Burning on Both Ends

This is the fourth episode of Survivor: Bali.

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Matchmaker Each castaway will receive a box containing four items. The goal was to match an item to another castaway's item. The tribe scoring the most matches wins. Reward: First place wins an outhouse, bath products (three bars of organic soap and a liter of organic shampoo), toilet paper and a fresh set of clothes (shirt, shorts, underwear). Runner-up wins only a fresh set of clothes. Winners (according to finish): TBA

Immunity Challenge: Dear Liza The tribes would race to fill and carry a bucket of water from a water tower filling station to a container. The bucket would have several holes in it which the castaways would have to plug to prevent water from running out of the bucket. The first tribe to have enough water in their container to tip a seesaw and raise their flag would win. Winners (according to finish): TBA

Night 6
Helang returns to camp after voting Valerie out. Darcy, Val's only ally, is in utter disbelief that the tribe's strongest member was voted out because "she didn't fit in." Darcy launches a tirade on the tribe, while Ambrosia reasons out they're playing a game. "helang"

- Darcy's very upset about us voting Val out. She's competition, does Darcy get that? "helang"

- At this rate, we're going to implode sooner than I think. I will be next for sure, but I'm also sure this tribe will go extinct fast, no one from this tribe would represent Helang after the merge.

In the middle of the night, as the Helang tribe is sleeping, the roof of the shelter gives way, injuring London's left leg. Medics arrive to wrap London's wound. "helang"

- This is how real Survivor is. A scorpion could sting you, a snake could sting you, even shelters could hurt you at night while you're sleeping. At Kadal, while the tribe is asleep, Corey seizes the moment and digs up June's Hidden Immunity Idol. Wanting to eliminate his biggest threat, Corey uses the same strategy as Maggie from last season by digging June's idol and plants it in her bag, knowing that her ally, Ronald, who normally wakes up the earliest, would see it.

Day 7
At Ular, Virgil, a workhorse around camp, notices Harper still asleep while the rest of the tribe are doing all the workload. Virgil wakes Harper up, and Harper dislikes it. The two clash, giving Drake and Cain an opportunity to strike. At Helang, Connie, the first to wake up, notices Darcy still asleep or trying to act asleep. Throughout the morning, Darcy rests inside the shelter. Connie asks Darcy if she wants to come help them fortify the shelter, but Darcy refuses, saying she is "on strike", as she is disgusted by the younger members' decision to send Valerie, the strongest member of the tribe, home. "helang"

- Darcy is Mrs. Cranky McCrankypants meets Bitter Betty. It's a game and someone had to go home last night. Unfortunately, it's Val who needed to go. Darcy's just as hardworking as Val, but now she's giving us more reasons to send her home next. "helang"

- I am not working today in protest. Helang will go down in flames. None of us will make it to the end. I'm sure of it. If you send me home, I will take the flint with me.

At Kadal, Ronald, as Corey initially predicted, wakes up first and notices rope sticking out from June's bag. As June wakes up, Ronald and AJ call her out, bewildering June. June swears she was going to tell him at some point and she was completely certain she hid her idol in a new hiding place. Ronald shuns her for her seeming disloyalty. The tribes convene for their Reward Challenge, and with Kadal being the only tribe with an extra member, they are to sit out a member. Both Justine and June want to play, but out of spite, AJ blurts out to Jeff June without any input from June, raising eyebrows from both Kadal and Ular. Ular and Kadal have first fire while Helang struggle to ignite one. Jeff chastises the women for not knowing to make and tend a fire after a week of being out in Bali. In a blowout win, Kadal and Ular finish first and second respectively. Ular chooses to pick the MREs since they already have a plentiful supply of rice thanks to Drake per the first impressions twist on Day 1.

Embarrassed on how they lost the challenge, London cries. At Kadal, none of June's tribemates would even want to talk to her. June sits by the beach alone crying. Divine, who knew Corey walked in the woods last night, approaches and comforts June, telling her she believes her about hiding the idol in a safe place, explaining that she saw Corey last night holding something and and tucked it in someone's bag before going to sleep. Divine continues her argument, saying that Corey is very threatened by her. Not knowing Divine knew his underhanded moves Corey pulls Divine aside, telling her that he snuck June's idol back in her bag to keep the targets off their backs. Divine acts excited, but she is disturbed in reality. Evening at Kadal, Divine tells AJ, Justine and Ronald about Corey's lie about the idol. Ronald flirts with the idea of throwing the Immunity Challenge to cut their losses and cut Corey loose, but Justine reminds him they only have six members to work with. AJ argues that Corey staying could spell disaster for them in the long run.

Day 8
At Ular, seizing the opportunity while Harper is still asleep, Cain warns Adrian about his alliance with Harper, telling him that the longer he keeps Harper, the targets on their backs would just grow bigger, especially now that Harper has the idol. Adrian ponders on Cain's words and decides to keep it to himself. Cain talks to Drake, telling him he just warned Adrian about aligning himself with Harper. Drake is delighted, because he realizes that if either Adrian and/or Harper makes Virgil feel used, he would have no qualms flipping to them, and they will cause confusion between the pair, especially Harper, who wouldn't know if he's going to use his idol for himself or for Adrian. At Helang, Darcy decides to help around camp, saying that her tantrums will just pull the tribe down. Darcy, who still knows she is going next, gathers the tribe and apologizes for her actions, insisting they should focus more on looking after each other and do their best to win the Immunity Challenge. The Helang women cheer. "helang"

- We decided to put all the stops, set aside all of our differences and just work together as a tribe. We can't lose this next challenge. I don't wanna go home just yet. "helang"

- Darcy is too ideal. She knew if we lose, it's her who's going next. Her fate is already set in stone almost.

