Survivor Heroes vs. Villains: How Sandra and Parvati laughed their way to the final five

The episode prior to Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains’ finale is great, if only because it features two former winners no longer giving a single care.

Between Parvati Shallow and Sandra Diaz-Twine, the final six episode of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains has a lot of laughing amongst the two of them, and plenty of laughing directed towards one of the other players, because they were about done with him. Let’s get into it.

Heroes vs. Villains aired in 2010, and it shows not in the quality of the filming (which is in HD, and it still looks quite good), but in the treemail, which involved a Sprint Palm Pre, which had “applications,” per Parvati.

The players got this piece of, ahem, highly advanced technology to get a sneak peek at their loved ones, who played with them in the paired “fill a bucket with water” challenge. Jerri won with her sister, then picked Parvati and Sandra to come with their family members.

The three of them took pictures with the phone, got to enjoy some food, and generally bonded against Russell, with the two former winners telling Jerri that there was nothing to worry about.

To make a joke, there was something to worry about: Russell getting to talk to the remaining Heroes, selling them an alliance, and suspecting that Parvati would win if she made it to the end. Pointedly, he did not really talk about Sandra at all as a threat.

Parvati won immunity by using the back of her hands to keep poles balanced against a bar up top, throwing a wrench, yet again, in the general plans of pretty much everyone not named Parvati, Jerri, or Sandra.

So, metaphorically about two minutes after Russell made a lot of promises to Colby and Rupert, Russell effectively said he had to go play with the other Villains again. Of course, Sandra still talked to Rupert about getting Russell out, but he tattled, and Sandra then had a chance to set up and knock Russell down.

As cool as you please, she simply said “I’m against you, Russell.” He made his usual insinuations, and Parvati and Sandra both laughed at him, which made him want to take Sandra out.

However, Russell did not have control of the last idol in the game. Sandra did, and after a Tribal Council that had Russell talking about her yet again, she played the idol, since she had to anyway for it to be effective. (Parvati continued being amused by the entire exchange.)

Okay, it’s hard not to enjoy this moment of Sandra making Probst grin, then pulling the idol out of her bra and making him smile more. Russell deemed her “bad,” and the jury enjoyed it. With three votes, Rupert went home, and Sandra would have had the other three.

Quick votes:

• Laura Boneham, who went on to play in Blood vs. Water, makes an appearance here.
• “Loose Lips Sink Ships,” Sandra told Rupert.

Next: The greatest winners of Survivor

The finale of Heroes vs. Villains has a lot to enjoy, and we’ll break it down soon.