by Gina Scarpa

 

Last night, on Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains, Amanda vowed to get Candice out after she gunned for James at the last tribal council. Apparently, no one seems to care that James has a busted knee and can't physically compete anymore. In case you were wondering, two weeks later, yes I'm still bitter that they sent Tom home. Over at the villains' camp, Russell tries to make Rob think he's calling a truce with him but Rob is much too smart for him. He tries to get in his head and convince him to play the idol or he'll be the one headed home next.

 

Tree mail arrives at both camps and it's quite vague. It doesn't say whether they'll be playing for immunity, reward, or both. When they arrive at their challenge, Probst tells them they'll play for immunity... individual immunity, that is... because both tribes will be voting somebody out. Ooh, I bet they hate when that happens! Players will face off against members of their own tribe. They'll be hooked onto a rope that is tied to an obstacle course and they'll need to get through it the fastest in order to wear the immunity necklace. Tyson, Coach, and JT all competed in this challenge during Survivor: Tocantins and Tyson ultimately won. Little fun fact for ya.

 

The heroes are up first and Candice ends up winning, which dashes Amanda's dreams of watching her torch get snuffed out later on. James put on a pretty good performance, despite that injury, while Colby came in dead last. The guy does know his head is on the chopping block, right? He doesn't even seem to care! The villains are up next and I have to love them because everybody has a fight in them (with the exception of Sandra, who is out of the race pretty early on). Boston Rob walks away the winner and thankfully, he won't have to worry about Russell gunning for him, at least for now. Rob and Candace face off in a final battle, in a course that is three stories high and much more difficult than the first round. The winner will get hot dogs and soda for their tribe and they'll get to listen in on the other tribal council. Rob is the winner... are you surprised? The guy is so dominant!

 

At the heroes' camp, Colby tells everyone that he knows he's headed home so there's no need to scramble because he just wants to enjoy his last day in the game. The game ain't over yet for the Australian Outback all star. The heroes want to make sure that James is okay to compete so they ask him to participate in a race against JT in order to decide if they should keep him or not. Oh sure, they couldn't have done this when Tom was still there? James hobbles along while JT runs backwards... yeah, James can't compete physically right now.

 

While there was hardly any scrambling at the heroes' camp, the same can't be said for the villains - but would you expect any less from them? Rob tells Russell straight out to play the idol but then wonders if he took him seriously. In the event that Russell or Parvati play the idol, Rob comes up with a fool proof plan of splitting the votes to ensure that one of them goes home. This is why I love Rob. Great physical player, great personality, great strategist. He never played this game with hidden idols, yet took that into account this season and planned ahead.

 

At the very last minute, Russell grabs a hold of Tyson and convinces him that he'll be writing Parvati's name down. For no reason whatsoever, Tyson actually believes Russell, votes with him at tribal, and gets sent home. As Rob predicted, Russell gave the idol to Parvati. If the votes were split, it would've been a three way tie between Russell, Parvati, and Tyson. Parvati's votes wouldn't count, they'd revote and the majority would have sent Russell home but Tyson screwed it all up. I won't credit Russell for being such a great strategic player as I will Tyson for being so STUPID!!

 

The villains enjoy their hot dogs, sans Tyson, and the heroes head in to face their fate. Colby continues to admit defeat and James tells him that he was once one of the baddest Survivors of all time and is now like Superman, but when you get up close, it's just a fat suit. God, that has to hurt Colby's ego a little bit, wouldn't you think? Hopefully, Colby will prove that he's still a superhero because the tribe decided to send James and his injured knee packin'. Uh oh, who will protect Amanda now?

 

 

Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains airs at a special time in two weeks, Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

 

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