The Amazing Race: All-Stars -- Episode 2

Memo to Kevin & Drew: When you're going down the highway at 40KPH, and pretty much every other team on the entire Race has flown past you--some more than once--you might have missed a Speed Limit sign somewhere along the road.

Teams left Ecuador for Santiago, Chile, where they entered the headquarters of Codelco, the largest copper mining company in the world. There, teams encountered a Roadblock, which required the team member with the best eye for details to scour a boardroom for clues to their next destination.

A bunch of actors portraying Executive Vice Presidents of Something-or-Other doodled letters on their notepads, and had other letters embroidered onto their ties and suits. Those letters could be rearranged to form the name of the teams' next destination, Chuquicmata. Clever contestants would notice a picture of that next destination (and a plaque with its name) hung on the boardroom wall.

Most of the contestants were not clever.

Beauty Queen Dustin was the first to notice the picture, and she escaped the boardroom without anyone seeing her copy the name from the picture's plaque

Joyce and Eric had been the first contestants to the boardroom, but because they didn't pay attention to the photos on the wall, they left in two of the last three places (Only Ian lagged behind with them). Ultimately, it didn't matter, as all teams bunched up at the airport while waiting for another domestic flight, but it was embarrassing.

The next destination was the largest open-pit copper mine in the world. There, a Detour forced teams to either drive a gigantic front end loader (fun) or change the nuts and brackets on one of the front end loader's 10-foot-tall tires (tedious).

Amazingly, most of the teams chose the tedious work of changing the nuts and brackets. Rob & Amber drove the front end loader and finished the Detour first, while having more fun than the other teams. Joe & Bill also drove the loader, and finished quickly, as well.

Once teams finished their Detours, they hopped into trucks and drove toward the Pit Stop, which was in the Valley of the Dead. Charla & Mirna, who'd hired a cabbie to lead them, became incensed when they noticed Dustin & Kandice following.

The cabbie pulled over to make sure that he would be paid his $100 fee, and both of the teams behind him stopped. Dustin & Kandice seemed interested in working with Charla & Mirna to get directions from the cabbie, but the two cousins wouldn't stop shrieking at the Beauty Queens for following them.

When they weren't able to get Charla & Mirna to calm down for even a few seconds, Dustin & Kandice drove off on their own. Charla & Mirna then realized that they couldn't afford to foot the cab bill alone. Oops.

They tried to offer their cabbie all of their money and belongings, even promising not to eat the next day, for whatever good that would do the cab driver. Charla & Mirna gave up and pushed on alone, crying about the Beauty Queens all the way to the Pit Stop.

Charla said, "Beauty is sometimes skin deep. It's easy to make yourself beautiful with plastic surgery. But to have a pure heart, and to have morals, is not easy to make up." Lucky for you, Charla, producers have decided that this season's Race winners will not be the team that finishes first, but instead the team that judges itself to have the purest hearts.

As teams drove through the desolate but beautiful Valley of the Moon, the shifting terrain forced them to adhere to a forty kilometers per hour speed limit.

Unfortunately, Drew & Kevin didn't notice a sign at the end of the Valley that told them they could resume regular highway speeds. They grew confused and angry as all of the other teams passed them once, and then passed them again after Kevin and Drew figured out they were all going the wrong way.

Rob & Amber were the first team to reach the finish mat in the Valley of the Dead, winning a pair of offroad motorcycles, which, sadly, cannot be used until after the race. Oswald & Danny finished in second place, meaning this week's top two teams were the same as last week's.

Kevin & Drew puttered into the Valley of the Dead in last place, and by the time they reached the mat, Drew had had enough. He stomped away from the mat upon hearing he and Kevin were last to arrive. Phil Keoghan had to beg Drew to come back to the mat so that the team could be properly eliminated.

Next week, Danielle flips out when she has to pick up some fish.

Survivor: Fiji -- Episode 3

Last week, clumsy Boo chopped himself with a hatchet and poked his eye with a spear. This week, "Papa Smurf" Gary slipped during a Reward Challenge and almost broke a rib. At this rate, Moto's going to start losing members without ever voting anyone out.

At the Reward Challenge, Ravu was actually in decent shape for a change. Using a pair of glasses, Michelle was able to start a fire, meaning that her tribe could finally boil water to drink. It's one of the few times in Survivor history that a contestant was able to make fire without flint.

