Be Careful Of The Upper Snake

**Be Careful Of The Upper Snake** is the seventh episode of *Survivor: Solomon Islands*.

## Summary

### Merge

***RUANIU***

***SUKIKI***

The Ruaniu tribe arrives at the beach as Jeff is standing in front of them. They're followed by the Sukiki tribe. Gloria looks relieved to not see Jimmy anymore, same for Hammad. Itzel looks a bit confused though. Jeff welcomes both tribes as he says that it's time to drop their buffs again. Everyone does so as the final ten players look at each other.

As soon as everyone has dropped their buffs, Jeff says it's time to switch tribes again. However, this time they will all go to the same tribe as they have officially merged! The final ten players cheerfully celebrate that they've made it to the merge. Jeff hands over ten new buffs, having the merged players wearing a purple buff. Parvati turns it on and starts to pose, telling everyone that it looks good on her. It indirectly causes Blake to blush while the others are too busy with celebrating to have merged.

***MARAKURU***

The merged group joins the feast as a gigantic table is filled with any kinds of food. Fish, vegetables, fresh baked potatoes, chicken, beef, hamburgers, icecream, sandwiches, salades, pizza ... everything imaginable is there. As Itzel wants to join Tyrone and Chanelle, she sees them sitting with Neil and Jia Li. Gloria and Hammad have joined them as well as Itzel starts to frown a bit. She still enjoys her dinner but she's feeling a bit off. In the meantime, Parvati senses that Blake continues to look at her. She tries not to make any eye contact with him and decides to drink some wine.

All players then get on the boat, heading towards their camp.

### Marakuru

Blake, Chanelle, Gloria, Hammad, Itzel, Jia Li, Neil, Parvati, Tyrone and Zander arrive at their camp. Itzel sees her chance to take Tyrone and Chanelle aside and asks if they're still working together. Tyrone says that he didn't think Itzel would be so paranoid and assures her that they're still working together. Chanelle observes Itzel's body language and feels a bit uncomfortable with her attitude. Itzel still doesn't feel like she's convinced of their loyalty and decides to leave, pretending to be fine with them. Chanelle tells Tyrone that she's not sure why Itzel is having second thoughts on their alliance. Tyrone shrugs.

Zander decides to sit with Blake and Parvati and tells them that they need to do something to get control over this game. Neil and Jia Li are possibly not wanting to work with them so they need to find a other way to get majority. Parvati says that she'll work with anybody but Gloria and Hammad because she can't stand them. Blake says he's close with Chanelle so he could get her. Parvati glares a bit towards his direction while Zander says he'll talk to Itzel.

Most players are working on the shelter as Neil and Jia Li take a little moment to talk in the woods. Neil shares with Jia Li that he thinks they could be in a good position if they keep themselves a bit quiet. Jia Li says she fully agrees. She likes it that they're getting along well with Gloria, Jimmy, Chanelle. Neil says he also had an alliance with Itzel so maybe if they all come together, they could form a majority alliance. Jia Li says it feels special to her to be part of the majority. She then says that they should look for the idol soon too. No one has found the Ruaniu idol it seems like. Neil agrees.

Itzel decides to check on Hammad and asks him if he knows anything about the alliance Tyrone made with Neil. Hammad says he doesn't know much about it. Itzel continues to ask Hammad questions but he has no answer on any of them. Zander notices Itzel being frustrated and decides to approach her, taking her into the woods. He asks her how she's feeling in this game. Itzel tells Zander that she's done with Tyrone and Neil. She wants them out both. Zander says he's actually surprised someone dares to name names already. Itzel says it's time to change up this game.

In the woods, Gloria, Chanelle and Jia Li are having a chat. Gloria tells the two girls that she feels gifted to be playing with them because they remind them of her two oldest daughters. Jia Li and Chanelle share their stories on how they bonded with Gloria. While Jia Li is genuinely happy to be very close with Gloria and Chanelle, Chanelle herself is getting a weird vibe from Jia Li. When Jia Li leaves to look for the idol again, Chanelle asks Gloria if she's real about Jia Li. Gloria says she is, with Chanelle saying that she rather sees Jia Li not be as close to them as possible because they'll have to vote her out soon anyways. Gloria frowns, not getting why they'd vote her soon. Chanelle says that they need to stay Ruaniu strong. Gloria is slightly confused.

