Bring The Regime To Its Knees

Bring the Regime to its Knees is the sixth episode of Survivor: Thailand.

Day 15 (Night)
The final six members of Sook Jai walk back into camp, with certain members ready to butt heads over the biggest blindside of the game so far. Rick and Phillip both act smug, somewhat laughing whilst they talk over the events of the night, rubbing salt in the wound for the two girls and Ricardo.

Ricardo walks up to Estan, somewhat squaring up to his face as he demands answers, feeling completely betrayed by Estan after he took part in the vote against Melissa. A big argument breaks out between a majority of the tribe, with Rick pushing himself between Estan and Ricardo, trying to make out that Ricardo is getting "physically aggressive". Karen places herself in front of Ricardo, trying to usher him away from the three men, claiming they're trying to provoke him.

Karen and Ricardo speak in Spanish to one another, wanting to keep their conversation private as she attempts to calm him down. Ricardo becomes more and more emotional as the conversation goes on, with his anger transpiring into a stream of tears down his face. Rick decides to provoke the pair by demanding that they speak in English, telling them to be brave enough so that the others can all understand them. Karen responds by shouting Rick down, telling him to walk away before things get any worse between them.

Chuay Gahn
Chuay Gahn have a lazy morning, struggling due to the lack of food going around the camp. Aaron and Julius fail at collecting any fish in the morning, leaving the group cutting down to one half meal a day, leaving them struggling to function around camp.

Julius and Aaron return with some picked clams for the group, apologising for the lack of fish. The tribe each eat a small clam, drinking the remainder of their water in order to be as prepared as they possibly can for the reward challenge.

Sook Jai
Ricardo and Karen lay together in the shelter, deciding to sleep in rather than to deal with the rest of the tribe. Estan and Kanda sit on the edge, watching as Rick and Phillip take a chicken from the crate, breaking its neck and then plucking its feathers, getting ready to boil it for the tribe to eat.

After the chicken has cooked, the three men and a reluctant Kanda begin eating, leaving two bowls of meat to the side for Ricardo and Karen.

Not wanting to leave Ricardo and Karen sleeping whilst the group eat, Kanda takes the pair each a bowl of chicken, managing to encourage them to eat, telling them to keep going despite their disappointment with recent events.

Reward
Challenge: Wicker Flicker

Each tribe would have select a person to be a ball launcher, while the others were situated at four different stations spread out along the beach. Using giant wicker baskets attached to poles, the Survivors would have to catch balls from their own launcher while trying to keep opposing tribe members from catching balls lobbed from their own launcher. First tribe to have caught five of their balls would win.

Reward: An authentic Thai feast

Winner: Chuay Gahn

Chuay Gahn arrive to the location of their reward, seeing a table laid out with a variety of Thai dishes. The group hurry over to the table and immediately begin eating, wasting no time getting started on their first substantial meal in days.

The group spend time talking whilst they eat, laughing and getting along well for the first time in several days. As the group eat, several men approach and begin playing Thai instruments, whilst a group of women perform a traditional Thai dance routine. The group attempt to multi-task, wanting to both enjoy the performance and the food.

Chuay Gahn
The tribe separate to take part in their daily chores, feeling refreshed after their reward the previous day. Vince and Rachel go off to collect the tribes water, leaving the other three to work around the camp. Whilst cutting open coconuts, Salma considers the tribes current dynamics, speaking about her thoughts with Julius and Aaron.

Vince and Rachel reach the island of the water source, heading up through the jungle until they reach it and begin filling up the tribes canteens. The pair head back towards the boat, taking a break on the beach before making the return journey.

Sook Jai
Phillip and Rick both head off in order to collect the tribes water, with Kanda volunteering to collect clams from the shallow water. Estan follows Kanda, wanted to spend time around her in order to eventually sway her over to his side of the tribe in order to get a majority of the votes. Karen and Ricardo are left sitting by the shelter, watching the two remaining chickens.

