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For 39 days, 16 castaways were stranded in Asia.  Every 3 days on the island became a 1-hour show.  The first contestant eliminated pockets $2500.  Each successive eliminated contestant wins more money, through the next-to-last Survivor, who receives $100,000.  The final Survivor wins a million dollars!

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Two Robs diverged in a wood and I,
I voted out the Rob less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Night 9/Day 10: Boom, baby bay-bee... bay-baby BAY-BEE.

The storm of the century... of the week. It's a good thing Rob M. built the shelter to last, because right now, there's nothing but water on the beach. Even the zen garden outback is a mudbog. "We need a boat." Tom once again stating the obvious there. Alicia saw it coming, but didn't do anything about it except help Rob gather stones. So you have to wonder who's stupider, the castaways for not doing anything about it initially or Alicia for not bringing it up in the first place.

Answer: Alicia. As Amber points out, they throw up a tarp on the roof. The probably should've thrown another one on the floor as water begins to seep up from the ground. It's cold. So cold. What are two tribemates to do? Start snuggling for an audience, of course. Cue the cheesy porn guitar licks. Tom and Robarino watch on. "Boston Rob and Amber are going to do it," Robarino says. "I don't know when, but they're gonna do it."

Save it for sweeps... wait a sec. THIS IS SWEEPS!

Later that day, sea mail! Rob: "I remember this challenge!" Me too!
"In this game of give and take,
Give too much: Big mistake.
Take it all from friend and foe,
And you'll be clean from head to toe."

R-CHALLENGE: Matchmaker (for a portable bathroom and/or a lock box clue)

You remember this one, right? Twelve people play go-fish with several items. Team with the most matches wins. Strategy is a key element. It's a heated competition if you can get past the earlier squabble between Sue and Richard on why he didn't get as much she didn't get as much fish in Borneo, ending in a win for Chapera, who now have all three clues to the lock box.

Back at camp: Toilet head.

Big Tome comes back to camp with a stylish chapeau... the toilet won from the challenge. That's baaaaad mojo right there. We get the requisite rubdown sequence, complete with Boston Rob giving Amber the rubdown while she covers her breasts... Because this is CBS, and they're already in deep trouble as it is... People, let it go.

After getting all clean, it's time to get to the box. First, you need the final key. The final clue reads:

"The box is almost open, remains the final key.
Not too far away, it's the closest of the three.
Not in search of keys, but you've all been there before.
Everyday a place you go to find out what's in store (Rob C: Tree mail).
Stand in front and face it, it will point the way.
Start your count behind, and you're just ten paces away.
Once you're done, you will surely see.
It's in a shallow grave, so dig carefully!"


Which brings to matter a very pressing question: "What's a pace?" End result, everyone is searching about ten steps from the tree mail box. "It is like the search for the Holy Grail and cracking Al Capone's safe at the same time," Robarino notes as he heads to search for the key. In the other direction. Playing hero, he is not. Anyone who can read knows that. And saying "Before the day is over, I'm going to dig this whole entire beach" isn't helping much.

"The kid's building a frigging sandcastle over there!" Boston Rob says.

So while Rob's digging for lost treasure, the other Rob, the much wiser one, scores the final key, unlocking rice... and whiskey. BONUS! Alicia gloated, "We're so far ahead of the other tribes now, it's insane. I feel sorry for 'em... NOT!" Robarino looks like he knows he's going home unless he wins Immunity.

I-CHALLENGE: Blind Leading the Blind (aka the Challenge postponed from last week).

One sighted member will guide three blindfolded members to several tetrad puzzle pieces scattered on the beach. Once all the pieces are together, the three will take off the blindfolds and start to put the puzzle together. Chapera, with Alicia at the helm and Tom, Rob M., and Sue on the field, have no problem taking the blocks from the field to the puzzle arena (even as Tom takes a block to the head... thanks, Lex.). It's the puzzle solving that gets them to... well, losing. See, you can't just put blocks anywhere. They have to match up in some sort of pattern. The tribe can't grasp that concept, therefore we're headed to our first Tribal Council.

Day 12: Pre-tribal jitters...

So far, only Alicia, Rob C., and Sue are on the block. And all because, according to Rob, he wasn't playing in the puzzle challenge. Hopefully the rest of the tribe will see how much of an asset he is because of that. Well, I can't so consider yourself (^_^)bagged.

Amber considers him persona non grata, and tries to convince Tom of that. Tom thinks that Rob's brain may be an asset along the line, wanting to get rid of the dumber one (that would be Alicia). The two Robs discuss entering into an alliance with both Amber and Big Tom. Rob M. expresses his latest scheme thusly: "One of three people are going. Rob, Susan, or Alicia. I just haven't decided who yet. But whoever I vote for, they'll go home." Rob C. on the other hand is a little more than skeptical: "I don't know how good Boston Rob's word is."

Famous last words.

Night 12: Tribal council.

Okay, to put a long spiel short, FIRE = LIFE. No fire = no life. They have a tough fire, but also a tough life, this per Tom and Robarino. Amber is impressed with the way she handled herself in the face of Alicia and Boston Rob's trigger-hair tempers. Then there's the matter of the challenge, and Tom's looking for the number of that block that hit him. Rob and Amber deny that they're hooking up, saying that their first love is the game. All together now... Riiiiight. Sue thinks she's going because she's a bitch to be around. Her words, not mine. Time to vote:

Rob: ALICIA - "I have a feeling that the next time we meet, I'll see a big finger in my face."
Alicia: ROB C. - "You're a great guy and very funny, but the tribe needs to be serious now."

The rest of the votes...

Amber: ROB C.
Tom: ROB C.
Susan: ROB C.


And the other Rob called it.

Boston Rob: ROB C.

In a 5-1 blowout, THE TRIBE HAS SPOKEN, and I believe Rob C. knows the way out.