By Kim
As Abi continues bitching about her treatment at Tribal Council, Denise lays out their plan: vote out Abi, but if Abi somehow wins immunity, vote out Penner. Not sure why Penner is going ahead of Carter, but there it is.
The Reward Challenge is the food auction, where Skupin proves he doesn't understand strategy. Carter wins a baked potato, but he trades it for rice and beans for the tribe and then wins veal shanks for the entire tribe to eat like animals. Abi spends all of her money on an advantage in the game. Abi's advantage is that she gets to skip to the finals of the Immunity Challenge, but she lies and tells Malcolm that she actually has an Idol. Won't he find out she's lying when they get to the actual challenge? I don't get it.
Immunity Challenge is yet another ropes course. I'm getting a little sick of these. Anyway, it's in three stages with a twist. At the beginning of each stage, Probst will ask each competitor a question and if they get it wrong, they have to carry 5% of their body weight with them. Did they get weighed? Are we talking current body weight or pre-game body weight?
Abi reads the message about heading right to the final stage aloud, but then claims that there is another part she's not reading and rips up the note. Probst doesn't give her away, which I guess is fair. Denise handily wins the first stage, with Carter, Skupin, Malcolm and Penner also moving on, although Penner barely makes it through. Penner somehow makes a huge comeback and wins the second round and he moves on along with Carter.
So Penner, Carter and Abi compete for Immunity in the final round, which involves untying knots and climbing a structure. Abi's knee seems completely healed! It's a miracle! And despite a big challenge from Carter, Abi actually wins immunity. Well, it only took a huge advantage to light a fire under her. So anyway, now everyone's going to vote out Penner.
Lisa goes and tells Penner that he's being voted out. Penner somehow thinks that Skupin is part of his alliance with Carter and Abi. How did that happen? I mean, it's not crazy because Skupin and Penner have a much better chance of winning against Carter or Abi than anyone else, but I feel like this is the first we're hearing about this so-called alliance.
At Tribal Council, Penner tries to convince Lisa (and Skupin) that she's better off keeping him and ditching Denise. It doesn't work and Penner is voted out. The best part is that he hugs Carter and then Abi stands up and asks for a hug and Penner refuses. Penner has a bit of a hard time leaving the stage; I would have rather that Abi went tonight, but I was kind of over Penner anyway. He had gone over that line for me from funny and sarcastic to bitter and smug.
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