Finally: Survivor Samoa kicked into overdrive, with the merge episode pulling it out of its mid-season slump. After the tribes merged into Aiga, which Brett said was Samoan for "extended family" (maybe also for "extensive retching caused by cheesy tribe names"), everyone woke up from their game-play comas.
Just as he did on day one, Russell talked to everyone, showing his immunity idol to anyone who would look at it. He also formulated a plan to get rid of Laura, ending...