Previously, it was a rather mundane episode where Jean-Robert acted really grossly towards the women while thinking he was hot stuff, James started displaying traits that hinted at why I like him better when he's not talking, Aaron continued to wear those magic blue shorts, Dave didn't learn anything about how megalomania was never a good thing, and for some reason, Courtney avoided elimination when she tanked the Immunity Challenge for Fei Long spectacularly because the tribe for reasons not made clear preferred to get rid of the generally harmless Leslie instead. I suspected initially that Courtney's alliance with Todd (and therefore, by extension to Amanda and Aaron) may have something to do with the last but Leslie revealed in post-boot interviews that she was close to Todd as well so I guess it all boiled down to Aaron's dislike of Leslie.

Day ten, morning, Fei Long. It's rather disconcerting to start seeing so much of this tribe when I'm getting used to being tortured by Dave, I tell you. James works his impressive muscles by walking and carrying an urn of water on one shoulder while Aaron in his magic blue shorts is up and about giving the camera a whopping good amount of full frontal bulge attack. I can get used to seeing these boys in every episode of this show. Can we make them and Erik the Final Three and have the last Immunity Challenge to involve nude wrestling? I'm sure the other Longies are as surprised as I am to see Jean-Robert up and about instead of lying on his back in the shelter like an asthmatic beached whale. Actually he "helps" by holding a hollow bamboo trunk that acts as a medium for James to pour the water from the urn into a container - so that the water can be collected in a pot with minimum spillage, I suppose. He then takes a drink so it's not exactly a case of Jean-Robert helping on a purely volunteer basis.

He tells the camera that he is surprised to escape eviction and he can now feel his "game plan" kicking in. Reminding me once again that he is a "professional poker player", as if constant repetition will validate his statements, he says that he enjoys "coming in last" and "working" his way up. He adds that he is very good in Challenges. Considering how he does not stand out in any way in previous Challenges as the MVP of the tribe, I don't know. Jean-Robert adds that he has deliberately improved his work ethics around the tribe. It's a plan, therefore, and not something that he has to do now that he can feel the heat on his big fat behind, people!

He chuckles in satisfaction because he can clearly see the other Longies lapping up his "strategy". Cut to Aaron saying sarcastically that Jean-Robert is "sucking it up alright". He's not referring to anything dirty, in case your mind is heading in that direction. Jean-Robert is also pleased because he's sure that he's safe for the time being since he is confident that Courtney will be the next to go as she is the "weakest link". Watching Jean-Robert wallow in his delusion is pretty sad. He thinks he's... the Robfather or something, but in reality, he's just this stupid and gross fat slob who is mostly useful to have around Challenges that involve brute strength.

Jean-Robert and Courtney hold each end of a bamboo trunk that has a pot slung over it. I don't know why they need such a big trunk to carry a small pot so don't look at me. Courtney moves to adjust the pot and Jean-Robert immediately goes, "Don't touch it! Don't touch it!" There's nothing wrong with that since he sounds more zealous about not wanting to see her burned than mocking at that moment. Courtney says that the pot is not hot and he doesn't have to "scream" at him. Like Jean-Robert, she doesn't sound deliberately mocking or anything in her tone of voice. She tells him that she is not mad at him, she just doesn't like people yelling at her. On the surface, this is a pretty cordial if strained conversation. However, both of them already dislike each other so it doesn't take much for each of them to irritate the other person.

Courtney tells the camera that Jean-Robert "sucks so bad". Well, like Aaron said earlier, Jean-Robert is on a roll that day when it comes to "sucking it up". As Courtney and Jean-Robert go back and forth in a passive-aggressive "I'm not mad at you even if I think you absolutely suck and all because I don't take it personally and I still care for you even if you completely suck" manner about the whole Screaming At Me thing, she tells the camera that she's "sick" of Jean-Robert getting in her face and twisting every thing she tells him into a case of her being "aggressive" at him. If this is indeed what Jean-Robert is doing - and he is, in this scene - it's something that I can expect from a caricature of a gross and disgusting buffoon like Jean-Robert. That makes him a professional unpleasant stereotype, a boring one at that since his catalog of gross behavior is so predictable.

