Crack in the Alliance

Crack in the Alliance is the tenth episode of.

Day 28
The day after Jenna Lewis' booting, the ex-Pagongs were upset with Sean Kenniff, whose alphabetical voting strategy put the nail in Jenna’s coffin. Sean thinks that the other Tagis piggybacked off his vote, but he’s still not convinced that an alliance exists. Meanwhile, Richard Hatch is delighted by the fact that he foiled Pagong’s attempt to vote him out. He implies that he might stop catching fish until the remaining ex-Pagong members are gone. Behind his back, Sue Hawk and Kelly Wiglesworth plot to dump Richard at the Final Three. "I trust Kelly 100%," says Sue. "We’re like sisters." A special announcement arrives in treemail: Gervase Peterson’s girlfriend has given birth to his fourth child. Gervase enjoys a cigar as his tribemates congratulate him.

Day 29
For the Reward Challenge, contestants must race across a series of tiles without falling in the water. Gervase beats out Richard to take the prize, earning himself a slice of pizza and a phone call home. Gervase gets to talk to his girlfriend and hear his new baby for the first time. Meanwhile, Kelly is feeling uneasy about being part of an alliance, feeling that it’s too conniving. She feels as if she has "crossed to the dark side," so she thinks about jumping ship.

Day 30
The Immunity Challenge requires the contestants to start a fire on the beach using driftwood. Richard ultimately wins, then does a silly dance. Back at Rattana camp, Gervase and Colleen Haskell, the last remaining ex-Pagongs, know they’re in danger. They hope to strike an agreement with Sean and Kelly to thwart the Tagi Alliance. At Tribal Council, the Tagi Alliance holds firm, and with Sean sticking up to his alphabet voting strategy, the five former Tagi members ganged up on Gervase who is deemed more threatening than Colleen, and is voted out 5-2. Gervase becomes the third member of the Jury, joining Greg Buis and Jenna.

Reward
Challenge: Bamboozled The contestants had to run across a bamboo balance beam until one person made it first.

Reward: The person will get a slice of pizza and a phone call home.

Winner: Gervase Peterson

Immunity
Challenge: Fast Fire

Each person had to gather firewood, light a torch from the water, and put it in the firewood. The first to have their fire burn through the rope wins immunity.

Winner: Richard Hatch

Voting Confessionals
Kelly, Rudy, Sean and Richard’s confessionals are only available on DVD. "rattana"

- I think Sean was pretty pathetic.

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- My vote's for Sean. Sean made a mistake and hadn't seen it that Tagi had an alliance. For a smart guy, he has no common sense.

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- He said to himself, competition.

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- Eliminating the competition.

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- For all the reasons. You described yourself so well, bud. See you in Newport. Take care.

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- Don't know how to spell it. Anyways, you're a nice guy. Wish you the best of luck. But I'm tired of getting beat at the competitions by you guys, so...

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- He knows it's coming. He's a good friend of mine. I'm gonna miss him terribly, and, um, that's about it, Gerv. See you in New York. Or Philly.

Trivia

 * This marks the first episode where a male african-american is voted out.

Other

 * With Gervase's elimination, Colleen is the first person to become a highest-ranking member of the their tribe.