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Despite voting to send Tom home last week, Candice is still on the outs with her tribe for even daring to suggest that James and his non-functional leg should be the one to leave instead. Fortunately for her, the challenge is for a reward and individual immunity, with members of each tribe competing against each other for the individual prize going into a double Tribal Council. The two immunity winners will then face off against each other to determine which tribe gets a reward of hot dogs and soda, which they get to enjoy while watching the losing tribe's Tribal Council. Candice wins it for the Heroes, which basically seals Colby's fate as the to go. Rob wins it for the Villains, because he wins at everything. Thus, he goes on to win the reward for his tribe. Back at camp, Colby figures he's a dead duck and tells the Heroes not to bother plotting and scheming and just vote him out. James points out that Colby isn't even trying anymore and couldn't even beat "a fat dude and a cripple" in the challenge. That's very true, but in the end, there are just too few people left on the Heroes to keep an injured James around. Also, he eats too many bananas. So they vote him out. Over at the Villains side, Li'l Russell is the obvious target since everyone knows he has the immunity idol. But they also know that he's in love with Parvati and could give it to her, so they all agree to split their votes – three for Parvati, three for Li'l Russell, and then Li'l Russell's alliance will cast three votes for Tyson (oh yeah – apparently Danielle is in Li'l Russell's alliance now). That way, no matter who has the immunity idol, either Parvati or Li'l Russell is going home. Except that Tyson is a freaking moron and decides to switch his vote to Parvati because he's that sure she's going . That gives her 4 votes and Li'l Russell 2. At Tribal Council, Li'l Russell gives Parvati his idol, and Tyson ends up basically voting himself out. Idiot.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!Night 14 at Camp Heroes as the loser tribe returns from Tribal Council. James condescendingly asks a forlorn Colby if he "wants a hug," now that his best buddy Tom is gone. Candice tells us that she voted for Tom because she didn't see any way to save him and didn't want to make James's alliance mad at her for what would be a meaningless throwaway vote. Unfortunately for her, her plan didn't work, as no one will talk to Candice and Amanda interviews that everyone is mad at her for trying to get rid of James over Tom and she now cannot be trusted. Not like anybody liked or trusted her before that, though. Over at the Villains' camp, Li'l Russell and Rob find themselves awake. Li'l Russell walks over to Rob and says he wants to talk to him. "I don't want to be at your throat; I don't want you to be at my throat," he says to Rob, who has to be thinking, "we were at each other's throats? When? Who is this little man?" because up until this point, I'm pretty sure that the Li'l Russell vs. Rob epic battle exists solely in Li'l Russell's head. Li'l Russell tells us that he only said this to put Rob at ease and not because he meant it or wanted camera time or anything like that. Rob tells Li'l Russell that "a lot of people" are mad at him for looking for the idol. Li'l Russell denies finding it, although he does admit to looking for it because he was so freaking obvious about it that it would be an insult to Rob's intelligence if he didn't. Li'l Russell says if he gets another clue, he'll be sure to find the idol. "If you do have it, hang onto it tight," Rob warns, not even trying to believe that Li'l Russell doesn't have the idol. Rob then interviews that Li'l Russell is "out of his league" and he wants him to be as paranoid as possible so he'll run around "like a crazy man." Because that's one thing you definitely want on your tribe -- one guy who has nothing to lose and everything to gain. That always works out really well for everyone. Rob continues that Li'l Russell is "playing with the big boys now." And is he ever! Such outstanding Survivor luminaries as Rupert, Douche, and Amanda, who couldn't get a score above 90 on an IQ test combined. "Watch your back, man," Rob tells Li'l Russell, who can't help but respond with a "same thing for you, man." With that, Rob takes his leave of Li'l Russell.
The day, the Heroes get treemail, which Rupert greets with yet another "YAAAAYY!" Since he's one of the few people left in his tribe who knows how to read, J.T. has the honor of reading it out loud, and Colby notes that it doesn't say if it's for immunity or reward. "What does it mean for James?" he wonders, although not really because Colby looks too tired and over it at this point to even waste energy by thinking about stuff like that. As James braces up his knee, Colby says he thinks there will be challenges that James won't be able to do, which is pretty much Colby's only hope to stay in the game at this point. On their way to the challenge, James grabs a banana from a bunch hanging off of the Heroes flag. Amazingly enough, THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT LATER.
