This is a cut and paste of a post on the Survivor website by someone called Hazzard77. It expresses my feelings exactly on how well Russell is playing. Russell did what he had to do, if he did not play the idol and went home with it in his pocket you all would be screaming from the mountain tops what an idot he was for not playing the idol. That idol may not have saved Russell from a vote at TC, but it saved him from BEING voted for at TC, plus he got the added mileage of turning Candice away from the heroes. The heroes were Candice, Colby, Amanda, and Rupert + Sandra flipping. This episode was all Russell, come on, like him or hate him, at least be honest and give him credit where credit is due. Russell single-handedly turned the 5 strong heroes(counting Sandra) into... TWO PEOPLE!!! Because of what Russell did, the heroes now consist of Colby and Rupert, those two now will NOT trust Candice OR Sandra. That was the beauty of Russell's strategy, he has done it time and again, get somebody to talk about betraying their alliance, and the make sure their alliance knows about it so they are outted and have no place to turn but to Russell for protection. That is why Russell went straight to Sandra, he want's to be the only one going to TC feeling comfortable so he makes sure that everyone else is nervous and unsure about what's going on, when you make people lose confidence in their alliances and decisions, they panic and do what they think will get them through one more TC. Russell does this by telling them things like he told Sandra even before he knew Sandra was flipping, he suspected it was a possibility so he preempted it by telling her that he has some heroes flipping so no matter how she voted it wouldn't matter. What does that do? It makes Sandra nervous, she told Russell "why you tryin' to scare me, I'm not scared", BULL, she was scared. Before that she was certain that her and the heroes had a slam-dunk TC to get rid of Russell, but Russell got in their heads, made them scared and unconfident. When a person feels that way they have two choices, stay the course and likely be against the majority, or vote with what they think is the majority, even if it's not what they want, just to remain in the game for three more days. Russell makes them choose the path they hate to save their own a$$, and they hate him for it. I didn't see Parvati do a damn thing this episode except disrespect Russell, "you just wated one"? I don't think so little miss smart-a$$, if Russell sat around sure of himself like Parvati then she would have been going home, not Amanda. People here say that they want a player that can vote people off and have those people saying "what a great guy", REALLY? That's what you consider a great person? Here's the difference, the person you speak of is the type of person that has the ability to be so two-faced as to make you believe they are really your friend, and that they only cut your throat because it's just a game, do you really want to have friends that are so good at this that you don't even know if they really are your friend? Russell will lie to you because it's the game, but when he cuts your throat he doesn't continue to lie to you, and continue to act like he is your friend and tell you he is sorry, no, he tells you the truth, that you just got owned and you were a fool to have believed him. That's the kind of people I respect. Unfortunately most people prefer pretentious friends.

Honestly, for me, ANYONE but Hannah. I almost fell off my chair last night when she said "I don't want a goat in the final 3 when I have worked so hard". What? WHAT?! I think she has been dragged along the whole time for her vote. She's horrible at challenges, and IMO worthless at camp. I'm pulling for Ken, Adam, Jay. Bret is just sliding under the radar also. David is just too, hmmmmm, I don't know, snake oil salesman or something. I liked him in the beginning, but his oh poor me, I'm paranoid and neurotic act got old quickly for me. Hannah dead last, then Bret, then David, then of the top 3, hmmmm, I'd just like to see Ken, Adam and Jay in the final 3 then duke it out from there.

Sushi, there is no link to the recap. I find it amazing that after this many seasons of Survivor, certain things are still occurring. Showmances, big no no. Target on your back. Telling other people you have the idol. (And talk about stupid-not hiding the idol!) And lazy, bossy people. Natalie, the big older woman on the goliath team is a prime example. She is confrontational, lazy, and certainly not self-aware although she thinks she is. I couldn't believe her reaction when her team mate tried to give her some friendly advice. I was wishing the Goliaths would lose (for more reasons that just this) and get rid of her. But I agree, great tribal and great blindside. She had no clue it would be her.

Well, that darn Tiffany is still around. She is really playing a mind game. I honestly dont understand why people don’t use their idols and why give away an advantage?