I don't really see her as any better than any other player, but maybe it's just me.

Just saw last night's episode.

Terry is officially the biggest idiot to ever play this game. I cannot freaking believe he didn't give Austin the idol, it seems pretty obvious Danielle and Bruce never gave him any kind of confirmation. IDIOT. Ugh.

I think I'm more upset about the fact that he's singlehandled killed Sally's, my favorite player, chances to win than anything else.

Like, seriously. Is he stupid? Does he not understand what has been going on? I just don't get it.

Yeah, Terry is seriously retarded.

Danielle made the right choice sticking with her old team IMO, for a number of reasons. First of all, if she went with La Mina the chances of her actually winning would be much smaller. Against Austin or Sally it would be 0 chance for obvious reasons, against Terry it'd be close but I think he'd win due to the fact that he's generally popular and all of Casaya would hate her for her backstabbing, against Bruce it'd be close again but a similar situation would come up where the backstabbing would be too much to get over. On the other hand with Casaya, if she's in the final 2 against dick Aras, dick Shane, or outcast Bruce now, she can take it. Also, aligning yourself up with major tool like Terry probably wouldn't have been such a great idea.

Pretty much all my feelings. I hope they don't see Sally as a threat, and end up turning on each other for the next week or two, and perhaps Sally will start winning some immunity challenges. But, if predictability is the magic word behind both Survivor and The Amazing Race (with two teams constantly winning first or second), then Sally is gone this week.

Terry's completely forgotten about the social aspect of the game, and thinks he can ride his physical strength to victory, and that's just not how the game works (Tom was a powerhouse too but he was much more respected by his tribemates). He probably made the right move tonight but I still despise him and can't wait till he's gone.

I think the Casaya alliance would have self-destructed if Aras had been voted out. Shane/Bruce would have scrambled since they wouldn't have wanted to go the final five with a tight 3-female alliance where they would have obviously been on the outskirts, and instead they would've likely paired up with Sally/Terry at least for a little while. This decision tonight puts him in a better position though, since if Terry loses the next Immunity challenge and Casaya decides to vote him out, he will be deciding who goes home. Will they be willing to put their fate in his hands, or will they turn on each other? Hmm. Either way it's unfortunately going to be a good episode for Terry next week.

I hope if Terry somehow makes the Final 2 that he still loses, even if he's up against Shane, Courtney, that dead turtle from the first episode, etc. Considering there's a large Casaya majority on the Jury I doubt he'll win since Bruce appears to be the only person who likes him. But Courtney's comments about Terry being easier to beat than Aras in the final two might have been some reverse foreshadowing though so that has me concerned.

May Cirie win it all.

I wouldn't worry about the foreshadowing.

I don't really like Terry that much either, but I am kind of shocked that two Casaya members weren't sharp enough to jump ship. I mean, an alliance of six has to disintegrate at some point, so why not get it over with now? If Terry does have the immunity idol (which he now know he does), it would work in their favor. At least until they have to vote him out...

Anyway, I'm still rooting for Cirie. She's such an endearing personality and brings a hefty dose of reality to the show. Watching her force herself to interact with wackos like Courtney and Shane is frickin' hilarious!

Well, the deal Terry was proposing was for two of them to jump ship and vote out Aras...and that would have only led to a tie at this tribal council. And I don't think that anyone on Casaya is willing to dump Aras quite yet, since he's their best chance at keeping Terry from winning every single immunity. Next week will sure be interesting though, it's anyone's guess as to who goes. The only safe person is Terry. and his vote is going to play a big factor in the next episode, whether he wins immunity or not.

The remaining Casayees should split their vote (something like: 4votes Terry and 2 votes Shane) to make sure Terry doesn't send Aras packing.

Ya, I agreed with Terry's strategy. Sad to say it, but Sally was weighing him down. Now he has an upperhand as he's going to win a lot of immunities to come. It'd be stupid for someone not to choose to go to the final 2 with him!

Ugh, Terry blows. Bye Sally.

Well, I suppose this is the end of the Pagonging if Terry keeps on winning immunity. I would've been so, so, so happy if Sally had won it this episode.

