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Probst can’t let this go. “Now what are you feeling?” “Apparently I’m an idiot that I do not get their cues. But I’m not going to stop fighting, I’m gonna try.” Great! Now we’re getting somewhere. Good talk!

I’m pretty sure everyone watching the show and reading these recaps already gets this, but Abi understands social cues fine. That’s why she is so passive-aggressive and whiny, because it has always gotten her what she wants in her life. She simply doesn’t care about anyone else in the game, so she doesn’t listen to their social cues. It's has nothing to do with English not being her native language.

Probst decides to close with “when someone’s on the bottom there’s this great opportunity to shuffle the game." Time to vote.

We only see Abi vote for Malcolm. While the votes are being cast, Abi complains to Pete “That was brutal by them." Well, we only saw Denise say anything. I think Probst was more brutal. Pete does the right thing. “You’ll be okay,” he says. Not “you didn’t deserve that” or “that was completely out of line."

Probst goes to “tally” the votes. But first would anyone like to play their immunity idol? Unsurprisingly, Abi would. This is a genuine immunity idol, and any votes cast against Abi will not count.

Abi. Abi. Abi. Pete. Malcolm. Pete. Malcolm. And the third member of our jury is... Pete! So the vote-splitting actually worked! And with Pete gone, Abi is left sitting all alone at the far end of the group. Metaphor. “Anything can happen,” Probst reassures her, before she walks out forgetting to take her torch. There are metaphors all over the place!

Next time on Survivor, “new alliances tear apart old friendships." “Lisa once again lost her mind,” moans Jonathan. “And the biggest villain in the game gets a taste of her own medicine." More footage of Abi blubbing about how this is the worst day of her life. Great.

In his farewell words, Pete says he feels bad for Abi, and that he learned to deal with her while the others didn’t. Sure, like Boston Rob learned how to deal with Phillip the Specialist. That didn’t make it any easier for the non-Boston Rob castaways. He also says that the others made a mistake in not getting rid of Malcolm, which would conveniently fit in with his master plan to win the game. No regrets from him, either. He says all this in his usual monotone. See ya, Pete.

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