I don't know... the Sheep may be lost without their leader. I wouldn't doubt that some of them would jump ship at this point and follow Malcolm instead. The way they followed Phillip was downright creepy.

True.

I was hoping that they were simply placating Phillip until they got down to the core 7, but it's hard to tell. Sometimes I thought they were going along with it just to keep him quiet; other times, I think you hit the nail on the head with the "downright creepy" comment.

Either way, I'm just glad Phillip's gone.

What makes me think they really were his sheep was the way they instantly turned on anybody who suggested they get rid of Phillip.

I will miss the "Former Federal Agent?" Stealth R Us is sooooooo boring without the supreme leader. I'm Team MRE at this point.

Am I the only one who gets the feeling that we're seeing one of the most highly edited seasons of Survivor EVER?

Finally got a chance to watch, and it was brilliant.

People followed Phillip for two reasons -- he could make their lives miserable and maybe end their game if they crossed him/Stealth R Us (Corrine) and they wanted to be in the final three with him because there was no way he would win. The desire to be in the final three with him drove going along with him and not crossing him. I think with Phillip gone, Stealth R Us is gone, too. Eric may already have bolted. If previews are any indication, Sherri might. Andrea has reason to. Dawn, Brenda and Cochrane just may be in trouble.

It's going to be interesting to see what happens next.

He could make them miserable if they didn't follow him, but only if they kept him around! If enough of them had turned on him, he would have been gone. I do understand why they would want to take him to the final 3 although I could see that backfiring too. If I were on a jury, I would vote for the leader of the pack who controlled the whole game to win. At this point, my vote would go to Malcolm for sure though. Two outwits in a row.

Anchor- Why do you feel that this is more edited than other seasons?

Well, drat. That's what I was afraid of. If Malcolm had kept that second HII secret last week (instead of giving it to Eddie), he'd still be around. It's hard to see him go when someone like Sherri is still in the game. Ugh.

I was afraid that would happen also. If he had kept the idol last week though, Phillip would still be there too.

I was afraid it would happen too, but I'm still glad they played all the idols last week -- that was a TC not to be forgotten, and it got Phillip out of the game.

I hate to see Malcolm gone, but I would be very happy seeing Cochrane win or seeing Reynold pull it off.

I agree with everything you said.
I was hoping that Malcolm would have tried harder to find the HII this week -- even if he had to wrestle Andrea for it!

Really. He admitted defeat regarding the HII way to easily.

Well, for some reason my DVR thought I told it not to record last night's episode. At least I realized it wasn't recording when there were still about 20 minutes left, so I saw the second tribal council. :(

Speaking of the second tribal council, I wonder why last night's episode was two TCs instead of a reward and a TC. It felt like they took two episodes worth of Survivor, reduced each by half, and combined them for one show. I'm not necessarily complaining - just wondering why they did it that way.

Seems like they usually have at least one episode like that a season. I think the idea is just to shake things up a little.