Survivor Redemption Island RIdo

So Sometimes I get bored and I try and plan out “What if” Season of Survivor, and one of the easiest to redo is Season 22 Redemption Island…. With all of its Many. Many. Many Faults…….So here are the short little Episode Summaries of the Season.

Episode 1: To start the season on a Different Note. Russell Draws the Ometepe Buff, and Rob draws the Zapatera Buff. The Zapatera Tribe is able to Unite and get their camp running solidly, while at Ometepe Russell’s reputation caused mistrust around the tribe, leading them into disarray and losing the Immunity Challenge. With only Natalie on his side. The remaining Ometepe’s split the votes between them, while Russell and Natalie targeted Ashley for flat out refusing to join his Alliance. But in the End Russell was not able to find an Idol, and Jeff is forced to snuff Russell’s torch, sending him to Redemption Island.

Episode 2: An alliance on Zapatera solidifies with Rob, and the Zapatera six, leaving Stephanie and Krista on the obvious outs of the Tribe, while on Ometepe it seems Natalie is the next to go, and despite many on the tribe not willing to approach her, Phillip tries to comfort her and the two start to develop a Father/Daughter Bond. After another Immunity Loss however, Ashley, Andrea, Grant, and Matthew see Kristina’s leadership as harmful for the tribe, and with Natalie and Phillip’s vote, they blindside Kristina and Francesca at Tribal Council, and sending Kristina to Redemption Island.

Episode 3: After a Grueling Duel, Jeff gladly proclaims Russell Hantz as the winner of the duel, and Kristina is Eliminated from the game. Francesca, who was her closest Ally knows she is on the chopping block and rallies her tribe together to win the Immunity Challenge, sending Zapatera to their First Tribal Council, where Stephanie is the prime target of the controlling alliance. Stephanie and her ally Krista try and highlight Steve’s declining health as a reason to be eliminated. But in the end it is not enough and the group rallies to boot Stephanie.

Episode 4: Russell beats Stephanie in the duel, and in her parting words Stephanie states as her final words to her tribe that they made a mistake getting rid of her when they had someone on the verge of death at camp. Back at Zapatera, her words come true, as Steve’s conditions worsens and the medics make the choice to pull him from the game. Despite the loss of Steve, Zapatera is able to come together and win Immunity, sending Ometepe to Tribal Council, where Natalie and Francesca are on the block, but despite her bond with Phillip, the others see Francesca as a bigger help, and vote Natalie out.

Episode 5: Russell beats Natalie at Redemption Island, but before she can leave Russell goes on a tirade against her and the old Ometepe Tribe, reducing Natalie to tears as she exits. When Phillip hears of what happened at the Duel, he is furious at Russell, and demands that he be kicked from the game. However having no grounds to do that, Phillip goes on a self-destructive rampage, losing his tribe the Immunity Challenge, and asking to be sent to Redemption Island, his tribe complies and sends him there.

Episode 6: Phillip and Russell fight at Redemption Island before the duel, but sadly Phillips anger is not able to get him a win, and he gets Eliminated. At Zapatera Rob sees an alliance forming between Ralph, Mike, Julie, and David, looking to take himself and Sarita out once it gets down to them, so Rob ropes Krista into an alliance with him and Sarita, and after an Immunity loss, Rob is forced to try and get someone to flip, and David is the person most likely to do so, and after seeing a better endgame with Rob’s alliance, David flips, sending the unifying Julie to Redemption Island.

Episode 7: Julie loses in Redemption Island, but in the important part of the game; Krista who is now comfortable in her new spot in the majority starts grating on everybody’s nerves, and they start to see that she needs to go. Rob, who wants to keep his alliance strong chooses not to cut her loose, however Ralph does not like how Rob is trying to control the Tribe, and informs Krista of everything that’s going on and turns her against Rob in an attempt to Blindside him, After an Immunity Loss, Ralph is unable to rally the votes to keep Krista, but at the same time Mike is able to get the votes to go against Rob, to get Krista out, and not Ralph, who Rob sees as the next biggest threat. But at Tribal Council Ralph pulls an Idol out to save Krista, and Jeff is crushed when he has to send Rob to Redemption Island to face Russell.

Episode 8: In a Duel he never wanted to see on Redemption Island but rather in the Finals, Jeff Probst Starts the Duel to see who will Return to the Game, and in a close match Rob beats Russell out, Finally Eliminating him from the game. After a heartfelt speech from Rob about why he feels he deserves to stay in the game and win, Jeff is overcome with emotion and hands Rob a Red Buff for the merge. The Castaways start cheering knowing that a merge is near. However it is not as easy for them. Jeff explains that Rob will be the only one heading to the new Merged Camp, and the other two Tribes will BOTH go to Tribal Council that night and vote one person off from each tribe.
The Two Tribes compete for Individual Immunity. Grant and Krista are victorious for their specific tribes. At Ometepe Francesca is on the chopping block, but she proposes an alliance with Ashley and Grant to split up Andrea and Matthew, since they are a close couple. Zapaters on the other hand cannot vote for their target and instead decide to pay Ralph back for wasting an Idol that they could have used later. At Tribal Council Francesca pleas fall on Deaf ears as she and Ralph are sent to Redemption Island, and both Tribes Finally merge.

