The Amazing Race 16 Episode 8

After they failed to bring their map to the pit stop in The Amazing Race 16 Episode 7, Jet & Cord finished last but were non-eliminated.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Steve & Allie – 7:22PM
Second: Dan & Jordan – 7:36PM
Third: Brent & Caite – 9:15PM
Fourth: Louie & Michael – 9:16PM
Fifth: Carol & Brandy – 10:19PM
Sixth: Jet & Cord – 10:22PM

Without their backpacks, Steve & Allie are left only with the clothes on their backs. The scrambling starts right away.

Teams will now fly 5700 miles to Penang, Malaysia, where their first destination is the Snake Temple. Everybody will board the 2AM charter boat to the airport, where everybody will also get the same 21 hour flight via Dubai.

The detour is a choice between Buddhist tradition or Chinese custom. In Buddhist tradition, teams will lug a set 12 giant incense sticks up a steep incline of 150 steps. In Chinese custom, teams will choose a pair of 32 foot poles that they must balance on their foreheads and walk 120 feet.

Dan & Jordan get a lead thanks to an aggressive taxi driver, but they tell him to go away. The bad news is that either detour will require cab travel. They’re not alone in making this mistake, though. Of course, Jet & Cord told their driver to wait, and he left anyway, putting them in last place. Not wanting to sit in traffic, at the suggestion of their cab driver, Steve & Allie and Dan & Jordan decide to make a run for it. To make matters worse, they go to the wrong location. Steve & Allie get their cab driver back, but Dan & Jordan are now left to wander aimlessly on foot. They end up finding another cab driver. Steve & Allie, however, have a driver without a clue. He follows “I don’t know” with “No problem.” The first one turns out to be right, so they decide to go to the other detour instead. That decision lasts all of about three seconds before Allie says she can’t do that detour. Adding insult to injury, their cab driver who they told to wait has taken off. Not that he would have been able to find the place anyway.

Buddhist tradition: Dan & Jordan, Brent & Caite, Carol & Brandy, Louie & Michael, Steve & Allie (switched from Buddhist tradition to Chinese custom to Buddhist tradition)
Chinese custom: Jet & Cord

The teams with the incense sticks realize quickly they’ll probably have to make half a dozen trips up and down. This will prove much easier for the all male teams (though Louie sounds like he’s dying as usual), while Carol & Brandy struggle. Cord figures out the flag carrying almost immediately. Jet figures it out shortly thereafter, putting them in first.

The seaside village of Teluk Bahang is the next stop. It’s there that Jet & Cord see their speed bump, in which they must determine which tea is made from a bowl of crushed spice. They are wrong on their first attempt of three possible attempts. Their second guess is correct.

Returning back to the temple, Jet & Cord are first to the road block. The road block is to take part in two hindu rituals. They must smash coconuts to find one with a bright color, then they must build a traditional miniature offering known as a float to be set off to sea. It’s all dumb luck, but it all seems moot considering how far behind Steve & Allie are.

Road block (in order of arrival): Jet, Carol, Louie, Caite, Jordan, Allie

The pit stop for this leg of the race is the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, built 100 years ago by one of the island’s wealthiest residents.

First: Jet & Cord (win a trip to Maui)
Second: Carol & Brandy
Third: Louie & Michael
Fourth: Brent & Caite
Fifth: Dan & Jordan
Eliminated: Steve & Allie

The anticlimactic conclusion is that Steve & Allie have been eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 16 Episode 9 Dumb Did Us in (Singapore), which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 6

They’ve been waiting for a while to get rid of Darren, and they found their chance in Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 5.

ProVerb’s been on the outside with his tribe, so he’s likely to be the next target.

Everybody will be pirates for the reward challenge. They must do a hostile takeover of the other tribe’s boat, but without too much violence. They must walk over the gang plank and be the one who remains standing. Reward is pillows, mosquito nets, and a hammock. ProVerb sits out for Timbila, which still leads by one thanks to the two quitters from the other end. ProVerb drops Gys first. Once that happens, all of Timbila rushes to the other side and starts tossing Chibudu overboard. They quickly get rid of most of the tribe, but Hanna and Okkert aren’t going down without a fight. The girls are struggling with Hanna. Realizing that Okkert’s not going anywhere, one of the guys comes over to help Sandi and Ashley to throw Hanna overboard. That will leave everybody to fight against Okkert. Kaseran is out. Then Ashley falls in, bringing Izak with her. Despite their odds, it appears Timbila has thrown this challenge away. Sandi’s the last person left standing against Okkert. Chibudu wins reward. Louw is angry, saying that Okkert did not play fair.

