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The Villains win a challenge this week! Unfortunately for them, it's just the reward challenge. They predictably lose the immunity challenge. With Douche gone, the Heroes decide that there simply must be an all-female alliance at work on the Villains tribe and it's lead by Parvati, so J.T. decides that it would be a super awesome move to give Li'l Russell his immunity idol. It even comes with a long note where J.T. tells Li'l Russell what an immunity idol is and how it should be played and who it should be used to take out (Parvati). Instead, Li'l Russell scampers over to Parvati to show her his ridiculous gift, and they both make fun of J.T.'s love note. So now Li'l Russell has an idol and Parvati, Danielle, and Jerri know it, whereas Parvati has an idol of her own (there happened to be a clue to one hidden in her napkin at the reward challenge that she was able to keep under wraps thanks to Danielle's giant fake boobs serving as a good hiding spot) that only Danielle knows about, because Parvati knows how to play this game better than almost anyone. No one needs to use an idol at Tribal Council, as the obvious choice is between Courtney and Sandra, a fate both women roll over and accept. In the end, Courtney has the great misfortune of being voted out of her tribe and into some one-on-one time with Douche in the jury.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!Hey! Probst actually gave Sandra credit for a "brilliant move" against Li'l Russell in the previouslys! I'm shocked. Anyway, the Villains return to camp on Night 21, and Sandra interviews that she engineered Douche's downfall and he's probably wondering what went wrong right now. Yeah, and eating a cheeseburger, so I think we'll call it even. Jerri also has no idea what happened and is incredibly paranoid, asking Danielle if she's to go. Danielle promises that she isn't and that she will never write her name down. We'll see. Jerri says that with her "one true ally", Douche, gone, she has no choice but to stick with Li'l Russell, Danielle, and Parvati. Who just voted her one true ally out, so, nice logic there, Jerri. Jerri then talks to Li'l Russell, who tries to pretend he had no idea Douche was going home, then admits that he "had a feeling" but didn't vote for him. He tells Jerri that she won't be the to go, then interviews that as the only man left in his tribe, he's in a great position. He promises us that Sandra and Courtney will be the to go. And we all know how much his promises are worth.
The morning, the Villains wake up to a long-ass treemail. It's like three pages long! And it doesn't rhyme like usual. I wonder if J.T. wrote it? As we'll see later in the episode (SPOILER ALERT!) he loves writing long letters. Danielle summarizes that it's a reward challenge from Season 18 (of course) where tribe members will be competing in a painful endurance challenge against one member of the other tribe. They have to rank their five competing tribe members from strongest to weakest, and they'll be matched up against the contestants on the Heroes' list. Courtney's input consists of recalling when Douche competed in this challenge back on his first season and how he screamed and cried when he lost it. She follows that up with an awesome impression of him. Li'l Russell steps up and says he's the "strongest" person on the tribe but he's also the heaviest, which is a disadvantage for this particular type of challenge. Jerri suggests that he sit out and all five women play instead. "We have little feet. We're lighter," she says. Sandra agrees, saying that five women have the advantage over the Heroes in this endurance challenge. See? She's stepping up just like Douche wanted her to before she got him voted out. Now they have to figure out how to rank each other. Jerri says they should keep in mind how the Heroes will rank themselves, most likely sticking the three guys at the top because their huge egos can't handle anything else.
Sure enough: "I'll be able to do great at this," Rupert says predictably at the Heroes camp while Amanda and Candice look on, unamused. J.T., the only person left in the game who has done this challenge before, gently says he doesn't think so, since the bigger you are, the harder it is. J.T. is happy to take the weakest spot if Rupert is "too proud" to take it with his giant oaf feet, broken toe, and fatness. Rupert laughs with his tongue sticking out, which I only thought people did in "For Better or For Worse" comics. He then interviews that he believes he's the strongest person left in the entire game, but he'll "let" his tribe put him down as the weakest if that's what they want. J.T. says he thinks the women will be the strongest at this challenge. The women say nothing. Rupert contributes to the conversation by saying he's hoping to see all five of them still standing when they win.