Episode 9: Ralph beats Francesca in a close Duel making her the first member of the jury. Back at the newly merged Ometera Tribe. Rob tries to get together with his old tribe who seem open to pagong the Ometepe’s. However after Mike wins Immunity, he talks to the Ometepe tribe see if they would be willing to vote Rob out again, after they agree, Mike runs the idea by his old tribemate who are hesitant on the idea, but ultimately side with Mike, when Rob is unanimously voted out for a second time, and a shocked and disappointed has to Snuff Rob’s torch again.

Episode 10: Jeff breathes a sigh of Relief as Rob beats Ralph at the duel, and on his way out Ralph asks Jeff for a merged buff to burn. Jeff obliges and Ralph becomes an honorary member of the merged Tribe as he joins Fran on the Jury. Back at camp there is a 4-4 split between Ometepe and Zapatera, and after Matt wins Immunity Grant and Mike are the targets, but fearing the purple rocks, Ashley talks to the Mike and David of the Zapatera Tribe to try and get a Final 3 deal with them, and after they accept Ashley willingly votes off Grant and sends him to Redemption Island.

Episode 11: Rob inches Grant out by a hair in the duel, sending him to the jury. On Ometera Andrea and Matt are upset with Ashley for betraying the tribe, while the latter shows no remorse for her actions, and simply state it was to get her farther in the game. Matt pulls out a much needed Immunity win, and Andrea becomes the target of the vote, and goes to Sarita saying that if they were to take out Ashley before her, Sarita would be guaranteed to get all the Ometepe jury votes. At Tribal Council Ashley sits cockily ready to vote Andrea to go home, only to see her name come up time after time, until it becomes evident the tides had turned against her, and she had been voted out unanimously.

Episode 12: Rob manages to beat Ashley at Redemption Island handily. But at camp, Andrea and Matt are outnumbered by the Zapatera’s and bring the point up to Sarita to please let them stick around over Krista, who has been bugging everyone nonstop despite not having any power in the game, and that if they voted her out they would still have the numbers. Sarita and the boys think about throwing Krista under the bus, and think that if Matt wins another Immunity, taking Krista out over Andrea could be beneficial to them. However all that goes out the window when Mike wins Immunity, The Four decide it’s time to boot Matthew, but at Tribal Council Matt sees the way the vote is going down and plays the Hidden Immunity Idol, Making him and Andrea the only two with votes that count, and their Target: Sarita.

Episode 13: Sarita is unable to win against Rob, and after she leaves Jeff congratulates Rob on beating Russell’s duel record, Rob gives another heartfelt speech about how he’s devoted so much time into the game and how he just wants to win, while the other castaways roll their eyes at him. At Camp Krista, Mike and David make their plans for the Final Three, but Krista becomes aware of her situation that the Zapatera tribe had never liked her, and are continuously annoyed by her, and sees that she has no chance against Mike and David, so after another Immunity win from Matt, she sides with Matt and Andrea to blindside Mike, since they’d see him as the best shot of beating Rob.

Episode 14: In a duel to return to the game, Rob beats Mike, and Jeff proudly welcomes Rob into the Final Five and announces the end of Redemption Island. However in a new Twist, Jeff gives Rob an Option, Join the game as normally, or take a deal where he would be Immune from being voted out in the Final 5, giving him time to integrate into the tribe, in exchange for a surprise later on in the game. Rob sees the opportunity fits best to take the deal, so Rob becomes Immune, and so does Matt after another Immunity win. At Tribal Council David is voted out over Krista.

Rob tries to make a deal with Matt and Andrea to go to the Final Three with them over Krista, knowing that they weren’t serious about his deal Rob knows that his butt is on the line and goes on to win the Immunity Challenge, and celebrates full heartedly with Jeff after making his way into the Final Three. Krista goes up to Andrea and says that she knows she’s going home, but brings up the point that Matt is a massive Jury threat and it would be wise to get rid of him. Krista manages to get Rob on board with her plan, but Andrea has Matt’s fate in her hand. At Tribal Council Krista is shocked when Andrea betrays Matt and sends him to the Jury.

Andrea, Krista, and Rob celebrate making the Final Three, and heading out to get the morning feast, only to find that treemail is not for Final Tribal, but rather the Final Immunity Challenge. Rob is blindsided by the revelation, stating that he should never have taken the deal, and that he may have cost himself the million dollars. In the Final Challenge personally designed by Jeff Probst, in which the castaways had to race to assemble in order all the duels that had happened in order. Rob takes an early lead due to playing in the majority of them, but fumbles in the earlier challenges that Russell won, allowing Andrea to pass him and beat him in the challenge. As Jeff Reluctantly places the Immunity Necklace on her, and at an emotional Tribal Council, both Rob and Jeff try and persuade Andrea to do the right thing and take Rob to the end over Krista. The pleas fall on deaf ears and Rob is voted out for a 3rd time leaving Andrea and Krista as the Final Two.

At the Final Tribal, the jury grills both of them. Andrea for using Matt and voting him off when she did, and Krista for being annoying and spiteful. But in the end Andrea came up victorious in an 8-1 vote.