It’s Day 4 in China and Dave the leader at Zhan Hu wants to build a fire pit. Over at Fei Long everyone is working while Jean-Robert sleeps. Loudly. Courtney makes fun of his snoring.

Amanda and Todd form an alliance and bring in Aaron. I still don’t know who any of those people are.

Fei Long gets together as a tribe and Aaron calls out Jean-Robert. Zhon-Robear says he’ll contribute with his mind. Then he tells us he’s just acting lazy so people will be more impressed when he starts working later. That’s a new one.

Back at Zhan Hu, Dave’s “fireplace” is really big. Jaime just wants to eat and she complains to Sherea and Ashley who agree with her. Ashley yells at Dave who responds, “How many fires have you built, sweetheart?”

The Reward Challenge involves a huge mud pit. The goal is to push one of two huge balls into a goal. First team with two goals wins. Mark Burnett turns on the rain and we begin.

It’s Aaron, Amanda and Denise vs. Sherea, Eric and Jaime. You’ll be shocked to hear that people’s clothes start coming off. Amanda ends up as one big censor blur as she scores the first goal. I can just imagine when Survivor 27 is on HBO. It’ll be nothing but Challenges like this.

The next round is James, Jean-Robert and Leslie for Amanda’s team against Ashley, Frosti and Dave. Ashley grabs JR’s pants but he uses his mind to drag her along. James takes it from there and digs Zhan Hu’s grave.

For their victory Fei Long gets a row boat and fishing gear, plus the first twist. They get to kidnap a member of the other team until the Immunity Challenge. They pick Jaime and then she is given a note she is supposed to read in secret.

Back at Zhan Hu the entire camp is flooded but “Dave’s inferno” is still dry.

Over with the winners Aaron says they took Jaime because she’s the “sunshine” in her tribe. I think that’s supposed to be dirty somehow.

Sunshine’s note says she must give a sealed clue about a Hidden Immunity Idol to a member of Fei Long before she returns home. Le Snorer rests again and Aaron yells at him in front of Jaime.

There’s yelling at ZH too as Ashley and Dave continue to butt voices.

Jaime wants to give the clue to the weakest member of Fei Long (smart) so she chooses Leslie who is sick. Leslie then tells Todd about the clue. He says, “What was she thinking?” and you know I agree. Todd is very excited because if Leslie gets voted out he’ll have the clue or the Idol to himself.

The Immunity Challenge is using a “Chinese puzzle log” to smash through two walls and then solving the log. James and Jean-Robert are in front for FL and they blow through both walls. Dave tries to lead for ZH but he wears out so li’l Frosti has to take over for him.

As they fall further behind Jeff yells at them, “You’re killing the ratings, John Who!” Not really, but that’s what he meant.

Fei Long wins their third Challenge in a row. Seriously, could we get even teams just one of these seasons?

Back at John Who, Dave apologizes for stinking up the Challenge. Yet he’s confident he’s not going home.

Eric, Jaime and Sherea try to decide between Ashley and Dave.

At Tribal Council Dave and Ashley fight some more. Sherea says she doesn’t know Dave yet because he’s too busy working to talk to people.

Dave and Ashley – surprise – vote for each other. The tally goes Ashley, Dave, and three more Ashleys. It’s unanimous but Sherea weeps anyway. Dave lives to “lead” another day.

Next time on…Survivor: There’s a lot of chopping, and Dave is mad at his tribe, and Todd and Courtney overhear people talking about Courtney being voted out first. Then there’s more legislated violence.

If they want to give John Who any sort of chance they need to take a break from the physical Challenges. Gravedigger James is just the king of all muscles.

But the real question is: When did the whole male population switch to boxer briefs? Every dude on the show has got them. Are me and my regular boxers out of touch? Is it no longer cool to be free?

Hold tight.

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