Zhan Hu. Peih-Gee starts the morning by marking on the arch-thing of the camp with her machete the way prisoners tick off the days on the wall of their cell. Meanwhile, Frosti announces that their rice supply is moldy. Oops. Peih-Gee picks up the bag of rice from the container and groans when she realizes that much of their rice is ruined. Dave is already up with a look of dire importance on his face so things can only get worse from that point. Erik demonstrates the art of looking good in the face of dire adversity by looking so gorgeous as he explains that the tribe decide to sift through their rice and salvage any rice that still looks edible. Sherea is doing this and showing Jaime how there is actually very little she can salvage from their ruined rice stock when Dave tells her to put the rice she has sorted out into a container of some sort. Sherea practically rolls up her eyes here as she asks him brusquely just what she is going to use to put the rice in. "Find something, think of something!" Dave tells her in that really insulting manner that I'm sure the other Zhanies know well by that point.

Sherea says that she has finished sorting out the rice as she puts aside the bag. Dave quickly tells her that she shouldn't move the bag from her lap because doing so "will spread the mold around". Huh? I thought she has already separated what is edible from what isn't? Does he expect her to dutifully sit there on the shelter floor until he gives her permission to get up? Sherea tells him not to start with her and he responds by telling her that all he wanted her to do was to not move the bag because he would "take care of it". Unless he was telegraphing that to her in a telepathic manner earlier, I really don't recall him saying anything of that sort to Sherea. Sherea snaps that Dave should stop thinking that his way is the only way because other people have "ideas" as well. "Thanks for listening," goes Dave because this poor deluded fool really doesn't know any other way to talk to people. Sherea says pretty much that he's the one to talk, given how he never listens to anyone at all. She says that she's not listening to him because he never listened to her so he can shut up now, thanks. The others watch this scene and exchange uncomfortable looks with each other because they are starting to realize that booting Ashley clearly wasn't the solution to their troubles as Dave would just move on to the next target.

Dave tells the camera in an eye-rolling "Poor me!" manner that Sherea gets mad at him and really, he can't imagine why. She doesn't do much work around the camp, unlike him, so... I don't know what Dave is trying to say here. Is he saying that he is infallible because he appoints himself the workhorse of the tribe? Judging from how he doesn't let the other tribe members do anything without him micromanaging their action to death, I don't think he is capable of acknowledging the contribution of other Zhanies in the first place. Dave concludes that he's "doing his best" to be a "good leader" and it's "frustrating" when people don't fall in line like obedient little dogs when he barks and gives them orders. Poor Dave. Nobody appreciates a control-freak asshole anymore.

Sherea now picks up some shells that seem to be remnant from their breakfast. Dave, not even looking at her, tells her curtly, "Please don't throw those away." Sherea of course acts like he hasn't said anything to her and proceeds to head to the lake with those shells. You can see from the way she lifts her head and walks that she is in her "Talk to my hand, bitch!" Miss Thang mode where the loser Dave is concerned. Dave then goes, "Do not toss it!" as he runs after Sherea. She moves the plate of shells out of his reach as she tells him to back off because he's getting too close in her face for comfort. Every time he babbles something, she'll cut him off with "Back off of me!" They are at a stalemate until Frosti tells Sherea to hand him those shells so that he will take care of them for her. This she does because she has no issues with Frosti, heh. Sherea tells the camera that Dave keeps digging his own grave "further and further", although I won't be so confident in that if I were her. Just ask Ashley.

Dave acts like the wounded party to the other Zhanies, saying that he can't imagine why Sherea will act like that, especially when he wants to save those shells for his mother. Oh, now he says that. I suppose it is so hard for him to say in the first place, "Sherea, please don't throw those shells because I want to keep them for my mother!" Besides, I'm sure that his mother will be pleased that his son will be sending her keepsakes in the form of moldy clam shells he and his tribe mates had for breakfast. Sherea goes on to tell the camera that Dave is "patronizing" and "condescending" but she's not going to let him treat her in that manner.

