By Kim
Some maneuvering: Katie tries to get Denise on her side against the men, revealing that Penner has the Idol. Also, most of the Tandang members are sick and tired of Skupin, who they claim he's been eating all of their rice and they're running low.
The Reward Challenge involves teams of three trying to push a giant ball through a mud pit into a giant soccer goal. It's not that interesting visually, as people spend the whole time keeping one another from moving and no one is able to move the ball. They are deadlocked for an hour and then there seems like there might be some movement, but things quickly get deadlocked again. Penner and Skupin negotiate a compromise: Kalabaw wins the reward of sandwiches and other goodies in exchange for giving up all their rice. Penner thinks he can fish for food so they don't need the rice. Somehow they get everyone to agree, though Artis is pretty vocal that he's just going along to be with the group and doesn't think they should take the deal.
At the Reward, the members of the Kalabaw tribe get letters from home along with their giant sandwiches and brownies. Meanwhile, Tandang realizes that the extra rice still won't be enough. But Penner isn't having much luck catching fish for Kalabaw, so neither team is happy with the deal they struck.
At the Immunity Challenge, the tribes use giant slingshots to launch balls into a field, where the other tribemates have to catch them in nets. We've seen this challenge before. As you'd expect, the guys do much of the catching and Probst spends time hectoring Katie some more. With the game tied, Carter asks Jeff Kent to sub in and guard Malcolm, who's been on a scoring tear, but Jeff Kent can't guard him either and Malcolm catches a ball for the winning point.
Kalabaw has a few options: they can vote out Denise because she's an outsider, they can vote out Katie because she's useless, or they can vote out Penner and try to blindside him before he can use the Idol. Jeff Kent and Carter are the swing votes and they seem to really struggle with either sticking to the idea of ditching Penner while they still can or ditching Katie because she's useless. Ultimately, the men stick together and vote out Katie.
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