All It Takes Is Five Against the Self Proclaimed Dummy

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**All It Takes Is Five Against the Self Proclaimed Dummy** is the second episode of *Survivor: Thailand*.

## Story

### Night 5

The Kalasin tribe returns to camp after almost deadlocking the vote. Freya takes a walk along the beach with Allan. The two discuss their position on the tribe. Allan says that he's going to try to find a crack in their alliance tomorrow.

Darion and Novak meet up before heading off to bed and celebrate together after surviving a close vote.

### Day 6

In the morning, the tribe wakes up to a boat crashing against the waves as it reaches the shore. Daughtry grabs his bags and returns to camp. He returns to camp and immediately notices Ken is missing. The tribe informs him on how last night's tribal played out.

Allan approaches Darion about last tribal council night and explains to Darion why he went for Darion. Darion remains quiet as Allan continues to explain himself to Darion.

Allan asks if there is any way that they could move forward in the game. Darion tells Allan that he wrote his name down at tribal council, and he almost went home. Darion says he doesn't know how he could move past that. Allan accepts his answer and walks back to camp.

Novak decides to leave camp and go search for the Hidden Immunity Idol.

Novak approaches Darion and asks him to help him search for the Hidden Immunity Idol. Darion agrees and the two sneak away from camp to look for the idol. The two search for a hour without any luck.

Darion and Novak meet up with each other, both coming empty handed. They decide to call it quits and head back to camp.

At the Phayao camp, the boat arrives to the beach and Alessia steps off the boat. She is greeted by her tribe.

Foley and Tati start walking through the woods to gather fire wood before Tati asks where Foley's head is at. Foley tells Tati that he really wants to get out someone who is playing really hard. He admits that he doesn't want someone gaming 24/7 on their tribe. Tati agrees to a certain extent. Foley confesses that he doesn't really know that is yet, but once he finds out he'll let Tati know. Tati thanks Foley for the conversation.

While Alessia, Bree, Foley, Tati & Serene are away from camp, Malany takes the opportunity to ask Eleos, Espen, Rico and Nasir to keep each other safe. Malany tells them that they are strong in challenges, and they need to keep all the strength that they have. She suggests that they keep each other safe if they were to lose a challenge and go to tribal council.

Malany tells the guys to think about it. She gets up and walks away so it doesn't look awkward. The four guys look at each other. Nasir looks visually irritated, but others seem a little open to it.

Back on the Kalasin camp, Darion reports to Helen that Freya has been going around trying to break apart their alliance. Helen gets upset over this news. Helen's ready to confront Freya over this.

Helen goes up to Freya and asks her why she is being fake to some of the members on the tribe. Freya says that she hasn't and she has no idea what Helen is talking about. Helen continues the fight with Freya even though Freya has clearly given up on it. Allan, Daughtry, Jelia, Kaiti and Novak all stand around watching the fight. By the time Helen gives up, she storms off towards the shore while Freya gets in the shelter and lays down. Jelia and Daughtry chase off after Helen, while Novak stays and sits in the shelter with Freya. Everyone else wonders off into the woods.

Freya thanks Novak for comforting her. Freya looks around for Allan, but he's nowhere to be found.

Daughtry and Jelia help calm down an angry Helen. Helen explains to Daughtry and Jelia as to why she's mad about the situation. They both reassure her.

Helen thanks Daughtry and Jelia for cheering her up.

Back on the Phayao tribe, Bree, Eleos, Nasir, Rico and Serene are all sitting in the ocean talking with each other. As they continue talking and laughing, Nasir takes the opportunity to form a five person alliance. No one objects to the alliance.

As the tribe starts to come back into camp, Alessia takes the opportunity to share a story about a tribe that dominated this game. At the end of the story, she told them that the tribe was the Phayao tribe.

### Day 7

The survivors arrive at the next Immunity Challenge, and explained the rules of the challenge. They are made aware that they are also playing for reward: pillows, blankets, hammocks and chairs. With two extra members, the Phayao bench Bree and Nasir.

At the challenge, Alessia stresses the worry about the advantage causing her to perform poorly in the challenge. By the time, she reaches the puzzle, she reaches for the advantage, but Bree notices her take the advantage. With the Phayao tribe completely performing poorly, they lose their first immunity challenge. Before heading back to camp, Kalasin was asked to choose one player to send to Exile Island. They chose Rico to send. Rico was then instructed to pick a player to join him. He decided to choose Novak to come with him. The two of them headed off to Exile Island while the rest of the tribes headed to camp.

At Exile Island, Rico and Novak walk up to the two urns. They read the sign that instructs to each choose one. Rico chooses Urn 1 and Novak chooses urn 2. They both open their urns. Novak reveals nothing in his urn. Rico reveals a note that he is instructed to read alone. He heads off on a trail to read it alone.

Rico opens the note, reads the note, and decided to take the easy route. He is given the clue to a key to unlock the hidden immunity idol.

Rico and Novak sit around camp, and start having a conversation with each other. They both realize quickly that they have nothing in common with each other.

After their loss, Phayao tribe returns back to camp. Alessia heads off in the woods to open her note. She opens the note and reveals an "Extra Vote" advantage. The advantage will allow for Alessia to cast a second vote at tribal council. It must be played before the votes are cast.

After reading the note, Alessia puts the advantage and walks back to camp, but she is stopped by Bree who lets Alessia know that she saw her take the advantage. Bree tells Alessia that she really likes her, and won't let anyone know if Alessia votes in her favor tonight.

Eleos makes his way around the camp, talking with people and making sure that they are good with him. He tries to increase his bonds with everyone on the tribe.

Eleos is seen talking to Espen, Rico & Serene individually throughout the confessional.

The alliance of eight takes time to talk when Bree and Malany walk down to the beach to talk. The eight agree that Malany should be the one to go home tonight, but Tati objects and says that Bree is more of a threat in the game. The alliance questions between who is the best option.

As the eight stand together discussing the vote, loud voices start coming from the beach. The tribe runs down to the beach to Malany calling Bree out for plotting against her. The tribe stands there watching the fight unfold. Alessia, Foley and Nasir take a visibly upset Bree and walk down the beach with her. Espen, Serene and Tati try to calm down Malany as they walk down the beach.

At Tribal Council, the tribe discusses the terrible tribe performance. Alessia owns up to not pulling her weight at the challenge, but she says that it should not be the focus for the tribe especially after their three challenge wins. They are asked about what they are basing their vote on tonight. Foley says that he is basing his vote on the player who is playing too hard too fast. The tribe talks about the incident at camp before the vote. Bree tries to advice people to vote Malany out. Malany does the exact same for Bree. It's noted that the tribe seems to be divided on who they want out, and everyone has different agendas. The tribe votes.

In the end, Malany is voted out in a 7-2 vote over Bree. Tati looks at the rest of the tribe a little shocked, and disappointed.

## Challenges

**Challenge:** *Tangled Up in Blue*
One member of each tribe would have to untangle a rope. Then, three members would have to work together untangle three ropes. Following this, two members of each tribe would attempt to use the ropes to lasso and pull in a platform on which two members will build a four-piece pyramid puzzle. The first tribe to finish their puzzle wins.

**Reward:** Blankets, a hammock, pillows, and a mat.
**Winner:** Kalasin

## Tribal Council

 Malany (7 votes)
 Bree (2 votes)
 VOTED OUT:Malany Rayes

## Trivia

### Episode Title

* The title was said by Nasir Watts talking about the votes needed to get out Malany Rayes.