The two tribes, Drake and Morgan, reach their own island, and Morgan goes to Tribal Council to vote off their first pirate.

Morgan tribe was having a hard time sleeping during night 3. this caused them the reward challenge. drake won reward and won 1/3 of a map for buried treasure. they also get to 'steal' one item from the morgan tribe. they sent sandra and she chose to get their tarp. osten told to the whole tribe that he wanted to quit. morgan also lost immunity. a 5-2 vote caused ryan s. to be the 2nd 'pirate' to walk off the plank.

For the 3rd time, Drake won the immunity challenge in a brawn testing battle...Lillian, with all her efforts to stay in the tribe, got voted.

The Drakes are tempted to throw a competition because one tribe member finds another annoying, a decision which could monumentally backfire.

With Rupert as a guest on the Morgan tribe, everyone helps move the shelter to avoid the tide. Over at Drake, the tribe miss Rupert and decide to leave their last can of Spam for when he returns. After the Reward Challenge he does, despite being offered a shower at the other tribe's beach. But when Drake loses the Immunity Challenge, Sandra and Michelle both feel they may be the ones leaving.

While at Morgan, Jon revealed that Drake had thrown one of the Immunity Challenges, which irritated Andrew. At the Immunity , Morgan chose to add all of the weight to Rupert's pole, while Drake decided to spread the weight evenly among the Morgan tribe. Morgan's strategy worked, as Rupert could not hold the weight.

Castaways previously voted off return to the game, creating a third tribe. Taking full advantage of their new opportunity, the Outcast tribe defeated both Drake and Morgan, forcing each of them to vote one contestant out of the game to make room for a returning outcast.

The Outcasts tribe vote back two players into the game - Burton and Lillian. The two report back to their original sides, who both act as though they are glad to see the previously eliminated person. The day after goes smoothly, even though Lil feels that her team is very lazy - and she is even more worried about her stay on the island...the Morgan tribe has run out of food. Thankfully, at the challenge the next day, the teams merge into the Balboa tribe, and after a win for Burton at the challenge, everyone goes back to the Morgan beach, where suspicions fly and both sides struggle to gain Lil's trust. At tribal council, Lil sides with the former Drake tribe by voting out Andrew, the obvious leader of the former Morgan tribe.

Everyone at Balboa is triumphant over Burton's latest catch -- an electric ray that all feast on. The next Tribal Council victim will also be the first juror to return to subsequent Tribal Councils.

This was a sad episode for viewers as Rupert is taken out by Jonny Fairplay and the outcasts. What's interesting is a certain vote by one of Rupert's allies.

On night 27 Christa is accused of sabotaging the fish food source by throwing them in the jungle. She swears she didnt do it, but she can't prove anything. Sandra tells us she did it. At the reward challenge, the survivors got to see their loved ones (moms, hubsands, fiances, etc). Jon recieves news that his grandmother had died. The other survivor gave up their chance to see their loved ones so Jon could find out more about his grandmother. Jon and his buddy went back to Balboa Beach for 24 hours and the rest went to another beach for 24 hours. Back on Balboa, Jon jokes about how his grandmother didnt die and the fact everybody else believed him. At the Immunity Challenge, the survivors worked a puzzle where they form as many words from SURVIVOR PEARL ISLANDS as they can. Burton wins. As the survivors are leaving Jeff calls them back. Burton spelt a word wrong and was stripped of immunity. Lill, Darrah, and Sandra were left and got a new set of words. It was a timed trial and Darrah won Immunity with 14 words. At tribal council Jon's white lie went unknown as Tijuana became the 10th person voted out.

Lill, Jon and Darrah get treated at a hotel after winning immunity. Meanwhile back at camp, Christa tries to ally with Burton. All ends when Christa is voted off by everyone except Sandra.

With five left in the game, the competition becomes a battle of the sexes. While the two remaining men are away celebrating a reward that Burton won, the three remaining women hatch a plot against the men.

The final four are Darrah, Lill, Sandra and Jon.

Live from Television City in Hollywood, Jeff Probst tallies the jury's votes from Night 39 and announces the winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands. Topics discussed during the reunion is the rumored-relationship between Burton & Michelle (which they deny), Rupert's love by fans (and the revealing of his sexy wife) and Jon's dead grandmother who seems to have come back from the dead for this show. The festivities conclude with Probst telling us about the upcoming Survivor: All-Stars.