There's nothing quite like a final episode of "Survivor." Even though there are two Immunity Challenges, there are no rewards to speak of and somehow the show has to figure out a way to fill two hours, which means a lot of rehashing and downtime ... or what we like to call "writing breaks."

Sunday's (May 9) conclusion to "Survivor: All-Stars" is no different. The first 13 minutes consist of a recap of the entire show thus far, the opening credits and first commercial break.

When we finally get to the show it's Night 26 and the Final Four have just returned from voting Big Tom out. Jenna wonders what that glare Tom sent Rob's way as he had his torch extinguished was all about. Rob says that Big Tom lied to his face several times.

Rupert gets up and leaves the campfire for a moment, plenty of time for Rob and Amber to mention that Jenna has no chance of winning if she goes up against Rupert in the Final Two. They say there's no pressure and that she doesn't even have to tell them what she's going to do, they'll just find out at the vote. But, really, does she want to leave it all to a purple rock?

For those who have forgotten about the purple rock (as, admittedly, we have) it has absolutely nothing to do with Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Rather, if there's a tie when they get to Tribal Council, the three who don't hold immunity will have to draw stones from a bag. Those who get white ones are safe, the purple rock is sent to the jury. And, boy, wouldn't that suck?

The next morning Jeff arrives bearing gifts: the makings for a Denny's Grand Slam, a Polaroid camera and a scrapbook. Amber eagerly bites into a strawberry and takes us back to the Australian Outback when she scarfed down a sundae.

The first Immunity Challenge of the evening is a combination maze, obstacle course, ladder-building challenge that Amber wins. It's her first time wearing the necklace and she couldn't be more pleased.

Keeping with the breakfast theme, Jenna waffles about whether or not she's going to align herself with Amber and Rob or if she's going to let chance take a hand. First she tells Rupert that she can't bring herself to vote for him, and then she tells him that she hasn't made up her mind.

Rupert says that his fate rests with a 26-year-old single mother of two who wants to win badly.

Well, Rupert, there's your answer.

Indeed, at Tribal Council Jenna does decide a guaranteed slot in the Final Three is more important than a wartime friendship and Rupert gets the boot. To her credit though, she looks grim as she casts the deciding vote.

Jeff comes to them in the wee hours of the morning of Day 38. He gives them a map and a canoe to find their way to the Village of Body Arts where there are to adorn themselves and then take a walk down memory lane to remember their 15 fallen comrades. Also known as, the next way to kill a huge chunk of time.

The trio gets all gussied up (and more than likely insults the dress customs of several local villages) and make their way past Tina, Rudy, Jenna M., Rob C., Richard, Sue, Colby (sigh), Ethan, Jerri, Lex, Kathy, Alicia, Shii Ann, Big Tom and Rupert.

Per usual, the final Immunity Challenge is one of endurance. The trio must stand barefoot on uneven posts with one hand on the Immunity Idol. If they lift their hand or a foot, or touch the Idol with their free hand, they are disqualified.

At 30 minutes Jeff comments on the lack of breeze. At one hour, he asks for a status report. Rob and Amber say they're doing well. Jenna says her back foot hurts but she will win. Then she gets a cramp.

At two hours it's 108 degrees out and we're wondering if Jeff brought a book with him. But, no, he's just watching things as a hawk as he catches Jenna when she briefly lifts her back leg.

Amber insists that she wants the immunity because Rob has had it numerous times. Rob is about to give it to her when Jeff stops him and asks what's going on, setting off a lovers spat and laying bare the fact that although the twosome has gotten close there are still some basic trust issues at play. Rob tells Amber that if she wants the immunity she will have to win it.

An additional hour and 11 minutes goes by before Amber accidentally touches the idol with her free hand, giving Immunity to the treacherous Boston Rob.

Jenna realizes that her days are numbered. For her part, Amber only feels 99% certain that she's safe since she's seen Rob turn on other people. Rob says that he thinks Amber has played a solid game, but that she's also ridden his coattails. He feels that he has a better chance of winning against Jenna, but if he betrays Amber it will show that he'll look like an ass who'll do anything to win the game. He decides he has to answer the question of what he will do for a million dollars and base his decision on that alone.

