Previously, the Ravus were on a losing streak despite a brief surge of morale when they finally managed to start a fire on their own. It could be that the continuous deprivation from food and water while the Motos grew fat and pampered had something to do with their losing streak. Meanwhile, Gary over at Moto started experiencing breathing problems and physical injuries that didn't look too good. However, the Ravus ended up in Tribal Council yet again where Sylvia had no where else to run other than to Loser Lodge. Oh no, who will be the Ravus blame for all their problems now?

Night eight, Boot Camp. The Ravus stagger back into their camp, postures hunched in defeat and all. After noting that they have to do all they can to keep their precious fire going, Earl tells the others that they need to air out their grievances about each other. He tells the camera that a "pow-wow" is needed to allow everyone to express all the pent-up dissatisfactions inside or people will "explode". What makes him think that people won't explode during the pow-wow? I suspect that Rocky and Mookie finally being "honest" and calling each other all kinds of names won't lead to a more united camp like Earl is hoping. At any rate, back at camp Earl is trying to get someone to start the ball rolling. Clearly he knows better than to go first even if this pow-wow is all his idea. Instead, he asks Rocky to speak up. I wonder if he's playing some kind of sneaky game here because... dude, it's Rocky.

Sure enough, Rocky begins saying that he doesn't want to participate because he hates complaining and moaning, right before he seamlessly starts pointing at Anthony and complaining that Anthony is always complaining. Anthony starts snapping back as Earl tells the two men to "chill". See? No explosion at all. Rocky tells the camera that people can't imagine how much he has actually been "holding back" because he knows that if he antagonizes people too much, they can boot him out of the tribe. I understand. It's so hard when people can't appreciate listening to Rocky's truths about themselves. However, Rocky claims that at that moment around the fire, he's had it with everything and he "can't care less" about votes. So what happens next is Rocky dumping on Anthony around the fire as the others listen on and stare at the fire, probably thinking what a crazy loon Rocky is turning out to be. Rocky says that Anthony is constantly "whining", which he claims he cannot stand because he is used to dealing with such behavior only from "broads", a definition that includes his mother and his "crazy old aunt". I hate to say this but I crack up listening to him complaining about bitching crazy broads, especially when he sounds even crazier than any old aunt could be when he's nagging like that.

After paying lip service apology to Michelle and Rita for the use of the word "broads" ("No offense, ladies, it's how I talk to girls!"), he tells Anthony that Anthony is not a man because Anthony gets "sentimental" and "sensitive". Obviously in Rocky's world only women whine and complain all the time while men shoulder on and suffer in silence like the strapping examples of masculinity they are. Anthony tells Rocky that he has no idea what he did that irritated Rocky. To the camera, Anthony talks about how as a kid he developed a case of "self-loathing" because he was constantly being bullied and picked on. Back at camp, Rocky enters crazy person territory as he starts ranting at Anthony with wild finger-pointing and all that Erica and Jessica were better than Anthony and yet he is here while they aren't. Conveniently forgetting that he actually took an active part in booting Erica, Rocky claims that it can be so unfair that Anthony is still here. I suspect that part of the reason why Rocky is not happy that Anthony is here because Rocky and Mookie wanted to boot Anthony in the previous Tribal Council instead of Sylvia but, according to Sylvia's post-boot interviews and tidbits at the official website, Earl succeeded in protecting Anthony. This must be what sets Rocky off at this particular moment. He's not happy that his plan to get rid of Anthony was thwarted.

Back to Anthony, he tears up as he says that even though he's not doing too well at the Challenges at the moment, the others will have to force him to leave because he's not giving up. Oh, poor sweet Anthony, it's just that in this case, it's not a matter of him giving up as much as the others giving up on him.

Day nine, Camp Paradiso. Yes, look at those pampered Motos, swimming in the sea and lazing around like bleached whales. Not that I blame the Motos for enjoying what they are given, but it is disgusting nonetheless to say them in such a situation while another tribe is writhing around in pain. I don't blame the Motos, I'm just saying that Burnetto must be out of his mind when he approved of this ridiculous Boot Camp/Camp Paradiso twist for this season. Lisi and Stacy relax in the sea where Stacy gushes to Lisi that the place is beautiful and they are smart enough to keep their mouths shut so their places in the tribe is sealed. As we shall soon see, Lisi should have listened to Stacy a little more, especially about the parts about lips being sealed and all. Lisi tells the camera that there is this immediate bond between her, Stacy, Boo, Alex, and Edgardo "right from the start". She claims that the bond is "unspoken" and the five of them get along very well. I can now see a complete breakdown of this alliance in the near future, heh. The traitor can always claim that since the bond is unspoken, he or she is not aware of the alliance. Stacy and Lisi congratulate each other for being in this awesome situation and speculate that the Ravu must be doing poorly.

