Ni hao! This week's Survivor was full of action and emotion so let's not waste any time and get right to the meat of the matter.

Picking up where last week left off, the survivors arrived back at camp after voting out James. All of them were shocked that the plan to get rid of James actually succeeded. Todd was especially glad the plan worked out because if it hadn't, James would have been one ticked off dude back at camp.

The next day, it was time for a reward challenge. With one person at one end and the other person at the other end, teams of two would have to work themselves through a maze and reunite with each other at the center platform. Did I mention they would also be blindfolded? Erik is teamed up with his mother! Yes, this challenge brings their loved ones into the mix and all of them are thrilled and very emotional when they meet their loved ones. Amanda is joined by her sister, Peih-Gee with her dad, Courtney with her dad, Denise with her husband (she wants his socks), and Todd with one of his sisters.

As Todd's sister ran to him and hugged him, he asked her how their other sister was. She told him quickly that she had miscarried but that she was doing well. Jeffypop overheard and asked Todd about it. They explained that he found out she was pregnant right before he left to be on the show. Let's get back to the challenge though. The reward would be a boat trip out on the lake with a huge meal and a phone call from back home. After some bumping into people and a possible bloody nose given to Courtney's dad by Todd, Denise and her husband found each other at the center platform and win reward. Denise gets to choose two fellow survivors and their family member to go with them on the boat and they picked Todd and his sister and Amanda and her sister leaving the others to say goodbye to their loved ones and head back to camp. After they left, Jeff told the reward winners that their loved ones would also get to spend a night with them at camp too!

After the boat ride with mucho food and Denise's phone call from her oldest daughter, it's time to get back to camp. While they'd been gone though, Peih-Gee wondered why Denise didn't choose her and the others made fun of Todd's reaction to the news of his sister's miscarriage. They didn't believe the story and thought they had been "Fairplayed" but with a less than convincing Oscar performance. When Amanda and the others arrived back at camp, they had a little surprise for the others -- chocolate. Unfortunately, it had melted in their hands so if the others wanted some chocolate they would have to lick it off of them. And lick they did! It might have been an arousing scene if everybody wasn't so dirty. Later, while Peih-Gee continued to opine over Denise's decision not to choose her, Todd and Amanda were in the river with their sisters. He said he hoped that people didn't think his story was a lie and he and his sister told Amanda that it was indeed the truth.

On day 32, the boat came to take the loved ones away amidst much hugging and crying (Denise has lost sooo much weight!). Denise went over to Peih-Gee and apologized for not picking her and explained that she picked Amanda because she had been feeling faint at Tribal Council. Peih-Gee didn't really buy it though but said she appreciated her talking with her.

It was a test of physical and mental strength at the immunity challenge. Each person was attached to a rope and would have to untangle their way through an obstacle course. At the end of the course were boxes with true/false statements about Chinese inventions. They had to choose the statement that was true, take its key, and then have to take that key back across the obstacle course. If they had answered correctly, that key would open one of three locks on a box. If they were wrong, they would have to go back through the course and get the correct key. The first person to unlock all of the locks on their box and raise their flag would win immunity. Survivors, are you ready?

Todd and Amanda quickly took the lead with Peih-Gee hanging out in third place. As we were treated to more butt blurs from Amanda, Denise and Erik were fumbling around somewhere on the course and weren't even a threat. Amanda's key didn't fit her second lock so she had to go back. Todd was trying to open his third lock as Peih-Gee gained a spot and picked up her third key. Unfortunately for Todd, he had the wrong key. As he went back to get the correct key, Peih-Gee opened her third lock and raised her flag. Peih-Gee wins immunity! She was happy but exhausted. Actually, they were all exhausted. It looked like a tough challenge.

The next day, Peih-Gee still couldn't believe she had won immunity again calling it one of the proudest moments in her life while crying. Meanwhile, Denise was being approached from both sides of the camp. Todd tells her he hoped it would be apparent that she would vote out Erik. Peih-Gee wants Denise to make a power play and vote out Todd. Does she want to be fourth place in a team of four or have a shot at the final three?

At Tribal Council, with a still ticked James on the jury, Denise explained how she hopes she might get a sympathy vote in the end but that she's scared and hoped that this night is the night she can trust people. When Denise voted, she said that she was sorry she had to do this and that it would probably be her biggest mistake in the game. Let's tally those votes Jeff and find out what Denise did! The votes: Erik, Todd, Todd, Erik, Erik, and Erik. Erik is the 11th person voted out of Survivor and the 5th member of the jury. Peih-Gee looked utterly dejected that Denise voted the way she did. I really hope Denise didn't make a mistake and just hand Todd the game.

Next week, Amanda targets Todd, but Todd fights back. As alliances crumble, no one is safe. Sounds interesting! In Erik's final words, he said that he wanted to win but that today was his day to go. He said he was mentally and physically exhausted but that he was proud of himself and he really wants to see who of the remaining five would come out on top.

What did you think about this episode? Do you think Denise made a mistake in voting out Erik over Todd? How do you think Peih-Gee must be feeling? That girl's going to have to bust her butt in challenges from here on out!

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