Testimonials

The tribes enter into the clearing. Probst announces the departure of Mary, and someone is like, "Mary?" and EXACTLY. The challenge is one of those super-awesome wrestling things that, while impossible to recap, are amazing to watch. There are six bags, three for each tribe, and two end zones at opposite ends of the field. The first tribe to get five of the six into their end zone wins, essentially. Then Probst says "Let's get it on" and I go blind for several minutes.

And then: wrestling. It is awesome, and chronologically impossible to put into English. Of note: After the challenge begins, Joel immediately heads for Amanda and Yau-Man, tackling them. Manly! Keep the old man and pageant winner out of your home, Joel! They will surely murder your family! At one point, Amanda gets completely picked up and body slammed by Erik, which is awesome. Amanda is getting all up in this challenge, which is one of the many reasons why she rules. We also see Erik beat Eliza in the face with one of the bags, and Jon is literally everywhere, grabbing people and wrestling and whatnot.

It's generally pretty cool, but Malakal eventually gains the upper hand, and uses the momentum to figure out that blocking for people is actually more important than wrestling. Or keeping people out of your fictional, not entirely pertinent to this discussion home. And thus, Malakal wins the reward.

Malakal decides to send Ami and Kathy to Exile Island (again), which is actually the wrong choice, given how this season's clues are structured. Usually, limiting the number of people to go to EI is the right choice, but since the clues are structured in such a way that you can pick up right where you left off last time (instead of gradually unveiled as they have been in past seasons), sending the same person actually increases the chances of the idol being found. Sending different people is actually the wisest move because it presents the greatest opportunity for the idol to remain out of play, since then they have to start the chase over from the beginning each time. This is all irrelevant if Cirie has the idol already, but still.

Back at camp, Malakal talks a little bit about how fun the challenge was, and how they were all hit on by the favorites at different times. Cirie wanders off by herself, talking at length about how she has a big decision to make. She also wonders (half-jokingly), why people aren't catering to her needs a little more, since she's the swing vote. One, that's not necessarily the case, and two, that is a terrible attitude. Later, Cirie is out on the raft with Amanda and Parvati, who begin throwing her a whole line of crap, which includes a promise to become the final three. Um, there are like eight bajillion people left, so it's a bit early for this. Parvati tells Cirie that she has to go to the final three with her, because if she goes with Ozzy and James, she'll lose. Quick, POP QUIZ! Name one person that Parvati can beat in a Final Three situation.

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We good?

Moving on.

Cirie tells them that she really wants to vote out Yau-Man. She doesn't want him to get a shot at the idol. That statement, combined with the fact that she's so adamant about this later, tells me that she probably didn't find it. I love how Cirie is super worried about how dangerous Yau-Man is, and she has no idea that her biggest strategic threat is probably Amanda. All she's seen is Amanda making out with Ozzy, because none of these people saw Amanda get awesome last season.

Over at Exile Island, Ami can't seem to figure out any of the clues. This is one of the few situations in which Kathy is smarter than the people around her, so she takes full advantage, playing dumb and making stupid faces at the camera. She's probably talking to some imaginary hairstylist from another planet, because SHE IS CRAZY, but whatever.

At Airai, it begins raining pretty damn hard. That shelter(s) that Tracy built isn't really working out so well, and the newbies are getting pummeled pretty good. Seriously, it looks pretty terrible. The next morning, Joel sits in the boat all pensively thinking about how bad off he is. It's a metaphor, y'all! Joel is stranded on a shore of fictional burglars that he now must murder! With a baseball bat!

Alexis looks the most miserable, and her hands have been turned into tiny, gross prunes. They discuss how difficult it will be to compete for immunity and win in this state. Of course, this means that they'll win.

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