BunkoSquad

Of course, the fragments of La Mina aren't demonstrating a hell of a lot of intelligence. Terry is determinedly, if stupidly, trying to flip some of the lesser Casayas to even out the numbers. He comes to Shane, then Cirie, then Bruce, with an offer they can most definitely refuse. "Why not leave your team, which wins all the time, and join this sinking ship that looks good on paper but constantly screws up when it counts?"

Unfortunately for Terry, none of them are Adam Vinatieri.

So we come to the Immunity Challenge, which you'll note is for individual immunity now. The prize is the same necklace that Mola Ram wore in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and to get it, they have to perform the visually-arresting task of hanging from a long bar. The survivors belly up to the bar, and the waiting game begins.

Cirie goes down first, shocking exactly 0 of 300,000,000 Americans. Surprisingly, the second to drop is Aras, the yoga instructor. Sign me up for classes! Eventually they all tumble (Shane gives up when he learns that there's no food, cigarettes or cash for the winner) and it's down to three ex-La Minas: Nick, Terry and Austin.

Now, Terry has an interesting dilemma here. He has the Immunity Idol from his stints on Exile Island. Which means he can tank this challenge and let one of the boys win. This would mean that the ex-Casayas, correctly identifying him as the greatest threat, would vote for him. Then he could whip out the Idol, and banishment would fall on the person with the 2nd-highest number of votes, presumably Shane. The numbers would be closer to even, the insufferable Shane would be gone, it's a win-win situation.

Terry hangs on and wins the challenge.

On the beach, the mood is tense. Terry's still selling, but nobody's buying. The ex-Casayas hold a group meeting, blatantly and thoughtlessly (with Shane, is there any other way?), to decide who is going to go. Austin's convinced it's him, but the wind seems to be blowing Nick's way.

At Tribal Council, Austin makes the interesting tactical decision to announce to the whole world that he let go sooner than he could have at the Immunity Challenge, so the ex-Casayas would judge him weak and not worth voting out. Never an unspoken thought with this one. Austin's the kind of guy who would tell you what your birthday present is just before you unwrap it.

Jeff pulls a serious fakeout on us, and reads all four ex-La Mina votes first. All are for Shane, and for a moment, we dare hope that the Casayas rose as one to jettison their nicotine-addled Nero. No such luck. Nick gets the heave-ho (but in his closing thoughts implores the youth of America to get off their butts and....something. I'm almost 32 and not the youth of America anymore), and evil stalks away, holding all three branches of government and a huge numbers advantage in the Jury of the Damned. Blecch.