Out of the loop again, Mike is throwing Cole under the bus now to save himself. Ben and Lauren talk about how lucky they were that they managed to get away with nobody noticing that Lauren didn't vote, and reaffirm their alliance. Devon expresses doubts to Ryan about what'll happen when they get down to 7, and Ryan reveals he has the idol.
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| Ashley's natural habitat |
The reward challenge is to swim through the water, untie a buoy and then shoot them into nets. The teams are Ben, Devon, Ashley, Ryan and Lauren vs Cole, Chrissy, JP, Joe and Mike. Chrissy gives her team the lead over Ben, and Cole manages to extend that. Ashley helps get blue back into it, but JP manages to get his buoy directly from the dive. Joe is shooting for red and does very well, but Ben starts catching him going underhand. Joe seals the deal and wins his team a boat ride.
Cole is happy to load up on food, whereas Joe is searching the cake for an idol clue. The boat goes by camp and the people on the beach moon them. Ryan sees a chance to get close to Ben and tells him about the idol.
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| Ryan exposed |
Back at camp, Joe is digging for the already-found idol. He then interrupts Mike talking about him, and decides to get into a fight with Ashley by calling her a goat. His plan is to become so unlikable they'll keep him around, but right now it's just strengthening Ashley's resolve to get rid of him. Ben tries to build a bond with Devon and tells him Ryan has an idol, making Devon realize he can't trust Ryan as much as he thought he did. Oop, the little weasel might have overextended himself.
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| Cole is confident |
The immunity challenge is for the players to squat and hold a vase with two poles over their shoulders. Ashley is first out, then Mike and JP. Ashley gets her revenge though when a comment about Chrissy's form distracts Devon and then Joe to knock them out. Ben is out next, followed by Chrissy. Ryan falling leaves us down to two. Cole makes some dangerous moves, but Lauren is wobbling. Then Cole drops out of nowhere to give Lauren the win.
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| Can Chrissy get through to him? |
Ben is still hardcore on getting a Healer out...yawn. But he's really pissing off Ashley by insisting the votes get split between Cole and Mike, rather than Joe. Chrissy tries to tell him people are getting annoyed by him and he replies "no they're not" - kinda proving her point. Mike has been told by Ben that Cole is going home, but wants to shake the game up and is not afraid to play his idol to do that.
At tribal council. Chrissy puts Joe on blast for his insults. Mike then says if they're offended by Joe they should prove it by voting him out, and openly questions their morals. He then calls Ben "King Arthur", which Lauren notes is digging his hole deeper. Probst points out how Cole has just been quiet and staying off the radar - yeah, until you just called him out.
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| Tanking his game in record time |
After the vote, Mike plays his idol for himself. Whatever he was going for clearly didn't work, as Cole gets a straight majority and is voted out, with only 2 votes for Mike and 1 for Ben. So Mike just made his target bigger for no reason. It's yet another chance to make a move blown, but now the cracks in the majority are bigger than ever. Is dictator Ben gonna be the first casualty, or shady Ryan?
STAR OF THE WEEK: JOE MENA
There was a lot of bad gameplay this week, so I have to go for who was the least bad. Joe's strategy of making himself a goat seemed to work, as he ended up completely off the chopping block. And thank God too, because he's one of the few players keeping things interesting.
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