Us Versus Them

**Us Versus Them** is the ninth episode of *Survivor: Ghost Island*.

## Story

### Night 22

The Nadi tribe returns from Tribal Council where Gabriela was voted out. People congratulate Mike on his idol play.

Eve starts to talk that she feels sorry for Mike, because she was told by Gabriela to vote for him and now she feels like an idiot. Keisha and Spencer also are talking that Gabriela has told them that everyone was against Mike. Rod lies and says that he got information that Rivka is in it too. Rivka looks at Rod and asks him who has told him that. Rod says that it's not important. Rivka laughs and leaves.

### Day 23

The Nadi tribe wakes up. Rivka talks with Clarke about last night. Clarke admits that he voted for Mike, but it was because the majority voted that way. Rivka says she understands that and asks Clarke what he wants to do next. Clarke says he wants to get rid of physical threats, because he thinks they are going to be problematic later on. Rivka says she's worried that Mike is going to be a target and for her it's too early to vote him out.

Eve and Libby are back with tree-mail. They read about Reward Challenge and everyone goes to compete at today's challenge.
Jeff welcomes everyone as they arrive. He explains the rules of the Reward Challenge. Divided into two teams of six, castaways will have to race across a floating balance beam to shore. Once they are ashore, they will need to use a slingshot to knock over six blocks on a perch using sandbags, with each member being required to launch at least once, then return to the beginning of the balance beam, where someone else goes out. The first team to knock all six blocks over win reward. He tells them that the reward is a feast of tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and margaritas. Everyone is so hyped to win this. They divide into two teams. Blue Team is Eve, Jackson, Jameson, Mike, Rod and Spencer. Orange Team is Cesar, Clarke, Keisha, Libby, Max and Rivka. The challenge begins. In the end Blue Team wins reward. They have to send one person from Orange Team to Ghost Island. They send Max. The winners go to their reward and losers are going back to their camp.

Max arrives at Ghost Island. He's surprised to be sent here.

The winning team arrives at the reward. It's Eve, Jackson, Jameson, Mike, Rod and Spencer.

Eve drinks margarita drink and she's so happy about it. Jackson starts to dance and gives a "cheers" to everyone. They start to eat. Mike says that he knows that it's the reward so he doesn't want people to feel bad and talk about strategy all the time but he just wants to know what has Gabriela told them about him that people consider him a threat. Eve says that for her Mike was someone totally unknown and she wanted to make sure that she survives the first vote, because Gabriela has told them that Tavewa people may play with each other. Jameson says it doesn't make any sense for him because Spencer is closer to Eve than with original Tavewa people. Spencer says that he was more in Molavu so maybe she was talking about Mike, Jameson, Libby and Cesar.

Mike continues saying he thinks that Gabriela misread him, because he feels totally on the bottom right now and there are still people who are targeting big threats. Jameson says that he feels like soon people are going to say Rod's name. Rod says that as far as he knows, some people already has named him to go home. Mike says that all he hears is that people are saying names, but he doesn't know names that are saying those names and he laughs. There's a silence.

Spencer says that to be honest, Gabriela has told him that Keisha and Max were also into voting out Mike more. Rod and Eve are shocked that Spencer is saying that, because they know it's not true. Mike asks how come. Spencer says that back at Molavu, Keisha and Max were flip-flopping every time they were voting at it causes such a chaos like rock-drawing and Asia's blindside. Spencer says that Keisha and Max are also very good at challenges and they're throwing names. Jameson asks why Spencer has voted with them though. Spencer says that he did that because he was scared about Tavewa people being closer, so he voted with Molavu.

The feast continues along with fun time, however camera shows now the Nadi camp. Losing team: Cesar, Clarke, Keisha, Libby and Rivka are in camp. Libby, Cesar and Rivka are sunbathing at the beach while Clarke and Keisha are in camp. Clarke says that he feels bad about what's happening in this game. Keisha jokes that she doesn't even know what's happening. Clarke says that he feels like they have to vote out one of them next. Keisha says that Libby and Rivka are so close that makes her scared.

