Joe is still reeling from tribal council, whilst Ben is proud of himself and hoping he can keep his Heroes/Hustlers coalition intact to the final 7. Lauren is doing some shelter renovations and finds the advantage. It offers her a chance to save her vote for the next tribal council. Huh, this is just a worse version of the vote doubler.
The reward challenge sees two teams using a slingshot to shoot targets. They're playing for a spaghetti meal, and random draw determines the teams, but Joe sitting out means he automatically wins. Ryan and Chrissy both decide to tap out early to let JP go, whereas Ben shoots and scores for the red team. Mike and Lauren also score for red, but Ashley takes a long time. Blue's strategy of letting JP and Devon do all the work pays off when they get all 5 to win. Probst then reveals there's only one plate and they'll be eating one at a time...with Joe picking the order. He's gotta be very careful about this.
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| Gluttony pays off sometimes |
Joe decides to put himself last, which is a bummer, as I was kinda hoping he would just split it between him and Cole. But being third works out well for Cole, when he spots a clue on the plate that tells him the idol is under their flag. He then hides the plate under the napkin and hopes nobody else sees it. He's wrong, as Chrissy and Ryan both find it, resulting in Ryan taking the plate and hiding it. Why didn't Cole just do that? Chrissy starts whispering to Ryan, which Cole hears, and it's not hard to figure out what they must be discussing.
Back at camp, Ryan is the first one to get to the flag and manages to dig it up surprisingly easily. He then tells Chrissy to cover his tracks and Cole races in to join in. It ends up in a full-on scramble, whilst Ryan just stands there knowing it's futile. Ben accuses Cole of having the idol, and he decides to bluff that he does.
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| A free-for-all in the sand gets out of hand |
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| Ryan doesn't skip a beat |
The immunity challenge is to keep a statue balanced by propping it up with a stick. Chrissy ends up with a bug on her pretty early, but Mike is first out. Joe, Devon and Lauren are next. The next round starts and Ashley is out immediately. Chrissy and Ben follow, and Desi dropping leaves a showdown between Cole and JP. Cole wobbles a lot, but holds out to win immunity when he needed it most.
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| Always watching |
Ben wants to split the votes on Joe and Desi, worried that an idol might get played, and considers both of them to be threats. Joe tries to get Ryan and Devon by telling them Ben is running the show. Ben calls Joe out and then gets really heated when Joe says he swore on the Marines, claiming he would never do that. Lauren tells Ben about her advantage which throws a wrench in their split vote plan, but they can still pull it off if they get Mike on board to vote Joe. Which they just might do, since he is looking for a way to get back in with the majority.
At tribal council, Joe says he's feeling the heat, which is nothing new. Ben apologizes for letting Joe push his buttons. Ashley says she's not sure if Joe is really good or just annoying. Desi and Devon talk about how the game can bring out the worst in you. Probst is fascinated by this little tangent, but then brings it back to the vote.
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| Fake 'em out |
Voting gets underway, and Lauren is able to successfully drop the note in the urn as instructed without arousing suspicion. The vote ends up a tie between Joe and Desi, which either could've prevented had they just voted for the other one. On the revote, it's Desi that goes home. Joe can't believe they left him in the game, and I'm sure he's going to make them regret it.
Well, the Healers missed quite a few opportunities there to stop their downward slide. But there's no way the others don't start looking at bigger targets soon, especially when there's secret powers about to be unleashed.
STAR OF THE WEEK: LAUREN RIMMER
Her slick move earned her a second vote, which could give her a lot of power. This fisherwoman looks set to go deep now, which I never would've expected pre-season.
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