BunkoSquad

Across town, Sally, who was spared the noose last time, knows she's got one foot in the grave in the La Mina Boys' Club.

No time is wasted getting to the Reward Challenge. They have to ferry some rice, beans and fish to a designated point by throwing them all around. The last guy in line has to chop the heads and tails off the fish; it's bloody, but the winner gets to keep all the chow (Plus a bottle of wine. More on this later), while the loser gets a consolation prize of a little rice or a few beans.

We're reminded of Seattle's Pike Street Market as fish fly through the air. We're reminded of Indianapolis' overrated offense as Dan keeps throwing the fish everywhere but into Sally's hands. We have a stereotype shattered as Bruce proves unable to really hack the heads off. But Terry (surprise!) proves a pretty competent fishwhacker for La Mina. But Bobby steals the show for Casaya, slicing through the fish with skill and ease. One wonders if he names each fish after a tribemate just before he slices: "Courtney! Shane!" It would explain the ruthless bloodlust. Casaya wins; Terry looks like he's going to plant the knife in someone's (Dan?) back. Casaya sends Terry back to Exile Island, where he only gets stronger.

Casaya takes the feast back to camp, where apparently a 10-minute deluge has ruined everything. Their stuff is scattered; their fire is out. Sushi time! Cirie wonders openly if eating raw fish is healthy (she's standing in fetid stagnant water at the time) and Bruce whines that it's not the same without wasabi and ginger.

Also, somewhere along the line here, Bobby opines that Courtney is "one of the 2 or 3 most annoying people in the history of the planet". Let's see: Hitler, Courtney, Pol Pot. Sounds about right.

That night, we hear giggling coming from Casaya's outhouse. Seems two of them have cracked the last bottle of wine and are living it up while the rest sleep. No surprise, except that it's Bobby and Bruce. The unlikeliest pairing since Dustin Hoffman and Pauly Shore's buddy-cop movie. (I made that up. Please, God, say I made that up.) The next day, the two of them are pissed in the British style, but Courtney and Aras are pissed in the American style. Aras doesn't even drink (neither does Shane, apparently - a shocking revelation), but the firedancer and the yoga instructor thing that bogarting the last vino is a major bummer. Dude.

Meanwhile at La Mina, Nick and Austin apparently never saw Blazing Saddles. Because beans, beans, may be good for the heart, but they're hell on a digestive system that hasn't had any solid food in days. The two of them make more round-trips into the forest than the Grizzly Bear Shuttle, and let's really not dwell on that any more than we have to.

Here comes the Immunity Challenge! They have to fish a bunch of skulls out of the ocean and build a little pyramid out of them. Not too exciting. La Mina pulls out a victory, and it's time for Moron Nation to come up with an eviction.

And it is fun. Watching morons try to think under pressure is entertaining enough, but these particular morons are a godsend. Shane hates Courtney. Bobby hates Danielle. Bruce hates Courtney. Shane hates Bruce. Cirie can't believe that everyone forgot they're supposed to kick her out. Aras hates Bruce. Danielle hates Bobby. Shane hates Shane. Courtney hates Bruce. Most importantly, everyone hates Shane, and everyone hates Courtney, so of course, it's between Bruce and Bobby for the eviction. Though it could turn out to be the first seven-way tie in show history.

Shane is determined to kick Bobby out. Nothing will stop him, nothing will change his mind, nothing will deter him. So of course the next scene is Shane pledging to keep Bobby around. Shane swears on his son that he'll stick with Bobby, then makes Bobby swear on his (Shane's) son to do the same. Bobby, who presumably has never met and could give a rat's ass about Shane's son, agrees, probably to get Shane to go away.

At tribal council, Jeff pokes all the right wounds. Aras makes a speech that I forgot as soon as he finished, Bruce and Bobby are forced to make a public, insincere apology for drinking the wine. The first four votes are for four different people: Courtney (Bobby's vote), Bruce (probably Courtney's vote), Bobby (Aras' vote) and Aras (Shane's vote, for some indefinably stupid reason). But two more votes come in for Bobby, and his time is up. He looks a little like Charles Oakley getting his 5th foul, but leaves without incident. Casaya schleps back to camp for another night of hatred-bonding.

Next week, I'll be back to Thursday updates. I swear on Shane's son.