Survivor China Episode 5: Love is in the Air

Sorry for posting so late, I had to organize some activities for my school.

Anyway, episode 5 was definitely the weakest in the series so far. A tremendously unfair twist, followed by a boring immunity challenge had turned the meaning of "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" to "Outluck, Outluck, Outluck." Let's review what had happened, shall we?

It's day 13, and at Zhan Hu, Erik and Jaime are flirting in the pool, and Jaime, in a moment of "true love" (ahem, ahem) reveals to Erik about the Hidden Immunity Idol that only she knew about! With that, all the advantage she had is gone. Good show, Jaime. Terrific move. Even Britney Spears hooked up with Kevin Federline for over 13 days before marrying him. You're trusting $1 million dollars on some hot stranger on some remote island in Asia? If there was love between them, I think it would be short-lived. Let's see if I'm right.

Then, a boat approaches the Zhan Hu camp, and a fisherman hands a mysterious scroll to the Zhan Hu tribe. Apparently, they're going to choose two Fei Long tribe members to come over to Zhan Hu. Gasp, shock! Here's how their conversation went:

"Oh, my, Gosh! We're getting two FREE membes! There's gonna be 7 members in Zhan Hu and only 5 in Fei Long!"

How stupid can they get? Hello! You SWITCH members, not expect the producers to favour you and just randomly send 2 members to you for free! They choose James and Aaron, the strong guys, so that they will be able to WIN CHALLENGES. (You'll see why I capitalised those two words soon)

Back at Fei Long, the same scroll gets handed over. They choose Frosti and Sharea.

The tribes switch members, and James and Aaron immediately try to curry favour in the Zhan Hu tribe as they know that they are on the chopping board.

Meanwhile, Pei-Gee and Jaime hatch the MOST DIABOLICAL AND STRATEGIC PLAN I'VE EVER SEEN (sarcasm dripping here) to throw the challenge! Then, James and Aaron will be eliminated and then the numbers will be 5-5 during merge!

1. Who ever said a merge would happen when there are 10 players left?

2. If you want to lose challenges, why'd you choose James and Aaron in the first place? To lose?

3. Jaime didn't tell Erik about throwing the challenge. Where's the love now? See, I was right! 

Anyway, immunity challenge came and gone, and this time, 2 members from each tribe will swim to a float then dive down to retrieve puzzle pieces then swim back and another 3 members will solve a Chinese zodiac-like puzzle. First to solve wins.

Erik and Aaron did a good job, garnering a huge lead for Zhan Hu. Then, it happened...

Jaime threw one of the pieces into the grass so Zhan Hu couldn't complete the puzzle.

Peih-Gee: "Oh My Gosh! It's so hard putting these pieces together! I can only do logical puzzles, like sudoku!" Come on, that's the DUMBEST excuse I've heard of to throw a challenge.

As expected, Fei Long won. I loved the moment when Jeff picked the piece up from the grass and gave it to Jaime. Everyone could see that Jeff was PISSED.

Back at camp...

"Ha ha ha! We lost the challenge!"

"Ha ha ha! I'm so proud of this fact!"

"Ha ha ha! James is an idiot!"

"Ha ha ha! I have an I.Q. of 3!"

SERIOUSLY, you don't throw a challenge then LAUGH about it. James looked so pissed he could kill somebody. Erik, why are you aligning with these mentally disabled gals and not join the guys? Wrong decision. They say love blinds a person. I now believe that's true.

At Tribal Council, Jeff asked whether the gals threw the challenge.

"Ha ha ha! Jeff looks soooooo pissed, like totally! Oh my gosh, we threw the challenge! Woo hoo! Suck it, James!"

James requested to go home after this. I can see why.

However, the gals decided to vote off Aaron. Big Mistake. You don't piss someone off then don't vote him off. Now James will be looking for VENGEANCE.

It's a strategic risk on P.G. and Jaime's part. We'll see whether it pays off.

P.S. Why didn't they let Jean-Robert do the puzzle instead of swimming? He can read Chinese, right?