Last we left our castaways, token Asian and Blondie threw the challenge so they could start kicking off the rival teams people. Underhanded! Well, James, my new fave, was pissed, since he doesn't like unfair play.
When we get back to camp, the next morning, he tells us that he's still going to pull his weight around camp, even so much as to let the other people on his faux team relax so come next immunity challenge they'll have no excuses.
Over on the other team, the Queen tell us, and his cohort Amanda (who the hell is she?), that he wants to find that damned immunity idol. You can tell she's a little put out that the Queen didn't tell her this earlier, and he claims he was going to tell her, but that he didn't because he wanted to find it first. Um, ok. She believes this. He then says that they have to win the next reward challenge, because if they get to steal someone, they can steal James, who will give them the clue they'll need to find it. I think this is a great idea, especially if they realize there's another immunity idol at the other camp, James can find that one and save himself.
So they get to the reward challenge and aren't too surprised to see that Aaron is gone. I won't get into the specifics of this challenge, because who really cares. The fun part though is that during it, token Asian gets a chance to have a brief moment with ABW, and tells her that they threw the last challenge for her and Frosti, so they'll be united when they merge and have the numbers. ABW isn't hearing it though and goes about her business. James hustles through the challenge and my palms start sweating because if they vote him out I'm going to be frakkin' pissed. I LOVE HIM! Oh and MTVG, but whatever.
Fortunately ABW's tribe wins, and they steal James. James seems to be happy to be back with his team, including femullet who we know he has a crush on, cause come on, who can resist a mullet? I know I can't. Their reward is going to a tea house where they'll shower, get some food, some tea, and a sh*tter. Jean-Robert's excited to take a crap in a real bathroom. I can't say I blame him.
The Queen and her courtI'm just excited the anorexic's going to be getting some food. They get into the tubs, eat some food, do their business and are having a great time. James even takes a shower and man is his body amazing. The Queen takes James aside and tells him about what's in the tube. He says that whatever he does, give it to him, because he can save him. Oh, this is getting good.
James tells us that he really has nothing to lose by giving it to the Queen, even if he's lying. When he does give it to him though, he goes back to James and says that it's a clue to the immunity idol, and that he'll find it, give it to him, and then James just has to throw the next immunity challenge so they'll all vote for him and James will vote for the token Asian who will get voted out. I love this plan, although James did have a melt down earlier about how he doesn't like to lose like that, but whatever, I love him!
Back at the other camp though, they realize, with ABW ignoring token Asian earlier, and Frosti not making eye contact, that maybe they misjudged them, and throwing the game isn't the best idea. Huh, ya think? So they decide to actually try to win. Damnit!
Once the winning tribe gets back to camp, the Queen and Amanda (I don't have a nickname for her because I still don't know who the hell she is) go over to where the idol is and start trying to get it off. They're not slick about it, and Frosti comes over to lend them a hand in whatever it is he thinks they're doing, and when they get the idol off, it falls and Frosti sees there's something on the back. Amanda stands on it, refusing to give it to Frosti. I don't know why this doesn't cause a scene, but the three of them go to the side and they have to tell Frosti what's going on. He accepts this, since he doesn't have any real alliances left, and the Queen gives the idol to James, and tells James that as soon as he gets back to the other camp he has to get the other idol.
The Queen also pulls femullet and the anorexic aside and tells them, because he knows they won't be sitting out the next challenge, that they HAVE to win it, because James is going to try and throw it, and it'll save him from elimination. Femullet is ready to work, she doesn't want to see her man go.
At the challenge we find out it's about eating. I know it's going to be gross, but I am so happy the anorexic is going to eat. And of course, it is the nastiest shite I've ever seen. They all eat and it's 2-1, in James' team favor. They have to win with 4. James and femullet are up, and they have to eat bird fetuses. This is the single nastiest thing I've ever seen them eat on this show. James eats about half and then pretends to slow down, to give femullet a chance to finish the dish, but, because it's almost as nasty as the lunches she serves as a lunch lady, she can't get it down. Finally, seeing his girlfriend's struggling, he just eats the rest of it, relieving her of her burden. She apologizes to him and it's a nice moment between the two of them.
So now only one more person from James' faux team has to get the food down and it's between MTVG and Frosti. They're racing to finish and it looks like Frosti may do it, but at the very last second, MTVG hits Jeff's arm to tell him he's done and as Jeff turns to him he opens his mouth, probably a split second before Frosti, and that team wins. James just hangs his head.
Oh a good note though, he still has the immunity idol. The elimination is fairly uneventful. The group still wants to vote out the other tribe members, ABW and Frosti, who came over a few days before. The anorexic doesn't like this idea though because her and Jean-Robert don't get along and the first chance he gets he's going to vote her off. I understand what she means, but going to the group giving that as her reason is just dumb. Not that I'm surprised she's dumb. The Queen does take this under advisement and pulls Amanda in and tries to argue why kicking Jean-Robert out may be a good idea. They make it sound like it might happen.
I'm torn, at first. But then during tribal council, Jeff asks Jean-Robert how he's feeling, and he answers in an articulate way. Then ABW gets all abw and asks if Jeff asked JR all that and basically puts the nail in her coffin by making it personal and looking like an a-hole to everybody. Bye bye ABW. Jean-Robert lives to fight another day. Let's hope if James ever is on the chopping block he's with Jean-Robert and they tie because Jean-Robert's gotten enough votes that anyone who ties with him from now on will be in the clear.
This season's getting good, and I hope James has a little more fight left in him. Next episode is the merge. Nice.
