It's Day 28 and Alex says his alliance of four will remain friends after the game is over. Jenna says they're already her best friends, period. Jenna doesn't have any friends back home? I'm shocked.

Jenna really misses her family and says her mom is sick with cancer. This must be the family episode.

Matt, Butch and Christy work while the others sunbathe. Alex explains, "I hate to say it, but it's a little bit like high school. Jenna, and Heidi, Rob and I have the luxury of doing a little less work because we hold a majority and the other three know it." The young people are acting immature? I'm shocked.

The alliance makes no bones about being lazy.

Matthew says, "I find their behavior to be incomprehensible." And that is a real word.

Tree-mail is $500 for each person so it's the auction challenge. First up is a slice of cheesecake and Heidi wins it for $120. The next item is covered and Alex takes it for $240. Jeff offers him the option of trading for another covered item. Alex keeps his original and door number one is some lasagna. What did Alex keep? Some manioc. Heh heh.

The next item is also covered. Can't be two clunkers in a row, right? Matt wins for $400 and Rob says, "He doesn't care 'cause even if it's gross he'll eat it anyway." It turns out to be a cheeseburger and fries and Matt's a happy guy.

Peanut butter and chocolate go to Jenna for $320. Eggs, bacon and pancakes plus a bonus item go to Butch for $400. The surprise is a bedroll and pillow. Very nice.

Rob gets a protein bar, Matt gets a protein shake and Heidi buys some chocolate cake. Next is another covered item and Alex isn't afraid. His $240 bid wins him a steak and potato. Well done.

Then Jeff pulls out some letters from home. Top bidder gets to read theirs. Now who's sitting pretty? The only person who still hasn't eaten: Christy. Her $340 bid is more than anyone else has left.

Jenna is crying. Sorry, but you ate your letter. And is this the Schindler's List soundtrack in the background?

Jeff says he's going to sell another letter with Christy's permission. Jenna wins it for $120 out of pity.

Just in case you were going to feel bad for Jenna we see them talking about Christy back at camp:

Jenna: "When she outbid Heidi I was like--" [heavy sigh]
Heidi: "I didn't have any money left to outbid her."
Jenna: "I was surprised that she did that, but not really."

Are you kidding me?! Why is your family more important than hers? How do you know Christy doesn't have someone dying in her family? And if Jenna's mom was THAT sick, why leave the country for a month and a half?

"Doesn't she know she should be worshipping me?

Matt agrees: "My feeling was that Christy deserved the letter. She's had a very bumpy ride…. I thought Jenna was being selfish." Preach it!

Christy's letter is from a very good friend who says, "I worry so much about you. I hope you're doing all right with those hearing people." Very cool. I'm quite happy for Christy.

Jenna's letter says her mom is doing better. That's great news. But Jenna's still shallow, selfish, and derned annoying.

Matt talks strategy while he and Butch fish. He wants to get Rob to join them in an overthrow. "It's got to be obvious to Rob he's expendable if he aligns himself with Alex." Wow, Mr. Bug-Eater's stringing together some pretty wise thoughts this week.

Early morning on Day 29 Alex talks to Rob about when they get to the final four. He says there's no way the girls will vote for each other so, "If I win Immunity, my vote goes for you and I'm sure that if you win Immunity you're going to vote me off and that's totally cool."

Is Alex possessed by the spirit of Deena? First of all, while it's true Twigs and Sticks won't vote for each other, why can't the two guys vote together and force a tie? Why is the female two stronger than a potential male two? Second, why not save final four talk for when you actually get there?? And, under any circumstances, why would tell someone they're the first person to go from your alliance?!?

Rob is now wide awake. "Alex's decision to tell me that he was going to vote me out at the final four is really kinda curious. I think it has to do with this idea that we're all each other's friends, and even though I'm going to be voted out fourth, I'm losing to three worthy players."

And he's not going quietly. "I realize that I've been coming off as very sensitive with this group, telling them how much I love them and how much I'm going to be friends with them after the game. But I have never stopped player Survivor and over my dead body will I turn over and let somebody just pass me by." Game on.

