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At the same time, Lisa is scrambling about who told Malcolm about everything. Pete denies telling Malcolm, saying instead that he “just told him that we know." Lisa looks exasperated and complains in interview that all her well-laid plans are ruined because Pete failed miserably at convincing Malcolm that he’s not on the chopping block.

Pete interviews that “playing the mastermind is never easy, and you only really know you’re the mastermind right before tribal, when you figure out do you really have everyone and is it solid?” We see everyone getting ready to go, and whispers like “Watch out, Jeff [Kent]’s behind you."

Jeff Kent immediately figures something is up, and when he talks with Malcolm they agree they can get six – Malcolm, Denise, Jeff Kent, Carter, Jonathan and Michael – to cut the head off the snake, either Pete or Abi. The snake has two heads! Lots of whispers about getting rid of Pete follow, with Jeff Kent advising Jonathan and Malcolm filling in Denise and Michael. Jeff Kent than gets a moment with Carter. “Pete’s going home, they got six votes."

“I thought they were sending you home tonight,” says Carter blandly. Some ally!

They all gather their hidden immunity idols, and Malcolm complains about how crazy it all is.

The heavily confused castaways arrive at Tribal Council, and Probst ushers out a post-boot RC who has clearly put all her effort into looking glamorous and making a grand entrance. Michael and Jonathan smile, and Jonathan even says “Right on!” Even Pete is all “Whoa!” But the display isn’t for any of the guys. Abi just stares blankly.

Probst talks about the target on returning players, and asks Michael if the finger was pointed at him after Jonathan won immunity. “A lot of pressure, instantly,” he says, but the pressure was taken off when he got back to camp and “heard some people talking."

Malcolm laughs bitterly, so Probst asks him the next question and he says that “I put my faith in a little Texas girl and she threw me pretty hard under the bus today” and points at Lisa.

“Lisa!?!” exclaims Probst like he is Mrs Garrett. So Lisa explains in her all-too-honest way that it would have been an easy vote until Jonathan won immunity, which put Michael up for elimination. But she perceived Malcolm as the biggest threat. I love Lisa’s Tribal Council confessionals, but they won’t get her very far in the game.

Now Probst puts forward his view of how the tribes are divided – the Tandang Five and the Kalabaw Four, with Malcolm in the Middle. He asks Denise whether the Kalabaw Four could get Malcolm on their side and suddenly they would be five against five. Absolutely.

Abi – are you concerned that someone in your alliance “screwed the whole game up?” Abi doesn’t mention Pete, but focuses on Malcolm and how they were in an alliance and that sending him home would be ludicrous. So Lisa says, “we were willing to let Michael go home,” so Abi talks about how Michael and RC were always on the outside. The alliance was Lisa, Abi, Peter and Artis. Malcolm double-takes at not being mentioned, and Abi apologises but even Probst calls it as being too late.

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