Later, Dave and Frosti have a chat while they are washing themselves in the lake where Dave predictably blames everything that happened earlier on Sherea. Frosti listens politely before telling him just as politely that Dave isn't exactly the blameless one in the situation. He tells Dave that Dave needs to be able to work with every one of them if he wants to be a leader. To the camera, Frosti says that Dave has put himself in a "weird position" with the rest of the Zhanies because while Dave really works hard around the camp, he has "pissed everyone off". "So Crazy Dave may have just worn out his welcome," concludes Frosti most succinctly and accurately.

Fei Long. Aaron hollers that they have tree-mail and when Todd asks whether it is "nice", Aaron says obliquely, "Tribal Council!" I think it goes without saying at this point that Aaron's full frontal magic blue shorts attack gets my two thumbs up. Now, if only James' shorts aren't so dark that I can't see anything... As Aaron reads aloud the message, it turns out that the two tribes do have to go to Tribal Council but it's for some kind of Reward Challenge that involves being agile and sticking together. The tribe members cheer up when it seems that nobody is going home. Incidentally, the editors have blurred up this part between Jean-Robert's belly button and shorts. It must be similar to that time on Cook Islands when they blurred out Ozzy's treasure trail so as to not shock those genteel folks watching this show with the sight of body hair. It's too bad that they won't cover the entire Jean-Robert from head to toe with pixels. Jean Robert slurs to the camera that for him, it isn't just "exciting" to be eating something, it's "necessary" for him. Whatever, really.

Night, Tribal Council. Hmm, it feels odd typing the last sentence, heh. Probby waits until the two tribes have filed in before pointing out to Zhan Hu that Leslie was booted from Fei Long in the previous Tribal Council. The Zhanies actually look a little sad about this. Probby then explains the Reward Challenge. Two tribe members at a time, they will use "giant chopsticks" (more like poles, if you ask me) to pick up a burning round object that Probby calls "a fireball". They will, still using the chopsticks, carry the fireball along a course until they reach the end. They will drop the fireball down a chute into a wok where the fireball will set off some fireworks. Jaime looks especially happy when Probby mentions the fireworks. Back to the Challenge, Probby reveals that the chopsticks will get longer each round to make things more difficult for these people.

The first tribe to get three fireballs into their three woks will win a visit next morning from "a fisherman and his family". This fisherman will teach them how to fish while his family will prepare a meal using spices and vegetables. Oh, and the chance to kidnap someone from the losing tribe, let's not forget that. Fei Long sits out Courtney because her brute strength will be wasted on such a pathetic non-physical Challenge. With that, everyone is ready to go.

This is not a very exciting Challenge to recap because it's all about people moving slowly, dropping their fireballs, picking them up slowly, and moving again slowly. Peih-Gee and Sherea square off against Denise and Todd in the first round, with Todd and Denise beating the other two narrowly to the finish. Amanda and Aaron versus Jaime and Frosti see Amanda and Aaron taking a big lead to the point that Jaime and Frosti cannot catch up. James and Jean-Robert are up against Erik and Dave and because Dave and Erik cannot seem to get a hang of the task at all, James and Jean-Robert has this one by a considerable margin. Therefore, Fei Long bags this one.

Fei Long decide to kidnap Dave and I'm sure his tribe members will feel considerably cheered-up as a result. Dave is handed the usual tube by Probby. Probby then sends the two tribes on their way before calling it a night.

Day eleven, morning, Fei Long. Dave stretches by the lake and punches fist with Jean-Robert (who is in his favorite position - on his back, this time on the boat) because they are all going to get some "garlic" today. Dave jumps like an idiot and tells the camera that he feels happy, as if he's on vacation. Well, I bet the other Zhanies are right now throwing a party and using Dave's barbecue pit as a toilet. Dave claims that with his current situation with Sherea he can't ask for a better time to get "kidnapped". He picks up some moss and twigs before returning to camp and greeting the others who are only now waking up.

