Survivor, Ep. 25.1

I'm so excited for Survivor! Here we go!

Right off the bat, the 3 tribes welcome the 3 returning Survivors: Russell Swan, Michael Skupin and Jonathan Penner.

The tribes:
Matsing (blue)-Russell
Tandang (yellow)-Michael
Kalabaw (red)-Jonathan

Each tribe has to gather as much supplies and food as they can. How ironic, the returning Survivors were chosen because they had to leave the game for medical reasons, and within the first 10 minutes, Jeff Kent has his knee pop as he's trying to save some of their supplies. He's really worried that he did some damage to it. I sure hope he stays, I really want to see how he plays the game.

Russell immediately tells his tribe that he does not want to be thr leader. He even goes so far as to say he can't wait to see who's stupid enough to step up and say they want to be the leader because he will laugh as they crash and burn. Cut to Russell giving orders as to how the shelter should be built, when they should take a break, etc. Everyone says that he is clearly trying to lead, whether he says he is or not. The joke might be on him.

It's time to try fire and Malcolm says he lived in Micronesia for a year teaching ESL. Aww...how cute is he?!

On Kalabaw, some are figuring out who Jeff Kent is...that could be bad news for him.

On team Tandang, Michael knows who Lisa is, but some of the youngin's, don't seem to. However, some of them are skeptical about her motives.

Michael needs to be careful...he's getting cuts and scrapes like theyre nothing. Back in reality, they are nothing, but in the wild, that can lead to infection quickly. You would hsve thought he would have learned his lesson the first time around.

So far, Jonathan is the only person visibly looking for the hidden immunity idol. He finds a clue in the rice. Meanwhile, Russell just happens upon their clue. He doesn't realize someone saw him, and then he gets caught "lying" and saying he would vote someone off if he knew they were looking for an idol.

In the challenge, Russell, again takes the lead and tells people what role they should play. He's an idiot if he thinks he's sitting back and letting others lead.

Team Russell, aka Matsing, comes in last. It doesn't look good for him. But wait, Zane is basically falling on his sword because he didn't perform well in the challenge. Everyone begs him to stay so they can blindside Russell. The only problem is, they all think Russell might have found the idol.

Tribal Council: Zane gets 4 votes and he's out. He might have been weak, but obviously Russell isn't that good of a leader, so it really could have gone either way. I think if Zane hadn't offered himself as the scapegoat, he probably wouldn't have gone home. I think by doing so, it really did look like he was giving up, so I can see why they wouldn't want to keep him around.

Next week's preview: it doesn't look good for Lisa.