The women of Yasur are dejected as they return to camp at the beginning of Thursday (Sept. 30) night's "Survivor: Vanuatu." Eliza is left to defend her decision to cut shepherdess Dolly out of the flock. Mia is particularly shocked and dismayed that Eliza would go behind their back.

In Lopevi, the men are trying to play engineers. Almost all of them are trying to build a structure with huge bamboo poles. Rory, meanwhile, is off in the woods munching on fruit. Rory's individualism upsets Sarge, who is unaccustomed to men not jumping at his commands. Sarge clearly wants to make Rory do push-ups, or at least kowtow to his hastily barked commands.

"I'm a grown-ass man and I don't take orders real well," Rory announces.

The younger gals are upset that Twila questioned their work ethic at Tribal Council. Mia gets into a shouting match with the older woman, which isn't a good idea since Twila's sitting sharpening a machete. They engage in some creative swearing and they both call each other female dogs. Well, they call each other a slang term for female dogs that a true lady or gentleman wouldn't repeat in public.

Oh, what the heck -- I'll let Twila sum things up in her own unique and poetic argot.

"I'm not gonna sit there and argue if she's mad, but I ain't takin' her crap, I'll tell you that," Twila promises, concentrating on her honed blade. "I'll whup the little scrawny bitch's ass, because I don't care."

The old Missourah salt is tough but fair, I guess. They're new to the game, but already Mia seems to be getting skinnier. Soon, her nose-ring will look as big as her head.

Mia is convinced that as long as Black Sheep Eliza stays with them, they can get rid of Twila. Lisa doesn't believe in Eliza's fidelity -- perhaps because of her resemblance to Meadow Soprano -- and she's got a contingency plan in place.

The two teams meet for the next challenge, knowing only that Immunity is up for grabs. The men are in anguish that Dolly was fleeced.

"Barbie's gone," Sarge declares without a hint of sheepishness.

Things get worse as host Jeff Probst explains that two players will be going home by the end of the day. The first part of the challenge is for fishing equipment and the winning team will also be able to gain immunity to a single player. The game involves lots of knots and scrambling. Lopevi gets off to a fast start, but Yasur temporarily catches up when J.P. accidentally throws away a key grappling hook. The lead dwindles and vanishes because Scout can barely toss the hook at all. With Sarge screaming the whole way, Lopevi wins the reward. As long as the editors can cut to Eliza's cleavage, nobody cares.

The men put puzzles together for Immunity. John K. is the eventual winner. For his trouble, he gets to go to Camp Yasur to gather information. After the Lopevi Tribal Council, he'll pass that Immunity on to one of the women.

John is actually surprisingly savvy and separates the women by the people who voted for Dolly the day before, trying to identify alliances and power relationships. Mia doesn't understand his point, but exposing Mia's foolishness seems to be one of the major themes of the episode. Eliza lusts after Immunity and talks John's ear off.

"The bottom line is 'Oh, my God, would you please stop talking,'" John says.

The pretty girls tell John that the only people who shouldn't get immunity are Eliza and Twila. John doesn't seem to care and sits back to watch the sniping.

J.P. knows that he needed Immunity and calls himself "Dead Man Walking." Brady also can surmise that he's in trouble. The two stronger men figure that they can make Sarge turn on Rory, which isn't difficult, since Rory is off taking one of his patented long, lonely walks. Balance-impaired Chris, though, warns Sarge that this isn't the time boot Rory.

By a count of 5-3, J.P. is the second man voted out, with Rory snagging the extra trio of nominations.

John turns around and bestows the Immunity on a shocked Ami, explaining that she wasn't going to get voted out anyway and he didn't want to take sides in their tribal bickering. Letting the Yasurs devour themselves, he leaves.

Apparently Twila's problem with the younger women is that she's too much of a tomboy to let down her guard and ask Eliza (or one of her sorority ilk) to French-braid her hair. Scout makes a plea for tribal unity and Mia again manages to display her people skills by rolling her eyes at every comment.

After a 5-3 tally, Mia's torch is snuffed.

"Good luck finding a husband who will put up with you," is Scout's moronic quip to justify booting the temperamental Mia.

Thus far none of the women have displayed any particularly appealing traits, while the men have showed questionable judgment by removing their two strongest players.

Will the weakened Lopevis be able to hold off the fragmented Yasurs?