The tribes arrive at the challenge, and the Villains are shocked to see that their opponents are even dumber than previously suspected and voted Tom out instead of James. "James is still here," Parvati whispers. "..." says Danielle, of course. Probst is able to coax some words out of her, and she says that she is surprised to see James still in the game. "He must have a strong alliance," she says. With that, Probst takes back the immunity idol and says that today will be both an individual and team immunity and reward challenge. Wow, it's every possible challenge all rolled into one! The challenge people are obviously even more tired and over this than Colby and are combining everything into one challenge. It's not enough that they don't have to come up with any new challenges this season -- they can't even be bothered to recycle more than one an episode or differentiate between an individual or a team challenge. Probst explains that individuals in each tribe will compete against each other in a challenge from Season 18. The winner from each tribe will win individual immunity, which he'll need since this is another stupid double-elimination episode. I hate those because they seem so unfair to a tribe like the Villains, who have to lose someone despite their challenge awesomeness. The two winners will then face off against each other, with the winner of that race getting a reward for his entire tribe of hot dogs and soda, which they will enjoy while watching the losing tribe's Tribal Council. This is such a good reward that even Sandra has nothing negative to say about it.
The Heroes can't even win a Rock-Paper-Scissors face-off, so the Villains choose them to go first. Probst says go, and while Candice uses her slender frame to slide easily through the course, J.T. and Rupert throw themselves up and over it. Probst makes sure to mention that his personal hero James is fighting to win as well. "What a trooper," Courtney says with amazing sarcasm. I love her. The lead switches hands several times, from Amanda to Candice to James, which makes Probst so very happy. "Ah-MAY-zing!" Courtney says. They're going to put her on the DVD commentary track, right? Or can they just have her and Eliza co-host the show from now on? Eliza can just sit somewhere and react to stuff that happens while Courtney mutters sarcastic comments about the contestants. It would be a ratings bonanza. Meanwhile, Colby is doing terribly. Candice is the first to get through the first section, followed closely by J.T. Even though J.T. has done this kind of challenge before in his first season, he can't catch up to Candice, and she wins. Ha ha! Now her tribe can't get rid of her no matter how much they claim to want to. J.T. interviews that now that Candice has immunity, Colby will surely be the to go. Which is fine with me and, from the looks of it, Colby as well. Everybody's happy!
Then it's the Villains' turn. Rob and Tyson take the lead early on, and Probst points out that everyone else in the tribe is close behind and working hard. Well, except for Sandra, who is still stuck at the start with seemingly no idea how this challenge works. "Sandra, making no progress at all!" Probst calls out. She really isn't. This is worse than her performance on the Slip 'N Slide. Rob makes it out of the first section first. Tyson follows soon after, but he can't make up enough ground and Rob wins individual immunity. Hooray! It wasn't Li'l Russell! Now they can vote him out! Please!
And so, Rob will face-off against Candice in a three-level version of the course. There is just no way Candice can beat Rob. I mean, come on. The fact that she was able to beat all of the Heroes means nothing, since they are all terrible at everything. So winning against them doesn't make her really good at this kind of challenge so much as it does not really bad. No doubt the Villains all have little thought bubbles over their heads with pictures of hot dogs in them right now, so sure are they of Rob's triumph over another Hero loser. Probst calls go, and it's a pretty even match for the most part. I like watching Candice's tribe cheer her on even though just last night they were all refusing to talk to her. As the challenge comes to an end, Rob makes it out of the course first as Candice begins to slow down. He wins and collapses dramatically in exhaustion as Sandra promises him the biggest hot dog tonight. Probst dismisses everyone, and as they leave, Colby interviews that he's pretty sure he's the weakest link on his tribe and thus everyone's first choice to leave tonight. "But you never know what your future holds and there's so much that's truly up to those you're playing with," he says. So, basically, he knows he sucks and is the easy choice to boot. But he's hoping someone else in his tribe does something to change that. Colby, of course, won't be doing any changing of anything, because that would require effort and work that Colby hasn't bothered to do since, like, Season 2.
