Cut Off the Head of the Snake

Cut Off the Head of the Snake is the ninth episode of .
==Story==
===Day 23===
On Day 23, Malcolm planned to split the vote with Reynold and Eddie. He tried to convince Sherri and Dawn to get the others to go along with his idea, but Dawn planned on voting Malcolm out instead.
===Day 24===
===Day 25===
At the Day 25 Immunity Challenge, the remaining 11 competed for immunity. Eventually, Brenda won by effectively using her cupped hands as a snorkel. Eddie flirted with Andrea back into the game, and Reynold foolishly handed his idol to Malcolm so he could get rid of the idol. The original target of the Stealth R Us 2.0 alliance was Malcolm, but Andrea felt that Malcolm would use a Hidden Immunity Idol, so she frantically convinced her alliance to vote off Michael minutes before Tribal Council. Malcolm had no votes at all, upsetting the mistaken Reynold. Ultimately, Michael Snow was blindsided by Phillip's ruling alliance. 
==Challenges==
<tabber>Reward=
Challenge: Jump ShotOne member of each team will be the defender standing on a perch in the water while one at a time, members of the other tribe leap off a platform into the water and attempt to throw a ball past the defender and into the net. The first tribe to get four balls in the net wins.Reward: A trip down a waterfall and a picnic lunch.Winner: (, , , , and )
|-|Immunity=Challenge: Last GaspThe players must swim under a steel grate and stay above the water. As the tide rises, players will run out of breathing room. If the fear of drowning is too much, that person can bail out. The last person still under the grate wins the challenge.Winner: </tabber>
==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
									
									
==Trivia==
===Life at Ponderosa===
===Secret Scenes===
===Behind the Scenes===
===Other===
* Erik and Brenda both competed in iterations of challenges they previously lost in their previous seasons.
* This is the first time since that Malcolm lost a Reward Challenge. He had won 12 consecutive rewards.
** This is the first time Malcolm and Andrea have lost a standalone Reward Challenge, excluding forfeitures.
** Erik is now the only person this season to have won every Reward Challenge.
==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Caramoan Episodes
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Episodes
Category:Survivor: Caramoan