For the challenge, two greased-up contestants from opposing tribes slid down a slippery incline, grabbing a numbered ball along the way. At the bottom of the incline, the first contestant to toss the ball into an elevated basket earned a point.

The first team to six points won their choice of rewards: a set of fishing gear, the luxury items they brought from home, or a basket of fresh fruit. Also, the winning team sent one of the losers to Exile Island. That person would return in time for the Immunity Challenge.

Many of the contestants dove head first down the incline, in traditional Slip n' Slide style. Gary took a few steps onto the slippery surface and fell hard on his back. He completed the challenge, and Moto won again, choosing the fishing gear and sending Sylvia back to Exile Island -- a smart strategic move, limiting the number of people who could potentially have the Immunity Idol.

Back at camp, Gary was disoriented and couldn't take a deep breath, leading him to fear a broken rib or possibly heart trouble. The show's medics didn't find anything seriously wrong with him and prescribed painkillers and rest.

Luckily for Gary, the Immunity Challenge wasn't physical in nature. It was an old-fashioned Survivor eating contest, meaning that contestants had to eat gross things like sea cucumbers and peanut worms. It's one event I can always count on to make me glad I'm a vegetarian--until the next time I see my husband eat another delicious hamburger.

Rocky and Mookie were the only members of Ravu to win their face-offs, in part because the rest of their tribe was dehydrated and didn't have enough saliva to swallow their food. The final battle came down to Anthony and Gary, and Gary earned Moto's fourth consecutive victory by eating two disgusting, hairy pig snouts before Anthony could swallow his first bite.

Although Sylvia was still Ravu's biggest outsider, Mookie felt that Anthony hadn't tried hard enough at the challenge. Because they feared Sylvia might possess the hidden Immunity Idol (meaning that the person with the second highest number of votes would be eliminated) a couple of people agreed to vote for Anthony.

As the day dragged on, Mookie became even more convinced that Anthony wasn't a committed member of the tribe and told as much to anyone who would listen. At Tribal Council, Mookie told Anthony off, and it looked as if Sylvia might last another week.

As the votes were read, Anthony and Sylvia were tied at three votes each. But Rita decided to branch out on her own and cast her vote for Earl. The tiebreaking vote was cast for Sylvia, and since she hadn't found the Immunity Idol, she was eliminated.

Next week, concerns about Gary's health linger.

Full Cast of DwtS 4

Here's an expanded description of the celebrities of Dancing with the Stars 4, including their professional partners.

Laila Ali
Partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Laila Ali is the 30-year-old daughter of Muhammad Ali, as well as a women's boxing title holder. The discipline she's learned through boxing should mesh well with Maksim's occasionally tough training style.

Billy Ray Cyrus
Partner: Karina Smirnoff
The singer of the infectious (not necessarily a compliment) country hit "Achy Breaky Heart" is now a regular on the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana. Something tells me Karina won't let BRC rest on his line-dancing laurels.

Clyde Drexler
Partner: Elena Grinenko
While this NBA Hall of Famer played, he was nicknamed "The Glide." Clyde is over six-and-a-half feet tall, so don't be surprised if Elena has to dance on stilts.

Joey Fatone
Partner: Kym Johnson
Joey Fatone is a former member of boy band *NSYNC (their name was all caps preceded by an asterisk), and he now performs on Broadway. His dancing skills should be a welcome change for Kym, who danced last season with the less-than-nimble Jerry Springer.

Shandi Finnessey
Partner: Brian Fortuna
Shandi Finnessey parlayed her victory in the 2004 Miss USA competition into hosting gigs on the Game Show Network. She and new DwtS professional Brian might be this season's underdogs.

Leeza Gibbons
Partner: Tony Dovolani
Leeza Gibbons is a talk show host and founder of a charity that assists people with memory disorders. Until Tony's partner, Sara Evans, quit last season, he seemed on his way to his second straight season in the finals.

Heather Mills
Partner: Jonathan Roberts
At least early on, Heather Mills is sure to be the most talked about member of the cast. She's in the process of divorcing (Sir) Paul McCartney, she's a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, and she's got a prosthetic leg. Jonathan's classy style and background in Standard should be a great fit for Heather.

Apolo Anton Ohno
Partner: Julianne Hough
Apolo is an Olympic gold medalist in speedskating. If he's been willing to put so much work into an amateur sport, he should be a eager student for Julianne -- especially now that he's getting paid.