The tribes arrive. The Heroes men are upset to see that Douche is gone, and Probst asks Rupert how he feels about this because he knows that Rupert can't keep his mouth shut. Indeed, Rupert says the women's alliance on the Villains tribe looks "very strong" and "it's kinda obvious." J.T. agrees, saying he was sure it would be Douche or Li'l Russell leaving last night. God, they are dumb. Even if there was a women's alliance on the Villains tribe, it's stupid to declare what you think is going on at the other tribe because then they can plan their game accordingly, which is exactly what they've been doing and probably part of the reason why Li'l Russell wanted Douche out. So basically, their fear of a women's alliance contributed to another man leaving the game. Probst explains the challenge: each contestant will face off against a contestant on the other tribe according to how they ranked themselves. The first to fall loses, and the tribe of the contestant left standing wins a point. First tribe to get three points wins. "It's ours for the taking," J.T. mutters. Oh, but then Probst tells them the reward: dinner from Sizzler [being subbed here for some other extremely blatant and annoying product placement], which apparently has a branch in freaking Samoa. That makes me very sad, but it makes the contestants very happy, and Probst says they'll be getting steak, shrimp, and a loaded baked potato. "You will not be able to eat it all," Probst says. Dude, they can never eat all of the rewards. How is this different? With that, Probst tells Li'l Russell to sit out and we see how the tribes ranked each other: 1. Danielle vs. Candice, 2. Courtney vs. Amanda, 3. Parvati vs. J.T, 4. Jerri vs. Colby, and 5. Sandra vs. Rupert. Ooooooh, it's the battle of the seasons in the 2, 4, and 5 spots! This isn't lost on Jerri, who peers around the corner to give Colby a sweet "hi, Colby." "Hi, Jerri," he sighs. Rupert tells Sandra he loves her. Sandra rolls her eyes.
With that, we begin. The contestants set themselves up on the widest foothold and Probst starts the ten-minute countdown. He immediately sets about saying that he doesn't think the Heroes truly divided their tribe according to who is the strongest, since J.T. is just #3 and Probst is in love with him. Also, he did win this challenge the first time around, but that was against people like Douche and Taj, so that doesn't say very much. Probst then announces that today is Amanda's 100th day in this game. She is the first person to reach that milestone. Even Sandra is impressed with Amanda's accomplishment, throwing her a "you go girl."
Ten minutes pass. No one falls, and Probst tells them to move down to the narrowest foothold. They all do so without incident. Sandra's feeling confident enough to tell Probst how much she loves Sizzler, perhaps seeing that she can guarantee herself some camera time by sucking up to the sponsor. to her, Rupert looks clearly annoyed that he didn't think of that first. Sandra goes on to say that she and her husband love Sizzler so much that they went there twice in the week before he was shipped out of Afghanistan. Way to lay it on thick, Sandra. No way will they edit that out now! Probst is delighted, saying that if Sandra wins the reward she'll get food and "some emotional attachment." We'll see. The only emotions Sandra displays on national television are disdain and anger. J.T. decides to whisper sweet nothings in Li'l Russell's direction, mouthing "hang in there" to him like an inspirational cat poster. Li'l Russell makes a series of pathetic sad "help me!" faces, then interviews that as long as J.T. and the Heroes think he's on the outs with his tribe, he'll have a great in with them come the merge. He says his "Russell seed" is responsible for this, but I think it's more like J.T. and Rupert are dumbasses who are so terrified of the idea of a women's alliance removing them from the game that they screwed themselves over more than a women's alliance ever could have.
