Fearing his beloved snookums, Amber Brkich, was expelled at Tribal Council, "Boston" Rob Mariano moped around and tripped over rocks on the beach. "Big" Nearly Unintelligible Tom Buchanan compared Rob's disposition to farm animals.

"It takes three days to get a calf weaned from its mother and a human's the same thing," Big Tom mumbled.

Once Rob realized Amber was still around, he set to work backstabbing Lex van den Berghe, who saved Amber from eviction last week.

"We have our work cut out for us because we have so many deals going on. It's insane," Amber said. "My mind is, like, freakin' out right now."

Mine, too.

-- Rob Owen,Post-Gazette TV editor