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Reward Challenge. You guessed it. Another warning precedes this portion of the show. It is still Day 17 and Jerri & Lex go to Moo Goo's treemailbox. I glance at the clock. 8:30!?!?! And were only just beginning the RC?!? WTF? The clue says, highstepping while rewards sail thru the sky. I thought a plane was gonna fly overhead and drop stuff on them. A small bag of coffee comes in the mail, which the folks pass around and get high on.

Jerri DRs she has been dying to be alone with Lex all day. For this an advisory? She tells him he can trust her 150,000 percent cuz she adores him and she liked Ted's math. Lex trusts Jerri too. Out of everyone here I would love to go with you, she says. I think she means to the final 2. They hug. This is more evidence that Colbys goose just went in the crock pot. Lex DRs that he'll get rid of Jerri if he has to, cuz, This time its business. No, this time its lame.

At Chaps R Us, they talk about what might be in the RC. Rupert suggest it might be a grill and seasonings and meat. Amber suggests wine. Rawb DRs, "As good as the rice is, its terrible. Were starvin over here." Then Rupe asks Sue if shes hungry. Sue still isnt hungry.

Tom tells the others he hopes Sue works it out. He hates it for her. Rupe says she will pursue her own agenda, it will hinder her and alienate her from the tribe. Alicia DRs they support her but still have to play this game.

At the RC Jif has a smile on and seems hopeful. He's planned his talking points. First, look at Moo Goo. See, they booted Hatch. (Amber is shown saying softly, Good move.) Next, address the something that happened yesterday, "Richard Hatch 'sorta being inappropriate.'" Sorta, says Sue.

Next, ask if anyone has a comment. With Hatch gone, no-one is supposed to have a comment. Proceed to RC.

But I think the use of "sorta" threw a switch in Sue. She lets rip: I was sexually violated. To have some guy come up, to pass half a dozen people on platforms and never touch them

Jif tries to interrupt. Bad idea. Sue has been building up a head of steam for hours and Jif had a chance to handle this gracefully and he freakin' blew it.

Sue goes on, And it went too far. He crossed the line and he crossed the line with me.

Jif: Well There is no lesson learned by Jif. He has more talking points obviously.
Sue: I know you dont know. Cuz his back was to ya and he is too big of a fucking slob to see around. I was violated, humiliated, dehumanized and totally spent, Jeff. It wasnt sorta Jeff. Cuz his back was to you, Jeff. Im spent and I am done with this fucking game. There is no way I can continue with my fucking emotions pushed to the ground that much.

Jeff is the one looking spent, now. So, okay. When you say youre done with the game, you want outta the game? If I liked him more, I'd feel sorry for him. He blew it again. And he had such high hopes. Jif looks worried in his stupidity. But Sue cant go on. Her mind left the game 24 hours ago.

Jif asks the other tribe if anything was discussed at camp. No it wasnt. Colby throws in his two cents about how hard it is to live with a guy whos naked 24/7. Sue says if he had just walked by her, shed have been okay. But he didnt. He touched her. She is throwing in the towel on the game. Her tribe hugs her and she leaves on a Quit Boat that appears within seconds.

Jif asks the rest of them what they want to do. Jenna wants to sit down and share the goodies, and talk and heal the animosity between the two tribes. But everyone else wants to go ahead and do the challenge. Screw the animosity. Kathy I note is real eager, Were here to play.

Once again an opportunity to make an executive decision passes Jif by. The situation, having escalated to the point where Sue felt she had to leave, shouldnt have been put to a vote. The food should have just been divided up. With both Rich and Sue out of the game, the players could have sat and talked about various issues, especially since both tribes have been affected by people voluntarily leaving. Or they could have just returned to their camps and talked among themselves.

Once again, Jif fence-sits, putting it to a vote. Of course Moo Goo recognizes a chance to take advantage of the demoralization of the Chaps, who don't want to whine as a group, so they gamely agree they want to play (except JennaL). This issue didn't arise last time, because JennaM left prior to an immunity challenge that wasn't needed.

