Monty Brinton/CBSWith Tyson Apostol's demotion to the Survivor: Tocantins jury last week, Benjamin "Coach" Wade was left holding the flimsy strands of his gossamer alliance, which couldn't withstand a major blindside or even make anybody cry (besides Sierra Reed, the scourge of everything).
At first the aggressively philosophical Coach moped—but then he realized he had to get with the program because he's been nothing but talk (and talk, and talk…).
So he went out and won himself some immunity. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on what tickles your funny bone), that rendered moot all his efforts to make Sierra see the error of her dragon-bowel ways and attempts to curry favor with the BMOC—Stephen Fishbach and J.T. Thomas.
And poor Sierra. Is there anything more demoralizing than being the answer to reward-challenge trivia questions such as "Who would you least like to see win the game?" "Who's most likely to stab you in the back?" and "Who would squander the million-dollar prize the quickest?"
So with Coach out of the running to get the boot, was Sierra the obvious choice? Or was Debbie "I like everyone!" Beebe the better candidate, because no one takes Sierra seriously? And then there's whatshername, Erinn Lobdell, who spent the strategy session in exile...
But no, the tribe got Sierra this time, as her self-pity schtick got old and Stephen figured the 23-year-old model was too much of a loose cannon for the methodical game he's running. So he, Debbie, J.T. and Coach (of course) saw to it that she bit the dust, 4-2-1, with Debbie earning two of those votes and Erinn voting for Stephen.
Hmmm, what was that about? Punishment for sending her to exile? But then he gave her his sweater later!
"It's clear the six of you are struggling to trust each other," a delighted-sounding Jeff Probst announced at Tribal Council. "Which means paranoia is just around the corner."
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