A Ticking Time Bomb

**A Ticking Time Bomb** is the ninth episode of *Survivor: Atlantic Ocean*.

## Summary

### Gough

It's night as the members of Gough arrive back at camp. Tyler sighs as he looks at Bonita and Hope, knowing that they messed his game up once again. Taeyang also seems a bit confused while the four girls grin towards each other. Tyler walks towards Taeyang and says that these four girls are working together and they need to be eliminated very soon.

### Merge

***ASCENSION***

***GOUGH***

Ascension and Gough arrive at the beach as Jeff announces that Warren got voted off. Alec and Whitney immediately look towards each other, definitely disappointed. Jeff then tells everyone to drop their buffs because they are finally merged!

***ONE WORLD***

As they have merged, and finished their merge feast, they will now head to their new merged camp.

### One World

The twelve merged players arrive at the One World tribe. Everyone decides to introduce themselves to those they haven't met yet. Hope and Jared meet each other and share a hug. Hope immediately falls in love with Jared's beauty looks. Jared notices this and winks at Hope. As she ate a lot and feeling dizzy, she almost faints. Jared helps her and asks if she's okay. Hope giggles and says she is. Taeyang sees this happening and rolls his eyes.

Whitney and Alec walk in the woods as they know that now Warren is gone, they are in a tough spot. Alec says that they need to start working on people before they get send home. Whitney nods her head while looking around. She has the idol from Relive World but before she can make it a real one, she needs to hide it somewhere. As Alec leaves to grab some water, Whitney quickly jumps in a tree and hides her idol there. As she wants to climb down, she falls on the ground with a big smack. Tyler notices this and rushes towards her, asking if she's okay. Whitney is hilariously laughing, saying that she tried to grab a coconut but she mistook it for a hedgehog. As she walks away, Tyler raises an eyebrow.

Jared, Royal and Galaxy are sitting in the shelter as Sharon joins the three. Jared congratulates her on surviving as the sole Bouvet member. Sharon thanks them and asks about their time on Ascension. Galaxy looks at Jared and Royal. Royal states that he tried to take out Whitney but therefor he caused some drama with Yamen. Jared asks about Sharon's game. Sharon says that Warren was dictating everyone and therefor they sent him packing. The conversation doesn't go very smooth as Sharon notices.

Yamen, Bonita and Hope also are talking about their lives on the new tribes. Yamen says that Spencer was blindsided by Alec, Whitney and Galaxy, however, Royal is playing a sneaky game so they should watch out for them. Hope then openly says that she, Bonita, Leah and Sharon are a alliance. While Bonita expects Yamen to be pissed, Yamen is actually super happy and says he'd love to join them. Bonita answers that he can, they should meet up later today. Yamen agrees.

Alec has brought Whitney, Taeyang and Galaxy together, as Alec knows that those are the three he can manipulate the most. Whitney and Galaxy have grown a lot towards each other while Taeyang is just happy to be with his Gough family again. Taeyang also says that Leah has flipped to the other side. Alec says that if they manage to put the target on one of those girls, they might get the guys to make majority. Whitney asks who they should go for and Alec answers that they need Leah out because of Warren's elimination. Galaxy just listens and doesn't say a word.

Bonita and Leah are walking in the woods. Bonita asks if she thinks it'd be a good idea to include Yamen in the alliance as he was on the bottom of Ascension 2.0. Leah would be good with that since they need majority in this game. As Bonita leaves, Whitney heads towards Leah and warns her that Alec is coming after her. Leah nods her head, expecting it.

### Challenge

***ONE WORLD***

The twelve merged players arrive at the challenge. Jeff tells them that they'll be playing a balance game. They have to stand on a pole while holding a ball on top of their head. The person who manages to stand the longest will win immunity and gets the chance to go to the Relive World. However, if you rather decide not to go to the Relive World, you can name a replacement. The rewards have been changed at the Relive World and if someone fails to change the past at Relive World, they will even receive an disadvantage. So choose wisely.

The challenge then starts. Whitney immediately falls off the pole first, followed by Royal, Hope, Alec, Jared and Leah. After some time, it's Tyler vs. Yamen. In the end, Tyler manages to stand the longest, winning individual immunity.

Tyler decides to go to the Relive World himself.

### Relive World

Tyler then arrives at the Relive World, becoming the first person to visit the Relive World twice. Jeff tells him that he knows how the Relive World works. Tyler nods his head and closes his eyes.

