Season 2: Episode 9

Angela could not believe what had happened! Her plans had worked perfectly but Jim had flipped the script at the last tribal council. Luckily for her, Josh was sent home and she was spared. Still she couldn’t help but think that it was fine for her to be playing hidden immunity idols at tribal council but when someone had done it against her, they had gone too far. She also was disappointed in Dennis. She had taken him in and provided him with lots of useful information and this was the thanks she got? Angela refused to believe that Dennis felt more loyal to Jim than to her. She realized that she only needed to get through one more tribal council and then all of this wouldn’t matter anymore. There were still plenty of ways to make that happen. But the most sure of those ways would be to win the final immunity challenge.

Angela wonders what happened

The final four assembled at the challenge site where immunity would be on the line for the final time. Dennis handed back the necklace he had owned for the last two tribal councils as Jeff began to explain the challenge. The challenge was called Pile of Tiles. Each castaway would be given five small wooden tiles. Arranging them in a line the long way, each castaway would have to push the two tiles on the end together in order to hold all of the tiles in between. Each round, the castaways would do this and lift the tiles up off of the table. After 30 seconds, the next round would begin with another tile added to each castaway’s stack. The last one left holding their tiles would be guaranteed a spot at the final tribal council!

The challenge is underway!

Being such an important challenge, members of the jury were present to watch how it went down. Each castaway took the time to arrange the tiles to their liking and then lifted them off of the table. Jeff urged the castaways to put everything they had into this challenge and that even a second of distraction could be a million (minus $999,880) dollar mistake. Everyone appeared to be steady but no sooner than Jeff had made his announcement did Dennis lose his tiles. He would have to make it to the final three the hard way!

Dennis drops out leaving three

Round 1 concluded with three castaways still remaining. A sixth tile was added and the stacks were again lifted off of the table. No one in the challenge spoke. It didn’t even look like they were breathing. Midway through the round, the silence was broken by tiles hitting the table. With a disappointed look, Angela had been unable to hold on and was eliminated! Mark and Jim did not let this ruin their concentration as Angela’s elimination did not cause either to lose focus. Jim looked up and told Mark that if he dropped his stack, he would guarantee that the opera singer would be included in the final three. Mark did not take the bait and said that he trusted the necklace a whole lot more than he trusted Jim.

There go Angela's pieces

That was the end of round 2. A seventh tile was added for Mark and Jim to try to manage with. Both lined up their tiles and prepared again for lift off. Mark inched his tiles slowly off the table while Jim did the same. However, Jim wasn’t able to get that far! His tiles would not cooperate and V’d as he lifted the ends. It was hopeless as there was no coming back from this point. Mark had won his second immunity challenge and more importantly was guaranteed a spot in the final three! The jury conversed quietly about this and could only speculate about what was about to go down between the three vulnerable, yet crafty players.

Mark soaks in Amanda's cheers

The Cantwell tribe made their way back to camp from the challenge. Mark could not believe what had happened. He reflected on his journey through the game and how he had been at his lowest low when Rob was voted out at the first tribal council after the merge. Mark knew that each of his tribemates would be seeking him out and hoping that he would not be voting for them. Now with immunity, Mark felt that he could really think about who it was time to get rid of.

Mark is all smiles and into the final three!

Dennis wanted to talk to each of the other three right now but knew of course that he’d have to prioritize. He first went back to Jim. The two had been working together since the very start of the game. Dennis knew that Jim was still unaware of his secret alliance with Angela. He wasn’t sure if that alliance was no more due to his actions at the previous tribal council. All he could hope for was that Angela wouldn’t out him to Jim and watch as they both wrote his name down sending him out just short of the final three. He and Jim had an easy conversation. Both agreed to vote for Angela and try to sway Mark to do the same. Feeling that the heavy lifting was still to come, Dennis set off looking for one of the other two.

Jim can taste the final three

Jim felt that this conversation had went well and as expected. The worst he could expect was a tie. Even then he may not even be the target. Feeling that he knew where two of the votes were going, Jim left his conversation with Dennis and found Mark. Jim’s pitch here was that he had never targeted Mark and always tried to work with him since the merge began but the reason that they had not was all on Mark. Jim noted that he never voted for Mark and could have easily taken him out at the previous tribal council. Turning on the acting, Jim really tried to play up to Mark that if Angela made the final three, her story would be too much for the jury to pass up. She had made a big move with her idol, was a strong social player, and to make the final three a year after having won the game would be a compelling case. Mark and Jim shook on voting Angela out and went to have more conversations.

