Keith's Survivor Borneo Ep. 8: "The compromise"

Last time on Survivor Borneo, the tribes merged as Tagi considered letting go of their numbers advantage to target Kelsey, the tribe outsider. But when Kelsey won individual immunity, the plans were put on hold. Pagong gained Dave's loyalty, but despite this, the rest of Tagi along with Gary decided to vote off Judy after a 4-4-2 tie and in a 5-3 revote, Judy was voted out. Back at camp, Pagong is HEAVILY annoyed with Gary as they all basically drop him from the alliance, they go to Tagi to offer voting out Gary, but Tagi declines. Ron: "We have the numbers and honestly, now that we've seen how close the Pagongs are outside of Gary and how much Dave is a flipper, I'd much rather just decimate the Pagongs." Connor ends up bonding heavily with Reyna and Dustin, which causes Reyna and Dustin to go to bat for Connor when the Tagis are deciding on a target. Connor: "If you can't beat them, join them, that's the compromise, I'm still loyal to Pagong, but I need to be safe for at least this tribal." Rachel is furious and yells at Gary publicly. Rachel: "Gary is a snake and a hypocrite, he doesn't get his way so he targets Judy and does literally the exact same thing Judy did to him except that Judy at least had the decency to not cut him." The Tagis have narrowed the target down to Rachel or Dave. At the Reward Challenge: Abandoned Barracks, each tribe member is to shoot at an archery target with a bow and arrow. The closest mark to the bullseye wins reward. In the end, Gary wins, gaining him a bit of a target from Tagi. Dustin: "Gary scares me a little bit, he's strong in challenges, as much as Rachel is not someone that most of us want to keep around, she's not good in challenges." At the Immunity Challenge: End of the Line, castaways are clipped to a group of ropes by carabiners. They must sprint along a jungle trail and find a series of checkpoints. Along the way, they may find a rope leading them to a dead end, and if this happens, they must backtrack to their last checkpoint to start over. First to reach the end of the trail would win Individual Immunity. Castaways must cling on to the carabiner at all times. During this challenge, it comes down to Dustin, Dave and Gary, with Gary winning individual immunity, shutting down Dustin's plans for now. Sasha: "I agree with Dustin, as much as I hate to admit it, Gary is far too good in challenges, when he loses, he has to go." Back at the merge camp Dave and Sasha bond strongly, which causes Sasha to go to bat for Dave, explaining to her alliance that if Dave goes after he was one of the top three alongside Gary, they may never beat Gary without him. Dave: "I decided to go back to Pagong and stick with them, as much as I'd just love to go back to Reyna complaining 24/7, these people actually want me around." The target falls on Rachel for Tagi and Ron for Pagong. At Tribal Council... First vote: Ron Second vote: Rachel Third Vote: Ron Fourth vote: Ron Fifth vote: Rachel Sixth vote: Rachel Seventh vote: Rachel Eighth vote: Ron Ninth vote and the 8th person voted out of Survivor Borneo and 1st member of the jury... RACHEL Despite Gary flipping back to Pagong it didn't matter, they had no numbers. Rachel, the tribe has spoken. Next time on Survivor Borneo: One player's challenge streak will end in catastrophic failure; one player will weasel his way into a majority and with Pagong down to 2 members, will Tagi begin to cut their own? Find out next time on Survivor Borneo.