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Survivor

Loose Lips Sink Ships

TV Flash files “Loose Lips Sink Ships” as hour 302 of 732 in the TV Flash guide — Survivor (2000–present) on CBS, season 20, episode 13, aired 2010-05-13, 60 min.

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This leaf is S20E13: listed hour 302 of 732 in the Survivor guide, hour 13 of 15 in season 20. It aired 2010-05-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Sinking Ship” (S20E12). Next is “Anything Could Happen” (S20E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Survivor — Loose Lips Sink Ships (S20E13)

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The final six get the chance to earn time with their loved ones in a fiercely fought reward challenge. Desperate for options, the remaining heroes make an unexpected ally, hoping to turn the game around.

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Where does Loose Lips Sink Ships sit in the Survivor guide?

S20E13 is listed hour 302 of 732 — hour 13 of 15 in season 20, season 20 episode 13.

When did Survivor S20E13 air?

Loose Lips Sink Ships aired 2010-05-13 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Where should a new viewer start Survivor?

The first CBS season (premiered May 31, 2000) is cultural history. Later seasons are the same grammar — Tribal Council, alliances, a sole survivor — with refined strategy and edits.

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Why this series still plays

Outwit, outplay, outlast: Mark Burnett brought Charlie Parsons's format to CBS as summer event TV and launched an American reality empire. Jeff Probst as permanent referee, Tribal Council as weekly election. Early seasons are cultural history; the grammar still trains audiences to read social gameplay.

May 31, 2000, CBS puts strangers on an island and asks summer to behave like a Thursday-night election. Charlie Parsons's format, Mark Burnett producing, Jeff Probst as permanent referee: challenges, alliances, Tribal Council votes until a sole survivor takes a million dollars. Richard Hatch, Rudy Boesch, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Rob Mariano, Parvati Shallow — names that became strategy folklore the way guest stars once became mythology. *The Marooning* is origin night. *The Merger* is the grammar lesson every later…

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