APRIL 22, 2010 9:55PM

Survivor: Off With Their Heads

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Heroes, day 25. Rupert roars. Amanda and JT hope for the merge. Rupert hopes he's not pissing everyone off too much. Amanda is sure she is also annoying. Today's tree mail is a box with a note reading, "Do not open this box until you have the key." That seems like a good time to open it. Rupert says the Villains must have the key.

And as the Villains read their tree mail, we see they do indeed have a key, and a map to the Heroes camp. Parvati, Napoleon, and Danielle strategize about what to tell JT when he sees Parvati isn't gone. Sandra may have been eavesdropping. Danielle shushes them.

The Villains arrive at the Heroes camp. Parvati interviews that Napoleon still does not need to know about her immunity idol, furthering her royalty metaphor with Danielle joining the cast as Parvati's lady-in-waiting. JT assumes Napoleon and Parvati each played an idol, and says Parvati must go next.

Next task: pick a new merged tribe name. "Hillains!" "Yin Yang?" "Uh...no." "All Villains!" Hm, Jerri? "We're all villains." Rupert takes offense and asks why we can't keep a positive aspect for the name instead of a negative one. Precious. Parvati thinks she's out next and wonders if people think she's stupid. She's offended by the way the Heroes are treating her and says she's about to kick them out one by one.

Meanwhile, back on the ranch, JT is entirely stupid. Napoleon feeds him the story of how Parvati stuck around, and he buys it completely. Rupert seems to be buying into Napoleon's story, too. Grahhh. I will never understand how people don't notice the troll vibes emanating from Napoleon. Napoleon swears on his kids that he's on board with the Heroes. I hate when people do that. I only feel sorry for the poor kids having their names tarnished. Anyway, the short story is the Heroes are being stupid and they will deserve to lose.

Sandra approaches Rupert to tell him everything about the true Villains alliance. Rupert isn't entirely sure what to believe but it looks like he's leaning on Sandra. Maybe. It's difficult to tell. "This is where the game gets crazy." And how, Rupert. This is either going to be great or terrible.

Merged Nameless Tribe, day 26. Parvati and Danielle eat some bananas after breakfast. The Heroes are displeased. Apparently coconuts are for everyone, but bananas are regulated. Rupert tells the Heroes what Sandra told him; JT immediately shoots him down because Russell is his BFF ~*foreverz*~. I just remembered we decided we were going to call JT BFFerz from now on. Anyway, BFFerz interviews that Rupert is stupid and that he is the brains of the operation. Of course you are, sweetie. Rupert tells Candice that you can't trust someone on Survivor who swears on their kids. True story. Watch out for those dead grandmothers, too.

They Really Should Get On Naming This Tribe Now, day 27. Amanda and Parvati take a walk. Amanda says she has no power with the Heroes and that everyone is freaked out about Parvati and that she wants to get rid of Sandra. Hmm. Parvati is skeptical. As am I. What is up with me and Parvati sharing thoughts? That's twice now. I don't think I like this. Parvati tells her she has the idol, Amanda says, "Another one?" Look, I reached my weekly tolerance level of stupid on Monday this week, let us not push it.

Immunity challenge. Oh, apparently they're Yin Yang now. That's...kinda lame. I mean, I get it, but even Napoleon seemed unsure about it when he was telling Jeff the name. And when Napoleon's unsure, you know something's wrong. The first individual challenge: hold on to a pole as long as you can. They look like poles from which it would be uncomfortable to fall. Sandra loses it pretty quickly. Colby steps down with Sandra, surprisingly. Napoleon's out next, followed by a growling Rupert. Amanda steps down. BFFerz almost falls. Danielle makes out with the pole. Jeff notes that BFFerz is adjusting all kinds of things. Thanks, Jeff. That's definitely something of which I needed to be made aware. BFFerz falls next. Parvati is now standing on one foot, wiggling the other in the air. Jerri asks how she's doing that, and Parvati shrugs. Jerri steps down, complaining of dehydration. Sandra jokes that she drank all her water. Dehydration is funny! Candice is about to step down, but Jeff stops her to ask why she, the favourite to win, would step out. She's the favourite to win? I missed that memo. Candice says Danielle and Parvati look like they could last a while. They agree that they could. Candice steps down, leaving Parvati and Danielle to strategize. Parvati ends up stepping down because she has the other idol, and Danielle flashes a boob victoriously. Rupert thinks Parvati has an idol because otherwise she wouldn't have stepped down. He hopes to oust Napoleon as a weasel at tribal that night.