Still, Rob proves that he has some honor in the end and picks his beloved Amber of the slammin' body and smokin' ass to sit next to him for the final judgment. Jeff sends Jenna over to the jury and the couple back to the camp for their final night alone where you know, they are so going to do it. You know, alone at last and all that.

The next day they finish up the scrapbook and does romantic couple stuff like walking on the beach and napping together. Rob asks if she wants a black or blue fish. She chooses blue. Amber sits his lap. We notice a hickey on Rob's shoulder. It's all very sweet.

At the final Tribal Council things get ugly.

Oh, it starts out innocently enough with Rob and Amber each giving their opening statements about why they should win.

Then the questions open up. Lex goes first and he's angry. He announces that the phrase "it's just a game" is a lie and that the game is representative of whom that person really is. He says Rob betrayed him and that they sold out their friends. Um, hello? Like he sold out Ethan and Colby? He has no questions.

Kathy tells Rob that he was like a son to her and he didn't even acknowledge that. She asks Amber if she's played Rob and is she going to continue her relationship after the game. Amber says that she developed feelings within the first 10 days and hopes to continue seeing him in the future.

Rupert softens the blows that just came and thanks both Rob and Amber for getting him as far as he did in the game. He then asks why he should give them his vote.

Alicia follows this up with waggling her finger and tells them that she can't decide who has "less crap on their lips" and that while they may have Outwitted, Outplayed and Outlasted the jury, the two of them they are still Outclassed.

Shii Ann is actually quite gracious. She tells the jury (specifically Lex) that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Then she asks both of them to say why the other deserves to win. Rob says that Amber was a true partner in the game, that she never went back on her word and that her support of their alliance was unprecedented. Amber says that Rob ruled all of the challenges, he was dependable and that he stuck to his alliance with her throughout the game even though it was one made within the first 15 minutes.

Jenna says she has no hard feelings toward them because they didn't go against their alliance with her and Rupert. She just wants to know what theyre going to do with the money. Rob says he's a volunteer coach for a hockey team at Boston University and wants to start a scholarship fund for those kids who can't afford it on their own. Amber has several friends who've been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and wants to help in that area.

Tom gets up and his voice is shaking as he make misogynistic remarks and a farm analogy about how Rob is whipped by Amber. He ends with a psych out of going to shake Rob's hand and then pulling away at the last minute.

In their closing statements, Amber says that the most she can offer is that she's been honest in all of her answers. Meanwhile, Rob gets teary-eyed and apologizes for any hurt feelings that the jury may have.

Everybody votes. Jeff boards a helicopter and flies to New York, hanging casually off the side, lands and then jaywalks over to Madison Square Garden.

On the reconstructed stage, Amber sits next to Rob with feathered mall hair and wearing an "I [Heart] Rob" t-shirt. She gets up, models and then kisses Rob.

For his part, Boston Rob has one more trick up his sleeve. Yep, he gets around that pesky "you can't share the money" rule by proposing to his girl. She, of course, says yes. The ring is huge and very, very ugly. Sorry, but it is.

Anyway, congratulations to both and let's hope it works out better for them than it did for "Big Brother's" Boogie Mike and that Louisiana girl with a funny jaw.

Quick on his feet, Jeff clarifies that this is not the twist that the show has been promoting for the past couple of weeks. Jenna suggests a prenup.

Finally, they get down to tallying the votes. With a margin of four (Alicia, Lex, Shii Ann, Tom) to three (Jenna, Kathy, Rupert), Amber wins.

The jury is pissed. I mean, come on, the whole point of this is that they didn't want Rob to win the million dollars and now he gets it anyway.

The rest of the Reunion show is equally lively. Judging my the audience response, America loves Colby, Rupert and Shii Ann and hates Lex and Jerri, who gets up and leave the show after she's booed. Amber gives Shii Ann a "blah, blah, blah ... car" and the "huge twist" is finally revealed: America gets to vote for which "All-Star" contestant will receive a million dollars that's still up for grabs by going to cbs.com.