Jessica Perry

***Jessica*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Anarchy. She later returned for Essential Survivor: Peru.

## Anarchy

Even if it’s a typical trajectory for big players, it sucked to see Jess blindsided in the middle of the midgame. Sometimes, that’s just how it goes.

Jess immediately got on good terms with Allison, forming an alliance with her and Kam called the Black Widows right off the bat. Jess was overwhelmed by the amount of socializing the Todas camp demanded, but nonetheless worked hard to be the Parvati of the camp. Jess quickly became tight with the Black Widows, viewing them as her number one and two. Jess also made a solid with Barney after he showed her his idol, and formed a side deal with him, Parker, and Tal (who Jess happened to be targeting!)

Jess stayed tight with Barney for the beginning of the game, and was fine voting Dom off first. Meanwhile, she became suspicious of Jayla. When Jess went to her next tribal council, she was not happy to be there, but was comforted by having Zebeem and Mink there are with her. Jess made her first move of the game when she worked hard to convince Charles and Finley to vote out Joseph, and succeeded in sending him home. By the end of the cycle, Jess felt confident with Barney, Finley, and still had her Black Widows.

Going into the next tribal council, Elle and Lauren were the tribe’s main targets. Initially, everyone else refused to budge. However, Jess worked socially with Charles once more, and more importantly, Jayla tried to call out Barney in front of the entire tribe. However, all eyes were on Ella once Jayla went because of the comments she made at tribal.

Come the tribe swap, Jess found herself in a great spot at Nui Tribe. Jayla was eliminated, Allison was a solid number one, Britney and Finley were solid numbers, and Jess was still aligned with Zebeem. Jess wanted to target Elle and Lauren and voiced that she’d be willing to go to tribal to see where people stood. However, she didn’t get her wish, and Tal went on the other tribe.

When the Nui Tribe lost their first challenge, Jess wanted to make a good plan and send home Elle. She made an alliance Allison and Brittney, who she felt solid with, and Finley, who she thought was in her pocket. However, Finley had other plans, and leaked the alliance Jess had established for the purpose of targeting Elle. Finley started all kinds of chaos around camp, and even bluffed that she had an idol. Ultimately, Jess gave up, and let the tribe unanimously vote her off.

Once the merge hit, Jess settled into her cushy spot. She still had eyes on Elle, but felt solid with her core alliance of the Superior Six, as well as her Black Widows. Jess didn’t need to win challenges because of her positioning, and even said herself that she had mastered her social game. She had side deals everywhere, and even got closer to Zebeem. However, an obstacle had emerged: Barney had gotten rid of Kam.

Jess was infuriated with Barney over this, and initially wanted to target her. Jess let her fervor toward Elle dissipate ever so slightly, and began to get closer to Allison, leaning on her as a Final 3 deal. However, once Mink won immunity and threatened to play his idol, Jess tried to change the plan and pushed Lauren’s name due to fear both of the boys would be immune. Jess even tried to hoodwink Elle into doing this, but ultimately, the momentum against Barney was too strong, and she let him go home.

By the next episode, Jess’ annoyance with Elle was at a peak when Elle voiced a desire to take out Brittney. Nonetheless, Jess wanted to target the boys first, and felt that she was in a weak position in general. Jess took part in the plan to vote off Mink, and felt upset that Allison was viewed as the leader. Nonetheless, Allison was still one of her number one people.

When the next tribal came up, Jess tried hard to pivot, bonding with Charles and making a FTC deal with Zebeem. Jess began to play the long game, planting seeds with them to gain numbers that she could use to vote off Brittney later in the game. However, before that, Jess needed to slit Elle’s throat once and for all. Jess received a warning that the tables were turning on her from both of the boys, but Jess felt safe, only to ultimately be blindsided by a plan she never expected and a betrayal by Allison.