Survivor: Eating Their Own

Previously on Survivor, Erik suckled Cirie's fingers for a chocolate fix and Jason joined the jury after stupidly not using his hidden immunity idol. A third hidden immunity idol is back in play this week. Will it be found? If so, will it be used?

Poor James. He got the bum wrap from Parvati last week and now his bum finger is even worse this week. It was so bad that he had to visit the medical team for an impromptu wound-cleaning session. His finger looked really awful and they told him that if it didn't look any better the next day, he would be removed from the game. However, James wasn't the only castaway with a malady. Alexis had fallen and hurt her knee the night before. There was no pus oozing from her wound like James' but it was bad enough that she was shown later with a bandage on it and appearing to have a hard time walking. Cirie, the ever so valiant word warrior, was in good spirits saying, "...it's two less people I have to fight with for a million dollars."

For reward this week, everybody was playing for a little love. Yes, that's right. It's that time in the game where family members are brought in. To earn their reward though, they first had to play the "majority rules" game. After answering a set of questions about their fellow tribemates in private, they had to all then turn around and try to answer how they felt the majority of their tribe answered. The winner of the challenge would go to Jellyfish Lake with their loved one to swim among, what else, the jellyfish. Cirie ultimately decided who would win by chopping Amanda's rope instead of Alexis' causing Alexis to win reward. Luckily for Cirie, Jeff told Alexis she could bring two of her fellow tribemates and their loved one along on the trip so Alexis chose Cirie and her husband and Natalie and her mother to join her brother and herself on the excursion. Before leaving, Alexis also had to choose somebody to go to Exile Island where there were more clues for a third hidden immunity idol. Amanda volunteered to go so go she did.

After everybody headed off on their destinations, it was time for James' fate to be determined by the medical team. He kept a stiff upper lip and told them there was hardly any pain but, in the end, they told him he couldn't stay in the game and needed immediate surgery because of the infection in his hand. James wasn't thrilled about it but realized that his hand was kinda important to him so, after saying his farewells to Erik and Parvati, off he went to the hospital. Erik was now the last man standing in the tribe.

Meanwhile, Amanda was hanging out on Exile Island and following the clues to the hidden immunity idol. The last clue she found told her the idol was back at camp buried beneath the tribe's flag. Drats! When the reward winners returned to camp, sans loved ones, they were told about James' removal from the game. That caused Alexis to be worried about being sent home because of her knee. Cirie was concerned though because her timeline for removing the boys had been knocked off kilter. What if Erik won immunity? With no James to get rid of, it would be time for the girls to start devouring each other.

Amanda was shocked when she rejoined everybody at the immunity challenge and got the news from Jeff about James. Suck it up girl because it's time to play! Everybody would be taking turns firing a high-powered rifle at differently colored sake bottles. The first person to break all three of their own colored bottles would win immunity and guaranteed a one in five shot at winning Survivor. The only two with any skills in this shooting arena were Natalie and Erik. Cirie was awful in yet another competition while Alexis and Parvati weren't much better. Erik won immunity and it was hilarious watching the girls fake clap for him. This game was about to get really ugly.

Back at camp, Amanda emptied her bag to prove to everybody that she didn't find the immunity idol. You know, it was like really windy over there and the current was really strong so she couldn't like get the idol which was underwater. She informed Parvati quick enough though about where the idol was so Parvati made up an excuse for Amanda's absence at dinner later on. Watching Amanda dig for that idol under the flag made me hope that somebody would finish eating early and come and catch her. That would have been priceless. But did she find it? They didn't show us that part. However, they did show us that everybody was planning on voting Amanda out. Well except for Parvati of course, who was earlier in the day trying to figure out with Amanda if they should go after Natalie or Alexis.

At tribal council, James and his makeshift IV rig joined Eliza, Ozzy, and Jason over on the jury bench. Amanda gave Jeff the same excuse about the wind and the currents when he asked her about the hidden immunity idol. Cirie told Jeff that Erik and Amanda are her biggest physical threats. Amanda told Jeff that everybody was going to be voting for her to leave tonight except for Parvati and proceeded to throw Erik to the wolves by outing him as a flip-flopper. Natalie told Jeff that Amanda was her biggest threat in the game because Amanda hadn't done anything wrong to anybody on the jury so she would get their votes. The entire time, Amanda was really playing the poor pitiful me card and putting out those big brown puppy dog eyes. As a viewer, you just knew that she had to have found the immunity idol.

After the votes were cast but were about to be tallied, Jeff told them that if anybody had the hidden immunity idol now would be the time they could play it. Amanda didn't even wait for Jeff's mouth to close and stood up to hand it over. The look of utter shock on the faces of her fellow tribemates and the jury was HI-LAR-I-OUS. Now see Ozzy and Jason? This is what you were supposed to have done you dummies. Jeff informed everybody that any votes that had been cast for Amanda wouldn't count. Amanda gleefully grinned.

Amanda, Amanda, Amanda, Amanda, Alexis. And the twelfth person voted out of Survivor and the fifth member of the jury is Alexis. Bring me your torch. Oh Amanda looked like she was about to explode with happiness. As Alexis limped off into the forest, Amanda blew her a little kiss. Ya gots to give it to the girl.

Next week, Erik is approached with a different plan by every single one of the girls and is having a hard time deciding which one of them to trust. Natalie overhears Erik telling Cirie that he wants to go to the end with Cirie and Parvati and tells us she feels like she could bitchslap him like his mother.

Fun times!