The Villains return to camp victorious and very pleased with their hero, Rob. Rob says he can't be too thrilled with his win, since it was over "a girl." Better to win over a girl than lose to one, though. Parvati, meanwhile, runs straight to the nearest camera to voice her frustration over Rob winning the immunity she so desperately needs. She adds that he's in a big position of power now as Rob has a meeting with his alliance on the beach where everyone can see him, so confident is he that his five allies are completely trustworthy. Tyson wants Parvati out tonight, and Rob agrees, but says Li'l Russell has to think he's the one going tonight so he'll play the immunity idol. Douche grins dorkily, then interviews that he has loyalty to both alliances in his tribe, but will stay true to the alliance he gave his word to, no matter what. Which is why he is so terrible at this game, among other reasons. And despite Li'l Russell making him one of his stupid knights, Douche claims that his loyalty remains with Rob and Tyson.
Rob finds Li'l Russell and warns him that if he doesn't play his idol tonight, he'll be out. "Better to play with me than against me," Rob smiles, apparently believing that his individual immunity lasts for more than just one Tribal Council so acting all superior won't come back to bite him in the ass. Naturally, this makes Li'l Russell furious, and he promises us that he'll make Rob eat his words. Rob does deserve to be taken down a peg, but Li'l Russell deserves to GET OFF THE SHOW so much more, so I'm still cheering for Rob. After Rob's obvious display of idol-flushery, Li'l Russell has no problem figuring out that Rob and his allies are hoping he'll play his idol unnecessarily while they vote out Parvati. Meanwhile, Danielle is there, too, as she somehow became a member of Li'l Russell and Parvati's alliance when we weren't looking. Which is pretty much every second of this season since the editors are determined not to give her any screentime. Li'l Russell thinks he can thwart Rob and his cronies by having his alliance vote for Tyson while he gives the idol to Parvati, so that the six votes he's counting on the majority alliance to cast against her don't count and Tyson is therefore eliminated. Parvati doesn't say anything because she probably doesn't think there is any chance that Li'l Russell will actually give up his idol to her. Li'l Russell says he'd rather go home tonight than let the other alliance blindside him.
Over at the Heroes, Colby voiceovers that he didn't quite put up the A+ performance he needed in front of his tribe, and was, in fact, beaten by James. James, by the way, takes another banana for himself on the way back to camp. "Not an impressive showing for me today," Colby sighs. At camp, he makes an announcement: he's obviously the person going home tonight so they can all agree to vote him out now and spend the afternoon enjoying themselves instead of scrambling around trying to stab each other in the back. Wow, he could not want to go home more. He hates being here and he can't wait to leave. He then talks to James, saying that he hasn't had much fun in the game this time around, but he still loves it. Who cares? James says he does, too, adding that he can kick Colby's ass because he's not playing like he did ten years ago. "If you turn it on and start winning, we'd be all right," he says; "but if it's the old sleepy-ass Colby, you know, that gets beat by a fat man and a cripple ... that ain't right." You're already voting him out, James -- do you really need to crap all over him too? In an interview, he repeats what he just said about how Colby used to be strong and bad-ass and unbeatable, but now he's useless and "it's like my Superman sucks. All his muscles are gone." Meanwhile, both of Colby's legs still work, James.
So now we're left with this meeting of the minds: J.T., Amanda, Rupert, and Candice discuss who should be the to go. Amanda, of course, wants Colby to go home over her best friend James, and whines that he outperformed Colby in the last challenge. Rupert reminds us all that his toe is totally broken, saying that despite that he also did better than Colby. J.T. says that they have to go with who will be an asset to their pathetic tribe. Meanwhile, why has no one considered getting rid of Rupert? I don't understand it. Both James and Colby are better than he is. "We have to win," J.T. says, pointing out that James isn't going to be much of a help to them in challenges and doesn't do much around camp either, as we see a shot of James helping himself to more bananas as J.T. says he "eats us out of house and home." "He grabs four bananas on the way to the challenge and three more on the way back," Rupert mutters. Okay, but I only saw him eating one banana each time, and it kind of makes sense that he'd want to fuel up both before and after all that exertion. They all should be doing that, really. Maybe that's why they suck so much.
