Survivor Exile Island - Episode 2

This week was all about getting back to the formula that has worked so well in the past. I guess someone put a bug in Mark Burnett's ear. Anyway, they narrowed the 4 tribes back down to the typical 2: "Casaya" and "La Mina."

There was one person left over, the Asian guy. I think his name is Bruce. No, seriously. They just call him Bruce. Anyway, because he was the odd man out, he had to go sit on Exile Island by himself. Sounds like a raw deal, but the up side was that he was guaranteed not to get voted out this week.

OK, back to the two new tribes. I still haven't sorted out all the personalities, yet. But, suffice it to say that La Mina is the stronger tribe. They won both the reward challenge (fishing gear) and the immunity challenge. So, Casaya had to put somebody on the chopping block.

There was a big drama back at Casaya's camp, because Shane the loud-mouthed ex-smoker was running around begging people to vote him off. But, then he did an abrupt turn-around, and his "ally" Aras went straight to the two "Older Women" to tell them that one of them would be going home in Shane's place.

It ended up being Melinda, the blonde from Tennessee, which was really a shame. Not only did I enjoy her cute accent, but she actually wanted to play the game.

I can't stand Nicotine Boy very much right now.