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Remember last week when Joe thought Erinn was hot? He hasn't gotten any less horny with three more sexless days. For this less than gallant reason, he takes Erinn aside and tries to show her the hidden immunity idol, if you know what I mean. To both of their surprise, it's not there. Even Joe's sex-deprived brain can suss out what this means. Erinn tells the camera that they're working under the assumption that either Brendan or Sierra has the idol, so they need to be the next two players eliminated. The show has expended a tremendous amount of injury trying to show how many people want Brendan gone, which means it's a slam dunk he's safe at least this week if not indefinitely.

Probst sighting!

The first individual immunity challenge is one of those seeking to determine who wants it the most. All the contestants have to do today is climb a pole and try to hang on as long as they can. These sorts of challenges always seem to favor the strongest, but oftentimes prove to favor smaller women with good balance and center of gravity. Demonstrating this, the first two people to struggle are Stephen, who isn't exactly Mr. Upper Body Strength, and Joe, whose bum knee gives him fits. Joe quickly comes to terms with the fact that he will be unable to win this challenge. Once he arrives on the bench, Probst winces when he sees the knee wound. HDTV must not be doing this justice, because it doesn't look that disgusting to me, at least not compared to a couple of similar wounds in the past. The Champ from The Tick had an absolutely gruesome one during the All-Stars/Fan Favorites season. That's the one that lingers in our minds.

Brendan becomes the first healthy player eliminated, which causes Coach to cackle so loud that he might as well shout, "We're going to sandbag you at Tribal Council tomorrow!" Taj, who is a bit more...let's say maternally shaped than some of the other women is next to go with Erinn finishing soon afterward. Only the last one surprises us much. The central difference between Erinn and Sierra so far is amount of fight shown in the challenges to date. We'd go to war with Sierra any day. Pound for pound, she's one of the toughest people there. The first surprise of the challenge occurs when J.T. falls off the pole. Soon afterward, Coach, having proven to himself that he is stronger than much younger and more virile men, is able to quit with his pride intact. WTG, Walter Mitty! A few moments later, Sierra slides down the pole in a painful way that shows she was never a fireman. That was brutal. With only Tyson and Debbie remaining, it's come down to power versus balance. Each of them lasts 30 minutes, but they both start to struggle. Eventually, Debbie collapses and Tyson becomes the first winner of individual immunity. Before they leave, a surprise occurs when Probst requests that a medical team check Joe's knee. That's...never a good sign.

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