We see the aftermath of Callie's departure...
The tribe arrives back at camp and George is visibly upset. Izzie tries her hardest to clam him down but he is livid. He starts to yell but can't get the words out. So he storms around camp throwing anything he can find - which isn't much! The others are basically ignoring him as they figure he can't do to much harm to the place, and besides Derek has much more important things on his mind - to try and find the people who
voted for him!
The next morning the tribe awakes to the sound of a bird crying for help. The group leaves their shelter and head for the noise. Derek being the man he is decides to rescue the bird. He also hopes that this proves
to people who may have voted for him, that even though he is very competitive and strong willed, he is just a big teddy bear at heart.
He scales the 5m high tree and finally reaches the bird. However when he goes to grab it he loses his grip in his other hand and falls all the way to the ground.
The medic is called out to the camp, while Meredith and Cristina are fretting, wondering if the alliance is in danger. Meredith wouldn't admit it to Cristina but she is also worried because she likes Derek a lot and actually wants him to hang around for other reasons... Wink Wink, Nudge, Nudge.
He is given the once over and it's found that he has sprained his left ankle and has some minor bruising. The medic tells him to stay off his foot for a couple of days and to not partake in the reward challenge at
all... Poor Derek... Now he has bruised ribs and a bruised ego...
At the reward challenge...
At the reward challenge Jeff tells them that they are in luck... today's challenge is actually an auction and they can bid on many different items from food, to luxury items to mystery items...
This means that despite his injury Derek can still participate. They are given 500 dollars each to bid with...
The first few item go quickly with Cristina buying a hot dog and a glass of coke, Meredith buying a bubble bath with shampoo/conditioner/soap and champagne!, Derek buys a hamburger with fries on the side and poor old George ends up with a mystery item that turns out to be a plate of boiled rice...
Things heat up as a pizza is brought out and Alex and Bailey spend up big when they decide to share it thus beating out Addy... Then Izzie spends all her money on a mystery item that turns out to be a pillow and blanket!
Then the big guns come out... Jeff shows them letters from their families. He says that not all of them have one and he isn't saying who has one and who hasn't... its up to them if they want to bid or not...
Derek immediately bids for one whilst Meredith gets very quiet all of a sudden. Cristina announces that whilst she is sure she has one she would rather spend the rest of her money on more food...
All the other survivors are bidding and it starts getting a bit nasty when people out bid each other. Derek gets very distressed when he runs out of money and complains that he misses his family so much. Meredith leans over to him and gives him the rest of her money (which was way over half her original total). This allows Derek to win the coveted letter from home.
Jeff then ends the auction and sends them home.
Back at the camp...
Derek wanders off to be by himself so he can read his letters in peace. Cristina is feeling quite satisfied, if not a little sick as she scoffed down her hot dog and coke at the challenge.
Bailey and Alex are enjoying their pizza together and even though George is annoyed he only got rice, he is so hungry that he eats it in record time. Izzie goes straight to the shelter to try out her pillow and blanket while Meredith is patiently waiting to be picked up for her bubble bath.
Derek has been gone for some time so Meredith decides to go look for him, to make sure he hasn't hurt himself. She finds him around the bend sitting a rock looking out to sea.
He has some news from back home…
Apparently his sister Nancy has been a busy girl while he was away and has gotten herself pregnant!
Derek is partially happy with this news although it is a bit old hat to him as he has several nephews and nieces already!
Meredith is happy for him too and asks if she could read his letter. He says sure then asks why she didn't bid on one for herself. Meredith says that there was no way she had one.. She tells him about how she has no family except her mother who suffers from advanced early onset Alzheimer's.
Derek is rather distressed by this and says that she should share his family as he has so bloody much of it! Meredith thinks that's nice, but asks him not to tell the others about her lack of family. He agrees to keep it to himself.
Meredith then goes off for her bubble bath returning later that night...
Everyone is rather subdued as they wait for the next immunity challenge...
The next day at the immunity challenge, the tribe eagerly waited to see what task they would have to do today.
Jeff tells them that today the task would require both brains and brawn. They would have to run around an obstacle course and along the way open 3 boxes and retrieve a key to open the next box. To find the first key they will have to dig in the sand at a location they worked out from a map. The first across the line with their flag raised will win immunity.
All 8 contestants get off to a flying start. However, Addy discovers her map was upside down and that she was going in completely the wrong direction. Alex, Bailey, Derek and Cristina start to dig at pretty much
the same time, with Meredith, George and Izzie not far behind.
The race is on to the start of the course. Not surprisingly Cristina leads from Derek, Alex and Izzie who got her first box out of the sand very quickly. Cristina and Derek go over the two balance beams first, then Alex and Bailey, then Meredith and Izzie who just got there before George.
The first box is opened by Cristina first, and when Derek has trouble with the lock Bailey overtakes him. Izzie is right up in the mix due to Alex and Meredith falling off the balance beams.
The next obstacle is a swinging rope from one side of a platform to another. Cristina in her haste to fly over first didn't have a good enough grip on the rope and falls off, meaning she has to go back and try again. Before she gets there though Bailey turns up and is able to go first. With her little legs she can barely reach the rope but she is so determined that she jumps and flies off the platform, only just making it to the other side. Cristina takes her time this go and makes it over, closely followed by Izzie and Derek.
The next box is opened by Bailey first then Izzie who overtakes a tiring Cristina.
The last obstacle requires them to go under a series of shortening logs. Bailey, having a height advantage, being only 5ft compared to Izzie at 6.2ft, is able to keep her lead and get to the last box where her flag
is waiting first.
Bailey is victorious!
It should make tribal very interesting…
When they get back to camp Cristina is exhausted and completely furious with herself. She can't believe that little legged Bailey beat her in a challenge.
Meredith and Izzie are still laughing over the fact that Addy was reading her map upside down until Alex points out that Meredith didn't do much better and her map was the right way up!
This causes Meredith to go off in a huff where she is joined by Derek and Cristina. They decide to vote for Addy. Meredith says she will go to Izzie and get her vote as well after all she owes them from last week when they voted out Callie... Besides Izzie still believes that she and Meredith have an alliance. If they get Izzie's vote they may be able to get George's which would give them victory.
Meredith approaches Izzie who aggress to becoming a part of the alliance with Meredith, Derek and Cristina. She plans to talk to George about voting with them.
Bailey, Alex and Addy have decided to vote for Cristina. She is just too damn strong in the challenges and they want to get rid of her while she doesn't have immunity... They also decide to approach George about
joining their alliance...
At tribal council...
Jeff asks Cristina how losing the challenge felt. She tries to be an adult about it, but at the end she can't hold back and ends up saying that she shouldn't have been beaten. That she is the best player out here and she expects to win.
This sends shockwaves through council. For somebody to make such a bold statement at this stage of the game is very brave, especially when they don't have immunity. Will this effect how people vote tonight???
It's time...
Jeff reads the names out.
Addy
Cristina
Cristina
Addy
Cristina
Addy
Addy
Cristina
It's a tie...
When the names are read out, Izzie shoots George a look. She doesn't look happy. Jeff informs everyone they will have to vote again, and if the tie remains the 2 parties will have to partake in a challenge.
They vote for a second time and...
Addy
Cristina
Addy
Cristina
Cristina
Addy
Addy
Addy
The tie is broken; Addy is the 2nd person on the jury.
It turns out George became worried about Cristina's comments and flipped at the last minute. Izzie knew it must have been him and convinced him by her death glare to vote for Addy. He did this for his friendship with her, but also because she was pretty scary!!
When they get back to camp... Derek rounds on Cristina telling her that she was a complete idiot for mouthing off like that. He says she has to be more careful and learn to control her feelings or she won't last much longer and that will destroy all their chances…
Izzie has a few quiet words with George in a dark corner... and ends up promising that she will see that he makes it to the final four with her, Meredith and Derek if he stays with them.
Bailey and Alex are disappointed in the result... especially Alex who has gone all broody and just sits staring at the fire... Bailey however finds all the conspiring and whispering rather funny...
The night ends with Cristina and Derek not talking to each other, Alex not talking to anyone and Meredith and Derek having sex again in the bushes...
The next morning the tribe woke up to a beautiful sunset; Derek and Meredith had made their way back into the shelter, so they don't raise suspicion from anyone. After a delicious breakfast consisting of
coconut, the team made their way to the reward challenge.
From the clue they received, a large cube with the letters A B C and D and True and False on the sides, they figured it would be a game of knowledge. They were right!
Jeff tells each contestant that today's challenge will be decided on how much they recall from their 'Introduction to Indonesia' talk they had before they came to the island. The game is very simple, answer the most questions right and you will win. There will be three rounds of 5 questions each and after each round 2 people will be eliminated.
