Survivor: Redemption Island - Why didn't I learn this in school?

I just realized that I haven't posted any recaps about Survivor: Redemption Island except for the episode where Russell got voted out. I must have forgotten because this season has been pretty good so far. We are down to thirteen members now, Krista from Zapatera just got sent to Redemption Island where she has to duel Matt.

Matt hasn't been defeated in a duel since he got sent to Redemption Island, so the odds against Krista are pretty high. The duel is simple. Using a grappling hook, they need to hook in three bags. One of the bags has a ball that they will use to solve a table maze. First person to complete the maze wins the duel.

Surprisingly, Krista makes quick work of the bags and the grappling hook.

Krista, the bag wrangler

Which means Matt is in trouble. But then again, there's still the maze. Krista doesn't seem to want to give up as she held onto her lead but Matt quickly catches up to her and the pivotal moment is when Krista drops her ball giving Matt the victory.

Bye bye ball

Which means Krista's quest in a million dollars is over and that she needs to burn her buff and get a move on.

Farewell Krista. You gave it your all but your best wasn't good enough. So Matt wins yet another duel, stays alive to reunite with the people who stabbed him in the back. Got to love him. So with the duel out of the way, let's see how the two tribes are doing.

OMETEPE

The star of Ometepe are not these two for sure:

And definitely not this guy who does nothing but follow Rob around like a little puppy.

The star of Ometepe is Philip. The "Former Federal Agent". He's all over the place. He goes on a tirade against Natalie and Ashley and basically thinks he's in a three-way alliance with Grant and Rob and then he wants to vote out Rob and conspires that with Andrea.

The guy may not have a clue as to how he's irritating people but at least he knows he can't trust Rob. Hopefully he can pull something off but at this rate with Natalie, Ashley and Grant basically loving Rob at every minute of every day, that's going to be difficult.

ZAPATERA

And then we have the Zapatera Tribe. They're basically a wreck right now with all the egos flying around. David hates it that Sarita called him out last week, Stephanie hates her tribe, Steve hates Stephanie for, God forbid, voting against him at the last council, Julie doesn't like Sarita for being a drama queen and Sarita hates the dirt.

Really?

So of course they lose the challenge because they are so abysmal. They are self-destructing. The alliance of six which is supposed to be strong is breaking apart. I was secretly rooting for Stephanie to stay but that would mean Sarita has to go. I like both women. I wish this guy left instead.

His true colors definitely surfaced. He wanted to keep the tribe strong as opposed to keeping loyal people. What the heck? Stephanie is more than willing to flip over to Ometepe, Sarita won't do that. Even if Sarita is weak, if you guys do get to the merge, you're still one person short because Stephanie will flip on a snap of a finger. Stupid.

So off they went to Tribal Council where David openly attacked Sarita. Stephanie did too but she was at the end of her rope so I understood that. David is just prissy, and so much in love with himself that he made himself look like an idiot.

Hopefully people will get to see how disloyal David could be and how unpredictable he could be and that he goes next.

Survivor is getting good, but still not as good as the other seasons. Until next week!