Let Me Do the Talking, Sweetie

This is the sixth episode of Survivor: Gilbert Islands.

Previously On Survivor...
On Abaiang, Dottie and Kent realized that they might be in the minority, so they put in work to flip somebody onto their side. They decided to extend an alliance offer to Troy, who accepted despite his reservations of betraying Adam and Rebecca. However, Rebecca began to catch on that Troy wasn't fully enthusiastic about staying loyal to her, and tried (but failed) to get the truth out of him. Meanwhile, Dottie started to bond more with the other castaways to avoid being voted out next, and her entire tribe made a pact to stay loyal once the tribes merged.

On the Makin tribe, Alexa spoke with Luis and Terri about Lauren's untrustworthy behavior and the conflict she had been causing around camp. Alexa also suggested reforming their original majority alliance to take Lauren out; while Luis accepted the offer, Terri had other plans. The next day, Lauren felt nervous about her position on the tribe after nobody had talked strategy with her for a couple of days, so she asked Alexa and Jerome if they knew anything. In a heated exchange, Alexa accidentally let slip that Lauren is her next target, so Lauren decided to target Alexa back out of revenge.

At the immunity challenge, Abaiang blew Makin out of the water, mostly because the latter tribe deliberately lost the challenge. Chad and Terri in particular were throwers, which bothered Luis - their ally - who was not told about them throwing. When Chad and Terri also told Luis about their plan to save Lauren and blindside Alexa, Luis felt he was on the bottom of the alliance. Erica also disliked the idea of blindsiding Alexa and talked to Luis about voting Lauren instead. Jerome, though, eavesdropped on their conversation and heard everything, offering both of them an alliance with him if they voted Lauren out of the game. Luis had extreme reservations about turning his back on his old allies, but at Tribal Council, he voted with Alexa, Erica, and Jerome to eliminate Lauren from the game in a 4-3 vote.

11 are left. Who will be voted out tonight?

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Sprung a Leak Each tribe must sink the other tribe's boats. The first tribe to do so wins. Reward: A large spice rack Winner: TBD

Immunity Challenge: Block in a Hard Place The castaways have to cross an obstacle course, gather wooden blocks, and stack them into a tower. The first tribe to finish stacking their tower wins. Winner: TBD