Whichever Way the Wind Goes

Whichever Way the Wind Goes is the ninth episode of Survivor: The Amazon.

Day 24 (Night)
The final eight return to camp having just voted Edweena from the game, seeing her officially become the first member of the jury. A majority of the tribe seem in high spirits, knowing that regardless of how they place now they will have an influence on the final tribal council in some capacity.

Day 25
The group receive tree mail informing them that they will be competing in their next reward challenge, with the group aware that the competition will involve using traditional Amazonian tribal weapons.

Reward
Challenge: Weapons The first eight will try to hit a target with a blowdart. The four players closest to the center move onto the second round, throwing spears. The two closest climb a tower for the final round, trying to hit the target with a bow and arrow. The player closest to the center wins. Reward: Afternoon at a makeshift coffee bar. Winner: Sheamus (shared with Fredrick) Sheamus and Fredrick arrive alongside Jeff at a small shack, with countless pastries and coffee-based beverages awaiting them. Jeff prepares iced coffees for the pair, before wishing them well on the reward, leaving them to enjoy themselves for the afternoon.

The duo spend a large amount of their time gorging on the vast display of pastries and beverages, laughing as they realise they will likely feel sick later in the day due to the sugar-crash. Once they settle down, the pair decide to discuss their thoughts for the remaining two weeks of gameplay, wanting to ensure they have the upper hand over the other six back at camp.

Jacaré
Back at camp, the other six members of Jacaré get ready for a day of work. Hall voices his frustration at losing yet another reward, wanting to finally get the chance to enjoy one after a consistent losing streak.

Hall lays down in the shelter, asking Delma to fetch him some water. Delma tells Hall to "do it himself", reminding him that no one is anyone else's servant during the game. Hall becomes annoyed with this, using his leg injury as an excuse as to why he is doing very little work around camp, and asking others to do his tasks for him.

Jenn, Mayson, Neasa and Isaiah stand and watch the argument unfold, saying nothing as Delma leaves camp alone to fish. Jenn and Isaiah stay by the fire, whilst Neasa and Mayson work around camp to ensure that their daily tasks are done before sundown. Hall continues ranting to himself about Delma's "inconsiderate" attitude, although no one seems to acknowledge his complaints.

The tribe spend the rest of the day conflict free, welcoming Fredrick and Sheamus back from their reward, before all sitting down to a meal of three fish caught by Delma during the day. Both Fredrick and Sheamus take very little food, not wanting to cause friction after the blowup between Mayson and Isaiah at the previous post-reward dinner.

Day 26
During the afternoon, Fredrick, Delma and Isaiah stand by the rivers edge together, casting off the tribes fishing net in order to catch the group dinner. The trio discuss the upcoming immunity challenge, with Delma talking about her apparent certain elimination.

Back at the shelter, Sheamus and Neasa lay together next to Hall. As Sheamus and Neasa flirt together, Hall begins to pester the pair over their apparent closeness. At first the duo ignore Hall, instead focusing on one another.

Hall laughs, clearly enjoying that he is getting a rise out of the pair. The pair continue to ignore him, wondering whether keeping Hall around is worth it any longer. Further away in the woods, Mayson and Jenn start walking back to camp with a pile of wood.

The pair reach the shelter, dropping their wood off by the fire. Jenn walks over to Sheamus and Neasa, rolling her eyes as they ask her how she's feeling. The three begin whispering, joking about their frustration at being left alone with Hall and Mayson.

The fishing trio return with a large haul, preparing the meal for the tribes dinner. The group sit around talking, looking forward to the next immunity challenge, knowing there are several ways the vote could go depending on the result.

Day 27
In the early hours of the morning, Sheamus and Neasa collect tree mail, reading the information for their upcoming individual immunity challenge. Sheamus laughs as he reads the mail, speculating that the challenge will involve eating undesirable foods and drinks.

Upon return to camp, the pair take turns reading the tree mail to the tribe, with several tribe members screaming as they catch onto the belief that it will be a food eating challenge.

The final eight arrive at their next immunity challenge, where their fears are confirmed to be true, with the contestants undergoing an elimination style food eating challenge.

Challenge: Amazon Menu For the first round, the castaways must eat an Amazonian grasshopper. First six to finish move on. Second round, they eat 10 live coconut worms. First four move on. Third round, five beetles. First two move on. For the final round, they must eat live Amazonian beetle larva. The first to finish wins Immunity. Winner: Mayson The group return to camp with Mayson now wearing the individual immunity necklace, granting him a spot at the final seven. Hall congratulates his friend, but laments over his own inability to win an individual competition.

Knowing she is in danger, Delma decides to immediately begin campaigning, not wanting to lay down and accept her seemingly cemented fate. Delma approaches Isaiah, Fredrick and Sheamus as a group, asking them if they have considered voting anyone other than herself. The three men answer honestly, telling her that with Mayson immune it seems unlikely that she'll have any escape from the vote.

Everyone begins packing their things for tribal, although several people are notably feeling safe enough not to take their belongings. Jenn, Sheamus and Neasa sit together moments before leaving, talking about their thoughts on Mayson winning.

At tribal council, Mayson starts off by talking about his joy at winning individual immunity, glad to have broken Sheamus' winning streak. Mayson claims he's unsure whether he needed the necklace, but that he wouldn't want to find out by giving it up to one of his tribe members. Neasa is asked about the progression of life at Jacaré, stating it is a constant "up and down". When asked to elaborate, she somewhat jokingly talks about Hall's worsening attitude. Hall denies being "more grumpy", saying he just wants to see "and end to fakeness" around camp. Jeff asks Sheamus about whether the group are basing votes on who is a bigger threat, or who is an easier target. Sheamus tells Jeff that it is a combination of both, although Delma interrupts and tells Jeff that it is "constantly the latter", noting the systematic elimination of the older women. Delma goes into a short speech about people in the game needing to consider their own positions, or else they will regret "doing nothing" as time passes. Neasa commences the voting after Delma's speech, with everyone quickly writing down a name, with no signs of pausing as the final eight write on their respective parchments.

Delma smiles as she takes her torch over to Jeff, somewhat glad to have the weight of the game lifted off her shoulders after spending her last few days without her friends. The final seven grab their things and head back to camp, knowing now that without the older women they must cannibalise one another, leading some to ponder whether going along with the group consensus was the right move for their own games.