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I think that holding out was the right move by Carter. If he’s going to be the sole Survivor, he needs to win the respect of the other castaways and not be seen just as Jeff Kent’s lackey. An immunity win goes a little way to changing that.

The merged tribe arrives back at camp, and we see there is a camp flag. The new tribe is called Dangrayne? As in “dang rain”, get it? Which of these clowns thought up that? It’s awful, but at least we were spared the interminable discussion about “what should we name our new tribe?”

RC interviews that today is a “good day”, even though she was beaten in the immunity challenge by Abi? But she claims to be in a core six with Kalabaw. Has she even spoken with anyone on Kalabaw? Because we haven’t seen it.

Michael tempts fate by eating a piece of coconut right off the machete tip. He has a talk with Jeff Kent, pointing out that Pete, Abi and Artis “cannot control this game." And his reason? They are “too rude." Whoa, too rude? Does he think Jeff Kent’s going to get an attack of the vapors? I realize that he’s been beaten down for days, but by playing the “they don’t deserve it” card, Michael comes across as kind of whiny.

Jeff Kent then shares his “biggest hang-up” with Michael, which is that he does not want Jonathan to beat him out in this game. He points out that the two veteran players might decide to team up and vote him out. Michael readily agrees “with integrity” that when they are down to six, he will follow Jeff Kent. “Unless God Himself appears live before me and speaks to me, I cannot follow Pete, Artis and Abi” he interviews, knowing full well that God won't be intervening in any reality show.

If you needed a hint about why Michael is not a good Survivor player, the answer is right in that conservation. He is telling someone who he needs to ally with that his competition is a bunch of assholes who do not deserve to win. This is the point where Jeff Kent thinks “I should align myself with those jerks, because in a jury situation, Michael’s still going to vote for me over any of them."

Jeff Kent fills in Carter and asks him what he wants to do. Once again, they are the swing vote, which is right where they want to be. Carter seems to want to stay with Kalabaw plus RC and Michael, probably because he knows 4 + 2 = 6. Carter asks if Jeff Kent thinks he can get farther with the returnees, and Jeff Kent says that Michael is willing to vote out Jonathan when the time comes, and that if he and Carter flip to Tandang, they may find themselves on the bottom

Jonathan comes up on Jeff Kent and Carter’s conversation. Jeff Kent: “What’s up, Penner?” Jonathan: “How we doing?” “Good. We’re just talking through all the BS we’ve been hearing.” “You know where I stand, I’m with you guys, you have my loyalty.” Jonathan interviews that he believes they are all voting with him, and that if they aren’t, “I’m a terrible judge of character and... I don’t really deserve to stay in this game." We see Jonathan, Jeff Kent and Carter agree to vote out Pete and then fist bump.

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