Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

This is the sixth episode of Survivor: Culture Clash.

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Balance Beam Battle On a narrow balance beam, one tribe member, armed with a Pugil stick, must knock off their opponent off the beam. First tribe to seven wins reward. Reward: A housewarming party basket (barbecue feast, iced tea, sandwiches, cookies) Winner: TBA

Immunity Challenge: Crosswalk Six tribe members will race to open six locks releasing a large six-point sliding hub. Harnessing themselves into the hub, tribes will maneuver through a large obstacle course by shifting, sliding, and adjusting each other in their hub. Along the way they will collect bags of puzzle pieces. Once all six puzzle bags are collected, the final tribe member will solve the puzzle, which is a map of the Philippines. First person to solve the puzzle, wins immunity for their tribe. Winner: TBA

Story
The Amihan tribe return from Tribal Council after blindsiding Tommy, and Beatrix, still stunned after Lawrence and Rosita decide to remain part of her alliance. Lawrence tells Beatrix he was just giving Beatrix a scare, but he is still on her side. On the other hand, Elle, who got blindsided by the two, lashes out for being fooled, but even before Elle continues her rant on Lawrence and Rosita, Budd interrupts her, saying that it's a game, and she should accept that she no longer have the upper hand. Elle tells Lawrence and Rosita they signed their tickets home. "amihan"

- I thought tonight's Tribal Council was a shocker. I was right, but for the wrong reasons. Voting Jorge out was a big mistake. It was a big slap in the face. It's definitely me going next. "amihan"

- Lawrence gave me a heart attack! Gosh. From now on, I have to keep track of my emotions from now on before I give people a piece of my mind. I swear I will never receive another scare.

At Habagat, Kaito explains that he and Moira are just friends, and he is unaffected by Moira's flirtatiousness. Cap tells him their closeness came across as something beyond strategy. Kaito accepts his apology and tells him he is still part of their alliance, but in his head, Kaito is starting to think twice about Cap.

Day 14
The Amihan tribe wakes up, realizing they are down to their last five cups of rice. Beatrix proposes to only consume only a cup per day. The tribe has no choice but to accept the idea, hoping their next challenge is for reward. Joleen returns to camp holding their next Tree Mail, and indeed it's for food. Beatrix approaches Elle, now in the minority with Joleen and Jordan, to agree to a truce, saying she is now more focused on winning the remaining Immunity Challenges because the merge is incoming, and save the alliances for later. Elle cautiously accepts the ceasefire. Making the most of their dire situation, the tribe consumes whatever rice they have left, and discuss how will they ration the remaining canned goods they won from the SOS challenge. "amihan"

- We are in a very dire situation right now. We are running out of rice, and had not Elle found a massive banana tree some days ago, we would've starved to death. But despite our shortage of rice, our tribe had a meaningful breakfast. Our two factions decided to focus on winning the next two Immunity Challenges so we can pick the Americans off, one by one. "amihan"

- Despite having connections with the other tribe, especially with Lana, tensions between the two tribes have never been this high. The tribes are in a stalemate, 7-7. Unless there is a swap coming, I am pretty much in a good position.

The tribes meet each other for their next Reward Challenge. Jeff Probst greets them by asking the castaways to drop their buffs, signaling a tribe switch. Probst instructs the castaways to stand on a tribe colored disk, with the "Internationals" will stand on yellow disks, while the Americans will stand on teal disks. Four of the disks contain buffs of the rival tribe. At Jeff's signal, the contestants flip their disks, revealing the new tribes. Some of the players are elated to have new tribemates, while some others, like Beatrix, are in shock. "amihan"

- This is bad. This is very, very very bad. Not only I got stuck with Joleen and Jordan, I am on the minority. I have to approach the Americans first because they do.

The new tribes are then subjected to their first challenge. Jeff reveals that their reward is a housewarming party food basket waiting for them at camp.