Night 15, and Judd goes on and on about how happy he is that Margaret's gone. Jamie tells us he's already thinking about trying to get Judd in the final with him.

The next day at Yaxha, Bobby Jon's shirt sticks to his huge wounds from the ball Challenge. Brandon has a bunch of them too. Who's up for some scabs?

The Reward Challenge is on another big field. But instead of something violent, the task is just to wrap material around you. Call it the Human Toilet Paper Tube Challenge.

The "toilet paper" is wrapped around a pole, so the tube has to go around and around the pole to pull the TP off the pole and wrap it around him or herself. After that you bounce over to a second pole where a teammate is waiting. The two of you buckle together and have to wrap the second length of toilet paper around both of you together. A total of four people get wrapped from each team, then you unwrap as a group and get released one at a time.

The fifth person on your team doesn't get rolled up but helps the tubes spin and stay upright. The extra person, Judd, sits out completely.

We learn the Maya discovered chocolate so that's what the Reward is, plus a "zipline canopy tour." Amy and Jamie are the helpers for their respective tribe.

Stephenie is the first toilet paper tube for Nakum. She has the lead but she and Lydia have trouble rolling as one. Brandon and Gary pass them, but by the time they get to the fourth pole the tribes are even.

He's the TP and I'm the wrapper. or Lydia wraps up second base.

Yaxha opens a slight lead on the way back, but then Nakum falls! Good one, helper Jamie. Yaxha wins easily and Jeff gives Nakum one of my favorite Survivor quotes: "I got nothing for you. Head back to camp."

Amy is afraid of heights so her zipline reward isn't very rewarding, and Bobby Jon puts up the rocker horns on his ride. They all pig out on chocolate.

Day 17 at Nakum and Rafe has made a deck of playing cards out of leaves. Well done, MacGyver.

Over at Yaxha it's Danni's birthday. Well, I suppose it's Danni's birthday at Nakum too, they just aren't observing it. Yaxha wants to invite Nakum over for a pool party to celebrate. Is that legal?

Nakum accepts the invitation but some members do so grudgingly. On the canoe ride over Jamie says, "I don't like these people." Cindy later tells the camera she didn't want to go either.

Not only is it a pool party, but there are refreshments. Yaxha had saved some of their chocolate and they share it with their guests. Very smooth, Yaxha. Nice work.

Everyone's having a great time but Jamie is sulking. He tells us he was just quietly observing to see if he could pick up on any alliances. He was curious to see where his old tribemates Amy and Gary stood. He's the one who breaks up the party and gets Nakum to leave, which annoys Stephenie.

Rock on, Bobby Jon.

I agree with Jamie in principle. You never stop playing the game. You accept Yaxha's kindness but you continue to pay attention and you listen a lot more than you talk. The pouting is where he messed up. Smile, act friendly, and no one knows you're what you're up to, which might make them reveal even more information.

The next day Bobby Jon is in the pool again and he's letting minnows eat the dead skin from his wound. Then he tries to catch the fish in his mouth. Oh that Bobby Jon.

Amy brings up the quarterback thing again with Gary. She tells him how she can do all this background research on him at work. Gary still keeps up his charade. He tells the camera Amy won't be able to find anything on him since she doesn't know his real last name. Yeah, there's no way she's going to be watching this on TV.

Bobby Jon knows this is a huge Immunity Challenge if they don't want to go into a potential merge down 6-4. "This is it," he says. "I mean, this is it."

The Challenge is retrieving twelve giant puzzle pieces, some of which are buried in the sand. Three people are getters and they can only go out one at a time. Two people from each tribe are assemblers. Lydia sits out again.

Danni, Brandon and Bobby Jon are getters. Probably a good idea to keep BJ away from the puzzle. Jamie, Judd and Cindy get for Nakum.

Nakum takes the lead as Danni is too weak to carry a piece. Brandon and Bobby Jon pick up the slack. The tribes are tied at five pieces, and still tied at ten pieces. Jamie throws a piece on Stephenie's shin.

Piece out.

Nakum is the first to get started on the puzzle as Bobby Jon has trouble finding the last piece. Yaxha makes a game of it but Rafe and Steph hold onto the lead. Nakum wins!

Back at camp, Amy thinks she's in trouble. She talks to Danni to see if there's any hope, and Danni mentions Bobby Jon as an option because this is his second time in the game. Amy goes to Gary who tells her he'll vote for Bobby Jon if Danni does.

Bobby Jon tells us making the jury is a lifelong dream of his. He must have been a psychic as a child.

Tribal Council, and they all talk about how they've bonded. It seems sincere and Jeff agrees. Brandon admits he's torn between sticking with an alliance, and people who might "deserve" to stay longer. Bobby Jon says he's sticking to his word from early in the game. Like with Blake?

Bobby Jon votes for Amy and calls her the most "real person" he's ever met. Amy votes for the Bobby Joninater.

The tally goes: Amy, Bobby, Amy…Amy. Again, a unanimous vote. Danni didn't switch and Gary protected himself.

You'd better run, Gary Hawkins.

Jeff then says the merge is right now! They get new buffs and are told to go straight to Nakum. Wait--they have to give up the pool? Noooooo!!! I wonder if that is included in the "belongings" Jeff says will be moved.

Next time on…Survivor: The night merge is completed. Later Jamie and Judd start to fight.

So both "experts" made the merge. Bah. Although, you would think now that the game is completely individual they'd be huge targets. Why wouldn't the eight others make it easy on themselves for two votes and pick off the "celebrities"? You used them to get this far, now throw them away like the Human Toilet Paper Tubes that they are.

Happy flushing!

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