Trust No One

Challenges
Immunity Challenge: Water Torture

Each tribe races to carry jugs of water across thin planks above the river without falling off. After a person successfully makes it to the end of the planks, that person's water jugs are put onto a pole balanced across the shoulders of the opposing tribe's designated "water bearer." As the game progresses, the weight becomes overwhelming: the water bearer who endures the weight the longest, without falling off the platform, wins.

Reward: Fishing equipment

Winner: Ogakor

Immunity Challenge: Lock Step

The tribes race against each other through a series of obstacles, while attached together by a rope. In this challenge, a tribe is only as fast as its slowest member. The first tribe to successfully complete the course with all of its members across the finish line wins.

Winner: Kucha

Day 7
On Kucha, Michael is determined to hunt down a pig. He gets into the hunting spirit by decorating his face with war paint and fashioning a spear out of a stick and a knife. His tribemates publicly support him, but privately think he's a bit of a kook. They're also worried that Mike might lose the knife. For the reward challenge, each tribe must pick one person to carry a pole with several buckets of water. Each tribe chooses its strongest member: Colby (Ogakor) and Mike (Kucha). The other tribe members must walk across a balance beam and carry buckets of water to put on the opposing tribe's weight-carrier. The tribes quickly load all the buckets, leaving it all up to the strength of Colby and Mike. Mike's pole eventually snaps in half, forcing the challenge into a tiebreaker: each team must load as many buckets as possible onto the opposing carrier. Ultimately, Colby shoulders the burden longer than Mike, and Ogakor wins the reward, which is fishing equipment.

Day 8
Armed with their new gear, Ogakor finally catches its first fish. Keith then cooks it, but he and Jerri continue to bicker when Jerri complains about his cooking Still, the tribe agrees that the fish is delicious, and Keith redeems himself for his earlier rice debacle. Mitchell, though, thinks that Keith is still on thin ice.

Over on Kucha, Rodger and Elisabeth have formed a tight bond. Rodger even gives a heart-shaped rock to Elisabeth. Elisabeth vows that she will never cast a vote for Rodger: "I will not spell that man's name." Still, the rest of the tribe thinks Rodger might have to go soon because he is weak in challenges.

At Ogakor, a similar bond has formed between Maralyn and Tina. Tina sees Maralyn as the cheerleader of the tribe, while Maralyn says, "I trust Tina the most." Elsewhere in the tribe, Colby and Jerri have struck up a close relationship. Amber thinks there might be a romantic connection. Jerri says she's attracted to Colby, while Colby vows that he'll keep his head in the game and won't let himself be manipulated.

Back on Kucha, yet another duo has emerged: Alicia and Jeff have struck an alliance, and they discuss whom they should target. They agree that Elisabeth will be a threat down the line, while Nick is untrustworthy. In fact, the rest of the tribe has become annoyed with Nick's laziness around camp.

Day 9
The immunity challenge is an obstacle course along the beach, during which every member of each tribe is tied together. Kucha's Rodger and Ogakor's Maralyn both struggle badly, falling down repeatedly. As Ogakor sprints for the finish, Maralyn stumbles again, allowing Kucha to pull ahead and win the race. Kucha celebrates, while Ogakor's Amber is in tears. Back at camp, Ogakor discusses who to boot. They quickly settle on Maralyn, who is holding the team back in challenges. Keith, though, doesn't think Maralyn should be voted out just because she's the oldest. He tries to get Tina and Colby to change their vote to Mitchell, another weak tribemate. At tribal council, though, the decision holds firm. Keith casts a vote for Mitchell, and Maralyn votes for Jerri, but the rest of the votes (even Tina's) are for Maralyn. The woman nicknamed "Mad Dog" is the third person voted out of the Australian Outback.

Voting Confessionals
Amber, Colby, Maralyn and Mitchell's confessionals are currently unavailable. "ogakor"

- Mad Dog, I love you. I value our friendship more than anything. I hope you understand.

"ogakor"

- This is probably one of the most difficult things for me to do right now. It's purely strategic, it's nothing personal. I'm gonna miss you dearly.

"ogakor"

- It just seems that you're tired.

Trivia

 * Upon reading the last vote that spelled her elimination, Maralyn left her "Mad Dog" cap to Amber.

Links

 * Official CBS episode summary