This week's episode began at the Aitu tribe with Jonathan gathering his alliance (read: everyone but Ozzy) and spewing out a pep talk about sticking together and whatnot. The plan, they all decided, was that if they lost immunity, Ozzy would be a goner. Yes, everything seemed so simple and straightforward... that is, until Candice revealed to us that she wanted to rejoin her fellow whiteys, Adam and Parvati. Dunh dunh DUNH!!! Of course, this wasn't really shocking to anyone who happened to notice Candice's kissy faces towards Adam during Tribal Council a few weeks ago. We could tell she hated being on the "dorky" tribe. She then told us, "It's gonna get to a point where somebody's gonna get greedy." You know, like YOU, CANDICE?

After the opening credits, we then learned that Jonathan too wanted to rejoin his white brethren, and as he plotted with Candice for a way to hone their white power, I just hoped and prayed that everyone else would catch onto them. Ozzy probably would have been the best bet to sniff them out, but considering that he was fairly ostracized, his word probably meant nothing. Nevertheless, Jonathan told Candice that he wanted to take her to the final two, and she nodded and agreed, which was amusing since in the very next instant, she told us that she wanted Jonathan gone. Yay Survivor deception!

Meanwhile, over at Raro, the gang spent their morning talking about the merge and how the tribes were even at six people apiece. For whatever reason, Brad commented that it was "every man for himself," an offhand remark that managed to rile up everyone, particularly Parvati and Adam. While Brad wandered off to do whatever, the rest of the tribe feared that he was playing an individual game entirely too early. Was he duplicitous? Would he screw them over? DID HE HAVE BAD WIND AGAIN? Whatever it was, the whole gang decided they would vote him off next, no matter what.

Or would they? (Insert image of me looking coy.)

We then headed off to the reward challenge, and before we could learn the latest batch of convoluted rules, Jeff had a bombshell for us. He offered each person a chance to mutiny and join the other tribe. HOLY MOLY! Even better, everyone only had ten seconds to make the decision, which meant no one could really think through their actions. At first, it appeared as though no one was gonna bite, but I had a feeling Candice wouldn't be able to pass up this chance to be with the popular kids. After all, she really seems like one of those girls who'll be all sweet and nice to everyone but will only socialize with people that she deems to be the "cool kids." Not that I have any personal issues with that. Not that I'm thinking specifically of one girl from college or anything like that...

Sure enough, just as expected, Candice stepped forward, leaving her old tribe behind. This then put Jonathan in a prickly situation: maintain his ties with Aitu or preserve his "alliance" with Candice. Well, just at the last second, he too "mutinied," dealing yet another blow to the once formidable Aitu tribe. Truthfully, this was probably the dumbest thing either of them could have done. By exposing that the old, original white alliance was still going strong, it sent a signal to all the minorities that it was time to kill whitey. Or at least, it should have. The merge could not come soon enough...

Aitu, Bruté?