Oobles Of Time To Kick Ass And Take Names

 is the fourth episode of Survivor: Lithuania.

Day 10
Rūta returned from Tribal Council, and Evan expressed his joy that Tayson had left after a brief delay. With no real hope towards winning the next challenge, he set sights on Piper, the sole member of the tribe not left in the Isaac alliance. Meanwhile on Ąžuolas, Matty expressed his own nervousness, as the tribe had yet to really test strategic bonds.

The Reward Challenge was themed around the Baltic Way, a moment in time that Catnip was very passionate about, and her discussion on it moved both the cast and the hosts. Ironically, the challenge itself was a doozy - both tribes had to list cities from the three Baltic countries, and string them so that the last letter of a word would match the first letter of the next. The extremely close challenge resulted in Rūta’s second victory, and a second idol clue:

“This person was born in 1997.”

Day 11
The next morning proved to be highly eventful for Rūta. With the second clue out in the open, four of the five tribe members - Piper being the odd one out - ascended to the next level of the idol find, a jigsaw puzzle of the answer: Rūta Meilutytė. Two members of the tribe made damning mistakes during this period.

Keanu was the first; despite being the first member of the tribe to find the puzzle, he elected to not do it, believing the idol was already found. Kam then finished the puzzle and attained the Hidden Immunity Idol. However, she did not realise that she was signed into the website - as such, her idol find was telegraphed to the remainder of the tribe. Evan considered using this information against Kam, but decided to remain focused on his plan to take out Piper.

The Immunity Challenge was preceded by another foray into Lithuania’s history from Catnip, this time discussing the “Unseen Lithuania” project, where Marius Jovaiša flew across the country in a helicopter and took many scenic photos. The challenge itself, Prisoner’s Puzzles, required the castaways to compete in puzzle duels, while also estimating the time it’d take to complete them - those estimations would be used as the final score, so long as the castaways remained under them.

Ąžuolas attained their fourth consecutive Immunity Challenge victory, much to the joy of Matty and the slight bemusement of Ryan. Both expressed suspicion about a swap being on the way. What a bold (and entirely correct) suspicion!

Day 12
Having attained the highest score of his tribe, Evan was presented with the Royal Choice. Choosing urn 3, he was rewarded with… an idol clue. For, you know, the idol that had already been found. Oy vey.

With their fourth straight Tribal Council on the wings, the Isaac alliance began to somewhat disintegrate. Pendant and Evan discussed the plan to vote out Piper; Pendant, wishing to protect Piper, instead suggested Keanu as a replacement boot. While suspicious, Evan found himself in a corner once Kam also requested Keanu’s elimination, citing Piper as a loyal asset come merge.

After a relatively quiet Tribal Council, Pendant got his wish - Keanu was voted out 4-1-1, with Piper receiving Keanu’s vote and Pendant receiving Tayson’s black vote. Upon exit, Keanu gave Evan his third black vote.

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Word Chain

In this challenge, the tribes were asked to form a list of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian cities, with the last letter of one city matching with the first letter of the next. The tribe with the longest list would win reward in the form of an idol clue.

Winners:

Immunity Challenge: Prisoner's Puzzles

In this challenge, the tribes were given five separate types of puzzle; each tribe member would have to pick one, and face off against the other tribe in a duel. However, each castaway would also have to nominate a time frame they'd complete the puzzle in; if they beat that time, the time nominated would be their final score. If they went over said time, their score would be zero. The tribe with the most points would win Immunity.

Winners:

Voting Confessionals
"ruta"

- keanu! this was honestly such a tough decision :( i really didn't wanna get rid of you with how sketchy piper and especially pendant are acting rn, but because kam wasn't on board we kind of had to blindside you tonight. no hard feelings, i hope we can stay friends after the season

Final Words
Keanu left no final words.

Trivia

 * The episode title was from Matty, in reference to the strength of his tribemates compared to his own weaknesses.