Keisha asks Clarke how does he feel about Rivka. Clarke says that he likes Rivka, because she gives him information about the tribe situation, but what he doesn't like is that Rivka promised to vote with him and stick Molavu strong, but she went with Libby and for Clarke it's ok, the game changes. But what is scary for him is that she's very close with Libby and that's something that people should put in consideration. Keisha agrees saying they should vote huge personalities first.

### Day 24

The Nadi tribe is working around camp. Max is back to the tribe. Cesar and Libby are talking alone at the beach. Cesar starts telling Libby that he feels like there's so much game left and he doesn't know where people are at. Libby says that she feels like Eve and Rod are the power couple. Cesar agrees, but he's not sure if that should be the vote yet. Cesar starts talking about having some trouble with Libby at the beginning of the game. Libby laughs and asks him what was the case. Cesar says that he thinks Libby is a fierce competitor, but he knows now that he can count on her and they can really play this game together. Libby agrees and hugs Cesar.

Cesar, Jackson and Mike are talking. Cesar asks Jackson how does he feel here. Jackson says that he wants to play with them, because he thinks there are threats on the other side. Mike says that at the reward Spencer has told him that Keisha and Max were gunning for him. Cesar says that he's scared of them, because Max went to Ghost Island and he hopes he didn't find anything. Jackson says that Keisha is a challenge beast also. Cesar says that the swing votes are really scary right now.

Clarke, Keisha and Spencer are at the beach talking. Clarke starts the conversation about voting out a huge threat next. Spencer asks who he means. Clarke says that Rivka is playing a double agent role and it's shady. Keisha says it's scary, because she's too powerful right now. Spencer agrees.

### Day 25

The Nadi tribe arrives at Immunity Challenge. Jeff explains the rules. Castaways would have to eat exotic dishes (fish eyes, beetle larva, Yasawa sea slugs, and mother-of-pearl clam). Competing in stages, castaways must eat all of their dishes and show their empty mouth to finish. After each stage, a certain number of the fastest finishers would advance to the next round. The castaway that finishes all the stages wins immunity. First group is Clarke, Eve, Jackson, Keisha, Max and Rivka. They reveal. Jeff says it's the most nutritious part of the fish - the fish eye. First three to finish moves on. They start. Keisha struggles a lot. Rivka can't do this, she spits it. Max is first to finish. Eve tries to not think about the taste. Clarke moves on too. Keisha can't do it. The last spot goes for Eve, as she finishes before Jackson. Max, Clarke and Eve are moving on to the next round. Second group eats the same thing. It's Cesar, Jameson, Libby, Mike, Rod and Spencer. They start. Libby finishes really quickly. Rod struggles to finish that. Jameson winces so much because of what he is eating. Mike finishes second and Spencer finishes third. Libby, Mike and Spencer are moving on. Another round it's Max, Clarke, Eve, Libby, Mike and Spencer. It's a beetle larva, the grub. They start. Eve is screaming because of what she's eating. Max finishes first quickly and he's glad about himself. Spencer and Mike try to finish before Clarke and Libby as Eve is out right now. Clarke struggles a lot. Spencer finishes second. Mike struggles now, Libby eats larva quicker and she's the last one who moves to the next round. Next round is Max, Spencer and Libby. Jeff says it's time for a delicacy. It's a Yasawa sea slug. Libby starts to laugh and says it looks like shit. Max says it's easy for him. They start to eat. Max struggles with this. Spencer and Libby are eating too, but Libby can't do this, she struggles a lot. Spencer finishes first. Max tries to finish before Libby. He is, so Libby is eliminated and she spits the whole slug out of her mouth. The final round is going to be Spencer vs. Max. It's "the mother of pearl" and there's a meat and there's a lot of it. Max and Spencer shake their hands. This is the last round. Max starts to eat very quickly, he screams and tries to eat as fast as he can. Spencer winces a lot, he struggles. Max goes for it like an animal. In the end Max finishes first and wins immunity.

Nadi tribe returns to camp. Max is so glad to win this immunity. People congratulate him, but they're not happy he's safe.

Rod congratulates Spencer as he was very close. Eve joins them. Spencer is mad Max has won. Eve says that they have to talk with Max and try to vote out Mike again. Rod says it's tricky for him, because at the reward they were ok with him. Eve says that for has as long as there are people on board like Clarke, Max and Keisha they should try to do this.

