'Survivor: San Juan del Sur -- Blood vs. Water' loses Reed Kelly and Alec Christy in special double-episode event

Survivor: San Juan del Sur -- Blood vs. Water's merged Huyopa tribe eliminated Reed Kelly and Alec Christy during Wednesday night's two-episode special of the CBS reality competition's 29th season. 


Reed -- a 31-year-old Broadway performer, model and aerialist from New York, NY -- was voted out of his Huyopa tribe on Night 29 at the season's tenth Tribal Council session.

In addition, Alec, a 22-year-old student from Winter Park, FL, was voted out at the subsequent Tribal Council, the season's eleventh session.

Survivor's two-episode special began on Night 26 with Alec confirming to cameras Keith Nale, a 53-year-old fire captain from Shreveport, LA, had given away their alliance's plan to target Jon Misch, a 26-year-old financial assistant from Waterford, MI, at the previous Tribal. The giveaway resulted in Jon playing his idol and Wes Nale going home. Alec also said he didn't trust Reed at all.

Meanwhile, Jon insisted to Natalie Anderson, a 28-year-old student and crossfit coach from Edgewater, NJ, and his girlfriend Jaclyn Schultz, a 25-year-old media buyer from Las Vegas, NV, he was going to play his idol no matter what at Tribal. However, it was clear Natalie convinced him to do that and Jaclyn was onboard.


Natalie was annoyed that Jon needed to "look like the mastermind behind everything" and declined to give the girls any credit. Once Natalie left, Jon asked Jaclyn not to give Natalie props for her gameplay because they needed all the credit they could get to win over the jury. Jaclyn was mad Jon was taking full advantage of a move she had helped to do.

"Screw you then, I'm going to the Top 3 then," Jaclyn said in a confessional.

All the castaways then gathered for a Reward Challenge. Survivor host Jeff Probst explained they'd be asked a series of questions about their tribemates, and if they got a question right, they could chop one of the castaway's ropes. If someone's rope got chopped three times, that person would be out of the challenge.

The last person left standing would win a horseback ride and then a one-night stay at a nice resort where they'd enjoy barbecue beef and chicken and brownies.

Reed got knocked out of the challenge first, and he was soon followed by Alec and Keith, which was very telling. The remaining fivesome then decided to just throw the Reward and give the prize to Missy Payne, a 47-year-old owner of a competitive cheerleading gym from Dallas, TX, because she needed it most.


Missy chose to send Jon to Exile Island. She was allowed to pick one person to share the Reward with her and she obviously selected her daughter Baylor Wilson, a 20-year-old student from Nashville, TN. Jeff then revealed Missy could choose one other person to join her, and she picked Natalie.

After sending Jon to Exile and excluding Jaclyn from participating in the Reward, it became clear to Jaclyn they were at the bottom of their five-person alliance.

Reed then immediately tried to win Jaclyn over by being especially nice to her and supportive. In the process, he called Baylor "a brat" and argued with Missy, who noted Reed was just desperate for allies and would do anything to save himself.

On Day 27, Jon received a new clue to a hidden Immunity Idol on Exile Island. He worried he had become the biggest threat in the game and people would therefore try to get him out as soon as possible. Luckily for him, he found an idol.

Meanwhile, Missy, Natalie and Baylor enjoyed their Reward and declared a Final 3 pact. Natalie had become a daughter to Missy and sister to Baylor. Natalie and Baylor then revealed to Missy they had found an idol. While the girls were having a great time, they couldn't help but fear Reed was trying to work Jaclyn over at camp, and they were proven correct.


Reed sucked up to Jaclyn as much as possible although Jaclyn apparently saw through the fakeness. Reed hoped to capitalize on Jaclyn's friendship and she was willing to at least hear his pitch. Jaclyn soon found herself, once again, in the middle with Jon and she considered flipping on Natalie's alliance to work with Reed.

On Day 28, Missy, Natalie and Baylor returned to camp and immediately began nurturing Jaclyn. However, Alec had been flirting with Jaclyn and talking to her an awful lot, which scared the girls. Natalie noticed Jaclyn was flirting back and their relationship had clearly progressed drastically while the girls were away on Reward. Alec said he didn't have a motive other than enjoying Jaclyn's company and trying to make her feel comfortable.