Twenty minutes in, the contestants move down to the final teeny tiny foothold. Probst says it's about a quarter-inch wide, which is basically enough room for Amanda's little toe. Colby struggles, as his feet seem to be too big to get any support from the toehold. He soon slips and is out of the challenge. Ha ha ha! Not only is he the first to go, but he also just lost to Jerri. "Hells yeah!" Sandra cheers. This is the most cheerful we've ever seen her. Sandra must love Sizzler. And now Rupert and his supposedly broken toe start to struggle. Sandra, meanwhile, is cool as a cucumber. "You popped out some babies. This ain't nothing," Jerri cheers her on. "Two of 'em. Didn't even get an aspirin!" Sandra says. Probst can't help but laugh at Sassy Sandra. Rupert, on the other hand, is not laughing. He's sweating out of his beard, which is freaking gross. Probst accuses him of "slobbering," which is probably accurate. And then he's out and the Villains get their second point. Sandra rubs it in by electing to stay up for a minute or so longer, just because she can. And then, Amanda starts to shake. Li'l Russell points that out to Courtney, who doesn't seem to be having any trouble whatsoever on her side. Finally, Amanda slips and it's game over. Ha ha ha! Those weak women Probst thought shouldn't be on the strong side of the list totally kicked the Heroes' butts! Jerri bursts into happy steak-anticipating tears. She and Parvati walk away, arm in arm, as Li'l Russell heads over to the Heroes to shake their hands and get words of encouragement from the men. Probst then sends the Heroes away as Sandra totally mocks them by fake crying. If it were anyone else doing that, I'd say she was being a douchebag, but I love Sandra so it's awesome.
The Villains enjoy their reward, toasting their victory with giant margaritas. Sandra drinks hers, like, immediately and asks for another. Sandra, you lush! Don't get full on margaritas, now! Your awesomeness requires protein. She interviews that she feels a little guilty that she's enjoying her husband's favorite food while he's in Afghanistan, which apparently doesn't have a Sizzler. How does Samoa have a Sizzler and not Afghanistan? Weird. The Villains chow down on salads. Parvati is thrilled to actually have a napkin to go along with her meal, and unfolds it. A small scroll rolls out. Parvati quickly hides it in her lap with no one else the wiser. She says she knew immediately that it was a clue to the immunity idol and was "crazy lucky" to be seated where it was hidden in the napkin. Since when did they hide stuff in places where only one person would be most likely to find it? Don't they usually stick the clue somewhere where everyone has an equal chance, like in the tribe's toolbox or a plate in the middle of the table?
Jerri states the obvious: the Heroes think there's an all-girl alliance on the Villains. Everyone laughs at this because it's not true, and Courtney entertains us all with her impression of Rupert, which is pretty dead-on. Parvati's impression of Rupert is also good, and she adds "I'd stake me pirate's life on it." "Yarrrggh!" Courtney says. Jerri, looking much more lifelike than she has in days now that she's had some food, interviews that there is no all-girl alliance and Li'l Russell is "running the show," so the Heroes have it completely wrong. "And it's awesome," she giggles. Um, maybe it is for Li'l Russell. I don't know how it's awesome for you, as a woman, to have an entire tribe and most likely rival alliance believing you're part of an evil all-female alliance.
Steak, potatoes, and shrimp arrive. The Villains chow down except for Parvati, who says she's full and has to go to the bathroom. She excuses herself from the table. Danielle goes with her. Parvati could not be more obviously hiding something as she walks away from the table area, but I guess her tribemates are too consumed with their steaks to notice, even though Danielle and Parvati only get like two feet away from the table before Parvati whips out her scroll and shows it to Danielle. She unrolls it, and they read that there's another idol hidden in camp. Parvati interviews that she told Danielle about the clue in order to make her more loyal to Parvati than anyone else in the game. Smart. She asks if Danielle has a pocket to hide the clue in. "Put it in my boobs," Danielle says. Well, what do you know? They do come in useful after all. The scroll fits nicely in Danielle's boobs. You could stick a library in there and no one would notice. Parvati says that she and Danielle will tell Li'l Russell about the clue on a "need-to-know basis." And right now, he doesn't need to know.
