Survivor Update 11

Wow, looks like it's going to be an all girl final (and that includes Todd). This week Survivor continued with it's absolute predictability by bringing in the family members for the traditional "wow, how did she/he get such a spouse" event. This week's surprise was that Denise is actually married to a man!

The family members were brought forth. Todd and his sister perform the Johnny Fairplay, "gramma is dead??" move with Todd asking how his teenage pregnant sister is and she miscarried the baby at um, one or two months. Now, in my family that would be cause for celebration.

Who guessed Courtney would have an English father with a stick up his ass?

Reward challenge: survivors and guests have to navigate their way inside a maze blindfolded. Wanna know what lame ass prize you're playing for? A SPRINT phone call from home, a boat trip out on the lake and a huge meal. No shower or bath, unfortunately.

Even with Amanda and her sister speaking to each other in weird bird noises, Denise and her chunky husband win reward. They get to bring 2 couples with them, and Denise chooses Todd and Amanda, leaving a pissed off PG back at the ranch. I really don't get why Denise keeps her alliance to the cool clique.

This is a real reward, with pizza, chicken and other American foods, none of that stir fried duck feet shit they've been winning lately. Guess Survivor has fulfilled it's Chinese Culinary Culture requirement. Denise gets a call from her daughter on the SPRINT phone.

Back at camp PG fumes at missing the reward, and she and Erik attempt to lore Courtney into an alliance. They also discuss the aptly timed miscarriage news.

Winners return to camp, carrying some melted chocolate. Erik gets into licking the chocolate off Amanda's fingers. I think he's seen more action on Survivor that in the past 16 years of his virginal life.

Denise goes off with her husband into the woods and discusses why she is sticking with Todd and Amanda. At basically the same moment, Todd and Amanda are scheming to get rid of her. Oh, that happened after Todd went on and on assuring Amanda that his little sister really was pregnant in an uncomfortable moment when he and his sister try to get their "how pregnant was she" story straight.

After the loved ones leave, Denise stops by PG and tries to make amends.

Immunity challenge: some kind of mud pit and the required Chinese History quiz. Survivors are tied to a rope and have to navigate over and under poles to get to the quizzes, and then return with keys. Basically a lot of wet muddy survivor shots, some really lame questions, and Todd and PG are neck and neck. Todd gets the "The Chinese invented gunpowder" question wrong (he thought it was the American Indians), and PG wins immunity.

Amanda and Erik go out in the boat for a little more finger licking, and Todd rants and paces. He tells Denise and Courtney that Erik has to go. Erik and PG chose to get rid of Todd, and they try to work on Denise. At the tribal council, Denise makes what I think is a fatal decision and votes off Erik, leaving absolutely NO MEN left in the finale.