Mark and Jim think things through

Mark knew that everything Jim had told him was true. He could have himself a relaxing rest of the afternoon if he made his mind up to vote out Angela. But he was too fierce a competitor to rest on his laurels. Mark soon bumped into Angela and the two stepped aside to talk. He asked her who she thought the two of them should target. Angela thought that the correct play was going after Jim. Hearing this instantly told Mark where things stood. Jim and Angela would be voting for each other. He thought she was really working it as she gave him the pitch as to why Jim should be voted out. Noting his “phenomenal game,” Angela listed out reasons why Jim could not go to the final three. She told Mark that he had dragged Dennis through the game, had a huge idol play, and a great story of having gone from worst to first from last year to this year and also overcoming the adversity of losing all four tribal challenges. Mark wouldn’t commit to anything at this time and wanted to have some time to think.

Angela tries to get Mark to see things her way

Angela left this conversation feeling that she had accomplished her goals with Mark. Though she believed some of what she said, the reason she wanted to vote Jim out was that it would be easier for her to beat Dennis. She had leverage over him and could explain to the jury how she saved him and really looked out for him after the merge. Throwing in the bit where he betrayed her would certainly not win Dennis any points. Angela felt that in debating against Jim, he could counteract her idol move and tell a different story than what she had to offer. The two had taken very different paths to this point. Angela found Dennis and couldn’t wait to hear his apologies. Last year’s winner was not as upset with Dennis as she led him to believe. She felt that he was really feeling sorry for what he did and went for it by telling him that all would be forgiven if he voted for Jim at tribal council. Angela concluded by telling Dennis that he wouldn’t have her jury vote if he wasn’t on her side at tribal council and walked away without waiting for a response.

Say you're sorry

Dennis did feel horrible about that and wanted to make it up to Angela. But all this would do was backstab Jim and quite possibly lose his vote. He wandered around and caught up to Mark. The two compared notes and sensed that they were both safe. But now what?

What a dilemma

Just before tribal council, Jim and Angela met up a short distance away from camp. Smiling at each other, they stated the obvious and wished each other luck at the vote. But wait! Why had Dennis gotten off the hook here? The two quickly tried to throw a plan together to vote Dennis out. They certainly didn’t want to leave their fates in wild card Mark’s hands and playing both sides Dennis’ hands! Why not take some bit of power back? The two wrapped up their conversation and made final preparations before tribal council.

Last minute alliance?

Jeff welcomed in the final four to the penultimate tribal council. Three of the four had never been to this point in the game before. Angela remarked at how much of an accomplishment this was and that she knew from experience that the feeling upon reaching the final three was one of great relief. Jim said that he thought he did all that he could both in the challenge and afterward in order to set himself up to advance beyond this point. Dennis stated that he felt that everything that he had built with the others up to this point would help him achieve one of his goals by making it to the final tribal council. Mark noted that he was extremely glad to have immunity because he thought that he might not have been able to hang with the other three if he was forced to scramble and fight for his life. Jeff announced that it was time to vote!

Mark looks skeptical

After tallying the votes, Jeff prepared to read them. With hidden immunity idols having expired, there would be no wrinkles to this tribal council. The first vote was for Jim. A vote for Angela followed. Vote number three also had Angela’s name on it! Dennis knew that he was safe now and felt great sitting in his chair. Angela could only hope that either Mark or Dennis would come through for her and tie the vote up. Jeff unfolded the last vote and turned it around. It was for Angela! Her reign as Survivor Branford champion had come to an end only one step before the final tribal council! Angela packed up her things and grabbed her torch. Her back to back performances in Survivor Branford could be the greatest accomplishment achieved in its history to date. Jim, Dennis, and Mark were left to revel in their position as the final three!

Angela completes the jury

Some took more pleasure than others in making this vote

Next time on Survivor:

·              - Can Jim complete his last place to first place Survivor Branford turnaround?

·                   - Will Dennis be able to roll his story up into one pitch that the jury can’t refuse?

·                    - Would Mark’s improbable run to the final three conclude with being named sole survivor?

Season 2: Episode 8

Jim had survived the previous tribal council and should have been feeling great. But he had issues to handle…specifically hidden immunity idol issues. First was the fact that he was no longer in possession of the idol that he found. Having given it to Dennis for safekeeping, Jim wanted to get it back as soon as possible from him. A more pressing issue though was that there was another idol hidden out there and only Josh knew what the clue said. Because he trusted Dennis more than Josh, Jim would retrieve his idol from his ally a bit later. Josh was noticeably absent during the time between tribal council and the next challenge.

