Previously, the Survivors were still divided by racial lines. The Rotus had an argument because Adam believed it was better to sleep on the ground than to make any effort to build a floor for their shelter. The Pukas caught some chickens and Cao Boi annoyed everybody on his tribe with his inability to stop talking about himself. The Hikis thought good times could only be coming for them since Rebecca got a fire started for them. But in the end, the Aitus except for Cristina decided that Billy would cost them all kinds of losses in future Immunity Challenges so it was best they lose one Challenge quickly to get rid of him. It's a "lose before we lose" kind of logic that I don't understand at all, but I suppose that's why I'm not on this show. Billy was booted as a result but not before he declared to his tribemates and to Probby that he was in love with Candice whom he had exchanged barely three lines with earlier. That guy sure knew how to go out in flames, I tell you. This time around, who will get the heave-ho to Loser Lodge?

Night six, Aitutaki, right after Tribal Council. The Aitus are still stunned over Billy's revelation that he loved Candice. As Ozzy quietly chops open a coconut, Cecilia says that she finds it unlikely that Billy really did fall in love at first sight to Candice. Come on, Candice isn't so ugly that guys can't fall for her at first sight. Cristina says who knows, maybe Billy did have a crush on her. Or wait, perhaps Candice is just playing him, suggests Cristina. Unless Candice can communicate with Billy via telepathy these last few days, I don't know how Candice can even begin to play Billy. As the two women continue speculating, JP cuts in and says that he has "studied" Billy and apparently he doesn't like Billy's behavior. Huh, how does that have anything to do with the topic of Billy's supposed love for Candice? And why was JP "studying" Billy? Did he find Billy that fascinating? It looks like poor Candice has some competition for Billy's affection. Anyway, JP tells the camera that everything that comes out of Billy's mouth at the last Tribal Council was "just ridiculous". As ridiculous as JP's dramatically queenly eyeroll and headshake? I don't think so, buddy. As he tells the other Aitus how "words cannot describe the Candice situation", JP's nugget of wisdom to the camera regarding Billy's Rotu and Aitu star-crossed romance with Candice is: "If it's true, it's true. But it's not true." I don't get it. Is it so hard to believe that Billy fancies a pretty woman from the other tribe? Infatuations aren't exclusive to Hollywood wannabes, after all.

Day seven, Puka Puka. Ooh, Brad is so cute! Ahem, let's try it again. Ooh, Brad catches a fish! He's so cute, he's happy, he's so cute, and he's not very happy when he returns to camp and ends up inadvertently joining Becky and Jenny as Cao Boi's audience. Cao Boi at first talks about the loneliness of being in America when he had left all his friends back in Vietnam but soon he goes on another tangent, using a story of a friend who came to America only to get his teenaged kids drafted into the military to serve in Iraq as a launching pad for Cao Boi to rail against the Bush administration. Cao Boi cannot seem to speak to anyone without coming off as insultingly patronizing even if you believe that his points are valid, so it's no surprise that soon Brad is scratching at his arms and Jenny looks like she wishes the ground will open up and swallow her to end her misery. I wonder whether Cao Boi realizes that it is ironically respect that kept the three younger Pukas from walking away from him as he laughs at his own jokes and tells the three others in his condenscending manner that they should know all about war.

As Becky scratches a side of her head wearily, Brad tells the camera that he has a "coming to Jesus" in his mind and realizes that Cao Boi never shuts up. Becky mutters that kids can avoid being drafted into the military by going to college but Cao Boi of course ignores her and now rants about how the "Bush children" and other offsprings of the rich and powerful people in America can avoid being drafted simply by being offsprings to these people. I believe Cao Boi is "discussing" with these three the possibility that America will soon draft all its kids into the war against Iraq but the "discussion" naturally turns into a "Cao Boi is right and you kids are wrong, and here's why" session with Cao Boi's patronizing way of speaking and inability to listen to other people making it impossible for others to get a word in. Brad tells the camera that he doesn't think Cao Boi is "all there". He doesn't think Cao Boi will ever get "there" either unless Cao Boi is "medicated". But I think Brad will prefer Cao Boi to be sedated rather than medicated, heh.