Each tribe must select an ambassador to capture an opposing tribemate, who will be part of their tribe from that point forward. That person will be granted immunity for the next tribal council. They will also be able to obtain an item of value from the other team.

Okkert will be the ambassador for his tribe, so that they don’t take him. Before he departs, the tribe hides everything.

Louw is the ambassador for his tribe. The one thing they wanted right away, which is the first thing Chibudu thought of hiding, was the tool that Hein gave them. They pretend Okkert carries it with him. He doesn’t want something else. Louw has noticed that they seem to have run out of everything. No tools, no pots, no chickens. Gys offers up the chicken. Realizing they’re playing games, he takes Gys and walks away. Sade believes they’ve given the other tribe reason to hate them and come for them. A fair statement. There’s playing smart, and then there’s just cheating. I hope it backfires.

Okkert grabs Izak, as if his tribe’s not physically dominant enough.

Louw blames Gys, the patriarch of his tribe. Gys lies without shame.

Two giant balls will be released into the pit at the same time. Three members of each tribe will have to push their ball into their opponent’s score zone. Gys, Ashley, and Sandi go against Sade, Hanna, and Izak. The girls defend against the girls, while Gys defends against Izak. The guys are standing still in a corner. Sandi and Ashley score for Timbila. Okkert, Izak, and GiGi go against ProVerb, Ashley, and Louw. It comes down to Okkert against Louw. Louw just keeps getting shoved around. Okkert eventually gets a warning to be less rough, but it’s irrelevant. Chibudu ties it 1-1. Izak, Okkert, and Hanna go against Kaseran, Gys, and Sandi. This time Okkert goes against Gys. Another predictable conclusion. Chibudu wins immunity.

It’s too bad they can’t get rid of Gys for that stunt his tribe pulled.

Pro seemed to be the next one on the chopping block. The other option is Sandi, whose post-merge loyalty is being questioned.

ProVerb approaches Gys about getting rid of Louw. When he goes to the rest of the tribe with this, he doesn’t get the positive response he’d hoped for. Instead, they say they’re not sure.

Votes
ProVerb
Sandi
Sandi
Sandi
Sandi

With 4 votes, Sandi has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingorue for another recap of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 7.

Lost Season 6 Epsiode 10

Lost Season 6 Episode 9 was the tale of Richard, bringing us back over 100 years to when he first arrived on the island. Upon arrival, he sided with Jacob over the black smoke, but now he’s changed his mind. Until Hurley told him that his wife said he has to stop the man in black, or otherwise they’re all going to hell.

Locke says that the only way they can leave the island is if all the uncrossed off names go together.

At the airport, Jin is told that they’re going to be “confiscating” his $25,000. He doesn’t ask any questions. He just does what Sun’s father tells him to do.

When they arrive at the hotel, Jin wants a second room. He knows enough English to say they’re not married.

Before Locke goes off on an errand, Sayid says he doesn’t feel anything. Anger, happiness, pain, all gone.

Jin takes Locke’s departure as his cue to bail. He’s going to get away from Locke and go find his wife. Well, he would, if he weren’t just tasered, along with everybody else. Lucky him, he’s the one they want.

Ilana’s plan is to wait until Richard comes back. Ben is skeptical about this plan, seeing as Richard went storming off into the jungle after he told them they were all in hell and he didn’t know what to do.

Deciding that Jin’s not just there on business and Sun’s not there just for shopping, they decide to get busy in her hotel room.

Locke has managed to find Sun with a message that he’s found her husband, but she doesn’t believe him, so she runs away. A chase through the jungle ensues. Sun loses, crashing into a tree.

Back on the mainland, Sun’s got an idea. They should run away together.

Later, Sun is awakened by Ben. As for Locke, he returns to find a bunch of people lying on the ground. Where is Jin? He’s locked up in a creepy looking room. Room 23. It’s where the Dharma Initiative was doing experiments on subliminal messages. There are some maps. Whoever signed them should be able to help. Looks like that would be Jin.

Claire’s name is not on the wall. Neither is Kate’s. Regardless, Locke wants both of them. Kate could be of assistance rounding up the others. Once she does, whatever happens happens.

Sun and Jin are busted partially clothed by her father’s contact, but he doesn’t really care about that. He just wants his money.

Having hit her head, Sun has forgotten how to speak an entire language, making her capable of only communicating in Korean now.