Back at the Heroes camp, J.T. tries to make everyone feel better by saying he doesn't care about the steak reward since he's eaten "at least a thousand steaks" in his life already. And it shows. Candice and Colby, meanwhile, just look at him like "stop talking about steaks, please." J.T. then interviews that he's actually upset to miss out on the steak reward because as a cattle rancher, that's all he eats. All he drinks, I'm guessing, is beer. He tells his tribe that he has a "plan" for when they win the immunity challenge that will "guarantee" that they make it into the finals. He's betting there's a merge coming up after the immunity challenge, and with Li'l Russell clearly on the outs of his tribe against that very strong women's alliance, he'll swing over to their side no problem after the merge -- provided that he isn't voted out first. To ensure that Li'l Russell won't be voted out, J.T. suggests giving him his immunity idol if the Villains lose. Li'l Russell can use it to get rid of Parvati, who J.T. has decided is the leader of the women's alliance based on absolutely nothing. Amanda's only question is how will J.T. get the idol to Li'l Russell. My question would be something like "are you insane?" or perhaps I might be asking myself why J.T. is so terrified of a women's alliance and if perhaps I might fare better swinging over to them after the merge, since J.T. is slimy and clearly has trust issues when it comes to women. Amanda just nods, then interviews that J.T. is "crazy" to give the idol to Li'l Russell when he really doesn't know what's going on in his tribe. "He could be in with the girls for all we know. Like, we don't know," she says. Finally, Amanda's cluelessness is coming in handy! She meets with Candice in the woods. Candice is slightly more receptive to J.T.'s idea, pointing out that it'll take the idol out of his hands, which is good. She and Amanda then proceed to stare at each other and occasionally raise their eyebrows.
The day, Li'l Russell sits on the beach and does nothing. And yet, he gets camera time. Meanwhile, we haven't had one interview with Courtney yet this episode. It's disgusting. Parvati and Danielle read the clue, which tells them to cross a bridge and look for "dancing trees." They set off, with Parvati carrying a huge shovel, like, way to make so that if anyone were to see you out there you have no way to explain yourself other than telling the truth. I mean, you're holding a shovel. It's pretty obvious that you're looking for the idol. Danielle and Parvati cross the bridge and spot two intertwined trees immediately. They dig around trees' roots. Meanwhile, Li'l Russell's Idol Sense tells him that something is wrong with an immunity idol somewhere, so he scampers around the woods purposefully looking for anything amiss. Suddenly, Parvati finds the idol and laughs about how quickly she was able to locate it. She celebrates for a few seconds, then hands it off to Danielle so she can cover up the area so no one will know that anything was disturbed. Including Li'l Russell, who Parvati says she's planning on keeping in the dark about this for now. He's still wandering around the woods, but not in time to catch Parvati and Danielle, who walk away from the area. "Fistbump," Parvati requests. They do, and that is kind of an awesome callback to last week's episode. I love Parvati as much as I can while she is in an alliance with Li'l Russell. "He is not the king of Survivor," Parvati says of Li'l Russell; "I am the queen." And it's true too, since she won the game once and he didn't. And then he cried about it on live television.
Over at the Heroes camp, J.T. is actually going through with his plan and writing Li'l Russell a note. Like, a long one. As he writes, we hear his voice reading the letter like he's writing to his love who went off to war or something. Oh my god, and he wrote it in cursive. So fancy! He tells Li'l Russell that he feels like he can trust him even though they've never actually spoken to each other (and Li'l Russell is on the Villains tribe and J.T. never saw his original season), but apparently J.T. doesn't trust that Li'l Russell is not a moron, so he carefully explains what this idol is and how Li'l Russell should use it and who to get rid of on the Villains tribe (Parvati, of course). He reads it to his tribe, even the part where he tells Li'l Russell that they will ally with him "til the girls are done with," like, I wonder how Amanda and Candice feel hearing that. Oh, what am I even saying? They probably didn't even notice. Colby, Rupert, and J.T. pat themselves on the back for this historical play.