At Kadal, AJ apologizes to June about yesterday and tells her about everything Divine told them. Now knowing Corey is capable of rummaging through other people's stuff, AJ and June conspire to vote Corey out. AJ tells June Ronald actually mulled over throwing the challenge and asks her input regarding the idea. June feels conflicted.

Day 9
The Helang tribe wakes up in high spirits. Darcy cooks rice while Connie and Rosie collect coconuts and London and Monique tend the fire by collecting more firewood. Connie is confident they will win the challenge. "helang"

- We've had a tough past few days, having to vote out Val and suffer our first two losses, but our moral is quite up this morning and hopefully it carries over at the Immunity Challenge. The tribes convene for their next Immunity Challenge. After knowing the challenge brief, Justine voluntarily sits out for Kadal. The callers are June for Kadal, Drake for Ular and Darcy from Helang. The rest of the tribes would run the course blindfolded.

On Jeff's go, the callers hurriedly call orders to their tribemates, who then scatter themselves around the course. Kadal makes quick work in large thanks to June's effective commands. Ular trails further as Virgil and Cain continually hit on the obstacles scattered around the field while Harper does not listen to Drake and goes his own way eventually hitting himself in the crotch. Kadal gets little luck with their system as well as AJ carries a piece of Ular's puzzle. Connie brings Helang's 15th and final piece, prompting the tribe to assemble their puzzle. Drake has had enough of Harper and lets him do his thing and commands Virgil to retrieve Ular's remaining pieces. Moments later, Ronald brings Kadal's last piece, signalling their tribe to start solving their puzzle as well. Ambrosia stomps on Helang's final puzzle piece, winning them first place. Kadal is already halfway through their puzzle when Virgil brings Ular's final piece. Drake makes quick work of their puzzle, getting nearly toe-on-toe with Kadal. However, Kadal finishes their puzzle before them, sending them to Tribal Council. Upset with the loss, Cain punches the unfinished puzzle while Harper screams after losing merely seconds behind Kadal. The Helang women look at each other while witnessing the men's meltdown. "helang"

- The men today were acting like big girls. They are on the wrong tribe. They should be on ours.

Back at camp, knowing they are outnumbered, Cain and Drake make one last attempt to convince either Adrian or Virgil into blindsiding Harper. However, Drake starts to doubt a little about voting Harper out and vote Virgil instead because he is the weakest of the remaining Ular members. Cain convinces Drake to stick with their original plan which is to convince Virgil to vote with them.

Meanwhile, Harper and Adrian are talking game. Adrian suggests that Harper should keep Virgil on his good side. Harper, who doesn't like to be "fakely nice" to Virgil, does so. He approaches Virgil, who is tending the fire and apologizes for his laziness, explaining he lacked sleep the night before. Virgil, secretly seeing through Harper, plays along Because the entire tribe knows his Hidden Immunity Idol, Drake and Cain approach Virgil, asking him that if he plans on voting Harper off, he must be subtle and act like they are voting for Adrian. Virgil, who is already fed up by Harper's negativity, decides to join them. Despite not hearing the three's conversation, Harper catches them talking, and becomes anxious for the first time in the game. At Tribal Council, Jeff castigates the men's challenge performance. Drake explains that the tribe is terribly fractured and it showed in the challenge. Cain calls out Harper and his "villainous" way of playing, being acerbic and abrasive. Harper explains that strategy is more of a priority than winning challenges. Drake interjects, saying that if they do not work together, Harper's strategic playing would be for naught because none of them will make it to the end, especially that post-merge, the men are likely to be targeted, and all his drama and unnecessary politicking will send them back to Tribal Council. Jeff then asks Virgil where he stands. Virgil explains that while he entered an alliance with Adrian and Harper, he states the tribe needs to win a challenge because it's a game about numbers, and with the small numbers they have, there is very wiggle room to move around with. Harper half-heartedly apologizes for his seemingly rough treatment of his tribe members. Drake calls him out, saying his apology is fake because Harper knows he is in trouble and probably, he will use his idol tonight. Harper draws out his idol, saying his possession of the idol doesn't mean anything because the three of them will either vote him or Adrian. Before the tribe votes, Harper boldly seeks Virgil's support one last time, telling him that he has better chances of winning against him.

Completely unsettled with how his pitch to Virgil turned out, Harper uses his idol for himself. Turns out, his instincts are right: The Cain, Drake and Virgil's act to misdirect the vote to Adrian is proven to be false as they all voted for Harper. But with Harper's votes voided, all that's left are Harper and Adrian's votes, which are both for Cain, who is arguably the strongest member of the tribe, sending him home in a 2-0 vote. Disappointed that he wasn't able to take down Harper, Cain flips the bird on Harper before walking away, after which Jeff reveals that Ular's idol will be rehidden.

Next Time On Survivor...

 * With Ular down to four, the pressure is on Harper to make a change.
 * Corey gets caught in a lie for the first time.
 * Island life starts to wear on Monique, who considers quitting the game.
 * One tribe will consider throwing a challenge to cut off its "cancer".