A Traditional Way Of Surviving

**A Traditional Way Of Surviving** is the fifth episode of *Survivor: Barbuda*.

## Summary

### Liberta

The Liberta tribe gets back to camp after tribal council and Eshaal is so mad she can’t even look at half of the tribe. She takes Franklin aside to talk, leaving Arthur, TJ and Georgia at camp together. Arthur thanks Georgia for having his back with the vote, and Georgia says that she was tired of Djamila trying to mother her. TJ asks if they can lock in an alliance between the three of them to keep having each other's backs, and the other two seem happy with that and agree.

Eshaal and Franklin take a walk just outside of camp and Eshaal says that she wants to explain what went down. She tells him about the original plan to vote Arthur but then Arthur convinced Djamila to focus on tribe strength and Eshaal had no choice but to go with Djamila since she wouldn’t budge. Eshaal apologizes for voting Franklin, but Franklin says that he forgives her and they need each other more than ever since the other three on the tribe are so tight.

The next morning, Eshaal brings some fruit into camp that she found and shares them with Franklin. Georgia sees this and asks if she can have some, but Eshaal immediately refuses. Georgia says it’s not fair for Eshaal to keep food from her, and Eshaal says that she should’ve thought about that before voting for Djamila. Georgia rolls her eyes and says she just voted with the people she actually liked, and Eshaal says that’s fine but she can’t act surprised when she doesn’t pretend to be nice to her. Georgia scoffs and walks off while Eshaal keeps eating her fruit.

Arthur and TJ are going for a walk together and TJ says that he feels really good about their position on the tribe after that vote. Arthur agrees, and says that as long as Georgia stays loyal to them then they have nothing to worry about. TJ says that he thinks Georgia is gonna stick with them for as long as possible, especially since she hates Eshaal more than ever and has no one else to work with. Arthur says they just have to make sure Eshaal and Franklin don’t find an idol in case they go back to tribal together.

Eshaal and Franklin find a moment alone at camp and decide to both go idol hunting as a last resort to keep themselves safe. The two split up and look in areas Franklin hasn’t searched yet, coming up with nothing so far. Meanwhile, Arthur has also decided to go idol hunting to try and find the idol before they do. The three are all separately searching all around the island, but after a while all of them come up with nothing and decide to give up for the day. Eshaal and Franklin meet back up and confirm they haven’t found anything yet.

Georgia and TJ are laying in the shelter together and Georgia is going on a rant about Eshaal. She tells TJ about Eshaal refusing to give her food and going out of her way to be a brat because she’s on the bottom. Georgia goes on and on about the subject and the entire time TJ stays quiet, occasionally nodding along to her spiel, but never actually interjecting. Georgia says that she can’t wait until she gets to vote Eshaal out and is glad she’s working with Arthur and TJ now, and TJ says that he thinks the three of them can have a lot of power together. Georgia says she would go insane if TJ wasn’t on the tribe which makes TJ laugh.

### Parham

Kehlani sees Lorelei suntanning on the beach by herself and decides to go down and join her. Kehlani tries starting a casual conversation with Lorelei, but all of Lorelei’s responses are short and she doesn’t seem interested in the conversation at all. Kehlani is confused by this and asks if Lorelei is alright, and she says she’s fine and is just trying to tan. After a few awkward moments of silence, Kehlani gets up and walks back to camp. When she’s gone, Lorelei sighs and rolls her eyes.

After tanning for a while more, Lorelei walks into camp and sits in the shelter with Seoirse. Lorelei tells Seoirse about Kehlani trying to talk to her and how she wasn’t having it. Seoirse laughs and says that Kehlani is being so fake and is trying to manipulate Lorelei into liking her. Lorelei says it’s not working and she didn’t even pretend to entertain the conversation with Kehlani. Seoirse says she wouldn’t be surprised if Kehlani votes for Lorelei if they lose again.

