Steph and Lydia retrieve Nakum's treemail. Back at camp, Steph reads the stupid poetry, which tells them very little about the attached black ball on a rope except that it's related to the upcoming immunity challenge. Which we knew, of course. Steph gives yet another interview about her pitiful situation and her additional losses, and oh my God, ENOUGH already. You can't be a victim of your own team when you're ON it. Less talking about not crying! Less crying! More winning! Stop!
Apparently as a result of the downcast feelings at Nakum, Lydia decides that this is the right time to become batshit crazy as a distraction ["a popular reality TV gambit, apparently" -- Wing Chun], so we get to see Lydia's Mighty Mouse impression, her magic act involving magic oranges, and, rather spectacularly, her version of "the pancake." At first, everyone just thinks she's irritating and stupid, but nobody can resist the pancake, especially after Rafe -- who is adorable -- jumps in. Even Judd is laughing. "You look like you're havin' a seizure," Jamie offers. I'm not sure I love the kind of self-consciously wacky routine that Lydia is doing, but it beats endless rounds of boo-hooing and "we suck" and all of that. Next week's Steph interview, I'm sure, will feature a lengthy complaining period about why she always winds up with the tribe that does the pancake.













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