Episode Recap: Cook Islands - Week 12

Episode: You're a Rat Original Air Date: November 30, 2006 If there is such a thing as overplaying this game, Jonathan seems to have done it. It's just after Tribal Council, where half the tribe discovered that Jonathan had betrayed them and flipped sides yet again. Parvati is not a happy camper. "I'm literally sick," she says, "I just want to take Jonathan's face and puke all over it." In the midst of the argument, Jonathan blurts out that Yul has the Immunity Idol, so he had to switch sides. "I hope you're happy with second place," Parvati says, "because you've played yourself out tonight." She may be right. It would be hard to imagine Jonathan going any farther than second, which is most likely why Yul wanted so badly for him to re-join the former Aitu alliance. Day 29 - The castaways are gathered for a "Survivor Auction". Each castaway is given $500 to bid on a number of items, some covered, so that no one knows what they are. The castaways are allowed to borrow money, but they can not share food. Jonathan makes out with a hot dog with french fries and a beer, an entire pepperoni pizza, and finally some gear to brush his teeth with. Apparently he figures he can't win anyway, so he has nothing to lose by making even his own alliance hate him. The only other castaway to come away with decent food is Ozzy, who gets a never-ending ice cream machine (he gets to eat all the ice cream he can while the auction is taking place). Parvati bids almost all of her money for a bubble bath, having outbid Jonathan, whom Jeff calls "the one guy that nobody here wants to see take a bath". Sundra bids for and wins a covered item, which turns out to be the only gag item - a sea cucumber in a jar. There is one item that Jeff will only describe as "something that will give the person who wins it power in this game". Becky bids all of her money, plus some of Yul's and wins the item. It is a note that tells Becky to choose one person to send to Exile Island and take all of their money. Yul points out that Adam and Candice each have $500 left, so Becky exiles Candice. Poor Candice! She's been to that little island three times already. The last time made her cry. Sending her again just seems cruel. Jeff brings up the Immunity Idol. Yul decides now is the time to let the cat out of the bag and tell everyone he has it. I always enjoy the nature shots that play as the show comes back from commercial break. Underwater, an interesting-looking creature (a giant eel, maybe?) pokes his head out of his rock and opens his mouth. Behold, the beauty that is Nature in all her glory. Wait, the creature looks like he's gagging or something. Suddenly, he coughs up a whole other animal, unidentifiable due to it being half-digested. Nice. I look forward to going to bed with that image in my head. Maybe Jonathan is just tired of being in the game. He seems to be going out of his way to make everyone hate him today. Back at camp, he decides to gloat about all the food he got to eat. "I never would've eaten all that food in the real world." Just to make his point, he stands up and burps for all to hear and smell. Becky starts waving her hand, "Whoa, I could definitely smell the pepperoni in that." The rest of his alliance huddle to talk about how obnoxious he's being. "I definitely wouldn't want to see him in the final four," Sundra tells everyone. Others in the alliance seem to agree. Meanwhile, poor Candice is on Exile Island for the fourth time, crying a river. "It's really hard being sent out here again," she says, "I really miss Adam. I just need a hug." I don't even like her that much, but I almost want to give her a hug. The Convoluted Immunity Challenge - I absolutely draw the line with this challenge. It is way to convoluted to describe in detail. I will say it involves remembering things like "How many poles were used in that one Rewards Challenge three weeks ago", a lame obstacle course, and lots of Math. And as if it weren't convoluted enough, it takes place in two rounds. Adam, of all people, ends up winning this one. Since Math was involved, I would have considered Mr. "This game makes you think too much" at a severe disadvantage. But he wins it easily. That afternoon, Parvati, Adam, and Candice plead their case to Yul for voting off Jonathan, even though he's a part of Yul's alliance. It's gotten to the point that three of them don't care about winning as much as staying on the island longer than Jonathan. They hate him that much. They tell Yul that, since he (Yul) is the "ringleader", if he doesn't get rid of Jonathan tonight, it will not bode well for him when it comes time for the Jury to vote. Lo and behold, Mr. Popularity himself walks into camp at that moment and grabs a coconut that Adam had been eating, and proceeds to eat it himself. Parvati yells at him for it, and he responds by trying to give the coconut back, stating that he had just picked it up to "share" it. Evidently wanting to push the other castaways to the point of murdering him, Jonathan later convinces the rest of his alliance not to share the fish that he had just caught with the other three castaways. Yul is always thinking. He takes Becky to the side and tells her that he needs to insulate himself from the Jury. Their alliance currently has five people, compared to the three others left on the island. If they vote Jonathan off tonight, he reasons, the alliance will still have four people, which will be enough to eliminate the other three castaways later, and he'll suffer no retribution from the Jury. Tribal Council - Everybody hates Jonathan. Parvati, Adam, and Candice slam him hard during the Council meeting and no one from his alliance speaks in his defense. It looks bad for him. Everyone votes. Not Jonathan, but Candice is the 13th person voted off this season. Adam tells her goodbye by making out with her in front of everyone. "The kiss was nice," Jeff says, "but maybe if there were more love, he would have given you the Immunity necklace." Next week - Parvati accidently cuts herself with a machete, Yul feels like "the Godfather, putting a hit out on somebody."