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Now we see how happy the reward-winning tribe is without Pete, Abi and Artis around to ruin everything. They toast their team, and Denise says that she feels “horrible for those guys back at camp”, probably meaning Carter and Michael. Lisa says less diplomatically that she feels bad for Michael because the negativity trio “find something to be upset about after every challenge”. Unlike Lisa, who is complaining about the other people in her alliance after a challenge.

Malcolm agrees that there is “just... negativity." In interview, he goes on to describe the dynamic as good versus evil, with the evil three being Pete, Abi and Artis, while everyone else “considers themselves the good guys”. Lisa continues “if you are in their line of fire, you’re gone, unless you kiss their little behinies." Heh, behinies. Jonathan talks over her to declare that he “hates that kind of bullying." I believe him, not least because he had to deal with that in his first season at Cook Islands, but he’s also desperate for them to vote “anyone but Jonathan” at the next Tribal Council.

He lays it on further, saying, “I do not honestly believe that I can win the game at this point, but I would like to see any of the four of you, or Carter, to be there” and that he’d be happy to help them get in control of the game. Jonathan says that after him, it’ll be Michael and then Jeff Kent, and there “has to be a way to defuse that." Also “Tyrannical bullies, it’s just not cool!”

Meanwhile, Lisa is interviewing that “battling to the end with four other worthy opponents is such a noble choice,” but she wants to win so she’s really really tempted to try and get to Tribal Council with all the people no one likes. “The same rules don’t apply in Survivor as they do in real life,” she says.

After the break, it’s Day 22 and we have more Lisa. She explains that after Jonathan is voted out, it will be time for a five against four split, and it makes more sense for her and Michael to go to the end with Pete, Abi and Artis.

Lisa implements her plan by explaining to Michael that Jonathan is next, and everyone wants him out next. But that Malcolm has the idol, and he has not told anyone about it except her and Denise. She thinks it would be a good idea for Tandang to blind-side Malcolm. Michael’s so proud that Lisa is “in this game to win it.” But what happens if Jonathan wins immunity?

It’s this point where Jonathan shows up. Lisa explains that they are having a very “heated and hot discussion about you.” I think Jonathan’s been fantasizing about Blair from The Facts of Life having a heated and hot discussion about him with a close friend since 1979, but this isn’t quite how he dreamt it.

Anyway, Lisa confesses to Jonathan that Michael is her buddy and they never get a chance to talk, and Jonathan pretends to care. “Maybe you’ll win immunity. Well no you won’t, dude, because I’m winning immunity today. So it’ll be your turn.” No z-snaps, but Michael deflates like Jonathan already has won immunity. Anyway, Michael interviews that a lot depends on immunity today.

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