taj admits that she didn’t want to put sandys name down but is happy with her place in the tribe. she and stephen find the idol and it is given to stephen for safe keeping. on timbira sierra tells brendan that she koows about the alliance from taj but is happy about it. coach says only matter of time when finding out about sandys elimination. the reward challenge is untying a tribe member who becomes dizzy and than have to walk the ballence beam first tribe member to finish scores a point first to 3 points win a trip to the sharman cafe as the reward as well as exile island in play. in the first round is very even until the beam taj is very dizzy so tyson scores the first point for timbirra. in the 2nd round erinn gets a big lead but can’t hang on so spencer evens it at 1-1. in the third round jt falls off quickly but sierra couldn’t hang on either so jt scores the point. it is down to sydney v debbie and sydney nearly makes it on the first attempt and makes it on the 2nd attempt as debbies too slow. brendan and stephen are sent to exile which has tyson succspicious. on reward taj tries to rebond with her tribe after a long time on exile. some of the tribe are worried about that taj hasn’t bonded espeically joe. the jalapao tribe get letters from home with the reward which helps the tribes spirits. on timbira tyson is worried about brendan making relations with the other tribe which also has coach suspicious. coach does a weird weather reporter routine as a storm hits the tribes erinn doesn’t trust coach at all even saying she thinks he is an accountant who never left nebraska. stephen tells brendan he knows about the alliance. stephen is concerned about brendans threat status and not put his full faith in the alliance. spencer comes out as gay but doesn’t want to tell jt due to southern views he holds. the immunity challenge is the launching balls into a field to be caught by tribe members the first to 5 points win immunity. in a bad move they put sierra on jt in the physical challenge and jt scores the first point 1-0. jt scores the 2nd and joe just misses the next point and hurts his knee. brendan gets timbira on the board 2-1. brendan scores the equaliser 2-2 taj is getting exhausted. jt scores and loses his tooth in the process and throws it 3-2.jt makes it 4-2 without his tooth. tyson keeps timbira alive 4-3. tyson evens it 4-4 with jt getting angry at spencer for lack of effort. tyson scores the winning point for timbira jt just misses and his angry and gets his tooth back. jt targets spencer due to his poor effort in the challenge but tajs frustration puts her on the chopping block. tajs venting doesn’t help her case with joe and they argue. stephen is worried about voting out either taj or spencer. both spencer and taj plea their case to the tribe. at tribal taj admits to blowing up at camp and it hurts her chances but the tribe votes out spencer 5-1 (spencer votes for taj).
next time can taj survive another round and is joe’s knee a concern.