Too Little, Too Late?

 is the fourth episode of.

Story
A sudden shift in weather left Leona in a rough night dealing with the rain. Stella in particular was struggling, having not slept for most of the night. Lucca expresses her annoyance with the rest of the tribe for keeping Freddie, getting on the nerves of the rest of her tribe.

At Viedma, Luigi is nervous that his earlier mistakes with the fishing spear could hurt his chances in his tribe. Paranoid, he begins to make deals with the rest of his tribe. Bubbles also enlists Steven to help raise tribe spirits by creating a makeshift game a "rock bowling" to pass time.

In the SOS reward challenge, Freddie leads the tribe to victory with his knowledge of survival camps his mother forced him to read up on before playing the game. They celebrate their first win in over a week, and the new camp luxuries give Stella a rejuvenation she needed. She thanks Freddie and the two begin bonding.

The Viedma tribe however pulls it together and wins their third immunity challenge in a row. After their loss, Stella holds a tribe meeting as she knows people see her as unfit after her rough start. She assures she is willing to fight to survive. Emma sympathizes with her, but Leela still asserts that keeping Freddie is a better move as he has proven his worth.

At tribal, Stella and Freddie both understand the vote is likely to be between the two of hem. Lucca's rivalry with Freddie comes up again, and Lucca's comments continue to rub the rest of the tribe the wrong way. So much so that Emma votes her out of spite, despite knowing the rest of her group sided with voting out Stella.

Challenges
Reward=Challenge: SOS Signal In a fictitious scenario, a plane flies over the island. The castaways must build a distress signal on the beach to attract the pilot's attention.The tribe with the best distress signal wins. Reward: A cache of spices, a sharp knife, hammocks, and other comforts dropped by parachute. Winner:|-|Immunity=Challenge: Buried Treasure A combination relay race/treasure hunt. Tribes are to find a buried treasure map, then the treasure itself. In order, the relay legs leading to the final objective were swimming, floating bridge balance, rowing, jungle running, then digging for the treasure. First to bring the trunk to the finish mat would win immunity. Sit Outs: Louise Winner:

Final Words
"leona"

- My time out here was crazy to say the least. I wish it could've been longer, but I knew it was likely going to be me tonight. I've had my ups and downs, but I'm grateful to leave on a positive. No regrets, and much love to my Leona family.

Trivia

 * This episode's title was said by Leela in regards to Stella attempting to redeem herself, and again when voting her out.
 * This is the first episode, as well as the only pre-merge episode this season, to feature a female getting voted out.