Jim's wrapped up idol

Jim scoured the island and saw Josh looking for the idol. He decided to keep his distance and spy on last year’s 4^th place finisher. Jim wanted to keep Josh in his sights until the next challenge. From the way it looked, Josh hadn’t found the idol yet. But Jim knew it wasn’t out of the possibility for Josh to pretend to look even after being successful.

Friends close, enemies closer

Just a short time later, the final five gathered at the next challenge site. The name of the challenge was Numbers Game. Jeff explained the rules of the challenge. Three stations had been set up. One contained sticks, one contained marbles, and the last had bottles. The castaways were responsible for running from station to station and counting up the number of each item found there. Once a guess was ready to be made, a castaway would run back to Jeff and provide their answer. If their answer was wrong, the castaway would need to revisit at least one station before being allowed to return and make a guess. The first castaway to correctly count each of the three types of objects would win immunity and a guaranteed spot in the final four!

Dennis takes a shot with the bottles

Jeff called go and the Cantwell tribe was off. A majority of the tribe used the same approach and ran to the furthest station to begin counting sticks. The only rule was that no one was allowed to touch any of the items to be counted. As usual, different strategies were clear. Mark wanted to increase his chances of winning as much as possible so to him this meant making as many guesses as possible. He stayed at each station for only a few seconds to get a rough idea of how many of each item there was. Mark wasn’t expecting to be correct on his first try but thought that he could refine his guesses as he went.

How many sticks?

Angela was very confident in her counting ability having won an immunity challenge the previous year by counting all the way from 1 to 100! She had a good feeling that as long as she could get over the running aspect that this challenge provided, she would have a great chance for a guaranteed spot in the final four. Angela quickly counted the number of sticks and bottles but took her time counting the marbles. The tricky element to this station was that the marbles were placed on a rotating disk! It would take patience to be able to correctly identify how many were there.

FLASHBACK: Angela is good with numbers in the original Survivor Branford

After a little bit of time, Jeff had begun getting used to telling each castaway that they were wrong on all three items. It was a frustrating challenge but one that was clearly worth winning. Josh became the first to provide a correct answer with the number of marbles. Dennis then was told he had correctly counted the number of bottles. Jim also figured out how many marbles there were. He knew that this upcoming tribal council was the last time he could use his idol. But he also knew that he had to make an honest effort in this challenge in the unlikely event that Dennis refused to return the idol to him.

Josh shows his frustration after a wrong guess

The challenge continued on and had reached a stalemate of sorts. All five castaways knew the correct number of bottles and marbles. The number of sticks scattered on the ground remained elusive. Everyone felt that they knew the answer give or take 5 sticks. But that would not be good enough here.  

This challenge is making Mark lose his marbles

While some continued to make an honest effort to count the sticks, others were willing to run back and forth to Jeff increasing their answer by one stick at a time until they were right. Just a few minutes later, Dennis hit the lottery! His latest guess was confirmed by Jeff to be correct. The stick station was by far the hardest and Dennis had been lucky enough to be the first one to guess correctly even if he was unable to actually count the number of sticks. But in Survivor Branford: Second Chance, luck is a huge element of the game. With that, Dennis won his second immunity challenge in a row and was now guaranteed a spot in the final four!

Dennis into the final four!

Being able to take comfort in the fact that he was safe, Dennis felt that he had more room to weigh all of his options before the next tribal council. They really were endless. He and Jim had been tight allies since the beginning of the game and Dennis felt he could trust Jim. There was also the under wraps alliance that he had made with Angela. And there was also the hidden immunity idol that Dennis currently owned. Dennis knew that through his possession of the idol and his ability to play both sides, he could probably make anything happen that he wanted to at the next tribal council. He just wanted to take care to minimize any damage he might cause at the vote.

Dennis checks in with Angela

Mark had done a great job at progressing in the game once Rob was voted out. He knew that his best argument at this point was to position himself as a swing vote between what he still figured to be two pretty tight pairs. He talked to Josh and Angela and tried to build as much trust with them as he possibly could. The three of them could only target Jim given that Dennis was immune. They all felt good about this idea and as they disbursed, hoped that Jim wouldn’t be able to piece things together.

"1, 2, 3, vote Jim out!"