Happy-go-lucky Caribbean funtime music starts up, as Jif tells them it's "fun, for reward and for food." So, the challenge is stomping on a plank to put something into a basket 8 feet up. The reward is shish kebob: filet mignon, green pepper, red onions, mushrooms, as well as a grill thingy and all the goodies being used in the challenge: tinned beef, pineapple, sugar, coffee, oranges & mixed nuts. The pineapple doesn't look too ripe, but 'mixed nuts' says it all about this group.

They organize an order in which to play. Each person must land something in the basket before the next player can take his turn.

Hick Tom gets his on the first toss, soccer player Ethan needs two attempts. Shii Ann needs two turns, Jenna struggles. Jerri gets her turn done, Jenna struggles. Colby puts Moo Goos up 4-1. Finally Jenna is done. Rawb does it first attempt, and its Kathys turn to need extra time. Lex fumbles his tinned beef turn. Alicia gets hers done in one go. Amber doesnt finish her turn because Lex finally nails his and wins it for Moo Goo. They are no longer sorry they have Jerri instead of Jenna.

Jif says to Chaps R Us, Sadly, for you, nothing. Alicia goes, Whatever. I know they'll bounce back but I'm really disappointed in Jif. Take a situation in hand for once. He should only have put to a vote whether to eat some together or return to separate camps.

Post-Reward Challenge, aerial views take us to watch the Moo Goos cooking and then chowing down. Jerri goes, All I know is tonight were not talking about it, were doing it. Ethan explains he has a new sexual fantasy to rub his face in the food and sleep next to it. He hasnt had meat for a long time. Obviously it's not a philosophy with him. If he's hungry enough, he's one vegetarian who will eat meat.

They discuss Sue. Lex says, Can you imagine if Hatch had been there? Shii Ann is so glad he was not. She DRs she knows Hatch, and thinks he would have been mortified to learn of Sues distress. Shii doesnt think Hatch would have purposely violated someone. She hasnt been keeping up with all of Hatch's escapades, obviously.

Kathy is happily chowing down, then she DRs this ugly little sentiment: I dont like her for it, Im sorry. I know she went through a lot, but still. You got to learn how to contain your emotions. I was really offended that she would bring us that far into her core of hatred. Didnt like it. So, I dont know if thats mean-spirited, but its how I feel. Kathy the compassionate mom, as always. Im looking forward to her eviction from the game, hopefully before the jury begins to form. And hopefully with some kind of emotional outburst. To hear Kathy of all people talk about containing emotions is just sickening.

Day 17 (still) Rupert tells the rest of the Chaps R Us group that Sue told him she intends to sue Rich for 10 million dollars. As I learned from the Early Show, there is to be no lawsuit, but it seems MBs support included some kind of settlement. As well it should. Rupert says he talked with her for an hour, trying to convince her to carry on. As someone used to working with troubled teens, Rupert seems to have great difficulty working with troubled adults. I wonder about Rupert's rate of success with teens.

Rawb give the team a pep-talk, We are six strong. They are six strong. Um, I don't know about this as a pep talk, but anyway. The group joins hands and makes a pact to stick together. Rupert doesnt know what that really means, this pact, but whatever. Honestly, this whole episode has been one "whatever" after another.

Day 18. Rupert brings back treemail, which says, No challenge will be played tonight because a friend has left the game. Alicia asks for a moment of silence for Sue.

Rupert says, So lets have some rice." Amber DRs it means a lot to lose a member of the tribe. But they always find a way to laugh about it. Tom "dances" in the Elaine Benis style while the gang sings, Ding Dong The Witch is Gone. Cheer and hoots. Rawb goes, I miss her so much it was heart-wrenching.

Only Alicia seems truly compassionate, DRing that she knows Tom & Sue didnt get along but his insensitivity in doing the Sues Gone Dance was pretty crummy. We lost a valuable member of the tribe, cuz she was like a guy. Sue is hardcore and we could count on her at every challenge. Really, bottom line, that's what makes it hard to believe that Sue put it all on just to fashion a method to make extra money out of it.

