Philippines Episode 2: Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts

Knowing he had a lucky escape, Russell is planning to step back and give everyone else a chance to put themselves on the chopping block. Malcolm and Angie might just do that, as they snuggle up together at night. Although Angie insists there's nothing between them and Malcolm insists he's not going to get "booty blinded", Roxanne has noticed them and is unconvinced. "It's a literal booby trap" she zings, and vows to split the pair up.

Angie and Malcolm make themselves warm

Pretty sure it's not in RC's bra - but I wouldn't mind checking!

RC checks Tandang's rice to see if it's soaked, and finds the idol clue. She shares it with just Abi for now. RC seems to be hoping Abi will be her number 1 ally, but the Brazilian is already confronting her about her closeness with Mike which might make her want to reconsider. This is what you get when you make alliances with people before you get to know them.

This is how you find an idol, girls

Jeff and Dawson make a checkers board to keep them entertained in the rain. Penner however is still obsessing over the idol and when everyone else goes to the cave, he uses the opportunity to search the camp. Dana and Dawson come back for the flint and catch him looking, but he fools them by making up a bullshit story about how his contact lens fell out. Just when Penner is about to give up, he has a brainwave and figures out that the idol is on the rice barrel. He's so happy he grins with relief and then skips past Dana.

Roxanne tells Russell about the love connection on the Matsing tribe. She starts pushing Denise to take Angie out, but Denise doesn't want to go against Malcolm, who she's aligned with. On Tandang, the rest of the tribe think Lisa is looking for the idol, when really she's just sitting by the well crying about her inability to connect with her tribe. Back on Matsing, Roxanne is praying and appears to be speaking in tongues.

Penner dives in with the save

The second immunity challenge gets underway. The task is to use a sled to collect puzzle pieces and then solve the puzzle. Sounds easy, but it's actually a real drag, no pun intended. Skupin and Pete gets things started to give Tandang a lead with Russell and Angie trailing in last place for Matsing. Russell and Angie end up having to do a double shift that really takes its toll on them. Jeff and Penner do the puzzle for their tribe but refuse to listen to their caller Dana. Lisa has more success and manages to guide her tribe to a victory, winning immunity and blankets. Matsing manage to come back into it, but it's too late, as Kalabaw scramble across the finish line first, leading to a Russell tantrum. He calls out Angie and Roxanne for not stepping up, and they all head back to camp, knowing that they're going to tribal council for a second time.

Flirting with disaster?

Russell wants to keep his little informant Roxanne, and tries to sway Denise, who is the swing vote tonight. Denise has reservations about Roxanne - her work ethic around camp, her trustworthiness - but is open to changing her mind. At tribal council, Roxanne brings up that she thinks her tribe are working too hard and not conserving energy for the challenge, but Denise disagrees. When Jeff asks Angie what she would change about the tribe, she says "more cookies". This unleashes the wrath of Jeff as he doesn't like it when you give cop out answers to his juicy questions. Malcolm defends Angie and then has to defend himself by denying his closeness with her.

It's time to vote, and there's really no love lost between Angie and Roxanne, as the bubbly blonde says "I can't stand you and I won't miss you" as she casts her exclamation point-laden vote. The votes fall on Roxanne, and she smiles as her torch is snuffed. And at this rate it seems like the rest of Matsing will follow her shortly. They may be one of the most entertaining tribes in a long time, but also one of the least successful. Is there any hope for them to avoid becoming the new Ulong?

STAR OF THE WEEK: ROXANNE MORRIS

I liked Roxy a lot and wish she had stayed. The "literal booby trap" line was the quote of the week, and I liked seeing some fire from her. I do have a feeling her prediction about Malcolm and Angie taking over the tribe will come to pass.