Richard returns with Hurley, instructing the others to pack their bags and get ready to leave. They’re going to destroy the plane so that Locke can’t get on it. Of course, if they destroy that plane, that means the rest of them won’t be able to get off the island, which does not sit well with the woman screaming in Korean.

Walking on the beach, Locke is shot at. I don’t think that’s going to work. He goes peacefully to meet Widmore, who denies having kidnapped Jin. A wise man once said that war is coming to the island. It just got there.

Sun had intended to get the money out of her bank account so that she could pay off her father’s associate. But when she arrives at the bank, her account is closed and empty. Her father had the funds transferred to one of his accounts. As for Jin, this would explain why he was tied up and in a refrigerator. It seems that $25k was this guy’s fee for killing him for not keeping his hands off the boss’s daughter.

Jin is handed a camera. It’s a picture of his daughter, who he’s never seen before. Widmore’s warning is that everything and everyone would cease to exist if that John Locke thing gets off the island. It’s time for him to see the package. It’s not a what. It’s a who.

The shooting outside the door catches us up to where we were before. Sayid opens up the door to discover Jin. He hands him a razor to free himself and wishes him luck. When Sun returns, we see a bunch of people on the ground, mostly dead. The guy with her might consider looking behind him and seeing Jin with a gun. In the shootout, Sun gets hit as well. And that news she wanted to tell him before they were interrupted in the room: she’s pregnant.

Jack has a theory. Just because Sun can’t speak English doesn’t mean she can’t write it. This theory is correct, but she’s gonna run out of paper pretty fast.

If Widmore didn’t blow Locke right out of the water, Saywer thinks they’re screwed. That makes him walking back to join them bad news then.

Who’s the package? That would apparently be Desmond.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Lost Season 6 Episode 11 Happily Ever After, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on ABC.

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 5

They wanted to vote out Darren in Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 4 but had to settle for Lady Lea instead after he used the hidden immunity idol.

Okkert’s starting to become the provider for his tribe following Hein’s visit. This may well prove a threat to Gys.

Timbila finds it awkward to have gotten rid of someone else other than Darren. They all say they’re mad at him because of what he said at tribal council. As if they liked him before.

Gys and Okkert are looking to get rid of either Sade or Hanna to break up their alliance. As the only non-Afrikaans speaker, Sade’s starting to feel like an outcast. She also realizes she’s useless at challenges.

The challenge is for reward and immunity. One tribe member will be a swimmer and make their way out to the raft. Then the remaining tribe members will pull that person and raft back to shore. The puzzle pieces will be used to build a ladder to get to the top of the tower. Reward will be chickens. Louw and Okkert are the swimmers. Both of the tribes are struggling to untie the knot to give their swimmers enough slack. Timbila is struggling a lot more, though, which is further complicated by Louw not being as strong a swimmer as Okkert, who at one point was one of the top athletes in the world. Okkert is the first to reach the platform and the raft, and he’s the first to get the raft undone. Their rope comes untied from the raft, but the wasted time is not enough to cost them the lead. Louw finally unlatches the raft, so his tribe can start pulling it in now that the other tribe is already on the beach. Chibudu’s established a lead that once again doesn’t look like it can be overcome, leading by about five steps. Chibudu wins immunity and reward.

Darren assumes he’s a goner again. Louw says that perhaps it might be good to keep him around since he’s the most skilled at the game, but that doesn’t seem to be a truthful statement. Just in case, he has a backup plan: Kaseran.

Ashley warns Kas that Louw’s trying to rally support against him. They’d like to keep ProVerb around as a swing vote, but they find him of no other use.

Darren has a last dying request for the tribe: just hold back for one more time.

At tribal council, Izak says there’s a group of 4 or 5 people. So who else is the odd man out? Darren says he’ll see Kas soon. Pro doesn’t have an understanding what’s going on within the tribe.

Playing with their minds one last time, Darren pretends he’s going for a hidden idol, only to open an empty pocket.

Votes
Louw
Darren
Darren
Darren
Darren

Although they pretended as if there were some shot it wouldn’t happen, Darren has been voted off the island. Nico’s question: what happens when everybody stops agreeing? Darren is looking forward to some serious backbiting and throat ripping.

Stay tuned to dingorue for another recap of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 6.

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 11

Lance was voted off in The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 10, apparently because the team considered him a threat.

So far, 4 people have lost over 100 pounds. Now the teams are being split up, and they are going to singles.

