Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction Ep. 2 Blog Party

I think the season got off to a good start last week. It seems that the castaways all seem to be there in it to win it … or, at least they're all dedicated show fans willing to work to win.

Then there's Reem. I guess we'll see how bad she really wants it this week! 

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Since we still don't know how Extinction is going to work, Lifeguard Laurie and I talked over our long-standing blog pool first out gets reassigned policy. Y'see, although Reem was indeed voted out, she remains playing the game. She will last more than one episode which was our original thinking when we started out having the first one out reassigned. We have no clue whether Extinction will have more people, like almost a separate tribe, how long she'll be there or what will happen. Long story short … if you have Reem in the blog pool, you still have her.

That said, here are the standings:

Manu Tribe
Chris Underwood - Glenn Allen, Laurie
Dan DaSilva "Wardog" - Jackie, Nana in the NW
David Wright * - Dr_Celine, PDX Granny, Renee Buck
Keith Sowell - Donna in Alabama, meb, Skyriverblue
Kelley Wentworth * - Donna in NY, Jenna G
Lauren O'Connell - Brian, Krysta Gibson, Sharon N.
Rick Devens - Auntie Leigh, Merrilee
Wendy Diaz - Janice, Jennasmom, tbc

Kama Tribe
Aubry Bracco * - Cheryl in NC, Margo, Petals
Aurora McCreary - Ed in Ohio, marthalight
Eric Hafemann - Bizaro22, Pinky, Shannon
Gavin Whitson - Brenda, Kelsey NY
Joe Anglim * - Carol C., Kismet
Julia Carter - Donna in FL, Monty924, Jennifer
Julie Rosenberg - Delee, MikesGirl
Ron Clark - CherryPie, Judi Sweeney, Rochelle
Victoria Baamonde - Indiana Jane, Karen in VS, SueGee

LIMBO -- Extinction?!?!?!
Reem Daly - David, Terry is a Texan, Sharon C.

Okay! Let's see what happens tonight!

Reem doesn't know any more about Extinction than we do. She really wants back in the game, but is breaking down.

Wendy, missing her Reem ally, thinks Kelley was behind it all. She wants Kelley out. Meanwhile, Kelley sees her reaction. She doesn't want Wendy to find an idol. 

Kama, still enjoying their victory last week, seem to be all having fun and bonding. Aubry doesn't tell them that she doesn't like "Kumbaya Survivor." She would have preferred having to go to Tribal first. She's very concerned that she and Joe are likely targets. And, of course, they are. Victoria thinks Aubry is in a bit of a panic. And, in the clips they're showing, Aubry is working a bit too hard to befriend people. Oops!

A couple of the guys are suspicious that Kelley might already have an idol since she's having people search together with her. David is thinking that Wendy's loyalty might be very worthy in keeping her around. David is bonding with Rick and he even talks final two with him for a bit.

On the other tribe, Gavin is gung-ho looking for an idol. Julie notices the men keep disappearing and figures they're looking for idols. 

Whoa! Lauren, who idolizes Kelley, is the first one to actually find an idol!

Time for the Immunity Challenge! Swim to a cage, up and over, untie snake, get snake over cage, swim it back, ending up with throwing a ring toss thing to spell Immunity. Reward is a choice of spices and fork or a fishing kit. Kama sits out Julie.

KAMA wins Immunity! This is the second time out of two. They choose the fishing gear. (A wise choice, methinks.)

Wardog thinks Keith is a liability in challenges due to his poor swimming and the fact that he begged to throw the disks in this one, then hogged time failing to hit the target several times. I like Keith, but the guy is no challenge beast for sure. The target might shift from Wendy or Kelley (dependent on who's talking) to Keith.

Kelley still wants Wendy out. Meanwhile, Keith is playing his Nice Card with the others. He is a nice guy and everyone knows it. Rick and Chris talk about taking out Kelley. David is on board with the idea. Wardog is still reluctant. He wants to keep bigger targets around. Kelley is getting nervous. She tells us she would vote herself out, so she's wary. She only really trusts Lauren.

Time for Tribal Council …
Jeff asks Wendy if she's concerned because she got votes last week. She is. Kelley is a little concerned even though Wardog tells her that Reem was the vote against her. Kelley says that if she remains, she's a strong player and will always be a bigger target. Keith talks about the vote depends on relationships. Chris stresses both trust and challenge performance. People are saying it will be a blindside tonight. Keith said everyone is worried so it will be a blindside no matter what. 

The tally:
Kelley, Keith, Wendy, Keith, Keith, Keith …

They went for physically strong. Keith isn't happy. DANG IT! He keeps repeating and then he hits the fire and decision to go to Extinction. He's praying for a sign from God when they close out the show. But I cannot see him not going for the chance!

They end with teasers for next week -- Lauren injures her ankle (at least I think it was Lauren) and Reem is upset in Extinction saying she's been there for three days and wondering if she should raise the white flag for rescue. 

So we know nothing more than we knew before about Extinction. Y'know, eventually they're going to have to spill the beans!