Dave's efforts to be friendly consist, it seems, of him widening his eyes as much as possible to look deranged before hugging people. James rebuffs him coolly, saying that he thinks Dave is cool but he has told Dave "about the hugging". Dave tells the camera that with his relationship with his tribe being the way it is, he's going to view this "kidnapping" as a "spy mission for me".

Cut to Dave so obviously playing to the camera as he slowly walks in an exaggerated "sneaky" manner into some bushes so that he can open the tube he has received from Probby. Dave thinks he is a one-man The Pink Panther show, I see. Even the cut to a snake slithering in the bushes is not going to salvage Dave so I don't know why the editors even bother to try. Dave is sneaky? Please, don't make me laugh. Back to Dave, he reads the message about Waldo and acts so excited. He gets to the part where he's supposed to pass it over to a Longie of his choice where he still gives a manic laughter but I bet inside he's like, "Damn." Dave tells the camera that he intends to think about what he should do because he wants his decision to benefit him later on in the game.

Later that morning, Dave, once again walking in that exaggerated "I'm trying too hard to let people view me as cool" manner and once again with this really demented "He-eee-ere's Chucky!" look on his face, mingles with the others. You have to watch him in action yourself to appreciate how ridiculous he is. He asks Courtney something about her job and she's only halfway done with her sentence when he interrupts her with this fake laugh, complete with an exaggerated hunch of his body, and says that he's just kidding when he asked her whatever it was that he asked her. He then makes weird baby sounds as he reaches over to give Courtney a hug. Todd tells the camera that Dave is a "nutcase". Yes, but I suspect that poor Dave thinks that he's actually being charming and smooth. Dave now tries to amuse Amanda by showing her his plumber's crack. Pretty much, Dave thinks he's so funny when none of the Longies are laughing with him. Todd however tells the camera that he will try to be nice to Dave so that Dave will have a "good impression" of Fei Long.

He is rewarded when Dave later takes him to a private place under the pretense of wanting to see where the kiwi plants are. Dave, after some banal chit-chat with Todd about how Todd has loved this show since day one,hands over the sealed clue to Waldo to Todd. Dave tells the camera that Todd is a fan of the game. All this says to me is that Todd is willing to lie and betray, but hey, I'm not going to stop Dave if he thinks that he can trust Todd like he says to the camera. Dave makes it pretty clear that he expects Todd to repay him for this favor and Todd on his part acts as if this is the first time he is aware of Waldo. Todd agrees to hand over any clue to Waldo that he receives to Dave should Zhan Hu kidnap Todd in the future and Dave walks away happy. Dave explains this to the camera, complete with exaggerated lifts of eyebrows and facial tics. This guy is trying so hard to be the cool bad guy on TV, it's pathetic.

Todd is collecting clues to Waldo like nobody's business right now and if he doesn't find that thing, he can jolly well kick himself in the teeth, I tell you. He throws away the tube and slits the message underneath the bandanna he wears around his head. opens the sealed tube when he's alone. The latest clue says, "When creatures of night take flight as they may, a treasure they carry allows one to stay." This clue makes it seem as if bats are carrying Waldo and Todd must find a way to shoot them down to retrieve it. Todd tells the camera that he is keeping his eyes out. The camera zooms in twice on that stupid ornament on the arch. The show also suggests that Todd is looking at it, although I strongly doubt it since the clue will most likely have him looking at the sky rather than the arch.

Zhan Hu. They lay in the shelter and wonder how the other tribe feels about Dave. I suspect that they want to send Dave back ASAP. Sherea tells the camera that she's of course happy that Dave is not here. However, the other Zhanies soon realize, as Frosti tells the camera, that without Dave around doing everything, they are the ones who have to do these things. Ugh. As the others reluctantly get off their behinds to boil water and such, Sherea decides to roll over onto her stomach to watch the others work. I can only imagine how that will go down with the other Zhanies because she's not even discreet about it, lazing in the shelter like a queen as the others work around her.

