Survivor Philippines: Episode 3 - Slip, Sliding away

Back from Tribal Council and Matsing seems to be good, but then Russell has his confessional and he agreed with Roxy's argument and hopes Denise doesn't side with Malcolm and Angie.  Too Late, at least that is what it seems.

At Tandang RC and Abby have another confrontation and then RC tells Skupin about it.  Then Abby tells Pete about the clue and Pete approaches Lisa about staying on and getting Michael voted out.  She goes along with it, reluctantly, but knows it is her only option.   At Kalabaw, everyone is around the fire and Dana notices the emblem is missing off the rice box.  Then Jeff K and a couple others say they need to blindside Penner at the first TC.

Demise and Malcolm confirm their alliance and say that Angie or Russell is next.  No clear cut decision yet.

Matsing stumbles again at the challenge where both Russell and Angie were useless at the challenge and they fell behind quick.  By the editing it looks like they were close doing the puzzle, but came up short.  Kalabaw finished first and Tandang finished second.  Third week in a row Matsing goes to TC.  Angie says Russell is the weak link, which is the pot calling the kettle black (no pun intended).

Penner approaches Jeff K and wants to bond with him so he tells him about the idol.  Jeff K agrees, sort of, to help each other out.

At Tandang Abby and Pete start looking for the idol and Abby finds it.  Now it is not looking good for Mike as Artis is now against him too.

At Matsing, Malcolm and Denise talk about who to vote out and then Angie shows up.  In front of her they say Russell, but we'll see what happens.

At Tribal Council both Angie and Russell both were passionate in their plea for staying and in the end Russell won out.  I think his physical strength is more important at this point, providing there isn't a tribal swap next episode.  I'm sure it was tough for Malcolm to let Angie go, because she would have been loyal.  Once again it is great to see that she took the result with class and is still rooting for them.

So many alliance shifts made this episode and nothing seems to be secure.  Sure it seems like Skupin is doomed and Lisa is saved, Penner and Jeff K appear to have an alliance now, at least by the preview, but I would not be surprised at all if a tribal swap happens next episode.  If not then, it will definitely happen in episode 5.  I'm thinking that it will happen next episode and the odd person will sit out the challenge and be on the losing tribe and may have immunity from the vote, but maybe not.  I would love to see a good mix up of the tribes so all the alliances are broken apart and new ones can form.  I also think next episode makes the most sense, because it is getting tough to come up with challenges for such different numbers on each tribe.

So far I like Malcolm's game along with Denise and if they can survive I think either one of them have a strong shot at winning.  I don't think the Penner/Kent alliance will last and I really don't see either of them winning. I think Pete has a strong head on his shoulders and if he keeps Lisa close and either Artis or Abby, then he could win too.  Skupin needs to stop doing stupid things and get a new alliance or he will be gone quickly.  This was a better episode tonight than the last episode and I look forward to seeing what happens next.

So until next week... The Tribe has spoken.