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Amanda played the idol last week, but she’s far from safe. Erik hopes to find another idol on Exile Island.  He’s got both Natalie and Amanda trying to gain his trust.  Amanda won the tug of war, convincing Erik to send Parvati to Exile Island and take her on the reward (assuming he wins, which he did).

The reward challenge is a helicopter journey to a luxury resort and overnight stay.  Plus the winner gets to choose who to send to Exile. It’s a one shot deal, because the idol can only be played at the next tribal council.

Past seasons are revisited with questions about former players and memorable events. Erik is a super fan and it showed as he took an early lead and kept it.

Cirie has a little fun, toying with Nat the Rat while the other cats are away from camp. Parvati takes a little break from all the game play on her private island.  She doesn’t even break a sweat looking for the idol. As long as Erik or Natalie don’t have it, she’s happy.

Amanda, Cirie and Parvati have plans to go to the final three.  They seem pretty tight again.  Erik needs start making some moves in the game.  He keeps changing his story and flipping sides.  He tells the same story to each girl and they all talk, so the consensus is pretty much “Erik is full of crap.”

The immunity challenge is a puzzle in a puzzle.  The players have to solve a puzzle to dig up their puzzle pieces. Erik found his first bag of puzzle pieces, with Cirie and Amanda hot on his heels. He’s moving quickly though because he knows he’ll be in trouble at tribal this week.  He hustled and won a spot in the final four.

Natalie tries to talk Erik out of his necklace but he’s not going for it. He basically knows that everyone thinks he’s an idiot.  Cirie tries to play it off as a show of faith and if he does it, she says she’ll go for Amanda.  

At tribal the girls blast him for making deals with everyone and being completely untrustworthy.  He’s called out two weeks in a row in front of the jury.  Cirie lays it on really thick, saying it’s time to redeem yourself.  If you want to make it ok with the jury your actions have to do the talking.  

Holy Shit!  He did it. I feel so bad for this kid. He is just too gullible. James is officially off the hook as “The Dumbest Survivor Ever.”