Survivor Gabon -  A tribe is not a team
Episode Recap by Wolfie

  CBS Survivor Gabon Fang may be a tribe but they are not a team. At this point in Survivor the reward and immunity challenges are still fought and won or lost as a team. That requires unity as a team, working together as a team or the team losing as individuals and being sent to Tribal Counsel to vote out another individual member of their team. American History teaches us,united we stand, divided we fall. Survivor Gabon is teaching the members of Fang the same lesson.

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Ace says Tribal Counsel was sad, while Matty talks about every night he dreams about food, his girlfriend and his dog.

Over at Kota Dan seems to be the one pigging out and upsetting his tribe mates.

Ace tells Sugar they know she has the immunity idol so she decides to give it to him. He gets cocky in his testimonial about the power he has. Then he enjoys watching the elephant swimming in the river as he watches.

Reward challenge

Tethered to a 20 ft long snake that weighs 200 pounds they race around a track trying to catch up to and touch a member of the opposing tribe. Anyone can opt out if they are dragging by disconnecting from the snake. Corrine sits out. Kota gaining on fang. Fang is fading. Sugar and Kenny drop out and Fang moves faster. Kelli drops out so they are down to 3 members, Crystal, Ace and Mattie. Susie drops out for Kota. Crytal starting to drag. Mattie pushing but Crystal drops out, it's all on Mattie and Ace against 5 strong guys on Kota. Kota closing in and they win reward. Kota pigs out on a feast that includes fruit and eclares.

Crytal gets emotional at the loss and the sight of Kota eating. She says Randy is a troll. Kota sends Sugar to exile island again. I have no idea why. Maybe it's a way of being sure the idol is found and Fang knows who has it, and who is eating while the rest of them are not.

Sugar is indeed feeling guilty about the food she gets to eat while on exile island and the rest of her tribe is running very low on rice. Of course it does create tension among the tribe that doesn't have a team mentality anyway. Crystal, Ken and Mattie have been on the losing Fang from day one however it seems to be getting to Crystal more than the other two. She's stressed and resentful and tells the others they do not know what it is like because they had some time with food and being on a winning team.

Kota catches a large turtle. They cook up a gumbo and enjoy the reward of eating well from their own skills besides winning reward challenges.

Sugar comes in from exile island. Immunity challenge is an obstacle course while tethered in pairs. Susie sits out. The tethered pair must work their way through the obstacle course to a point where they untie and release the pieces that will be assembled into a flag pole. These sections are apparently very heavy and they must return through the obstacle course to their team before the next two can leave to get the next section.

Kelli and Sugar get quick start, Randy and Bob are dragging.
On the return fang loses a tremendous amount of time as Kelli and Sugar are dragging.
Crystal and Ace trying to catch up. Charlie and Corinne with a decent lead for Kota.
Ace and Crystal are making up time. Final two for kota is Marcus, for fang Mattie and Kenny who go quickly through the crawl through. Fang now passes Kota. They are in a dead heat returning with the flag pole sections. Now they must untie the pieces of the flag pole and assemble it. Ace tells Crystal get out of the way. He takes over not letting others help him and is trying to force the pieces together. Jeff tells them they fit together without forcing so he obviously is trying to join the wrong sections. Fang falling behind while Kota is working together. Kota wins immunity once again.

Jeff says that Kota continues to dominate. "If you continue to play like individuals you will continue to go to tribal counsel."

Crystal criticizes Ace, says they haven't won anything so how is he benefiting me.

Ace says Kelli is going home tonight. Mattie suggests they flush the idol tonight. He finally agrees with Ace to go get Kelli tonight. Mattie and Crystal talk.

Crystal is still wary of Ace and Sugar being in an alliance. Ken and Crystal talk. He's buying what she's selling. Mattie tries to push Ken to vote out Kelli after he and Ace talk and Ace convinces him not to worry about the idol. Mattie says he's locked in on Kelli, has made a promise he can't break. Ken talks to Sugar Ken tells Sugar to always keep it with her. I think she gets the idol back from Ace.

At Tribal Counsel
Mattie... we're cursed.
Kelli ... we can't work as a team.
Crystal slams Ace for pushing everyone away while putting the flag pole together.
Ace admits and takes the blame for how it "came together" (or not) at the end.
Crystal is called out by Jeff for crying. She talks about being frustrated with losing. Kelli gets on to Crystal and say when someone cries like that they are unstable. Crystal talks back to Kelli, saying she is not weak. Jeff eggs them on, saying "Kelli didn't say you were weak she said you were unstable."
Crystal talks again being frustrated. Kelli calls Ace out for talking about Crystal too. He objects to "being thrown under the bus." He is aware the plan is to get Kelli out tonight. His lamb is being led to slaughter.
Jeff says "Mattie you are one of the few guys who might have reason not to be worried." I didn't catch what his response to that was.

Ace votes Kelli
Mattie votes
Sugar votes
Kelli votes
Crystal votes someone she hates says go home but we don't see the name on the ballot.

Time to tally the votes - immunity idol is not played. Ace looks at Sugar and she shrugs so apparently she did take it back.

Kelli, Crystal, Kelli, Kelli, Kelli
Kelli is voted out. Ace smiles.
Jeff - "Tonight was the first tribal counsel that I saw some true passion. Maybe that's what was missing."

Next week each tribe will have to vote out one member.
 

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