Rarotonga. A chicken is pecking away at a coconut husk when it sees the camera and flees. Is that chicken warning everyone to run away while they can from the Camp of the Living Braindead? The Raros have tree-mail and Adam stands there looking as dumb as always while Flika peeks at the tree-mail that Parvati is reading aloud, maybe trying to learn from Parvati how to pronounce those big words on that parchment. Parvati reads aloud some bad poetry about a very big and important challenge that will come and destroy them all. Or something like that. Jonathan tells the camera that they haven't lost any challenge so far so the tribe morale is good and they are ready to rumble. The camera then shows Flika doing some back-arch thing while holding a coconut tree, Parvati trying to impersonate an orangutan experiencing difficult labor, and Jonathan doing his best impression of a demon-possessed girl in the midst of delivering the Antichrist into the world. Man, these people are strange. Jonathan concludes to the camera that the Raros are ready to "rock and roll". I can't wait.

Our host Jeff "Just Jumping Around As Always" Proboscis awaits at the Challenge site on the beach until all tribes have filed in. After pointing out that Aitu had given Billy the shove-off, Probby brings back Yul from Janu Island. The Pukas quickly hug him. I'm surprised none of the Pukas try to feel inside his pants to check whether he has Waldo with him. Maybe they'd do that later when he's asleep. Probby retrieves the various pieces of Albert and then tell the Survivors to drop their buffs. Yay, it's racial integration time! Because nearly all the Survivors this time around were recruited and many hadn't watched this show at all, many are puzzled until Jonathan and Becky clarify to them that they have to take off that smelly piece of cloth they wear around the forehead or waist. Women and men are separated and everyone takes a piece of tile from a bag carried by Probby. Those with tiles that have an "X" are designated team captains. In this case, the captains are Brad, Jonathan, Cecilia, and Parvati. Probby tells them that they each have to choose a member of the same sex from another tribe to join them.

Cecilia and Parvati square off over a rock-paper-scissors game to see who will pick first and Cecilia wins. She picks Flika who rushes to hug her and ask Cecilia to call her Flika instead of "pretty lady with the dreads". Cecilia must be wishing that she's picked someone else. Parvati picks "the cutie in the pink", Jenny. Now the one picked by the captain will pick another person using the same rule that Probby explained earlier. In this case, Flika, for example, can't pick anyone from Aitu or Raro since she and Cecilia already represent those two tribes. Flika picks "the sister at the end", Sundra while Jenny picks "camouflage", Cristina. Sundra picks "yellow", Becky. No, no, people, Sundra is describing the color of Jenny's blouse, she's not using a racial slur on Becky, heh. Cristina points at Rebecca. Becky picks Candice over Stephannie so Rebecca has no choice but to pick Stephannie even if this breaks the rule that Probby has laid down.

Brad wins over Jonathan in the rock-paper-scissors game and quickly he chooses JP, the guy with the biggest biceps. Ooh, and if you've heard rumors of these two men hooking up after the game, maybe you'd be like me when this happens, saying, "Ah, so that's how it started!" Jonathan miscalculates and picks Yul, the guy with the next biggest biceps, which is fine except for the fact that JP cannot pick Yul so Jonathan could have still grabbed some other athletic guy like, say, Ozzy, and let someone else on his side pick Yul since the next person JP picks cannot pick Yul either. Am I making sense here? Maybe, like Probby says, Jonathan wants to compare notes on Janu Island with Yul. Also, I'm impressed that most of the guys know each other's names. None of the "yellow", "pink", "whatever" thing of the women. JP picks Nate while Yul picks Ozzy. Nate picks the guy in blue, Adam, over Cao Boi and Cao Boi joins Ozzy.

Probby now asks the four captains to pick some kind of egg-like thing and asks them to squish these egg-like things as hard as they can. When these eggs are squished, colored paint splatters out. Parvati and Brad's eggs contain blue paint so they end up combining their selected tribemates into one new team under the Raro banner while the tribemates selected by Jonathan and Cecilia are the new Aitu. If you are keeping track of alliances, Yul and Becky are still on the same tribe so this is one alliance that is not torn apart by the merge unlike Sundra/Rebecca and Adam /Candice. Once everyone has finished hugging, Probby tells them that their possessions will be divided equally between the two tribes and send them away. The new Aitus will go live in Aitutaki and the new Raros will of course move to Rarotonga. The animals of Manihiki and Puka Puka breathe a sign of relief.

To recap, the new Aitu are Cecilia, Flika, Sundra, Becky, Candice, Jonathan, Yul, Ozzy, and Cao Boi while the new Raro are Brad, JP, Nate, Adam, Parvati, Jenny, Cristina, Rebecca, and Stephannie.