Allison guarantees that the next Biggest Loser is in the gym. She just can’t guarantee that it’ll be one of them. They’re back. All of the eliminated contestants have returned, and someone will get a second shot. Their weight loss is not the determining factor, although they will be weighing in. Nor will it be a competition. Instead, it will be a simple vote. Who are the remaining contestants willing to allow to come back? They can vote for anyone other than their former teammate.

John is comfortable that he’s got some friends remaining in the house. Vicky, who was eliminated week 1, assumes she’s dead in the water. Melissa assumes she also has no chance in hell, so her pitch will be that she’s not a threat. Cherita wants her daughter Victoria to be granted a third chance to come into the house, since she has been booted both prior times after losing a competition. Migdalia is the only one who has not returned since she is at home taking care of her kids.

Darrell: 309 pounds (-104, 25.18%)
Sherry: 156 pounds (-62, 28.44%)
Miggy: 191 pounds (-49, 20.42%)
Victoria: 285 pounds (-73, 20.39%)
Melissa: 182 pounds (-51, 21.89%)
Lance: 274 pounds (-91, 24.93%)
Cheryl: 176 pounds (-51, 22.47%)
John: 399 pounds (-85, 17.56%)
Patti: 197 pounds (-46, 18.93%)
Maria: 224 pounds (-57, 20.28%)
James: 413 pounds (-72, 14.85%)
Cherita: 230 pounds (-47, 16.97%)

Now that they have all weighed in and are stacked up on the scoreboard, it’s time to vote.

Votes
Ashley: John
O’Neal: Victoria
Daris: Darrell
Stephanie: James
Sam: John
Koli: John
Sunshine: Victoria
Andrea: Victoria
Michael: Victoria

With 4 votes, Victoria will be returning to the show. The contestants voting for her hope to give her the shot they feel she didn’t have before. She could prove to be a wild card since she has no alliances. She’s done a pretty good job on her own, and she’ll end up being a bigger threat than some of the others.

It’s not over yet, though. There’s another way back in the game. They will get one more chance to compete in a challenge to earn a spot on campus. They grab their sweatshirts and head outside. This is an up down challenge. The first player to 1000 steps earns a spot. Miggy takes the lead with Melissa right behind her. James is in pain the whole way. Melissa is the first to 100. She’s also the first to 250. Both of them are recalling week 4 when Miggy and her daughter were being bitches. Sherry is in third place about 10 behind Melissa. Around 300 steps, her shoe comes untied, so she kicks it off. Lance is in fourth but far enough out of it that he’s probably not a threat. Around the 3/4 mark, Melissa leads 780-774-763-755 with the remaining order unchanged. Around the 24 minute mark, Miggy runs out of breath. When she hits 900, Melissa has somehow manged to get a massive lead. Sherry’s dropped more than 100 behind, and Lance is also quite a ways behind. Melissa wins the challenge, beating her husband by 76 steps.

Melissa’s not a particularly big threat, but that said, none of the other contestants want her there either.

To protect them and give them some time to get settled, both Melissa and Victoria have immunity this week.

Ashley is starting to grow skeptical of her ally Stephanie. Koli, too, is suspicious. Perhaps Stephanie threw that weigh in when she lost 2 pounds. That was the week in which Ashley’s mom was sent home.

Bob wants O’Neal to conquer the stairs, which have been a thorn in his side for 15 or 20 years.

During the last chance workout, a crying Stephanie walks out of the gym. She says she’s afraid she will go home but not on her own terms. I’m not sure what that means. Jillian warns her that she’s alienating herself from the rest of the house.

Ashley decides to confront Stephanie. She can’t trust her. The accusation that she threw that weigh in is far fetched, and she denies it. After they talk, it seems that Andrea and Ashley are back on Stephanie’s side.

Victoria: 283 pounds (-2, 0.70%, immune)
Melissa: 178 pounds (-4, 2.20%, immune)

O’Neal: 291 pounds (-4, 1.36%) – and he conquers the stairs
Ashley: 271 pounds (-5, 1.81%) – over 100 pounds lost
Michael: 381 pounds (-8, 2.06%)
Koli: 281 pounds (-6, 2.09%)
Andrea: 227 pounds (-5, 2.16%)
Daris: 237 pounds (-7, 2.87%)
Sam: 262 pounds (-2, 0.76%)
Sunshine: 202 pounds (-6, 2.88%)
Stephanie: 198 pounds (-1, 0.50%)

Stephanie and Sam have fallen below the yellow line. Neither a particularly big threat, but both have good relationships within the house, so it seems. Sam promises to keep people working if he sticks around. Stephanie says her problem was stress.