Vincent Pastore
Partner: Edyta Sliwinska
After his character Big Pussy got whacked on The Sopranos, Vincent Pastore gained a lot of weight and suffered some serious heart problems. He lost 29 lbs. on VH-1's Celebrity Fit Club, and ballroom dancing is the next step in his new heart-healthy lifestyle. He'll be the fourth partner for Edyta, the only pro to compete in every season of DwtS.

Paulina Porizkova
Partner: Alec Mazo
Paulina Porizkova twice graced the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition during the 1980s, but she's perhaps better known as the wife of gangly Ric Ocasek, former singer of The Cars. Paulina and Alec are the best looking duo in the competition. Actually, anyone and Alec would probably be the best looking duo in the competition.

Ian Ziering
Partner: Cheryl Burke
Ian (pronounced eye-an, not ee-an) Ziering portrayed middle-aged high schooler Steve Sanders on Beverly Hills 90210. Cheryl's won every season of DwtS she's participated in, so Ian is in very good hands.

DwtS 4 Celebrities Announced

Jerry Springer stopped by Good Morning America to announce the celebrity contestants for Dancing with the Stars 4.

They are:
Paulina Porizkova
Laila Ali
Ian Ziering (who will be partnered with Cheryl Burke)
Shandi Finnessey
Billy Ray Cyrus
Vincent Pastore
Apolo Anton Ohno
Joey Fatone
Leeza Gibbons
Clyde Drexler
Heather Mills

I'll be updating the list later today with more detailed descriptions of the contestants, and, hopefully, more information on the professional dancers they'll be partnered with.

Dancing with the Stars 4 premieres on March 19 at 8 p.m. EST.

Apprentice L.A. -- Episode 6

In this week's episode of The Apprentice, the candidates' skills were put to the ultimate test of executive aptitude: registering people for a giveaway at the mall.

I'm not exactly sure how the ability to sign up mall shoppers for a vacation sweepstakes qualifies one for an executive position at a corporation. But I suppose the inability to do so could certainly be a disqualification.

Aimee and Surya lead their respective teams, Kinetic and Arrow, despite being utterly disrespected by their teammates. No matter which team lost, a Project Manager was dead meat.

Kinetic had the more challenging location, as a large number of the patrons at their mall spoke only Spanish. Derek and Jenn had that information in advance and didn't tell Aimee. But Aimee failed to make any adjustments to address the issue during the task, instead focusing on unimportant details, like a goofy inflatable octopus that Jenn had included in their kiosk decor.

Instead of hiring a native Spanish speaker, it was left to Muna and Derek to translate the online sign-up form for customers. That extra time may have hurt the team, as Kinetic lost the task to Arrow by fewer than 50 customers.

In the boardroom, everyone ganged up on Aimee, and Trump had no choice but to fire her.

The Apprentice takes a break for the Academy Awards this Sunday, but will return with a new episode the following week.

The Amazing Race: All-Stars -- Episode 1

If executed poorly, an all-star season of a reality show can easily alienate the very fans it's trying to please. Case in point: too much Rupert on Survivor: All-Stars. Fortunately, the premiere episode of The Amazing Race: All-Stars had just the right balance of jokers and jerks -- even if they're missing some of the jokers (Ken & Gerard) and jerks (Colin & Christie) I was hoping for.

The eleven teams started the race in Miami, Florida, before departing for Ecuador. In the shuttle ride from the parking lot to the airport, it became apparent which teams were really on the ball and which weren't.

John Vito & Jill, Rob & Amber, and Ozzy & Danny all realized that the flight leaving first might not actually arrive in Ecuador first. They checked with their shuttle drivers and learned that the second flight on American Airlines arrived nearly two hours earlier than the flight on a smaller airline, Copa.

David & Mary, who were not widely regarded as a shrewd team during Season 10, booked their seats on Copa before asking the ticket agent if it was the faster flight.

The shuttle ride to the airport also confirmed that, just like in Season 7, everyone's gunning for Rob & Amber. Ozzy & Danny, who were sharing their shuttle, jokingly congratulated Rob & Amber for having "your own cable channel," and said they were familiar with "Romber" simply by virtue of living on the planet Earth.

The anti-Romber sentiment apparently ramps up next week, which strikes me as funny, since they didn't even win their season but are still seen as the most fearsome team. Meanwhile, no one seems worried about Uchenna & Joyce, the actual winners of Season 7 and the only TAR millionaires competing in All-Stars.

