Island Of The Idols Episode 10: Back To Business

Dawn of a new day

Janet isn't sure what to do now and wishes she still had her idol. A rat crawls on Karishma's face and causes her to wake everybody up. That night, the contestants get the hardest rain of the season, and Elizabeth is very affected by it. Noura is done with Karishma, calling her lazy and someone she doesn't want to work with. Karishma is worried that she's a goat now...maybe so, but she's a goat with an idol! Karishma walks up on Tommy and Lauren planning her demise and when they ask where she's been, she fakes being sick. So now the others are threatening to call the Doctor.

Redneck games champion

The immunity challenge is to keep a ball rolling along a circular track. And the twist is, they're being split into two groups and will face two tribal councils. Oh yeah, they tried this in Ghost Island and it flopped. Missy, Tommy, Elaine, Elizabeth and Karishma are the orange group. Dean, Dan, Lauren, Aaron, Noura and Janet are purple. They get started, and Jeff only then explains there's a reward for the overall winner's group. With Karishma, Elizabeth and Tommy out first, one side is already down to Missy vs Elaine. Once Aaron, Dan, Lauren and Janet are out, the other side is Dean vs Noura. Noura wins for her side and then immediately quits, as the others urge her to stay on for reward. Looked to me like she just got excited and forgot, haha. Elaine outlasts Missy to claim the necklace for her group. The two groups are then separated, orange going back to the main camp, purple going to old Lairo.

Aaron thinks his side has an easy target in Janet, but Noura sees Aaron as a big threat, and rallies the group against him. Janet also mends fences with Dan and promises to have his back (ugh). Dean sees this and is worried by how quickly Janet has got back into the fold. He wants Aaron around as a shield, so convinces Dan they need to keep the strong competitors (LOL at Dan being a strong competitor).

Noura takes aim

Big Red gives the signal

On the other side, Karishma is the easy target. But Missy wants Tommy out, so that they can break up his alliance with Lauren and bring Lauren to their side. Missy tries to explain her plan to Karishma but Karishma keeps walking off, leaving Missy stunned. Karishma then snubs all of Missy's attempts to talk again, saying she'll wait until she's ready. Elaine and Karishma agree that they need to break up the Missy/Elizabeth/Aaron trio, so Elaine warns Tommy that he's in trouble. Tommy's fate now hinges on Karishma, and he's hoping the kindness he's showed her is enough. Missy apologizes to Karishma, but lets her know she will pretend to be gunning for her at tribal. The group speculate that Janet will be going home from the other group, and that's what they're all telling Aaron...but Janet has been reassured she's safe too.

At tribal council, Rob shades Dean by pointing out how he's rolling up his sleeves to show his muscles. Dan says that despite the twist, they found a way for the target to still be the target...which Janet thinks is directed at her. Aaron mentions this is his first tribal without the immunity necklace so he'll see what his alliance is worth. Rob and Sandra disagree on who's going home - Rob says Aaron, Sandra says Janet. The votes come back and it's unanimous for Aaron...he goes to leave, but Probst pulls him back and says he can sit with the jury instead.

The second group come out now, and Missy and Elizabeth don't do a good job of hiding their disappointment at seeing that Aaron is out. Missy talks about how she's being butting heads with Karishma, which Karishma confirms. Missy insists she is not a bully, however. Before we get to the vote, Missy stops Jeff to point out how two African-Americans held the necklace at the same time last tribal and she wanted to make a mention of it for representation.

Alright, wrap it up now!

The votes are read and it's 2 votes for Tommy, 3 votes for Missy. Missy is shocked and wants to know who did it. Elaine eventually fesses up, so Missy whispers to Elizabeth to "kill Elaine, slowly and methodically". Jeff has to ask her to hurry up since she's taking forever and making a real scene. Alright then, that's broken one half of the power alliance controlling things. Can Elizabeth recover from seeing her alliance wiped out in a matter of hours? Will Karishma and Janet find a way to move forward? And will anyone notice what a threat Tommy is? Damn, it feels good to be writing about normal Survivor again.

STAR OF THE WEEK: TOMMY SHEEHAN

Tommy might just have won the game with that vote...there was a clear shot at him and they passed it up. Clearly his social game is working wonders, because he sure looks like an obvious winner to me.