Carin' About Caryn

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

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Tom appeared genuinely perplexed that Caryn had spilled the beans to him, but he recovered sufficiently to tell Ian that Caryn had reported the women's plot.

So Ian immediately pulled Katie aside to tell her that Caryn was spreading a story that Katie was cooking up a plot against the guys, and Katie had no choice but to pretend that she was shocked, shocked, that Caryn would stoop so low as to concoct such a lie.

Once she was along again, Katie matter-of-factly told the camera: "We can't get a female alliance together because Caryn sucks."

Playing in a "Survivor" game is really one of the few situations in which someone would be said to "suck" for being loyal and keeping her word.

But, yes, it is true: As a strategic move, Caryn's move wasn't much of a, well, strategic move.

Caryn, meanwhile, stumbled upon Katie and Ian as they were whispering about her, and she told the camera: "I think I'm screwed because I think Ian told Katie I'm playing probably both sides of the fence, so I might be in trouble. So I don't know where I am right now."

Gregg, on the other hand, knew exactly where he was: focused on Stephenie, and absolutely determined to get rid of her.

Everyone marched off to Tribal Council and apparently Janu was readmitted to the Jungle Goddess Club as soon as she left the game, because when she and Coby took their places as members of the jury, she was not at all recognizable as the sickly "dysfunctional aunt in the attic." She looked exactly like a Las Vegas showgirl.

This time around, Stephenie seemed to be more at peace with her fate, telling Jeff Probst, "Whatever's meant to happen will happen for me."

And Tom took another opportunity to proclaim that he had been playing hard up to that point in the game for the benefit of his tribe.

And Caryn confirmed one more time, "At any given time, I may not know what's going on."

But just about any viewer knew what was going on this time: Gregg got his fondest wish and Stephenie's torch was snuffed out.

Next week: Paranoia sets in, but this is only going to make the game more interesting. Nothing like a tribe forced to start betraying its own members.

Probably, Caryn is not long for the game.