Meanwhile, Gary slumps against the couch as the camera closes in on his arms and legs which are riddled with insect bites. Cassandra approaches Gary and asks the man how he is feeling and Gary complains that his head is "twirling" and he can't breathe too well also. To the camera, he says that he had served in Vietnam which was not exactly the best time he'd ever had but this is worse than Vietnam. I know what he's trying to say, but at the same time I do find it morbidly amusing that he's complaining about how his situation is worse than his time in Vietnam when he has a couch to rest comfortably on. I suspect that Gary is telling Cassandra that he wants to go home because he says that he can't "function" anymore in his current condition and she gently agrees, saying that he can't risk his health anymore. To the camera, Cassandra pretty much says that she believes Gary should put his health above everything else in this game. As Lisi and Stacy now sit beside Gary and Lisi starts looking at the insect bites on Gary's leg, she starts telling the camera that Gary is like a baby that she never expected to have and she is not happy that everyone else has to "babysit" him. She concludes that Gary should get better or he has to go. Gary is such a thoughtless brute, I tell you, for forcing Lisi to take time away from sunning at the beach and sleeping on the hammock to babysit that useless tosser.

Reward Challenge time. After the two tribes have filed in, Jeff "I Hate It When They Steal Stuff From My Trailer To Give To Moto" Proboscis tells the Motos that Sylvia was booted from Ravu. Nobody cares, poor Sylvia. Probby then explains this week's Challenge, which is a variation of the contact thingie done in Vanuatu where every tribe member has to squeeze his or her way along a pole around the other tribe members all the way to the platform at the other end. This means a member of the othet tribe can push this person into the water, no? At any rate, the first tribe to have all members reach the platform at the other end first will win more food, more pillows, and a "king-sized bed with sheets of gauze". If this continues, Moto can open a first-class hotel by the end of the season.

Unsurprisingly, Gary and Cassandra sit out from this Challenge and they are all set to go. It's hard to recap this Challenge because this is something you have to see, but the Motos do this leapfrogging thing (no, really) that ultimately work, not because it is a good method but because the Ravus are a mess. Lisi, the first Moto, is really terrible at balancing and remembering the rule about being allowed to touch only one tribe member at a time, which allows Michelle and Yau-Man to gain a lead for Ravu. However, Anthony really messes up things big time for Ravu when he starts losing his balance when Rita and later Mookie try to move around him so when Mookie fails to remember that he can only touch one tribe member at a time, it doesn't matter because Moto is already done. So yes, the Motos get a bed, more rice, more fish, more pillows, the usual. They don't have to do anything anymore other than to go compete in Challenges. Disgusting, really.

Poor Earl is heard asking the others, "What happened?" to which Rocky snaps back, "We lost, bro. What do you mean, what happened?" Oh, I'd bet he's waiting for a chance to tell Earl that this is what happens when they keep Anthony in the tribe. Anyway, the Motos send Yau-Man to Janu Island and run back to camp to celebrate their victory and the new bed and all. Disgusting. I can't watch the Motos anymore. It's not their fault that they are winning, like I've said earlier, it's just that watching them is disgusting given the artificial disparity between the two tribes. It's not like Ulong getting trashed back in Palau because those two tribes had more or less equal playing fields back then. Here the Ravus are set up to lose.

Back at Boot Camp, something awesome is taking place. Rocky goes berserk, not that I blame him, as he starts throwing anything he can get his hands on against the cave wall while ranting about how "ridiculous" it is that they keep losing and how they should just head straight to Tribal Council and vote somebody off. I try to sympathize, I really do, because I think I will feel the same way if I were in his shoes. But man, he's a one-man trainwreck as he starts going on and on about calling Jeff on the "Jeffphone" and vote themselves off. Rocky may claim to be all "man", but he nags in a way that put fishwives to shame. He nags the others for apparently not wanting to win as much as he does even as he tells the camera that he's now "skinnier than homeless people". Oh, I have to laugh. I think I'm the only one who feel this way, but I want Rocky to stay for as long as this stupid Boot Camp/Camp Paradiso twist persists because at least his meltdown is entertaining to watch. If all the Ravus are silently and nobly suffering, this season will be absolutely unwatchable. My favorite scene in this whole episode is Rocky leaning over to the camera in his confessional as he says in a perfect drama queen tone that he knows fifteen homeless people who weigh forty pounds more than he does at that moment. For someone who can't stand when other people whine and complain, Rocky sure can nag and complain like nobody else and he's so entertaining in the process. Awesome, man!