Kehlani and Rui are at the shore spearfishing together and Kehlani brings up that she tried having a conversation with Lorelei earlier. Rui looks happy and asks how it went, but Kehlani says that it was really weird and Lorelei was being really short and stand-offish with her even though they were getting along great a couple days ago. Rui says he’s not sure why she’s acting that way but she might’ve just been tired or in a bad mood and that Kehlani shouldn’t take it personally. Kehlani nods and says Rui’s probably right, but in her mind she’s not fully convinced.

Rui finds Lorelei and asks if the two of them can talk, and they go for a walk in the woods. Lorelei asks Rui what he wanted to talk about, and Rui says he just talked with Kehlani and she said that Lorelei was barely responding to her when trying to have a conversation. Lorelei says that she thought Kehlani was being nice to her during the nature walk but that she was just being fake with her so Lorelei isn’t giving her anymore chances. Rui sighs and asks if they can still be civil with each other, and Lorelei says she won’t start anything if Kehlani doesn’t.

Kehlani and Seoirse are at camp together and Kehlani asks if Lorelei has talked to Seoirse about her recently. Seoirse says that she hasn’t and asks why she’s asking, and Kehlani says that she tried talking to Lorelei since they were starting to get along but Lorelei completely shut it down and wouldn’t talk to her. Seoirse says that’s weird and she has no clue why Lorelei would be acting like that, and Kehlani says Lorelei is super fake and she’s done trying to be her friend.

### Swetes

K’yeon, Paige and Selas are walking in the woods while discussing what to do moving forward. Paige asks who they think should be voted out if they go back to tribal council, and Selas says they definitely think they should vote out Alessia since she’s not close to anyone on the tribe. K’yeon says he would like to see Alessia go too but they might have to look at challenge performance as a factor too. Selas says she would really not want to vote out Jin unless they absolutely had to, and the entire time Paige is listening to the conversation and staying quiet.

While the others are talking, Alessia and Jin are left alone at camp together. Alessia asks if the two of them can talk, and they sit around the fire together while Alessia pitches a case to Jin. Alessia points out that the two of them are most likely on the bottom of the tribe, and even though she’s next on the chopping block Jin is right behind her since the other three are so tight. Alessia says that she’s not sure how to split up that group but she wants her and Jin to have each others backs, and Jin says that he sees where she’s coming from and he’s on board to try to look after each other if they can.

Later in the afternoon, Jin finds Selas and pulls them aside to talk. Jin starts telling Selas about his conversation with Alessia and he has some concerns he wants to clear up with Selas. Jin asks if he and Alessia are the two people on the bottom while Selas is in a trio with Paige and K’yeon. Selas thinks for a moment, but denies being in a trio with the two of them and says that they just see them as close friends just like Selas sees Jin as a really close friend. Selas says that they think Alessia is the only person truly on the bottom and is just trying to make Jin paranoid to get some traction on the tribe. Jin thanks Selas for clearing that up and that he figured that was the case but needed to hear it from Selas directly, and the two hug.

Alessia asks Paige if the two of them can go for a walk, and they decide to go to treemail together. Alessia says that she just had a conversation with Jin and even though she and Paige aren’t close, she thinks it’s relevant to Paige’s game. Paige asks what happened and Alessia explains how she talked to Jin about the tribe dynamics and how he was extremely confident in him and Selas being close and thinking he would never vote her out. Paige asks why Alessia is telling her about this, and Alessia says she knows she and Selas are close and thinks it’s important for Paige to know just how close Selas and Jin are if he has that much faith in them. Paige nods and thanks Alessia for the information, and Alessia smiles before they go their separate ways.

After her talk with Alessia, Paige finds K’yeon and talks with him about all the information she’s received during the day. She mentions how she already was concerned with how close Selas and Jin were when Selas refused to consider voting for him, but now Alessia told her about a conversation with Jin where Jin blindly believed that Selas had his back and he wasn’t on the bottom. K’yeon says that he thought it was good that Selas was close to Jin because it was another number for them, and Paige says that it was good but if they go to multiple tribal councils she’s not sure if Selas would ever be willing to vote out Jin over the two of them. K’yeon says he sees her concern, but that they should put a pin in it and figure it out later when they really need to.

