I'm sorry, they're not supposed to stick together like thatSadly, I'm afraid the La Mina team is going to be whittled down until there's no one left and we'll be left watching these Casaya idiots for the last few weeks and picking the lesser of two evil morons to give the $1 Million to. Terry and the rest of the bunch are pretty smart people though, so maybe.
You know I love Austin, I do. Mostly I love him because he's hot, at least he was when he wasn't on the Survivor diet. Anyway, at the last Tribal Council he opened his big mouth and admitted to blowing the challenge earlier so he would seem weak. The next day he's worried that might come back around and bite him in the ass. He's probably right because the Casaya girls are talking about how unbelievable it was to admit to it. Uh oh.
Can someone please teach him the right and wrong way to sunbathe?
The entire group goes to the Reward Challenge. Since there are now nine players the groups are divided into three groups of 3. Each team will have 100 coconuts in a bin on the beach. They have to unload all the coconuts onto their opponents boats. Once all the coconuts are unloaded they have to paddle the boat out to a flag, retrieve the flag and a net and come back to shore. On shore they'll have to put all their coconuts the other teams have given them into the net to bring them back to the bin. Once all the coconuts are unloaded and the flag is up, that team wins reward. They're playing for breakfast in bed.
I'm sure this isn't the first time Danielle's had so many nuts under her chin
The teams are divided like this: Shane/Terry/Austin, Aras/Bruce/Sally, Cirie/Courtney/Danielle. I'm personally routing for Shane/Terry/Austin, and not because of Shane, obviously. Well the challenge starts out and Aras starts putting all of his coconuts in the guys' boat, telling Danielle and the girl to do the same. I think this is a brilliant move, but Terry, who's normally extremely smart, goes for the girls' boat. The girls are no threat to him at all, I just don't get it. It becomes now a race between the Terry and Aras teams. Aras' team ends up taking it by mere moments. If Terry and his team had only listened to me and put their nuts in Aras' boat they would have won. The twist to the challenge is the winning team has to pick one person from each of the losing teams to go to Exile Island. They think about it for a minute and Aras comes up with a plan. He wants to send Austin (makes sense) and Danielle (?). She looks utterly shocked and the two of them head off to the island.
This looks like fun
With Danielle and Austin having a horrible night on Exile Island, Aras, Bruce and Sally await the arrival of the yacht to take them to their reward. It's raining miserably but Aras can't hide his excitement. I do kinda like Aras, not really sure why. I mean it's not just because he has a cute ass, it can't be. The boat finally picks them up and takes them to their beautiful breakfast in bed. Unfortunately, the producers didn't realize it'd be raining in the rainforest and the canopy bed is sitting in the middle of the beach, soaked. I guess it's nicer then sitting on the ground but rightfully so Sally comments about how pissed she was when she realized they would be all three sitting in the wet, cold bed eating. As I'm sitting here writing this I'm trying to contemplate why the hell they would give them this sorry ass reward. Yeah, they get tons of food with bread and butter, coffee and juice, but still, it's three people squished into a bed, eating during torrential downpours. I think maybe they had something else planned and it got flooded or fell through and they had to hurry up and come up with this lame ass reward. Because these poor people haven't eaten anything or had a comfortable place to sit in three weeks, once they start eating they're quite content with their surroundings.
Back at Gitanos, Terry's trying to figure out exactly what his strategy should be. He picks everyone’s brain about any chinks in the armor. While talking with Shane, he reveals that the final Casaya four will probably be him, Cirie, Aras and Bruce. Terry thinks this is good because it means Danielle and Bruce are on the outs. That's already apparent since Aras sent Danielle to Exile Island. Terry thinks if he can get Bruce and Danielle to his side they may have a fighting chance. Again, I start to think about the logic in this. Terry, Sally and Austin want to get to the top three. If they take Bruce and Danielle, they'll be four and five. So what you're really going to be offering these two is a guaranteed bump up one notch. Danielle will no longer go fifth she'll go fourth. How is this supposed to be something you'd want to do. Especially since the voted off members will be the jury, who ultimately decide your fate. I probably just ruined who's going to get voted off, but then again, maybe Danielle and Bruce aren't that quick on the uptake. Did I just say "maybe"?