Votes
Koli: Stephanie
Melissa: Sam
Sunshine: Stephanie
Andrea: Stephanie
Daris: Stephanie
Ashley: Stephanie

So much for Stephanie’s friends having patched things up with her. With 5 votes, Stephanie is not The Biggest Loser. In time for her 30th birthday, she is now down from a size 20 to a size 12 and has lost 96 pounds.

Closing out the show, Wayne will be weighing in. He’s a fan of the show who has dropped the weight on his own. A little more than two years ago, he weighed 674 pounds. Today, he weighs in 256 pounds, a decrease of 418 pounds.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 12, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 4

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 3 was the first episode of the season not to feature a crybaby quitter. Craig, whose tribe has not liked him since the beginning, ended up being the one to get the axe.

Lady Lea is worried that perhaps her tribe is not noticing that she’s bringing something to the table. She’s hoping that she can be a fisherperson, but it’s not working.

The reward challenge is beach golf with catapults and coconuts. Both tribes start off pretty terribly but improve quickly. Sort of. They both score at the same point on their first play through. Chibudu takes the lead 1-0 on the next go. Timbila then scores the next point to tie it 1-1. On the final point, Chibudu wins reward. Darren will be going to exile. Okkert will be joining Chibudu for the night. Their reward is Hein, the bushman who was the first person in the history of Survivor to start a fire without anything manmade. He’s got with him a tool and some fishing gear.

Gys feels threatened by Hein, who then decides to go off on his own to catch them some fish. He manages to catch 5 fish for them for breakfast. All of a sudden, their treatment of him becomes much more warm.

Darren’s looking forward to a day of chilling without the social stuff that’s going on at the other island. Now he, too, has a clue to the hidden immunity idol.

Both tribes will navigate their way across the water to a platform with a hole in it. At the bottom, there are puzzle pieces, which they must grab and bring back with them to the beach. Izak, Sandi, and Darren sit out for Timbila. Chibudu’s got a bit of a lead as they head to the platform. This lead grows pretty rapidly as Timbila aimlessly rows their boat around, unable to get it to the platform. This is quickly becoming a pointless challenge. Timbila finally makes it to the platform, but it’s all irrelevant. By the time Timbila makes their way back to the beach, Chibudu has already won immunity.

Despite the win, Okkert’s already planning ahead. He’d like to break up Gys, Hanna, and Sade by getting rid of one of the two girls.

Knowing his neck’s probably on the line, Darren goes to search for the idol. He finds something, which he assumes is immunity. He wants to target Louw, Ashley, and Izak. He suggests this to Lea, who is getting tired of him. This move would be in her best interest since it’s probably either going to be him or her, with the other one following next time.

The consensus of the tribe seems to be to vote for Darren. Unfortunately, in the South African version of the game, the idol gets played before the vote, so all they have to do is have a backup in mind, without the worrying about how best to split the votes. That said, Darren has decided to play his idol. Would have been far more interesting if he had played it afterward and took out one of the top guns with his lone vote.

Votes
Lea
Sandi
Lea
Lea
Lea
Lea

Unable to get rid of Darren, the tribe has to settle for the elimination of Lady Lea. The completely out of the loop Lea tossed a vote ProVerb’s way.

Stay tuned to dingorue for another recap of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 5.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Episode 16

Elena began the hunt for Isobel, her mother who also happens to be Alaric’s wife, in The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Episode 15.

Matt would appreciate it if his mom Kelly wouldn’t bring the party home, and so would the neighbors. She might also consider getting a job. What she won’t consider is pretending to be nice to Caroline.

Anna’s showing her new vampire friends how to use cell phones and switch the TV channel.

Caroline suggests a double date. Stefan thinks that sounds like a great idea. He’s probably alone in that.

Since no invitation is necessary due to the lack of a living resident, Anna’s easily able to get into Damon’s home. If he agrees to help out Pearl and the other vampires, he can get what he wants most: Katherine. Plus he gets to live, so to speak.

Jeremy wants serious answers to questions about how to become and/or kill a vampire. So he goes in a chat room. Somehow, he does seem to manage to find someone to help.

Nursing his wounded eyes from Pearl’s fingers gouging them, Damon heads to a bar, where he meets Kelly and Jenna. They decide that drinking is good for the soul. This happens to be the same place Matt, Caroline, Elena, and Stefan decide to go for their oh so awkward double date.