*Going back 20 seasons ... to Survivor: Mayotte!*

Tyler opens his eyes and sees four people talking. They are Lana, Heather, Xing Li and Keaton. The four agree on making an alliance and stay united. Tyler then closes his eyes again and as he opens them, he sees Carl and Matthew finding an idol. They show it to Xing Li. The scene then pauses. Jeff tells Tyler that since Xing Li tells Carl that he's the target, he will play the idol and causes Keaton to be idoled out. To change the past, Tyler has to convince Xing Li to stay loyal towards her alliance and instead vote out Carl. If Xing Li doesn't inform Carl about being a target, he will play the idol on Matthew which means Carl leaves and Keaton stays.

The scene continues as Tyler interrupts the trio. Tyler asks Xing Li if they could talk for a second. They walk in the woods, with Tyler telling Xing Li that if she tells Carl that he gets votes, he will play the idol and idols out Keaton. Xing Li says that she rather keeps Carl over Keaton in that case. Tyler lies and says that Xing Li will be voted off next as Keaton is gone. Xing Li then asks if it's better to not tell Carl anything. Tyler says that if she does tell Carl that he's the target, she will go home next.

Because Tyler keeps pushing Xing Li, she just tells Carl what's happening which means the past isn't changed. Tyler regrets pushing Xing Li too much since she'll always do whatever she wants. Jeff tells Tyler that he will lose his vote at the next tribal council.

### One World

Everyone returns at camp, minus Tyler. Royal immediately tells Jared that they should be voting off Sharon. Jared asks why the hell they would do that. Royal says that she's not genuine with them. Galaxy hears this as well and raises an eyebrow while Royal keeps talking about Sharon. Jared says they should keep focusing on voting off someone else because Sharon could help them out later in the game.

Sharon is sitting in the shelter as Jared heads towards her. Jared warns Sharon that she's currently a target. Sharon sighs and asks from who he heard it. Jared answers that Royal is targeting her. But they need to stay united. Jared actually thinks that voting off Alec would be the best. Sharon acts like she's okay with it and smiles.

Sharon meets up with Bonita, Hope, Yamen and Leah. The five catch up on what they heard and start putting a target on someone. While Bonita and Hope agree on Alec, Sharon then says that Royal is targeting their alliance. Leah asks how she knows that with Sharon saying Jared told her. Yamen knows that Royal is all over the place and just tries to cause chaos. Sharon really wants Royal out of this game. Leah thinks Alec would be the best choice still.

Tyler arrives back at camp and gets pulled aside by Alec. Alec says that they need to change the vote because someone ratted out that Leah is the target. Alec suspects Galaxy. Tyler says he lost his vote because of the disadvantage at Relive World. Alec sighs and says that they need to get Hope out of the game. Tyler says he'd love to have joined voting off Hope.

Whitney and Galaxy are swimming in the sea as Whitney has no idea what'll happen this tribal council. Galaxy tells her that she knows exactly what's going on as she heard multiple conversations going on. All she says to Whitney is that they need to stick with Alec if they wanna get far in this game. Whitney nods her head.

### Tribal Council

Alec, Bonita, Galaxy, Hope, Jared, Leah, Royal, Sharon, Taeyang, Tyler, Whitney and Yamen all arrive at tribal council. Jeff asks Leah how it feels to be merged. Leah answers that it feels great, a milestone has been passed so now it's time to play the game even harder. Jeff then asks Jared how the merged tribe is feeling towards him. Jared answers that it's a lot. New people, new bonds and everything is happening at once so it's hard to keep track of it all. Finally, Jeff asks Alec what he thinks will happen with the vote. Alec says that the vote must be one that avenges his friend Warren. Leah grins while Sharon stares at Royal who is looking everywhere.

The players then vote. Jeff reveals that Tyler can't vote because of his disadvantage at the Relive World. Jeff then reads the votes.

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Alec

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Royal

Two votes Royal, two votes Alec...

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Four votes Royal...

*(Royal seems to be a bit confused)*

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Leah

*(Leah starts to close her eyes)*

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Leah

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Leah

Four votes Leah, four votes Royal, two votes Alec...

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One vote left...

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9th person voted out of Survivor: Atlantic Ocean and the 1st member of the jury...

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Royal! (5-4-2)

*#BLINDSIDE*

Leah breaths very relieved while Royal looks stunned. Jared shakes his head as Sharon shrugs, feeling relieved as well that her target got voted off. Alec looks pissed as well. Royal grabs his torch and gets it snuffed, leaving tribal council very quickly.