Anyway, when Aras, Bruce and Sally get back from the reward all they can talk about is food. Sally even shows her stomach that's bulging out because it's so full. Okay, I understand they're probably doing that because they're happy and they want their tribemates to share in their joy, but come on, if I hadn't eaten in three weeks and some bitch started talking about all the damn food she just ate there'd be some heads rolling. Cirie feels the same way and I start to worry about Sally. Not really worry because I won't be sad when she goes, but just for the fate of La Mina.
On Exile Island poor Danielle and Austin are doing some quick bonding, huddling together in the cold rain. I wonder if her fake boobies hold heat well or get colder because they're farther away from her body. Hmph. Danielle tells us that she's glad she was able to be on the island with Austin (maybe she's not as stupid as she looks) and thinks that if this whole alliance thing doesn't work out, he can be her backup plan.
Meanwhile, Terry and Sally have gone to get water and Sally's running her mouth about whether or not Danielle or Austin will find the Immunity Idol. Terry blurts out that he has the Idol. Sally's ecstatic, thinking the game's now changed. She also thinks that this means if she or Austin get voted out, that Terry will save them. Did I miss him saying that?
It's called the "Cool Hand Luke" challenge
Everyone's finally reunited for the Immunity Challenge. This one is way too complicated to describe but I can say it's an obstacle course with four stages. Like challenges in the past each stage, only the top finishers move on. Obviously you know who I'm voting for to get Immunity, Terry. I could give a crap about anyone else except maybe Austin and Cirie but Cirie's really on the fence now. And damnit, I like Aras. It's his butt.
Go Terry! Go!
The challenge starts and the contestants start dropping off after each phase until it's just Austin, Sally and Terry. Now it's not as tense for me because any of them can win and I'd be happy, happier if it was Terry, but happy none the less. The last stage ends up being Terry and Sally and part of me thinks Terry may throw it to give Sally the Immunity. Just a very small part of me. That part would have been wrong because Terry wins.
Once back at camp Terry starts working it like a true politician. Austin's shocked when he realizes Terry has the Idol and is excited because he's confident he'll be staying, at least for a few more days. Terry goes to Bruce and says that he's pretty much gone once La Mina is gone so to survive a few more days it might be more better for him to go with them. Bruce agrees that he would rather be in cohorts with Terry but doesn't want to flip if no one else does, then he'll surely have a target on his back.
Casaya, meanwhile, is trying to figure out who to vote for. Aras wants Sally and Courtney wants Austin. They also realizes that if one of the La Mina members has the Idol and it comes into play, the person who they'll most likely vote for is Aras. Since Aras has the most votes, he's the one who will automatically leave.
Crossing over to the dark side
Terry then decides to pull out all of the stops. He approaches Danielle in the shelter, with Austin there and tells her that not only does he want her to come over to their side, but that he has the Immunity Idol, which he'll give up to her if she chooses to come. He even shows it to her. Interesting play. Danielle looks shocked that Terry has it and quite intrigued. She says she'll think about it and we don't know what'll happen. As Terry, Sally and Austin talk about the plan, Sally says that no matter what happens they're all guaranteed to stay because Terry has the Idol and will use it if one of them gets voted out.
At Tribal Council I'm pumped. This can go anyway. Forget about all the crap I said before about only making it one more rung up, who would you rather be up against in the end, a**holes or nice guys? I mean that's kinda a rhetorical question since if you're up against the nice guy and you've just stabbed your tribemates in the back they're obviously not voting for you to get the money. Damn, I just totally ruined it didn't I? I am momentarily excited again when I see the first letter Bruce writes during the vote has an "A". Yes, that means he's voting with La Mina for Aras! Wait, am I happy about that? When Jeff starts reading the names, Aras, Aras, Aras, ah man, looks like- Austin. What the hell? Austin, Austin, Austin, Austin! That bitch! She didn't vote for Aras at all. Austin's the next person voted out. Well that's okay, Terry has the Immunity Idol so he's bound to use it. Right? Terry? Terry? If you're going to do it now's the time. Um, the tribe has spoken? All this damn build up and it doesn't happen?! It's like prom night all over again.
