After returning to camp, a plan to cut Angelina quickly forms, primarily around Emily’s want to keep Ozzy happy. Stephenie, probably feeling nervous since her boy Q was taken out last week, is cool to roll with that. At the very least, it’s a vote that will break up the “David vs. Goliath” threesome.
But then Ozzy chooses violence. He tells Christian and Mike to their faces that he wants Angelina out. Wanting Angelina out isn’t a bad thing. It’s a great move for his and Emily’s game. But I was shocked and, on some level, a little impressed by Ozzy’s gall here. Even if Christian and Mike were like, “Yeah, cool, man, let’s vote out our friend!” how could Ozzy ever believe that what they were saying was truthful? Dude’s barking up the wrong tree.
Mike then works to defend Angelina, saying she’s not a threat to win the game and that she’s a viable number. (Yeah, for him.) But Mike playing D for Angelina is bound to raise some red flags — and that it does. Because once Mike pivots his target to Emily, things start to get shifty. When Christian hears Mike’s pitch to vote Emily, he’s put between a rock and a hard place. Should he stick with Team DvG, or turn against someone he’s been working with since Day 1?
And that’s when two of this season’s smartest players go head to head.
Mike tells Christian that he’s falling into the same trap he did with Gabby Pascuzzi — Christian’s former No. 1 from “David vs. Goliath” who turned on him and tried to vote him out. Mike using this as a tool to get what he wants? Very smart! “You literally lived this already,” Mike tells him. But as Mike calls himself a “Machiavellian puppet master,” Christian has a good, long think. He even gets emotional processing the events of his last game. What he ultimately lands on: Mike White is terrifying. “He knows where to hit ya,” Christian tells us. “Mike is the most dangerous person on this or any island.”
At Tribal Council, Christian’s plan is put into motion. Ozzy is left out of things, and he votes for Angelina. Mike and Angelina think Emily is the target; they vote accordingly. But Christian, Emily, and Stephenie? They vote for “The White Lotus” maestro, and their three votes are enough to send Mike White back to Hollywood.
So what did you think about the Zac Brown of it all? And were you surprised that things turned so quickly against Mike? Go full tilt boogie in that comments section!