Spencer says that Clarke and Keisha has talked to him yesterday that they want to blindside Rivka though. Eve is shocked and says it's crazy. Rod says they would need 7 votes and it's just impossible. Spencer says that with Clarke and Keisha they have 5. Eve asks Spencer does he feel like they can count on Keisha and Max for example. Spencer says no.

Jameson, Mike and Libby are talking. Jameson says that because of Max being safe it looks like it can be Keisha. Libby says that Keisha is a swing vote, she's good at challenges and that scares her. Mike says that Keisha was one of the people that was really trying to vote him out last time.

Mike talks with Clarke. Clarke says that he knows Mike is on the chopping block, so he's trying to do something else. Mike says that he was thinking about voting out Keisha, because she's a huge threat to the game and he thinks that Spencer, Rod and Eve are ok with this. Clarke is surprised.

Clarke, Spencer and Keisha are talking. Eve joins them and later on Max joins them. Clarke says that Rivka should be a target, because right now Mike is targeting Keisha. Keisha is surprised. She doesn't know why. Clarke says that Mike has told him that Spencer is on board. Spencer says that Mike was targeting Keisha at the reward, so he nodded that he's ok with this, because he doesn't have the numbers.

Clarke says that he would go for a tiebreaker with voting out Rivka, because he thinks that Jackson and maybe even Mike would flip against her, as they're not really tight. Spencer says that for him it would be better to vote for Mike as he thinks that there's more chance that people would flip against Mike than for Rivka. Clarke says that they need to put this in consideration.

Clarke and Cesar are talking. Clarke asks Cesar is there any chance he would flip and vote for Rivka tonight. Cesar asks why Rivka. Clarke says that she's really tight with Libby and after Rivka being voted out they can vote out Mike, Eve and Rod as they're all a huge threats. Cesar says that this plan sounds nice. Clarke says he's pretty sure there're going to be 6 votes on Rivka tonight.

Max comes to Rivka and Libby. He tells them that people are saying that Rivka is a target. Rivka is surprised it's her. She asks who said that. Max says that Eve, Rod, Spencer, Keisha and Clarke are trying to make a tiebreaker, but they argue about voting out either Rivka or Mike. Libby says it's crazy. Rivka asks Max is he ok with voting with them for Keisha. Max says that's why he came to them.

Everyone gets ready for Tribal Council. Spencer still doesn't know how his allies are voting tonight.

At Tribal Council Keisha is talking about how she heard her name. Mike says he knows she was against him last Tribal. Keisha says that there were a lot of people fine with voting out Mike. Mike says he knows it's not a true, because Keisha was the idea maker. Keisha says she wasn't. She tries so hard to convince Mike it's not true. Keisha says she's not going to vote for Mike tonight, so he's going to have a proof. Rod looks at Eve worried. Clarke says that right now he feels like there's alliance in the alliances, and he's worried because Mike is having a huge alliance, but he doesn't see that he's on the bottom of it, not really being the leader. Rivka says that she thinks that's the reason her name was on someone's lips today. The tribal is very live and people don't know what to think and what to do. The voting begins. In the end, there's 2 votes on Rivka, 3 votes on Mike and 7 votes on Keisha who's voted out and became 2nd Jury Member.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Air Raid**
Divided into two teams of six, castaways will have to race across a floating balance beam to shore. Once they are ashore, they will need to use a slingshot to knock over six blocks on a perch using sandbags, with each member being required to launch at least once, then return to the beginning of the balance beam, where someone else goes out. The first team to knock all six blocks over win.
**Reward:** A feast of tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and margaritas.
**Winner:** Blue Team (*Eve Turner, Jackson Gutierrez, Jameson Lisham, Mike Cox, Rod Otoole, and Spencer Monroe*) (*Max Franzel sent to Ghost Island*)

**Challenge:** **Buggin' Out**
Castaways would have to eat exotic dishes (fish eyes, beetle larva, Yasawa sea slugs, and mother-of-pearl clam). Competing in stages, castaways must eat all of their dishes and show their empty mouth to finish. After each stage, a certain number of the fastest finishers would advance to the next round. The castaway that finishes all the stages wins immunity.
**Winner:** Max Franzel

## Tribal Council

 Mike (3 votes)
 Rivka (2 votes)