BFFerz wonders why Parvati would step down if she's next to go. Use your noodle, BFFerz! Use that strong, manly noodle! Anyway, while BFFerz practices exercises in stupidity, Parvati gets another idol from Napoleon. Lots of noodle exercising around this camp.

At tribal, we have yet another discussion of banana etiquette. It's serious business! Skeletor is amused by the banana wars. Boring strategical talk, yes, we all know, blah blah, maaaaybe Parvati's going, maaaaybe Sandra's going, who has idols, nobody knooooows. Skeletor keeps whispering to Dragon Slayer on the jury bench. If she is keeping him from his tai chi, I will be sad. Before votes are read, Parvati gives an idol to Sandra and one to Jerri. Everyone's jaws hit the floor. This is delightful. Votes: Jerri, Jerri, Jerri, Jerri, Jerri, BFFerz, BFFerz, BFFerz. Jerri's votes didn't count, so BFFerz is gone. Napoleon tells Parvati she has some explaining to do. She smiles and says, "Secret." That kind of made my week. Long live the queen!

Next week: Waterloooo, doo doo doo doo doo Waaaaaaterloooooo.

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Hooray! I feel an ABBA sing-a-long coming on!
"The history book on the shelf/is always repeating itseeeelllllllf!"
Alright, Survivors - what's the drink for the week?
I always look forward to your wraps. Keep it up. r.
Very satisfying Survivor. I'm going to be fantasizing all week about Napoleon gone and he and BFFerz spending the week together at the Jury compound taking Tai Chi classes from DS. Still rooting for Sandra. She's the only one who has ever managed to see through Russell. I think Pavarti's move was awesome, but a little too cocky. But heads off...uh I mean hats off to her, of course.
Mom - Is it sad that I've kind of been waiting to use a Waterloo reference since we gave Napoleon his nickname?

Jeff - Thanks!

Juliet - I love your Jury compound. I'm still loving Sandra, too. Parvati made a good move this time but she still bothers me.
I should probably watch the show before reading your recaps. But I couldn't resist.
You can catch up on Dragonslayer's thoughts and latest wardrobe here at The Ponderosa where the jury is figuring things out. I am so visualizing Russell there next week.
Oh and just in case you didn't notice there are actually three more parts. In this part Skeletor, BFFerz and Coach create their own Rock Star band called Dragon Slayer. I swear, I'm not making this up.
Oh, I LOVE Ponderosa. Coach's monologue in his first part on Ponderosa was delightful.
Wait until you see his new band! Plenty of delight ahead.
I had never heard of the Ponderosa! Thank you Juliet!
Trying to think of a cocktail for this week...
JT: The Humble Pie
Moonshine, vinegar, water and sugar. Garnish with a green banana.
A brilliant, funny post describing maybe the best episode in Survivor history.

I only wish the producers would break format next week and show a segment where BFFerz explains to his fellow jurists EXACTLY why he's there.
aim - re: your drink. You have a gift.
Aim, I do love your drinks.

Angus, thanks! I concur, that would be some quality television.
This was incredible. My jaw dropped when J.T. got voted off!! How did Parvati know her name wasn't being written down? Handing off the idols? Pure genius!
I've tried a couple of times to watch the first episode of a new season of that show, just to see if it will catch my interest. Each time I have turned off pretty early. From the little bits I've caught otherwise, this show seems to be a cross between Purgatory and Junior High, stuck in some exotic location. Totally unwatchable people doing totally unexceptional stunts for our amusement and forming cliques and alliances behind each others' backs.
To Deborahs' question:

Early in the episode, Parvati squeezed a promise from Amanda - that she would be informed of their target in advance of tribal council.

Although there was no footage of Amanda delivering on this promise, it would appear she kept her word.

I doubt that Amanda sees the link between her kept promise and the eviction of JT , but we can only hope some kind soul points it out to her at the wrap party.