The following day, the castaways arrived for an Individual Immunity Challenge and Jon rejoined his tribe.

For the challenge, each player had to balance on an oversized paddle resting on a stand. They had to roll a ball down the paddle and attempt to land it in a hole. The first person to get one ball in each of the six holes would be guaranteed a one-in-seven shot of winning the game. The next person to be voted out at Tribal Council would become the season's fourth jury member.

Keith ended up winning immunity and Reed feared he was "deadman walking." However, Reed was hoping something would spook Jon and convince him to vote out Missy.


After the challenge, Jaclyn had to decide whether to team up with Reed and vote out Missy or stick with Missy's alliance and get rid of Reed. She tried to fill Jon in on what happened at camp while he was gone, but Jon was just planning to relax for a bit and spend time with his girlfriend, whom he said he missed badly.

However, Jaclyn immediately tried to talk strategy and Jon kind of shot her down, saying he already knew the information and the guys were just lying to her. Jaclyn got upset and felt disrespected as if her opinion and plans didn't matter to Jon. Jon tried to apologize, telling the cameras that his frustration from being exiled probably came across as him being unappreciative of Jaclyn's information.

Jaclyn cried in a confessional, mocking Jon by saying he'll just figure things out for himself and didn't need her help. 

"If he's got that attitude, screw him!" Jaclyn noted.

Reed then approached Jon and Jaclyn about the idea of working with himself, Alec and Keith. Jon said the guys would never take him or Jaclyn to the Final 3, so he asked Reed to "stop bullsh-tting" him. While Reed countered by insisting it was all about getting to the next step in the game, Jon argued they just wanted Missy gone to set up a blindside against him. 


Reed, however, said he wanted to work with the couple simply because he liked them better than Missy. Seemingly out of nowhere, Jon explained he trusted Reed's word over mostly everyone's, so he agreed to target Missy. Natalie then walked over and joined the conversation. Jon put on an act for Natalie, telling Reed he couldn't trust him while winking. Reed found Jon's action encouraging.

Afterward, Jon told Missy he had found an idol. Still angry, Jaclyn got even more mad at Jon for talking to "his mom" Missy instead of working things out with her. Jon apologized again but Jaclyn gave him the silent treatment for at least five more hours.

Jon didn't like the fact he wasn't on the same page with his girlfriend going into Tribal Council. He also noticed she tended to flirt with Alec and didn't appreciate how she rolled her eyes at him.

Reed needed the couple to vote together in his favor, so he said Jon and Jaclyn's fight could be "fatal" for his own game.

At Tribal Council on Night 29, Missy called out Reed for previously trying to cut Jon's legs out from beneath him and Alec for trying to flirt his way into a friendly relationship with Jaclyn. Missy dubbed that alliance's behavior a joke, and Jaclyn admitted in that moment Alec had been nicer to her than ever.

Before voting commenced, Jaclyn noted she kind of believed Reed and was hurt Missy took Natalie on Reward.


Jeff then revealed one person voted for Missy and five castaways voted for Reed. Once Reed walked out of Tribal, Jon and Jaclyn exchanged "I love you's."

Once the castaways returned from Tribal Council, Alec was sad about not having a loved one. He said he didn't have much to hold on to but he'd keep holding on anyway.

On Day 30, Jon believed Keith and Alec had "no play left in the game." He was also convinced there was no crack in his alliance and he trusted them fully. Jon hoped he wasn't reading anything wrong because he still felt he was steering the direction of the game.

Later that day, the castaways competed in another Reward Challenge.

Each player was required to stand on a small block while stabilizing a ball against an overhanging piece of wood. If one's concentration or balance was lost, the ball would fall and that person would be out of the challenge. The last person left standing would win a King-size canopy bed for a good night's sleep in addition to a spaghetti and chicken parm dinner complete with wine and dessert.

The challenge came down to Natalie and Jaclyn. Natalie was the winner and chose to send Alec to Exile Island. She got to choose one person to share her Reward with and picked Jaclyn. Jeff then allowed her to select one more person, and she opted to include Jon. Natalie told the cameras she chose Jon for Reward to gain his trust but she still wanted to get revenge on him for previously taking out her closest ally Jeremy Collins.


