I like Jaison but he's a sucker. It never makes sense to me why dominant alliances try so hard to keep individuals on weaker alliances from winning immunity. Sure, I understand going all out to win an immunity challenge. But over the seasons we've seen people give up their seats at banquet tables in order to compete for immunity, and now auction away all of their money for an advantage in a challenge.

Why try so hard to ensure your group can vote out Dave, only to decide later you'd rather get rid of John anyway? Foa Foa could have just as easily gotten rid of Dave, John or Brett, if it came down to it. None of them seem to be strategic giants.  They all look like turkeys waiting to get plucked. Eat your giant cheeseburger, fries and beer!  After the immunity challenge, see who's available this week and make your choice then.

One person who wasn't duped this week was John. Sure, he kept that giant hunk of apple pie at the expense of his tribemates only to be voted off later in the episode. But you'd have a hard time convincing me his selfishness had anything to do with his downfall.

We've seen people give up food, rewards and even immunity as a gesture of good will to their tribemates only to be voted out later in the episode. Come time to vote, people are going to go for whoever they want gone. You might as well enjoy your apple pie while you can.

Monica may had the most short lived success in the auction, though. She won an entire rotisserie chicken, which probably sounded great until the tribe decided to kill both of its chickens that same night. People rarely enjoy a meal as much the second time.

I can't wait to ask John why the tribe chose that night to binge on chickens. Monica, Natalie, Mick and John had all enjoyed big meals just earlier in the day. Wouldn't they have had a greater need almost any day of the game?

Speaking of which, didn't Russell let the chickens go during the clip show last week? How come they were still around? Were they too stupid to leave the pen? If so, I don't think Shambo has reason to feel too guilty about dropping the axe this week. They chose this life.

Perhaps you could say the same about John. I always wanted to like the rocket scientist with his brilliant purple and red plaid shirt and Colgate smile. He had all the promise on paper of someone clever, warm and competitive. But he was as much a part of Galu's collapse as anyone, staking the tribe's future on Russell's promise to vote out one of his own guys. Come on, John! Really?

With only a few weeks left until Christmas there are still eight people left in the game. Are two people going to go home next week? Or are we going to run Samoa right through the holiday season?



-Henry Jenkins, BuddyTV Guest Columnist
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