It begins during the aftermath of Rupert's removal on Night 27. Sandra cusses out Jon for betraying them, with an emphasis on cusses.

Burton then says someone threw out a bucket full of fish and we have a new crisis. Sandra says she didn't do it so Burton accuses Christa. Jon joins in but Christa maintains her innocence, even to the camera.

The next day Burton says he could smell fish all night so he knows they're nearby. They find the scaled stash and Lill also believes Christa is the culprit. Burton harasses her some more but a weepy Christa again tells us she didn't do it.

And she didn't. Sandra confesses in private that it was her! She didn't want anyone to eat Rupert's fish, then she started the fight with Jon to cover up that she had been missing for a minute. Sandra loses a lot of cool points for hanging Christa out to dry. Did she really think no one would miss their main food supply?

The day's Reward Challenge involves walking the plank. Jon says he wants to see Sandra and Christa end up in the ocean. But it won't be the Survivors participating. That's right, it's the Loved One Challenge. You know they're stoked they don't have to eat bugs like in the Amazon.

Something's fishy…

We meet Sandra's husband, Marcus, and Tijuana's "high school sweetheart" and friend, William. Christa and Lill are already wrecks. Next out is Burton's mom, Dee Dee, followed by Lill's husband, Lonnie. He's a big boy. Lill looks about ready to have a stroke. Darrah's boyfriend, Bradley, appears then Christa's fiancé, Pete. Jeff says even he's about to cry. Finally we meet Jon's "buddy," Dan.

Jon asks how his grandma's doing and Dan whispers back, "She died, dude." Jon is broken up and says it was supposed to be his grandma coming to see him. He wants to win this Challenge even more so he can get more information from his friend.

The way the Challenge works is everyone answers questions about the castaways and if the loved ones' answers match, that Survivor gets to send someone else's visitor a step further out on the plank. The last dry loved one gets to spend the night at camp.

The first question is what each Survivor's nickname is. The highlight is Darrah putting "Nubnut" while her boyfriend writes down, "D.J." I think the former more aptly applies.

Sandra gets the first choice and she sends Jon's friend back a step. Jon is outraged. "It's not all about you all the time!" Sandra shouts back. Lill stands up for Jon needing to learn more about his grandmother.

The next question is about the Survivors' favorite food. Tijuana and her friend are 0 for two. Maybe that's why they broke up. Sandra chooses Lill's husband this time. Jon picks Sandra's husband and he's the first into the water. Christa's man is next to go and he has to ruin his nice white pants.

OK, I'll say it: How much did they have to reinforce Lonnie's plank?

Jon sends Tijuana's friend into the sea. William offers Jon his condolences and does a very nice cannonball.

We're down to Jon and Lill. Burton has the choice to end the game. He sends Lonnie over the edge so Jon can win. Lill and T say they support that choice. Lill kisses Jon and he hugs everyone but Christa and Sandra.

Jon and Dan hug and Burton warns Dan to be careful since Jon has lost about 30 pounds. "I thought he gained ten," Dan says. Funny guy. Jon is weepy and happy.

New twist though: While Jon and his friend are at Balboa camp, the others will have to spend the night on a new beach with only a machete and matches. Talk about adding injury to insult.

Jon introduces "Thunder D" to the group. They both must love the rasslin'.

The extra-stranded Survivors aren't happy about being without food and shelter, but Lill says they're glad they could help Jon.

"Jon, are your pants on fire?"

However….Jon was FAKING!!! He had set it up with Dan before the game even started. Jon's grandma is alive and well. The whole thing was an act to win the challenge and get the sentimental vote. Are you kidding me?! Jon says it could be the dirtiest thing ever done in the game. That's for dang sure.

Day 29 and the others return from their terrible night. Dan leaves with Jon's secret. Is Jeff going to bust him on it, or will they save it for the reunion? Either way, Jon's a dead man.

Christa and Sandra get to work on turning T against Jon. Sandra mentions how Burton could easily win every Challenge from here on out. She also says Jon will choose Burton and Lill over Tijuana and Darrah. Sandra speaks the truth.

That night, Burton and Jon go off to talk. Sandra follows to spy on them and brings Tijuana with her. Sure enough, they hear Burton say it'll be he and Jon in the final. He adds that the plan is for Jon to lie about taking Tijuana all the way. T goes back to camp and tells Darrah how Jon has been lying to them. Beautiful. Burton and Jon are going down!

Day 30 and the Immunity Challenge is a word scramble. It's basically playing Boggle with the letters from the words Survivor Pearl Islands, but you have to find a specific number of words with a set number of letters in them. When you've completed your board you call Jeff over, but if you're wrong, you're out of the game.

Christa is the first to claim victory. But she spelled a word wrong so she's eliminated. Tijuana says she's done. But she used an illegal plural. Jon tries, but he can't spell either. Burton is next. Please let him be wrong. No…he wins! They can't even beat him in the mental Challenges.

But wait! Jeff had missed the fact that Burton spelled "liaison" wrong. Immunity is back up for grabs!

Sandra, Darrah and Lill are the only ones left. They will get three new words and it's a timed race to find the most words at least four letters long. Jeff points out that a woman will be immune for the first time.

"Bug" is not a 7-letter word.

Time is called and Lill has 10 words. Darrah has 14. Sandra only has 12 and Darrah wins! Miss Faaaar winning a word game has to be the upset of the century.

Back at camp, Darrah and Tijuana decide they should vote out Burton because of his strength. However they want Christa gone next. The Morgans want to take this game over.

Sandra and Christa also say it should be Burton, "then we move to plan number two."

T and D tell Jon the vote will be for Burton. Why would they do that? He then goes to Sandra and Christa to plea for Burton's game life. He tells them Tijuana wants Christa gone after Burton.

Christa asks if Jon will turn on Lill in exchange for Burton and he immediately says yes. They point out Jon's lying ways and he says, "I swear on my grandma." One ticket to Hell, please.

The offer on the table is Burton, Jon, Sandra and Christa in the final four. Don't do it, ladies!

Time for Tribal Council and Rupert looks very strange. Oh yeah, he's wearing pants. Jeff asks Jon about his day with Dan and Jon says he'll never be able to thank the others for what they did. Later, when asked if he would turn on everyone to win, Jon adds, "Several days ago, yes. At this point, I don't think so." He says his priorities have changed after the last few days. A very good answer. How disgustingly amazing that Jon came up with a way to endear himself to the others.

Time to vote. Darrah writes down Burton and Burton writes down Tijuana. He says it's her birthday tomorrow but "I don't think one of us is going to be here to see it." Tijuana also votes for Burton.

Morganed again.

"I'll go tally the votes." A third vote for someone should signify who's going. It goes…Burton, Tijuana, Burton, Tijuana…Tijuana! No!! There's a fourth vote for T and it's official. Why, Sandra, why?!

Next time on…Survivor: Two players get to experience the "ultimate get away," Sandra schemes with Darrah against "the guys," and Lill begins to question Burton's loyalty.

We see all the votes including Lill's for "Tyuana." I have no idea how you'd pronounce that. Miss T says her taking a leadership role is what cost her the game. No, it was Sandra screwing up.

Forget any loyalty to Christa since it is after all a game of greed. But why on earth would you keep Burton in the game? Doesn't it just make sense to end up with five females and duke it out from there? I'm very curious to see where Sandra is taking this, but I think she's just making it up as she goes along.

Who will be the biggest liar of them all?

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