Over at Raro, everyone is either happy or pretending to be happy. Nate tells the camera that he's glad to be in Raro because Raro is like Bel Air to the ghetto of Hiki. Does this make Nate the Fresh Prince? More like Carlton, snort, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Stephannie kicks off the round of self-congratulatory "we're so enlightened" session by asking the others what they feel about tribal division by race and JP talks about how such a move can educate people. JP sure likes to feel that he's doing something important by being on this show, I see. Stephannie tells the camera that nobody judge people by skin color in Raro. Let's see whether she revises her opinion in a few weeks' time. Now the Raros try to find out who snores and who doesn't. Everyone laughs although Brad tells the camera he's still going to play for the "cold hard cash". Meanwhile, after a tribe cheer, Parvati tries to flirt with all men at once by shrugging her shoulders and saying that she's so excited. Let me guess: and she thinks she likes it? She tells the camera that the new Raro is a melting pot. Maybe that's her way of saying that she likes dating men of all races. Good for her, really.

Over at Aitu, it's pretty much the same air of joviality as Cecilia shows off the place to her some new and some old tribemates. Jonathan is clearly impressed with the condition of the Aitu camp - especially because the shelter has a floor, I'd bet - while Cao Boi says that because Ozzy and Cecilia are Hispanics, they are all mi casa su casa to everyone else. Then again, it could be they are just nice people regardless of their race. I don't really see Ozzy welcoming anyone in that scene, only Cecilia, and I doubt Ozzy is a welcoming kind of fellow unless you pay him a check first. Flika gives some hippie dipstick blather about feeling exciting new energies from her new tribemates and I can only hope that these energies are positive in nature and not, say, disgust or loathing. Cao Boi and she bond over body art and mutual hippie-dipstickness.

Cecilia tells Candice about Billy's declaration of love for her at the previous Tribal Council while Sundra, overhearing Cecilia, grins. As Cecilia spills out the details, Becky looks at Candice and goes, "Love at first sight? You and Billy?" Candice for a while is confused, wondering what Cecilia could possibly be talking about. Cao Boi points out that Candice is blushing. Cecilia reminds Candice about that moment after the previous Challenge where Candice apparently mouthed "I love you!" to Billy. Candice says that Billy clearly misunderstood because she was trying to express how bad she felt about someone in his position and not because she was in love with him or anything. Cecilia adds that Billy said that finding love with Cecilia was worth more than a million dollars and Jonathan teases Candice for "leading" Billy on. Generally the mood is one of good-spirited chuckle and not some "Eeeuw! Who does that fat loser think he is!" spiteful moment so it's okay, I think, for Billy to watch this episode without someone having to conduct a suicide watch on him afterwards.

Over at Raro, the United Nations of Buff Studs are holding council. Like Jenny and Parvati are wondering, I don't what these guys are doing. JP tells Brad, Adam, and Nate to each carry three stones from the beach. Seriously, what are they doing? Parvati suggests weakly to Jenny that perhaps this is some kind of bonding ritual among the four men. Jenny laughs and thumps her chest, going, "We! Men!" Parvati tells the camera that she's going to flirt with all four men and the camera zooms in on first Adam's and then JP's bouncing pecs. Parvati insists that flirting is what she does best so cut to the scene of Adam grinning like a barely-evolved Neanderthal as she picks at his ear. If this show wants to demonstrate how similar Adam is to a gorilla or babboon, it is doing an excellent job. Parvati then tells Nate that his shorts are falling down. Nate tells Parvati, "You are on top of it." I don't know, Parvati's supposedly brilliant attempts at flirting seems to end up making her giggle like a silly girl more than it seems to draw men to her web like she insists to the camera. But if she wants to believe that she is Mata Hari, who am I to disagree with her, right?

At Aitu, Jonathan cuts down some bamboos and attempts having a conversation with an addled-sounding Cao Boi. Meanwhile, Candice and Becky have a talk while Becky collects some wood for the camp. Candice reveals that she trusts Jonathan while Becky trusts Yul so they think it will be a good idea to rope in their old tribemates in question into an alliance of four with a fifth member by the side to give them an advantage in numbers. Becky later approaches Jonathan with this idea and he is all for it, saying that he can get Flika to be their fifth wheel. As Jonathan tells the camera as well as Becky, he will tell Flika that the real alliance is between him, Flika, and Candice while Yul and Becky are just convenient bedfellows for the moment so that Flika will not suspect that she's merely fifth wheel in an alliance. Hey, this guy is pretty good. After so many Survivors not showing much a clue, it's nice to see someone who does.

