Episode 2, Withdrawn Ashlee Gone

Ulong wins Reward, Koror wins Immunity and Ashlee (pictured right) is voted off at Tribal Council.

After the recap of last episode, Koror is shown dealing with rats. Caryn (left) blames everything bad on Tom. She says he insisted on the new camp when they had the choice. She thinks they should have voted blah, blah, blah . . . this beach and camp sucks .. yada, yada, yada . . and it's all Tom's fault. Over at Ulong everyone is just glad that Jolanda is gone.

Reward Challenge
Competition: balance-theme obstacle course to retrieve flags
Reward: fishing gear (& flint if Ulong wins)
Sits out: Williard
Swings sand bags: Jeff & Ibrehem (Ulong), Tom & Gregg (Koror)

The players have to retrieve flags. The course is over a balance beam, barrels, a rope bridge etc. Two players from the opposite tribe can swing sand bags on ropes to knock them off, in which case they have to start over again. Everyone has to get two flags. First tribe to 10 flags wins.

Ulong jumped ahead 3-0 and never looked back, they easily won 10-4.
Katie really struggled with this one. Janu got her two flags fairly quickly for Koror.

Angie (left) receives the praise of her tribe mates for her performance in the Reward challenge. Ulong quickly makes fire, catches fish and feasts on seafood. They eat a really big clam, it must have been two feet in diameter. For some reason Ashlee is acting withdrawn and doesn't join in all of the reindeer games.

At Koror they start their flint recovery project. Ian, Tom, Gregg, Janu and Katie (right) take the canoe out to dive for the flint crate (which they lost last episode when their canoe capsized). Tom says it's a bad time because of the strong current. Ian manages to get a rope around the crate and they haul it up. Flint/fire is theirs once again! Ian estimates that it was in about 25 feet of water.

Tree mail includes instructions to learn Morse Code.

Immunity Challenge
Competition: part underwater / part puzzle challenge
sits out: Katie

Each tribe has to swim out to their pontoon. Once everyone in a tribe is at the pontoon, then the tribe can dive down to pull on a rope to drag a footlocker to them. Then they open the footlocker on the bottom of the ocean and untangle/untie eight mess kits inside of it. Next, return the kits to the beach and assemble the puzzle (each kit has a Morse code letter on it).

Willard slows Koror down a little in the beginning by being slow to the pontoon. However Tom (left) and Gregg manage the underwater rope pulling with relative ease. Ulong have trouble and fall behind. Kim never even tries to dive.

Koror wins before Ulong can even open their footlocker.

Here we go again. Ulong for the second week in a row has to go to Tribal Council. Who are the targets? Alone in the cave (I bet Caryn will be even madder at Tom if she find out they "gave up" a cave), Stephenie (right), Angie and James target Kim. They think she's the obvious one because she did nothing during the Immunity challenge. Stephenie talks to Bobby Jon and he seems to agree. James talks to Jeff, who's been cuddling with Kim. Of course Jeff doesn't want to lose Kim so he puts forward Ashlee to be voted off.

Ulong at Tribal Council (again)
(paraphrased)
Probst: Well, well, a bunch of long faces again. First some good news. You won reward. Angie were your contributions recognized?
Angie: Yes, I feel everyone knows how well I contributed.
Probst: Now the bad news. Kim how is everyone taking Tribal Council again?
Kim: The tribe is devastated. We've really grown close in a short time.
Probst: Jeff any friendships you want to talk about?
Jeff: Kim and I are good friends, we cuddle at night.
Probst: Kim when were you first attracted to Jeff?
Kim: Day one.
James: We've all noticed how close they are.
Jeff: It's just nice to have someone to cuddle with.
Probst: In terms of the game doesn't that make you two a threat / alliance?
Kim: No, I hope they understand. That never crossed my mind.
Probst: James who will you vote for?
James: I'll vote for the person who can't hang with the rest of us.

Ashlee is voted off with 4 votes shown. Ibrehem is shown voting for Kim; Jeff votes for Ashlee.

I cannot believe Jeff (left) and Kim didn't realize that their relationship would have an effect on the game. Either they are real stupid or they're just trying to cover their asses. I'm not sure which it is. Whoever voted for Jeff is really out of the loop. It was probably Ashlee.

Alliances
It's still hard to get a fix on alliances. Here's how I think the votes fell: Jeff, Kim, Bobby Jon, and James voted for Ashlee.; Ibrhem, Stephenie, and Angie voted for Kim. I think Ashlee voted for Jeff. At Tribal Council James said he would vote "for he person who can't hang with the rest of us", that could be Kim or Ashlee. I bet Jeff got James to vote for Ashlee.

Over at Koror it's even harder to say who's aligning with whom. Although Caryn doesn't seem to be making many friends.

Heroes & Villains
I don't like Kim (right). When she and Stephenie talked about Tribal Council and Steph told her she was being considered, Kim acted all offended. Like how could anyone even consider voting for her?! Well, how about you doing nothing to help win Immunity. I'm not liking Caryn either, she complains too much.

Official Episode Title: Love Is in the Air, Rats Are Everywhere

Won Reward: Ulong
(fishing gear and fire)

Won Immunity: Koror

Voted Off: Ashlee
Aired: 4 votes for Ashlee, 1 votes for Kim, 1 vote for Jeff

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