Erik is frustrated when he can't get the fire started. Sherea asks him what he is doing but naturally does not offer a hand. Erik tells the camera that he's frustrated and what not and he also feels that "some people" are not doing their part to help. Eventually Frosti gets the fire started, much to everyone's relief. Sherea tells the camera that she's only going to work if she has to because she wants to save her energy for the upcoming Challenge. As she puts it, she's going to ride the work horse until its tail falls off. I wonder what gives her the idea that the work horse in question will allow her to ride it to that point.

Fei Long. The fisherman and his family have arrived in a fishing boat. As Amanda unnecessarily tells the camera that the fisherman and his family have arrived, the visitors drop off a smaller boat which comes with several cormorants. The Longies seem surprised that the fisherman has brought his kids over as well. How shocking that these people don't have babysitters! Denise tells the camera that she is so grateful for the reward and the children are so pretty. She sounds exactly like the boring lunch lady that she is. This is, what, the first time since the first episode that she gets to say something to the camera? Amanda narrates to the camera how the family bring along "oils" and "spices" along with some fish and vegetables.

As it turns out, none of the visitors can speak English apart from basic words such as "hello" and "thank you". Fortunately, as Jean-Robert explains to the camera, he has lived in Taiwan as a kid so he can speak Mandarin. As he is who he is, he makes it seem as if he just rediscovers his ability to speak Mandarin because he's so good that way and not because he's on the run all this while from Chinese moneylenders or something. Todd tells the camera pretty much that it's fantastic how Jean-Robert finally has his use. How typical that when the fisherman asks Jean-Robert to accompany him to learn how to fish, he tells Aaron that the fisherman asks Aaron to accompany the man to learn how to fish.

So off Aaron goes, he in his magic blue shorts and the fisherman in his blue bikini-style swim trunks. Blue is my favorite color, did I tell you that? I hope that guy lends Aaron those bikini-style swim trunks for use for the rest of the season. Denise is also with them, maybe as a chaperone, but she's not wearing blue though. The fisherman's method of fishing is to tie a string around a cormorant, the string acting as a leash as well as a means to prevent the bird from swallowing the fish that it has caught. This method of fishing is called ukai in Japan, by the way. Aaron tells the camera that this method of fishing is the "most bizarre" that he has ever seen. Well, not as bizarre as the idea of city losers playing camping in order to win a million dollars, I'd bet. Denise, after expressing relief that they aren't going to eat the birds like she initially thought the first time she saw those birds, explain how the whole thing works to the camera.

Meanwhile, the fisherman's wife and kids are busy preparing the fish, vegetables, and what not. The Longies are helping. Even if they don't want to, the fisherman's wife is going to make them help her, heh, since she's barking out orders like pick up that pot or clean this fish for her and Jean-Robert has to translate them to the others. James for some reason gets annoyed at the way Jean-Robert is "barking" orders at him. He tells the camera that Jean-Robert gets on his nerves by speaking to him in that manner but thinks that Jean-Robert did great anyway in helping them communicate with their visitors. It must be one of those moments where it doesn't take much to set him off because he's not in a good mood in the first place.

Back to the lake, the fisherman now shows Aaron and Denise - or more accurately, Aaron alone - how to use a net to fish. This demonstration will be more useful than the ukai demonstration, I think, unless this show is going to let them keep the cormorants. Denise narrates this scene to the camera, concluding happily that now that "they" (read: Aaron) know how to use the net they have won previously, they can now have fish for their meals. This tribe has better hope they don't lose Aaron anytime soon, heh. They return to camp just as the wife is finishing up her cooking. Everyone digs in and is predictably pleased. Denise tells the camera, "Oh my god, flavor has never tasted this good!" She adds that the food is the most "delicate-est" thing she has ever eaten. I'm sure everyone is shocked when the lunch lady says that she is no expert in food since normally she just removes the nuggets from the freezer and hand them over to the kids. Hopefully, she hands the nuggets to the kids after she has defrosted the nuggets and fried them or something.