In Ecuador, Drew & Kevin were in big trouble. After already losing a footrace with Charla, Drew fell while stepping out of cab and lay moaning and rolling in the street for what seemed to be several minutes.

Eventually, Drew accepted that, were his shoulder actually dislocated, he would not be able to wave his arm around in pain, and the team was back in the race.

But Drew & Kevin fell behind the pack on the way to the Detour the next morning, which was located in the middle of a nature preserve. Things only got worse when they blew out a tire on the muddy road, but rather than put on the spare, Drew simply drove on three wheels and a rim.

Drew's willingness to go offroad four-wheeling on three wheels saved Kevin and him from elimination. Season 3 favorites John Vito & Jill had gotten bad directions along the way, and they wound up entering the vast nature preserve on the wrong side. (Earlier in the day, the same thing had happened to Charla & Mirna -- due in no small part to the pseudo-Spanish they spoke throughout the episode (e.g., "Exallante," and "Muy dinero.").

The outcome of the first episode was all that show producers' could have hoped for. Everyone's nemeses Rob & Amber finished in first place, making them sure to inspire the hatred of the other teams. And the nice but boring ex-couple, John Vito & Jill, were eliminated.

Eric & Danielle, the only "new" team on the race, finished in fourth place, which is very respectable considering they originally raced with different partners. And the two most sluggish teams, David & Mary and Kevin & Drew, finished at the back of the pack--as sluggish teams tend to do.

Next week, in addition to the escalating Romber bashing, Charla takes on the Beauty Queens, Dustin & Kandice.

DwtS 4 Pro Dancers Revealed

My Ox Is Broken has the scoop on which professional dancers will be back for Dancing with the Stars 4 -- and which pros won't.

ABC will announce which celebrities will be competing in Season 4 on Wednesday, February 21. Jerry Springer will be making the announcement on Good Morning America, which airs from 7-9 a.m. CST, but we'll post the list here at MOIB for you late sleepers out there.

The list of professional dancers participating in DwtS 4 has already been leaked. Returning to the show are Cheryl Burke, Kym Johnson, Karina Smirnoff, Edyta Sliwinska, Elena Grinenko, Alec Mazo, Jonathan Roberts, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and Tony Dovolani. New to the cast are Julianne Hough and Brian Fortuna, two of the company dancers from the DwtS Tour.

Notably absent from the list are Jesse DeSoto and Louis van Amstel. Ashly DelGrosso elected not to return because she's expecting her first child.

DwtS 4 Rumors
The GMA cast announcement will confirm whether or not a couple of new celebrities rumored to be possible participants are actually in the cast: Olympic speed skater Apollo Anton Ohno and the soon-to-be-former Mrs. Paul McCartney, Heather Mills.

Gossip
Cheryl Burke is allegedly dating Matthew Lawrence, younger brother of Joey Lawrence.

Appearances
Surrounded by piles of snow here in suburban Chicago, Florida seems like the most appealing place in the whole world right now. Those of you lucky enough to be in the Boca Raton area on February 26 can stop by the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County's gala to see Maksim Chmerkovskiy perform with both of his celebrity partners, Tia Carrere and Willa Ford.

Survivor: Fiji -- Episode 2

Even though Erica saved the Ravu tribe from dehydration, she wouldn't keep her big yap shut at the Immunity Challenge. Her freakout made her the latest contestant eliminated from Survivor: Fiji.

When Sylvia joined the Ravu tribe after her brief stay on Exile Island, she found them in rough shape. With no fire to boil water, they'd resorted to licking the dew off of palm fronds.

Sylvia did what she does best and started barking orders, but her exhausted team wasn't in any shape -- or mood -- to carry them out. Within a few minutes of joining the tribe, she'd made herself the obvious target for elimination.

As they stumbled about and fell down, delirious from dehydration, it seemed like they might be better off forfeiting the Immunity Challenge and saving their energy. But Erica started poking around the bushes near their cave and discovered dozens of pineapples.

Refreshed from their boost of citric acid, and now scurvy-free, the Ravu tribe was ready to take on their pampered rivals. Earl, the early hero of this season, even vowed to marry Erica.

Meanwhile, things weren't going all that well at Moto's camp, at least for one of their tribe members. Boo, a construction worker by trade, proved that he might be the most accident-prone person on the planet.