That evening, Jonathan approaches Flika about the possibility of aligning with whom he calls "a couple of the Asians". I'm amused that Flika doesn't ask which Asians he's talking about, she just nods as Jonathan goes on to tell her that should someone ask her later about any chances of her joining another alliance, she should just act like the idea of alliances isn't even in her head. Flika however tells Jonathan that he's right, she isn't thinking of alliances at all until he approaches her! I notice that he reaches out and squeezes her hand as he talks to her. This can mean nothing, of course, this could also be one of those small things that explain why everyone seem to have a hard time trusting Jonathan later on and why some of these women call Jonathan creepy or improper in his behavior in post-show interviews. I'm not saying that he's a creep, he's most likely that kind of person who is more touchy-feely than others and he may not be aware that sometimes there are women who do not appreciate some guy old enough to remind them of their father coming up to them and holding their hands or patting their thighs without their invitation for him to do so.

At any rate, Flika just looks confused in this scene. She tells the camera that she wants to stay in the game without "feeling fake". Apparently she is not entirely comfortable staying with her old Raro tribemates so she's not sure about being in an alliance with Candice and Jonathan. Then again, she also says to the camera that she's just here to make friends and have fun. What is she doing here then, you ask? I don't know. Maybe she just wants to be on TV and is too old to be selected for Real World. I do know where she is coming from about her feeling sidelined in the old Raro though. We have the college fraternity and sorority types like Adam, Parvati, and Candice on one side, then we have the "older guy" Jonathan on another side, and Flika is all alone with no hippie peace-and-friendship types to sing kumbayah with. The same can be said of Cao Boi who is stuck in a tribe of career-oriented younger people. No wonder those two bond so quickly. They have tattoos and they feel that they have to unite to face a world that doesn't understand them.

As night falls, Becky recaps to Yul about the five-person alliance that have formed apparently with him included inside without his knowledge, heh. Is it fate or is it just coincidence that Yul has this dot of red paint right smack in the middle of his forehead just above his eyes that make him come off like someone who's received a divine blessing? That or he must have this really terrible headache that requires Cao Boi to work overtime on his head. Oh, this red dot thingie is an anvil, is it not? Yul has this odd look in his face as he looks as Becky. He's either falling in love with her or he's merely admiring her ability to plot and scheme, I don't know. I hope it's the latter because he's supposed to fall in love with me. Er, forget I ever said that. At any rate, Becky concludes that with the five-person alliance in place, it is only logical that either Ozzy or Cecilia get the boot next. She reasons that Ozzy and Cecilia, being from the same tribe, can form an alliance. Oh, like she and Yul? Yul agrees, saying that Sundra, being a sole member from old Hiki in this reformed Aitu, can be dealt with later.

Becky would have gone on and on, perhaps listing down ways that she and Yul can go on and conquer the world and create a new form of government, when Yul interrupts to let her know that he has Waldo. He does not, in case you're wondering, ask her to reach into his pocket and touch that thing because Yul is noble and upright that way. It's a good thing he's easy on the eyes or he would be a pretty boring person to watch, eh? Becky is like, oh, that's awesome. She wants to know how Yul found it and Yul manages to sound so humble when he talks about how he thought about the clues overnight and then, wham. He then adds that he will use Waldo to save Becky's "butt" - oh no, Yul said "butt", snigger - if such a need arises. In short, unlike a certain moronic dipstick pilot from the previous season, Yul intends to use Waldo if the need arises to get him and Becky ahead in the game.

He also tells Becky that he trusts her, blah blah blah, the usual. I wonder whether he tells Becky how much he trusts her every day. It must be tiring to listen to compliments from Yul every day. Becky says, "Oh shit!" Heh, I think she's probably wishing fervently in her head that Yul will not do something stupid to spoil their gameplan like, say, falling in love with her and letting that get to his head and make him overemotional. Don't worry, if Yul is like those ambitious Asian guys I know in real life, they won't let love interfere with their ambitions: they always make sure that they fall in love with the daughter or son of the boss in the first place because they are so pragmatic that way. At any rate, Becky continues to chit-chat with Yul as Yul tells the camera once more of this amazing bond he has with Becky due to common interests and what not and how it will be great to be in this game with someone he can trust. Yeah, tell me about it, Mr Obvious. Becky hugs Yul at the end of their conversation and assures Yul that she'll not tell anyone else that he has Waldo. She won't, of course, because she knows that Yul is her shield in this game and with Yul having Waldo, Yul has only become more valuable to her gameplay.

