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"FacebookPinterestmudfight-robert voets-cbs.jpgCBS\n\n18 players left, and the game's continuing its steady, dramatic ascent into Survivor history. Did you guys notice there are no reward challenges, no Exile Island? This season\u2014so far\u2014is boiled down to camp politics, one killer challenge for both immunity and reward, and a spicy tribal council\u2014that's it, and it's fantastic. Each week reminds us this is a season for the ages.\n\n _\n\n [Read last week's recap here.]_\n\nUnrelated Note to Anything You'll Read Herein: So how terrifying does Coach look in night vision, huh?\n\nAll-Star Whiners\n\n Colby wondered if he wanted to stay in the game after one nasty tribal council. Randy caught a monster clam and none of his tribe wanted to eat. Huh? A handful of these folks are here to play, but there's an irritating minority that's letting their We've Played This Game Before and Now We Think We Might Be Too Good To Care side show. It sucks.\n\nAnd what's with the abundance of chickens? I wouldn't be surprised to learn there's a production crew just setting the birds free when the teams are feeling blue and/or hungry. Chickens are entertaining. They feed the precious cast and keep them sharp, ensuring the sparks keep flying. And they're apparently ultra easy to catch\u2014are these Survivor-brand chickens, genetically engineered for slowness and tastiness?\n\nRussell Makes a Move \n\n Russell showed a knack for sabotaging his team last season. This week, he finally quit bitching about Boston Rob's dominance (well, he kept doing that, actually) and hid the team's sole machete. Wow. No more cutting coconuts, sparking fire, or chopping chickens' heads off\u2014all in the name of hopefully setting off Boston Rob's temper and shaking up the dynamics at camp. Unfortunately this thread went nowhere, save for one brief mention at tribal council. We're hoping it turns into an issue next week.\n\nRussell also mentioned he's gunning for the Rob's Sox hat\u2014then made a weird plug for the Houston Astros.\n\nUnrelated Note to Anything You'll Read Herein, Vol. II: Last week James told Stephenie to keep her mouth shut. This week he spiked a heavy bag off an old man's face. That James\u2014helluva guy!\n\nNo One Loves Anyone\n\n Russell called Coach \"a joke\" and decided Boston Rob thinks he's everyone's daddy. Parvati, after cozying up with Russell, called him \"kind of a lunatic.\" James snapped at Candice for trying to strategize too early in the game when all he wants to do is win, win, win (and flex. his. GUNS!).\n\nIn an uncannily unselfconscious imitation of Steve Carell's Michael Scott, Coach lamented the game's hyperactive backstabbery, saying, \"There's nobody here that's honorable anymore. Except for me.\"\n\nBest Lines\n\n \"The last thing we have in life or in this game is hope\u2014that the impossible happens, that we dare to dream, that Randy's going to wake up in this camp tomorrow. So yes, there's hope. While I still have a breath, and a brain cell...in my brain...I will fight for him.\"\n\n -Coach, directly after quoting Martin Luther King Jr.\n\n\"Ya don't usually sleep next to the guy you wanna vote off.\"\n\n -Boston Rob on the key to Survivor success\n\n\"I decided to send a bullet Bob's way.\"\n\n -Randy, in his I-got-the-boot testimonial, dashing our hopes that Russell was taking his covert scheme against Boston Rob to the next level.\n\nFacebookPinterestCBS\n\nOur Take on The Vote\n\n Parvati might have made more sense and certainly would've ruffled more feathers, but in the first Villains trip to tribal council, they ousted Randy. It's always a letdown when the vote is cut and dry before the team even makes the trek to The Treehouse of Awesomeness.\n\n **\n\n Who's Next?**\n\n If Colby had gotten more screen time this week, we would've put him back on the chopping block out of sheer annoyance. His machismotastic Leonidas roars at the challenge were hard to handle, but what's even more grating? Two girls whose names we have to Google every time we want to reference them. Eliminate Danielle and Amanda, stat (thanks again, Google). They're showing no personality and no game. Courtney's not far behind. The thought of this game being whittled down to the strongest, most conniving players is leagues more mouthwatering than the prospect of eye candy kicking around for weeks and weeks.\n\nFor more Survivor coverage on GQ.com, check out our conversation with Chuck Klosterman.\n\nFollow Verge Correspondent Zach Dionne on Tumblr and Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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