I didn't get it! Why did Malcolm vote for Renold? he was the only one that did, so what did he think that was going to accomplish? I thought he and Reynold were on the same side?
Reynold got up to give Jeff the idol, so it was already "flushed" out. Why did Malcolm tell him to give it to him. It didn't change anything, the idol was going to get played anyway and no one voted for either Reynold or Malcolm, except for the one vote that Malcolm used against Reynold.
I KNOW, I am missed something, but I didn't get that whole thing!
Can someone explain to me why Malcolm did that and why so many people on another board think that Malcolm did such an amazing thing!! Thanks!!!
I'll try, but I'm still trying to understand everything myself. The last thing Malcolm heard from the Favorites was that they were going to split the vote between Reynold and Eddie - flush out the idol and they'd be happy with whichever one went home.
Then Malcolm made the mistake of talking to blabber-mouth Dawn about how he has an alliance with the Fans and they needed her to have enough votes to get rid of Phillip. Dawn tattled to Phillip, and the Favorites were then going to vote out Malcolm because of his betrayal. Then they decided that Andrea was the brains behind the Favorites, so they switched from voting for Phillip to voting for Andrea.
Andrea was getting cozy with Eddie. In their cameos, both Andrea and Eddie admitted that they were attracted to each other but that they were also playing each other. I'm a little lost here, because I don't know if it was Eddie who told Andrea they were planning to vote her off or what happened, but Andrea thought they were gunning for her.
So Andrea went back to the Favorites and convinced them to change their vote and take out Mike, an easy vote, rather than Malcolm, to be sure she was safe no matter how many idols were played. I must have missed what went on, because I don't understand why they switched. But nobody told Malcolm that the Favorites were now voting for Mike instead of a split Reynold/Eddie vote. So that's why Malcolm voted for Reynold.
They kept showing Malcolm's face during tribal council and he thought from Phillip's comments that the Favorites were voting for him, rather than the split vote. And like a pp said, rather that revealing that he had an idol, when Reynold got up to use his idol, Malcolm convinced Reynold to give the idol to him. That way, Malcolm was safe and he didn't have to reveal that he has the other idol.