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I'm still watching the reunion -- and dying to know if Coach took the lie detector test Jeff offered him -- but I think the outcome of the Tocantins season was actually sort of ... sweet.

WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

By Paige Wiser, TV Critic
pwiser@suntimes.com

It didn't look as though creator Shonda Rhimes would be able to top last week's twisty episode, when Meredith and Derek gave their wedding day to Izzie and Alex. Now I am ashamed I ever doubted her. The two-hour finale dragged at times, but Katharine Heigl, Jessica Capshaw, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers and Chandra Wilson all got the kinds of Big Moments that pay off at the Emmys.

And the last five minutes? Truly gasp-worthy.

Read on for spoilers...

"Survivor" (7 p.m., WBBM-Channel 2): I keep watching, hoping this will be the night Coach is voted off -- with extreme prejudice.

"The Office" (8 p.m., WMAQ-Channel 5): Scranton's finest paper people mix it up at the company picnic. The season finale is also the series' 100th episode.

"30 Rock" (8:30 p.m., WMAQ-Channel 5): There are so many musical cameos in the season finale you will beg them to stop: Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, Clay Aiken, Adam Levine and more.

"CSI" (8 p.m., WBBM-Channel 2): The season finale features deadly poker chips. Give them points for originality.

"Grey's Anatomy" (8 p.m., WLS-Channel 7): Will they kill off Izzie, so that Katherine Heigl can focus on such critically acclaimed film fare as "27 Dresses"? It'll be tough to top last week's twisty episode.

If you are watching "Survivor," you know the many charms of the Steven Seagall-haired, pygmie-fighting Coach. Just a few of my favorite things from last night's episode.

Warning: spoilers ahead!

Chicago-area fitness buff on next 'Survivor'

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Buffalo Grove's Kelly Czarnecki is on the next "Survivor" (Monty Brinton/CBS)

She can sell you on a cute top, but can Kelly Czarnecki wangle her way to $1 million on "Survivor"?

The 22-year-old fashionista from Buffalo Grove was revealed Wednesday as one of the 18 cutthroats competing on "Survivor: Gabon -- Earth's Last Eden."

Dumbest 'Survivor' contestant EVER!

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This season's "Survivor Micronesia: Fans vs. Favorites" will go down as the season of injuries and idiots, and poor, young, naive Erik, a 22-year-old ice-cream scooper from Michigan, likely will be crowned King of the Idiots for giving up immunity at Tribal Council.

What started out as kind of boring installment of the CBS reality show has turned out to be one of the most unpredictably excellent seasons to date.

Back on Micronesia

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Tracy seemed to wise up and realize that Ozzie.

"This is the stupidest thing I've done in my entire life," Sleckman said in a moment of depression and homesickness. of her decision to actually go on "Survivor." I'm betting she cracks within the next couple of weeks.

The reward challenge involved two large, traditional Micronesia money stones. Four will be blindfolded and the other tribe members will use verbal clues to direct them around an obstacle course. Money stones also break tiles which will reveal smaller money stones that will be used to solve another puzzle.

They were playing for a spa treatment. At one point, James had to tell Kathleen to shut up because he couldn't hear the directions.

Malakai won the reward. Tracy and Jason were sent to Exile Island.

Tribal council dreams and schemes

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Chet throws himself under the bus because of a foot infection and asks the tribe to vote him off tonight.

Erik and Tracy want Chet to stay on to blindside Ozzie and possibly get him voted off.

Wow...pretty interesting tribal council this week.

Chet is voted out. Ok, so the ending wasn't so interesting.

Time for another silly challenge

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Both tribes will use stepping poles from one platform to another. All must swim out to top of tower with both feet above top deck wins immunity.

Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me, either.

Airai just uses one pole, but Pavati fell and had to return to the start. Even having to go back, they succeeded and won immunity.

We'll see if Tracy's plan comes to fruition as Malakai is headed to tribal council.

Fishing, Micronesia-Style

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Give a man and fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and...you know the rest.

Favorites on the Malakai Tribe are crabbing about the fans. Ami is jumping to the Fan faction. They want to get ride of Cirie Fields. We'll see if it pans out.

Ozzie wants Jason Siska of Fox River Grove to find the fake idol. Chet assumes (correctly) that Ozzie has the immunity idol already.

Jason finds the fake idol and thinks its the real deal. Wow. Another fan who doesn't apparently know how the game has been played in the past. Did these "fans" even watch the show before?

Scheming and the first silly challenge

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Erik Reichenbach, reacting to last week's surprise vote that ejected Phoenix firefighter Joel Anderson, just now realizes that people lie on "Survivor." Wow. And he's a fan of the show? Wow.

Tracy Hughes-Wolf reached out to Erik to try and get him on Chet and her side. Looks like Ami might be the Favorite turn-coat Tracy and crew need for a majority of the Malakai tribe.

Yeah! It's the first silly challenge. Both tribes will swim out and collect planks, sticks, etc. Then, collect materials, get them back to mat, then use to form a blockade in tunnel. Then, tribes must race back to tear down the blockade built by rival and get all your tribe through your tunnel.

Playing for two native Micronesians who will tell you how to live on the seemingly uninhabitable island.

Malakai was first back. Airai was right behind them, though. Airai had trouble at first, but won the reward.

Chet is sent to exile island.

James Clement's leg seems to be really bugging him. Looks like TV Guide was right. The staff doctor tells him he needs to leave the game and seek hospital treatment. Kathleen seems genuinely upset.

Will Chet hang on

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Or for that matter, Glen Ellyn's Kathleen Sleckman?

TV Guide broke the news that James Clement (Formerly of "Survivor: China") will be sent home on tonight's episode because of that nasty cut he got last week.

Someone else will be voted off, too.

Thoughts?

Paige Wiser


Paige Wiser is the TV columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.

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