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Eddie is next for the “fans” and with a “that is how you do it” from Probst, he is at the top of the platform while Andrea is still swimming. But she gets back quickly. Julia is tagged in for the “fans” and then Malcolm for the “favorites”. Malcolm makes up time and gets back with his tribe’s final key the same time as Julia. Michael has a lot of distance to make up.

Phillip and Cochran get to work on the locks, and Phillip has the second and then the third locks undone by the time Michael returns. Phillip starts throwing while Laura and Reynold do the unlocking. “Laura, having a tough time with the locks” mocks Probst. Subtext: “Please don’t let one of my strong, pretty men get voted out."

Phillip has knocked down a lot of blocks, and only has the tough singles to go when Laura starts throwing for the “fans”. Oh, who am I kidding, it is ace thrower Reynold who steps up and makes “quick work of the blocks." After some excited commentary by Probst about how well Reynold is doing, Phillip has only four blocks left to go, and the fans are catching up. Then the “fans” have only six left while the “favorites” have two, and then one and then “Phillip! Wins immunity for the favorites!” Probst will see the “fans” at Tribal Council where one of them will be voted out. So I guess there’ll be no “we’ll let you out of voting because you’ve already lost one tribe-member” fake-out tonight.

In the post-challenge post-mortem, Reynold is saying how he threw a little wonky at first, but Matt is all about how much Reynold was able to catch the tribe up. Eddie and Reynold decide they need to work on a new plan. Reynold thinks they are going to “blindside” him because he has the idol, as though any vote for Reynold would be a blindside. Doesn’t he realise they could just split the vote, like they did last week, and flush the idol?

Meanwhile Matt says “I’m going to talk down this path here”, which is Michael’s cue to follow. Julia is standing right there, and he has no option but to make a “what else can I do?” gesture and follow Matt. Subtle, Matt. Anyway, Matt wants to dump Laura because they have to win challenges. But to Michael “keep the tribe strong” means “there goes the alliance." He doesn’t want to do it because he trusts Laura more than Eddie and Reynold and he doesn’t want to leave “wild card Mr. Awesome with the idol."

But now Matt is off talking with Reynold about how “Mike and I want to vote Laura." Understandably, Reynold does not believe Matt, noting Matt could be setting them up like Laura set them up last week. Reynold interviews that Matt “wants to get the muscle back together and win some challenges” but tells Matt that he has told so many “bald-faced lies” to Reynold already. Matt suggests “if you feel threatened, play the idol. I’m going to vote Laura." I’m sure Reynold feels a lot safer now!

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