Immunity challenge! I have no idea which season this challenge is recycled from, but there's an obstacle course in the water with a rope threaded through it. Five bags of puzzle pieces are attached to the rope, and each contestant must guide one bag through the obstacle course and onto a mat on the beach. Once all five contestants have their bags, they can work on assembling a fairly easy puzzle of a giant Tiki statue. I think this is from the Vanuatu season? The Villains sit Sandra out, and we begin. Jerri and Rupert go first for their tribes, and Jerri has a slight lead throughout the first part of the obstacle course that she soon loses, no doubt weighed down by all that steak. Rupert makes it back to the mat first, though Jerri doesn't seem to be too far behind him. J.T. and Danielle are , and we have to listen to Probst talk about how Jerri "lost" time for her tribe.
By the time J.T. hits the mat, the Heroes' lead over the Villains looks pretty insurmountable. Amanda jumps in , then Parvati for the Villains, who are about half a lap behind at this point. She's coming towards the mat as Candice jumps in for the Heroes. Courtney is the to go, so there goes any hope the Villains had of winning this thing. Also, it leaves Colby and Li'l Russell alone on the platforms, which gives Colby the chance to talk to Li'l Russell. "You going home tonight?" he asks Li'l Russell, who nods sadly. "When the challenge is over you go to J.T. He's gonna give you something. Use it tonight. Protect yourself. Get rid of one of them. You can come on board with us." I love how the Heroes have now painstakingly explained to Li'l Russell how the immunity idol works twice, like they think everyone playing this game is as stupid as they are. Li'l Russell tries not to giggle as he asks Colby who he should use the idol to get out. "Parvati," Colby says. "She's running the show," Li'l Russell says; "I wish I could shake your hand." "We'll have plenty of time for that,' Colby says. With that, Candice makes it to the mat and Colby dives in the water, leaving Li'l Russell standing on the platform shaking his head in amazement at just how very far the stupidity and shortsightedness of others has gotten him in this game.
A thunderstorm starts up, but Li'l Russell is not hit by lightning. Pity, although at this point if he was struck by lightning, it probably wouldn't hurt him at all and would leave him with seven immunity idols, just because. Colby has a big lead on Li'l Russell, who doesn't slack in the challenge even though I suppose he could have at this point. You can tell he's trying his hardest because his hat fell off and he didn't waste time trying to put it back on to cover up his bald head that he's so self-conscious about. Even so, he doesn't make it to the mat by the time the Heroes solve the (really easy) puzzle and win immunity. The tribes shake hands with each other, and Li'l Russell makes sure to scamper up to J.T., who takes a small package out of his shoe and hands it to him. Li'l Russell stuffs it in his pocket and hugs J.T., then walks back to his tribe's mat with quite the "I can't believe what just fell in my lap" look on his face. Probst hands the immunity idol to the Heroes and sends everyone away before J.T. can write a book about how to use it and give it to J.T. to use against Parvati. On the way out, Li'l Russell interviews that he no longer has to look for idols because "people are actually givin' me idols. You don't hand the enemy the idol, especially when his name is Russell Hantz. You don't do that. That's a no-no." And as much as I hate Li'l Russell, he's pretty much spot-on there.
The Heroes return to camp, where J.T. is hilariously proud of himself for not only winning the challenge, but also getting the idol to Li'l Russell. Oh, J.T. I bet he thought that move would make him look like an awesome master of strategy and an innovative player, but instead, he looks like a dumbass. I must admit, it's pretty fun to watch. He asks Amanda if he made "Survivor history" with the move. "Think so!" she says. She's right. Probably not the kind of history J.T. wanted to make, but history nonetheless. "HAHAHA!" Rupert says, then interviews that Li'l Russell is probably "beaming with excitement" and "having trouble containing himself right now."
