James the rest of his life. Tom, however, would not be entirely sad if James were not to return.
Tom looks out and sees James hobbling back towards camp in a knee brace and bandages. The Heroes go and enthusiastically cheer his arrival. Amanda runs out to welcome back James and hugs him, overjoyed to see that he has returned and was not evacuated a second time.
As the other Heroes greet him and ask him about his leg, James says that medical doesn't know what he did to his knee, but that he has to keep it from moving.
Laying in the shelter, James expresses frustration with his knee, saying that the only time it hurts is when he tries to walk on it, and that he's in no pain just laying there. James, Amanda, and Candice talk about what happened around camp while he was getting his leg fixed up.
===Day 14===
Both tribes arrive at the Immunity Challenge on Day 14 eager to compete, Coach reflects that he and all the remaining Villains are happy to see James still in the game and not be evacuated to another injury, which is what happened in , as he did not deserve to leave the game after the reward challenge. James and Jerri lead their respective tribes in the first portion of the challenge by being the callers for blindfolded pairs retrieving pieces to a puzzle. James is able to open his tribe up with a large lead to start the puzzle. As the Villains get to the puzzle, the Villains led by Rob make up a lot of time. The Villains are able to beat the Heroes once again at a puzzle and win immunity. The defeat is a serious blow to the morale of the Heroes, with Colby shouting out in frustration and Rupert kicking a puzzle block as the Villains clinch the victory.
After losing the Immunity Challenge, the Heroes talk about their poor performance in every challenge that involves a puzzle, and jokingly, everything but sumo wrestling. Tom and Colby talk in the jungle about how they need to get rid of James due to his injury that could be a problem in challenges and working around camp. Rupert and J.T. meet together and Rupert tells J.T. they should still go ahead and vote out Tom and keep James because James has proven his strength despite his bad knee. Candice walks up to the conversation and joins in the discussion. Candice is confused why her tribe wants to keep the clearly injured James and she tries to say that James is a liability in challenges and that he needs to be voted out.
The group ends their discussion and everyone heads off in different directions. Rupert speaks with Amanda and voices his frustration with Candice for targeting James, and even suggests the Heroes vote her out. Amanda tells Rupert that they need to vote out Tom first though. Candice and J.T. sit together in the jungle and discuss about the fact that they're the swing votes. They both agree the logical vote to make is James, but they realize that they have to be sure they make the right vote since they can choose to side with either alliance.
Tom joins J.T. and Candice to talk. J.T. tells Tom that he's safe since the two of them will vote against James with Colby and Tom.
Rupert talks to J.T. at the camp later that day and questions which alliance he plans on voting with, and J.T. swears he will stick with Rupert, Amanda, and James. J.T. also shakes with Colby later on the beach that he will vote out James. The alliance of Tom, Candice, and Colby; and the alliance of Rupert, Amanda, and James both believe that J.T. is on their side.
The Heroes arrive once again to Tribal Council and start talking about James's knee injury, James claims that he will be fine and that he can still compete. As the tribe discusses about the Immunity Challenge, James calls out Tom and Candice for their poor performance on the puzzle. Tom questions James' ability to continue to physically perform in the game, but James challenges the tribe to vote him out if they feel that Tom can do better than him at the Immunity Challenges. James claims that all he wants is for the Heroes tribe to win, and that if the tribe thinks he is a greater liability than Tom, to eliminate him. Evidently, the tribe appears to agree with James about his worth in the game, J.T. and Candice stick with the majority alliance and vote out Tom 5-2.
==Challenges==
<tabber>Reward=Challenge: Schmergen BrawlIn a walled-off arena, three members of each tribe would battle for control of three balls. Once a castaway gets control of a ball, they would pass the ball to three other tribe members standing on a platform who would attempt to throw the ball through the opposing tribe's basket at the other end of the arena. One point would be scored when a ball is made in the basket. After every point, the tribes would change who was in the arena and on the platform. The first tribe to score two points would win.Reward: A trip to a swimming hole and a feast of chocolate bars, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate milkWinner: |-|Immunity=Challenge: Blind Cube CrisisOne castaway from each tribe would work as a caller to direct their tribemates, who would be blindfolded and teamed up in pairs, in collecting ten large puzzle pieces from a field. Once all of the puzzle pieces were collected, the entire tribe would work together to assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to complete their puzzle would win.Winner: </tabber>
==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
Colby and James did not give confessionals when they voted.
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
									
									
==Trivia==
===Behind the Scenes===
* Tom Westman's secret scene takes place on Day 14, where he has a conversation with Rupert Boneham and Candice Woodcock in some shallow water by the beach. Tom feels Candice is leaning towards his side, but is unsure of J.T. Thomas despite J.T. having given his word, so Tom tries to work on Rupert. Tom throws James Clement under the bus and insults James' character and physical ability to continue. Rupert tells Tom to stop, but Tom continues to try and convince Rupert to side with him by disparaging James some more.
===Other===
* This episode marks the fourth time a contestant (and the third time a member of the Heroes tribe) has been injured in this season.
* With Tom's elimination, both former contestants that participated in this season have been eliminated.
** This also marks the first time Tom has been voted out. 
==References==
Category:EpisodesCategory:Survivor (U.S.)
2005
Category:Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains05