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True Dork Times Survivor 19: Samoa spoilers
Episode 13: "Two Brains Are Better Than One" Filmed: July 14-16, 2009
Airdate: December 17, 2009
Episode 13: RC | HII | IC | Boot | Summary
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Survivor: Samoa episode 13 detailed reward challenge spoilers/ speculation
  Between the web promo and the weekend ads, a much clearer picture of this challenge has emerged. First, shots from the NFL-specific ad show the challenge itself, which is done in two teams of three (yellow and purple, of course). Brett, Mick and Natalie on purple, versus Russell, Jaison and Shambo on yellow.
   It's not clear whether the arrival shot is for the RC or the IC, since Brett (who would be wearing the necklace) is hidden behind Jaison. But it might as well go here, we guess. As for the challenge itself, it appears to require each side to take turns pulling a rope out of a structure holding up a large load of coconuts. Eventually, the remaining ropes no longer can support the coconuts, and they all fall down. As appears to be happening to Natalie in the NFL ad.

Reward challenge vidcaps: click to view larger picture
RC arrival
RC arrival? Brett in his natural, hidden state
mick pulls some strings
Mick pulls some strings
russell
Russell, coming untied?
jaison
Jaison, eyeing the drop
brett
Brett appears in this episode
natalie
Natalie is the yanker
coconuts
Coconuts to you!
shambo
Duck Shambo, duck!
natalie's fall
Natalie drops a load
natalie's fall
Oh my goodness!

   So who wins? As we noted, the shots above of Brett, Mick and Natalie could be either while the reward winners are away, or they could head off themselves. frisky at Blows had a good theory that it's the latter, pointing out both footprints and boat marks in the sand on the beach shot below (the whole thread is worth reading for an excellent example of vidcap analysis), but this was overturned by the web promo, which appears to show Russell and Jaison on the reward itself (as picked up by several people in the MeSS thread). So Russell, Jaison and Shambo win reward, while Brett, Mick and Natalie stay behind to plot.

Reward-related vidcaps: click to view larger picture
rewardees?
Russell, Jaison - beach fale?
rewardees?
Russell, Jaison - beach fale?
non-rewardees
Back in camp, no reward
just a stroll on the beach
Wandering on the beach, still no reward

   Where could they have gone? A couple of possible rewards (taking note of the returnees' swimsuits) could be the To Sua Ocean Trench or swimming with sea turtles at Satoalepai Wetlands. Russell and Jaison appear to be sleeping on actual bedding, perhaps in one of Samoa's many beachside fales?
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