I absolutely agree that one of the bros is going to crack open the alliance at 7.  That will be the point in which the Dawn/Cochran dyad is really going to be in trouble.

It was nice to watch Philite get his torch snuffed, there is no doubt about that.

"I fire two lightning bolts and one smug blast at the orcs."

I kind of hope you're right, just for the whole Carter of it all.

I want to say that it was during the interview that Probst did with Chuck Klosterman that he put the kibosh on the "hours and hours" rumor, and that generally tribals only go on for about 30 to 45 minutes.

Penner was the one who did the "dig everything up first" strategy.

I doubt it but, you're right, I wouldn't completely put it past them.  Week after week of two idols being found then played, found then played, over and over and over.

I wonder who they'll target (I missed the preview.)  Andrea, I guess, with her Eddie connection.  Then who else?  Dawn and Cochran aren't flipping to go with them, Sherri hates Reynold and Eddie, they already tried Erik and he rejected them.  That leaves Brenda.  None of that seems like a terribly good deal for the…

I gather that the bros have written off Erik at this point, and they knew they were down to three votes regardless.

The alliance of the wretched should be fine going forward, because I don't imagine the producers are going to put two idols back into play, and they still have enough votes to do a split.  The only danger, and Malcolm can figure this out, is if two people flip, which is a massive uphill climb.  It was absolutely the…

He even competes in challenges like a douche.

As a rebuttal to your argument, @avclub-df1ccc80d7dc6b6c0eb5ba69bced9c8a:disqus , his name is Reynold.

He has a name, dammit!  That name is Thunder D!

Ouch.

I like that the Hantzes are an odd number.  I assume that's because one of them is a parasitic fetus.

Family will always let you down but Malcolm will love you forever.

At least once, and I think 2 or 3 times previously.

Oh, fuck me.  I'm going to choose not to believe this, partly because I don't believe it, and partly to try to alter it psychically if I'm wrong.

Also, considering that cozying up to Jesus Boy Matt in Redemption Island immediately turned them both into targets, it sort of seems like she should have better learned the lesson about forming quasi-romantic pairs.

Malcolm definitely doesn't seem like he's a great spot, but that guy has finagled his way out of worse.