The Heroes are right about that one, as we zip over to the Villains Camp and find Li'l Russell and Parvati on the beach together reading J.T.'s note. Parvati laughs her ass off as she reads it out loud. She's pretty good at that, actually. She could have a career reading books on tape. But then the moment is ruined with an interview with Li'l Russell who says that the Heroes were stupid to give "the idol king" an idol. They don't know you're the idol king, Li'l Russell. Unlike you, they haven't had the advantage of watching your season. "I think J.T. just handed me one million dollars," Li'l Russell says. Second place, perhaps. But I don't think you'll be able to get that top prize, Li'l Russell, since you didn't have the advantage of watching your season before either. Parvati continues to read the letter, getting to the part where J.T. tells Li'l Russell to use the idol to get rid of her. "Why is everyone throwing me under the bus? They don't even know what's going on over here!" But apparently J.T. has decided that it's a repeat of Parvati's last season and refuses to see it any other way. He's so terrified of a women's alliance that he's trying to get one of the other winners voted out of the game, which just makes it less likely that he'll be able to win again. "Hopefully I can trust you and you're not truly a Villain," Parvati reads. "Yes I am," Li'l Russell says. So that means that the thought did cross J.T.'s mind that Li'l Russell might not be entirely trustworthy what with him making a big enough impression in his season to be placed on the Villains tribe before his season even aired. "We can do this together! See you soon! BFF forever! XOXO! J.T." Parvati reads. She added some parts, but not really. She and Li'l Russell very much enjoy the postscript telling Li'l Russell to "destroy this right when you finish reading." They do not destroy it, of course, since it should be kept for the rest of time. Parvati is still laughing at J.T. in an interview, wondering why someone would give a Villain his "heart." "J.T. gave Russell his heart today. And Russell is just gonna stab it a million times over and hand it to me. And I'm gonna eat it!" she says, channeling Season 16's Natalie at the end. "What is wrong with him? I cannot believe that kid won," Parvati concludes.
In the woods, Sandra and Courtney do absolutely no scheming whatsoever. BOOO. Instead, they talk about how screwed they are now and how they probably deserve this after the way they dominated their seasons. Fistbump! "This is what we get for being bitches!" Sandra says. It is such a terrible shame that one of them is going home tonight because the Survivor producers gave the idol clue to Parvati instead of them. Sandra interviews that "it's inevitable" that either she or Courtney is going home tonight, and she's sad about this because she and Courtney go together like rice and beans. Why won't they try to do something to keep them both in the game? Like target Jerri? Sigh.
Parvati, Danielle, and Li'l Russell have brief chat and decide to get rid of Courtney. Li'l Russell says he doesn't trust Courtney or Sandra, but thinks Courtney is more likely to flip. Um, they're both likely to flip. Courtney talks to Parvati, who says she'd rather keep her in the game than Sandra. Courtney says that in her defense with her in the tribe, they're more likely to get Amanda to swing over to their side come the merge. But she won't say anything negative about Sandra because she doesn't want to "throw [her] under the bus." She says she's going to vote for Jerri tonight and "whatever happens, happens." Parvati thinks for a second, then says that if Courtney promises that she'll stick with her after the merge, she'll try to get her alliance to vote for Sandra tonight. That's smart because Parvati is much more likely to gain an ally in Courtney than Sandra, and she knows it. She suggests saving Courtney over Sandra to Li'l Russell, Danielle, and Jerri at their alliance beach meeting, where Li'l Russell whips out his idol. He just can't wait to show it to everyone, huh? Whereas Parvati only told one other person about hers, and that was for strategic reasons. And that is why Parvati won this game and Li'l Russell did not. Before Danielle can do something stupid like say "oh, Parvati gave you her idol?" Parvati says "THEY GAVE HIM THEIR IDOL!" Danielle and Jerri laugh long and hard at the Heroes' stupidity, then Parvati uses that to segue into her suggestion to keep Courtney, saying she thinks they can trust her more than Sandra. Li'l Russell disagrees, but isn't able to make his argument for Courtney without Danielle talking over him and neither one of them will shut up. Jerri speaks up when they're finished, saying she agrees that Courtney is more likely to flip to the Heroes. Danielle says Sandra would be harder to beat if she made it to the end than Courtney. Jerri has no idea what's going on but will clearly vote however she's told.
