It's time for my weekly thunks on the idiots on Survivor: Exile Island.....

Terry is a machine much like Tom the Fireman only this is even more impressive in that he is a complete loner in this game - his tribe is gone and the rest of the folks know he has the immunity idol but they haven't been able to make him play it. He has to play it this round, either for himself or for someone he wants to bring to the Final 3 with him. he did the right thing and made the right choices about who got "love" and who didn't - and grow up Aras - more on that later

Shane had a nice taunt at the end but the best moment was when Courtney realized that Shane was on his way to the Loser's Lodge and her 3 days of peace were done.....I have thunked that Shane was playing a character this entire season and I seriously doubt that he was giving up cigarettes - that was just a ploy to get some earlier sympathy and a pass for some erratic behavior......

Danielle - you are just moments away from your spread in Maxim/Stuff/FHM - you dogged Terry at the last vote and got the "love" that you deserved - she has been competitive in the challenges but her only hope to get to the Final 3 is through immunity or terry since Cirie & Aras are a pair....

Cirie - I have done a complete flip-flop on Cirie from Week 1 when she was scared of a leaf - she has played smart - kept herself off the chopping block when she was the obvious next one to go home and has turned into the puppetmaster for Aras & Danielle - she is the only person that I think can logically beat Terry on her own merits and not sour grapes voting......

and speaking of sour grapes Aras - quit the whining. Of course terry is going to pick his own wife and it was a strategic move for him to take Shane & his son since Shane will now probably give him his $1m vote due to the knife you helped stick into his back. It was also smart for Terry to give Cirie her hubby for camp - sticking you with a hug from mommy effectively threw you off your game mentally - as evidenced by your hissy fit - and gave terry another small edge come challenge time. Aras should have dominated in the physical part of the game but he has shown that he does not have enough overall game to be a realistic factor....

So what happens after the next immunity challenge - if Terry wins then he votes Aras and Danielle should vote the same way - Cirie either sees the shift and goes with them or votes Danielle with Aras for a tie - Terry then gives danielle the immunity idol and Aras goes home without so much as a purple rock.......if Danielle wins immunity they could all vote for terry but with the idol in his possession, it's his vote that decides who goes home and you know he throws his vote at Aras just like he did last night (and what's up with Jeff not reading that one ????) and Aras goes home......if Cirie wins, then the votes again either got to Terry or Danielle but again with Terry possessing the idol it would be up to whoever got the 2nd most votes and that would again be Aras thanks to terry......and if Aras wins immunity then the vote goes against Danielle from 2 of them and two for Cirie and Danielle gets the immunity idol.....the reason that Danielle gets the idol from terry is that she is less of a final 2 threat than Cirie.....Terry's dream final 3 is Terry, Danielle and Cirie with Terry taking Danielle to the final 2 with him

I haven't been thrilled with this season of Survivor but it has boiled down to an interesting Final 4 with very interesting combos & options.......

swampy abides....