Rocky continues to rant and rave at his eye-rolling tribemates until he finally quiets down and sits with a huff. Only then does Michelle fill in the silence by asking aloud who will go get wood for the tribe. Not her, of course. Earl tells the camera that Rocky is missing the big picture because it's what you do that counts. Or something. He's making as much sense as Rocky if he believes... well, whatever he's trying to say in that confessional. Clearly these people are becoming more incoherent as their deprivation continues. Meanwhile, Earl and Anthony go for a private chit-chat where Anthony mentions how he feels vulnerable should the Ravus end up in Tribal Council again. To the camera, he adds that he has a "feel" on Rocky now, where Anthony will let Rocky talk until Rocky makes himself come off like an "ass". Yes, and it also makes Rocky the perfect fellow to bring to the final two if that is the case, has Anthony ever considered that? Then again, I doubt anyone can silence Rocky unless a physical gag is used, so the whole thing is moot anyway. Earl tells Anthony to work a little bit more around camp in a voice that makes him seem like he's mocking poor Anthony. To the camera, Earl says that he trusts Anthony. Of course, because it's not as if poor Anthony has anywhere to run to now that Sylvia is no longer there to take the target off him. Earl adds that he tries to protect Anthony but it's getting harder to do that. Still, he tells the camera that he's "devising a plan". Earl is getting the same kind of edit that Yul had last season, if you haven't noticed, so I wonder whether we are looking at a possible final three candidate in Earl.

Janu Island. Yau-Man discovers the latest clue in the logbook which tells him outright that Wally the Hidden Immunity Idol is buried under the "highest point" in the cave. I believe this must be the last clue as well because short of drawing a map, I don't know what kind of clue can they give the twits on this show after that particular clue. Yau-Man tells the camera that he doesn't feel too bad being sent to Janu Island because he has a chance to find Wally. Now this is one fellow who has his head in the game, I tell you. Like Sylvia, he wonders aloud to the camera how he will ever find the opportunity to "dig alone" back at camp for Wally.

Night, Camp Paradiso. Edgardo receives a "sports massage" from Liliana who does this semi-flirtation thing by announcing that she has to take her shirt off. As Boo drools and Liliana starts giving every guy massages while wearing her bikini top, Lisi in the corner hisses to herself. The silly woman hisses to the camera that Liliana is trying to use her wiles on the other men and Lisi believes that those unfortunate men "aren't hip to the ways that chicks maneuver". Lisi then says more that will put her in hot soup for the rest of the season, "Liliana tries to be so sneaky, but I'm Latin, and knowing my people the way that I do, I see what she's doing. I know in her little diabolical Mexican mind, she's trying to come up with something, you know?" Um, "Mexican mind"? I don't think that kind of sneakiness is exclusive only to Mexican women. Oh, Lisi. Not only does she come off as a jealous and miserable fool in this sequence, she also has to use the unfortunate loaded phrase "little diabolical Mexican mind", which won't endear her to the other members of her Latin community. Luckily for her, not many people are watching this season. Liliana now gets massaged and Lisi sulks as she listens to the jovial chuckles taking place around her.

Day ten, morning, Camp Paradiso. Boo sleeps with an umbrella over his head. Yes, they have umbrellas on this show. I've seen everything now. If I'm in Moto I'd be too embarrassed to even admit that I've been on this show because this is beyond ridiculous. What's next? A swimming pool? A personal waiter? At any rate, Gary continues his litany of complains about his health to the camera. He still can't breathe, his head hurts, he is feeling worse than when he had malaria and that time when a hand grenade went off in his mouth and all. The medic team shows up again. Dreamz, who has been very quiet for which I am grateful, says to the camera that he likes Gary so he's feeling bad for Gary. The medic team says that they can't figure out what is wrong with him since his blood pressure is normal and suggests that he be taken off to a medical facility off this island for treatment if this is what he wants. Gary agrees so there he goes in a stretcher into the boat. Bye, Gary!

He explains to the camera in what is clearly an interview that takes place in the medical facility that he had an allergic reaction to bug bites. So... the doctors of this show don't stock up on antitoxins? Beautiful. Gary's departure is greeted with lovely sentiments from his tribemates. Lisi says to the camera, "I'm not so concerned about whether Gary stays in the game. Quite frankly, one less person means better odds for all of us!" She may as well wear a sign around her neck that says, "Please kick me. I'm stupid." Alex says that he doesn't "feel good" about losing Gary because if they lose in the next Immunity Challenge, this puts them at seven members to equal Ravu's seven members. Damn, Gary! He's so insensitive! Doesn't he think of his tribe members at all?