A new day, day eight, arrives and over at Raro, Nate catches an octopus while he's swimming in the sea. He clearly isn't expecting to catch anything so this is clearly the case of the octopus being at the wrong place in the wrong time. Nate tries to stab at the octopus with the fishing spear but the octopus only releases its blackish ink. Nate starts screaming for help because he's such a manly fellow that way. JP and Brad are on the beach, engaging in chit-chat (maybe mutually admiring the bounciness of each other's pecs), when they hear Nate. Apparently Nate must be scared to touch the octopus because he already has it speared against some coral when the other two men reach him. JP and Brad peel the octopus off the spear and it wraps itself around Brad's torso, causing Brad to whoop in laughter as JP tries to peel it off his body. This is the hottest scene ever this season, I tell you. Did I mention how hot Brad and JP are when they're all wet and touching each other like that? No wonder they hook up if the rumors are true - these two men are not blind or dumb, after all. Okay, in JP's case, not that dumb.

Nate gloats to the camera that surely nobody would believe that he, Carlton of Bel Air, would have caught an octopus. Yes, and no one will believe that he squealed for help like, well, Carlton from Bel Air until Brad and JP came to his rescue. Nate gloats to the ladies about his prowess while Parvati holds on to some rope tied to a coconut tree behind her in one hand and purrs to Nate, "But... it's a lot of... meat." She goes to simper and wiggle her hips in what she hopes to be a seductive gesture as she asks Nate whether he's going to eat all that meat on his own. Then she grins. I don't know, I have to laugh at how ridiculous she looks in that scene because she's too obvious, for one, and secondly, when she grins so widely like that with her eyes all opened wide like she's starring as the female ghost in some Japanese horror film, she looks so comical. But hey, Nate looks like he thinks his birthday has arrived so at least her charms are working on him. He teases her by swinging the octopus at her as he walks past and she giggles. Will I damage Parvati's ego too much if I say that she flirts like a little girl playing at being a grown-up? She's so funny to watch!

Waves! A whale lolls in the sea! Okay, that's all the majestic footage stolen some documentaries stored in the warehouse at CBS for now, let's move on to the Immunity Challenge. Probby waits at the beach until the two tribes have filed in and reveals that this Challenge is similar in many ways to the one in Palau where everyone carries bags of sand and gets tied together with his or her tribemates to form a line. One tribe runs in one direction along a circular path while the other tribe runs in the other direction. It's like two lines of people trying to catch each other and that's what this Challenge is about: the tribe that catches the other tribe wins Albert. The differences from the Palau challenge are that the bags are now fifteen pounds instead of twenty in Palau and now a tribe member must tackle down the person in the line of the other tribe instead of merely touching this person to qualify a win for the tribe. In a tribe, anyone who tires and opts to sit out can do so but this person will pass his or her bag of sand to the person in front. Remember, in Palau Bobby Jon ended up carrying eighty pounds of sand for Ulong so people chickening out quickly can bring down the curtains to their tribe unless there are strong buff ones willing to keep going. After explaining the rules, Probby also holds up a sealed envelope and says that there is "one more element" to this Challenge that will be revealed at the end of the Challenge. Unless it's something really surprising like the entire losing tribe banished to Janu Island where it's a mad scramble as everyone tries to find Waldo first, I don't think that "element" will be too much of a surprise.

Okay, the challenge begins. Quickly, on Yul's suggestion, Becky, Cecilia, and Sundra of Aitu drop out. This seems wise, especially when those who know they can't keep up won't slow down the others. Flika and Candice go on for a while longer before they too drop out. This leaves only the men of Aitu in the Challenge. As Stephannie drops out from Raro, Nate tells the others in Raro that the Aitu men are "straight" (huh?) and they will tire soon because they are carrying at least thirty pounds of sand each. As he says this, Cristina and Jenny drop out too so Nate, that silly git, may as well have described his own buddies as well as Aitu, heh. Then Parvati sinks, leaving Rebecca as the sole woman to duke it out for Raro. Eventually Rebecca too drops out.

