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We don’t have to wait long for something different to happen. A boat arrives at Gota with a note that tells them to pack up and move to their new home. Andrea interviews that it’s great to me at the merge but at the same time it’s an individual game now and she hasn’t seen a lot of her alliance in a long time.

The first news Bikal gets of the merge is seeing the boat filled with Gota people pull up at their beach. They all wave, and Corinne interviews about how relieved she is, because she is tired of talking to the same people all the time. Reynold, who is still believing anything anyone tells him, talks about what a nice warm welcome they got.

The newly-merged tribe opens a chest with food inside, and green buffs, and Dawn starts to make sandwiches for everyone. Michael interviews about how Dawn was cutting the cheese and then has to explain he meant it literally.

After the “favorites” tell the “fans” what losers they all were, losing seven times in a row, they have to decide on a new name. Stanley and Douglas are both discarded, and Malcolm suggests Enil Edam which Andrea says means “new beginning." I don’t know where she got that from because Malcolm interview’s that it is really his mother’s name spelt backwards. Did you know Malcolm loves his mother? A lot? Corinne interviews that it’s the “dumbest name ever."

Phillip is quick to reconnect with Andrea, confirming that “I believe in my peeps," and that the two of them plus Cochran and Dawn are a tight four. He goes on. “When you’re laying in bed tonight, pretend you are Boston Rob, because that’s what I do.” Phrasing, Phillip. Anyway, he says that one of that four can win, and the next step is to target the powerful men from the “fans”.

Andrea interviews that this first vote shouldn’t really be a big deal because it’s eight “favorites” against four “fans”, but it’s scary because now it’s an individual game people want to start making moves. We cut to Corinne talking with Malcolm about how awful Phillip is to them. After listening politely, Malcolm cuts to the chase. He doesn’t plan on sticking around for the six. He has Eddie and Reynold, and thinks Erik could come along with them. Corinne has Michael. That makes six, though Malcolm interviews that it’s “a fragile six” out of 12, which is not “a clear-cut majority”. “If we can get through this one vote and keep our numbers intact” then they can move to control the game. He wants to vote for Sherri because she is weird, and Corinne says if they get rid of Phillip next “that whole organization will crumble”.

Corinne interviews about how efficient it was talking with Malcolm and says “I’ve yet to be involved in a blind-side. It’s time. Blind-side time!” while impatiently tapping a non-existent watch. Then we cut to commercial. So much foreshadowing!

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