Day eleven, morning, Boot Camp. Rocky relaxes on his back and decides to fire up the tribe. He tells the camera that he has been going crazy for a while. Well, he could've fooled me, throwing things around and all. He decides to "lead by example" when it comes to getting Ravu "fired up". He begins by walking around buck naked and approaching Michelle while she is reading the tree-mail (something about hanging). Rita tells the camera that she's grateful that she only manages to see a little bit of Rocky because it's apparently "not a pretty sight". I know. I take one look at his ultra-skinny legs and I'm already creeped out. Next, Rocky decides to wear someone's pink tube top and threatens in front of the camera to stuff it with coconuts. Rocky tells the camera that he just wants to make his tribemates laugh. Well, I can see they are chuckling but I suppose they all have to laugh at something because the alternative will be mass weeping and crying. I just wish I don't have to see Rocky's twiggy legs and his wearing that pink tube top thingie.

Immunity Challenge. After the two tribes have filed in at the beach, Probby mocks Rocky's new fashion sense because Probby is very sensitive about making himself come off as masculine as possible on TV. He then lets Yau-Man return to rejoin Ravu before informing to them for Ravu's benefit that Gary found life at Moto too harsh for him to handle because clearly they couldn't provide a sauna to Moto in time for him to recover. The Ravus gasp and even if they are pretending to feel terrible for Gary, they show much more concern for him than his tribemates ever did.

Now, on with the Challenge. Probby explains that in this Challenge, which is rather hard to describe in writing because it's a series of convoluted physical activities. Four tribe members are locked up in cages floating in the sea. One fellow swims out with a key to unlock the first caged person. Let's call him Ace. Ace then goes to what Probby calls "lily pads" to reach Bob in the second cage and release Bob. Bob does the same thing and release Cee. Cee then releases Dee. Cee and Dee will then head over to a boat. Elly is waiting in the boat for them. Cee, Dee, and Elly will then paddle back to the shore and pick up everyone else along the way. At the beach, they will do a cheerleader pyramid formation where the person at the top will unlock a suspended cage where one more fellow is kept and release that person. The first tribe to do all this wins Skeletor's magic wand and, ooh, a mysterious bottle. Moto sits out Lisi. I'm surprised they are so foolish as to keep sitting out the self-proclaimed genius of the tribe. Don't they appreciate Lisi?

Let's make this simple so that we all don't have to torture ourselves pretending to be in suspense. Moto wins. Ravu puts up a decent fight but in the end, it's always the Moto being faster when it counts. At any rate, Probby hands over the mysterious bottle to Lisi who is always the bearer of good news. She reads the message in the bottle, which pretty much says that Burnetto has been pulling out clumps of hair in his office as he realizes how badly he has screwed up this season and he's now desperately trying to salvage this season. Okay, not exactly, Lisi reads aloud that the winner of this Challenge, which everyone knows will be Moto, must choose between staying at Camp Paradiso and going to Tribal Council or staying at Boot Camp and getting a reprieve of Tribal Council. Therefore, winning this Challenge gets a tribe the chance to make a decision for the two tribes instead of getting instant immunity from Tribal Council. The Motos aren't totally stupid so that's Burnetto's screams of anger when they decide to keep staying at Camp Paradiso and meet Probby at Tribal Council that night. So, in a strange way only a desperate contrivance on this show can introduce, the Ravus lose another Challenge and win Skeletor's magic wand.

Camp Paradiso. A man can be heard talking about how the Motos are still undefeated. He's clearly not that bright if he believes that the four people who are still watching this show will share his sentiment. Liliana tells the camera the obvious: the Motos will be down to seven tribe members after Gary's departure and Tribal Council later that night. Okay, so the Motos can still count, although for all I know, they could have a calculator among the things they have won to do the counting for them.

Because Dreamz is stupid, he now gathers the Motos so that they can all discuss aloud in a most democratic way possible who to vote off. Naturally, he's to be exempted from the discussion, instead announcing that the Motos can only afford to lose Cassandra and Lisi so it's time they discuss which woman to be sacrificed in the name of comfort. Lisi's face is all "What the hell?" as Dreamz goes on to say that by sharing opinions out in the open, they will not have to be "snakes" and what-not. I wonder if he's this sanguine if the Motos are discussing the possibility of voting him off. Dreamz then generously says that people can of course disagree with him. Edgardo says that he likes Lisi so he'll be voting for Cassandra if this is the case. Alex then talks about "interpersonal relationships" and "friendships", which seems to be his lawyer-like manner of telling Dreamz, "We're all friends here and we are voting for you, asshole." Or is that just my wishful thinking? Dreamz says that they can still function as a tribe without Lisi or Cassandra. Yes, he's crazy. Stacy tells the camera that Dreamz clearly doesn't know that her alliance (you know, the one with her, Lisi, Boo, Alex, and Edgardo) is in charge of the tribe. It's easy to see that when it comes down to Lisi and Cassandra, this alliance will send Cassandra home. Dreamz however babbles on about how they need to speak and discuss things because he doesn't want to see "snake-like behavior" from the others. Yes, he's still crazy.

