She Should've Stayed Home

**She Should've Stayed Home** is the 3rd episode of *Survivor: Seychelles*.

## Story

### Night 6

Rawan can be seen sitting in the rickety shelter of Redemption Island as the dark teal boat carrying Andi arrives at shore. She stands up and hugs Andi when he gets off the boat. He looks upset as they walk to the shelter.

As the two castaways sit back in the shelter, Andi has no interest in talking about the game, so Rawan leaves him be. As Andi falls asleep, Rawan stares up at the starry night sky deep in thought.

### Day 7

The morning of Day 7, Su can be standing in the large Redemption Arena on Redemption Island where the duels will be taking place. It is a brown-red color, with a wooden bench raised on one side to overlook the dirt center where two small ramps are connected to two covered puzzles.

First, Su calls in the one representative from each tribe chosen to view the duel. Rylee and Ginny show up from Digue and Mahe respectively to root for their friends, while Kaiholo comes to view observantly for Praslin.

Next, Su calls in Rawan and Andi, who walk into the center of the arena and stand by him and the challenge setup. He tells them that they will compete in a challenge today, and only one of them will survive while the other will be the first one eliminated from *Survivor: Seychelles*. With that, he explains their first challenge. The castaways must slide a puck down a ramp into a slot to unlock the cover of their slide puzzle. From there, they must complete a slide puzzle of the season's logo. The first castaway to finish the slide puzzle will remain in the game. Rawan and Andi take their places, and then the challenge begins.

 Castaways

**Highlights:**

* Both Rawan and Andi struggle to get their puck down the ramp first; Rawan is able to focus better and get her puck in, but Andi lands his about ten seconds later, with the two castaways neck and neck as they rip the covers off of their slide puzzles.
* Both castaways are pretty good at puzzles, and begin to work hard at the slide puzzle, slamming pieces around in order to form the season logo.
* However, Rawan begins to pull into a lead as Andi begins to move too fast and becomes confused. As Andi flounders and slows down, Rawan slides her last pieces into place and calls for Su, who declares she has won the duel.

Rawan falls to her knees in relief, trying to hold back tears of joy, while Andi looks crestfallen. Rawan stands and gives Andi a massive hug before stepping back. Su tells Andi he has been the first person eliminated from the season, and asks him to place his buff in a burning cauldron at the end of the arena before exiting. Andi obliges, wiping some tears away; Ginny can be seen looking emotional from the bench as Andi burns his buff and walks out of the arena, trying to hold himself together.

After Andi is gone, Su congratulates Rawan on staying alive in the game, and sends her back to Redemption Island. Then, he lets Ginny, Kaiholo, and Rylee leave and head back to their campsites. Ginny is shown returning to the Mahe campsite, looking a little emotional.

The rest of the tribe is sitting around the fire when Ginny returns, and they ask her how it went. She sighs and says Andi got eliminated; Priya pats her on the back comfortingly and hands her some rice to eat.

Jinora comments that she is happy to see Andi gone, and that he was incredibly annoying. Ginny seems annoyed by Jinora's rude comments, but Jinora doesn't seem to notice as she finishes her rice and walks off to the beach to swim.

Warren watches as Jinora walks away, shaking his head slowly.

Over at the Praslin camp, Kaiholo can be seen returning from the duel with a thoughtful look on his face.

Kaiholo can be seen gathering firewood with Ignace, and he brings up the idea of making an alliance with the man as they walk through the woods.

Ignace agrees after Kaiholo makes his pitch, saying he feels like it's definitely smart if the two older guys work together to ensure they stay in the game.

The two men can be seen walking back into camp together after their talk, and Kate notices their prolonged absence together. She doesn't say anything but seems to have a thought in the back of her mind.

On Digue, Rylee can be seen returning from the duel with a smile on her face.

The rest of the tribe greets Rylee when she comes back to camp, and she tells them that Rawan survived the duel against Andi from Mahe. Many of them seem surprised at this news.

However, the tribe quickly moves past it, while Rylee seems annoyed but not surprised that they don't care more. She walks off to the well to go get water, and Eulalie watches her go with a small smirk.

Later on in the day, Nicky comes up to Rylee after she comes back from the well, and tells her he's sorry the tribe wasn't more excited about Rawan surviving the duel. Rylee thanks him, giving him a hug.

