Carin' About Caryn

Some Might Think She 'Sucks' But In The Real World, She's A Peach

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Actually, another fringe benefit turned out to be Ian's decision to finally take a bath. He toddled off into the surf with some toiletries, explaining, "Today is Bath Day in honor of Jeff Probst, who noted that I definitely stink."

For some reason, Jenn and Katie had some snide remarks to make about Gregg washing Ian's back. Actually, Jenn made it clear that she felt it would have been more appropriate for a girl to wash him. Later, Ian asked Tom to check his neck for dirt, and Tom confirmed it was clean but spelled it out for Ian: "I'm not going to wash it."

There is no way to confirm this, since none of the women were shown taking a bath in this episode. But it's probably safe to say that if, say, Jenn had been washing Katie's back, Ian and Gregg probably would not have had anything to say about it. Or, if they did, it probably would have been something positive.

Well, enough talk about back-washing. Let's get back to back-stabbing!

This was where Tom took Caryn aside, because, as he told the camera, "I want Caryn to think I'm looking out for her interests and she's looking out for mine."

And then, right after that, there was an immunity challenge that called for the players, from a platform 20 feet away, to shatter five ceramic tiles by throwing coconuts at them. Ian wound up winning the immunity necklace and not Tom.

Stephenie wisely took this as her cue to rally the women and get Tom out of the game, and Katie actually seemed to be entertaining the idea. She even took Caryn aside to share the plan with her, saying, "I love Tom and I will cry when I have to write his name down. But I have accepted that I will have to."

Caryn listened nicely, then informed the camera, "I'm watching out for Tom. Tom is watching out for me."

And she promptly found Tom and sang like a canary.

And how did Tom react? Did he thank her for having such integrity and sticking to her word?

No, silly. Tom knew he was playing "Survivor," so he proceeded to cross-examine her as if she was a kid who was just caught driving without a license. And Caryn? Well, she reacted as if she was a kid who was just caught driving without a license.

About the proposed women's alliance, District Attorney Tom intoned, "Why tell me?"

And Kid Caryn stammered, "I... I... I'm just telling you because I promised I would tell you."

And that has got to be one of the all-time sweet statements of real life -- and all-time DUMB statement of "Survivor."