(Thanks to a screw-up with the VCR I watched this week’s episode online for the first time. I highly recommend it.)

((Yes, I wear regular boxers and I still use a VCR.))

Day 10, and over at Fei Long Jean-Robert is working harder now. But he still annoys Courtney (or as my mother-in-law calls her, The Cadaver) with his yelling.

Zhan Hu discovers their rice is moldy. Sherea and Dave fight and she ends up trying to throw away the shells he was saving for his mother. Why you gotta throw out a man’s mama shells? Frosti says, “Crazy Dave may have just worn out his welcome.”

The Reward Challenge is at night at the Tribal Council temple. It’s your typical game of two people working together with huge chopsticks to carry a small ball of fire. The winner gets a visit from a fisherman’s family. Courtney sits out. When Jeff said chopsticks she probably thought he was referring to her.

Fei Long’s lead grows a little bit in each of the three rounds and they get back to their winning ways. They kidnap Dave. Interesting. Is that because they think he’s Zhan Hu’s strongest player, or their weakest?

Dave, just like Leslie, likes the other tribe better. You know what they say, the rice is always less moldy on the other side of the fence. Dave tries to give James a friendly embrace but the gravedigger stops him and says, “I told you about the hugging.”

Dave gives Todd the clue tube. Everyone just like li’l Toddy.

Bach at ZH, they had noticed how happy Dave was to leave them. Everyone gets to work without him except Sherea. She says she’s saving her energy for the Challenges. That’s what I keep trying to tell Lorisa.

The fisher family shows up at Fei Long, and out of nowhere Jean-Robert starts speaking to them in their native tongue. Now that’s a good bluff.

They go out fishing and use these trained birds with their necks tied off to catch fish. The birds can’t swallow the fish so they bring them back to the boat. Who knew?

The Immunity Challenge is putting on armor and trying to throw “meteor hammers” past the other tribe to break vases. It’s 2-on-2 for 3 rounds with 3 total throws per round and the tribe with the most hits wins.

Round 1 is all women and Sherea gets the only hit to give Zhan Hu a 1-0 lead. Round 2 is the men’s turn and Todd and James go 3-for-3 to give the lead to Fei Long.

Round 3 is one man and one woman and John Who is in trouble. But then Jaime hits two vases with one throw to tie the game! Then Amanda hits to give the lead back to FL! Who needs these sorry men anyway? Jaime gets the final throw and she…misses! Fei Long sweeps the episode!

So is it Dave or Sherea? Dave says he’s getting “strange vibes” so he asks Erik and PG if it’s him. She says she doesn’t know and Erik says there’s a lot to consider. Dave says he can change his attitude. Later Sherea reminds people how well she does in Challenges. They both know they’re like those birds with the rope around their neck.

At Tribal Council Sherea says they got just as much work done without Dave as when he’s there. Erik says, “I like Dave,” and compliments his leadership qualities. Jeff asks PG if it’s more important to work at camp or excel in Challenges and she says you need both.

The only vote we see is Dave writing the letter S. So unless he really misspelled Erik that’s a vote for Sherea.

The tally goes Dave, Sherea, Dave, Dave, Dave! Wow, I thought it’d go the other way. I guess his time away from the tribe did him in. Well, that and his insanity.

Next time on…Survivor: Erik and Jaime “explore new territory,” and we learn more about that new territory when Erik says, “I’m a virgin.” Then there’s a big twist.

As far as the Erik/Jaime thing, like we didn’t see that one coming. No, not the virginity part.

“Hey, good-looking southern girl who didn’t bother to bring a bra, I like the way you handle your meteor hammers.”

“Hey, good-looking southern boy, is this the first thing you’ve said the entire season?”

Explore away.

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