Mail arrives and it's a confidential questionnaire that each person must fill out privately. We get a peek over Christy's shoulder to see that question #8 is, "Who doesn't deserve to win?" She has written in Alex.

Later, a superpower summit takes place.

Rob, to Matt: "This is the most important conversation that I'm going to have with you this entire game."
Matt, to us: "Rob and I had perhaps the most important conversation of the game."

Rob confesses to Matt that he has lied but now he wants to join them in voting out Alex. Rob tells how Alex said he would be out fourth and calls Alex "arrogant and hubris." Yes, that's a real word too. Matt adds, "I was appalled at their audacity." It's vocabulary day on Survivor!

Matt doesn't completely trust Rob but knows he has no choice. "I do have a lot of survival skills but I am very ignorant when it comes to the game and how it's played. Rob has zero survival skills but knows the game inside and out."

"I'm with you to get Alex out," Christy says, "just because, Alex--AAAAH! I could care less about him. And I just--UUUUH! And he's just like [weird tongue gesture] drooling over Jenna and Heidi." This one probably loses something in the written translation.

The Immunity Challenge is trying to guess how the majority of the tribe answered the questionnaire from earlier. First one to get five right wins.

Question 1: Who would you trust with your life? Alex and Butch vote for themselves, and Butch is right.

Question 2: Who uses sex appeal as a weapon? Heidi and Jenna vote for each other. Heidi is right--it's Jenna. Jenna's shocked. She must not have seen Episode 1 where she claimed she had planned to use her "womanly powers" on men.

Matt thinks he's honest, crazy AND sexy.

Question 3: Who is most honest? Every male votes for himself. Isn't THAT typical. Matthew is correct.

Question 4: Who would never survive on their own? Most vote for Jenna and are right. "I have no idea why they said that," she angrily says. It's because pointy shoulders aren't very useful for catching food.

Matt leads with three as we go to Question 5: Who most needs therapy? Matt votes for himself! Smart guy, as he's the correct answer. "I'm a lunatic, what can I say?" he beams. One more and he's immune.

Question 6: Who'd you must like to see pose nude in a magazine? Heidi and Jenna vote for each other again, but this time Jenna is right.

Jeff: "Heidi is the correct answer."
Heidi: "Yes!"
Jeff: "You said Jenna."
Heidi: Dumbfounded look.

Matt and Rob now both have four.

Question 7: Who in the tribe do you have a crush on? All say Heidi…except Matt who votes for himself! They don't all yearn for Matt so Rob is the winner. Was Matt dumb enough to think they all wanted him (even though most of the tribe is male), or was he dumb enough to throw the challenge?

Rob knows he faces a tough choice: Guaranteed top four with little chance of going further, or a better chance at reaching the final with a guaranteed three votes against him on the jury.

Tribal Council time and Jeff asks Heidi if she'd be surprised if she gets voted out tonight. "Yes," she confidently replies." Alex gets the same question and is just as confident.

Matt and Alex vote for each other and Jeff tallies the votes. Which way will Rob go?

Mr. Deena

The votes are read: Alex, Alex, Matt, Matt, Matt, Alex. Just as we expected. And the tenth person vote out is….ALEX! Rob did it!!!

Major cheer at the Dang Fun Viewing Party. If you've never watched Survivor with a group of fans, I highly recommend it. Great moment.

Rob covers his smirk as Alex walks away. Jenna and Heidi are stunned. The next episode will be a bunch of fun. Sure enough, the preview shows lots of yelling, plus the loved ones appear on the island.

Alex says he doesn't know who turned on him, but thinks it was probably Rob. Can't be too upset, big guy, you blew it yourself. I still believe Rob sticks with the bikinis if Alex doesn't open his mouth. Wow, two big-time players jumping off a mental cliff in consecutive weeks. Alex-- like Deena--you've just committed Survivicide.

I love this game.

-Scott

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