Holy wow. I missed Survivor Thursday, but I finally had a chance to watch it yesterday. Things got so crazy, my heart was actually pounding during tribal council. (Yes, I realize how sad that is.) Let's see if I can get all of this straight.

• Alex, Edgardo and Mookie were aligned, also depending on Dreamz despite his ties to Cassandra, and thinking they could keep Stacy on their side.
• Also aligned were Earl, Yau-Man and Cassandra, and early on in the episode, Boo pledged that he would join with them.
• Yau-Man and Mookie were both in possession of the once-hidden immunity idols. Yau-Man's alliance knew about his, and the "Four Horsemen" (blech) knew about Mookie's.
• The reward challenge was of those "everyone tell painful truths about everyone else and then reveal where everyone stands when crushing structures that represent the other players." (Stacy did not fare well in that, by the way.) Cassandra won handily, answering every question right, and Dreamz came in second, probably because everyone was hoping to keep him in their own alliance.
• Cassandra got a ride on a yacht, and she brought Dreamz, Yau-Man and Boo with her, trying to solidify things with Boo and Dreamz (this was outrightly stated) and leaving Earl behind to run interference so nothing crazy happened with those left behind (this was not). She also sent Mookie to Exile Island, and he was pissed.
• After the immunity challenge (won by Yau-Man), things got out of control with all the strategizing.
• Alex, Edgardo, Mookie and Dreamz decided to go after Earl, and Alex was confident he could bring Stacy over.
• Earl, Cassandra, Yau-Man and Boo decided to target Alex. Dreamz was somewhat involved in this conversation, and he told Alex et al of this plan. Alex asked Mookie for the immunity idol so he will be protected, and Mookie finally relented.
• At some point, Earl talked to Stacy and said she was welcome to join them after she said she was nervous because no one was talking to her about what was going on. So for all of Alex's talk about being confident about being able to bring Stacy over, he never actually talked to her. Whoops.
• So Dreamz told Earl et al that Mookie had given the idol to Alex, so the Earl alliance decided to vote for Mookie instead.
• Meanwhile, the Alex alliance decided to vote for Cassandra so that if Earl had the other idol, they wouldn't be blindsided. Also, this made Mookie feel good since he was so angry about Exile Island.
• Then Stacy of all people had the wherewithal to not totally trust Dreamz and pitched the idea of voting for Edgardo and throwing them off.
• At tribal council, the Alex alliance looked so smug, especially when Alex played the immunity idol before the votes were read.
• So it was awesome when Jeff started reading the votes, and after three for Cassandra, one for Mookie came up, and they looked perplex. When the Edgardo votes appeared, they looked like Christmas got canceled. And when Jeff announced that Edgardo was out? Priceless.
• Edgardo got up, tapped Dreamz on the head and left. In his not-exactly-classy-but-hilarious final words, he said he was mad at Dreamz, but he hoped to see Cassandra out next because he doesn't really like her.
• OK, I just watched the full version of his final words on CBS.com, and he actually said there were some people who do deserve the million dollars, including Earl and Boo (but not Alex or Mookie, interesting), and then he says that Yau-Man and Cassandra will hopefully go next because he doesn't like them very much. Interesting.
• Next week, it appears that Alex and Mookie go through Yau-Man's stuff and find the other immunity idol. (And I forgot to mention that after this totally useless play of the other idol, Jeff mentioned that the idol will be re-hidden, with clues again left at Exile Island. Intriguing.)

So yeah, crazy episode! But in the best of ways.