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Episode 2 – "Threesomes Have More Fun"
Part 1

Night 3
Honifor return from Tribal Council, having just voted out Josie over Takondwa. In a confessional, Alicia explains that the day one hike initially left her worried about Takondwa’s injured ankle and its potential to bring the rest of the tribe down, but she decided to vote for Josie after noticing that she was playing too hard too soon. “I’d rather have a grandma with one working foot in the game than someone who could stab me in the back when I’m least expecting it,” she says calmly. Though most of the tribe’s members seem happy with their decision, Theresa (who voted for Takondwa alongside Josie and Callum, under the assumption that this was the plan that the others were also following) regrets being left out of the loop by what now appears to be the majority alliance, and in a confessional wonders how she can claw her way back to a safe spot before it’s too late.

The tribes, as they currently stand:

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Day 4
The next morning, early riser Theresa has strategy on her mind. She explains that she couldn’t sleep, as her mind was so full of thoughts regarding her position in the tribe. “Overthinking trivial stuff will be the downfall of me in this game, I swear,” she says, “but it’s just so damn easy to let paranoia get the better of you.” Chris is also awake, having made an early start at getting a fire going with the flint that the tribe earned at the end of last night’s Tribal Council. Theresa decides to talk to him, knowing that he and Kyle were the brains behind Josie’s exit. She explains that she has no ill will towards him or the rest of the tribe, and would have voted with them had she known what the plan was. Chris in turn points out that he was trying his hardest to inform her of the plot to save Takondwa and blindside Josie, but as she was sunbathing right next to the target, there was no inconspicuous way of pulling her away and filling her in so late in the day. “Well, I promise I won’t be topping up my tan the next time a crucial vote’s about to take place,” Theresa laughs, and the two shake on their new deal.

Over at Berajilo, having rebuilt their shelter and started a fire with the flint that they won at yesterday’s challenge, the castaways are feeling refreshed and calm compared to their hectic first night. In a confessional, Justin explains that they’re starting to become a kind of dysfunctional family: Steadman and Edwina are the parents, he, Kenton, Hallie and Kristin are the mischievous little kids “running around, causing mayhem”, Rachelle is the crazy spiritual aunt and Jordan is “the queer cousin that nobody mentions”. “Just a normal family,” he repeats. Elsewhere, the newly-united Berajilo tribe try out various bonding tactics including yoga, as led by Jordan and Kristin as the tribe’s most supple members. Kenton refuses to take part as not to dent his fragile masculinity, but Justin throws himself into it with incredible enthusiasm. At one point, he hyper-extends so much during his downward-facing dog that he pulls a muscle in his groin, and as a result spends the rest of the day rubbing his crotch with a palm leaf. While most of the tribe practice their yoga, Rachelle crouches on her knees to one side, doing something altogether more still. After they finish, Jordan goes over to talk to Rachelle, despite Steadman repeatedly warning him not to for his own safety. When he asks Rachelle what she’s up to, she explains that she is praying to Major William Cage, the character played by Tom Cruise in the film Edge of Tomorrow. Without asking any questions, Jordan turns his back and walks away.

Later, at Honifor, Callum employs Theresa’s strategy of pulling a member of the majority alliance to one side and pleading to them to let him join. He speaks to Aubin about the previous night’s Tribal Council and how badly he regrets telling everyone that he was voting for Takondwa, especially considering his answer was in response to a completely unrelated question asked by Judge Judy. Aubin tells him not to worry and reassures him that he isn’t on the bottom, although both seem to know that this isn’t exactly true. Nonetheless, taking this to mean that the tribe at least prefer him over Theresa, Callum happily skips off to continue building his to-scale replica of the Millennium Falcon out of shells. Aubin then confesses that although Callum is a “strange one”, he’ll keep an eye on him in case it becomes beneficial to work with him in the future.