Everything for Jim hinged on getting his immunity idol back from Dennis. If Dennis was truly loyal to him, this wouldn’t be a question especially as Dennis was immune himself. But Jim was unable to find Dennis! He figured that he was out doing his due diligence and talking to the other castaways left in the game. Jim had had earlier conversations with Josh and Angela about voting out Mark at this point but felt that those talks weren’t very real. Assuming he got the idol back, Jim figured that he could choose who would be voted out. After thinking, he concluded that Mark was easiest to beat in a final three while Angela was less likely than Josh to win a final four immunity challenge. With that, Jim decided that he would be voting for Josh. With moments to spare, he found Dennis and made a beeline for him to get his idol back.

Where's my idol?

Josh felt secure in his position. He, Angela, and Mark would be voting for Jim. He also knew that there was a chance that Dennis would vote with them given the promising conversations that the two had shared. But Josh wanted to make full use of his time. Having an idol at this tribal council would give him that much more security. Josh remembered the clue that he ripped up and thought that hunting through flower beds would be the most promising thing to do. Taking care to not trample the plants, Josh was very thorough. Just a few minutes before tribal council, Josh returned to camp and announced that he had found the idol and that it was in his bag for safekeeping!

Josh looks for extra insurance!

Cantwell arrived at tribal council and it set in that there were less than half of the starting players left in the game. When Jeff asked who was nervous at this tribal council, Mark and Jim raised their hands. Mark expressed that while he had been able to maneuver to this point, he knew that without a number 1 ally that his time could be up at any point. Jim noted that he had been to every tribal council to this point and it was his goal to participate in the next two as well. Angela admitted that she was nervous but didn’t raise her hand because it would show weakness to the jury. She felt good about her chances of advancing and was really trying hard at this point to focus and not give in to the thoughts of winning back to back seasons. Josh said that he had had his most productive period of the game right before tribal council. He had both set himself up in a good spot for this vote and had plenty of time to seek out the hidden immunity idol. Dennis concluded by saying that he respected the other four players for keeping cool without the promise of immunity. He thought that without the necklace, his stress would be evident. It was time to vote!

Tribal time again

Jeff tallied the votes and returned with the urn. He stated that this was the final time to use any immunity idols and that if anyone wished to play one, now was the time to do so. Mark, Angela, and Dennis all turned to their right as someone stood up! Jim came forward and presented his idol to Jeff! Its authenticity was confirmed and Jim could punch his ticket to the final four.  Josh wondered if his bluff of having found the other hidden immunity idol would have any impact on the vote.

Heads turn...

...and Jim makes his play!

Jim took delight in a successful idol play as the first three votes all came down for him. Josh couldn’t believe it as the fourth vote was shown to be for him. And with the final vote also for Josh, he became the 8^th member of the jury! Josh had turned in solid back to back performances but making the final three would elude him for another year.

Another near miss for Josh

The votes:

They had the numbers...

 

Old tribal lines rule the day

Next time on Survivor:

- It will take a very steady hand to win the final immunity challenge!
- More final three deals and handshakes than sticks, marbles, and bottles combined!
- The jury is completed and the final three is set!

Season 2: Episode 7

After a wild tribal council, the Cantwell tribe was ready to call it a night.  Mark and Josh took up residence on the plush grass listening to the tide as they tried to get some sleep.  Dennis, Angela, and Jim talked for quite a while not so much about game but about mutual friends and fun memories.  Autumn went straight to bed with it weighing on her mind that she may have been the biggest reason why her alliance imploded.  Everyone would at some point before the morning give thought to their place in the game and what they could do to strengthen it.

Josh bundles up against the Branford elements

The Cantwell tribe rose the next morning and slowly made their way back into the game.  The biggest topic of conversation was tribal council the previous night.  Angela reminisced on her idol play and subsequent blindside of Amanda.  Everyone was 99% sure of who voted for whom except for where the vote for Mark came from.  It only made sense that Autumn had decided to go rogue and throw a vote at him.  At least, this is what the group concluded.  In reality, Mark had voted for himself!  He knew he wasn’t in danger and didn’t want to take a side.  Though this is against the rules of Survivor, Jeff must have fallen asleep when Mark made his vote!  Luckily, for the integrity of the game this vote didn’t affect the outcome in an adverse way.  Nonetheless, Mark surely got some entertainment value out of watching the rest of his tribe speculate on what had happened.

Not cheating if you don't get caught!