Ricardo and Karen start gathering the wine bottles, laughing as they try to sneak them out of the camp. The pair run down the beach, hiding the three bottles in a small crevice, agreeing to go back and get them later on when they want to "enjoy themselves". Kanda and Estan see the pair walking off in the distance, but are unable to see the wine bottles in their hands.

Estan continues pitching his plans to Kanda, who seems non-responsive, clearly fed up with being pestered about the next vote. She generally replies with "mmhm", to show that she is listening, whilst also requiring minimal effort in doing so.

Immunity
The group head over to the challenge, with it occurring in the late afternoon of Day 17, rather than the following morning. Chuay Gahn hope to avoid the vote due to the calm atmosphere the tribe has found itself experiencing over the past few days, whilst Sook Jai remain split, somewhat wanting to go to tribal council to determine which side will come out on top, but also worrying that such a result will confirm their places in a minority of the tribe, or see them voted out just before the expected merge.

Challenge: Thai 21

There were 21 flags placed in a circle. Alternating turns, the tribes were allowed to gather one, two, or three flags at a time. The goal was to be the tribe to get the last remaining flag. The tribe to get that flag would win immunity.

Winner: Sook Jai

Information: Foor Sook Jai, Rick once again proves incapable of participating well in mental challenges, whilst Estan also takes somewhat of a back seat. Alternatively, Kanda, Karen and Ricardo work well, keeping the right number of flags taken each time in order to get the group to a strong position. For Chuay Gahn, Salma, Vince and Aaron make good suggestions, whilst Rachel and Julius count incorrectly when collecting the flags, making a suggestion that ultimately costs the tribe immunity.

Chuay Gahn
Rachel wakes up early sitting alone on the beach, having failed to get the opportunity to speak to anyone the night before after the tribe arrived back late from the immunity challenge.

Salma is the next to arise, coming down the beach to join Rachel. She sits beside her former close friend, talking about the beauty of their beach and the sunrise. The conversation eventually slips onto the topic of the looming tribal council, which Salma apologises to Rachel about, claiming she wishes the situation was different. Rachel understands this is Salma preparing her for the supposed fact that she will be voted out in a matter of hours, 'confirming' that this is in fact her final day in the game.

The pair sit alone for another hour, talking about their time in the game, voicing regrets about how lots of the initial plans went awry. After some time, the rest of the group wake up, joining one another on the beach to relax in the day, all seemingly displaying the same sense of certainty about the upcoming tribal council.

The group spend most of their time talking and sharing stories, with very little strategy talk going on, somewhat to the annoyance of Rachel, who although is accepting of her fate, wants a chance to try and stay in the game. Eventually an opportunity offers itself to Rachel, after Salma and Aaron tend to a cut on Julius' foot over in the cave, leaving Vince and Rachel on the beach.

Later on in the day, Vince approaches Julius with Aaron off to the side. Vince tells Julius about Rachel's information on Salma, admitting that it worries him for the future of their game.

The Chuay Gahn five reach tribal council, talking about Rachel's position as an outsider. Rachel talks about her argument to keep her in the game, without naming anyone specific as being "a potential loose cannon". The group note that although Gypsy's elimination caused division, it may have ultimately helped the tribe grow stronger, feeling as though they could've won any other type of immunity challenge had they not made "a small miscalculation". Most of tribal council is then used to speak about everyone's concerns towards merging, feeling that a 6-4 disadvantage will make it difficult if Sook Jai are a united group. However, the tribe universally agree that giving up isn't an option, and that they'll fight until the last person remains. Jeff compliments the tribes turned around attitude from their last tribal council, suggesting it shows a strength in character that the group went from a tied vote to a group of five, all of whom seem to get along. When the vote commences, the group each write their name with a sense of sadness in their eyes, giving one another half smiles as Jeff returns with the urn.

Rachel nods and wipes tears from her facing, laughing and giving the tribe a group hug, wishing them all luck for the future of the game. Salma also breaks down, feeling responsible for the destruction of her original 'alliance'. Before leaving, Rachel turns to the tribe, telling them to "go get 'em", wanting Chuay Gahn to overcome the odds and defeat the majority of Sook Jai at the expected upcoming merge.