Oh, and the only person I like left is Cirie. So...awesome.

Cirie for President!

BTW, I just heard that Christian has apparantly met Aras in real life. I say he ought to dish the dirt in this thread ASAP!

I can't decide if I'm more bothered by Shane or Aras.

Shane is a hideous creature who I would likely file a restraining order against if I just saw him in public.

On the other hand, Aras is one of the most arrogant, I'm So Great types ever on this show.

Yeah, I think even Terry (the all-American familly guy) was disturbed by Shane's emotional breakdown after seeing his son. I know it's an emotional moment, but seriously, does everything you do have to be done with such insanity??

Aras is a health freak.

And maybe a porn star.

Just thinking about how I'm putting all of my hopes for the rest of the season behind Cirie...

Wouldn't it be awesome if she won? I mean, she's not exactly like Alicia or anything. She would give hope to the regular, casual viewers out there who are just like "I could do that." She's managed to maintain her position in this game without lying and cheating, retaining her dignity and never getting on anyone's bad side.

And remember in week 2 when Aras announced to the tribe that Cirie was the next to go after Melinda because they were just automatically not included with the tribe?

Oh, so long ago.

Okay, now I'm definitely rooting for Cirie. Her tolerating the bigger psychos in the show already makes her worthy.

Smart move by Terry, winning all immunites but one? Very possible. Casaya has to keep Aras though, without him it's pretty much guaranteed. Hopefully Shane asses himself out next tribal, if Bruce doesn't quit from sickness.

And I'm so on the "Let Cirie win" side.

Ifearshe'llmakethefinalfourorfinalthreeandbevotedout.Iwanthersobadlytowin. SheandDaniellearetheonlyonesIwanttowin,butIrrreeeaaalllyyywantittobeCirietakinghomethemil.

Well, we know she's guaranteed to be safe for AT LEAST two more weeks.

I say the three alpha-males will self-destruct (Terry, Aras, and Shane), and will probably take Courtney and Danielle down with them, leaving Bruce and Cirie in the final two. The theme of the season will be downfall caused by hubris. Anyone with me!??

Shane's self-destruction is too many episodes too late.

It's inevitable though.

Is it possible there won't be a vote next week if Bruce's "medical emergency" is as big of a deal as they're hyping it to be?

Although, considering the misleading ads this show always has, probably not.

I must be one of the few that can't stand Cirie. I'm tired of all the wallflowers winning in Survivor. The toughest and best players never win... it's always the person in the background that never wins anything, never decides anything, and mostly screws up every challenge/reward (ie, Cirie). Seriously, what has Cirie done other than fade to the background in a highly dysfunctional tribe?

Terry is a monster this year, and I think he's playing it pretty smart. If he doesn't win another immunity, he will still break into the top 6 - when the core group (5 remaining) will start to break down. Terry can become a valuable swing vote.

I think it's time we see the strongest survive - not the weakest. So, I'm rooting for Terry.

Terry is not helping himself by boasting about how he can win all the challenges. I also agree that Tom played a much smarter political game.Willard remarked that Tom and Ian made a point of saying something nice to every person in the tribe everyday. Tom also befriended Caryn early in the game.He said that he did that not because he was such a nice guy but because he thought the friendship would help him later in the game. Tom's befriending Caryn caused her to have more loyalty to him so much so that she told Tom about Steph's plan for the all woman alliance.

I personally think Cirie deserves to win over someone like Terry because Terry has had an inept strategy up to this point. There were about 15 different things he probably could have done with all of the power he had to assure Nick, Austin, Sally, etc. stayed in the game and then gained control of the votes, but of course, he did nothing.

Cirie may not have won any challenges so far, but you have to remember that she was once in danger of being voted off from her tribe (remember Melinda?) and is now fully cemented in it. She is the only one in her tribe who hasn't argued with anyone else and has essentially totally avoided conflict, assuring she would definitely win against anyone else in the final vote.

Not to mention Cirie should win because she had to look at Shane's junk last week. Goodness, the woman's reward should be changed to $10M for that.