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Survivor Pearl Islands Insider Episode 9 Yahoo Platinum

Orange Thief (01:25)

Clip description: Check out a suspicious situation as Balboa investigates a thief on the loose. Did someone sneak off and eat an orange without anyone else knowing? Find out as Rupert and the gang hunt down the crook.

Rupert (confessional): Last night I thought there were six oranges, today we wake up and there's four.

CHRISTA SAYS THERE WERE FIVE...SHOTS OF RYAN LOOKING GUILTY

Ryan O (confessional): I did not take any oranges. Christa says, The person who was the last one over here took those oranges, and turned right around and looked at me. Gimme a break, man, I don't need this. (laughs).

GROUP EATS FRUIT....

Christa (confessional): Somebody was a snake in the middle of the night. It quite possibly could have been Sandra. It could have been any of us. It wasn't me. I wish I could have been a part of stealing the orange. But, this time it wasn't me.

BONUS RYAN CONFESSIONAL: This is a game for a million dollars and you have to start getting into the game and start thinking about strategies like that. And maybe try to sway people a little bit. Burton might be set in his ways. Maybe he's happy with being sixth off. I don't know what's going on in that kid's head because he's not thinking about it much. The opportunity of a lifetime to get back into this game but he's not looking at all the aspects of the game and think about strategies and stuff like that.

Voting Booth (07:25)

SANDRA: Uhm... I'm honestly not even prepared for this. Uhm... Ryno, in the past couple of days that we have been together... uhm, I kind of, you know... I said 'This is a good person right here.' Uhm... But, unfortunately, your def... your defect is that you're strong and uhm... and I just... you know, we just got to send you home, buddy, because... uhm... because the alliance is what decides who goes home. And, and you're just too strong. You're a huge competitor and ... uhm... Good-bye.

RUPERT: [ed. votes for Ryan O.] I'm sorry we weren't on the same team. I know you would've [unintelligible]. I would trade you in for a bunch of my guys. But it's your time to go.

CHRISTA: [ed. votes for Ryan O.You're the rudest, most disrespest.... disrespectful man I have ever met. Uhm. You're so negative.

RYNO: Hey, Christa, didn't like you before, don't like you now. You're so plain. Simply a *****. Uhm... can't really think of anything else to say, but ... uh... see you later.

DARRAH: Ryan, I'm voting for you only so I can leave you a message. Uhm... Thanks for respecting me and having respect that I have a boyfriend. And... thank you also for being a good friend.

JON: [ed. votes for Ryan O.] Gore! Gore! Gore!

TIJUANA: Ryno, this vote goes to you. Uhm... I told you from the very beginning when I first met you that I didn't know if I should trust you or not. And, uh... I was right on. In the end, you betrayed me and our alliance. And with this alliance, you possibly could have gotten further in the game, but you chose not to. In the end, I am sending you this vote with very big smiles. I am glad that you are gone before myself. At the same time, on a personal level, you're a good guy, you've made me laugh and I was glad to get to know you.

BURTON: Ryno, purely a strategic vote, based on my current alliance. But guaranteed, I'd rather you be around longer than some of these idiots I'm stuck with.

LILL: Ryan, I saw a kinder, more caring person in the last 3 days than I did in the whole time that I was with you in the Morgan tribe. I wish I'd seen that a little earlier than just the last 3 days, but I am going to miss you and I thank you for your kindness the last couple times.

Ryan is Back (04:33)

Clip description: After nearly starving to death while living at the Morgan camp, Ryan's prayers were answered when the two tribes finally merged. Insider takes you back to Balboa, as Ryan is thankful to have more food.

Ryan O (confessional): I think it's tough to share food with them because I think they know I need a little more protein. I'm more dehydrated or what have you. It's amazing, just the little meat I had this morning. I walked up to get the water and no problem. Went out in the ocean, I've been moving out all over. The protein, it's like spinach, it's like Popeye or something. I'm back!

CUT

Now I can win this thing because I wasn't fighting an uphill battle.

(TALKS ABOUT BORING STUFF)

If Osten was over here eating this protein, he would have no problem keeping on in the game. For me, my mental stat kept pushing me and pushing me until I could get some food into me.

A few days ago.....I was getting to be boring. I never realized how much of an effect the protein has on me.

I absolutely feel it's our food as a group. I mean this is a tribe and they welcomed us with the food. They go out and get it and I'll get the water or the firewood.

Me and Burton went out (fishing) this morning. And I just didn't have the energy to stay out there. And Burton got a couple of Rays. Everyone's been really cool about the food aspect.

CUT

At this point I think rationing food is a thing of the past.

Tree Mail: Reward Challenge (01:11)

Clip description: Watch as Balboa receives tree mail and contemplates what might lie ahead at the Reward Challenge.

Markopolo's note: There are two interesting things in this stupid clip that got edited out of the show. 1) Rupert says he would rather eat fish than a four-course meal the treemail promises. And Sandra complains that they still have leftovers from the Merge feast and most people are full.

