A Manoeuvre That Leaves You Gasping

A Manoeuvre That Leaves You Gasping is the second episode of Survivor: All-Stars.

Day 3 (Night)
The remaining five members of Mogo Mogo rush back into their shelter, trying to shield themselves from the downpour of rain. The group stay silent due to a mixture of exhaustion and awkwardness surrounding the first tribal council, knowing the difficulty it took to vote somebody out first on their second time playing.

Chapera
Carlson and Ben stand on the beach looking out at the incoming storm, worried that the previous night is the start of what could turn into constant rainfall.

In the shelter, the other four players lay around as they wake up to begin their day. Holly complains that she's feeling and looking a mess, but is complimented by Neasa, who assures her that she's "still looking hot". Holly blushes over the compliment, as Neasa continues to seemingly pay her flirtatious compliments.

Mogo Mogo
The tribe sit around their camp looking over towards distant clouds, which appear to show an oncoming storm. Sheamus and Reniero go off to check the tree mail, leaving the other three to mull over their poor situation.

Sheamus and Reniero return to camp carrying a large crate, placing it down and reading out the tree mail to the tribe informing them that they will be taking on a reward challenge, but with no information on how they can open their crates.

Saboga
Michael reads tree mail to the tribe after delivering the crate back, letting them know that reward will be up for grabs. The group appear to be unanimous in their hopes for a flint, having gone without fire for four days, drinking their initial water supply and any water they could collect from the rainfall. As the group prepare to head off, they all seem to be speculating which member of Mogo Mogo was the first person voted out of the game.

Reward Challenge
Challenge: Stairway to the Stars

The tribes would need to swim out to retrieve logs that are adrift at sea, with each tribe losing a member after each plank was recovered so that only one castaway would be left to retrieve the final log. The first tribe to build the stairway and use it to reach a platform would win reward.

Reward: Tarp and blankets

Additional Stipulation: The first placing tribe will have a choice between keeping their reward of tarp and blankets, or they would exchange it for a piece of flint, an extra cooking pot and a clue to the whereabouts of the first key to their tribe's rice crate. If the winning tribe picks the flint, pot and clue, the two losing tribes would also get the same prize.

Information: Isaiah sits out for Chapera, and William sits out for Saboga. Holly, Salma and Delma each drop out after one swim. Neasa, Mina and Daisy drop out after two swims. Carlson, Reniero and Danni drop out after three swims. Adela, Abbas and Teddy drop out after four swims. Impressively, Ben, Sheamus and Michael complete all five swims for their tribe. Chapera finishes a clear third in the challenge, having struggled to catch up due to having less dominant male swimmers. In the end, Mogo Mogo's physical dominance finally makes an appearance, and they are able to win the reward challenge.

Winner: Mogo Mogo (chose to give up tarps and blankets in exchange for flint, a pot, and a clue to the first key of their rice box; Chapera and Saboga also receive reward because of this decision)

Chapera
The six Chapera members arrive back at their camp after finishing in last place at the first reward challenge. Despite the widespread feeling of disappointment, the group is pleased to ultimately end up with reward thanks to Mogo Mogo's decision.

Adela, Ben and Carlson all remain silent during the argument initially, with Adela and Ben rolling their eyes to one another, clearly less than impressed with one loss bringing out blatant cracks in their tribe dynamics. As the bickering continues, Carlson opts to intervene, reminding those involved that they'll get nowhere by going around in circles, and that they should simply bury the argument and move on.

Mogo Mogo
The tribe returns to camp having just placed first in the reward challenge, taking the decision to grant the better reward to the rest of their tribe mates. Sheamus immediately gets to work with the flint, using it to get the tribe fire so that they can finally boil water.

Abbas and Mina head off with the tribes permission to locate the first key to their chest, determined to get the rice inside. As the rain begins to pour down, they are glad to find that their clue has led them into the shelter of a cave.

The pair manage to locate the first key deep inside the cave, eventually taking it back to the rest of the tribe, who are taking shelter alongside their fire, which they successfully built out of the rains path.

Saboga
The Saboga tribe arrive back at camp having lost the challenge, but still managing to receive reward thanks to Mogo Mogo's decision. After getting the fire going, the tribe find their strength massively increasing thanks to the ability to now boil their own water.

Whilst eating, the tribe discuss their feelings after seeing Lotus was the first person voted out of the game.

Chapera
With the rain proving relentless, the group sit around camp hoping to keep their fire alight. However, their failure to properly shelter it results in it ultimately going out. Adela and Ben have some time alone together in the shelter whilst the others are scattered around the camp. They talk about their mutual feelings of safety, which they joke could be far too overconfident.

The pair continue to talk over their assessment of their tribe members, watching as Carlson, Holly and Neasa talk together, and Isaiah sits on his own trying to restart the fire. Ben raises his fears that Carlson and Neasa may work together based off the fact they're both Sole Survivors, and that with Holly they'd control half the vote.

Ben eventually takes Isaiah on a walk, speaking with him about his issues with Neasa and Holly. He allows Isaiah several minutes to rant about his disdain towards them, believing that they have blatantly aligned and will try to pull in the others to vote him out. Ben assures him that he'll try his best to keep Isaiah safe, as he knows if he's voted out that he'll be in a difficult position.

During their chat, Carlson, Holly and Neasa agree that Isaiah going would be the best result for the tribe if they were to lose. They suspect that Adela and Ben would agree to the vote, as nobody is willing to rock the boat too much this early on in the game.

