Survivor South Pacific - Nov 9/11

It is night 21. Upolu has returned to camp with their new buddy Cochran who has double agented himself right into their laps. But while Cochran may be peanut butter to Upolu's jam, he isn't popular with the former Savaii mambers. Ozzie says he wants to speak to Cochran alone but Brandon rushes over to make sure Cochran isn't going to come to some harm. Ozzie assures Brandon that they are not Jungle Mafia and that he does not intend to hurt Cochran. Ozzie does tell Cochran that he is responsible for that sizeable stab wound in his back. But Ozzie is kind compared to the other former Savaii members. Jim tells Ozzie he never F*^%#$g wants to talk to him again and Whitney tells Cochran that she is disgusted by him. Cochran plays it pretty cool once he realizes no one is going to listen to his explanations anyway. He tells us that, while he doesn't like having his former tribe mates mad at him, he is also proud of himself for standing up to the people who said he was weak and indecisive. And you know what? Your humble scribe is kind of proud of him too! The next day Coach tells us if he can be confident but not arrogant, humble but not weak, he can go all the way. The once mighty Ozzie, on the other hand, says his strategy is gone and there is nothing he can do but continue to hang on. Everyone heads off to the immunity challenge. This is sort of like a game of horseshoes, except with coconuts instead of horseshoes and holes instead of metal posts. Well ok maybe it was not exactly like horseshoes. In any case, the first four Survivors to toss a coconut into the circular hole move on to round two. Jim, Dawn, Sophie and Whitney move on. In the next round they have to crack coconuts, fill their mouths with the water, run through an obstacle course and spit the coconut water into a tube. The goal is to keep doing this until the level of fluid in the tube reaches the appropriate level. Jim narrowly beats out Sophie to win immunity. Back at camp Ozzie is the target and knows it. He tells Coach he doesn't want to leave and Coach confesses that he doesn't want him to go. Meanwhile Dawn is beginning to worm herself into Upolu's good graces. Jim has a different tactic. His idea is that he will give his immunity idol to Ozzie, then make a rousing speach at Tribal Council about why everyone should vote for the dishonorable scumbag Cochran. His plan seems to be based on the idea that, if they can't vote for Ozzie, they will vote for whomever they hear mentioned the most at Tribal Council. At Tribal Council Jim does tell the group that he is considering giving Ozzie the necklace, then proceeds to ramble on about how can such an honourable group as the Upoluvians stick with a low-life like Cochran. Coach says he isn't buying what Jim is selling. At the last moment, when the Right Honourable Jim has the opportunity to give Ozzie the idol he declines (likely because he has just realized that the group might just vote, not for the name they head the most, but for the man who did the most talking). And so, as expected, Ozzie is once again sent to Redemption Island, although this time it is not by his choice. His plan, he tells us, is to be nice to the people who come through, cook them a fish and send them packing. Meanwhile he makes the most of his new life. He explores the reef and catches a giant fish which he and Keith enjoy cooked over a shore fire. Life on Redemption Island is good and there is a lot of time to eat, get strong and plot revenge. No sooner have I recovered from footage of Ozzie strolling across a deserted beach in his bathing suit than we are zipped off to another immunity challenge. This time Survivors stand on a narrow beam while balancing a ball on a curved bow type deal. Dimples explains the challenge, but then tells the group that anyone who doesn't really need immunity can sit this one out and eat pastries and iced coffee instead. The entire Upolu tribe and Cochran sit out the challenge out while a desperate Jim, Whitney and Dawn compete for a very important immunity necklace. Whitney wins, thereby virtually ensuring that either Dawn or Jim will go. Dawn is well liked by the Upolu people but that very fact works against her. Her likability makes her more dangerous than Jim. Coach equates Dawn to a snake and Jim to a rhino. Both can kill you but in different ways. Jim calls a meeting, complete with flow charts drawn in the sand, to explain his idea. Lets get rid of Edna, he says. But getting rid of Edna is yesterday's news and tonight they really want to get rid of Jim. And so, when the votes are tabulated, Jim is joining Ozzie and Keith on Redemption Island. Also heading to Redemption Island this evening are Donna (traveling with Ozzie) and Georgia (traveling with Jim). Pam is already over there with her guy Keith. So we have three powerful competitors on Redemption Island ready to face off at the next duel (if I may mix my metaphors). Until next week... Outplay, Outwit, Outlast Pat (aka Christine they've already forgotten I existed Markoski)