As the fisherman and his family take their leave, Amanda adds more prattle to the camera about how the whole visit was a "cultural event" and how such enlightenment that arose from having Chinese people cook and fish for them will make them a force to be reckoned with in future Challenges. She's a brainy one, that Amanda. Todd has better watch his back.

Day twelve. Immunity Challenge time. Probby waits in a clearing until the two tribes have filed in. Probby sends Dave back to Zhan Hu and retrieve Chairman Mao before explaining the Challenge. This one will have each tribe all dressed up in "traditional Chinese armors" which turn out to be cheap replicas of those suits worn by the terracotta warriors. One tribe member from each tribe will enter the clearing that Probby calls "a gladiator ring" and uses a "meteor hammer" (a fancy name for a string that you swing before flinging out so that the rock tied to one end will hit the target) to break some porcelain vases placed on bamboo poles. Of course, this Challenge will be boring without some blood and gore so another person from the tribe will get in the ring. This person is given a bamboo pole to block the opponent and prevent that person from breaking his or her porcelain vases. The Challenge will be conducted in three rounds, each round with its specific gender pattern, and the tribe that breaks the most vases in those three rounds will get Chairman Mao. Fei Long has to sit out one guy so Jean-Robert takes a powder in this one. With that, everyone's set to go.

First round is Probby's favorite - "women on women". Sherea and Peih-Gee get into the ring to face Denise and Courtney. Peih-Gee and Courtney seem tickled at how ridiculous they look in their costumes. It turns out that each team gets three throws a round. Contrary to my initial expectation that players are allowed to beat the brain out of each other with the bamboo sticks, the players are forced to stand behind a line. Teams face each other in this manner. When someone takes a swing and flings their missile, the other team will try to use the bamboo stick like a baseball bat to knock the missile out of the way. How dull. It gets even duller when these goons keep missing more often than hitting, both on the parts of the pitcher and the striker. Sherea manages to knock one vase off in the last swing, however, so that is one point for Zhan Hu.

Next round will have teams of men taking on each other. Dave and Frosti are up against James and Todd. James hits both the vases he is aiming for and Todd hits one, while Dave and Frosti have nothing to show on their part, so it's now three points for Fei Long and one point for Zhan Hu.

Jaime and Erik now take on Aaron and Amanda. If you catch up on the insider clips and post-boot interviews, you will realize that this is like the battle of the lovebirds. Jaime breaks two vases with one swing while Amanda breaks one. Erik is no help and Jaime falters in her last swing for the tribe, so with four points for Fei Long against three points for Zhan Hu, Fei Long wins this one. Zhan Hu is going to face that unnecessarily smug Probby at Tribal Council tonight. The poor dears, in a way I feel sorry for them because I don't feel that this tribe is that terrible. I believe Fei Long did well because they have James.

Zhan Hu. Dave and Sherea must have to know they are on the ice so I groan when these two act like they always do. As Sherea pouts in the shelter as everyone else move about to prepare dinner, Dave begins bossing the others. They want to cook since they already have the fire going, but Dave is adamant that they all boil water first. But maybe Dave isn't that oblivious as he weakly suggests that maybe he will go collect the water he wants to boil before leaving, letting Peih-Gee to snort in disgust. Dave says to the camera that it feels "odd" to be back in Zhan Hu. He also feels some "strange" vibes from his fellow tribe mates - those vibes must be sheer and utter loathing, I suspect - and wonders whether it's because they miss his presence in the last one-and-a-half day. He concludes that he is feeling very "precarious" at that moment. I feel the same way too about his sanity.

