Is it possible that “Survivor: Samoa,” which just two weeks ago was turning out to be a televised Ambien pill, has pulled off two doozy blindside elimination wham blams in a row? Yes it is! And has the former Galu tribe become so disgustingly smug that I was actually rooting for Evil Russell and his scheming to triumph?

Apparently they have! And are we finally having fun? Oh, assuredly yes!

We begin this week’s episode with a recap of last week’s awesomeness, where Erik yapped his way into elimination, where Russell played his immunity idol early, and where Jaison remembered he was playing this game and got all Shakespeare on Erick. It was the best of times, it was the best of times.

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