We have a majority, so here are the results:

The Heroes head back from Tribal. Cirie is relieved that she wasn't sent to the jury although she was sorry to have to send Danielle there. Tom told her she did what she had to do. She agrees with him. In a confessional, Stephenie tells us that Danielle's injury made it easy for her to decide which one of her alliance should go home since Amanda had the Hidden Immunity Idol. She just hopes that the Heroes can win one more Immunity Challenge before the merge.

Amanda begs the other Heroes to allow her into their alliance before the merge. She doesn't want to be left out in the cold and she could use the HII to help them out. Colby's reluctant but Cirie suggests it might be a good idea to bring Amanda in -- if they don't, she might flip and if they do and win the next Immunity Challenge, she might be able to bring in Parvati -- if Parvati makes it to the merge as well. Stephenie and Tom see the wisdom in that.

The next morning, the Villains have treemail! It says the reward challenge requires endurance and a high pain threshold. It explains that they’ve seen the challenge before on Tocantins and details how they have to stand with their hands against a wall as long as possible. They will be paired up against a member of the opposing tribe and need to list their tribe members from strongest to weakest to determine their matches.

They decide to list all the women as stronger since it's not based on brute force, then go with Tyson, Coach and finally Boston Rob since they think he has the biggest feet. Boston Rob's not happy but he can see the sense in it. As for the Heroes, they list Stephenie, Amanda, Cirie, Tom and Colby in that order. Tom and Colby see the wisdom of that one as well.

When the Heroes arrive, the Villains see that Danielle is gone. They aren't too surprised since she twisted her ankle. Jeff re-explains the challenge: Each player will use their arms to brace themselves between two walls while their feet sit upon very narrow footholds. Every ten minutes, they will drop down a level to even smaller footholds. Once they reach the third and final one, they will just stay there as long as they can. As noted in the clue, each person will be matched up against a member of the opposite tribe. Each person who outlasts their own opponent gains a point. Three points wins reward. The winners will be having a steak meal from Outback Steakhouse, which makes Sandra happy.

Stephenie will be paired up against Parvati, Amanda will be paired up against Sandra, Cirie will be paired up against Jerri, Tom will be paired up against Tyson and Colby will be paired up against Coach. Boston Rob will be sitting out. They start out on a narrow foothold and after ten minutes, move to an even more narrow one. After anorhter ten minutes, they reach the third, final and most narrow one and just hang on.

Colby's having real trouble standing up and he's the first one to drop out. As Coach drops down, he screams in pain -- again. The others simply wait and hang on. Both Cirie and Jerri are struggling, but Jerri's the one who can't hold on any longer -- she drops out! The Heroes are now tied, 1-1. Cirie takes her feet off before she drops.

Tom is the next one to begin struggling -- and then he falls! Tyson wins the point for the Villains and he's happy. Then Amanda and Sandra begin struggling -- but Sandra drops first! Amanda wins a point for the Heroes. That leaves Stephenie up against Parvati. Both hold on and both struggle -- but finally one can't hold on any longer:

Jeff: Heroes win Reward! (Stephenie drops down and hugs the other Heroes.) Heroes, follow the trail to your Reward. Villains, I've got nothing for you. Head back to camp.

The Heroes head off, jubilant while the Villains head off, despondent.

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Okay, the Heroes have won Reward. Now I want you to decide which tribe wins Immunity. I'll take votes until tomorrow morning at the latest. The tribe with the most votes wins Immunity while the losing tribe has a date with Jeff at Tribal Council.

I'll begin by voting for the Heroes to win Immunity for two good reasons: one, I want them to get to the merge tied and two, I'd like to see Parvati join them and help the Heroes gain majority after the merge.