by David McAlpine

On tonight's episode of Survivor, it was the tribes biting off more than they could chew (literally!) in an attempt to keep themselves safe for three more days, while suspicions on both tribes grew to near breaking points, causing everyone to scramble.

Back to Redemption Island, where Stacey joins Christine and they realize that it's Coach (a.k.a. Benjamin) that's controlling everything on Upolu. And let's be honest, they're pissed. Really, really pissed.

At the duel, Stacey and Christine let all their skeletons out of the closet in front of Savaii and Upolu. They start pointing the finger at Coach and calling him Benjamin, much to the dismay of Albert, who tries to tell them that it's not cool. Well, it's clear that Stacey and Christine don't care what is or is not cool, they're going to talk about everything Upolu.

For the challenge, each person had a mechanism in front of them that was basically a spiral maze that you put balls into. Gradually, each person adds more balls which they have to keep juggling through the maze until someone drops a ball. Christine fumbles several times, but it's Stacey's rapid-fire return that ends up biting her in the butt when a ball shoots out of the tube and she doesn't even have a chance to catch it.

Albert and Mikayla head back to Upolu and let Coach know that he was being called the b-word by Christine and Stacey and he's not happy. He's happy that Stacey in gone, but it's still enough to ruin his day.

On Savaii, Elyse and Ozzy are getting close, and we get to see how Ozzy may be rubbing his tribe the wrong way. When Dawn mentions everything they heard from Christine and Stacey, Ozzy comments that Coach would be smart to get rid of his right-hand man, Albert, before the merge. Jim perks up on this and realizes that he needs to strike at Ozzy before Ozzy has the chance to do something to him. His plan: oust Elyse.

Back to Upolu, where Albert is running around, trying to find the Idol. He finds the hidden clue and decides to share with Coach and Sophie to go searching. Coach starts doing his whole "warrior" thing and knows that the idol will come to him, as if in a vision. And what do you know, Coach finds the damn idol, much to the celebration of Albert and Sophie.

The challenge this week is gross, and not very fun to watch. Each tribe has a giant pig on a spit and they must transfer as much of the meat (and fat and whatever else is on it) to their basket in 10 minutes using only their mouths. The winners get immunity and food that's not this roasted pig of nastiness.

Of course, grossness ensures. People get meat stuck in their teeth, which means others have to pull it out with their mouths. It's Survivor kissing at its worst, and it's really not pleasant to watch. Mikayla even grabs a hunk of meat off the ground with her teeth, all in the name of the game. It's neck-and-neck the whole way, with each tribe getting bigger and bigger hunks of meat.

At the weigh-in, Savaii grabs 22 pounds, 12 ounces of meat, while Upolu gets 22 pounds, 14 ounces, giving them the win. Coach is ecstatic, while Savaii is down that they have to go to Tribal Council.

Back at camp, Cochran starts creeping people out by talking about oral herpes. I mean really, would you want to hear about that? I have a soft spot for the guy, but really? Dawn also says she's lost a tooth (gross). Ozzy starts going around camp getting votes for Cochran as if it's a done deal, but Jim has a different idea.

After some smooth talking, Jim has him, Cochran and Dawn voting for Elyse, Ozzy's right hand girl. Jim goes to Keith, who is wary because he doesn't want to lose Ozzy's trust. Keith goes to Whitney, who's also scared of the same thing, but also wants to take Ozzy down a peg.

After some more gross talk about their oral injuries at Tribal Council, it comes down to a close vote: 2 for Elyse, 2 for Dawn and 2 for Cochran. The final vote gets flipped and Elyse is sent packing, leaving Ozzy speechless and Jim grinning all the way until the torch snuff.

Survivor airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on CBS.

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