EPISODE THREENooo! For some reason I was so convinced Misty would be the Sole Survivor that I'd already pictured her in the final two at the Finale, in make-up and looking different as they always do.
I don't know what it is but there's something about her that really suits the images of struggling but tough Survivors when they get to the final showdown.
Clearly the guys could picture the exact same thing and I was very disappointed and irritated when Austen and Nick whimped out and chose to side with the guys instead of her and Sally.
I would have loved to have seen what the two of them could have done by sticking together. They created such cool galpal power with their flirty skullduggery that targeted everyone except each other and us.
The only thing that eased the blow a bit is that fact just before it happened I'd been more hysterical than I've ever been in any Survivor ever.
That Immunity Challenge was just too too much! During the start of it, when Cirie grabbed Danielle round the neck to throttle her, I couldn't breathe I was belly-laughing so much and just when I thought it was impossible for it get any funnier - it did. The moments that finished me off most were:
1. Misty strangling somebody - I can't remember who it was but Jeff getting iffy with her was the best.
2. Someone finger-tweaking Nick's thigh-knees. Ha! It's so strange that that's so painful.
3. All instances where twosomes weren't even near the bag but were engaged in holding someone down with their legs flailing.
4. Jeffsipoo running like a wild thing at the end of a round.
5. Ruth-Marie's face went she raced to the finish of round four with Bobby chasing after her.
All the action of the episode (that went waay too quickly from start to finish) began with Bruce getting organised after joining Casaya and taking charge of the mess they'd become by sorting out their water.
Most of the attention went to Shane though who's such a total Pig, even calling one is being too nice to him! Argh - he's soo unbelievably horrible in everything he says and does it's impossible to believe that he actually exists.
All that rubbish about him sitting on his Thinking Rock and turning into such a Nazi when anyone tried to say something was mind-boggling. Clearly he's got some serious problems with the wiring of both his brain and his twisted body. It's as if every part of him needs to be shocked back into place and even then he wouldn't be right.
While Casaya drank their Samarai water and got subjected to Shane's scum, La Mina were getting along fine but suffering from hunger. I assume they've all been told which fish are poisenous? It's amazing how simply looking at a fish tells you if it'll kill you. Those bubble things they kept catching gave me hibby jibbies big time.
After Terry managed to catch the tiniest, non-poisenous fish, both tribes got called to their Reward Challenge to play a fab springy ball game.
It seemed such a fun thing to do - both the releasing of the balls and catching them. Casaya weren't too bad but proved to be no match for La Mina and some of the groovy catches Terry made.
Then it was time for poor Bruce to tripse off proudly again when La Mina decided he needed to get sent to Exile Island 'cos of having saved Casaya. What sucked so extra-much about it is that he had to suffer for Casaya's evil when he's the least responsible for it.
When the evening came and the rain brought that unbelievable gloom for him I felt exactly as he did and wouldn't have wished it on my worst enemy.
What I didn't understand though was why he didn't try to find some shelter. That big skull thing on the island looks like the eyes have holes that could be climbed into.
In contrast the La Mina crowd looked so cosy with their blankets and tarpaulin and I was pleased when they at least sent out good thoughts to him, which Casaya didn't do once obviously.
After Bruce's helldog night it was off to the best Survivor Immunity Challenge in history. It was truly dangerous and I loved how it forced them to kill each other but without hurting anyone. Not that it didn't look painful - epsesh those bamboo poles that surrounded the pit where the bags were.
Both tribes being so neck and neck through it was excellently intense and, as Sally confirmed, losing that clearly hurt a lot 'cos of how much they had to put into it.
Thinking back on the conversations that followed their loss it's no surprise that Ruth-Marie managed to survive. The scene of her sitting next to Terry and him telling her how well she'd done explained exactly why it happened. She'd done quite well and she's sweet enough but the very fact that he praised her like that was him making sure she definitely had less status than him and the guys.
The way they handled Sally and Misty was very different as a result of the two of them never looking to them for affirmation. As disappointing as it is that things turned out the way they did for chick power, it does reveal that there's lots of ammo in sexy massages - clearly they terrify the bejezuz out of men.
Now that Casaya's won something it's time for them to lose again. The alliance of evil has mega loathing going on and with Bruce, Bobby and Cirie not being in on it the three of them might be able to pull off a mutiny.