Amanda goes to James and tells him that he needs to prove to his tribe that he's worth keeping. James still thinks he can run "faster than most of them," which is true if by "them" he means a kindergarten class. "And you can't steal anymore bananas when we come into camp," Amanda adds, giving James a lesson on how to be Miss Congeniality. James has no idea what Amanda's talking about, even after she tries to spell it out for him. She then interviews that even she has to admit that James eats a lot of bananas. "You're out here with no food. It's a big deal to people," she says. The fact that this is the biggest drama in the Heroes camp right now just shows you how incredibly boring they are. "When you get a banana, you get one for everyone else. It's, like, etiquette," Amanda slowly explains to James, who still seems completely thrown by this strange concept of being polite to the people you're stuck with for days and days on end. He must be such a tool in real life. And dumb, because if you need Amanda to spell things out for you, you are in serious danger of not being a functional adult. Amanda says that everyone is looking for a reason to keep James and vote Colby out, so if he can just show them that he can move, he should stay tonight. "It's up to y'all. I'm tired of talking," he says. "UGH," Amanda groans, apparently having finally lost her patience with him.
And so, James heads for the beach to prove that he can still compete despite his injury in what he dubs "the Hero Olympics." Rupert is game, but Candice just groans an "oh God. Are you serious?" That rustling sound you just heard was her eyes rolling. And also probably Courtney's, just because. James is ready to race Rupert, who says there's no point to that because Rupert sucks at everything but no one wants to vote him out for some reason. Instead, he'll race J.T. Meanwhile, we get another shot of Colby lying in the water being totally passive. I wonder what he did to piss the editors off so much? Rupert gives a series of wild-eyed, unblinking interviews where he says that he wants James to stay in this game because he's strong and a loyal ally and all the things that Colby is not. But then, alas, J.T. and James race. J.T. takes a quick lead and then turns around and starts to run backwards just to really rub James's face in it. James admits defeat, and J.T. interviews that he's starting to realize that James will never admit that he's hurt or unable to do something. And then, the Hero Olympics are over after just one event, making that more of a "Hero Sprint" than an entire Hero Olympics. But James saves it on the way out by sarcastically offering J.T. a banana, because he obviously took Amanda's advice to heart.
Well, that was no fun whatsoever. Let's head over to the Villains! Rob calls another meeting of his alliance to order because he just realized that they need to split their votes in case Li'l Russell gives his idol to Parvati. So if three of them vote for Li'l Russell and three vote for Parvati, then it won't matter if Li'l Russell's alliance all vote for (most likely) Tyson or who plays the idol -- it'll just go to a two- or three-way tie and then the majority alliance will be free to vote out whoever doesn't play the idol. And if no one plays it, then they'll go for Parvati first. "We can't lose," Rob says. It makes sense that they'd want to get rid of Parvati first with her connections to the other tribe, but I still wish they'd vote Li'l Russell out. Tyson interviews that tonight's vote will be "straightforward" and "not rocket science," which is how we all know right away that things are going to go horribly and stupidly wrong. He says the plan is for him, Rob, and Sandra to vote for Li'l Russell, while Courtney, Douche, and Jerri vote for Parvati.
.But then, Li'l Russell magically figures out that Tyson is still feeling "uneasy" about tonight since he doesn't have immunity and thus anything could happen, so he pulls him aside for a chat. Right in front of everyone, too. What a great game-player he is! Li'l Russell tells Tyson that he's really sad to say this, but he's definitely voting for Parvati tonight because there's nothing he can do to save her and he'd rather she go than him. Tyson then considers voting for Parvati himself, since he really wants her gone and apparently doesn't trust his alliance to go for her first like they all agreed to. And this way, he'll avoid a tie-breaker revote between him and whoever didn't play the idol. Well, that seems like a smart and well-thought-out plan and isn't risking everything for the possible reward of nothing at all. Li'l Russell interviews that the best move the other alliance can make is to cast three votes each and force a tie. They'll then be free to vote out whoever they want in the re-vote. "I don't know they're that smart," Li'l Russell says.
The Villains arrive at Tribal Council. Probst asks Jerri how Survivor is different now than when she first played it in Season Two. Jerri says that the survival element is played out, and people are more interested in playing the game and keeping a loyal alliance member in it than, say, someone who can't be counted on for a vote but can be counted on to provide food and firewood. Rob says that hidden immunity idols are new, too, and thus people who should have no chance to succeed in this game based on their overly-aggressive and obvious "playing" "style" get to stick around unfairly. Well, I said that last part. But it's true. Rob stays vague about who he thinks has the idol, but Sandra speaks right up and says everyone knows that Li'l Russell has it. Li'l Russell maintains that he doesn't have it, thus causing a variety of dubious expressions to appear on Sandra's face.
