Survivor 51 Episode 3 Recap: What I’m Smellin’ Is Stinky

Toka went to its first Tribal since the premiere with eleven players and two sides that each believed they had the numbers. Devin, Brady, Jelly, Mike and Patt had five votes for Kilby, the player they saw as the tribe's schemer. Kilby, Thien An, Jenna and Maggie had four, and started on Mike until Thien An argued that Mike would still be an easy target later and Patt would not.

That left the two newest arrivals in the middle. Lewis, who joined Toka from Exile in Episode 2, and Carter, stranded on Toka by the mutiny, were the swing votes. Keep the five together and they sat at the bottom of it; split it and they decided the game. Before Tribal, Kilby told Devin something Devin did not buy, and Devin's verdict became the episode title: "What I'm smellin' is stinky."

Lewis and Carter wrote Patt. The vote was 6–5: Carter, Jenna, Kilby, Lewis, Maggie and Thien An on Patt; Brady, Devin, Jelly, Mike and Patt on Kilby. Nobody played Carter's idol or either Extra Vote.

Patt Cannaday is the third person voted out of Survivor 51, blindsided from the majority alliance. Earlier in the episode Rob Antonson quit on Day 6, after medical found nothing wrong with his foot, and handed his idol to Carter on the way out. Her exit: "I don't even want a cheeseburger, I kinda just want revenge."

Fantasy fallout: two castaways left and both cost every tribe holding them. Rob's night is −10 (−8 for the quit, −2 for the medical visit), and a crown never softens a loss. Patt takes −5 for the blindside. Savu's seven each banked +3 for immunity, and Cristian and Kristin add +3 each for solving the puzzle. Devin is the week's top scorer at +8: the journey to Savu, an Extra Vote found there, the title line, and no votes against.