### Day 8

Day 8 begins in the Mahe camp with Warren waving for Priya and Lorne to join him by the fire while Ginny is at the well and Jinora is rinsing off in the ocean. The three sit down together and begin to chat about the future of the game.

Warren brings up establishing a strong alliance between the three of them to work together for the foreseeable future. Lorne adamantly agrees to the deal, saying he trusts both of them strongly and wants to remain loyal to them. Priya also agrees to the alliance, and the three promise to work together moving forward.

Ginny walks back from the well as the three finish up their conversation. They act as if nothing is wrong, but Ginny has a suspicious look on her face as Jinora returns from the beach and the tribe cooks their breakfast of rice together.

Over in the Praslin camp, it's around noon, and most of the tribe is working together to strengthen the shelter and clean up camp. However, Mona can be seen still asleep inside of the shelter, snoring loudly. Ignace narrows his eyes as he brings firewood into camp and sees that she is still asleep.

Clark and Donnie work on adding palm fronds to the roof of the shelter, and one of them falls and lands next to where Mona is sleeping inside of the structure. She wakes up with a yelp, and immediately begins cursing at Clark, telling him that he is a loser and that he is a bully as well.

Clark looks shocked and hurt by Mona's outburst, but before he can respond Donnie speaks up for him. She tells Mona she is usually easygoing, but that she needs to stop being rude to Clark because it was an accident. Mona screams at Donnie to stay out of her conflict with Clark before storming off to the beach.

Once Mona storms off, the rest of the tribe comforts Clark, but he tells them it's alright and that he hopes they can get rid of Mona soon. He also thanks Donnie for standing up for him, giving her a hug. He then says he just hopes she quits so they can all keep dominating the game together.

The scene shifts to the Digue tribe, where the group can be seen sitting around the fire and eating rice together. Korey smiles as Maurice tells a funny story to the whole group, making everyone chuckle.

After their meal, Rylee can be seen taking the canteens and heading to the well to fill them up. On her way, however, she makes a mad dash through the undergrowth and searches wildly through the trees around her.

Rylee is about to give up and head to the well when she spots a dark blue bundle in a nearby tree. Pumping her arms in the air wildly, Rylee celebrates as she unwraps the bundle and hugs the Digue Hidden Immunity Idol close to her chest with a grin.

### Day 9

On the morning of Day 9, the three tribes meet up in a clearing in the middle of the jungle. Three trios of poles, each in a tribe's color, are lined up in the clearing. On the other side of the clearing are a locked crate, a slingshot, and three targets for each tribe. The castaways collect on their mats, and Kate and Nicky hand back the Immunity statues before Su explains the challenge.

Three castaways will start from each tribe, collecting three keys tied to the top of tall poles; they will have to support each other to reach it, with two castaways holding up the third. Once all three keys are collected, the other two castaways will use the keys to unlock a crate of sandbags, and they must use a slingshot to knock over three targets with the sandbags. The first two tribes to knock over all three targets will win Immunity.

The castaways prepare to start the challenge, but there is chaos on the Praslin mat. The rest of the tribe wants Mona to sit out yet again, but the woman demands that she isn't bullied out of participating in the challenge. Kate volunteers to let Mona take his place, seemingly amused by Mona's antics. Mona snaps at her but joins in on the challenge. Once that drama is over, the castaways take their places and the challenge starts.

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**Highlights:**

* The challenge begins, and the tribes are all neck and neck. Praslin pulls into a lead on the poles as usual, with Ignace and Kaiholo lifting the nimble Donnie easily. Mahe is just behind them, while for Digue, Eulalie struggles a bit to untie the bags and puts them in last place.
* Praslin gets their final bag untied, and Mahe is only moments behind them, while Digue is a sizable amount behind the other two tribes.
* Priya surprises everyone by getting her first target down, and her and Jinora work well together on the slingshots. Meanwhile, Mona aims incredibly wide and won't let Clark try, burning up Praslin's lead.
* Clark finally forces Mona to let her take over, but by that time Digue has already begun firing sandbags, and the damage is done with Praslin having lost its lead. Rylee and Nicky both prove to be decent with the sandbags, putting the yellow and blue tribes neck and neck for second place.
* Mahe finishes in first, beating out the other tribes who only have one target down each when they have all three down.
* The race is between Digue and Praslin, and after Clark knocks down his second target, Mona demands to try again. Clark tries to tell her off, but as they fight Digue knocks down their last target and wins, meaning Praslin is going to their first Tribal Council.

