Dara Women's Alliance

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Cydney's Paranoia
After seeing Nick confront Julia at Dara camp, Cydney decides that he may be too full of himself, and sets out to snap him back into reality. After Nick loses the Immunity Challenge and tries to broker a deal with powerless Aubry, Cydney pulls Aubry and Debbie aside with the intention of inviting them into an all-female alliance while the gender division was still even. She then meets up with Julia and Michele, and tells them of Aubry and Debbie's acceptance of the invitation. The Beauty girls become the swing votes at Dara's first Tribal Council and weigh their options: to make a big move, or to shield themselves from Jason's wrath. Ultimately, the girls, along with Joe, pile their votes on Nick and blindside him.

The Russell Hantz Approach
After Nick's blindside, Jason and Scot decide to spite the women by hiding tools from the camp. They take the machete and ax and hide it in a grassfield a distance from the campsite, and Scot proceeds to extinguish the fire with the camp's water after seeing the women succeed despite the men's sabotage. At the Reward Challenge, a clear divide is seen between the three men and the all-female alliance, but Julia decides to join the men's team, and the foursome eventually pulled out a victory. Julia contemplates flipping to the men's side, and intends to take them as goats to the Final Tribal Council for an easier victory.

The Women Debate
Interpreting Julia's joining of the men's team as a sign of mutiny, Aubry debates with the women as to whether they should consider blindsiding her at the next vote to keep her from working with the men. Debbie defends Julia's decision, stating that it was little more than a human desire for the reward. Aubry is concerned by Debbie's naivete, and when Julia wins immunity, considers blindsiding her.

Stick with the Plan!
Aubry grumbles that her sole plan, to blindside Julia, had "gone out the window". Fearing that Julia might act as a spy for the men and be delivering sensitive information, she discusses with Cydney the prospect of reducing the alliance from five members to four with Debbie's blindside. Aubry believes that she has Joe under her thumb, and Cydney is confident that she has a tight relationship with Michele. However, Joe rejects the plan to eliminate Debbie, and Aubry, Cydney, and Michele are forced to work with the enemy. Julia is pulled aside for the idea, which she considers.

At Tribal Council, the threat of an idol play lurks when Jason and Tai reveal their individual possession of an idol a la the Three Amigos. The women's alliance is thrown for a loop and seemingly decides to go with the "original plan" to vote Scot out. Whispers abound at an intense Tribal Council. After the votes were cast, Jason passes his idol to Tai in the event that a Super Idol had to be played. The Super Idol did not come into effect, however, as Debbie was blindsided by her own allies.

Tai's Decision
The three men celebrate the women's cannibalization of Debbie, as they confidently rejoice in their newly obtained power position. Tai returns his idol to Jason, and the women and Joe scramble to ensure that the alliance was still alive. Even though the men's target, Cydney, is still in the game, they remain cocky and believe that she will be taken out at the next Tribal Council. Scot approaches Aubry with a proposal for peace - if she flips to the men to eliminate Cydney, then the men will stop their war path. Aubry refuses the proposal, but she does not express this to the men.

The next day, the castaways compete for a reward. Tai ends up winning an advantage with its power unknown to the rest of the tribe. This gives the women an extra incentive to draw Tai into the bloc. Aubry decides to empathize with Tai's situation, and states that she finds both their games similar in that they were in a subordinate position to the more controlling personalities. Tai felt that Aubry had a good heart, but was conflicted between sticking with the men for an easier route to the victory, or flipping to the women to stay true to his morals.

At the Immunity Challenge, Aubry and Cydney put up a display of endurance when they compete against Jason. However, Jason wins out and apparently secures his alliance another cycle in the game. The three men plot against the women, but decide to switch their target to Aubry, who was more of a strategic mastermind than Cydney was. Tai is aggravated that he does not have a say in who stays and who goes, and this becomes an even greater factor in his flip. Meanwhile, Julia plots with the men and states that she will get the women to vote against Tai to execute Aubry's blindside. Aubry approaches Tai once again with the proposal, and urges him to vote against Tai. She then informs her alliance to vote against Scot, with Michele keeping the alliance's options open with a Tai vote, and Julia being kept out of the loop.

Withdraw Troops
The tribe enters Tribal Council with the results up in the air, and with Tai in the swing position. Unbeknownst to the women, Jason had passed his idol to Scot before the proceedings and the men count on Tai to create a super idol to advance the men forward. The women split their votes between Scot and Tai, and Scot and Jason vote against Aubry as part of their plan. Tai flips, however, by voting against Scot. He seals the latter's fate and officially joins the women's alliance when he withdraws the idol from him. Scot is blindsided with Jason's idol in his hand. The tribe heads back to camp with Julia and Jason on the outs.

A Woman Scorned
Michele is disappointed to have been left out of the loop, and believes that she has fallen to the bottom of the totem pole. In order to keep her options open, she decides to discuss plans with Jason and Julia, who eventually plan to recruit Cydney over to their group. The pair decides that they would prefer to see Tai go, due to his recent betrayal and for his likability which made him a jury threat.

Meanwhile, Aubry, Cydney, and Michele enjoy a feast at a nearby island, and the triad mend the fence. Michele feels validated when Aubry and Cydney reaffirm her position in the alliance. The threesome also decide that Tai would only be used as a pawn to take out Jason, and that he had to be taken out so that he does not make the Final Tribal Council, where they believe he will garner the most jury votes. When the three women return to camp, Jason and Julia pull Cydney and Michele aside to give them their plan to blindside Tai to flush the idol and the advantage.

Tough Decisions
The Immunity Challenge culminates with Michele winning, and Julia losing a crucial challenge. The alliance congregates, and decides to switch the vote from Jason to Julia in order to take out a major threat who would look good in front of a jury because of her neutrality, in addition to her wide range of skills in challenges. Michele is upset by the decision, as it meant taking out her closest friend and ally in the game. To keep Jason and Julia from scrambling, Cydney and Michele convince their alliance that they will put up the facade of agreeing with their plan to vote against Tai. Tai is visibly unhappy with his name being thrown up in the air, but he keeps silent. Jason and Julia approach Cydney and Michele one last time, and the two girls find themselves to be the swing votes. They have a one-on-one discussion on what would be the best move for their game, and consider the moral implications of betraying either group.

At Tribal Council, Tai considers playing his idol in order to protect himself, but Aubry convinces him to keep it, and it turns out to be the correct move. Michele makes the difficult play and joins her alliance in voting Julia off to prove her allegiance. Jason is left as the man on the very bottom of the tribe.

Split Down the Middle
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Trivia

 * Neal Gottlieb is the only member of the Brains tribe to make the merge but not join the alliance.