Survival of the Witt-est
In this episode did a recap of all of the turmoil that has happened in the past episodes. One of the recurring themes is that Coyopa tribe has never won and their group remained in turmoil.
When the episode begins Dale comes back from exile islands and hopes that he will not be isolated from the group and comes back to make sure he will be included. Meanwhile at Hunaphu tribe Natalie found their flint and Drew decided he wanted hatch a plan but this lead to his and their down-fail. Their conflict relates to chapter 8 on cohesion and conflict. During this episode many tribe members in both groups thought they were being wise in plotting and building alliances.
During this episode it was a hot mess for the Hunaphu tribe as the episode was titled. It mainly steamed to the fact that Dale come back from exile islands a stirred up some drama by saying that Jeremy had an immunity idol when he did not and then Drew grew some Survivor ego and decided to do was best for the tribe but it was what was mainly what was best for him. Due to both of them stirring up drama it cause d the Hunaphu tribe to succumb to Group-think. This showed their cohesiveness that eventually lead to their deterioration because they all began to plot and decide on who they want to possible vote out. I found it particularly interesting that Drew thought that he was the King pin and was had the most wits and that would help him win survivor but in the end his plan backfired on him. The group-think of their tribe prevented from questioning why the were going to vote out members that were totally non-threatening and follow the “normal” procedure of discussing things before going to tribal council so that they were not a hot mess.
The AEIOU conflict relates to the Hunaphu tribe as well. First A; the could have asked their members what their intentions were because most of them meant well expect Drew who was looking out for himself. Second E; Expressed their feelings because some of the members were clearly offended by things that were said about each other and the fact that they were even being put up for vote. Third I; Identify what they wanted to happen with the group since this was some of their first experience with alliances and going council since Drew threw their immunity challenge. Fourth O; outcomes of what they wanted to happen in their tribe and lastly U; understand they all have one goal in mind to progress as far as they can on Survivor.
Due to them not recognizing their group-think patterns and identifying ways they could have fixed their conflicts the Hunaphu tribe just made an embarrassment of themselves in this episode. Some members of the group that that their wits would help them but it actually lead to their downfall and lack of group cohesion.
