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However, Sherri is coaching Shamar, telling him to “do your best... even if you want to wring their necks, let it roll.” Shamar claims that he is cool, but Sherri won’t let him off so easy, pointing out that Reynold and Eddie will “try to ruffle your feathers.” “I’m not a quitter, but these childish, immature games...” Shamar begins, and Sherri has to explain to the “fan” that childish, immature games are part of Survivor.

Anyway, Shamar is having self-doubts about what he is willing to put up with for a million, and whether sitting around and lying it is really worth it to him. He is “tired of being the black sheep” and questioning how much he should be in the game.

Over on the “favorites” beach, Phillip is having the time of his life with his captive audience. He works out with rocks, just like Brenda is doing on the other side of the beach, and then he has a long rambling interview about how he plays basketball with people half his height and twice his age, but he still makes Magic Johnson moves and baskets Larry Bird-style. Or something. I wasn’t really paying attention.

Meanwhile, Corinne interviews about how Phillip and Andrea played together and have a connection, and Dawn and Cochran played together and have a connection, so it’s only fair that she and Malcolm should develop a connection of their own. Not that kind of connection, you pervs!

Anyway, Corinne and Malcolm go off looking for an idol, and Malcolm puts his hand inside a particularly gross tree and what do you know, the idol is inside! They jump up and down excitedly and then go to bury it. Malcolm isn’t thrilled that Corinne knows about the idol, but now they are sort of bound together because of it.

Back on the beach, Phillip is wearing a basket as a hat, and talking about air circulation or something. Cochran gives it a try. He interviews about his sad, lonely life where the highlight of his week is 8 p.m. Wednesdays on CBS, but being on the show is even better because he can watch Survivor while playing Survivor. And there are beautiful women in their underwear and everything! Cochran describes this as “a Freudian picnic,” as though enjoying seeing women in their underwear isn’t normal male heterosexual behaviour, but the result of some traumatic childhood experience involving his cruel older brother and his mother’s underwear drawer.

Anyway, Andrea has her sights set on Corinne. “Why are they, like, intensely talking?” she asks about Corinne and Malcolm. “I don’t know what her loyalties are,” says Cochran. Andrea suggests to Cochran that the five of them could dump Corinne and bring Brandon into their alliance. That would be a smart move by Andrea, because Corinne is a threat while Brandon would be another Phillip - though an even smarter move would be bringing in dull, predictable Erik ahead of Brandon the Unstable. She sounds out Phillip, and Phillip definitely wants to get rid of Corinne.

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