One World Episode 3: The Comeback

Chelsea thinks the girls just need a little bit of confidence to turn it around. Colton is in the girls' camp (shocker!) and warns them a storm is coming, and asks them if they want to use their fire. The girls say no but after a long, rough night, Kim isn't feeling quite so reluctant. Troyzan, being the gent that he is, lets the women in to dry up. Matt is not happy about this when he sees it. Still the villain, I see. Boo hiss!

It's a reward challenge now, and the teams are playing for fishing gear. It's a memory game, first to recreate the sequence of objects wins a point. Sabrina and Matt go head-to-head first. Neither of them spend much time looking, but although Matt finishes first, he is wrong and Sabrina gets the point. Colton then takes on Monica who is similarly quick, but once again he is wrong and Monica gets the point. Alicia beats Jay in speed and is correct. Troyzan vs Kat turns out to be a hilarious matchup, first when Troyzan closes the curtain straight away (prompting a "what?" from Jeff), and then when it takes seven tries for anyone to get it right. And it's once again the woman who wins. Bill and Christina go head-to-head in the last round, and Christina makes it a clean sweep for the women.

Boy, they needed that!

So, the women have the boat, but they've lost their fire. Their magnesium wet, Monica and Kat decide to just ask the men for an ember. Jay and Matt want something in return.  Even Colton is taking their side on this one, saying "I'm a Republican, I do not believe in handouts".  Alicia and Chelsea come by the guys' fire to warm up, but do not seem receptive for Jay's request to use their boat in return. Chelsea return back to camp and tells the rest of the women a fairly inaccurate account of how the men bullied them, and then cries.

Monica takes a dive

Epic shot of a sunrise. The next day, Kim, Chelsea and Monica take the boat out to sea and go fishing. All three of them catch a fish. At last, things are looking up. Time to get to the immunity challenge now, can the girls keep this momentum?

Bill gets animated

It's a blindfolded challenge requiring teamwork, and has people getting drenched with buckets for no reason. Sabrina and Bill are the callers, who double up as puzzle-solvers. Matt and Mike get the first bag to put the men in the lead, whilst Kim and Chelsea walk into a pole. Jonas and Leif get the second bag, and Tarzan and Troyzan take ages to get the third, but still do it before the women. Alicia and Kat eventually put the women on the board, but with the guys way out in front and Monica and Christina lost, it's looking like a blowout at this stage. Bill takes his time, the guys not really helping. Sabrina gets to work as soon as her last bag comes back, and pulls it back to six pieces each. A tight contest results in the women edging out the men. Salani win immunity!

Control freak

Well, this is not the same female team that collapsed on the balance beam challenge. Chelsea points out how gutted the guys must be. Matt gets a confessional saying he's actually looking forward to going to tribal council and get to use some of his "power". He really doesn't get it yet, does he?

Colton seems to dislike Bill a lot, even coming off a little racist in his mockery. He argues he should go, but Troyzan sees Matt as the bigger threat. The misfits are discussing who to vote out when Jay walks up and quickly figures out the frat boys are screwed. Knowing he is on the outs, he decides the best damage control he can do is to vote with the people in power. Matt then walks up and interrupts the strategy session. Why Tarzan admits it was a strategy session I have no idea.

Matt gets Troyzan alone for a talk. He wants an alliance with Troyzan, who has kind of been the real leader of the misfits all along ( suck it, Colton). Once again demonstrating how bad he is this game, not only does he offer him the worst deal possible, he does so with an incredibly condescending speech comparing his tribe to roosters and chickens. Well, whatever. Time to bring the rooster home to roost.

One comeuppance coming right up

It's tribal council. Tarzan says he trusts the alliance of five he thinks he has. Colton says he knows he's not going home because he has an idol. He then proceeds to paint a bigger target on his back by admitting he loves to spend time with the women. Tarzan defends Colton and says he thinks Colton's game smarts makes him an asset. Matt then tries to antagonize Tarzan by saying he thinks he's less confident than he says. Bill is either very drunk or very excited, but seems to be loving the intensity of not knowing what's gonna happen next.

The tribe vote. Colton does not play his idol like he said he would, which was a pretty smart move. Threatening to use it often means you don't have to. Colton picks up a vote and so does Bill, but five votes for Matt sees the wannabe power player on his way. How much of a blindside it was remains to be seen, but it was still pretty satisfying and humiliating for the macho man to be humbled by the "average Joe's". Tarzan asks if he can see the other votes, to which Jeff replies "no". "Save the questions for me" says Queen Bee Colton. Here's a question, how comfortable do the rest of the alliance feel about having him in power? If he doesn't tone down the cockiness quickly, the blindsider could soon be the blinsided.

STAR OF THE WEEK: TROYZAN ROBERTSON

After a disappointing first two weeks, we're finally seeing more from Troyzan and I like what I see. Not only is he a really nice guy, he's funny and seems to be doing pretty well at the game so far. Thanks for getting rid of Matt.