Survivor: Africa - The Game - Episode 10: We Are Family

Episode 10: We Are Family

• Reward Challenge: Instead of a reward challenge, players are each given KSh20,000 and a Survivor auction takes place. Jeff offers various food items and players bid on them in KSh500 increments. Items go to the player who bids highest. Items can be shared so long as money is pooled. Items sold in the auction were the following:

• Immunity Challenge: Along the perimeter of an abandoned Boma fence are seven stations. Each station has a question relating to a story told to the players by Jeff and two ostrich eggs, each below one of two possible answers to the question. Players must enter the stations, one at a time, latching the gate behind them. If a player breaks open the egg with the right answer, they will find a strap of colored leather which must be wrapped around the same color on their staff. If a player breaks the egg with the wrong answer, it will be empty inside and the player must try again later. Eggs are replaced after a player leaves a station. The first player to answer five questions correctly and return to the starting circle with five straps of leather wrapped around their staff in the right places wins.

When the seven remaining members of the Moto Maji Tribe return to camp from Tribal Council, Kim P. feels bad about Brandon's departure despite voting for him. Lex realizes that his Boran alliance now outnumbers the remaining Samburu members. Ethan is skeptical of Lex's loyalties to his alliance and to Brandon. Kim J. does not think that Ethan, Lex and Tom want to make it to the final day and believes that all three doubt each other and know one of them will have to be voted out before then. Later that night, with everyone else asleep, Ethan and Kim P. are up on animal lookout when they are startled by the growling of an approaching lion. Awakened by the lion, Tom tells Ethan that he will protect him. The next morning, everyone is feeling weaker and sicker than before. Kim J. is having particular difficulty due to her legs being badly swollen. Everyone is also getting tired of the usual cornmeal mush that they have been eating. While gathering firewood, Tom and Ethan are concerned over Lex's bond with Brandon. Tom believes that by voting against Frank instead of Brandon, Lex jeopardized the Boran alliance.

Later, Teresa and Tom return from tree mail with a small wooden pig and a message to what they think at first is the next reward challenge. When the tribe meets Jeff, they learn that it is not a reward challenge, but an auction for food. After the players open their personalized wallets containing KSh20,000 each and hear his explanation of what applies, Jeff presents a hot cup of coffee with sugar and a chocolate croissant as the first item, which is sold to Lex for the opening bid of KSh3,000. The second item, cheese and crackers, is sold to Kim J. for KSh6,000. Although the third item, a cold beer, is originally offered at KSh4,000, it is sold to Tom for 1,000. After a heated bid-off between her and Tom, Kim P. ends up spending KSh12,500 on an ice cream sundae with a side of hot fudge. Ethan offers Kim P. KSh1,000 for a bite, but Kim P. asks for 1,500. Just then, Jeff offers a full mug of hot fudge which is sold to Ethan for KSh5,000. Jeff keeps a cover over the next item which is sold to Kim J. for KSh11,000. When Jeff removes the cover, Kim J. is surprised to see a plate of fried chicken with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables, much to the jealousy of everyone else. Lex, Ethan and Teresa make offers for Kim J. to share part of her meal. Before long, Kim J. finally sells one of her chicken breasts and half of her potatoes to Lex for KSh10,000. With a chuckle, Jeff bangs his gavel on Kim J.'s behalf. The next item that Jeff offers is a hoagie sandwich which, after bidding against Tom, is sold to Teresa (with help from Frank) for KSh16,500. Teresa splits her hoagie with Frank. Finally, Jeff offers one more item which, like Kim J.'s chicken dinner, is kept covered until it is sold to Tom (who pooled with Ethan). When Tom peeks underneath, he jokingly claims that Jeff tricked him before revealing that the item is pancakes with ham and potatoes. Tom joyously knows that he would have all the ham because Ethan is Jewish and that Jewish people do not eat ham. Even Ethan laughs about it. Once everyone finishes their food, they all head back to camp.

As the tribe heads back to camp, everyone talks about how much they enjoyed the food from the auction, during which Lex sees lines drawn through alliances and relationships made throughout the course of the game. Lex also considers Tom the biggest food winner, while Kim P. does not see Tom being politically correct after sharing his pancakes with Ethan knowing he would not eat the ham. Although Tom does apologize to him for what he said, Ethan knows that Tom was joking and does not take offense to it anyway. He also sees his relationship with Tom as brotherly. Kim P. has trouble determining whether or not Tom's gameplay is a put-on. Kim J. seconds Kim P.'s viewpoint by doubting how good an outdoorsman Tom is. Lex knows Tom is smarter than he says he is. Later, at the water hole, Tom helps bathe Kim J., Ethan and Kim P. by pouring water on them. Apparently not minding with Tom seeing more of her than usual, Kim P. feels that after thirty days of living closely with people, one is not embarrassed or shy about anything anymore. Kim J. sees Tom's bathing methods as just part of the social challenge of the game. Ethan sees the tribe becoming more like a family which makes it more difficult for him to decide who to vote out at the next Tribal Council.

At the immunity challenge, after Jeff tells them an African story, the seven players race with staffs in hand to collect five colored leather straps by breaking ostrich eggs placed below the right answer to one of seven questions relating to the story. The race is close with Frank and Lex being tied most of the way. When Lex wraps his fifth strap to his staff, one of his other four straps slips off on his way to the starting circle. Lex quickly retraces his steps, finds his missing strap, brings it back to the starting circle and rewraps it around his staff. As a result, Lex wins individual immunity for the second straight time. At sunrise the next morning, at Moto Maji, Frank reflects on his time in the game and realizes how precious life is and how his love for being in the African bush grows each day. At breakfast, Frank tries to show his sensitive side. But when Frank goes about his feelings about gun control and other methods of killing people, Kim P. finds Frank's attitude rambunctious. Teresa seconds Kim P.'s opinion by observing the negative reactions of others, but feels it is necessary to protect her alliance with Frank. Noticing that the men have been dominating the game and Ethan is the most competitive, Teresa suggest to Kim J. that Ethan should be the next to go. Kim J. disagrees. That night, at Tribal Council, Frank is unanimously voted out over Kim J. by a margin of 6-1, making Frank the tenth person voted out of the game and the third member of the jury.