Soon, it becomes apparent that Raro is catching up on Aitu. Yul notices this as he tries to help Cao Boi steady himself so he tells the other Aitus that perhaps they should just try to "fight" the Raros instead of trying to outrun them. This may be wise since Cao Boi and Jonathan look like they are at death's door, judging from their faces but unfortunately, this isn't how the Challenge works, Yul. Raro soon catches up. JP is at the head of the Raro train and he grabs Cao Boi instead of Yul. Strategically, this makes sense since Cao Boi will be easier to tackle but still, the guy with the biggest muscles tackling a scrawny old man? What a wimp! Meanwhile, Yul for some reason jumps at Brad, as if he thinks that if he tackles Brad down first, he'll win Waldo for Aitu. Sorry, Yul, it doesn't work that way either!

As Raro celebrates their victory, Probby reveals the surprise and sure enough, the winning tribe gets to send someone from the losing tribe to Janu Island. However, this person sent to Janu Island will also miss out on Tribal Council so this exile is pretty much a way for Raro to protect someone at Aitu. In this case, the Raros unanimously pick Candice to go, leaving an unhappy Jonathan in Raro feeling that his fate in this game may be hanging in the balance. Probby dismisses the tribes as Candice goes off to Janu Island.

Back at Aitu, a postmortem discussion is going on as Jonathan asks aloud why Candice is picked. Because the Raros like her and not Jonathan? Just a thought, really. Yul says that it's because they don't see Candice as a physical threat. Is he saying that the Raros don't mind Candice finding Waldo because they think she will have to squander Waldo in a future Tribal Council just to delay her boot? That would mean that the Raros were thinking when they came to their decision. I strongly believe that Yul is overestimating the strategic capabilities of Raro. Most likely, they send Candice over to protect her so that come the merge, Adam will get his snugglebunny girlfriend back. Yul tells the camera that Candice's exile means that the planned alliance of five hits a snag since they cannot strategize with her to decide who to boot at the Tribal Council that night. Also, the advantage of numbers is gone since without Candice, the alliance of Yul, Jonathan, Becky, and Flika need another person on their side to gain the advantage of numbers. Clearly getting a sixth person into the alliance can lead to messy consequences so oh, what is Yul to do?

Meanwhile, Cao Boi and Ozzy promise not to vote for each other and they hug to seal their agreement. Or rather, Cao Boi hugs Ozzy, heh. Ozzy asks Cao Boi who the man think should go and Cao Boi without hesitation mentions Becky because she is the weakest Aitu, it seems. Ozzy is okay with that and Cao Boi asks Ozzy to "talk to the girls" about their Boot Becky Blueprint. By the way, Ozzy is looking seriously handsome in his side profile in this scene. Later, Ozzy walks along the beach with Flika, Sundra, and Cecilia as he mentions the Boot Becky Blueprint. He adds that Becky isn't just their weakest link, she is also "plotting" something. And Ozzy isn't at that very moment with three women? It always amuses me how high-handed people can get on this show about the sins of "plotting". Ozzy sweetens the deal by telling the ladies that he and that inch of untanned skin above his shorts really like them. He doesn't of course like that scheming hussy Becky. Sundra says that they need to get Cao Boi in with them - which, of course, they already do - and they'll be fine. Ozzy hopes to the camera that the Blueprint works and the camera shows him violently bringing down the machete onto a palm frond. Ooh, that's so serious! Ozzy means business! Too bad I've seen all of him in that charmingly bad Playboy "reality show" thingie so I don't particularly get too excited about the possibility that his pants may fall off one of these days.

Aha, but Flika remembers that she's supposed to be in an alliance with Jonathan so she calls Jonathan over when everyone is at camp listening and watching her. That's one sign that Flika isn't going to last long in this game, I tell you. As Jonathan asks Flika to talk a walk with him, Sundra, Cao Boi, Ozzy, and Cecilia actually give a start and look after those two in alarm. How melodramatic, these people, but they have a good reason to worry because Flika quickly spills the details of the Boot Becky Blueprint. She also adds that she intends to go along with the majority. Jonathan is stunned because, as he will tell the camera, he thought that he had Flika wrapped around his finger. He asks her whether she'll go along with him if he proposes that they vote out someone else instead. Flika hesitates, saying that she "honestly" doesn't have "a good vibe" about Becky. When Jonathan asks her to confirm that she's gunning for Becky, Flika nods weakly. The poor dear, such strategizing really pains her. Jonathan tells the camera that obviously he, Yul, and Becky are facing a problem.

