Day 7, and the Motos are now painting their shelter to keep the ants out. Boo says, “It’s not even survival. It’s thrival.” That was actually clever. Bravo.

Over at Poorland Michelle tries to start a fire using the sun and eyeglasses. Lo and behold, it works! Will this be the moment that turns the game around for Ravu?

Next is the first pure Reward Challenge. It’s basically a huge Slip N’ Slide then you have to pull a small ball off a string and shoot it into a basket. The winners get to choose between their luxury items, fishing gear (the same set Moto already has), or fresh fruit.

The key moments include: Gary “Papa Smurf” going first for Moto and falling really hard twice but scoring the first point of the game; Rita sliding out of her top but getting Ravu’s first point; Boo sliding like he’s half penguin and sinking his shot on the first attempt; Sylvia being the worst at this; Dreamz and his 16-pack stomach going against Yau-Man and defeating him for another Moto victory.

Sylvia gets sent back to Exile Island where she learns the Hidden Immunity Idol is buried at the edge of the cave in the middle of camp. Does this mean the second one is in the exact same spot at the other camp?

Gary is hurting from the Challenge and can’t take deep breaths. He thinks he has broken ribs and they call in the medics. They say nothing is critically wrong and say they’ll see how he’s doing in the morning.

Day 8, and, grab the Tums, cuz the Gross Food Challenge is back! After some giant clams and octopus tentacles we’re tired 1-1. Mookie quickly pulls away from Lisi on some big worms and starts taunting her. Shouldn’t you win something before you break out the boasting? Boo takes offense at it, and he and Rocky snap at each other a bit. It was no Bobby Jon and his, “That’s not nice!!” but I liked it.

Sure enough, Alex, Edgardo and Gary snap down sea cucumbers, fish eyes and pig snouts and Ravu doesn’t win another round after the taunting. Eat it, Mookie.

Back at camp Sylvia apologizes for her performance in yesterday’s Challenge. Why remind them how bad you were? Yau-Man and Anthony don’t believe Sylvia has the Idol so they think it’s safe to target her. Rita doesn’t want to vote for Sylvia or Anthony, so she says she’ll vote “not with the tribe.”

Mookie is really upset about Anthony’s lackluster effort on the final food round, and Sylvia tries to slyly dig for the Idol with everybody sitting around her.

At Tribal Council Jeff asks everyone to describe the mood of the tribe in one word. You get stuff like, “tired,” and “bad,” and then Yau-Man says, “Notveryhappy.” Good word.

Jeff calls out Sylvia for stinking at the Slip N’ Slide, and Anthony says he couldn’t swallow the snout because of dehydration. Mookie admits he’s mad at Anthony because of it.

Mookie votes for Anthony, and Michelle votes for Sylvia. The tally reads: Sylvia, Anthony, Sylvia, Anthony, Sylvia, Anthony (3-3), Earl (good one, Rita) and the last vote says…Sylvia!

If you’re keeping score at home, Rocky was the third vote for Anthony.

Next time on…Survivor: “Gary breaks down,” Liliana busts a move on one the boys, and Rocky calls Anthony sensitive and makes him cry.

So not only is Ravu losing every Challenge and not finding food, but two times in a row now they’ve yelled at people during Tribal Council without voting them out. When your team morale is as low as it is, the last thing you want to do is divide the tribe even more.

I think it’s time for our first shake-up. Ravu isn’t going to get any better. They’ve lost the physically tough Challenges and the mentally tough Challenges. Unless they’re going to reward taunting nothing’s going to change.

One new episode, please, with a twist. Hold the snout.

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