The Villains arrive at Tribal Council. In walks Douche the jury, and he is wearing a freaking kimono. And a feather. Ah, he's fun. Probst gets started right away, asking Sandra how important trust is in tonight's decision. Sandra says it isn't for her because she knows it's either her or Courtney going tonight. Courtney agrees. Probst asks Li'l Russell if that has anything to do with how much Sandra and Courtney sit out of challenges, because he is freaking determined to prove to us that strong people rule Survivor, even though they usually don't. Li'l Russell says his decision has nothing to do with challenges and everything to do with trust. Probst asks Danielle what makes Sandra untrustworthy. Danielle honestly says "she's not in my alliance," then adds something about good Sandra is at "manipulating people" that takes both Sandra and Probst by surprise. They ask her for an example and Danielle is vague and unhelpful as usual. Finally: "she's just not been on my side." Probst says that's more about Sandra "not doing what you want her to do" than it is Sandra not being trustworthy. Actually, it turns out that it's more about Danielle having hurt feelings from the early days of the game when she felt like Sandra and Rob were mean to her and forced her to join Li'l Russell's alliance. "That didn't have nothing to do with Sandra," Sandra says. Well, it did, but Danielle lacks the ability to explain herself or make a point. Sandra turns it all around on Danielle, saying that she was the same way with Parvati as she's accusing Sandra of being with Rob. Danielle says she is her "own person" and doesn't take orders from Parvati. Sandra says she is also her own person and doensn't take orders from Rob. "It sure didn't look like it," Danielle says, unable to freaking drop it and admit defeat to Sandra.
Probst asks Parvarti if Sandra is correct -- "are you the boss?" "Of course," Parvati shrugs, saying that seems to be what the Heroes think, that she's running a women's alliance on the Villains tribe. Ooooh, she almost blew it there, as we know that she only knows that because of J.T.'s note, which I don't know anyone else knows about besides Li'l Russell. Probst then asks Parvati why Courtney isn't trustworthy. Parvati says her decision has nothing to do with that and everything to do with alliances. Sandra and Courtney happened to choose the wrong one. Li'l Russell says something about how his amazing trust bond with Parvati and Danielle kept them in this game against all odds. Way to exclude Jerri there, moron. Now she'll be ready to flip over to the Heroes' side with Sandra after the merge. Courtney agrees, saying she can't hold anything against Li'l Russell, Parvati, and Danielle for sticking true to their alliance just like she stuck true to hers with Rob, even after knowing that he was probably on his way out. She hastens to point out that Jerri and Douche were not quite as loyal, which lead to their downfall. Jerri gets all defensive, saying she "never asked to be a part of that group," by which I think she means Rob's alliance. Courtney points out that she voted with them against Parvati. Jerri maintains that that was not because of any allegiance. "All right, well, you voted against the alliance you're part of now," Courtney says; "you flipped just in time to save your butt, so, awesome for you. I didn't flip enough, I guess, and so that's why me and Sandra are in trouble." Ha ha! Jerri just got told. All she can do is sit around looking wild-eyed and hungry, and Probst decides this is a good time to start the vote.
We don't see how anyone votes. It's too much to hope for that they surprise vote Jerri out, right? Actually, the first vote is quite a surprise, as it's for "Jerry," who hasn't been on this show since he got a stomachache in Season 18. Then there's a vote for Courtney ... and another vote for Courtney ... and then two more. Bummer. I'll miss her, but at least we'll get to see her on the jury. I hope she remains awesome there. She leaves her tribe with "good luck bitches." Probst leaves us with an announcement that Parvati is a few hours away from hitting her hundredth day in this game, so she can join Amanda in the club of people who really shouldn't have gotten a third season on this show because we've seen enough of them already.
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