Aras seems pretty friendless. Vytas might have the girls on his side, but I doubt it. Monica seems to be driving that crew, and she isn't playing any kind of strategy, just voting out whoever pissed her off this week. She's playing a milder version of Colton's game.

@avclub-991c1161618c95bc94d3e7508c0a3d30:disqus clearly has never seen CBS.

Look at the reaction shots from Tyson's new tribe while Tyson has his act going. They all a look that says, "We finally got some peace and quiet around here with Culpepper gone, and now we have this guy that never shuts the fuck up."

That utter lack of empathy seems pretty standard in the junkies I have known.

Lots of good points here, but Tina also bought herself an extra week. She picked off Kat this week, and Vytas is still on the table as an easy kill. She a lot of good reasons to do it.

I'm actually wary of the way they showed Aras' awareness of the risk. Showing a player admitting they are taking a risk before it backfires on them is a time-honored reality television tradition.

I liked Vytas bringing up his need to exfoliate in an attempt to bod with the gay guy. That was slick.

On the topic of Jeff's prejudices, I found it funny that when Gervaise blew the first round of the challenge, his commentary was something like. "He makes a solid launch, but it just misses". Yes, Jeff, when one of your beloved manly men misses, it was a solid launch. He did everything right, and the actual fact he…

Yeah, but it's fun Revenge of the Nerds-style rape.

It's the fact that they are an indicator that makes them so hilarious. You have the Jedi Council, supposedly a gathering of the most Force sensitive people in the Universe, and they need to send out a blood sample to a lab tech to tell if Anakin is strong in the Force.

I think Monica making the offer is blow to her place in the alliance all by itself. The switch doesn't need to happen.

@avclub-7e1e22a62ee38a4a0fb3e0daf5be492e:disqus Shaking hands hands doesn't really mean anything if you feel you need to do it with everyone to avoid looking lame.

@avclub-ef062084a1c4a3584af1d4f8e514ea50:disqus @avclub-a1967e6de4ca99fb2635d94b99453928:disqus  It's because Brad is just such a two-faced weasel. Remember that he approached Caleb with the angle that a Southern man is only as good as his word and all the bullshit. I'm all for people playing a cutthroat game, but it…

@avclub-499e67d4cd06284f915b191db84224ba:disqus But all of your solutions remove the reasons that RI has been interesting this season. This season has made it completely interact with the main plot. Candice's multiple wins made her look scary to Brad. Combining that with the clues she was giving to John, drove Brad to…

Yeah, I don't want to see it back again. I just think it works well with this particular format. But you have a good point that this will probably lead to it being brought back poorly in the future.

Caleb wins points for pointedly not shaking his hand.

That was a great council. Even more amazing this season, Redemption Island is consistently one of the best parts of the show. Who could have seen that coming?

I love how every one of Brad's plans has backfired. He decided to vote off respectable members of his tribe in the hopes that their even stronger loved ones would take their place. That did nothing but weaken his tribe. The funny thing is that if they had just voted off the dead weight, he would have a better chance…

Art is always better when you explain it.

Was the faked illness ever mentioned before last night? I never heard about it. Did they just bring Colton back to throw that in his face? if so, I approve.