Day 13: After a stew...

After Willard leaves, no one breathes a word about the loss. Instead, we're talking more about the stew that happened afterwards. It was a very-much-needed boost of energy according to Ian. "It's just another day in paradise."

Tom notes that everyone is full of energy today so they have decided to work on various projects to save themselves work down the road. So while he and the others go about their merry way, Katie is... weaving necklaces. Quoth Coby: "It was craft day at Koror. While everyone was working, Katie made necklaces. God love her."

And you know that people are getting a bit too cocky when someone says "I thought Survivor was going to be harder than this." Enter Katie, who followed with "I'm sure there are tough times ahead and I'm ready for them."

Meanwhile, she entertains the troops with a puppet show. If you thought that Wanda Shirk's singing was off... Here's Caryn's impersonation of Simon Cowell: "All Katie does is entertain people. Beyond that, nobody is sure what her role at camp is."

Later, Angie is mourned as someone puts on a show about her longing for some Koror Stew. And then there's Katie again with the "I am Bobby Jon. I love everyone and look like Jesus Christ."

And while everyone's laughing, Jenn wants badly another win.
Psyche up for the Crate Mail! With a chip.

R-CHALLENGE: Boom Sticks (for mai-tais and Pringles with a swim with jellyfish; Katie, Jenn, Ian, and Janu sit out)

Coby: *rolled eyes* Oh well. This is after hearing that his buddy Angie is neither hide nor blurred boob in the tribe anymore.

Let's play with automatic weapons! Each tribe is given eight targets and a .50-caliber combat rifle. First tribe to shoot all of their eight targets wins.

Who goes first? Rock paper scissors SHOOT (heh, no pun intended)! Bobby Jon gets the honor and takes out the first Ulong tile. James, with all of his gun-totin' experience... misses every time. Coby ties it. The ties continue (surprisingly, Jenn either has gun experience or unresolved nanny issues) until James steps up for the winning run... and no surprise... he misses. That gives Coby the tie. So now it's up to Steph. Bam! ]

Just when you think it's over... it isn't. Caryn with the tying shot for Koror... If she gets it, we go to a tiebreaker. If not, then it's all about Ulong. She... flubs. It's over, and Ulong wins (jelly) fish & chips!

Night 13: Before a stew...

With powerful winds and rain, a typhoon drenches the camp. Many Koror huddle together and cover themselves in tarps. Ian is sure the shelter will hold up against Mother Nature's assault. Tom figures the winds must be clocking in at 40 knots per hour.

Day 14: After another stew.

Janu lays in the hammock and cries. She has never felt so alone or vulnerable. Tom sits down beside her. Tom reassures her. "Hang in there. I feel so far away from my family too." Janu sobs about how it is such a horrible day. Tom says, "Let today be a bad day." Janu says/cries, "It is so hard." Tom tells Janu that she is going to make the merge and be on the jury. If they don't watch out, she might be one of the finalists. Janu shrugs it off and tells Tom, "I don't have the strength." Tom rebutes, "I agree. You don't have it today but you do have it."

Katie weighs in: "Janu is always in a tizzy. I thought I was the drama queen, apparently not."

Maybe so, but it's the first dramatics from Janu I've seen.

And after all that, MAIL!

I-CHALLENGE: Probst's Box (Caryn, Coby, Tom and Gregg sit out)

After being instructed to knot up a box, the tribes bring the boxes to Immunity. That was only the first part. Out in the water there are piles of lumber. The tribes must retrieve the lumber and build fortresses around their crate. They will have 20 minutes to do so. At the end of that phase, they switch sides and attempt to retrieve their flag from the crate. First tribe to raise their flag wins.

As Katie and Janu secure their crate with more knots, James stands around and tries to secure the toga he is wearing. Sitting next to Caryn, Coby provides the running commentary. How Ulong thinks they are ahead but they are not and how Koror didn't tie enough knots. Coby: "This is so nerve-wracking."

But in the end, James' "impenetrable" knot... isn't. Box is open, flag is up, GAME OVER!

And for the sixth-straight time, Ulong is sending someone home! Man... we're beginning to forget what losing feels like.