Episode 13

[Jeff Probst]

Well... that was a council and a half. Tell me what you think about what transpired, what you think your chances of are making the final 3 and if you think you have a shot at winning the whole thing or not.

[Penner]

I'm trying to squash this insane "goat" label I've got. Hopefully tonight illustrated that I do have real power in this game. People are still killing themselves to align with me and give me idol clues.

Proper update coming when I get up tomorrow. My only concern is that somehow it'll come across that this was Nate's doing. This boot was all down to me. Also, anyone who thinks it was about getting rid of "threats" needs to calibrate their threat-level detector. Jessica was a huge goat; this was all about getting rid of people who couldn't be trusted.

I still believe I can get Steph, CiCi, Cass and (in future) Candice to vote for me. I just need to sweep up one vote from whomever else ends up on the jury.

I'm starting to think Stacy would be a good person to sit beside at FTC. I just can't trust her enough to get to F3 with her; I'll probably have to take Rocky, even though he could pick up more votes. Stacy is either gone tomorrow, or staying until the end.

Also in an ideal world, these remaining people will "blindside" me and get rid of Candice so I don't get any blood on my hands.

[Brenda Lowe]

So.. on the one hand you are trying to ensure you are the one who is getting credit for moves made, yet on the other, you are hoping people will make a move tonight that leaves you in the dark with clean hands and you can claim no credit for? I am a little confused to be sure.

[Penner]

I was having a bit of a dilemma about voting Candice, because we're legitimately very good friends. I don't know if me voting Candice is a move people will respect or find distasteful. She could either convince a jury to vote for me to win, or poison it against me if she feels betrayed.

She knows she's on the chopping block tonight though and we've talked a lot today. She's said that she'll vote for me regardless so I really need her on the jury asap to help campaign for me. I now believe I can pretty cleanly get away with it.

She thinks I'm campaigning to keep her but I'm using this to build bridges with Stacy. I've told Stacy we're voting Candice out tonight and then I'm going to pit her against Nate at final 5.

Part of me fears having Stacy and Nate as comp threats, so I'm still deciding what happens. Rocky and Rebecca will follow whatever it is I convince them to do so I have plenty of time to decide what I want to happen. But I think it goes Candice > Nate > Stacy at this point.

[Penner]

Scratch that. I think I've managed to save Candice and flip the tribe on Nate or Stacy. I'm pushing for Nate, purely to as a display for the jury that I do have real power in this game. Candice remains the number one target next round, Stacy trusts me more and Rocky and Rebecca continue to help me hold a clear majority all the way to the end.