Digue celebrates wildly at their upset win, while Mona screams and throws her sandbag to the ground and the rest of Praslin looks upset with her. However, the other tribes are celebrating, and Korey can be seen picking up Rylee and giving her a tight hug.

The Praslin tribe returns to their campsite after their loss, with everyone looking worn out. Kaiholo can be seen setting down his bag with a firm frown on his face.

Mona immediately stomps off to pout on the beach about the loss, leaving the other five members of the tribe alone around the fire. Ignace breaks the silence, asking everyone if they're on the same page as him.

Everyone agrees to getting out Mona immediately, as it is clear she is the weakest link. Clark thanks everyone for being willing to get rid of her, and Kate pats him on the back, telling him she knows it's been hard living with her.

Out on the beach, Mona can be seen wiping some tears from her eyes, frustrated. However, suddenly she perks up when an idea comes to mind, scrambling into the nearby jungle.

There is a chaotic montage shown of Mona gathering sticks, pebbles, leaves, and small vines from the jungle, haphazardly using them to assemble a poorly made fake idol. When she is finished, she slips back to camp, sliding it into the top of Clark's bag when no one else is looking with a grin on her face.

As the tribe is quietly waiting at camp for Tribal time to arrive, Mona wanders over to where everybody's bags are piled, making a noisy show of digging around for hers. She instead picks up Clark, reaching into it and gasping loudly when she pulls out her idol. The thing crumbles to bits in her hands, and Mona desperately tries to accuse Clark of having an idol even though the one she made has fallen to bits. No one seems convinced, and Mona storms off angrily. Donnie watches from inside the shelter, stifling giggles.

The whole tribe lightly makes fun of Clark for having an idol as he picks up the remnants, laughing himself. Soon afterward, the tribe leaves for Tribal Council, with Clark still smiling to himself with the idol bits in his hands.

The Praslin tribe arrives at Tribal Council, and Su has them light their brand new torches before they can sit down and begin the ceremony. Once this is done, Su begins asking them questions. He asks Kaiholo how their camp has been coming along; Kaiholo says that for the most part, everyone pulls their weight and things work very well. Su then asks Ignace what has caused them to come to Tribal if everything is going so great. Ignace admits one person is dragging the tribe down in every sphere, and that player is Mona. Mona immediately goes on the offensive, angrily venting about how she is trying her hardest and it just isn't enough. She says everyone has been cruel to her in the game, especially Clark who she claims has an idol and bullies her all of the time. Clark brings out the shards of the fake idol Mona made, saying his "idol" is clearly fake, and that Mona has blown everything out of proportion, blaming him for simple mistakes. Mona begins to rant against Clark, but Su quiets her, telling her she has said her piece and it is time to vote; Donnie is up first.

Kate is the last to vote, and then Su collects the votes before asking if anyone wants to play an idol. Clark jokingly throws the remains of the fake idol into the fire while Mona glowers, and no one else moves, so Su begins to read the votes. To no one's surprise, Mona has been unanimously voted out by her tribe for being a trainwreck in the game. Mona gets up to storm off, having to be told by producers to bring her torch to Su, who snuffs it before Mona can angrily march off to Redemption Island.

## Challenges

* Redemption Island Duel
* Immunity

**Challenge:** *Sliders*
The castaways must slide a puck down a ramp into a slot to unlock the cover of their slide puzzle. From there, they must complete a slide puzzle of the season's logo. The first castaway to finish the slide puzzle will remain in the game.

**Winner:** Rawan Abdullah

**Immunity Challenge:** *Sling Out*
Three castaways will start from each tribe, collecting three keys tied to the top of tall poles; they will have to support each other to reach it. Once all three keys are collected, the other two castaways will use the keys to unlock a crate of sandbags, and they must use a slingshot to knock over three targets with the sandbags. The first two tribes to knock over all three targets will win Immunity.

**Winner:** Mahe, Digue

## Tribal Council

### Next Time on *Survivor*

Praslin is in a state of relief after getting rid of Mona...

...but the game is never at rest in *Survivor*.

## Trivia

* The episode title was said by Kaiholo Kapule when discussing how bad Mona Bouris was at the game.