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Now Andrea and Cochran are talking with Brandon, who says that he wants to “be a part of something legitimate” and that “I’m not playing the same game as I used to.” However, Brandon interviews that they do not believe he is safe, and that he knows that everyone else thinks he is insane. They all believe that if they told Brandon that he’s out, he would “pee in the rice, I’d pee in the beans, I’d burn the shelter to the ground” with the scary eyes. So Brandon thinks his only power in the game comes from threatening to act like a child. But there’ll be no Brandon shenanigans today. Next Time On Survivor, I was right not to believe you.

Back with the “fans,” Shamar is talking about how his happiness is not worth a million dollars, which is the biggest load of hooey, and he doesn’t want to be the angry black man on Survivor. Plenty of people put up with a lot more than Shamar has for a lot less than a million dollars, and he’s all “is not quitting worth not being happy?” To him it’s a “no-brainer”, but I bet Gunnery Sergeant Hartman would be exploding about some major malfunction.

Anyway, Shamar talks to Sherri and Laura – with Eddie and Reynold in the background – about the tough time he had after returning from Iraq. He was an alcoholic and angry all the time and people were scared to be around him. He saw horrible things like suicide bombings and friends in body bags, and he can’t forget about those things. He claims that he comes here and “I try to be a happy person and try to uplift everybody,” which we haven’t seen unless “break her wrist” counts, but people condescending to him puts him in “the anger room.” He wants to get “that happiness back in his life.”

Sherri points out that if he quits mid-episode and they lose the immunity challenge, then they’ll be down two people. Reynold and Eddie are listening in and lapping this up. But Shamar says that he will stay and fight for his ladies, so Reynold complains that Shamar turned the whole thing into how “he’s all about loyalty and made himself a hero, for un-quitting.”

Day 7. Probst sighting! There’s a big cheer from the “favorites” as they come in. Then they get a good look at the new “fans” with Allie voted out.

Probst explains the challenge. There’s a big cage out in the water. The tribes have to swim out, climb the cage and drop over the other side. They have to untie the ropes to open a door in the cage, and then push out the heavy chest on the sea floor. They drag the chest to shore and then lift it onto a track. There are missing sections to the track, which they will have to pull into place using a “grappling ring”, which is a rope with a metal loop tied on the end. First tribe to push its chest along the track and then lift it onto the platform at the wins immunity and reward, which is comfort – soft things no one really cares about, plus a tarp.

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