### Challenge

***LIBERTA***

***PARHAM***

***SWETES***

Liberta and Parham arrive at the challenge, followed by Swetes. Jeff announces that Djamila was voted out at the last tribal council. Not many people seem surprised, but everyone is expecting a swap until Jeff starts talking about their next challenge.

Jeff then goes on to explain the challenge. Today, they’re playing Blind Leading the Blind. One caller for each tribe must guide three tribe members around a series of obstacles to retrieve three bags of puzzle pieces. In order to do this, each tribe must perform three tasks while blindfolded: unscrew a handle to release one bag; unspool a rope from a winch to release a second bag; and dig through sawdust to retrieve a final bag. Once all three bags have been returned to the caller, the caller will lead their tribemates to a puzzle station. The caller will guide their still-blindfolded tribemates to complete a circular jigsaw puzzle. The first two tribes to finish win.

Liberta and Swetes both have one extra member and must sit someone out. Liberta discusses and decides to sit out Franklin. Swetes discusses and decides to sit out Jin.

Survivors ready?

GO!

Eshaal, Rui and Alessia have been selected to be the callers for each team. All of them seem to be doing a good job at being loud enough for their blindfolded tribemates, especially Eshaal who’s screaming at the top of her lungs at everyone. Eshaal and Alessia are taking people one at a time to perform their tasks while Rui is trying to get everyone going at the same time and switch back and forth between who he gives directions to, causing a lot of confusion. Eshaal is yelling at Georgia to tell her where to go, letting her run into a few obstacles on the way until she reaches the first task. She begins unscrewing a handle and releases the first bag of puzzle pieces.

As the challenge goes on, Eshaal was able to successfully lead Georgia back with her bag and get Arthur to the second station where he begins unspooling a rope to get the second bag of puzzle pieces. Alessia was able to get Selas through the first task and is leading Paige to the second one. Meanwhile, Rui is still struggling to communicate with his team and although all of them have made progress in getting to their station, none of them have begun their tasks. By the time Rui gets Lorelei to the first task and she begins unscrewing the handle, Eshaal already has TJ working on the third task while Alessia is on her way to getting K’yeon there. Lorelei finishes the first task and Seoirse starts on the second one, trying to unspool as quickly as possible.

Eventually, TJ has returned with the final bag of puzzle pieces and Eshaal is starting to tell people what to do to solve the puzzle. K’yeon then gets back with his bag of pieces so Alessia can also start instructing on the puzzle, and despite being quieter than Eshaal she’s proving to be a better communicator when leading everyone on what to do. Still on the course, Kehlani is digging for the last bag while Seoirse has just gotten back with their second bag. Alessia has made quick work of the puzzle and is able to complete it first, meaning Swetes wins immunity! And not long behind them, Eshaal is able to direct Arthur on what to do and they also finish the puzzle, meaning Liberta also wins immunity and Parham will be headed back to their third tribal council of the season.

### Parham

The four members of Parham get back to camp feeling defeated about their third loss of the season. Rui apologizes to the tribe but Kehlani tells him that he shouldn’t blame himself for it. Eventually, Seoirse asks Lorelei if she wants to get water together which just leaves Rui and Kehlani at camp together. Rui asks Kehlani if she would be willing to vote for Seoirse even though she isn’t a big fan of Lorelei, and Kehlani sighs but says that she’ll vote for Seoirse since Rui is still close with Lorelei. Rui thanks her and says he’ll make sure Lorelei votes for Seoirse too so Kehlani isn’t in any danger, and Kehlani thanks him.

While at the water well, Seoirse and Lorelei start talking about the vote. Seoirse asks if Lorelei wants to finally pull the plug and vote out Kehlani, and Lorelei seems extremely excited to be able to vote for her. Lorelei asks how they’ll get a majority if there’s only two of them and Rui would never vote for Kehlani, and Seoirse says she has an idea but she has to pretend to go along with what Rui wants and make him think she’s not voting for Kehlani. Lorelei is confused but says that she can do that.

