After a group decision to eliminate Mat, Harry reflected on if that was the best decision for his game, placing him and Shonee outside the group of four. Harry however spoke highly of AK's ability to crunch numbers, citing that as long as he's about to crunch numbers for Dirty Harry, he's allowed to stay on the payroll.
At the reward challenge, Vakama finally broke their losing streak, making the team morale higher than ever before, earning love from their family. Shonee cried at how big her sandwich was.
Meanwhile at Mokuta, Phoebe told David about the clue to her hidden immunity idol. Pretending to work with her, David sent Phoebe in the wrong direction, finding the second idol which he would keep for himself.
After Vakama pulled out a successful immunity win, Mokuta found themselves headed to tribal council for the first time in a while. Two clear factions formed around a rivalry: Moana versus Phoebe. Phoebe, relying on her alliance with Nick, was able to secure the votes of Lee and Sharn, plus Nick's extra vote. With David on her side, Phoebe was confident she had 6 votes for Moana. David however had other plans. Teaming up with Moana's alliance of Tarzan and Jacqui, David was ready to get revenge on Phoebe for flipping last tribal. Moana was able to secure the floater vote of Zach, and David then worked on getting Sharn to turn on Nick and Lee, which she seemed willing to do.
During an explosive tribal council, Phoebe called out Moana's game as guarded, noting that she spent two weeks isolating herself from the tribe in the shelter. David pulled out one of his two immunity idols and told the tribe he was going to play it to make sure the votes happen the way they said they were going to. This idol flexing spooked Sharn, who voted with Nick and Lee for Moana. Paired with Nick's extra vote, the results led to a 5-5 tie on Moana and Phoebe. Stunned at the existence of an extra vote, the tribe voted once again. On the revote, Sharn flipped back to Moana, and without Nick's extra vote, Phoebe was send home in a 5-2 split.
Challenge:Strand Off One member of each tribe will go head to head in a tug-of-war. The person who pulls their opponent into the water first scores a point for their tribe. The first tribe to score three points wins. Reward: Personalized packed lunch Winner:Vakama
Challenge:TBA The tribe will pair up, with each pair standing on opposite ends of a ditch. Each pair will support the other by pushing against each other's palms until they can no longer hold on. The last pair left standing wins the challenge for their tribe. Winner:Vakama
Moana and Nick's confessionals were shown during Tribal Council. David's confessional was shown at the end of the episode. Sharn did not give a voting confessional.
(changes vote to Phoebe) Phoebe, you get my vote because you're a master manipulator, huge social threat, my direct threat in this game. I'm sorry to see you go.
(long silence) I got voted out. I knew I'd be getting votes tonight, I didn't necessarily expect the votes to come from Dave. I don't have anything to say, I think right now, the less I say, the better.