As Jonathan tells Yul about their problem and Yul for some reason looks merely bemused while Jonathan is clearly panicking, Cecilia and Flika are having their own private conversation. I think Flika has revealed the alliance between Yul, Becky, Candice, and Jonathan because she is telling Cecilia at that moment that Jonathan is not happy with her because she doesn't want to stick with "them". Flika in a wishy-washy manner says that she doesn't know what to do but she doesn't want Jonathan to think that she's wishy-washy. Now, why would Jonathan get such an idea? Cecilia merely says that Flika should go with her gut, which may or may not be another way of her telling Flika to run along and stop bugging her. Jonathan meanwhile is telling Yul the obvious, which is that they need to get either Flika, Cecilia, or Cao Boi to their side to get the advantage of numbers. He tells Yul that it is risky, this, as if they have any other options, snort. As Yul and Jonathan return to camp from their pow-wow, Jonathan reveals that the plan is to convince Cao Boi and Flika to their side. If that fails, clearly things will change. "It will be a whole different kettle of fish," he says. Huh? But cute. Jonathan will work on Flika and Yul will work on Cao Boi.

Jonathan sits by Flika later and tells her that they need to kick off people they like if they want to make the merge. Flika protests weakly, saying that for her it's all about "having trust in the people you have a connection with". She knows, right, that she is here to win a million dollars and not to find some friends for life? Jonathan must be praying for patience in his heart. To Flika, he tries a different tact, now saying that he thought they trust each other. The show then cuts to Yul and Cao Boi. Cao Boi is telling Yul that Becky must go because she is the weakest of them all. Yul says that Becky is actually capable of contributing in challenges. Well, she did contribute her bag of sand to the guys on Aitu in the previous Challenge. Cao Boi insists that Becky is "the princess" while Yul tells Cao Boi that Cecilia is actually the weakest link, not Becky.

Back to Jonathan and Flika, he is now telling her that once Becky goes, Yul and Jonathan can, er, do something in the future and cause Flika to be out of the loop and therefore in danger of being booted. This is thinly veiled blackmail, albeit a silly one because he's pretty much saying, "If you don't do what I say... I may get back at you in the future!" Yul, on the other hand, tells Cao Boi that they need to take out Cecilia to weaken the non-Pukas and they can always take out Becky later when they have the advantage of numbers on their side. Sneaky Yul, he never did say that he will boot Becky, he is just mentioning that they can boot Becky in the future, which isn't the same thing, heh. Jonathan now uses a chess game as an example to illustrate to Flika why booting Cecilia is better in long run for the two of them. It's interesting to contrast the way Yul and Jonathan are working here. Jonathan is trying to change Flika's way of thinking while Yul is using Cao Boi's own logic to come up with arguments to change Cao Boi's mind. The two men are saying the same thing to Cao Boi and Flika - booting Cecilia is supposedly good for Cao Boi and Flika in the long run - but they are saying it in so different ways. Ultimately Flika simply tells Jonathan that she needs to think some more about this matter while Cao Boi shakes Yul's hand says that he's willing to hear Yul out. It is note worthing that Yul offers Cao Boi the spot in the alliance of five previously reserved for Candice. The two men haven't completely succeeded with Flika and Cao Boi and it seems to be still up in the air whether Becky or Cecilia will go.

Cao Boi tells the camera that he doesn't like "scheming" and he always thinks that he's "blessed". "Maybe this time I'm wrong," he says to the camera. Er, why then is he doing here? What show are these people think they're participating in, I wonder? Flika and Cao Boi have a meeting later that day to discuss things. They agree than Jonathan is not trustworthy. The problem with Jonathan, if you ask me, is that he is too obvious when he's scheming. If you compare the way Yul approached Cao Boi with the way Jonathan approached Flika, Yul treated Cao Boi like an equal while Jonathan pushes and pushes at Flika like he's a schoolteacher lecturing a slow child. Flika must surely feel resentful at being treated like a stupid child so Jonathan will have rubbed her off the wrong way even if he doesn't mean to. It's all in personal impressions and Jonathan often comes off as too pushy in his dealing with his tribemates. At any rate, Flika and Cao Boi lay all their cards down and Cao Boi says that clearly the two of them are not with Jonathan at any rate.