Probst asks Tyson if having the immunity idol is a good thing at this point in the game. Tyson says that when there are so many people left in the tribe, it can't be very beneficial. Which is a good point, since we all saw how Tom only managed to keep himself around only another three days when he used the idol. Probst asks Parvati how she feels about Tyson, just to stir things up. Parvati says Tyson is a threat for being "charming" and having connections with J.T. on the other tribe. So, basically, he should be voted out for the same exact reasons that Parvati should be? Good points, Parvati. Probst asks Courtney how the tribe seems to feel about Rob, and Courtney says he's "polarizing," and people either like him or hate him. "He's at the center of controversy a lot of times," she shrugs. And if he wasn't so good at the challenges and saving everyone in his alliance's asses from being voted out, he'd be a target. Probst claims that there's "a fair amount of uncertainty" going into the vote (which there totally isn't) and sends them off to do it.
Danielle votes for Tyson. Jerri votes for Parvati. Rob votes for Li'l Russell with a confident "welcome to the big leagues." Parvati votes for Tyson. Douche sticks with his first alliance and votes for Parvati, telling her how charming she is because he's totally in love with her. Courtney votes for Parvati. Sandra sticks to the plan and votes for Li'l Russell, sending him off with "you need to get in the ocean and wash your ass. I can't stand you and I can't wait for you to go home. Adios." Poor Sandra. Every time she plays this game, she gets stuck on a tribe with an annoying smelly fat man. Good thing she's so classy about it! We don't see how Tyson or Li'l Russell vote. Probst returns with the urn to much musical fanfare and asks if anyone wants to play his stupid game-ruining immunity idol. And then we go to commercial, because Li'l Russell is so amazing that he can force this show to break editing convention.
After the unnecessary commercial break, Li'l Russell OF COURSE stands up and says he's going to take the target off his back. No one seems impressed or surprised. In fact, Rob and Sandra are quite pleased that the hidden idol is out of the game for now. Li'l Russell walks up to Probst with the idol, but instead of handing it to him, says "no, not this way," and stands in front of everyone to make his stupid camera-hogging speech about how Douche always says that loyalty, honor, and trust are important. Not self-preservation or brains, though, as he then gives the immunity idol to Parvati, who can't believe her good luck. She thanks him, takes the idol, and hands it to Probst, who declares that it is good. "Such a gentleman," Parvati says to Li'l Russell as she sits back down. I'll bet Li'l Russell's wife would beg to differ, though. Probst says any votes cast against Parvati will not count, and congratulates Li'l Russell on his "bold move." Hey, remember a few seasons back when a guy gave up immunity to a woman and Probst couldn't stop talking about how stupid he was? Well, this is pretty much the same thing, but since Probst is in love with Li'l Russell and knows that this outcome will be different, he thinks it's awesome. Li'l Russell gets the first two votes, and he looks like he's going to be sick while Rob looks prematurely triumphant. Oh, but then Parvati gets four votes, which means someone didn't vote the way he was supposed to. Rob does some mental math and starts to look worried. But they're probably all still thinking that the fourth Parvati vote is Danielle trying to save her own ass and not too worried. Tyson then gets two votes. With one vote left, it's either Li'l Russell going home tonight, which would be so awesome since he gave up immunity to save his crush Parvati and will then look like a dumbass, or Tyson, which will make Li'l Russell look like the Supreme Lord Being of Survivor. And guess what? The last vote is indeed for Tyson. Someone in the majority alliance is a moron. Parvati and Danielle sit there giggling and wondering what the hell just happened. Li'l Russell shakes his head and smiles, so impressed with himself. And Tyson leaves the game earlier than he really should have yet again, which is fine with me since I don't know why they brought him back for this season in the first place. While Parvati can't believe she's still in this game, Rob is really angry. Even Probst's promise of hot dogs and soda fails to cheer him up.
For his exit interview, Tyson reveals that the person who defected and didn't follow Rob's fool-proof plan was Tyson himself, as he switched his vote to Parvati because he didn't expect Li'l Russell to give her the idol. He admits that he's a "victim of [his] own stupidity," which he very much is, because by switching his vote without telling anyone, all he had to potentially gain was that Parvati would be voted out in the first round of voting and not the second. And, obviously, he had everything to lose. And now we're stuck with freaking Li'l Russell forever, who will no doubt be convinced of his amazingness by the result of his "bold move" when he really just got lucky. I honestly think he was hoping that Rob's alliance would believe that he was voting for Parvati and not bother to split their votes because they didn't think there was any way Li'l Russell would give her the idol. Instead, five out of six of them played smarter than he expected, and if Tyson hadn't lost his mind and switched his vote, it would have been Li'l Russell's downfall. So close, and yet, so far. "I'm still pretty awesome," Tyson claims. Okay, great, whatever, buh-bye.
