Nude Cartoon Characters

At this rate, Terry might win the rest of the remaining immunity challenges on Survivor: Panama - Exile Island. But his bad strategy revealed that he's not as smart as he thinks he is, and it cost Sally, his only ally, her chance at $1 million.

After 22 days on the island, the contestants competed for the perennial videos-from-home reward. Everyone watched a few seconds of footage of their loved ones, including Aras's dad, who has a tepee in his backyard.

Shane broke down at the mere prospect of seeing his son. "He's my everything," Shane said. "He's my best friend. He's my brother." That can only mean that Shane fathered his son...with his own mother!

For the challenge, contestants were split into two teams. Three members of each team used ropes to maneuver a fourth member, who was suspended above the ground, facedown, on a panel of wood. Teams swung the panel so that the team member on it could grab 15 numbered flags around the game area, and then place the flags into corresponding slots on a log.

Aras, Cirie, and Shane jumped ahead early, as they swung Danielle about. But Aras' rope knocked one of the flags out of its slot, halting their progress until Danielle put it back in place. Just after she got it, Shane knocked the same flag out again.

Bruce, Sally, Terry, and Courtney finished their task while the other team fixed their mistakes. The winning team sent Aras to Exile Island, and then snacked on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and milk as they watched their complete videos.

Aras was excited about being sent to Exile Island, at first. It gave him a chance to search for the hidden Immunity Idol, in case Terry hadn't actually found it. But the clues to the Idol's whereabouts confused Aras, so he gave up and ate a coconut.

Back at camp, Shane seized the opportunity to ask nurse Cirie about a medical problem while the other tribe members were away. He'd developed a rash on his nether region, and dropped his shorts so that the nurse could examine it.

Begrudgingly, Cirie gave his condition a peek. "Shane is like a cartoon character anyway," she said, "and now he's like a nude cartoon character." Through uproarious laughter, Cirie told him that his condition was similar to diaper rash, and had been caused by wearing the same wet pair of underwear for 23 days straight. Shane's remedy was to wear his t-shirt around his waist like a skirt, using the crewneck as a waistband.

At the Immunity Challenge beach, Aras rejoined the tribe. The Survivors were given the option of skipping the challenge to eat cheeseburgers. Bruce, Cirie, Danielle, Courtney, and Shane eagerly took Jeff Probst up on his offer, leaving Aras as the old Casaya tribe's only hope for keeping Immunity out of Terry's or Sally's hands.

Terry, Aras, and Sally swam out to a long plank suspended under water, where they memorized seven symbols attatched on the plank: variations of skulls, candles, and knives. The three competitors then swam back to the beach, where they raced to arrange some symbol-etched blocks in the same order as shown on the plank.

Aras finished first but had the symbols in the wrong order. Terry nailed it on his first try, and Jeff ordered the cheeseburger gang to stop eating. Shane looked forlorn, as a droopy french fry dangled from his frowning mouth.

Sally and Terry tried to sway people to their side by hinting that the hidden Immunity Idol would be played that night. But, since Bruce and Danielle had only briefly glimpsed what Terry claimed to be the idol, and Terry refused to confirm that he even had it, no one committed to joining with them. As a result, Sally was voted off.

The only chance Terry and Sally had to stay in the game together was for Terry to explicitly tell everyone, "Here's the idol and I'm giving it to Sally. Decide amongst yourself who will be voted off." Even if some people voted for Sally and the idol had to be played, one of the gang of six would've been eliminated.

Better still for Terry: give the same speech but don't actually give Sally the idol. If they don't call the bluff, great, but even if they do, they still know it's one of them next, no matter what happens in the next Immunity Challenge.

Next week, Bruce has some serious medical problems. If he has to leave the game permanently, there's a good chance there will be no Tribal Council vote. However, if there is a vote, lots of likely elimination candidates will emerge -- as it looks like Shane is back to his premerge habit of arguing with Courtney and Danielle.