It's Getting the Best of Me

It's Getting the Best of Me is the second episode of .
==Story==
===Night 3===
A torrential rainstorm drenches the Villains camp, and their poorly constructed shelter only makes things worse. Many of the Villains complain about the conditions, with Randy Bailey in particular being vocal about his suffering in the rain. Rob Mariano is frustrated that his tribe is complaining, but that they don't want to put in the work to make things better.
===Day 4===
That next morning, the Villains tribe finally decides to get to work rebuilding their shelter so that it can withstand the rain. Rob leads the reconstruction effort, but there is debate over what shelter design would be best, with each member of the tribe trying to put their own opinions in, making things disorganized and chaotic.
The Heroes tribe, on the other hand, is working well around camp with people who aren't afraid to work hard around camp. Despite the harmony, Rupert Boneham views Stephenie LaGrossa as a threat and wishes to get Stephenie out of the game. However, Stephenie has noticed Rupert's disdain for her and tries to think of her options.
The Villains continue to struggle with their shelter, and Rob becomes even more frustrated by his tribe's dysfunction, causing him to throw his hands up and walk off into the jungle. A little later, Jerri Manthey discovers Rob somewhere out in the jungle laying down on the ground, apparently having collapsed from exhaustion. Medical is called in to check up on Rob, but his vital signs are fine, and Rob recovers after a bottle of water is given to him, so he walks back to camp where everyone on the tribe is relieved to see that he's okay.
===Day 5===
Both tribes head to the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge eager to win immunity. As the Heroes strategize right before the challenge begins, they agree to let J.T. Thomas lead the team and have one voice since he had competed on the same challenge in . The Heroes open a lead once again on the physical portion of the challenge by rolling the puzzle blocks faster. However, the Heroes quickly lose their lead during the puzzle portion of the challenge of assembling those blocks to form a staircase. Rob takes charge of the Villains effort and begins making a lot of progress, causing the Heroes to break down from their original strategy of having only one voice on the puzzle. James Clement becomes very irritated at the many voices calling out directions ineffectively, and he lashes out at his own tribe. With Rob's leadership, the Villains place their last piece in the puzzle and claim victory, and the reward of a tarp. Immediately after the loss, James lashes out against Stephenie in particular for not being helpful in the puzzle by constantly talking without saying anything useful to help them win.
When the Heroes return to camp after their defeat, everyone meets together and J.T. tells everyone he was bothered that their strategy fell apart at the challenge because people stopped listening to him and started shouting out things on their own. Rupert agrees with J.T. and contrasts the Heroes' scatterbrained efforts with Rob's successful approach in the challenge, leading the Villains' effort by being the only one talking. In the shelter, James again expresses his anger and frustration with the people who were talking in the challenge when they needed to be quiet. After his rant, James storms out of the shelter. James's outburst does little to earn him respect from Tom Westman.
Returning victorious from the challenge, the Villains celebrate winning a tarp and are happy with Rob for leading them to victory, everyone except for Russell Hantz, who increasingly sees Rob as a threat.
Later in the afternoon at the Heroes camp, James talks to J.T., Amanda Kimmel, Cirie Fields, and Candice Woodcock about Stephenie being a curse on the tribe due to her being the last person on her tribe in her previous season, . James thinks that her bad luck is carrying on into the Heroes tribe and that they need to get rid of her. J.T. worries about which direction the next vote will take the tribe and what tone it will set for the rest of the game.
Tom, Stephenie, and Colby Donaldson talk about their troubled position in the game, and the three realize that they are clearly on the outs with the tribe. Tom comes up with a plan to sway things their way by telling Cirie and Candice that they will be the next ones the dominant alliance of Amanda, James, Rupert, and J.T. will target if Stephenie is sent home.
===Day 6===
The next day, Stephenie talks to Cirie in the water about voting out Amanda. Stephenie tries to convince Cirie that she will be the next to go if they eliminate Stephenie at the upcoming Tribal Council.
Tom approaches Candice in the jungle and gives her the same pitch, but Candice feels that she will be at the bottom of either alliance and is not sure what to do. Cirie and Candice then sit in the jungle together and talk to each other about what to do. Both women agree they need to be partners together in the game since they each have no other true strong alliances. The two debate on who to send home and Cirie states that it doesn't matter to her so long as it isn't her.
At Tribal Council, the result of the Immunity Challenge is talked about and strongly debated, James calls out Stephenie for her voice in particular being useless during the challenge when she needed to stay quiet. Stephenie fights back and argues with James. Colby and Tom both speak out and stand up to James in defense of Stephenie. Tom in particular strongly argues with James about his attitude. In the end, Candice and Cirie decided to stick with the majority alliance and vote out Stephenie in a 6-3 vote. After getting her torch snuffed, Stephenie attempts to call out James, but is shut down when James tells her to keep her mouth shut, a comment that disgusts Tom.
==Challenges==
Reward/Immunity Challenge: A Crate IdeaIn pairs, the castaways would race across a field to retrieve six large crates painted in their tribe's colors. Once all six crates were retrieved, the tribes would have to stack the crates into a staircase with the name of their tribe in alignment along the sides. The first tribe to complete the staircase and get all of their members up the staircase to the top of a platform would win.Reward: TarpWinner: 
==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
James did not give a confessional. Complete confessionals are retrieved from CBS' YouTube account.
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
									
									
==Trivia==
===Secret Scenes===
* Day 4 on the Heroes tribe, Stephenie bonds with Candice while washing off in a pond. The two women find they have a lot in common, but Stephenie knows Candice is a smart player and Stephenie voices surprise at how strategic everyone is playing the game so early on.
===Other===
==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Heroes vs. Villains Episodes
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Episodes
Category:Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains