'Survivor:' The Glazed Temptation

(CBS)  The donuts held the secret to "Survivor: Palau" this week.

As the tribes merged, one of the long-standing Koror tribesmembers was voted out after foregoing immunity for a ring-shaped lump of glazed dough. Apparently, a Krispy Kreme can melt a man's will. It certainly melted Coby Archa's.

The cranky, backstabbing beta-male didn't see his voting off as a comment on his annoying diva persona. No, he said his tribesmembers saw him as the toughest challenger.

"What a smart group of people to get rid of me…. because I was a threat," Coby said.

Would he have stood up against a lesser species of carbohydrate?

Stephenie LaGrossa expected to be canned, because she was the new girl on the block. She was the only remainder of her self-destructive tribe, now added to the Koror mix. Never did host Jeff Probst seem so cruel than when he sent scrappy Steph way from tribal council the prior night alone. Would she paddle her canoe solo in across the dark ocean? Would she sleep without the comfort of another human breath?

"This is scary as hell," Steph said.

Her conscience seemed to kick in as her small campfire provided the only light around. "I learned how to light a fire and keep a fire from Bobby," she told the camera. "And then I beat him at it."

"I feel like I'm going to like starve to death," the woman viewers began to think of as Superwoman said as she tried fishing, without success. She gathered coconuts for hours.

While Stephenie busted her butt over on Ulong, The cranky Koror crew lounged. Janu Tornell sniffed a lily-white flower in a hammock. Jenn Lyon washed braided her hair. Repeatedly.

Ian Rosenberger observed that because Janu never leaves the hammock, "She's like the dysfunctional aunt who lives in the attic."

Now, we must understand a few things about Steph. She's tough. She took down three men from Alabama. She can shoot a gun, dive, wield a hatchet and adeptly hold a conversation. But this alone time has put her in a different state of mind. We'll call it "anxious lonely pre-teen girl."

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