It's almost time for the challenge as Tyrone and Neil are doing some work-outs. Hammad decides to talk to Tyrone, with Neil standing next to them. Hammad informs Tyrone that Itzel kept asking questions about the alliance they made with Neil and Jia Li and for some reason she became a bit pissed off. Tyrone looks slightly worried and says that he has to talk with Itzel as soon as the challenge is done because he's getting a weird vibe from her. Neil decides to stay out of the conversation. As Tyrone and Neil decide to do some last running, Hammad talks to himself and says he has to pray for ratting out Itzel otherwise he'll be punished for it. At that moment, the boat arrives to pick up the players for the challenge, causing Hammad to forget about it.

### Challenge

***MARAKURU***

The final ten arrive at their first individual immunity challenge. Jeff welcomes them and says that before they start, he will explain the second part of the Roulette twist of this season. The winner of the individual immunity challenge will get the opportunity to toss heads or tails. If it lands on the side of choosing, the player keeps their immunity and gets to open one of the reward chests. However, if it lands on the wrong side the player will lose their individual immunity and will instead go to a random player still in the game by roulette, causing them to be immune instead. This twist causes mixed reactions by the players.

Jeff then reveals the challenge of today. Today they’ll compete in **Work Yourself Out**. Everyone will be tied up with ropes at the start. The players have to untie themselves, run into the woods, get through a series of obstacles and grab a torch. They need to bring the torch back to the beach where they need to put it on the campfire. The first person to do this will win individual immunity.

Survivors ready?

GO!

The ten players try to untie themselves as fast as possible. Neil, Tyrone, Itzel, Zander and Chanelle manage to untie themselves the fastest, followed by Blake and Gloria. Neil, Tyrone and Itzel go very fast through the obstacles as Tyrone decides to slow down a bit as he sees Neil and Itzel going full speed for it.

Itzel and Neil then manage to reach the torches. Neil is out of breathe while Itzel snatches the torch, running back to the obstacles. Neil tries to still give it his all and follows Itzel through the obstacles again. Itzel is incredibly fast, making her way to the beach as first. She puts her torch on the campfire, causing everyone to return to the beach as they clap for Itzel. Itzel looks exhausted. Itzel then has to make the decision whether or not she gives up immunity to get the prize.

Itzel says she'll give up immunity to get the prize. Jeff gives her a note which she may read at camp. Jeff then grabs a bag of rocks. Whoever draws the black rock has won immunity. Everyone does so. Blake has a white rock, same for Parvati, Gloria and Zander. As Neil grabs a rock, he looks at it and notices that it's a black rock. He laughs while Zander and Itzel briefly glare towards each other. Jeff says that Neil has individual immunity!

### Marakuru

The ten players arrive back at camp. Itzel quickly sneaks into the woods to look at her special prize. She notices that it's a vote stealer. Itzel has a nasty grin on her smile until Zander arrives, asking if he may know what item she has. Itzel tells Zander that she'll see what she has at tribal council. Zander frowns. Itzel then says that they should start targeting Tyrone now that Neil is immune. Zander makes a sarcastic comment by telling Itzel he'll do anything for the master. Itzel ignores it and decides to leave, while Zander looks after her, glaring.

Neil decides to check on Parvati and Blake after not speaking towards them for some time. Blake likes it that Neil approaches them while Parvati is a bit hesitant. Parvati tells Neil that he's really the luckiest player in this game with all those immunity wins. Neil blushes, scratching his head as he's feeling a bit ashamed of it. Blake says that he deserves it. Parvati pretends to agree with him. Neil kneels and asks who they're going to vote for. Parvati says they don't know yet while Blake says that if they know, they'll inform him. Neil thanks him for that, leaving the two. Parvati taps Blake on the nose and tells him that they can't work with Neil in this game anymore. Blake shrugs.

