Both tribes struggle until Terry dives deep in the water to drag the anchor across the ocean's sandy floor. Terry's Herculean effort helps La Mina take a huge lead, while Casaya continues haplessly. La Mina never relinquishes their lead, and Nick hoists Ruth Marie onto his shoulders as she places the zombie head on the body, thus securing Immunity and sending the battered Casaya tribe to that night's Tribal Council.
FLIP-FLOP
After returning to camp from their demoralizing defeat, Casaya realize that one of their own will be sent packing that night. Shane, feeling the pressure of the game, missing his son, and going through cigarette withdrawal, pleads with his tribemates to vote him off. To the dismay of some and relief of others, it seems that Shane will be going home at Tribal Council. But after a discussion with Aras, the mercurial Shane has a surprising reversal: he doesn't want to go home. In the aftermath of Shane's wavering, the focus shifts to Cirie and Melinda, and the Casaya alliance is exposed when Shane brazenly reveals, "There's been an arrangement obviously made. I don't care which one of you goes. Whoever doesn't go now is going next."
The newly formed Casaya alliance prevails, voting out Melinda in a 5-2 decision, making her the second castaway voted out of SURVIVOR: PANAMA--EXILE ISLAND. Before returning to camp, Bruce is given his purple buff and joins the Casaya tribe, replacing the distraught Melinda.
