Episode Recap: Cook Islands - Week 14

Episode: I Have the Advantage ...for Once Original Air Date: December 14, 2006 It's Day 34 and Adam and Parvati know the chances of both of them surviving the next Tribal Council are pretty slim, as in Nicole Richie slim. Despite having turned on Jonathan the night before, the other four castaways are still in their alliance and seem very tight. Adam and Parvati talk things over and conclude they must come up with a plan soon - and win the next Rewards Challenge so they can decide whom is sent to Exile Island. Rewards Challenge - The rewards challenge this week is simple. The castaways are to roll around in a pool of mud until they're completely covered (Yes, I realize that's entertaining enough, but there's more). Once covered, they are to each run back to a bucket and try to fill that bucket with mud from their body. The only restriction here is that they can not carry mud back to the bucket in their hands. Once the time is up, the three castaways with the most mud in his or her bucket will get to spend the night at a spa where they will be able to eat, get liquored up, and wash their clothes (hopefully not in that order). The castaway who finishes this challenge in first place gets to decide who gets exiled. The important thing is that there are plenty of beef- and cheesecake shots of healthy young people rolling around in mud and then slowly moving their hands down their tone bodies to wipe it off. Thank goodness they waited until Jonathan was gone before they rolled out this challenge. We can all be grateful for that. I really didn't need to go to sleep tonight with that image in my head. Anyway, in a shocking turn of events, Ozzy wins this challenge (try not to be too amazed), easily gathering twice as much mud as everyone else by carrying it in his wild, tangled, Little Orphan Annie hair. Parvati and Yul take second and third place, respectively. Ozzy sends Adam to Exile Island. Rain starts coming down in buckets as Becky and Sundra return to camp. Other people might use the rain to wash the caked mud off of their filthy bodies. But the girls decide they'd rather sit in their little shelter and eat. They can resemble human beings again later. Becky is convinced after watching Ozzy in this last challenge that it might not be smart to keep Monkey Boy around through the final four. She thinks he might need to be eliminated at the next Tribal Council. Of course, he'd actually have to lose an Immunity Challenge, which might not happen if he continues to use his super powers. It might help if someone hit him in the legs with a big crow bar. Where's Tonya Harding when you need her? Meanwhile, Ozzy, Yul, and Parvati are on their way to the spa via a small private plane. They weren't allowed to wash off before boarding the plane, so they have to ride the entire way covered in mud. One has to feel sorry for whoever has to clean the plane after this. They arrive at the spa, take long hot showers, get massages, eat a hardy meal, drink some booze, are entertained by Hula dancers, and skinny dip in a hot tub. (What is it about alcohol that makes people want to take off their clothes?) Parvati spends the entire time at the spa flirting with Ozzy. She believes he might be her only hope to crack the alliance. This concerns Yul because Ozzy seems to be cracking. Or maybe he just seems to be on Crack. Exile Island - Between all the repeat visits there by Jonathan, Parvati, and Candice, that little island probably hasn't seen this many white people since James Cook's little voyage. Adam does his impersonation of a Klingon by cracking open the shells of little things he finds crawling around the island, then eating their innards without bothering to cook them first. "Who needs a fire when you can eat stuff raw?" he asks. Just like the last time Adam was exiled, a monsoon comes, causing him to shiver bare-chested while curled up in the fetal position under a couple of branches he's managed to lean up against the fake ship. When will these people learn to wear a shirt? Yul, Parvati, and Adam return from the spa to a chilly reception from Becky and Sundra. Before long, Becky pulls Yul to the side to tell him that it's time for Ozzy to go. Yul agrees that Ozzy is a threat, and not just because his jungle upbringing enables him to win every challenge. Yul thinks that several members of the Jury see Ozzy as someone who is just trying to play a "straight-up" game instead of spending his time scheming and plotting. They bring Sundra into the discussion, and she's of the same mind at the moment. The three decide to wait and see what happens at the next Immunity Challenge. Immunity Challenge - The castaways must each carry four bundles of puzzle pieces across a balance beam, then assemble the pieces to construct a maze. By tilting the maze, they are to roll two canon balls into two side holes in the maze. The first one who finishes this task will receive Immunity. Ozzy grabs one of the bundles and leaps bare-footed onto the balance beams. While the others struggle to keep their balance, Ozzy uses his long chimpanzee toes and gains an early lead. He is the first to get his bundles across and starts to assemble his puzzle. Adam and Sundra, on the other hand, can't balance themselves to save their lives. Neither of them manage to get any bundles across during the entire challenge. Yul and Parvati do manage to get their bundles across and start assembling their puzzles. For a while, it looks like it might be close between Yul and Ozzy. But Yul discovers he's assembled his puzzle incorrectly just as Ozzy finishes his. Ozzy finishes well ahead of everyone else and wins Immunity. This is getting monotonous. Politics begin as soon as the tribe gets back to camp. Adam approaches Godfather Yul to beg for mercy at tonight's Tribal Council. Yul assures him that Parvati will be voted off instead. Later, Parvati approaches Yul to beg for mercy. Yul assures her that Adam will be voted off instead. Knowing better than to take Yul at his word, Parvati and Adam try to turn Ozzy. Yul figures out what their trying to do and confronts Adam. Adam fears the Godfather, so this makes him nervous. Tribal Council - Yul brings Jonathan his hat, and Jeff makes a big deal out of it. Is Yul doing this to get Jonathan's vote during the final Tribal Council, he asks. Lots of time is wasted speculating on this, until Yul finally admits that is one of the reasons he returned the stupid hat. Other inane questions are asked. At one point, Parvati says that Yul has played the game "seamlessly". The votes are cast and counted. Parvati is the 15th person voted off this season's Survivor. Next Week - The season finale. This Sunday - The live reunion show.