The reward the winner will receive is double edged. They will spend a luxury night on a yacht, complete with a bed, shower, food and alcohol... But also, they will be required to choose one person to
spend the night on 'Exile Island', all alone!
Shockwave hits the group!!!!
The colors are randomly chosen and they stand behind their mats holding their answer cubes.
After the first round George and Alex are eliminated with Bailey and Meredith in the lead.
The second round sees Derek and Izzie knocked out, with Cristina making a comeback.
One round left and it's down to Bailey, Meredith and Cristina
Who will win…
And who will be sent to the dreaded 'Exile Island'…
In the next round Cristina makes a fatal error and is knocked out... its down to Bailey and Meredith. They both answer the next three questions in a row correctly, but Meredith slips up on the fourth giving reward to Bailey!!!
Meredith is bitterly disappointed and Bailey has a smug look on her face!
Jeff tells Bailey that she can bring one person along with her.
Bailey looks around and says.. 'Jeff i don't want to spend anymore time with this bunch of fools than i have to. I'm going by myself'
Everyone is stunned. Even Jeff, he then points out that she also gets to send someone to Exile Island. Bailey smirks then says 'Derek'
Derek has to leave straight from the challenge, and he can't even say goodbye to Meredith properly... She is very upset and Cristina (who hates physical contact) puts her arm around her and whispers viciously 'Bailey is out.'
Meredith nods her head.
Bailey is taken to the yacht and the other minus Derek head back to camp. They are all barely out of earshot when the bitching starts...
Meredith is furious that she didn't get to say goodbye to Derek. She is extremely worried about him being on an island all alone. She starts bitching about Bailey to Cristina in front of everyone else, (maybe not
the best idea Meredith). Alex comes to the rescue of Bailey but then changes his mind after Cristina mentions that if they are so tight, why didn't she take him on the yacht with her? Alex changes his mind after that and it seems that if Bailey doesn't win the immunity challenge she will be going home 7 to 1.
For the rest of the night the group has a pretty enjoyable time, except Meredith that is. She just can't help but think about her man all alone. Then, when the rain begins to pour down she becomes hysterical and the
group tell her to shut up and go to sleep.
The next day at the immunity challenge the group welcome Bailey and Derek back…
At the immunity challenge Meredith is very relieved to see that Derek is just fine, but since the tribe told her to shut up she has been more reserved in her comments... The two share a quick hug before the challenge begins…
Bailey does not receive as warm a reception... but doesn't seem to notice.
Jeff announces that the challenge is one of endurance. The survivors must stand on a perch in the middle of the water for as long as they possibly can. Last one standing wins immunity...
No one budges for the first three hours... Then Jeff comes out with an offering of a cold glass of coke and a packet of Doritos. Alex climbs off his perch and starts eating!
No one else moves...
After five hours Jeff comes out with chocolate chip muffins! That is more than enough for Izzie and she climbs down... strangely enough so does Bailey whom everyone thought would be up there till the end. It turns out that her legs had started cramping quite badly and she was about to fall off anyway!
Five minutes later George asks if he can still have a muffin, Jeff says no the ship has sailed... George pouts and stays on his perch… for about another hour before he groans and gives up falling off backwards into
the water.
8 hours later and the three are still on their perches. Meredith is concentrating so hard that she doesn't even notice when Derek asks her a question, which he is a bit miffed at but also finds kind of funny. He is
so busy laughing that he almost loses his balance! Which of course makes Cristina crack up completely!
After 9 hours Jeff comes up with hot chocolate and a pizza... anyone who jumps off can have some as well as those on the beach... That's it for Derek, he wants that pizza!
Although Cristina is also tempted, she chooses to stay on her perch...
At 13 hours (and its pitch dark by this stage) Jeff comes out and tells them that this is getting ridiculous... they are all hours late for tribal council and will have to go straight there once one of them gives up. He
asks them what they want in order to step down. Cristina says she would step down for a hot cup of coffee, a hot dog, and a choc fudge sundae.
Meredith says she will only step down for immunity. Cristina is surprised by this as she never thought Meredith could be so determined... especially when she didn't buy any food at the reward auction.. Cristina decides that this must be really important to Meredith and so when Jeff brings out her food, she happily steps down and starts stuffing her face.
