South Pacific Episode 2: The Last Temptation Of Hantz

Semhar is a blubbering mess when she gets to Redemption Island, feeling abandoned by her tribe. She recites some poetry as she goes to sleep on a makeshift bamboo bed. Cochran thanks the tribe for letting him stay, and realizes he has to tone down the paranoia that came out at tribal. Apparently Keith and Ozzy decided to keep Cochran because they think he might be more use on mental puzzles.

It's good to see Coach and Edna becoming friends on Upolu. Coach hasn't forgotten that she was the only one to help him out after the first challenge, so he feels he owes it to her to protect her. This could turn out to be a pretty nice side-alliance for him.

Ozzy doing Ozzy things on an idol hunt

New Cochran is chopping coconuts, and Ozzy goes off looking for the immunity idol. So after climbing around in the trees for a while, he finally finds a suspicious rock, which lo and behold contains an idol. I guess their attempts to make them harder to find this season proved unsuccessful. Ozzy has had an idol before remember, and he's determined that this time he gets to use it to its full potential.

Brandon is determined to play this game with honesty, and feels bad about lying to Coach, so he tells him his true identity. Coach is taken aback, and you can tell it does knock his trust in him...he doesn't want to get burned by a Hantz twice. But he soon realises that Brandon had nothing to gain by telling him, so thinks he's legit.

Jim goes out fishing with Keith and Ozzy and decides to propose that the three of them align - not knowing Keith was planning on asking him the same thing anyway. Whitney and Elyse are his 4th and 5th. He calls it "the 3-2 plan", even though it's not really any different from any other five person alliance.

Pretty sure Brandon is the only one complaining

Brandon and Mikayla go fishing. Mikayla chooses to do so in her underwear, which again aggravates Brandon. It's now his number one objective to get her out of the game. Meanwhile, Christine finds the clue to the hidden idol, although she's unsure of what to do with it yet.

Upolu are eating stuff as they turn up to the challenge. Today's challenge has two parts: unwrapping ribbons from a totem pole, and a moving crate puzzle. The four girls on Upolu do the first part, and do it much smoother and more cohesively than Savaii. But when it comes to the puzzle part of it, Upolu start sitting back and taking their time, and are surprised by Savaii bursting forward and making such quick progress. It's a come-from-behind victory for Savaii! Oof, blowing such a huge lead has gotta hurt.

The comeback kings

Coach has proposed a 3-3 split on Stacey and Christine. He tells his alliance Edna is

On Parvati: "She's screwed many a man"
Coach's response: "That's for sure"

with them, but on a need-to-know basis. Brandon is still continuing his obnoxious crusade against Mikayla, comparing her to Parvati. Even though everyone points out they need her strength, he still tries to rally votes against her and even tells Coach a lie that Stacey and Christine are targeting her. Not even Christine thinks the idea makes any sense, and she's the one on the chopping block.

Coach's alliance has a big huddle, and Christine wonders what they are talking about. Mikayla comes up and Coach asks her from some privacy, before running off when Stacey approaches. Just when you thought the scene couldn't get any more ridiculous, Christine asks Edna who the target is and she says Sophie - which Christine instantly calls out as a lie because Sophie was just in the group huddle with them!

Mikayla's reaction to finding out she's a target

At tribal, Coach puts it all out in the open and declares that he has heard Stacey and Christine are targeting Mikayla tonight. The news comes as a shock to all three people, and Brandon squirms awkwardly as he realises what drama he has caused. Christine seems to blame Coach and spends the next few minutes attacking him. Coach just laughs her off. Eventually, Brandon admits his lie. An extremely convoluted vote sees 1 vote for Sophie, 1 vote for Edna, 3 votes for Stacey and 4 votes for Christine. Christine goes to Redemption Island. Who's temporary now?

There was something pretty funny about watching Christine shake Semhar awake and saying "Hellooo? I'm with you now". I think the icy bitch has more drive and determination to win the duel next week, but maybe the poet will prove me wrong.

STAR OF THE WEEK: BENJAMIN "COACH" WADE

There weren't really many people to choose from this week. What's surprising me about Coach this year is that he has seemed so much more game-savvy than usual. I really do think he's the number one winner's pick at the moment. He's not as entertaining as he was, but his Parvati joke this week was brilliant.