BONUS CLIP: Lill and Burton come back after their feast and Lill lies about talking the whole time. And Burton says the dairy is going to give him problems. They didn't bring back food. And that's it.

Tree Mail: Immunity Challenge (01:28)

Clip description: With the important Immunity Challenge looming, Balboa excitedly prepped for the Challenge. Did Ryan know he was doomed even before the Challenge began? Get the answer from Insider.

Burton (to Rupert): All I know is one of us has to win this today.

Rupert: We should win this.

Burton (mumbling): One of the two of us (should win? HARD TO HEAR).

THEY OPEN TREE MAIL READ STUPID RIDDLE WHICH SAYS ""It’s NOT ABOUT STRENGTH BUT WHAT YOU KNOW."

Ryan (to tribe): I'm a little retarded when it comes to that.

Ryan (confessional): Rupert and Burton went out and got the tree mail and it looks like we have to have a little knowledge of the people of Panama (laughs). I'm at a loss for words, because I was hoping it was going to be a strength challenge. Now I am kinda bummed.

The Day After (08:04)

Clip description: See a clean-shaven Ryan Opray relive his epic experience on SURVIVOR: PEARL ISLANDS the day after he was ousted from the newly formed Balboa Tribe.

Ryan O (confessional the day after): It was Day 19 and the other camp was referring to us as a diet camp. We were looking pretty bad. But mentally, me and Andrew and Osten seemed to pull together with Tijuana and Darrah and we started defeating them no matter how much food we had. Just keeping a positive attitude. And I'm happy about that.

CUT

When Jeff was revealing the votes, my name was on there repeated times, it just, you know, you feel terrible. I thought I could handle it and deal with it, but I was seriously bummed out. I kind of sugar coated it by the fact that I am going to be on the jury. That's not a whole lot. I wanted to win the game and I thought I was a good enough survivor.

CUT

When Jeff snuffed my torch out I don't think it was anything insult to injury, it was more so surreal. It almost seemed like the first day we got here. It was amazing. It was like "oh my god, I'm here, what’s going on. He's actually saying "the tribe has spoken" to me. At that point I almost felt like I couldn't walk away. I couldn't move at that point. I kinda turned back to everybody and told them I'd be back.

CUT

I know exactly why I got voted out. I was a threat. That's all there was to it. They knew it and they said, the only reason you're getting voted out. We love you man, but you're a threat to us. It's a compliment. And Jeff had made the issue the other day when we were at the immunity challenge when we had the true/false questions. I got snuffed out real quick. I had no legs to stand on they were done with me. I was hoping it would be a strength challenge. But it didn't work out that way. Gave me the great compliment, Jeff made a great compliment. You're sitting down there right now because you're a threat and these people are scared of you. I took it to heart. It made me feel a little bit better.

CUT

If I could do the whole game over again, the only thing I would want to do is fish. Learn how to fish beforehand. That was the key to us winning and losing. That killed us, not having the protein. And then, Osten couldn't swim and Tijuana couldn't swim so it was kinda like one of those things where there were many factors. And I was at fault too. I wasn't going to play the game any differently. I wasn't going to suck up to anybody or kiss anybody's butt and brownnose to get to where I wanted to be.

I got to Day 24, and that's pretty good. That's like batting .200 when someone's batting .380. It's not good enough.

CUT

Rupert taught me a lot about dealing with people. He's really calm and mellow. He gets upset at people for not doing things, but ya know just talk to him in a gentle tone. And I have a problem with that. I have a temper. So it's either calm Ryan or freak out Ryan. So I actually, this is funny...I had a couple episodes. I think Day 4 and Day 9. I freaked out on our bamboo in our shelter. It was kinda laid out. When the (bamboo) bedding would push into your back it got really annoying. So Darrah's kinda sleeping next to me and I keep bumping into her. And she's like "Ryan, quit bumping into me." in that southern accent. So I move over a bit. And I just went native, I jumped up. Osten thought there was a snake in the camp. Something was going on. Everybody was awake. And here I am manhandling the bamboo, just ripping it out. And it's all tied down, and people are freaking out because they think I am going to start beating them with it. It was pretty funny.

My experience was great. It was absolute bar-none the best time of my life. I'm going to look back on it and wish, god darn it I wish I could do it again.

It was the hardest and the best.

CUT

I'm going to come away from this as a different person. And it's going to change my life forever. It's great for me. Because I took a lot of things for granted. And it's unfortunate. It took something like survivor to be able to change my aspect and change my thinking about things. I'm going to go home and enjoy my friends more and not be such a jerk. And not be so self-centered. Because a lot of times when I would be out with my friend and I would be out with my family, I would be a little more self-centered than I should be.

Ryan O (confessional): Now I can take a back seat and kinda relax with life. And look around sometime and smell the roses.