This is actually a three-week update, but there was no survivor on 3/18 (NCAA tourney) and then the next week it was on Wednesday 3/24 and I missed it. But... I finally watched the missing episode online, and of course watched last night's thriller.
Okay, on 3/24 they voted off a member of each tribe... kind of a weird deal. The Heroes voted James off, thinking with his leg injury he would not be a strong tribe-member. The Villains voted Tyson off, after Russell convinced Tyson to vote for Parvati (wasting his vote) and after Russell pulled a fast one and saved Parvati with his immunity idol.
My take... James is no big loss to the heroes, he was creating more problems than he was solving and could use some serious lessons in diplomacy. Similarly Tyson won't be missed by the villains, his ego was always larger than his brain and he was always just an annoying presence.
Now on to last night. The absence of James triggered some motivation among the heroes and they managed victories in both the reward challenge and the immunity challenge. This pitted the two stronger forces in the villain tribe into a head-to-head face-off... Boston Rob VS Russell. Can I say here, that anyone that believes anything Russell says is seriously in need of help. The pompous hobbit manages to bully, lie and scheme at every turn though. The same thing that happened to him in season 19 will happen this time... he will so alienate everyone he betrays that even if he makes it to the end again, anybody he's against will get more votes.
Anyway, long story short, Coach proved again that he can be manipulated at any time by almost anyone and his wasted vote for Courtney tipped the scale in Russell's direction and Boston Rob was gone. Rob will be missed... so much that the villains long reign in the victory circle is done. They're toast from here on...