Cantwell made their way to the next challenge site.  The outcome of the challenge would potentially set the tone for the rest of the game.  The challenge was called “Scrambled Eggs“.  Each castaway would have to run around the island looking for eggs which each contained a single letter.  Once an egg was found, the castaway would open it up, memorize the letter, and place the egg back.  The first castaway to find all six eggs and unscramble the word that their letters would provide wins immunity!

Scrambled eggs for breakfast for the Cantwell tribe

With everyone stretched out and ready, Jeff called go.  The group scattered in search of eggs.  Dennis immediately went to the area where Jim had found the immunity idol and found an egg perched on the ledge.  He opened it up to see a “G” tile.  At the other end of the island, Josh found an egg in the center of the Cantwell camp.  He cracked it open to see the letter “Y.”  Mark had gone down to the beach and found an egg sitting on a bench near the water.  Inside contained an “H.”  Jim had immediately ran out to the rocks where the first challenge took place.  He could see Autumn a few paces behind him.  He opened up the egg to reveal an “N.”  He resealed the egg not wanting to give Autumn any freebees.  Angela was very observant and noticed an egg located very close to the starting line of the challenge.  She memorized the “R” that was inside.

Morning jog or immunity challenge?

As the challenge went on, the castaways had to balance several things.  First was fatigue from running all around the island under the hot sun.  Also was trying to locate the eggs in the first place.  They were only found at significant locations but this was not as easy as it sounded.  Several times castaways crossed paths asking how many eggs they had found.  Whether or not these questions were answered truthfully, it provided everyone with the motivation to finish first.  Of course, the hardest task was remembering what the letters were and trying to mentally unscramble them.  If a castaway forgot a letter, they would have to unfortunately go back and find that particular egg again.

Don't let the picture fool you...Mark is fast!

After 10 minutes had elapsed, a few castaways found themselves with a bit of a lead.  Dennis was searching for his sixth and final egg while Angela and Josh were close behind at four each.  Mark and Autumn had found three eggs while Jim brought up the rear with only two eggs.  The motivation to be protected at the next tribal council fueled everyone to keep running and searching.  Jim did have the immunity idol still but would love to have the necklace on top of it.

Jim mugs for the camera

Shortly after, Josh found the “R” egg and was only one letter away from the win.  He suspected what the answer was but could not provide it until he had found the final egg.  Angela was not making any progress while Jim found his third egg.  Dennis continued running and passed a nearby flower bed.  He knew that this was no time to stop and smell the roses.  But, yes it was!  Nestled within the flora was the sixth egg!  He opened it and saw the letter “U.”  Dennis knew exactly what the answer was and shot off down the path back to Jeff.  Hoping he wouldn’t arrive too late, Dennis was relieved to see Jeff still waiting to be given the answer.  Dennis caught his breath and told Jeff that the answer was “HUNGRY.”  Jeff responded by throwing his arms up into the air and declared that Dennis had won immunity!  The rest of the Cantwell tribe gathered back at the start and compared notes on where all of the eggs were.

Flaunt it Dennis!

Before Cantwell got out of earshot, Jeff announced that with Angela’s idol play at the previous tribal council, a new idol and new idol clue had been planted!  Just when the tribe was ready to relax, most of them took off running back to camp in hopes of getting a head start on looking for the clue.

Autumn finds extra energy to run back to camp

Because of the fervor in which the tribe searched for the clue, the hunt was short.  Josh quickly found the clue and hustled away to read it.  He wouldn’t have it so easy though as nearly all of his tribemates followed him and tried to steal a glance at the information.  Josh was able to quickly read it and memorize the clue.  He then took great pleasure tearing it up in front of everyone.  Josh knew that he would be under surveillance from this point forward and with time short, he had to focus more on strategizing for the next vote.  The idol search could happen a little bit later.

Tearin' and not sharin'

Putting aside what happened at the previous vote, the two remaining pairs got together and noted that Autumn and Mark were now both partnerless.  Either of them could be taken out pretty easily at this point.  One of the biggest things to consider was who to bring to final five.  Everyone involved in this conversation knew that whether it was Autumn or Mark that survived the vote, they were clearly positioned as a swing vote at final five.  Each pair had to look out for their own interests and influence the vote away from the person that would be most likely to swing their way at the upcoming vote.  Mark and Autumn were both hard to figure.  Mark was a complete wild card who seemed to have no allegiance and was just crazy enough to vote for himself.  Could a person like this be trusted?  Autumn had stayed in Amanda’s shadow for the entire game so she was an unknown quantity herself.  The group still didn’t have a great handle on what her capabilities were.  Angela, Josh, Dennis, and Jim made an agreement on who to vote out and then broke apart to make sure they had everything else taken care of before tribal.