Back at camp, Missy, Baylor and Keith walked off to get water together, which everyone found odd. Jon, however, still completely trusted Missy and felt solid with Natalie -- who was devising a plan all along to eliminate Jon.

Natalie figured that people wanted to get Keith out because he was close to many jury members and performed well in challenges, but she wanted to get rid of Jon because she didn't trust him in the longrun and hated how he pretended to know everything about everything. A clueless Jon revealed to Natalie over their spaghetti dinner that he had found a hidden Immunity Idol.

On Day 31, Natalie told Baylor that Jon was "so fake" and all he talked about was what he was going to do with the million dollars and how he was set for Final 3. Natalie mocked Jon and Jaclyn for constantly talking about their perfect lives and their perfect future together. Baylor, in turn, called Jon "a punk" and Natalie said he was "obnoxious" but could win the jury over.

Natalie then asked Baylor to vote out Jon without telling her mom the plan. Baylor realized Missy was close to Jon and would be blinded by her desire to help men. Baylor didn't want Jon to screw her mother over like the men in her past, so she was down with Natalie's plan. Keith and Alec also went in on it because they didn't like Jon.

Meanwhile, Keith complained that Jon and Jaclyn slept all night and day. He was annoyed Jon was coasting along in the game and that his alliance of five was so tight. When Jon woke up from a long nap, he felt a weird vibe at camp and didn't like it. Jaclyn asked Jon if he really trusted Natalie, and he yes said. She believed Jon because she knew he had a connection with them she didn't.

But Jaclyn still feared Keith was trying to sway Missy, Baylor and Natalie to vote out Jon. She was nervous Jon thought he had it in the bag -- as he tends to "get amped up for things" and then doesn't achieve them and gets very disappointed.


On Day 32, Alec returned from Exile Island for the next Individual Immunity Challenge.

For the challenge, each castaway was instructed to pull on a rope balancing a wobbly table and race out to collect a series of blocks, bringing them back one at a time and placing them on the table. If the table wobbled and the blocks fell off, they had to race to reset them before heading back out. The first person to securely place all 10 of his or her blocks would immunity and a one-in-six chance of winning the game.

It came down to Jon against Keith -- both of whom appeared to be the biggest targets going into Tribal Council. Jon ended up winning immunity and Natalie was really frustrated, revealing she needed "a Plan B."

Back at Huyopa, Jon told his alliance to split their votes by putting three on Keith -- in the hope of getting him out because he was great in Immunity Challenges -- and the rest on Alec. Missy was down with the plan because she called Jon "my guy." Jaclyn intended to vote for Keith with Natalie and Jon. Missy and Baylor planned to vote Alec.

In a last-ditch effort, Alec tried to get emotional with Baylor, saying the game had done something to him. Baylor strangely felt like Alec was her brother at times and then a boyfriend at other times. She admitted to seeing a side of Alec she had never seen before and she liked it.

Meanwhile, Natalie told Keith he deserved to be in the game more than Alec. Natalie explained he was probably next to go though because he was scary in Immunity Challenges.


At that point, a light bulb went off in Natalie's head. She thought about flipping and voting out Alec instead of Keith. Natalie was still determined to get out Jon, so she figured Keith could give Jon some competition in the Immunity Challenges and he'd be loyal to her going forward.

Natalie knew she could use Keith as a vote against Jon down the road. Although she was nervous about pissing Jon off and Jon ultimately flipping on her, Natalie shared her plan with Baylor, and Baylor was onboard to make big moves even though she didn't want to see Alec go just yet. Natalie told cameras she'd make the move if she found the courage to do so at Tribal.

At Tribal Council that night, Missy called it "a fair assumption" that Keith and Alec were the outsiders of the group. Natalie, however, noted the situation was a little more complicated than just five against two.

Jeff then revealed the votes. Four people voted for Alec and three castaways voted for Keith. Jon and Missy looked absolutely shocked and confused.

In the episode's closing credits, Baylor, Keith, Missy and Natalie were shown voting for Alec. On the other hand, Alec, Jaclyn and Jon cast their votes for Keith.






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