The final “several” organize yet another blindside.

“The worst thing would be if I went home with an idol in my pocket.

But then Tiff fell for it immediately after, and now Venus makes three.

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Q Burdette, Liz Wilcox, Venus Vafa, Charlie Davis, Kenzie Veurink, Ben Katzman, and Maria Gonzalez.CBS

We officially have a trend!

And if you haven’t realized by now, this is not your usualSurvivorcorrespondent.

Here’s hoping he’s enjoying something better than 23 slices of sandy Fijian pizza on his travels.

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Maria Gonzalez and Charlie Davis.CBS

What else went down in episode 11 ofSurvivor 46?

Let’s get into it!

Charlie immediately piles all the blame on Maria, who is feeling positively giddy off her successful move.

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Venus Vafa.CBS

She needs to chill.

And somehow, Venus is now the calm voice of reason?

Who saw this coming?!

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Maria Gonzalez.CBS

She’s talking Kenzie down from her freak out, explaining how Maria just became target No.

1 while they don’t have any blood on their hands from Tiff’s vote out.

This is the most rational we’ve ever seen Venus, and I’m loving it.

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Charlie Davis, Venus Vafa, Kenzie Veurink, and Liz Wilcox.CBS

The next morning, idol fever hits the beach.

But you know what?

She was right this time!

She finds the idol, and I actually screamed when she pulled it out.

She’s somehow getting laser-focused at the right time in this game.

And Venus has a new ally in Kenzie, who realizes that Venus, a.k.a.

That won’t be hard, because the other players aren’t blind.

Because as we’re constantly being told, turning on your No.

1 ally is the way to win in the New Era.

This is a lot of pre-challenge strategizing!

If Maria wins, this will all be for nothing.

Villain origin story

It’s almost as if I can see the future.

You know it’s coming Charlie is not letting Maria get to the final three.

But for now, she’s safe.

Maria thinks for a long time, and the silent pause isextremelyawkward.

But wait, it gets even worse!

Instead of just making the obvious choice that everyone expects (i.e.

I mean, theaudacity.

We really just saw power go to someone’s head in the most visceral, immediate way.

Even he admits he shouldn’t have gone on this reward!

He’s not complaining though, since he gets to eat 23 slices of pizza.

As an allergy-sufferer myself, I’m going to need a doctor to fact-check that.

Actually, I’m going to need someone to fact-check literally everything Liz has said this season.

At this point, I’m 99.99 percent positive Q’s time has finally come to an end.

But “messy, sweet little” Venus lulled me into a false sense of security.

She really had me thinking she became a totally different player in just one episode.

If you’re going to feed them, just give them rice.

Food continues to take center stage here as Venus calls out Maria for pizza-gate.

Everyone giving Venus a taste of her own medicine by calling out, “great game!”

as she leaves was just the cherry on top.

We haven’t seen a player like her onSurvivorin quite a long time.

She felt more old school, which I’ve been missing in the New Era.

And she started to show some real promise in this episode.

But the idol curse continues.

Looking ahead, Kenzie is now in real trouble.

But that’s not all I’ve got for you this week!

And seewhat Jeff had to say about yet another player going home with an idol in their pocket.