Mogo Mogo
As the downpour continues, the tribe spend much of their time doing basic tasks around camp, feeling somewhat bored due to the lack of tribe members to interact with.

The three boys spend their time collecting as much food as possible, with Abbas managing to bring back a small fish for the tribe to eat. As he prepares it, Reniero becomes frustrated by what he perceives to be a contrast in work ethics between the men and women.

After the tension between Delma and Reniero, the group gather around to prepare the cook the fish, thanking Abbas for supplying it. Delma then makes jokes that she'll do all the clearing up, nudging Reniero with her elbow as she says so, causing several time members to laugh, although Reniero himself seems unimpressed.

Saboga
The weather prevents the tribe from getting on throughout the day, spending much of their tribe trying to shield their fire. As the time passes, Teddy entertains the tribe with tales of his wife and daughter, reminding everybody how much they already miss home. Daisy becomes emotional when talking about her boyfriend, admitting that she would like to get married within the next year. Danni jokes that if she brings home another million dollars "several men will propose". Several hours later when the rain lets up, Salma walks with William to collect some water for the tribe. The pair talk as they return to camp, mulling over again the decision that Mogo Mogo made to oust Lotus from the game. Salma appears to support their decision, believing those who are "more devious" being deserving to go first. William mentions that he believes Daisy to be upset over Lotus' elimination due to her intentions of working with her should they have ended up on the same tribe at some stage. Salma agrees, ultimately calling Daisy "far more intelligent than people would give her credit for".

Chapera
Ben reads tree-mail aloud to the camp, letting them know that they will be facing their second immunity challenge. The camp seems less than optimistic of their chances going into the challenge, particularly due to their recent blatant lack of cohesion. Nevertheless, the prospect of losing doesn't appear to worry too many members, as several have already lined up who they'd like to be the first person ousted from the tribe.

Immunity Challenge
Challenge: Float Your Boat

The first two tribes to swim down, free the boats of their heavy cargo from the bottom of the ocean floor, clear the water out, row to shore and carry the boat over the finish line would win immunity.

Information: Mogo Mogo once again finish first in the challenge, thanks to every member performing well, with the exception of Reniero who performs averagely. Similarly, Saboga also appear to do well in the challenge, with William being the only person to perform badly after accidentally tipping their boat. However, Daisy, Danni, Michael and Teddy's strong performances enable them to finish in second place. For Chapera, despite good performances from Adela and Isaia, average performances off of Carlson, Holly and Neasa end up costing the tribe victory. Ben appears annoyed on the sidelines, suspecting that the three average performers on his tribe weren't giving it their all.

Sit-Outs: Ben sits out for Chapera. Salma sits out for Saboga.

Winners (according to finish): Mogo Mogo and Saboga.

Chapera
The Chapera six return to camp having predictably lost the immunity challenge due their recent poor teamwork. For the first few hours, nobody seems in a hurry to split up and talk strategy, with half the tribe already believing themselves to be locked in on their vote. The three girls head off to the water in order to clean off privately. When in the water, Neasa and Holly both openly pitch to vote against Isaiah, but Adela's lack of a response triggers their paranoia.

Back at the shelter, the three boys sit together and talk about their thoughts on losing the challenge. Carlson initially remains elusive, clearly having planned that his vote would be against Isaiah. Isaiah and Ben both catch onto this, forcing Isaiah to bring the conversation bluntly onto where the votes may in fact be going.

As the hours pass, the mood in camp shifts, with Isaiah looking more smug at the prospect that he's managed to outwit Neasa. Neasa, Carlson and Holly all look nervous as the sun begins to set, having gone from believing Isaiah was going home, to not knowing which of them will be receiving votes. Adela and Ben check in with one another minutes before leaving for tribal council.

At tribal council, much of the time is spent talking about the tribes sudden downward spiral, having initially being pegged as the favourites after being the only tribe to achieve fire without flint. Adela, Ben and Carlson talk about the root of the issues being down to the conflict between Isaiah and Neasa, which they are calling "Amazon 2.0". Jeff asks both Isaiah and Neasa about the conflict. Isaiah accuses Neasa of being manipulative, suggesting that she already has Holly "in her back pocket". Neasa rebukes this, and suggests that Isaiah just has prolonged hate that stems from him being voted out in The Amazon. Ben talks about his frustrations with the recent performance, in which he suggests that only Adela and Isaiah looked as if they were "giving 100%" in the challenge. Carlson, Holly and Neasa all seem offended by this, saying that they were in no way trying to lose. Isaiah supports Ben's frustrations, telling Jeff that he believes they were willing to lose because they had already got in their minds that they'd be voting Isaiah out should they go to tribal council. Ben is seen laughing as Isaiah facetiously shouts "it's a conspiracy, Jeff!" The final question asked is given to Carlson, with it concerning how previous game-play is carrying over into All-Stars (other than through feuds). Carlson explains that as previous winners, both he and Neasa are in danger because there's an assumption that winners might stick together. Whilst he rubbishes the claims, he says he can respect why some may hold this concern.

Carlson hides his shock and disappointment behind a faint smile, not looking at any of his tribe members as he takes his torch over to Jeff for the first time in his Survivor career. As Carlson leaves, Isaiah looks visibly shocked, having been led to believe that Neasa would be the one leaving the game. Neasa gives Ben and Adela a grateful glance, knowing that they ultimately spared her from an early exit. The five grab their torches and return to camp, having just voted the first ex-winner out of the game, and failed to remove either side of the feud that has been destroying the tribe from within.