BTW, you can check out last week's recap by going into the Survivor section of the site.

Let's get to it! The episode begins at Zhan Hu, where the three old members of the tribe are busy trying to make nice with James after last night's double cross. James tells us that he's going to try to make himself as useful as possible so that he becomes indispensable to these people. Hopefully, as a result, they'll try to keep him around. Peih-Gee tells us that they haven't really decided yet what they're planning on doing, but if they throw the challenge they can get rid of James before the merge. James pours some water into a jug as he tells us that he's "pretty much at their mercy". Bow before Jaime!

After the credits, we're over at Fei Long where Todd is sharing his information regarding the idol with Amanda, who does not get it on the first run-through. It's cool, Amanda, Dave didn't get it either. He tells her that he didn't want to say anything until after he had found it, but that he's sort of been unable to figure it out so far, so maybe she can offer some insight. Really, you haven't figured it out yet? That's sort of terrifying. What other prop around camp could possibly contain the idol, Sherea's inert form?

Amanda and Todd agree to try and win the reward so that they can kidnap James and get him to give them the clue, because they think they'll have it after one more. And then we're at the reward! That was quick. Today's challenge takes place outside of what looks to be a set of authentic Chinese huts, so either good job with the set building or good job with the location scouting, Survivor people. Awesomely, Jaime comes out of the woods wearing Aarons old suit jacket, which is kind of like killing a wolf and then returning to camp with his dead carcass draped across your shoulders.

So, the challenge today involves severeal puzzle pieces tied up inside the huts, and teams will go in one at a time to retrive the pieces which are tied to the walls. Once all eight pieces have been brought back out, the tribe can begin to solve the puzzle, which will net you a trip to a Chinese tea room where you can enjoy some light snacks, as well as all of the wonderfully authentic Proctor and Gamble products you can eat (wait, don't eat them! MSG!)

The challenge begins, and there is much bursting through doors and frantic untying of things. Fei Long gets off to a slight lead (of course) and at one point, Peih-Gee and Sherea end up right next to each other working on some puzzle pieces. Interestingly, Sherea goes for the yellow piece first, which should have given Peih-Gee some indication of her mindset in advance. Peih-Gee ends up making several attempts to tell Sherea that they threw the challenge and were still on board with the old tribemates. Sherea greets this with her typical bitchy aloof attitude, which is not encouraging to Peih-Gee.

Fei Long ends up with all of their pieces first, and since it's less of a "puzzle" and more of a "match these symbols with these other symbols" it means that the whole thing is over fairly quickly and Fei Long wins the challenge. They will be kidnapping James. Jean-Robert gets quite overly excited about this, as people who are making desperate attempts to fit in with the group usually are. And then, we're at the reward. Man, this ep is moving quick, mostly because there is lots of awesome to get to later. Requisite geeking out over the quality of stuff there commences. There's lots of name brand toilet paper lying around, which officially makes it nicer than my house. After everyone enjoys a snack, they adjourn to an area with four big brass bathtubs. Jean-Robert claims one immediately, making an uncomfortable comment about the bathtub which now contains both Amanda and Courtney, which literally makes me feel bad for the water in his tub. Wow, I've never felt bad for water before. Courtney tells us how creeped out she is by Jean-Robert's mere proximity to her. That's funny, because that's exactly how I feel about Carlos Mencia whenever he ends up on my television.

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