Cagayan Episode 11: Pain In The Kass

Getting to know the "real" Tony?

Kass has had it with Tony after being left out of the vote again, and compares him to a Mafia boss. Their fight continues into the next morning, after Kass accuses Tony of trash-talking her. Spencer refuses to clear up the misunderstanding as he wants them fighting. A bemused Tony tries to quash it, but Kass is too stubborn. Therefore, Tony reverts to threats, revealing he has the special idol and that if you vote for him, you'll go home.

The reward challenge is to smash down the other team's puzzle, which they will then have to rebuild. Tony does most of the knocking down for the orange team, whereas Spencer and Kass do the work for purple. When it comes to puzzle time, best friends Tasha and Spencer take eachother on. Spencer can't find the piece he wants, giving Tasha a good lead. But with Kass' help, Spencer is able to stage a comeback, winning reward for his team.

A rare challenge win for Kass

Woo's got the moves

Spencer, Kass and Woo arrive at a school on a schoolbus and start handing out book bags. Spencer hates kids, but the experience still melts his icy heart. Woo really comes into his own once they're in the classroom, showing off all kinds of martial arts moves. He also looked pretty good with a basketball, too. Cliff would be proud.

Kass decides it's time to talk strategy and proposes to Spencer and Woo that they work together to flush Tony's idol. Woo seems reluctant, but does promise to consider it. After getting back, Trish is worried they may have got to Woo, so Tony brings him over to ask what they talked about. To his credit, Woo keeps quiet like he said he would. Tony does think it's odd though that Spencer apparently agreed to vote Tasha out, so deduces that Woo is lying to him.

An exhausting challenge, physically and mentally

The next challenge requires people to count items on the other side of the beach and enter the numbers into a wheel to win immunity. Kass takes the longest on the first pass, but gets it wrong. No-one else even attempts it, but when the guesses start, it's wrong guess after wrong guess after wrong guess. Tasha wants to win to tie Kelly Wiglesworth's record as the most dominant female in challenges, but Spencer gets it first and smashes his tile, along with Tasha's dreams. Not that exciting of a challenge, but a great concept.

Tasha confirms the plan to split the vote, and then goes back to camp pretending like she's going home. It doesn't fool Tony though, who thinks she isn't scrambling enough. After Tasha tells her what a bully Tony is, Kass starts to think that Tony might be the Russell of the season and worth keeping around. She talks to Woo, who is surprised at the possible change of plans.

Tasha's not ready to go yet

So immunity-less Tasha opens tribal council by trying to shift the target onto Tony. Tony says he's worried, but claims his alliance is loyal, which gets an interesting reaction from the jury. Probst tries to convince people to flush the idol, but Tony claims he's keeping it out of enemy hands. Kass says there might be a blindside tonight.

...But that turns out not to be the case, as Tasha gets voted out and Tony holds on to his idol(s). Now Spencer is undoubtedly on the bottom of the tribe - but it's a position he knows well.

STAR OF THE WEEK: TONY VLACHOS

Tony's screentime slowed down a bit this week, but his march to the end did not. He's got a really good read on the game and has been able to maintain his control very well. If you're expecting an easy win sitting next to him, you might be disappointed, Kass.