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'Survivor: Blood vs Water': 'One Armed Dude and Three Moms' recap

Aired Thursday, Oct 10 2013 at 7:11pm EDT on

In case you forgot how we left things, John was blindsided and sent to Redemption Island to battle it out against Marissa and his won wife, Candice. Upon his arrival at the island, Candice is shocked to see him, as well, and admits that she knew he was going to be too trusting.

Meanwhile, back at Tadhana, Brad is bragging about how he spearheaded John's elimination and will continue to make big moves. He believes his tribe needs to think about "connection" on the other side and to keep people around who have loved ones. Caleb is feeling pretty vulnerable upon hearing this, considering that Colton quit the game - yes, for a second time, as Jeff would remind us all - last week.


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The tribes compete in the Immunity Challenge

At Redemption Island the next morning, the tribes grab their seats to watch the duel between Candice, Marissa and John. Before they get started, Candice sounds off against Brad, though his wife, Monica, insists that the entire tribe is voting these people out. Candice counters that Brad has been "hushing the women" and John admits that everyone who's been eliminated so far has been Brad's idea and that the others should keep that in mind.

But on to today's challenge. On Jeff's mark, they'll need to maneuver across a ladder bridge, manoeuvring a key along a twisting rope. At the end, they'll use the key to unlock a bag of puzzle pieces, and the pieces must be used to put together a very complicated puzzle. You know the drill by now - the first person gets an immunity idol clue, the second is just safe and the last person is out. Let's get this show on the road.

Surprisingly, Candice falls slightly behind at first, but it's far too early to tell what's going to happen, considering the puzzle could trip anyone up. John makes incredibly quick progress and manages to finish the puzzle first - but who's leaving? Marissa becomes frustrated and starts falling behind, while Candice's methodical approach really pays off. She eventually completes it, and Marissa is knocked out of the game. Aw, that's a shame - I liked her!


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Candice, Marissa and John compete

John decides to give the immunity idol clue to Monica at Candice's suggestion, thinking it might help to take Brad down. However, Monica takes the clue and immediately throws it in the fire - a smart move, considering she'd immediately have a target on her back if she'd have kept it. Monica is sure she's in a good position in the game, but she's worried about how aggressive everyone seems to be towards her husband.

Back at camp, Monica is upset at everyone's response to Brad as she's certain that he's doing his best to make things comfortable for the loved ones on Tadhana. However, Gervase gives her food for thought: Monica only knows Brad as her husband, not as the Survivor player, so he could very well be the "bad guy". Everyone does congratulate her on keeping her cool, but this whole thing could backfire.

Meanwhile at Tadhana, Brad is feeling the heat, as it seems like every time he goes to Redemption Island, he gets bashed. Caleb, Hayden and Vytas know that Brad's pretty terrible, but they know it's important to keep him around at least until after the merge in order to take the heat off themselves. After that? Well, he's the lowest man on the totem pole.


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The Tadhana Tribe at Tribal Council

At the immunity challenge the following afternoon, Jeff explains that the tribes will need to paddle out to a series of crates, dive down to release them and put them in a boat. Once they have all five, they'll use them to build a staircase. Two tribe members must then solve a puzzle to reveal a combination that will release a key. The key will then be used to raise a flag, and the first tribe to do so will win immunity and tea, coffee and baked goods. Yum!

Tadhana seems to get an early lead, but there's not much in that as it's happened in every challenge so far and they've never once delivered. Indeed, when Tadhana drops two of their crates, Galang catches up pretty quickly. They keep their lead and get the puzzle put together first, securing their third win and ensuring that Tadhana will be sending yet another tribe member home.

At Tribal Council, Brad and Ciera have a tie, which means they'll all - minus Brad and Ciera - need to re-vote for one or the other. After doing so, Brad is voted out. Well, that was unexpected!

As he leaves, Brad announces that he's "not like everyone else" and not mad at anyone, though he'll give it a go to get back in. Huh, go figure!

Survivor airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on CBS.

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