Amber is disappointed that Sue couldnt keep it together. "I wish she were still here. We were up a member. Surivvors true test is keeping it together. We dont think about our lows for very long. We always think about the highs. Great. More shallowness to come.

As he tucks into his bowl of rice, Rawb says, My girls know how to make rice. Keep the oysters and snails, this (the rice) is what Survivor is all about.

Next time on Kathy says, That woman is such a bitch. She might be talking about Jerri or about someone else talking about her, given she's in the water with Shii. Lex makes bold plans for the future and is shown talking to Colby in the shelter, then saying to Shii Ann that if they can "pull this off, they are so in there." Jif mentions another twist and we get a precrapped Slack Jaw moment.

Final Words. There are no final words from Sue, just scenes of gulls and fish, while credits roll - I note about 10-12 camera guys, with an equal number of camera assistants.

Here are some final words from me.

Watching the Early Show the next day Sue and Rich seemed to have resolved the issue enough to be able to sit together onstage and not scratch each others eyes out. She seemed mellow, drugged even, and much more at peace. She did not watch the episode so as not to bring back the awful memories.

I know there is a polarity on the boards with respect to Sue's true motivation for her actions, both during the challenge and afterwards. But in the final analysis, given Sues normal demeanor of a tough trucker lady, I dont accept she would voluntarily lose control of herself like this. I think she was trying to pull herself together, and fighting a losing battle. By the time she got to the RC, she was on the brink. Jifs insensitive attempt to glide past the incident while appearing to address it, really popped the cork on Sue.

This episode, while enormously riveting to MB & Jeff, spent most of itself being humdrum to the millions of us. How many angles and locales are there from which to film Sue agonizing over the events of the previous day? And how many more from which to film others expressing their vague uncertainty as to what, precisely, happened and what is therefore wrong? I dont think any were left out.

And if MB and Jif are having such a hard time with so many of their All Stars, why didnt they invite other people who expressed a REAL desire to be on the show? What criteria were used to determine whom to invite? Given this was to be a series that focused more on survival skills than ever before, why werent more players who demonstrated ability in that regard invited back. Players like Frank, Hunter, Gretchen?

For one thing, I think it was a terrible mistake to invite previous winners. Its not like baseball, where the expertise of the best is valued by other players and fans alike. Almost all the winners so far are people disliked by a majority of fans (JennaM, Tina, Brian) or disparaged for lack of serious gameplay (Ethan, Vee) or proving to be too disgusting and a liability (Hatch.) The only winner I personally enjoyed was Sandra.

Jif must think he isnt here to be the referee, with the sort of mealy-mouthed, Prime Directive attitude Im starting to expect from him. Apparently refereeing is only his role when it suits him. As in, when he wants to make sure his favorite wins a challenge. Even when definite rules have been established, he has often had to be reminded of them.

Plenty of cameras catch all kinds of idiotic and prurient details at camp, but when the challenges are underway, suddenly the cameras arent available to be put to work for photo finishes. As some of us have been saying for six seasons, there WERE mistakes in the Australian challenge that saw Colby going off to a big meal that should have been Ambers. See this article. I still maintain that Colby knew he broke the rules and felt so bad about it that he actually threw away the million dollars. Ive never thought he shouldnt have taken Tina that would have hurt him worse. But he could have and would have fought harder to beat her, and I think he would have beaten her, if he hadnt thought that somehow he was still in the game because of the missed error. Anyway, I digress as usual.

Richard and his nakedness should have been ruled out of bounds for this game. Its one thing to see him, quite another to come into physical contact with him. This should have been a no-brainer for Jif. Richard, put your shorts back on is all Jif needed to say. The incident that resulted in Sues departure from the game should not have been allowed to occur. It is not day 3, this is not the first challenge in which Richard has participated nude. It should not have gotten to the point where anyone was so upset that a voluntary departure resulted.