Cambodia Episode 6: Keep Your Enemies Closer

What kind of nightmare is this?

We begin our episode at night...but rather curiously, at Ta Keo, not Bayon. A boat is seen pulling up and Probst gets out. What could this mean? He wakes up Terry, pulls him aside, and tells him that his wife has been in touch to say his son is in the hospital and that he needs to go home. Terry complies instantly, and goes to tell the tribe what's happened. As Kass says, this is probably the toughest way you could ever leave the game.

Seeing Terry gone at the next challenge gets an emotional reaction from parents Savage, Kelly and Ciera. Probst then tells the tribes to drop their buffs and Savage is ecstatic to be leaving Angkor (even though he just tried to pretend he loved them). Ta Keo 3.0 ends up with Kass, Ciera, Savage, Abi, Woo, Kelly and Spencer. Jeremy, Kimmi and Stephen stay on Bayon, Tasha and Keith flip back over, and Kelley moves over as well. The Kass/Spencer reunion that everyone has been longing for is the hot topic, with both of them immediately wary. Kelley is worried she's in trouble too, but Stephen might be looking elsewhere.

Abi shows off her assets

Anyway, we have a reward challenge to get into first, which is sliding down a greasy runway, grabbing a ring and tossing it onto a post. Jeremy battles Savage for the first point and wins by half a second. We get a less impressive battle between Kass and Stephen next, where Stephen flops pretty hard. Kass wins, and Jeremy yells at Stephen to have more confidence. Abi then beats Kimmi despite initially giving up after she thought Kimmi got it. Joe then oils up (hey ladies!) to beat Woo to tie it up. The deciding matchup is Wiglesworth vs Wentworth...and the original Kelly wins!

Ta Keo go back to camp with their picnic, and Spencer awkwardly tries to make conversation with Kass. Savage has noted the animosity and is hoping to use it to set up an easy next boot. Pulling together his old allies Kass and Ciera with his new allies Abi and Woo, Savage's plan is to blindside Spencer next whilst telling him they're targeting Ciera. Ciera however is not really comfortable with being the decoy boot - why her and not Woo?

Kimmi and Keith bicker as Kimmi drops a fish into the fire. Elsewhere, Joe is thinking up ways for Kelley to stay, since he does feel some loyalty to her. Her only argument is that she brings more to the table in challenges than Kimmi or Stephen. Joe tells Tasha and Stephen he would rather Kimmi go, and that doesn't sit well with Stephen. In fact, Stephen now wants to vote out Joe, but can't get Jeremy to agree as he still needs a shield. Stephen even starts to get emotional, because he's having Tocantins flashbacks of not being able to get out the golden boy.

Who'd have thought Stephen would be such a trainwreck?

The tribes join Jeff in the jungle for a Survivor classic...the gross food challenge! The players compete in pairs at first, with Kimmi and Tasha taking on Woo and Spencer at eating tarantulas. Spencer and Woo both finish them off before the girls to give Ta Keo the point. Savage and Ciera then face Jeremy and Keith at eating water beatles. Savage and Jeremy get them down first, but Keith beats Ciera to tie it up. Now it's Stephen and Kelley vs Kass and Abi. Stephen gets some redemption by finishing first, then it's Abi, then Kelley.

Never bring a vegetarian to an eating contest

The first single round is Joe vs Kelly, with fried frog on the table. Kelly wins the challenge, giving Joe a rare defeat. Kimmi then doesn't even participate against Woo, leaving him to eat a pig brain. Ciera has a chance to win it by eating a scorpion, but Kelley beats her. At least she gave it a go, though. The worst is saved for last as Kass and Tasha have to eat balut...it makes Kass throw up, and gives Ta Keo the win. Kass is crying, half from the horribleness and half from letting her team down. But in confessional we see her happy, because she gets to crush Spencer's dream again.

You must be truly desperate to come to me for help

The plan is locked to get Spencer out, and Savage is already lying to him. But Ciera, Kass and Abi discuss an alternate plan of booting Woo instead, which Kass isn't sure about. Kass takes Spencer for a walk and he seems surprised when he hears Savage wants him out. So now he is forced to turn to his archenemy, who is not sure if she wants to play as Chaos Kass or Calm Kass.

At tribal council, several of the contestants talk about their second chance (we're still doing this?) with Woo saying he's being more cut-throat now. Kass is trying to make sense of the messy web of relationships on the tribe. Ciera talks about how Woo and Savage are tight now, but when Savage is asked if that worries him, he claims he still has confidence in his plan. Time to see if it's unfounded or not.

Spencer votes for Woo, knowing Kass of all people is determining his fate, and even adds a "God help me". Woo is pretty blindsided to see his name, and even more blindsided when he ends up voted out. Woo smiles, as Savage can only shrug. I knew it was too early for the weird Spencer/Kass relationship to end.

And to cap the episode off, we get a touching "very special episode"-esque scene at the Deitz household, talking about how Danny is the real survivor. The show must go on however, and with the season hitting high gear again, I'm very excited for next week.

STAR OF THE WEEK: CIERA EASTIN

THIS is the Ciera we wanted to see from the start! She took back the power from Savage by cutting off one of his loyal soldiers. That'll teach him to take her for granted.