South Pacific Episode 5: Breaking Benjamin

Reunited with her pal, Stacey is cracking one-liners and threatening to stir the pot at the duel. Oh, I'll miss this girl if she leaves. Coach sends Albert and Mikayla to the duel expecting them to come back with good news. He'd be wrong.

Dawn is shocked that her fellow weight-lifter was voted out. Whitney is not. Stacey tells them that Benjamin and Albert are running the show. She refuses to call him "Coach". The duel involves dropping balls in chutes and catching them again like in the final three challenge of Tocantins. Christine is more calculated and nervous, whereas Stacey is reckless and no-nonsense. Albert isn't impressed, but Stacey looks to be doing well at first, whereas Christine almost drops twice. They get up to three balls and it is Stacey who drops first. Oh well, at least she did some damage on her way out.

Albert (finally getting a confessional!) says he's pissed that his attempts to stay UTR have been ruined and he knows Coach is going to be pissed too. Coach claims he would be mad if anyone called him Benjamin to his face, and now he's worried he'll be Savaii's first target after the merge.

Pretty girl sitting pretty

Elyse admits she's riding the coattails of her hammock buddy Ozzy. Cochran is hard at work collecting firewood, like the little engine that could. Ozzy asks Cochran how his name is spelled and Cochran tells him that he won't have to spell his name anytime soon. When the duel observers come back with the news, Ozzy makes a comment that Jim doesn't like about how Coach should get rid of Albert before the merge. This makes him wary that Ozzy might come after him, and is all the ammo he needs to get Keith on his side.

Albert's failed idol hunt

Albert finds an idol clue, telling him it's by the ocean and in a tree. Thinking he needs a little help, Albert tells Sophie and Coach about it and they all look. Coach prays for an idol and he gets it! Why didn't Albert just keep looking on his own? They're not that hard to find.

Cochran goes for his first fishing trip with Ozzy. He comments on how Ozzy is not the hero you see on TV, he's actually kind of lazy and kind of a jerk.

Mouth-to-mouth: Keith & Dawn get to know eachother

The tribes come in and look at the pigs set up for the challenge. Jim and Rick have big reactions. The challenge is to bite off as much as they can and put it in the bucket. Keith and Dawn share a kiss and so do Coach and Edna. Mikayla picks up a scrap Rick left on the floor. Man, this challenge is gross but awesome. Jim takes a huge piece at the end, but is it enough? Coach does a drumroll on Sophie's back. Jeff does the weigh-in and Upolu win by 2 ounces. Another close call between two of the most evenly-matched tribes in Survivor history. They get to keep the meat too which Brandon cooks.

Cochran makes a herpes joke which goes down like a lead balloon. When Jim proposes his plan, Keith is scared about betraying Ozzy who was his first alliance. He discusses with Whitney what they should do, seeing as they're the swing votes. They still want Ozzy in their alliance but they don't want Elyse around. Maybe Jim jumped the gun when he told Cochran he's 100% not going home.

Keith and Whitney debate what to do

Elyse and Ozzy go to tribal thinking it's a done deal that Cochran is going and everyone's on board. Oh boy. The tribe assess the damage from the last challenge - nearly everyone has scraped a tooth or dislocated their jaw. Cochran gets shat on at tribal

Blindside imminent

council some more with Elyse even suggesting he'll enjoy it on Redemption Island. Ozzy votes for "COCH-TRAIN", not his first douchey vote. As the votes are read, there are a lot of surprised faces. First Elyse and Ozzy, when her name comes up and then Dawn when she picks up votes. Turns out Keith and Whitney chickened out and sat on the fence. Lame! Who's going to trust them now?

But let's not complain too much - the game changed up, Ozzy got his just desserts, the least interesting alliance is broken, and Christine finally has a challenge on Redemption Island.

STAR OF THE WEEK: BENJAMIN "COACH" WADE

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Benj...err, Coach's day went from very bad to very good when he found the hidden immunity idol. His tribe is in the driver's seat and he can taste the victory! But seriously, his mom calls him Coach?