Survivor Gabon Episode 12

- Air date: December 4, 2008,
- Reward challenge winner: Bob
- Sent to exile: None
- Individual immunity: Bob
- Eliminated contestant: Corine Kaplan
- New episodes: Thursdays at 8/7c
- Network: CBS
- Current season: 17
- Season premiere: September 25, 2008
- Season finale: December 14, 2008
- Host: Jeff Probst
- Filming dates: June 23 - July 31, 2008
- Filming location: Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve, Estuaire, Gabon, Africa

The 12th episode of Survivor Gabon Bob got publicly angry for the first time for the way Sugar and Crystal acted towards Randy during the last tribal council. Bob also won the reward challenge and got to spend private time with his wife. Matty tried to convince the contestants to vote out Bob, but instead Bob won the individual immunity necklace. Ken devises a plan to flush out the hidden immunity idol and get Matty out, but finds out that Bob lied to him about having the hidden immunity idol, causing Corinne to be voted out.
For current spoilers and recaps, please see our Survivor Gabon spoilers page.
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Survivor Gabon Episode Twelve Recap
- EW.com: Behind the Scenes of Episode 12 with Jeff Probst (December 5, 2008)
- Seven Survivors are left, who will be voted out tonight?
- Nobag, Night 30
- Bob is pissed off that the other contestants belittled Randy as he was being voted out. Really pissed. Sugar apologizes, but says in a private taping that she doesn't feel sorry for Randy one bit.
- Corrine is pissed at Sugar and tells Sugar not to talk about people behind their back. Sugar tells her that we're here to play the game. Privately, Corrine says she's done being nice to everyone.
- Nobag, Day 31
- Ken and Bob are fishing. Ken is proud that he's coming out of his shell and becoming a man instead of gamer.
- Back at camp, Bob is building stuff. Privately, Kenny thinks that Bob is not playing the game, Bob's only good for building stuff.
- For today's challenge, they will divide in two groups of three and will work together to complete a puzzle to release a flag. From there, the winning team will square off against each other to win the challenge. Jeff has a video phone with short messages for everyone. (He hasn't yet announced the prize.)
- Crystal gets a message from her boyfriend and daughter. Her daughter tells her to be safe.
- Kenny's sister tells him that she loves and misses him. She wants Kenny to do his best. (He's crying saying he misses her and his whole family.)
- Susie gets a message from her husband telling her the house is way too quiet without her.
- Corrine gets a message from her brother and family. Her brother really misses not being able to tell his crazy stories to her.
- Bob gets a message from his wife Peggy. She wants him to have an adventure of a lifetime. They all comment on how pretty she is. Bob says "I'm the luckiest man in the world."
- Matty's message is from his girlfriend Jamie. She misses him and wants him to never forget that she loves him.
- Sugar is last. Her message is from her sister. Her sister wants Sugar to know that their whole family is behind her all the way, especially Sugar's father (he recently passed away) who is watching over you all the way. She's in tears and is grateful for the message.
- The winner of the challenge will get their entire message while enjoying a pizza, brownies and beer.
- No one will be sent to exile island.
- They have to draw for teams. It'll be Crystal, Sugar and Bob against Susie, Matty and Kenny. Corrine was not picked and will not be able to win the reward.
- To put the puzzle together they have to run though a muddy swamp (they are tied together!) The puzzle looks like the inner workings of a clock. Matty, Susie and Kenny have pulled ahead as they are working well together.
- Lots of mud! Matty, Kenny and Susie get all their puzzle pieces first. They have a huge time advantage.
- Bob is leading his team in getting the puzzle together quickly. They have overtaken the other team by far. Sugar, Crystal and Bob win and go to the final round.
- First to solve the slide puzzle will win reward. After only a few moments, Bob wins reward!
- Bob is crying as he is drinking a beer and watching his tape. After she asks him to hold on a second, there's something she wants to show him. She sneaks in from behind and is there in person to surprise him! He's totally overjoyed to see her! He offers to get her some termites, she laughs and tells him no. She says he smells like a campfire! I've never seen Bob so happy!
- Bob brings his wife to camp. Everyone greets her with hugs and seems truly happy to meet her!
- Bob says "This is really cool, watch this" and whistles. From over the hill, one person for each player comes to greet them. There's tears and hugs everyone! (And tears from me too, I admit it.)
- Kenny quickly takes his sister to the side to talk strategy. He tells her that he wants to blindside Matty and reveals his plans to win the game.
- Sugar tells her sister the reason she came on the game was to help her deal with the passing of her father. Together they spread some of the ashes of Sugar's father. Sugar tells her dad thank you for being with her and keeping her strong.