Meredith wins immunity!
As she steps off her perch her legs give way and she falls into the water, she is so weak that she can barely swim back to shore, and once she gets back on land she can't walk very far... she doesn't seem to mind much
though! And Derek is right there to help her to tribal council...
After the 20 min trek into the jungle where Tribal Council is held the contestants are extremely tired and cold. Derek has carried Meredith the entire way because she couldn't walk, Cristina spent the time chowing
down on her hotdog and sundae.
As the tribe has had no time to discuss who everyone will be voting for this council could be very interesting or not...
Jeff asks Derek how his time at Exile Island was. He puts on a brave face as he describes hiding under a small boat for shelter as the rain pounded down on him from all sides... Jeff then asks Bailey how her time
was on the yacht. She says that she didn't even realize there was a massive storm. Between her hot shower and massage she didn't notice...
Time to vote...
Bailey
Derek
Bailey
Bailey
Bailey
Bailey
Bailey
Bailey is gone!!!!!
When the tribe gets back to camp...
When the tribe gets back to camp people seem to be quite pleased with the result... The group is more unified now, and things seem to be going along fine. Meredith managed the walk back to camp by herself with only minimal help from Derek (he still wanted to carry her though), however she is still very tired so decides to go straight to bed... Izzie being the kind girl she is decides to offer her pillow to Meredith for the night, but she refuses saying that it was her choice to stay up there till she dropped and that its Izzie's pillow and she should keep it.
The others talk after she goes to bed and wonder why she so desperately wanted to win that immunity challenge...
The next day at the reward challenge...
The survivors are extremely surprised when Jeff greets them and tells them that they have extra help for their challenge, in the form of their loved ones... He then brings out Derek's sister Nancy, George's dad, Alex's best friend James, Cristina's mom, Izzie's boyfriend Hank...
Meredith is all alone. Jeff tells her that he is sorry but her loved ones were unable to attend. She just nods her head. She seems unsurprised, but still sad. Jeff says she can still compete in the challenge if she wants
as the reward includes a huge picnic on a nearby tropical island where the survivors and their loved ones will be able to relax and do some snorkeling... Jeff tells her if she wins she can pick another survivor and
their loved one to join her...
The others are thrilled with the arrival of their family... all except Cristina who looks a little irritated at her mother...
After a few minutes Jeff explains the challenge...
They will have to gather water from the ocean and transfer it from their bucket into a container 5m away. This task requires pinpoint accuracy. First with their container full and their flag raised wins!
The race begins and shockingly Cristina seems to stroll down to the waters edge, where has her competitive nature gone!? George is out to a flying start as he is encouraged by his father's loud cheers.
Derek sister Nancy tries to help him by shouting out instructions, Derek seems to be getting extremely agitated by this and they end up having an argument. Even though Meredith has no family here she is still putting in 110 and is doing quite well.
Izzie and Alex are both having trouble judging the distance of the container and are falling behind. While Cristina seems to not be trying at all...
It seems to be 1 horse race, with George flying ahead of all the others, it appears he just wants it more...
With one last big throw George's flag raises and he is the winner! George's Dad runs up and gives him a big bear hug. Once he is free from his dad's grip, George wanders over to Jeff and whispers something in his ear. Jeff nods and then walks over to Meredith, Jeff whispers asking her if she would like to go on the picnic with George and his Dad?
She replies…
Meredith smiles and says yes she would like to very very much. The three of them hop on a boat and are taken away to a different island where they are treated to an enormous lunch. This is very exciting for
Meredith because she hasn't had much in the way of actual food for a very long time!
George teases her as she scoffs it all down saying that's the reason he invited her because she is getting so thin she will disappear soon! Meredith just laughs. She seems happy.
George's dad asks her how his Georgie is doing so far, Meredith tells him that George is doing great, he is a wonderful person and thanks to his archery skills he even won a challenge a while back...
They laugh and joke together for a while then George's dad says it must have been hard to have no loved one show up... Meredith says that her only family is her mother and she doesn't make friends all that easily.. Her mother is in no condition to come and probably wouldn't have anyway... She then tells
them about her Alzheimer's.
After a while they go snorkeling in the ocean and have a wonderful time together just relaxing and enjoying a break from the game. Meredith notices how much fun George is when he is around his family and how
great the bond is between him and his dad. She doesn't even miss McDreamy...
Meanwhile... back at the camp...