Well, the former Ometepe tribe wiped out the last of the Zapatera tribe members in Wednesday's episode. After voting Ralph off at tribal council, Jeff Probst tossed a curve ball when he announced they would immediately have another immunity challenge and then vote another contestant off. Sure enough the last thing we wanted, Boston Rob won immunity and his "cult" voted Steve off. Which means that next week there will be four competitors on Redemption Island.
And yes, Matt is still around. Despite his crying on camera and his obvious close proximity to a breakdown, he survived the "shuffleboard" game that Probst threw at the Redemption Island residents. Mike also survived, finishing second in the game and Julie was eliminated for good.
We also got to witness the strangest event this season when Philip announced that he'd had a dream visit from his late father, and dear old dad had revealed where his stolen swimming trunks were buried. Lo and behold, he walked straight to the area where the trunks were buried and in two tries... dug them up! Wow... weird.
So for the first time, next week the Ometepe tribe will finally have to vote off one of their own. Previews of next week seemed to suggest that Boston Rob's dominance in the game may be over... man I hope so. I still hope the Survivor brain trust quits bringing past competitors back to face off with new competitors... please!!