The Heroes arrive for their Tribal Council and see that Tyson is gone. They also see the Villains' hot dog reward and salivate as the Villains dig in. Rupert stares at the hot dogs, wild-eyed and unblinking as usual, which Probst notices. Rupert says if he had won this reward, he would have already eaten several hot dogs. Yes, well, eating several hot dogs is why you didn't win that reward in the first place, isn't it, Rupert? Courtney, meanwhile, makes a big deal out of enjoying her hot dog, because she is one of the greatest things to ever happen to this show. Rupert says that the Villains tribe is both "literally and physically" full, by which he means that the Villains are both full with nearly their entire tribe still left in the game and their stomachs are also full with hot dogs. As opposed to Rupert, who is full of self-importance and shit. Amanda, meanwhile, puts on her most pathetic pouty face yet. Rupert says that the line between the Heroes and the Villains is very blurry right now. I'm sure he still thinks he's on the Heroes side.
Probst asks James how much his tribe loved him after his strong performance in the challenge today, saying that surely there is no question that he is fit enough to continue in the game. James says his tribe still didn't know if he should stay in the game, so he challenged J.T. to a race, which Probst thinks is amazing for some reason. It was boring when it happened, and it's even more boring to hear about after the fact now. James admits that he "sucked" in the race. Probst asks Sadmanda if the fact that James lost to J.T. is that big of deal, since most people would lose to J.T. in a race. Sadmanda just says that they have to consider it because there may well be running challenges in the future. Probst points out to Colby that no one likes him in the tribe and he's been about to go home every single Tribal Council. He asks if it's even possible for Colby to scramble to stay in the game at this point. Colby says he decided that it wasn't, and so just talked to James about who wants to be here and who can help the Heroes out more by continuing. Colby says that James definitely wants to be here, but James can't say the same for Colby. Instead, he can publicly embarrass him even more than Colby has embarrassed himself, saying that when he was "growing up," Colby was "one of the baddest Survivors ever." "I'm not that old," Colby laughs, because come on now: James is 32 and Colby is 35. And Colby still has a better hairline. James lists all of Colby's failures, such as losing to Douche, Rupert, and post-injury James himself. He repeats his line about "being beaten by a fat dude and a cripple," like, if you're going to say the same thing over and over again, you could at least make it polite. He then repeats his other line about Colby being a disappointing Superman and says if Colby doesn't want to be here, James certainly does. Oh, and then he repeats his third talking point about banana etiquette, saying it's great for other people to be polite and all, but in his "world," if you're hungry, you get your own food and don't bother thinking about or respecting the feelings of others. And then you get voted Fan Favorite anyway because Probst is in love with you. Danielle finds this absolutely hilarious, while Courtney just sits there, unamused. I trust her sense of humor more than Danielle's.
Probst asks Colby how it feels to hear that James thinks of him as Superman wearing a fat suit. If I were Colby, I'd say "confused, because that kind of doesn't make sense. Did he mean 'Superman wearing a kryptonite suit perhaps?'" But no, Colby just says that it's even worse to be Superman in a fat suit, and he acknowledges that he hasn't done as well as he hoped thus far in the game. With that, they vote. But first, Probst tells the Villains to put their food down (which makes James laugh at them like he's the winner here when they're the ones who got hot dogs), pick their torches up, and go. The Heroes whine once more about all the delicious food they don't get to eat, and then they vote. Colby votes for James, and James votes for Colby. And surely, everyone else who voted to keep James over Tom will vote Colby out, because if they thought he was fitter than Tom yesterday then there's no reason why their opinions would change, right? WRONG! They all vote for James. Which means they've now lost Tom and James but kept Colby and Rupert in the game. Great move, guys. Amanda hugs James and says she loves him as the rest of his tribe looks very sad. Especially Colby, who was really looking forward to leaving tonight. "I'm gonna be good and drunk in the five minutes," James tells his former tribe as his knee buckles because this show is making him climb down like forty feet worth of stairs. Nice exit, James. Please don't bring your fragile body back for a fourth season.
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