Caramoan Episode 10: Children Of The Revolution

Stealth R Us decide to have a meeting after tribal council. That involves everyone except Malcolm, Eddie and Reynold. Eddie is starting to see the upside to being on the bottom - at least he knows what his position is, and from here the only way is up. The boys are gonna look for the new idol first thing tomorrow, but Andrea isn't scared, all they need to do is split the vote.

Another day on the Dawn rollercoaster

The next morning, Cochran and Phillip talk about how Dawn may not be the unbeatable force she once was. As he says this, Dawn is screaming and crying for some reason. Brenda comes to her aid, and she tells her she lost her retainer in the pool that has some of her teeth in it. If she can't find it, she'll quit the game. Luckily Brenda dives down and manages to retrieve it, and the two of them share a bonding moment. Awww.

The reward challenge is an obstacle course designed to get them dirty. Reynold, Erik, Dawn, Cochran and Phillip make up the purple team and Eddie, Malcolm, Sherri, Andrea and Brenda form the orange team. Erik takes a lead over Malcolm,, who stops to take all the bags out of the mud...a strategy he's stolen from Penner last season, no doubt. He takes a long time doing it though, as Reynold is able to reach the mud pit and beat him at his own game. Whatever time Andrea makes up for the orange team, Sherri manages to lose. Soon the purples are shooting their balls into the net and secure a victory.

I'm on top of the world

The winners are taken to a luxury resort, where Reynold is delighted to get a decent meal for a change. Cochran talks about being the challenge monster of the season without any trace of irony. Dawn feels reinvogirated after a shower, although Phillip decides to clean himself in the pool instead which pisses Erik off.

Dawn is having trouble sleeping. She's paranoid about Andrea joining up with the bros to take her out. Phillip assures her that's not going to happen, mainly because why would Andrea trust the people that just voted for her? Andrea thinks she's losing it and even Dawn admits she needs some time alone.

After getting a good night's sleep, Dawn is feeling good again. Stealth R Us have a group meeting and almost unanimously agree Reynold should go, for being the biggest immunity threat. Wait a minute, I thought that was Cochran?

Stealth R Us discuss the vote

The classic keelhaul challenge from Pearl Islands is back. Run over a platform, swim back under it, put your ring on your post. In the first heat, Reynold smokes everyone but Andrea comes in second ahead of Sherri and Cochran. For the second heat, Phillip

Malcolm getting that sinking feeling

chooses not to compete...he had a childhood trauma in the water. Malcolm gets first place and it looks like Eddie is going to come second, but in his over-the-top dive, he failed to land his ring, so crippled Brenda manages to take it. Owned! In the final round, it comes down to Malcolm and Reynold, and Reynold manages to beat him out. Better have a back up plan, Stealth R Us!

So Reynold feels he can do whatever he wants now he's immune. The fact that Phillip didn't even compete in the challenge rubbed him up the wrong way, so that's who he has in his sights for now. Malcolm still has the idol, but he's hoping to find another one. Dawn and Andrea are also looking. Malcolm manages to find it right in front of Dawn, who has to pretend to be happy for him. Of course, all they have to do now is split between Eddie and Malcolm and Eddie goes home. And even Eddie thinks he's doomed. Don't be so sure, bud.

Malcolm's idols cause double trouble

At tribal council, at first it certainly appears that everyone thinks Eddie is gone, mainly because they know about Malcolm's idol. But everyone is stunned speechless when Malcolm pulls out his other idol and hands it to Eddie! Andrea slumps down in defeat. Now the scrambling really begins. With nobody sure what to do, Brenda is suggesting Andrea, but Dawn can't tell Erik and Cochran because they're seated too far away. Malcolm throws it out there that the three amigos are voting for Phillip, because he's sucking the fun out of the game. Erik points out that the two holding idols might try to keep them so Phillip suggests to call their bluff and just vote for them anyway, even if he pays the price.

Everyone gets up to vote, and Cochran is relishing the insanity. Erik switches his vote to Phillip, will anyone else follow suit? Probst asks for idols and although the boys are tempted to hold onto them, in the end they play them both. 2 votes for Malcolm are cancelled, along with 4 votes for Eddie. The 4 votes for Phillip are enough to send him home. The Specialist is finally out! Who saw that coming?

Well, looks like Stealth R Us isn't unbreakable after all. It'll be interesting to see what happens now, but the camp certainly just got a lot quieter.

STAR OF THE WEEK:  MALCOLM FREBERG

This guy just can't stop finding idols! Strategically I'm a little disappointed he didn't try to leverage them better or take out a real threat like Dawn or Andrea, but goddamn if he didn't make it one of the wildest tribal councils ever.