Once Lorelei gets back to camp, Rui brings her down to the beach to talk with her about the vote. Rui explains that even though Lorelei and Kehlani aren’t fans of each other, he wants them to put their differences aside for one round and vote for Seoirse since she’s really smart and could flip at a merge. Lorelei asks if Kehlani is voting for Seoirse or if she’s gonna be voting for her, and Rui confirms that Kehlani already agreed to vote for Seoirse. Lorelei says that she’s fine with voting for Seoirse as long as Kehlani is telling the truth, and Rui says that he thinks she is. Lorelei says she’ll believe it when she sees it, and Rui says he can prove it to her.

While Rui is talking to Lorelei, Seoirse pulls Kehlani aside to talk about the vote. Seoirse seems concerned and Kehlani asks her what’s wrong, and Seoirse says that while she was talking to Lorelei she said that she was going to be voting for Kehlani. Kehlani looks annoyed and says that she’s not surprised with how petty she is. Seoirse asks what they should do, and Kehlani says that she needs to vote for Lorelei now if she’s after her. Seoirse says that she’s happy to help with that, but that Kehlani shouldn’t let Rui or Lorelei know that she’s voting for Lorelei in case it stirs up more stuff and puts Kehlani in more danger. Kehlani hugs Seoirse and thanks her for the warning, and Seoirse says it’s no problem.

Rui gathers Lorelei and Kehlani while Seoirse is away and asks if the three of them can talk. Rui says that he had conversations with both of them privately but wants to say it out loud that they’re all voting for Seoirse so they believe each other and have nothing to worry about with the vote. Kehlani nods and says that she agreed to vote for Seoirse and she’s sticking to that, and Lorelei sighs and says that she’ll vote for Seoirse too since Kehlani is telling the truth. Rui thanks the both of them and says that this will hopefully be the last time they have to go to tribal before the merge. Lorelei and Kehlani fake smile at each other before they all leave to get ready for tribal.

As everyone else is grabbing their bags and getting ready to leave, Seoirse is sitting alone by the fire thinking about what to do. She’s trying to weigh the options in her head on whether she wants to vote out Lorelei and keep the stronger player, or vote out Kehlani and keep the more gullible player. Rui tells Seoirse that they have to head out, and Seoirse nods as she grabs her bag and her torch, walking out with the rest of the tribe.

### Tribal Council

Kehlani, Lorelei, Rui and Seoirse arrive at tribal council. Jeff welcomes everyone back and asks Rui how it feels to be back at tribal council. Rui sighs and says it feels awful, especially since he cost the team the challenge with his caller skills. Jeff asks Seoirse if challenge performance will affect the vote, and she says that it could but Rui wouldn’t be in danger for having one bad day after leading the tribe in every other challenge. Jeff asks Kehlani what the vote is based on for her, and she says that it’s based on her connections in the tribe and trying to maintain tribal unity, which makes Rui smile. Jeff asks Lorelei if she thinks the player being voted out will be surprised tonight, and she says that it’s always possible.

Everyone casts their votes. Jeff asks if anybody has an idol to use and nobody stands.

Jeff reads the votes.

First vote…

**SEOIRSE**

*(Seoirse nods)*

**LORELEI**. That’s one vote Seoirse, one vote Lorelei.

*(Lorelei glares at Kehlani who’s smiling)*

**KEHLANI**. That’s one vote Seoirse, one vote Lorelei, one vote Kehlani.

*(Kehlani’s smile fades as Lorelei starts to smirk)*

Fifth person voted out of Survivor: Barbuda...

**LORELEI** (2-1-1)

Lorelei looks shocked as the final vote is read, asking Seoirse what happened. Seoirse shrugs and says that she wants to keep the team strong. Lorelei is pissed and says that Seoirse made a huge mistake by voting for her. Rui has looked confused the entire time and Kehlani apologizes to him, saying she’ll explain everything to him back at camp. Lorelei gets her torch snuffed and begins walking out before Jeff can even tell her that it’s time to go. Kehlani thanks Seoirse and Seoirse smirks.