First, Boo poked his eye on a spear. Minutes later, using a terrible chopping technique to axe wood, he managed to slice through his hand and into his thigh.

With only one functioning eye, hand, and leg, Boo decided to do the least dangerous thing he could: rest in a hammock. That's when the hammock became unraveled, dropping Boo to the ground with a thud.

Somehow, Boo survived long enough to make it to the Immunity Challenge. Teams paddled their canoes through the water, collecting four boxes and towing them back to shore.

Once ashore, teams opened up their boxes to find the pieces of a flag pole, which all fit together as a puzzle. The first team to solve the puzzle and raise their flag pole won the rights to the posh camp, fishing gear, and, should Ravu win, flint. The winning team also sent one of the losers to Exile Island.

Ravu got an early lead in the water, and had already started assembling their pole by the time Moto got their boxes ashore. But Erica flipped out, screaming about how to correctly assemble the puzzle.

Distracted by Erica, Ravu fell behind. Eventually, most of them stopped working on the puzzle and gawked as Moto raised their flag in victory.

Moto chose Earl, the fittest of the Ravu men to send into exile. They didn't realize that there was a flint on Exile Island, and that Earl would be in much better condition than if he'd gone back to Ravu's camp.

Earl had only one complaint about Exile Island -- the snakes. He regretted having to kill a snake in self-defense, saying, "Snakes are misunderstood. But we have an understanding now."

When Ravu returned to their fire-less camp, sentiment quickly turned against Erica for her in-challenge freakout. Even if it only bought her one more week, Sylvia was off the chopping block.

Anthony insisted that the team had functioned better before Sylvia arrived, and that it didn't make sense to eliminate one of their younger, stronger members. He tried to steer the vote away from Erica, but at Tribal Council, Anthony and Erica were the only people to vote for Sylvia.

Next week, Ravu manages to start a fire without flint, and someone on Moto is seriously injured. Is there any chance that it's not Boo?

Apprentice L.A. -- Episode 5

Aaron found out the hard way that Donald Trump's sting is far more painful than that of any honeybee.

Trump introduced this week's task by ominously pointing out that Arrow project manager Aaron had been awfully quiet in the boardroom the night before, when he was supposed to be offering Trump his advice on which member of Kinetic to fire. Trump's words were a sign that, should his team lose, Aaron would be in a heap of trouble.

For the task, teams needed to harvest their own honey, package it, and then sell it at a grocery store. The team who earned the most money won the task.

Surprisingly, gathering honey from the hives of thousands of bees turned out to be easier than developing a marketing plan. The folks on Arrow and Kinetic in charge of marketing -- Surya, James, & Aaron (Arrow) and Aimee & Jenn (Kinetic) -- wasted hours of time just coming up with names for their honey. (I don't know why contestants on The Apprentice always insist on group brainstorming, when it almost never does any good -- just like in the real world.)

At least Kinetic made a vinyl sign to put up outside the store where they were selling their honey. Arrow never even got that far.

At the grocery stores the following day, Project Managers Aimee and Aaron spent the majority of their time making coffee or standing around looking bored -- instead of selling honey.

By day's end, Kinetic outsold Arrow, earning the winners a trip to the Los Angeles Lakers' practice facility to play a pick up game with legendary members of the Lakers organization, like coach Phil Jackson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, and... Brian Cook? Are you telling me that the lycanthropic Vladimir Radmanovic wasn't available?

In the boardroom, the original members of Arrow ganged up on new guy Surya (who'd switched teams an episode ago) for his role in the lackluster marketing campaign. Nicole was the only one perceptive enough to pick up on Trump's not-so-subtle hints that he wasn't impressed with Aaron.

Aimee wasn't about to let her former teammate be bullied, and she stuck up for Surya. She also questioned why Aaron, a sales professional, spent so little time actually selling the honey.

Nothing Aaron said made any difference to Trump, and Aaron was fired. That did little to comfort Surya, who considered the disparaging remarks made about him in the boardroom to be outright lies. After Aaron's ouster, Surya couldn't stop fuming. He tried to talk to Trump, but Trump ushered him out. Then, outside the boardroom, he whined and whined to Nicole. After the show's credits had rolled, the thin-skinned Surya was still complaining to her.

Next week, Surya gives his teammates the third degree for their boardroom conduct. And the weeks-long flirtation between Tim and Nicole escalates, leading to a hot tub makeout session. (And since they were making out in a fancy hot tub, we can assume that Arrow wins the task and moves back in to the mansion.).

