Survivor Loser Review: Playing Chicken with Tyrone

What fun is Survivor if we can't taunt its losers for being such losers? Behold, Tyrone: Last night he screwed the pooch and bit the chicken thigh (I'll explain) when it came to acting as a leader. Common sense pointed to delirious, head-swishing NaOnka getting the boot, but common sense is among the quieter team members this season, so she stayed. Oh, Tyrone. Time to figure out where you went wrong.

Losing the Lead in the Mind-Boggling Water Torture Game

After the La Flor and Espada tribes shifted at the start of the episode, we were treated to a freaky-deeky immunity challenge that belonged on Wipeout or another one of ABC's apocalypse-inviting game shows. After his teammates did the hard work of spinning on some sort of Japanese-game-show version of a medieval Catherine wheel and spitting water into a tube, Tyrone was responsible for essentially playing Toss Across and using a ball to break some plates. Come on, Tyrone. I used to do this sort of thing wearing Moon Shoes. Alas and alack, La Flor's Jane and Jud outpace Tyrone and Benry in the final hour, and they win. Both teams forget to direct anger where its due: the existence of the name Benry.

Enjoying More Chicken Than One Team Member Should Enjoy

Having lost the Plinko challenge, the Espada tribe retreated to camp and settled in to murder, cook, and eat one of their chickens. Nice image of feathers flying, Survivor. But of course, the rest of the team noticed that Tyrone was snacking menacingly on more chicken than is proper to gobble at a time like this. Somehow this behavior said something about his bad leadership, but I think it made him more of a leader when it came to identifying deliciousness. The other teammates are a threat to deliciousness, as far as I'm concerned.

Oh Yeah, That Whole Other Bit About "Leadership" Too

Tyrone fancied himself the tribe's leader, and when Benry noted at tribal council that Tyrone was the chief decision-maker, he became the target. NaOnka may have made herself look like a quitter when she announced that she felt like quitting, but Tyrone's tribal commandeering posed more of a threat. See ya! Hopefully this means we get to hear NaOnka compare sitting in a thunderstorm to her divorce a couple more times. Where was that scene in Kramer vs. Kramer?