Mark or Autumn?

Mark knew he had a strong social game and put it to good use in connecting with Autumn.  He let her know that he would be loyal because they needed each other.  He was able to come off as genuine to her in his pitch.  Autumn was willing to work with Mark in order to get themselves further.  The two tried to figure out who to target.  They thought about which other pair was the tightest and determined it was the best course of action to break them up.  Autumn pointed out that Jim and Dennis fit this description and Mark followed up by noting that those two had caused nothing but trouble since arriving at the merge.  With Dennis wearing the immunity necklace, Jim was who they set their sights on.

 

Autumn and Mark look to counter

Mark and Autumn told Josh and Angela their plan to vote out Jim.  Josh and Angela had to consider how this would impact the game going forward.  If Jim were voted out, they would remain the only pair left in the game.  One on hand, they knew that if they could get just one person on their side, they would have a final five majority and a core two in the alliance of three.  On the other hand, a spurned Dennis could come together with Mark and Autumn and finish the job of breaking up the final pair left in the game.  Angela also privately knew that her secret alliance with Dennis was something she wanted to preserve.  Having to weigh the good and the bad Josh and Angela talked about how they would adjust to the swing vote position they now found themselves in.

Josh and Angela's decision will impact the rest of the game

Moments before tribal council, Jim was talking to Dennis alone.  Jim felt confident that he was not the target and that he, Dennis, Josh, and Angela would be voting the same way.  Dennis confirmed to Jim that he believed this too.  Jim then decided to get a bit creative.  He knew that his idol was only good through final five, meaning he would have to play it either this time or at the next tribal council.  He was willing to gamble on not playing it now in order to assure him of a spot in the final four.  But, in case he was blindsided at the upcoming vote, he didn’t want the idol to leave the game with him.  He decided to give the idol to Dennis to hold at tribal council with the promise that Dennis would give it back if Jim made it through!  Jim’s thought process was that this act would resolidify his pact with Dennis.  If Dennis ended up on the jury, Jim could use this show of friendship to garner a vote from Dennis.  He would also point out this move to the rest of the jury noting that it demonstrated his loyalty in the game to his true alliance and that he was willing to protect those that he gave his word to.  Jim quickly handed the idol to Dennis (almost being seen by Mark!) and the two made final preparations for tribal council.

Jim explains his idea to Dennis

The final six players in the game gathered at tribal council.  Dennis opened things up by saying that immunity felt awesome and that he was also glad to be assured to make it to the top five; something he felt short of the previous year.  Josh commented that it wasn’t too early to start looking ahead to the final three and weighed the options of getting there with people he felt he could beat vs just getting there period.  Autumn said that she had new hope after developing a bond with Mark.  Mark confirmed this and said that they had become fast friends and wouldn’t be writing each other’s names down.  Jim said that he felt the more unsure about this tribal council than any of the other six he had already attended.  He had to put his faith in those he thought were on his side.  Angela closed things out by remarking again how much crazier Survivor Branford: Second Chance was and that it was making her victory last year look easy by comparison.

The final six!

Cantwell made their way to the voting area one by one and soon after, Jeff was tallying the votes.  Jeff returned and asked if anyone wished to play the immunity idol.  Dennis could only imagine Jim’s reaction if he decided to play it on someone else right now.  With no idols presented, Jeff began to read the votes.  The first was for Jim.  Autumn was the recipient of the second vote.  Jim then received a second vote.  He had never gotten more than one vote at tribal council in this game so far but didn’t appear worried.  Another vote revealed for Autumn brought it back to a tie.   

Only one of them will survive this tribal council!

Things would become very clear with the fifth vote.  It was for Autumn!  No tie was to be had as the sixth and final vote was also for Autumn!  With that, the 17 year old student became the seventh member of the jury!  She quietly made her way out of tribal council but knew that she would have a very loud say as to who would be named sole survivor!

Two votes for Jim...

...but four votes for Autumn

 

Autumn's fall is complete

Next time on Survivor:

-       Will Dennis keep his word and return Jim’s immunity idol?

-       Can Josh find the time to search for and locate his own immunity idol?

-       An intense challenge devolves into a guessing game!