We start off in the Foa Foa tribe, with Jaison and Mick chatting. Jaison: "I want Ben out. Ben's a mental plague." (Um, just like Betsy was trying to tell you? Hello?)
Scene with Russell trying to work Natalie. Russ: "Who do you want out next?" Natalie has no answer. Sidebar with Russell, babbling that nobody has a plan of action, these people can't even think. (Actually, Russell, did it cross your mind that maybe people are going to be a bit more tight-lipped, since they've seen that with the last two people who actually spoke honestly to you, you're railroaded them out of the game. Just sayin.)
Opening credits roll. We're still seeing shots of people that we don't know or recognize, presumably from the Galu tribe. Maybe some day we'll get to meet them.
Back go Foa Foa, where Ben is once again bitching about the pansies on his tribe. "Without my help these people will die." Dude, no one has ever died on Survivor. You see all those hundreds of production people standing around, and the Medical team? Get a grip.
Sidebar with Russell: "As long as Ben keeps it up, his ass in on the line."
Then we zip over to Galu. The happy place.
Four of the Galu people are sprawled out on the ground, doing yoga. Breathing in, breathing out. You'd think they were at a day spa in the Sonoma Valley.
Shambo, of course, is completely unimpressed with this development. We've got to gather wood! We've got to build a fire! Just a thought, Shambo: With all that hair of yours, let's just light YOU on fire. It'll burn for days and astronauts can see it from the Space Station.
And really, Galu keeps winning challenges, so maybe that Yoga thing is helping more than you think. It helps to relax here and there, instead of constantly tromping through the woods in ugly outfits.
Back to Foa Foa, where Russell is explaing to Ben that "Ashley is gunning for you". Which is a half-truth, because really everybody is gunning for Ben. But Russell's using his little mind games to stir up Ben.
Russell in a sidebar: "I need Ben right now, gotta take out those who are going after him."
So Ben confronts Ashley, he's all mad that "somebody" told him that Ashley is the one that started this whole mess about getting Ben out. Ashley wants to know who this "somebody" is. Ben immediately blurts out: "It wasn't Russell!"
Which should be clear to Ashley that it WAS Russell.
Ashley scampers over to Natalie, to dish about what Ben just said. They both know that Ashley didn't exactly lead a crusade to assassinate Ben, everybody was bitching about him. Who could it be? Who is making stuff up?
Uh, ladies, let's just say that the culprit's name rhymes with: Russell. It's great that more tribe members on Foa Foa are realizing they are being played, but it's a little sad that the focus right now is on Ben (can't stand him, don't get me wrong) when the real villain here is Russell.
Zip back over to Galu, where they have tree mail. It's a bag full of swimsuits. All of the girls (except for whiny Shambo and her mullett) are ecstatic about this surprise. These people are really enjoying even the smallest things. I guess that yoga is really working out.
Time for the combined Immunity and Reward Challenge. It's one of those things where people swim out to retrieve big-ass crates, lug them to shore, and then build a tower following certain guidelines.
Interestingly enough, Russell sits out for Foa Foa. This is a physical challenge and they need strong players. Is Russell really THAT lazy? Oh that's right, he is.
The challenge is a long one, going on forever. The only interesting note during the actual gameplay is that Ben is the worst player for Foa Foa. He's supposed to be a defender, stopping the other team from getting to the crates, but they are racing past him like he's nothing more than a sea turtle.
And Galu wins. Again. (Yoga!)
Jeff tells the good Russell that as head of Galu, he has to make a few decisions. First, he can opt to take the Comfort award (pillows, towels, hammocks) or the Functional Award (serious fishing gear, a tarp, etc). Russell chooses the Comfort award. All the girls on his tribe squeal, except for Shambo, who has probably never squealed in her life. The men on the tribe are not happy, glaring at Russell like there won't be any dreadlocks in the morning.
Russell also has to send someone on his tribe to live with Foa Foa for a bit. He chooses Shambo. She grabs her pack and practically races to the other tribe.
So the Foa Foa tribe does their little defeat march back to camp, where Shambo, surprisingly, fits right in. She's got everybody impressed with her charm. Seriously, she's working these people like a really loose tooth. Didn't know she had it in her.
There are two exceptions to the Shambo-fest. Mick isn't really buying it, suspicious of her motives. And Russell is skulkling around with a pout on his face, because here's a "stupid girl" that he doesn't completely control. Most heart-warming shot of the whole episode.
Shambo is excited that she received two clues about the location of the hidden Immunity Idol just for coming to visit Foa Foa. Now, WE know that Russell has already found it, but it doesn't take Shambo long to find the hollowed-out tree where the idol must be. The tree that's right in the middle of camp.
So Shambo starts out slyly, digging at the base of the tree and pretending to find good fire-starting materials. She digs deeper, chatting with the girls at camp who have no clue what she's doing. Then Shambo gets serious, digging deeper, and we are presented with this lovely wide-screen shot of just Shambo's legs sticking out of the hollow tree, and the clueless girls babbling about how great Shambo is, even though at first glance it looks like Shambo is being swallowed whole by the tree.
Some people just don't have all burners going.
Other scenes at Foa Foa with Jaison really working the Ben angle. He seems most upset about Ben's racist comments. And he also seems to have Ashley and Natalie on his side.
Scene with Russell and Liz telling Mick that they want Ashley out, followed by a scene with just Mick and Russell, where Mick tells Russell that Jaison wants Ben out. (Stupid!) They eventually shake on a deal for Ashley to go first, then Ben.
Not really caring for Mick right now. And when you think about the fact that he's supposed to be the Foa Foa tribe leader, liking him even less.
Russell does show Mick the immunity idol that he has, still believing that the mere act of doing so somehow cements an everlasting bond with whoever he shows it to.
Sidebar with Russell, very impressed with himself about how he is working the game: "This is what God made me for."
Dude, I'm thinking God is nowhere near this equation. You're just a mean bastard with no morals whatsover. No offense. Kiss kiss.
Scene with Russell, Mick and Jaison. Russell: "We're going with Ashley." Jaison: "Why not Ben?" Russell and Mick try to convince Jaison with some crap about "girl power" that makes no sense. (Continuing to not like Mick.) Jaison is not hip with this at all, wants Ben GONE. "I'm making my peace at Tribal Council. It's gonna be a rough night."
Quick sidebar with Russell. Is he starting to waffle a little bit about keeping Ben? Hmm.
So we get to Tribal, and Jaison wastes no time going after Ben.
Ben makes it clear that he's voting for Ashley, indicating he thinks everybody else is too.
Then the two of them go at it for a bit.
Jeff asks Russell: "What's going on?"
Russell: "Ben might have said something racial."
Might?
And then Ben and Jaison are at it again, with Ben digging himself deeper and deeper and completely showing his ass, and Jaison at least remaining (for the most part) very well-spoken and thoughtful, although he honestly should have moved on to other things besides just the racial aspect of it. Still, Ben does not look good.
But is it enough? After all, Russell still has some very strong strings that he's pulling.
Jeff to Ben: "Anything you've said to Jaison that you regret?"
Ben: "Nope."
So we get to the vote.
And Ben overwhelmingly goes home.
Hallelujah. One jerk down, one (maybe two) to go.
Ben's exit interview remarks: "Everybody's gonna starve. Bunch of sissies."
Dude, just go back to Missouri. You're done.
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