As Dave, Erik, Jaime, and Peih-Gee bathe and do their laundry in the lake later that day, Dave asks them whether he is leaving. Peih-Gee says that she no idea yet what she will do. Ah yes, that clichéd response never gets old on this show. Dave tries to start with his hard work around the camp when Erik interrupts him to say that Erik is "torn" about "a lot of stuff" at that moment. Dave doesn't pretend to misunderstand as he insists to Erik that he now has a "definite attitude adjustment". He insists that he is now "different" and that he "keeps changing and getting better". At what? Being even a bigger tyrant? Dave now says that he has "pulled his weight" around the place. He has also thrown his weight often, not that he mentions it. Erik, who really likes him for some reason as his voting confessional will show in the insider clips, tells him that nobody in Zhan Hu is doubting his contribution to the camp. Dave says that he is worth more to them that they think before taking his leave.

Jaime explains to the camera that it will ultimately come down to either Sherea or Dave when it comes to getting the boot. Sherea is on the ice because she doesn't do anything other than to roll around in the shelter while Dave is on the ice because... well, I'm sure you know why. The four Zhanies whose votes will determine who will leave tonight get together for a pow-wow session later that day. Frosti points out that they can do what Dave normally does around the camp and Dave isn't a particularly valuable asset in Challenges either, so Dave is, in fact, dispensable. They also feel that Sherea doesn't do anything at all around the camp, but at the same time, Jaime points out that she isn't all that bad when it comes to Challenges.

Sherea tells the camera that maybe she will leave tonight because she doesn't do much around the camp. Well, at least she knows that she's being really stupid, I suppose. She tells Frosti, Erik, Jaime, and Peih-Gee - still lying on the shelter like a queen - that people aren't looking at her in the eyes or telling her anything. Frosti gives her some vague non-responses while Erik and the other two women keep silent as Sherea talks animatedly about how she worked for the first few days - so she isn't that bad, people! - and how she "busted her ass" when it comes to Challenges. "My body comes first, you know!" she tells them. How nice. I suppose the others should be so grateful that they start carrying her around in a litter as well?

As they leave for Tribal Council, Erik gives the now-standard "I don't know what I will do!" confessional although he'd love to be able to get rid of both Dave and Sherea.

Night, Tribal Council. The topic of the day is, predictably Dave. Probby seems to have this bizarre affection for Dave, no doubt because Dave fits Probby's secret man-crush square-jaw profile when it comes to looks (see: Colby, Pearl Island's Andrew, Terry, et cetera). Erik goes on and on in a bizarre manner about how Dave is indeed a good leader - I think Erik has daddy issues - while Dave agrees with Erik and goes on for a considerable length of time about how he is indeed and truly a great leader. When the spotlight shines on Sherea, Sherea defends herself from Peih-Gee and Dave by repeating her mantra about saving energy for Challenges. At the rate she is going, one would think that she had single-handedly handed her tribe victory in the last thirty million Challenges. Sherea also says that it is unfair for people like Peih-Gee to compare her to themselves because these people are good at both working around Camp and taking part in Challenges while she's not.

I can see her point but at the same time, she is not giving them an excuse to keep her as much as a valid reason to boot her because she has announced that she can't handle both living in the camp and taking part in Challenges. But then again, while Dave announces that he's the best leader in the whole wide universe, he isn't that important when it comes to winning Challenges either. Ultimately, when the votes are revealed, it turns out that Peih-Gee, Frosti, Erik, and Jaime unanimously decide that, when it comes to the unbearable jerk who works hard and the lazy cow, they will take their chances with the lazy cow. Dave gets a delicious - if overdue - boot straight out of that place. Probby tells the remaining Zhanies about needing some kind of plan to stop ending up in Tribal Council so often and sends them on their way.

Dave reveals that the reality checks bounce where he is concerned when in his final words - and post-boot interviews - he reiterates the greatness that is Dave and other people suck for not appreciating him. He even says something nonsensical about how there are "pieces of him" that are "priceless". Maybe it's "priceless" as in "zero value".

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