I feel bad for Phillip of all people, as Brandon being allowed to vent in front of the other tribe sort of ruins Phillip's game going forward. I remember when Rob tried to talk to Lex in All-Stars Jeff quickly shut that down, yet this time Jeff had no issues letting Brandon spew all his crap in front of everyone else.
In addition to that, maybe it's the editing, but I don't really see what Phil actually did wrong to Brandon. Did he maybe talk down to him a bit? Sure, but nothing too harsh. And with how well he has done in many of the challenges (including today's), Phil has every right to be proud of his accomplishments. He acted like the bigger man when Brandon went off and just walked away, and didn't even talk back to Brandon until Jeff asked for his response. Brandon is just a complete wacko, who needed to go.
I didn't like Phillip at all his first go around, but he has really grown on me this season. Outside of Malcolm he is my favorite to win at all.
Oh and Brandon was also dead wrong about the others not wanting to be in Stealth R Us; sure it might be a stupid thing for the "cool kids" in the tribe, but a couple episodes back they all wanted a part of it. It also helps in unifying the tribe in a small way, and can calm things down at camp you'd think.
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