Survivor: San Juan Del Sur...Trust No One

Object lesson of the week...

Selflessness guarantees a Survivor nothing but deprivation and misery.

Jeremy sacrificed lunch on a yacht to solidify his brand new alliance with Jon and Jaclyn, known traitors to every alliance they've had in the game.

Jon showed his appreciation for Jeremy's sacrifice by allowing him to be sent to Exile Island, even though there was no Immunity Idol for him to find there because Jon had already found it and kept it a secret.

When Jeremy realized that he never should have trusted someone that had repeatedly betrayed anyone foolish enough to trust him, Jon decided to eliminate Jeremy before Jeremy could eliminate him.

Ironically, Jeremy talked about the importance of trust at Tribal Council right before he was betrayed by a member of his core alliance, who had inexplicably allowed herself to be manipulated by someone that she had previously admitted to being unable to trust.

Sacrifice does not ensure trust in Survivor. Just ask the starving, exhausted guy that got sent to the Jury by the same people that he had sacrificed himself for.

Survivor: San Juan Del Sur...Who's The Boss?

Question of the week...

When a couple disagrees about an important decision, who gets to make the call?

Jaclyn became annoyed with Alec, Wes, and Keith, who did not accord her what she deemed to be the proper respect due her, and informed Missy and Baylor that the guys' behavior had cost them her vote, as well as Jon's because he would vote the way she told him to.

Meanwhile, Alec's confidence in Jon's ability to keep his woman in line led him to tell Keith that it was unnecessary to talk with Jaclyn about the impending vote because she would vote the way Jon told her to.

Jon responded to Jaclyn's insistence that they not vote with Josh's alliance, because of the way the guys treated her, with the logical argument that voting with Jeremy's alliance would not benefit them at the end of the game, since it was his belief that the Jury would give Jeremy the million dollars instead of them.

Josh's alliance lost its leader that night at Tribal Council, where Jaclyn and Jon cast votes based on Jaclyn's emotion rather than Jon's logic.

Jaclyn was right. Jon voted the way she told him to.

Survivor: San Juan Del Sur...A Liar, A Quitter, and A Bunch of Nitwits

'Twas that precarious time right before The Merge when...

Jeff chastised the remaining incompetents on the Hunahpu tribe for ignoring some basic rules of Survivor, like rationing precious food and keeping track of vital possessions.

It poured rain on the deficient, and therefore tarpless, Hunahpus, but it was Julie that believed her suffering was somehow greater than that of her fellow tribe members, causing her to whine incessantly.

And, Dale promised his "Immunity Idol" to Jon in exchange for a free pass at Tribal Council.

Show of hands...Who is more than a little disappointed that we are being denied the opportunity to witness Jon or Jaclyn unwittingly play a fake Immunity Idol at a future Tribal Council?

The Merge pitted Jeremy and his allies against Josh and his allies, and Julie's needs against the needs of everyone else.

Apparently, Julie suffered from a lack of food in a way that was unique to the rest of her tribe, entitling her to hoard trail mix.

Busted and unwilling to face the consequences of her actions, Julie sneaked away to a clandestine meeting with Jeff, who mocked her "ordeal" before making her departure from the game and the abandonment of her alliance official.

So...The woman that didn't want to be known for her lady parts can rest assured. She is going to be remembered for her selfishness and her cowardice instead.