Back at the chocolate-less Heroes camp, the women are so very sad. Candice is upset about losing the chocolate. Amanda is sad about possibly losing James. But Dr. Candice reassures her that James is probably okay, and "it's just a ligament." Don't "just a ligaments" often need surgery to fix? And, like, months of recovery time? Amanda says if James has to leave the game, it'll be the second time he's been taken out by an injury. Hopefully that will tell the producers that James is too fragile for a game like this and he won't get a fourth season. Amanda starts crying about how much James wants to be in this game and she thinks of him as a protective older brother. Ugh. Remember that one time in the reward challenge when Amanda wasn't whiny and helpless? While she hopes for his return, J.T. and Rupert start to believe that he's not coming back at all, as he's been gone for such a long time at this point. Tom interviews that he doesn't want someone to get hurt, but then again, he and James don't exactly get along and if James goes, it can only help Tom's position, so ...

Ah, but, of course, James returns. As ridiculously over-the-top HEROIC music blares on the soundtrack, he hobbles up the beach with a giant brace on his leg. Amanda runs to greet him in the most girlish way possible. "James is back and I'm so happy!" she interviews. "Yaaaaay!" Rupert says, sounding retarded. I know I shouldn't say that, but I'm not a talented enough writer to think of another word that accurately describes how he just said "YAAAAY!" Twice. He said it that way twice. Oh no, wait -- three times. There's ... there's just no other word for it. James says the awesome Survivor doctors don't know exactly what's wrong with his knee, other than "it's not working." He says the knee "don't hurt," but can't really support his weight. Amanda asks if it's broken. Oh come on, Amanda. If it was broken IT WOULD HURT. Also, I don't think it's even possible to break your knee by landing on it funny with no outside force acting on it. Basically, James needs an MRI to find out what's really going on in his knee, but that would mean leaving the show. He lies down in the shelter as Candice interviews that if they lose the next immunity challenge, she thinks James should be voted out.