Survivor Heroes and Villains May 6/10

It's night 30 at the merged Survivor camp, and Candace has returned to camp to find that she is at odds with both the Heroes and the Villains. Flipping to get rid of Amanda has cost her the trust and respect of her fellow Heroes, and made her appear untrustworthy to the villains. Rupert describes her as "pitiful". Rupert is also on a tirade against Russell, saying he is a deceitful person (no shit Sherlock). Rupert feels it is necessary to say something to Russell, to expose his deceits to his villainous tribe mates. Sure enough, while sitting around the fire the next day, Rupert tells Russell he is "disgusting" for swearing on his kid's life for the sake of a game. Russell tells Rupert he is a dumb-ass and privately tells us that Rupert should get his tie-dye ready cause he is going home.

What the Survivors don't know, but that Dimples has revealed privately to me and a few million other of his favourite* viewers, is that there will be two immunity challenges and two back-to-back tribal councils. For this first challenge, Survivors must stand barefoot on a thin wooden board. Their hand is suspended over their head and is attached by a chain to a pail of coloured* goo. When the Survivor is unable to hold their arm over their head, the pail of goo spills all over them and eliminates them from the challenge. To make things more interesting, Dimples intends to tempt the competitors periodically with sumptuous food items. True to his word Dimples, in the first minute of the challenge, brings out a covered tray. Sandra tells Dimples she wants it. Dimples tells her she doesn't even know what it is. Sandra says she doesn't care. Russell says he wants it too. And so Sandra and Russell, after a grueling one minute with their arm over their head, concede the challenge and receive a plate of cookies and a glass of milk to share. Twenty minutes later, Colby caves for a plate of doughnuts and an iced coffee. Next to go are Danielle, Candace and Jerri who succumb to PB&J sandwiches, chips and a bowl of candy. We are now left with Rupert and Pavarti. One hour and ten minutes into the challenge Rupert begins to twitch and sway. With the villains cheering for his downfall, Rupert slips and pulls the pail of goo onto his head. Rupert now assumes he is doomed. He has called out Russell and his number is up. Before they leave though, Dimples reads them the clue for the location of yet another hidden idol hidden at camp. This one is under a "burning bush" where two paths meet. Back at camp there is a mad scramble to find the idol. Sandra locates the idol and hides it in a new location. Rupert doesn't find the idol but wants everyone to think he has (??) so he puts a rock in his pocket. The ruse works. Russell sees the bulge in Rupert's pocket and, being the reigning idol king, knows exactly what it is (or so he thinks). Back at camp there is a lot of chit chat about Rupert having the idol and the necessity to flush it out. The plan is to split the votes between Rupert and either Candace of Colby. Russell wants the other votes to go to Colby. Meanwhile, Colby and Rupert plot to ensure that it is Candace who heads over to the jury and not Colby. At Tribal Council Rupert reaches for his pocket as if he is going to play the idol but of course doesn't. When Dimples tallies the votes, Rupert receives 3 and Candace receives 5. So off goes Candace to the jury, taking our own Marie with her.

Back at camp, Russell is miffed that the votes were not split between Rupert and Colby as he had planned. According to Russell, he and Parvati are equally in control of the game and that is unacceptable (EGG not being a big proponent of equal rights).

Day 32 brings Immunity Challenge #2. This one is comprised of three stages. In stage one, Survivors must dig up a wooden peg and move it through a table maze, then use the peg to break a tile. The first five to complete this challenge move on to stage two. Rupert, Sandra, Russell, Pavarti and Danielle all move on to stage 2 which involves using four pegs to form hand/foot holds to climb to the top of a wall. The first three to complete this stage move on...Russell, Rupert and Pavarti. The final stage involves completing a slide puzzle of the Survivor logo. Rupert puts up the fight of his life, but Russell wins the challenge and immunity.

Back at camp, Parvati wants Rupert to go home. She sees a brave new world free of Heroes. Parvati is also reasonably certain that Rupert does not have the immunity idol. On his side of the campfire, Russell is getting nervous about Pavarti and Danielle. He thinks they are a closer team than he and Parvati and decides they should be split up. With typical Russell subtlety he tells Parvati that Danielle is going to vote for her, and he tells Danielle that Parvati is going to vote for her. Russell thinks that neither will talk to the other, especially after he forbids Parvati to talk to Danielle (?). Russell, these are women for god's sake. Talking is what they do! And of course they do talk. But Russell is unfazed. He believes that if he gets rid of Danielle, Pavarti will be scared and will stick to him like glue and will vote however he tells her. At Tribal Council, an emotional Danielle tells everyone how Russell double crossed them both. Russell casts a meaningful glance at Jerri and mouths "Danielle" to her. Jerri, who had insisted she was voting for Rupert, flips. When the votes are counted Rupert gets three and Danielle gets the remaining 4 votes. And so Danielle joins the jury, accompanied by Lorelee from our pool. No one picked Danielle as the ultimate winner.

We are nearing the end and only the following people are left in the running for final survivor:

Sandra (Cheryl)
Rupert (Jack)
Russell (Grace)
Colby (Donna)
Pavarti (Georgia)
Jerri (Jan)

Only Roberta and Jack (who voted for Colby) and Donna (who voted for Russell) are still in the running for the Survivor buff (the person who correctly picks the winner or the one closest to the winner). Good luck everone! Until next week...

Return, Revenge, Redemption
Pat (aka Courtney I clean up pretty good Yates)

*favorites and colored for our American followers