Cagayan Episode 6: Chaos Theory

See the fire in her eyes

Aparri are back from tribal council and already planning for who to pick off if they merge. They reaffirm the plan to go to the top six but Kass remains skeptical. Typically honest, she even tells Sarah to her face she has concerns about her, leaving Sarah offended. Kass does have a point, though...she hasn't proved her loyalty yet, she's just done what anyone would do in her position.

Tony gets treemail informing them of a merge, and he's excited to finally get the game going again. LJ and Tony both dig up their idols and make their way to the other camp by boat. When Aparri find out they're about to have company, Spencer really hammers it in to his troops that they have the numbers and have to stick together.

Solarrion's Christmas feast

Seeing Alexis gone is definitely a setback for Jefra, as she was hoping she'd be the easiest to flip. Tony still holds out hope he can get Sarah to come back with him, though. The merge note hints at a new idol entering the game with a different power. Great, this'll be the Yul superidol that could ruin the game, then.

Tony goes to Sarah to try and get her to break the Brains up, but he totally bungles the conversation and tries to rush her into swearing on her badge. Sarah goes back to Aparri to discuss the boot target with them, and likes the idea of knocking out LJ. However, Jeremiah and Kass both think LJ has the idol so decide to target Trish instead. But Sarah doesn't think Trish is a threat and refuses to go along with it. Safe to say Kass is pretty irritated by Sarah refusing to even entertain the notion and trying to force her will on the group.

Whilst LJ is out trying to catch starfish, Kass and Sarah start the day by taking shots at eachother once again. Trish notices the fight and watches with interest, as any crack in their alliance is good news for her. Tasha pulls the two girls aside and tries to repair the relationship - but Kass is disappointed to see Tasha take Sarah's side.

Tasha tries to mediate

The immunity challenge is to stand on a doghouse in the water like Andrea did in Caramoan. LJ struggles the most early on, but we don't see any real action until they get up to the final foothold. The transition proves too difficult for most of the players, and Spencer, Kass, LJ, Sarah and Jefra all fall off. A badly-timed gust of wind knocks even more players off and soon we are down to just Morgan, Tony and Woo. Woo beats Tony to win the first immunity. The ninja warrior was obviously a big favorite for this, but mad respect to Tony for hanging in there as long as he did.

Spencer and Tasha think voting for Jefra is the safest target, but Sarah wants a bigger threat out of the game. She guarantees everyone that Tony does not have an idol, and that they should vote for him. Man, Sarah's instincts have been terrible in this game, copdar notwithstanding. She throws her weight around, saying she's the swing vote and the one deciding who goes home. She even calls herself the President. Keep bragging, Sarah...you'll be hoisted by your own petard in no time.

How do we get out of this hole?

Solana are starting to sense they don't have Sarah, but Trish thinks there's potential to exploit the Sarah/Kass rift. Tony makes one last attempt to convince Sarah her chances are better with them, but doesn't get the feeling it's going to happen. After Kass tells Trish she feels she's being replaced, Trish offers her a deal to vote out Sarah...and now the rest of the group is ready to go along with Trish's plan B. Going off to tribal, Kass notes the irony that she has now replaced Sarah as the swing vote.

LJ opens up tribal council by sounding completely defeated. The Aparri members don't try to reassure him. Probst asks about idols, and LJ plays it coy. Tony declares matter-of-factly there are idols...because he has one. Spencer challenges him to show it, and he actually does. All of a sudden, Aparri scramble to flip the vote to "the other one". Jeff lets them get to the vote right then and there!

And the blindsides just keep coming

Everyone looks at Tony when Jeff asks for idols to see what he's gonna do. He plays the idol on LJ, thinking he's the one who needs it. LJ then interrupts Jeff as he reads the vote to give Tony his idol. Crazy! When the votes come up for Jefra, Solana figure they're screwed and Jefra is almost crying. But there's still time for another twist when Jeff flips the last vote and it's for Sarah, which is greeted with thunderous applause.

Aparri know pretty much instantly it was Kass that betrayed them and Spencer utters in frustration that Kass has "zero chance to win the game". I'm not even mad at her - that was, without hyperbole, the best tribal council of all time. Can this season get any better?

STAR OF THE WEEK: KASSANDRA MCQUILLEN

Chaos Kass is trolling her way through the game with zero fucks given, and has added a lot of drama to a potentially easy vote. Petty personal nonsense aside, a lot of her criticisms of Sarah were spot-on. People are just gonna keep taking Kass for granted until they see their name being read by Jeff.