Survivor: Fiji -- Episode 1

Survivor's fourteenth season brought a new group of castaways to the islands of Fiji. Despite some early strategic (or at least social) gameplay, Jessica was puzzled to find herself the first person eliminated.

This season was supposed to have 20 contestants, but moments before filming began, one of the survivors dropped out. That left producers scrambling for a way to split the group into two tribes.

So, instead of dividing the group, all 19 remaining contestants were plopped onto a beach, where they milled about until host Jeff Probst flew by in a plane and dropped a box with blueprints for building the castaway version of a mansion, complete with a separate kitchen and bathroom

Using provided supplies, the group followed the directions of resident architect Sylvia and managed to complete the floor of their shelter before the sun set and the torrential rains began.

Work continued the next day, and the group managed to finish their primary shelter. In two days, these 19 people had created something that far surpasses anything yet made by the dumbasses on Lost--who, after two-and-a-half seasons, are still living in lean-tos made out of tarp.

Yau-Man (no relation to He-Man) proved to be the most capable builder and survivalist, despite having all the physical prowess you'd expect from a skinny computer engineer in his mid-fifties, which he is.

The group settled in for a cozy night in their new shelter, until "Dreamz" and "Rocky" (who must really hate their real names if those are the nicknames they've chosen for themselves) got into a loud argument. Rocky bemoaned letting his emotions get the best of him, evidently forgetting that he's a reality show participant from Boston, who are almost always cast solely because of their quick tempers.

At the season's first challenge the following morning, the group agreed that Sylvia had been in charge of building the shelter, and Jeff Probst singled her out to divide the team into two tribes. Since she didn't know which team she'd wind up on, Sylvia wisely divided the teams evenly in terms of physical fitness -- although she made sure to separate Dreamz and Rocky.

Moto Tribe: Gary, Dreamz, Boo, Alex, Edgardo, Stacy, Cassandra, Liliana, and Lisi
Ravu Tribe: Yau-Man, Rocky, Mookie, Anthony, Earl, Jessica, Erica, Rita, and Michelle

As a reward for her hard work on the shelter, Sylvia was sent to Exile Island to spend the night with 1000 deadly sea snakes. On the bright side, she was immune from Tribal Council, and she did get a clue to the whereabouts of a hidden Immunity Idol. Unfortunately, the clue said the Idol was somewhere back at camp.

The two new tribes then took part in their first Immunity Challenge. The winning tribe would not only avoid Tribal Council, but would return to find their camp tricked out with a sofa, dishes, and a solar shower.

The losers would be sent to a new beach furnished with only a pot and a machete -- slightly better than the conditions those Tent City losers on The Apprentice L.A. have to live in. After voting someone out, Sylvia would return from Exile Island to fill the spot of the eliminated tribe member.

For the challenge, seven members of each tribe pulled a chariot containing the tribe's two remaining members, who collected three hanging bags of puzzle pieces along a dirt course.

At the finish line, four tribe members assembled the three puzzles, revealing the numerical combination to a wheel puzzle that functioned like a combination lock. Turning the wheel the correct number of times revealed a bin containing the knife, which cut the rope, which raised the flag, that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

Both teams were neck-and-neck through the chariot phase and started their puzzles at about the same time. Jessica got hung up on her part of the puzzle, and Ravu fell out of contention. Alex cut the rope for Moto and raised their flag, giving them the victory and rights to the sweet shelter.

Ravu made their way to their new home, which had a cave for shelter and plenty of coconut juice to drink until they could build a fire and boil water. But there wasn't much time to get comfortable before Tribal Council.

Jessica, Erica, and Rocky had formed a pact not to vote for one another, and they tried to sway their teammates to vote for Rita. But, seeing as how Rita and Jessica were evenly matched physically, the team held Jessica's poor puzzle skills against her.

Although Erica and Rocky got wind of Jessica's impending doom, they didn't tell her, and she was surprised to be voted out at Tribal Council. Erica and Rocky stuck to their word and didn't write Jessica's name down, instead casting throwaway votes for Yau-Man and the hitherto invisible Mookie.

Next week, we see the first evidence of Boo's (also not his real name) bad luck streak. He settles into a hammock to relax after cutting his hand with a machete, only to have the hammock collapse underneath him.