BWW Recap: SURVIVOR- BLOOD VS WATER 10/15; Full Results!

Last week the island saw its first real blindside of the season, as John Bad-mouth Rocker was sent packing. Not too shabby for only the third episode. Now, I'm about to embarrass myself by revealing how seriously I take my reality shows, but we're all friends here, so here goes. It's very refreshing to see actual moves being made this early in the game--those aptly named "power moves." If you watch BIG BROTHER, another CBS reality stalwart, you know how long it can take before a contestant makes any attempt to shake up the game. In fact, it could never happen at all. BIG BROTHER is famous for its unanimous evictions, as week after week the house, the BB equivalent to a tribe, votes together according to the Head of Household's wishes. Predictable. Uninteresting. And believe me, as boring to watch as it is to write about. So thank you, Coyopa. You're keeping me on my toes.

So let's see more of those blindsides. Let's see plot twists. In fact, let's see the biggest plot twist of all and have Coyopa win an immunity challenge. That'd be pretty wild, huh? Crazy. Insane. Inconceivable. Forget I even mentioned it. But that'd be cool, wouldn't it? It's getting a little exhausting watching poor Coyopa try so hard against Hunahpu only to come up short every time, the Little Tribe That Could Someday But Not Today. Very disheartening. So a win would be nice to give its bruised morale a boost, at the very least. More importantly, Hunahpu needs some rattling; it's only fair. Plus at this point, they may not even mind losing so they can do some house cleaning. I guess nobody ever really wants to lose, necessarily; but surely there are people Hunahpu can stand to vote out.

Can Coyopa turn the game around? Will Hunahpu finally meet Jeff tonight for its first tribal council?

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8:01 Baylor may speak the truth: one thing a tribe definitely needs is positivity. Heck, for a team that loses everything, it certainly couldn't hurt. Maybe Rocker's absence will be the key to Coyopa's victory. Maybe that big ol' jock had been nothing but a big ol' stumbling block all along.

Did...did Natalie just...find the flint? Just sitting in the sand? Days after they lost it? That could only be a gift from the SURVIVOR gods. Talk about luck.

8:07 Wow, applause from the opposite team at a player's elimination. That's something you don't really see. Julie's gotta feel pretty awkward.

Campfire food? What a cute reward! But wait, are you telling me this horde of fireside nosh doesn't include marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers? Really, Papa Probst, that's such a tease. I'd take s'mores over Jiffy Pop any day. Oh, phew, nevermind. There are s'mores. Thank goodness. And gee, what a shocker. Hunahpu wins again. And they chose comfort instead of s'mores?! How. (Although, yeah, okay, that was definitely the more responsible move, but c'mon.)

8:20 I honestly don't know how dude-bro Drew's going to survive exile. Probably just lay flat on the sand and work on his tan. Woah, wait. Drew suddenly just became vaguely interesting. If he succeeds in throwing the immunity comp, I'll be shocked. And even though I'd like to see Coyopa get immunity, Drew's macho let's-get-rid-of-all-the-girls complex would taint really Hunahpu's loss. If that makes any sense at all. Trust me, it does in my head.

8:31 Alec is full of crap. That is all.

I really like this immunity comp if only because it showcases each contestant's unique diving techniques. Notice I said "unique" and not, er, "graceful." And my goodness, check out Drew throwin' that comp aaaaaall over the place, just like he said he would. But to my eye, which is admittedly not so untrained because Drew told us he was going to do this, it really looks like he's throwing it. Rule number one of a comp throw, bud: don't let your tribe think you're throwing it. If they do, you could definitely become a target at elimination. Easily.

8:43 Drew needs to go. Literally nothing would be more satisfying. I really hope Natalie is able to get everyone together to make that happen. This idiot talking about all the "bitches" and whatnot, and he doesn't even know Kelley is standing right there. Ha. That's rich. Yeah, please show yourself out, sir.

Side note, but I love how Keith had just automatically assumed that if he couldn't find the immunity idol, Jeremy must have found it already. Like that was the only other possible option. Not that, y'know, he just couldn't find it. What a silly goose.

Wow, looks like just about everybody's getting a vote tonight. Which sets Drew up perfectly for elimination; he doesn't need too many votes to get his torch snuffed. And BOOM! There you have it. Bye bye, Drew, it was not so nice to know ya.

What did you think of tonight's episode? Were you as happy to see Drew go as I was?

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Photo Credit: Monty Brinton | CBS

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