Tyrone, Chanelle and Hammad are discussing the vote as Zander sees them sitting together. It looks like he's calculating something and then walks towards them, causing for a surprised reaction. Zander takes a seat and tells Tyrone that Itzel is rallying up votes against him. Tyrone frowns and at first doesn't trust Zander as they never had any interaction with each other. Chanelle, however, listens carefully to what he say to say. Zander informs them that Itzel is pissed because off an alliance between him and Neil. Chanelle looks at Tyrone, telling him that they need to vote for Itzel then. Tyrone takes a deep sigh as he looks disappointed. Zander doesn't know how he must feel right now.

Neil and Jia Li are sitting at camp as they're talking about the vote. Neil says that is has been extremely quiet today. He has immunity so he's not worried. Jia Li says she is actually worrying a bit, having Neil telling her that he doesn't see anyone writing her name down. Jia Li thanks him for the support. Blake then arrives as he tells the two that he's willing to work with them in this game if they still want to. Neil laughs as he loves Blake's random appearance while Jia Li is kinda hesitant. Blake tells Jia Li that she can trust him.

In the shelter, Itzel and Gloria are having a conversation as Itzel senses that Gloria's focused on other things. When Itzel asks her what's going on, Gloria tells Itzel that she's just tired and went into the shelter to get some rest. At that moment, Tyrone and Chanelle arrive. Tyrone tells Itzel that he wants to know what she told Zander. Itzel remains silent while Gloria looks confused. Itzel then makes up that she was approached by Zander because he was on the bottom and wanted to vote out Tyrone. She pretended to be fine with it. While Gloria looks like she's believing it, Chanelle and Tyrone share a look. Itzel suggests to vote out Zander tonight.

### Tribal Council

Blake, Chanelle, Gloria, Hammad, Itzel, Jia Li, Neil, Parvati, Tyrone and Zander arrive at tribal council. Neil grabs a torch and dips it into the fire as it now represents his life in the game. Jeff asks Neil how it feels to have lit up his torch for the first time and still being immune. Neil blushes and says he feels very lucky but it's also unlucky because it makes him a target. Jeff asks Parvati how she has experienced the merge. Parvati answers that a lot of talking has been done to the point where it's hard to track down. Jeff asks Gloria if the game has changed a lot since the merge. Gloria answers that by how the new twist works and people being reunited with each other, the game definitely changed. Finally, Jeff asks Zander what kind of vote we can expect tonight. Zander grins and says that it'll be a fun blindside probably. Tyrone looks at Chanelle while Itzel looks from Zander to Parvati to Blake.

Before the players can vote, Itzel asks if she has to play her item before the voting or after the voting as it's a vote stealer. Jeff reveals that it has to happen now. Itzel looks around and then decides to steal Tyrone's vote. Tyrone looks confused. Itzel looks at the rest and says it'll make sense, they just have to trust her. Chanelle looks at Gloria, shaking her head while Gloria continues to frown.

The players then vote. Jeff reads the votes.

First vote ...

**TYRONE**

**TYRONE**

That's two votes Tyrone ...

**ITZEL**

*(Itzel didn't see a vote coming towards her direction.)*

**ITZEL**

Two votes Itzel, two votes Tyrone ...

**ITZEL**

*(Itzel looks seriously pissed off.)*

**ITZEL**

Four votes Itzel, two votes Tyrone ...

**ITZEL**

Five votes Itzel, two votes Tyrone

*(Itzel places her hands on her head, continuing to shake her head.)*

Seventh person voted out of Survivor: Solomon Islands and the first member of the jury ...

**ITZEL** (8-2)

***#BLINDSIDE***

Itzel shakes her head and grabs her torch. She tells Zander that he's a big rat and she should've never trusted him. Zander decides to keep his mouth shut, just smiling as he enjoys being called out. Itzel gets her torch snuffed and she leaves tribal council.