So last week’s recap episode wasn’t that great, but did give us some more insight into the players this season.  And isn’t it great that we’ve only had one double tribal council?  Usually we feel like we don’t get to know them at all, but that doesn’t seem to be the case this time around.  Well, that’s the way I feel anyway.
 With the merge imminent, things are starting to heat up and it doesn’t even seem to be a thought in anyone’s head that Yul might actually have the Hidden Immunity Idol.  Cao-Boi actually came up with a decent plan to flush it out, but in the end he was the target and it cost him the game.  Will Aitu come to their senses
anytime soon or just assume that Jonathan has the idol?

This week it looks like we’re back to the basics, two challenges (one reward and one immunity with an exile) and one tribal council.  Ok, that’s good as it’ll get us back in the game and hopefully make my job easier in regards to the boot (it doesn’t, but it sounds good anyway).  The reward challenge appears to be something
to do with tiles and though the vidcaps are a bit shady at best, I’d have to say that it looks like Aitu will take this one home.  Also, let us not forget that Aitu has Nate through the reward challenge due to their win last time.  Nate’s a strong guy and the severely weakened Raro will probably miss that strength at the challenge.  Next up is the immunity challenge and I’m just taking a wild guess here that Aitu will take it home here as well.

Should this be the case, Raro will be severly weakened and should they choose to boot another strong member of the tribe (Nate, Adam or Brad) it’ll surely backfire on them in the long run.  But…and there’s always a but…they should know that the merge is imminent and that the women would only have to make it another challenge or two before the merge.  Booting the strong guys might have a short term impact on Raro, but come merge some of those “physical threats” would be out of the picture.

Yep, that’s what’ll happen.

Nate’s a strong guy and the severely weakened Raro will probably miss that strength at the challenge.

Hey folks! We're back... and it's a new episode. There's a bit of confusion in the air this week. It appears the tribe switching will not yet occur however, and neither will the mysterious bottle. This week, it appears that it will be a typical Reward, Immunity and Tribal Council. Reward Challenge is pretty unclear, I'll go with Rarotonga. And additionally, I will go with Rarotonga winning Immunity. The major possible misdirection this week is Ozzy. I believe that it is in fact a huge misdirection (though I wish it wasnt) and that Jessica will be booted.

Jessica's blind vote and agrreeance to go along with Cao Boi's voodoo plan will pave the way for her timely boot this week. She has been out of the loop for awhile, and thanks to immunity, and bigger targets than her, she has stayed around--but not long enough to see any kind of merge or what not.

If Raro loses (again), expect to see one of the Asian people be picked off of the tribe. Jenny seems to have a better shot at going than Brad if that were to happen, unless she tries to smoke out the person that voted with Cristina last week against her.

The major possible misdirection this week is Ozzy.