- Matty brings his girlfriend down to the water. (As they are walking, we hear a private taping telling us that he realizes it is time for him to grow up and face his fears. Time to become an adult.) They embrace and cry as Matty tells her that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her and wants to know if she'll marry him! He made her a necklace! She accepts his proposal! Matty is totally in tears with excitement!
- Susie is glad to see her husband. No clip of private time though.
- Nobag, Day 33.
- Bob and Corrine set off to get the treemail. Bob tells her that tonight would be the perfect night to blindside Matty.
- Matty tells the remaining people at camp that he'd like to vote out Bob. Sugar tells everyone that Matty is the only person who can beat Bob.
- Out in the woods, Bob explains to Corrine that when everyone thought the idol was thrown into the ocean and that Marcus really kept it and hid it at camp. He then admits that it's fake and wants to imply to the rest of camp that he has the idol that was tossed into the ocean. Corinne is totally impressed.
- At the immunity challenge, they will have to answer questions about Gabon. Each time they get a question correct, they will get to throw a ball into a bullseye. At the end of the game, the person who has the ball closest to the center of the bullseye wins.
- Gorrillas were discovered first in Gabon, true or false. Correct answer is true. Sugar and Corrine got it right and each get one throw.
- A male elephant is called a bull, a female is called A. Mare or B. doe or C. cow. Correct answer is C. Sugar, Susie, Bob and Corrine got it right.
- It is a fact that a Gabonese viper is a poisonous snake. Is it true they are considered virtually harmless to humans? The answer is false, Susie and Corrine get it wrong, everyone else gets it right.
- True or false, the elephants trunk has three purposes: It serves at it's nose, it's arm and it's mouth. Crystal and Susie get it wrong by guessing false. The elephant's trunk is not used for a mouth, everyone else got it right.
- Time to throw the balls! Matty is the person to beat after Sugar, Kenny, Corrine and Susie throw. Bob takes over Matty with his first throw. Crystal is out after a bad shot. On Bob's second ball, he gets his ball one zone from the center, he's still in the lead. Sugar has one ball left and has to tie or better Bob by one zone.
- Bob wins immunity!
- Nobag Day 33
- Corrine and Bob come up with a plan to explain to the rest of the members about their idol and how it was saved. Oh, and it looks like Corrine is wearing men's boxer briefs.
- Back at camp, they think Corrine is trying to talk Bob into giving her the immunity necklace. They agree to vote out the person who doesn't have the necklace.
- Kenny tells Corrine that he's worried about tonight. She explains to Kenny about Marcus saving the idol. They agree their best choice would be to take out Matty.
- Corrine goes to get Bob and brings him to pow-wow with Kenny. They want to know from Kenny who would join their alliance. Kenny thinks Crystal may flip.
- Corrine can't believe she is playing with such incompetent people.
- Bob has made the new idol. It's still awesome, but still not as good as the last one.
- Crystal and Bob are talking. Bob reveals the fake idol to her and promises her final four if she will switch her alliance. They shake hands.
- Kenny and Crystal are totally excited about the new plan. Kenny then brings a plan to flush out the idol and get Matty out all in the same night! WOW!
- Crystal thinks it's a win-win. If the idol is fake, Corrine goes home. If the idol is real, Matty, who is a great competitor, goes home.
- At tribal council, Jeff asks Susie if there are still old tribal lines. Susie answers that people are getting paranoid and everyone needs to think ahead. Corrine is hoping that paranoia will work for her as she and Bob are on the outside looking in. Crystal says the main thing is to know who to trust and when to cut your ties.
- Kenny votes for Matty and says that he's sorry, it's purely a strategic move. This was the only vote revealed.
- Corrine does not play the fake hidden immunity idol.
- First vote is for Matty.
- Second vote is for Corrine.
- Third vote is for Corrine.
- Fourth vote is for Corrine.
- Fifth vote is for Matty.
- Sixth vote is for Matty.
- Seventh vote is for Corrine.
- The 12th person voted out is Corrine.
- Bob is holding his head in his hands.
- In Corrine's exit message, she loudly proclaims her hatred of Sugar and never wants to exchange another sentence with her for the rest of their lives. Corrine wishes Bob and Kenny the best and hope the rest lead miserable lives.
- Next week, Kenny confronts Bob about the fake idol. Bob promises to give Kenny the immunity necklace if Bob wins it. Kenny thinks that Bob put himself in this position. Sugar says that Kenny acts like a little weak guy who spins lies and Crystal is just a big bully.
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