Gouge My Eyes Out

Gouge My Eyes Out is the penultimate episode of.

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Sliders Contestants raced over a slide into the ocean to retrieve five rings. Once they return, they must toss the rings onto five poles, one for each ring. The first person to do so wins the reward. Reward: The winner (with two other contestants to accompany him) wins a boat ride in the Philippine ocean, pizza and soft drinks they could eat while in the ride, and an opportunity to swim with whale sharks.

Winner: Michael (asked Malcolm and Lisa to accompany him)

Immunity Challenge: One Track Mind

At the start, each contestant would use two planks to cross a rope bridge, where they will collect two puzzle pieces along the way. If a contestant falls, they must start again. After crossing the bridge they would climb down a ladder and assemble a ball puzzle. Then when the puzzle is completed, each castaway would pull out a pin releasing a ball into the maze that was earlier assembled. Then the contestant would guide the ball through the maze avoiding trap holes. The first contestant to guide their ball through the maze safely into the finish spot would win immunity.

Winner: Malcolm

Life at Ponderosa
Abi-Maria Gomes goes to Ponderosa, and is welcomed by all jurors but R.C. Saint-Amour, who still harbors ill feelings toward her after not letting her explain why the idol clue was in her bag back at Tandang. After finally hearing R.C.'s side of the story, Abi apologizes to her, but R.C. tells her not to talk to her. In her post-game medical Abi lost 13.1 lbs, dropping her to 110.08 lbs. Over dinner, Abi catches up with her fellow jurors.

The next day, Abi asks R.C. is she will ever accept her apology and she still hates her. R.C. states that she does not hate her, but "pity" her for the way she played, adding that Abi would be "utterly embarrassed" once the public watches the season.

Several of the jurors forecast that either the tribe lines between Tandang and Matsing will be honored, or either Malcolm Freberg or Denise Stapley gets voted out.

Other

 * This episode aired on 12/12/12, and prior to the episode, 12 people had been voted out at Tribal Council.
 * With this episode, this is the third season in a row where someone holds onto a Hidden Immunity Idol until the Final Five and never play it at Tribal Council.

Episode Title

 * This title is derived from one of Denise's confessionals where she says how excruciating it is to deal with Abi-Maria.