Cassandra and Liliana have a private chat where Liliana admits that she'll be voting for Cassandra, which is apparently a decision of the tribe majority that she is going along with. She tells Cassandra that she likes Cassandra but she cannot go against the majority. Cassandra tells the camera that she's not going to go out without a fight, however. Her half-hearted tone in this confessional suggests that she probably doesn't believe that herself.

Oh look, a snake vomits out a much larger snake whole. I bet the cameraman that caught this must have gotten a bonus from Burnetto. I've actually seen worse when I accompanied my husband on his research field trips into the wilderness back when we were younger and still spry enough to flee when we came across dangerous critters, but when it comes to this show, that particular scene is pretty impressive. Burnetto must have known that I'm halfway to falling asleep by now and he wants to wake me up.

Stacy and Lisi get down with Edgardo and Alex to discuss nomination later that day and of course Liliana and Cassandra become the candidates to choose from since it's against the law to vote for, say, Dreamz off. Stacy and Lisi want Liliana out, with Lisi saying to the camera that it's because Liliana is the "weakest link" that threatens her alliance. How can you be weak and yet threaten someone's alliance? Clearly, Lisi is scared that Liliana's devious Mexican wiles will turn Boo, Edgardo, and Alex against her. The temptress must go! All that talk about Liliana being the weakest link is Lisi's way of trying t hide the fact that she's jealous and insecure about her own standing in her alliance with Liliana offering sports massages to the men in her alliance. Alex pushes hard for a Cassandra boot, telling them that Cassandra is "weak at everything". To the camera, he pretty much admits that he thinks Liliana is on their side because he talks about the importance of keeping numbers on their side. Alex thinks that Liliana is strong but Stacy and Lisi announce that they will vote for Liliana anyway. Poor Alex says that he doesn't understand why Liliana has to go. How like a man to say such a thing, really.

Night, Tribal Council. Probby waits until the Motos have lit their torches and he's finished babbling about life being fire or something. Chit-chat is predictable: the Motos all announce that they love Gary just like how we always love someone who know may die anytime soon, they also love Dreamz even if he feels that their eyes glaze over when he talks (perhaps they believe Dreamz will join Gary soon), although Lisi begs to differ about the Dreamz love because she's not happy that Dreamz singles out her constant Challenge-sitting-out behind as someone to be voted out tonight. Oh, and Lisi says "soliloquy" while Dreamz says "Shakira". Dreamz has a very predictable habit of deflecting blame back to the accuser, where in this case he says that nobody stops him when he's speaking so clearly they agree with him. The last time someone tried to stop him, he only ended up shouting and screaming like a complete madman, remember? Short of gagging him, there is no way of getting a word in when Dreamz is talking. But there is method to Dreamz's madness though, if you ask me - he knows very well when to rein it in and speak in a most reasonable manner, like he's doing now and making Lisi come off like a foaming maniac. At any rate, Probby cuts short the show before Dreamz completely humiliates Lisi and asks them to vote.

Alex votes, Stacy votes, and Liliana votes for Cassandra. Edgardo votes, Dreamz votes, and Lisi votes for Liliana, saying something about their alliance comprising five person instead of six. I think we can officially say that Lisi's vote for Liliana is one clearly out of jealousy because she is saying that Liliana cannot be in the alliance. After all, Dreamz and Cassandra aren't in her alliance as well. Why target Liliana? Because the men like her so much that she brings out the Evil Stepmother in Lisi. Cassandra votes for Lisi. Boo votes. Probby tallies the vote and apart from Cassandra's stray vote for Lisi and Liliana's vote for Cassandra, the remaining votes for Liliana. A shocked Liliana gets her torch snuffed but tries to save face by telling Probby as she does, "If they didn't get me out now, I was going to beat them!" And then she leaves, leaving Lisi to smirk with satisfaction because the boys are all hers now.

Liliana's final words sees her talking about how shocked she is to be voted but takes comfort in believing that she's voted out because she's a threat. Look at the bright side: she's the first person to be voted off because her tribe won a Challenge. That has to count for something, I suppose.

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