But first, Farckle writes in and says, "I thought H.B. stood for Hunny Bunny. I heard Cirie call him that." I do recall her saying that as he did the chores, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's her nickname for him based on his initials. Like if my name were Horatio Pumperdillius, and I went by H.P., and Lorisa started calling me Happy Pants. Because, you know, she doesn't.

Night 33, and Terry gets mad at Cirie for leaving her torch in the walkway. Seems like a slight overreaction. Aras defends Cirie and says they should be celebrating instead of fighting.

The next day's Reward Challenge is running along a course attached to a rope with carabineers. The goal is to count different items such as rocks and iguanas and use those numbers as padlock combinations. The first person to unlock three locks gets a trip to the lochs of the Panama Canal on a yacht.

As they run Aras tells Danielle to let him pass then block Terry. Cirie happily gets in Terry's way. At one point Terry and Aras intersect and Terry shoves Aras! It's getting a little testes out here.

Everyone gets their first lock. Cirie and Terry go back onto the course for a second look at the objects, then Aras has to do the same.

Terry is the first back, but he still can't get his second lock and he has to return to the course. He tells Jeff that Aras is looking at more than one item before returning but Jeff says that's fine. Aras hears Terry and says, "Somebody call a wah-bulance. Terry's crying on the course!"

Aras gets lock #2…and the third one for the win! Terry again asks Jeff about the rules. Aras asks Terry if he's going to complain every time he loses. Terry snaps back that Aras should just keep talking. Aras says, "Or what?" and says something about Terry talking bad about women. What just happened here?

Aras gets to bring one person on the Reward and takes Cirie. Good thing he asked Danielle to help him.

Cirie says she's only seen yachts in music videos. Aras says he believes in peace and harmony but he's been letting his ego get the best of him lately.

Danielle and Terry talk strategy. Danielle holds the Immunity Idol so she finally believes Terry has it. Is she sure?

When they get back to camp, Aras farts and Cirie starts a fire. Yay.

The Immunity Challenge is digging up a bag of pieces, to form a puzzle, to reveal more coordinates, to find another bag. There are a total of three puzzles.

Aras has the lead after the first puzzle. He gets further ahead and is done with the second puzzle while Terry has barely started it. Danielle is digging in the wrong spot and is basically just throwing sand around.

Aras has a huge lead going into the third bag and the fake drama can't touch him. Terry's Immunity winning streak ends at five!

Later, Terry pulls Aras aside and demands an apology for saying Terry badmouths women. Aras admits he was wrong and says he's sorry. The women wonder why the men are talking privately.

Danielle and Cirie talk about what the tiebreaker would be at Tribal Council. Cirie says it'll probably be making a fire (like Bobby Jon and Stephenie had to do). Why does it have to be the same thing? But just to be safe, Aras coaches Cirie on fire making and Terry coaches Danielle.

Danielle is showing off her tan lines today. Does she think it'll help convince Terry to give her the Idol?

Tribal Council, and Shane is there with an open shirt. What are the ladies going to do without him?

Jeff points out that the final four includes one person from each of the original groups (older men, older women, younger women, younger men). Very astute observation, Jeffrey.

Aras says momentum has shifted in his favor. Jeff asks Terry if he feels vulnerable, and Terry says no! Cirie says this confirms what they thought about Terry having the Idol. Aras adds that he's 100% confident that Terry found it but he doesn't know who has it now.

We get shots of the jury as everyone talks. Cirie gets lots of smiles but Courtney and Shane roll their eyes when Danielle speaks.

We see no votes and the tally goes: Danielle, Cirie, Danielle (with Courtney cheering) and…Cirie. We have the tie.

Did Terry make the bold, game-changing move? Of course not. The Idol does not appear.

The tiebreaker is making fire after all. What the heck? And we get a To Be Continued.

Next time on…the Survivor Exile Island finale: Cirie has a huge fire in the tiebreaker. Geez, let's not give too much away.

The final episode comes down to "Sweet Cirie" and her "tough side," Aras the "peace-loving warrior," Danielle the "underdog," and Terry the "dominator." Who writes this stuff, Vince McMahon?

What a waste of an episode. Lorisa and I saw this coming because A) they usually only have 13 total episodes with a 16-person cast, and B) they always go into the finale with 4 players.

I'm very disappointed with the lack of surprises. I'm disappointed that Terry couldn't keep the "hidden" Immunity Idol a secret so it was rendered useless. I'm disappointed that the tiebreaker wasn't something new. And I'm disappointed that I only like one of the final four and that's my girl, Cirie.

And now it's your turn to be disappointed in me. What do you mean, you say, you mailed out a Survivor summentary the night the episode aired! This is true, but now you're not going to hear from me for a while. That's right, I'm going on vacation for an entire week and it just so happens to be the week of the finales for both Survivor and Amazing Race. What a jerk, huh?

I apologize up front. I'll still send out my thoughts when I get back and hopefully you'll still remember everybody's name by then.

So disappointing.

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