Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This

Template:StarRatings

Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This
Episode Information
Season	Tocantins
Episode Number	3/14 (245)
Original Release	February 26, 2009
Viewership (in Millions)	12.05
Ratings/Share (18-49)	3.9/11
Episode Chronology
Previous	"The Poison Apple Needs to Go"
Next	"The Strongest Man Alive"
Subpages

Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This is the third episode of Survivor: Tocantins.

Challenges

Reward

Challenge: Blind Leading the Blind
Six castaways from each tribe would be blindfolded and tethered together in pairs. The remaining castaway would work as a caller to direct the paired tribemates through a maze. Each set of tribemates would have to locate a bucket in the maze, navigate the rest of the maze to a tower, fill the bucket with water from the tower, return to the beginning of the maze, and empty the bucket into a container which would raise a flag. Once the water container was filled enough to raise a flag, the process would have to be repeated again, this time filling the buckets with corn from a different tower. The first tribe to raise both flags would win.
Reward: A tarp, an umbrella, folding chairs, pillows, blankets, and a hammock.
Winner: Jalapao

Reward Challenge: Blind Leading the Blind
Outcome	Tribe	Caller	Blindfolded Pairs
Won	Jalapao	File:S18 joe t.jpg Joe	File:S18 jt t.jpgFile:S18 sydney t.jpg J.T. & Sydney	File:S18 sandy t.jpgFile:S18 taj t.jpg Sandy & Taj	File:S18 spencer t.jpgFile:S18 stephen t.jpg Spencer & Stephen
Lost	Timbira	File:S18 debbie t.jpg Debbie	File:S18 brendan t.jpg Brendan & Jerry	File:S18 coach t.jpgFile:S18 tyson t.jpg Coach & Tyson	File:S18 erinn t.jpgFile:S18 sierra t.jpg Erinn & Sierra

Immunity

Challenge: A Crate Idea
In pairs, the castaways would race across a field to retrieve six large crates painted in their tribe's colors. Once all six crates were retrieved, the tribes would have to stack the crates into a staircase with the name of their tribe properly aligned along the sides. The first tribe to complete the staircase and get all of their members up the staircase to the top of a platform would win.
Winner: Jalapao

Immunity Challenge: A Crate Idea
Outcome	Tribe	Competitors
Won	Jalapao	File:S18 jt t.jpgFile:S18 joe t.jpgFile:S18 sandy t.jpgFile:S18 spencer t.jpgFile:S18 stephen t.jpgFile:S18 sydney t.jpgFile:S18 taj t.jpg J.T., Joe, Sandy, Spencer, Stephen, Sydney, & Taj
Lost	Timbira	File:S18 brendan t.jpgFile:S18 coach t.jpgFile:S18 debbie t.jpgFile:S18 erinn t.jpgFile:S18 sierra t.jpgFile:S18 tyson t.jpg Brendan, Coach, Debbie, Erinn, Jerry, Sierra, & Tyson

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 3: Timbira
Voted Against	Voter
Jerry (6 votes)	File:S18 brendan t.jpgFile:S18 coach t.jpgFile:S18 debbie t.jpg File:S18 erinn t.jpgFile:S18 sierra t.jpgFile:S18 tyson t.jpg Brendan, Coach, Debbie, Erinn, Sierra, & Tyson
File:S18 erinn t.jpg Erinn (1 vote)	Jerry
VOTED OFF: File:S18 jerry bw.jpg Jerry Sims

Voting Confessionals

“	(votes for Jerry) Jerry, we had a plan; too bad you couldn't stay healthy enough to see it through, baby. See you on the other side.	”
—Coach

“	(votes for Jerry) I hope you feel better.	”
—Erinn

“	(votes for Jerry) Your wish is my command, buddy.	”
—Tyson

“	(votes for Jerry) Get better.	”
—Sierra

“	(votes for Erinn) Love you, sweetheart, but we made a decision to send you home.	”
—Jerry

“	(votes for Jerry) Jerry, we're really gonna miss you. You're an incredible man, but you need to go home and get well. Take care.	”
—Debbie

“	(votes for Jerry) Sorry, Jerry. See you soon.	”
—Brendan

Still in the Running

Carolina 16th File:S18 carolina bw.jpg	Candace 15th File:S18 candace bw.jpg	Jerry 14th File:S18 jerry bw.jpg	Brendan Timbira File:S18 brendan t.jpg	Coach Timbira File:S18 coach t.jpg	Debbie Timbira File:S18 debbie t.jpg	Erinn Timbira File:S18 erinn t.jpg	Joe Jalapao File:S18 joe t.jpg
J.T. Jalapao File:S18 jt t.jpg	Sandy Jalapao File:S18 sandy t.jpg	Sierra Timbira File:S18 sierra t.jpg	Spencer Jalapao File:S18 spencer t.jpg	Stephen Jalapao File:S18 stephen t.jpg	Sydney Jalapao File:S18 sydney t.jpg	Taj Jalapao File:S18 taj t.jpg	Tyson Timbira File:S18 tyson t.jpg

Trivia

• The Immunity Challenge was later used in "It's Getting the Best of Me" and "Operation Thunder Dome".
• This is the only episode where Sierra Reed attends Tribal Council and doesn't have any votes cast against her.
• On the Survivor: Tocantins DVD, when one selects this episode and it goes to the menu of this particular episode, it mistakenly says "You're Going to Want That Tooth" (though it plays the right episode).

Episode Title

• The episode title is said by Jerry Sims, when he responded to Erinn Lobdell asking him how he was feeling.