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The next map leads the Black Crew farther down the Indian River, where they encounter a sabotage point that allows the leading crew to put up a net across the river in order to slow the other crew. Once they trigger the sabotage net, the Black Crew continues on to Crocodile's Lair, the location of the sunken treasure, which is attached to two crocs' heads.
At Crocodile's Lair, the Black Crew jumps into the water, frantically swimming around, trying to find the buried treasure. While everyone searches blindly through the water, the Red Crew starts to maneuver around the sabotage point and catches up to them. Fearing that the Red Crew could find the treasure first, Joe Don, a former naval officer, uses his military background to establish a more organized search plan. However, it's John that comes to the rescue again when he uses his general knowledge about crocodiles and the trees they live under to determine where the treasure must be buried. He dives under the water and resurfaces with the treasure in his hands. The Black Crew wins! As everyone celebrates, John expresses his disappointment in the Black Crew, "I really expected a lot out of the people I was crewing with and somehow I found myself far and above, the only one who was able to do it."
Captain Joe Don Takes Charge
Back on the ship, the Black Crew excitedly counts the gold coins, which amounts to $40,000. Cameron then informs the Black Crew that they must pick a Captain from their group. Almost all the hands go up in favor of Joe Don, who displayed solid leadership abilities on the Expedition. John is the only one who takes issue with Joe Don being elected as Captain, since John feels like he single-handedly brought his crew to a win. With the majority vote, Joe Don becomes Captain and is then given the news that he has received half the treasure--$20,000--and must elect two Officers. He chooses Cheryl and Ben, who each receive $5,000, while the rest of the crew is sent down below with only $2,000 each. When the rest of the Black Crew is sent below deck, John further aggravates his fellow crewmembers by and taking credit for their win and bemoaning the election of Joe Don to Captain.
Later, the crew feels the winds of change when Joe Don lays down the law on the ship and shuts the whole ship out of his luxurious new quarters, the Captain's Cabin. Many of the crewmembers start to notice Joe Don displaying a large degree of arrogance after his promotion to Captain. Alarmed by Joe Don's transformation, Louie establishes that "Any day of the week, I'd rather stand with the crew than the Captain. If he thinks he's gonna get 50 percent of the treasure every time we go on a treasure hunt, he's got another thing coming."
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