As Jonathan tells Yul that Flika has not committed to their Cull Cecilia Complot, Cao Boi is telling Flika that they need to play to make it to the merge. Flika moans that she "just" doesn't want to get picked off. Cao Boi says that clearly other people are playing the game "bad" so they are now stuck in a situation where they are outsiders, united by tattoos, I guess, forced to adjust to the situation. Interestingly enough, I think Cao Boi is trying to sway Flika into booting Cecilia because Flika's subsequent confessional sees her moaning about being forced into all this "drama" and how she likes Cecilia so she doesn't feel comfortable voting her off even if she knows that the vote tonight is all about gaining the advantage of numbers for your alliance. It looks like the both of them believe that they are included in an alliance of five with Becky, Yul, and Jonathan. If Cao Boi really succeeds in swinging Flika over, Yul has done an excellent job working that man over. As the Aitus get ready to head for Tribal Council, Jonathan tells the camera that there are two ways to play this game: the "I like you so I'm not going to vote for you" way or the "Sorry, I like you but I've got to vote for you because I want to go further" way. Jonathan knows his Gameplay 101, I have to hand him that, but it's a pity that he just can't be more subtle in his strategizing and dealing with other people. Jonathan says to the camera that at any rate he isn't sure how well he managed to persuade Flika to vote with him, Yul, and Becky but he will find out soon enough at the Tribal Council.

Night, Tribal Council. Probby spreads the peace and harmony by asking after the whole integration of races thing and of course everything is rosy and peachy even if we have just witnessed a secret war going on in Aitu as Yul and Jonathan warred with Ozzy without directly confronting each other. Sundra, the only ex-Hiki as Probby helpfully points out, says that she's either valuable or vulnerable in this new Aitu and for now she's going with her gut when it comes to her vote tonight. Yul says that while some of them are here for the "experience" while others are here to win, everyone has to vote and therefore everyone has to play the game. Wow, and to think that this guy never watched this show before he was recruited to be on it. Yul love! Flika looks exactly like a deer in the headlights when Probby asks her about whether the game is becoming too complicated for her. Her head all but spins three-sixty as she moans that she has no idea what people's real intentions are when they are dealing with her. Yup, she is not long for this game. She'll either be carried as a pawn all the way to the end or she will be ditched for being clueless and therefore useless to everyone else that wants to play the game. When asked about how different he will view his tribe after the vote tonight, Ozzy declares that he will knows where everyone's loyalty lies after tonight. Probby reminds the Aitus that Yul or Jonathan could have Waldo but they won't know for sure until Yul or Jonathan gets the most votes and Waldo is produced. With that, he lets them get their backsides off the stools to vote.

Yul writes down "Cecelia", apologizing to her and saying that it's either her or Becky and Yul's alliance is with Becky. Cecilia votes for Becky, saying that this vote isn't personal but for the sake of the tribe. Sundra doesn't say anything to the camera but reveals that she has written Becky's name on the parchment. Becky votes for Cecilia, also saying that this vote isn't personal. It's, after all, either her or Cecilia. Ozzy votes for Becky, saying that Becky didn't try to know him better so damn it, this vote is because of that. Take that, haughty Becky! Memo to Ozzy: find better excuses to justify your vote next time because this one makes you look childish and more stupid than you probably are. Cao Boi's vote is not shown. Jonathan votes for "Cecelia", calling her a classy lady and his vote is strategic in nature. Interesting that he and Yul make the same spelling mistake of Cecilia's name. Maybe they even work together to make sure that they don't just vote the same way, they spell the vote the same way too! Flika's vote is not shown.

Probby tallies the votes and cheerfully reveals them: Cecilia, Becky, Becky, "Cecelia", "Cecelia", Becky, "Celela" (this one is clearly Flika's vote)... and Cecilia. It looks like both Cao Boi and Flika ended up voting for Cecilia so good job, Yul and Jonathan. Ozzy sighs quietly in disgust as Cecilia gets up from her seat to get her torch snuffed by Probby. As Becky sucks on her lower lip contemplatively, Ozzy hugs Cecilia goodbye. As Ozzy glares coldly at his tribemates, Probby says that "clearly" Aitu is not "unified", as if he expects them to be, snort, and banishes them from his sight.

Cecilia's final words have her saying that the game is crazy but she had a great time. But Aitus will regret voting her off! You'll see, boys! We'll see, boys! Let it be, boys! I like boys! Boys like me! We'll see!

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