I'm actually, perversely a bit sad that Jeff didn't end the challenge with his oh-so-classic "Brawn; I've got nothing for you."

Not in my house.

Barring any material strategy discussions which were left on the cutting room floor, I'd say it was a result of the shots being called by the two biggest men on the tribe in combination with the fact that Darnell wasn't a young, cute(ish), blonde girl.

I was actually pretty shocked at how much muscle the producers deigned to put on the Brains tribe. Granted, Joseph is 5,000 years old but he and Peter should be able to keep the Brains from necessarily bombing on physical challenges.

Definitely. He knows the show, he knows the theme, and he knows that the producers are going to be jumping at the chance to air any moment or quote that corresponds with their shoehorned BvBvB narrative.

He's not an objectively unattractive person, but I got the sense from his tone in that confessional that the off-screen producers either fed him lines or funneled him into making those sorts of statements. It all felt like he knew what he was 'supposed' to say, and so he said it.

Thaaaaaaat's me!

As happy as I am that Abi's expletive show took a back seat in this episode, I do wish I had gotten to hear how excited she must have been to vote Woo out.

But the fact that they "probably didn't tell him just in case" goes to show that they don't trust him.

If only the other Jeff had done the same.

I think there were one or two as far back as Borneo.

"I'm thinking. I'm thinking. I'm thinking. I'm thinking. I'm thinking."

I'm still feeling sympathy pains from Tasha's leg crunch.

For the first minute or so, it wasn't obvious to me. Then I actually crunched the numbers in my head and all the tension seeped out of the moment.

I felt the same way about the fake idol fake out, but partway through it I figured Kass couldn't be as stupid as that and that there must have been some other reason for making a necklace in plain view. I got such a big silly grin on my face when she handed it over as a birthday gift.

I found myself on the edge of my seat when Woo and Varner were having their back and forth at Tribal, trying to guess how Abi would voted—that is, until I realized there was no way Woo was going home regardless of who Abi decided to vote for. Since Woo and Varner very clearly needed to vote for each other, Abi's vote…

In this particular episode, with these particular tribes, I get the sense that everyone's vote was motivated more by self-interest than by any dislike of Peih-Gee. Sure, Abi disliked Peih-Gee and wanted her gone but Tasha, Savage and Varner just wanted to do anything that kept themselves alive a bit longer.

Tasha seems like she's one of those rare castaways who, like Tyson, knows pretty much exactly what's going on at camp while simultaneously knowing that she should only speak about most of it in front of the confessional cameras.

Thanks for the cobbler; here's an 'immunity idol'.

If I had a second chance at drafting for my fantasy league, the baby monkeys would be my top pick.