Frederick’s tired of the rules. He decides to go into town. Nobody there knows him anyway, except for the Salvatore brothers.

Anna goes to visit Jeremy. She’s thinking of going back to school. Speaking of which, he’d like to do another paper on the vampires from Mystic Falls. His theory is that maybe they’re normal and good.

Frederick recognizes Elena, or at least he thinks he does. She’s not Katherine, and alerts Stefan by typing a warning on her phone.

Matt and Stefan are getting along just fine now, but that’s not doing Caroline any favors, as she increasingly regrets having suggested this double date.

As Damon’s interest in his visit to Cougartown increases, Jenna takes that as her cue to leave. Stepping outside, she meets Frederick, and she tells him where Damon lives. His pick up line falls on deaf ears thanks to the vervain.

While making a sandwich, Jeremy “accidentally” slices his hand with the knife. Anna shies away, but he invites her to go ahead and drink his blood.

Matt asks whether he passed the double date test. No, not really, but knowing that it was a test should earn him an acceptable grade. After their chat, Caroline seems to be somewhat over her issues. When they return home, new issues are waiting when they run into Damon and Kelly making out.

Before Stefan can give Damon a lecture, Frederick barges in and attacks. His unsuccessful attack gets him nowhere, but it does let Damon and Stefan know that some of those in the tomb are out.

Anna’s waiting for Jeremy in his room. He can’t tell anyone about her. He’d be surprised who would believe him. So why didn’t she kill him? Whatever the reason, he’d like her to make him a vampire.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Vampire Diaries Episode 17 Let the Right One in, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on The CW.

Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 7

Both tribes went to tribal council in Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 6. After Boston Rob pieced together the correct strategy, bonehead Tyson went off on his own and got himself eliminated. Then James got voted out due to his injured leg.

Russell wants to work on Jerri next. Well, good luck getting Jerri and Parvati to not hate each other.

Colby realizes it’s put up or shut up time for him. Wouldn’t hurt for someone else on the Heroes tribe to step up either.

The reward challenge involves a race through the water to get a ball and score a basket. The winning tribe will go to an outdoor waterfall with lunch. Courtney, Sandra, and Parvati sit out for the Villains. Colby misses twice. Then Coach misses twice. Then Colby finally makes a basket to lead 1-0. On the next point, an aggressive Heroes tribe takes the 2-0 lead on a score by Candice. Colby scores again to take win reward 3-0.

In addition to the food, they get a clue telling them there’s another immunity idol at their beach. They pretend like they’re going to ignore the clue. For a few minutes. They agree to use it together against the other tribe.

Russell tells Jerri and Coach that he wants to be in the final three with them. Coach thinks this is all bunk, but that Jerri is buying it. While these two may say they’re allies, they don’t seem to be on the same path.

For the immunity challenge, three members of each tribe will race relay style across a net, then climb up a rope web to retrieve puzzle pieces. Once they’ve collected all six bags, the two remaining tribe members will solve the puzzle. Jerri, Danielle, and Russell sit out for the Villains. JT and Amanda are on the puzzle for the Heroes; Boston Rob and Sandra are on the puzzle for the Villains. Parvati gets a slight lead over Rupert for the Villains. Courtney extends that lead over Candice. Coach continues the lead over Colby. Parvati loses some of the lead. Then Courtney completely loses it with her slow climbing and fear of jumping off the net, falling way behind Candice. Colby then runs with it to give the Heroes the early start on the puzzle. For a change, it looks like the Heroes may actually win on a puzzle, and they do.

Coach says that they need to get rid of the weak link, which would be Courtney following that challenge.

Russell is talking to Rob, Courtney, and Sandra. He wants to get rid of the weak. Either Courtney or Sandra. At least he’s not hiding his plans.

Coach agrees with that logic. They have to be too careful at the challenges because Courtney and Sandra are weak.

Rob’s plan is to get rid of the threat, Russell. His theory is that the thing most important to Coach is his loyalty. Either he sticks to the alliance, or it will be known he’s a liar.

In turn, Russell would like to get rid of Rob. This is going to be a harder sell than Courtney, who clearly blew the challenge.

Coach says that the elimination of Tyson removed the bridge of the gap between the sides. He begs Rob and Russell to stop being at each other’s throats.

Votes
Rob
Russell
Rob
Russell
Rob
Russell
Courtney
Rob

By a vote of 4-3, Boston Rob has been voted off the island. That pretty firmly establishes Russell’s control of the game.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 8, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.