Night 24. After TC, Russ compares himself to Picasso, says the blindside was almost as great as the birth of his children, and thinks he is guaranteed the million at this point. Spacey congratulates FF saying it was "a good move". Uh, thanks Captain Obvious. Laura calls him a snake and someone, I believe MFBB says it's just part of the game. Yeah, sorry he messed up your plan and was able to prevent his ousting. Get Laura out of my face, pronto.
Russ and Shambo reflect on TC and laugh about how shocked Laura was. This is my question: You're in the jungle so you don't have a ton of noise going on right? So maybe you shouldn't be cackling like a hyena about voting someone out cause can't people probably hear you? This is what I've always wondered. I don't like Laura either, but Shambo needs to calm it down especially since there is no real reason why she hates her.
Day 25. Russ is rooting around for HII #3. You'd think other people would have caught on and applied this strategy as well. False. Shambo calls Laura a string of insults (to the camera, not her face, of course). Shambo tries to get John in on the FF+Sham alliance so they have 6-5. She points out how Laura is a threat since she has won immunity the past two times. John says he will keep the information to himself, he just isn't sure he is going to use it.
Reward challenge: Using a ropes and pulley system, one person will lie face down on a board while the other four members manipulate the ropes allowing the person on the board to maneuver and collect 15 flags, in numerical order and then put them in new corresponding spots. Reward: Plane ride to an island, picnic by a waterfall, and they get to use a Sprint Palm Pre to take pictures of their adventure. Hello product placement. Thanks for not hitting us over the head with it or anything.
Here is the new Sprint Palm Pre. By Sprint. And my shirt? Brought to you by Brooks Brothers. And my khakis? Gap baby! And my hat is available online at cbs.com/survivor.
Yellow: Shambo, Jaison, Monica, Mick and John is on the board.
Purple: Spacey, MFBB, Laura, Russ and Natalie is on the board.
Natalie is small and light, makes sense. John? Really? What about Monica? Oh right, she sucks and I guess since numbers are involved, they automatically assume John should be in charge.
Natalie is doing well, John drops the flag. Jeff says there is a learning curve involved (like every other challenge). Sure, whatever. Natalie is exposing herself. Shambo keeps yelling out "sit on your butts", Natalie is about to fall off of the board and is hanging on by her legs. John accidentally knocks out a flag and has to put it back where it belongs since it is out of order. Yellow is beating purple by about three flags at all times. Natalie is flailing around like a rag doll and... Purple wins!
I did it y'all!
Awww MFBB runs over to help Natalie since she is about to fall off of the dang thing. So sweet though it makes me worry about an island romance. Anyway, seriously, can they spring for some new colors. Cause I am super thrown off since Natalie was on team purple but wearing a yellow dress. I wrote "Yellow wins!" the first time. Can't we use like green and orange or something? Thanks, producers.
Russ says he is pretty sure they will get another HII clue on the reward, so now he is guaranteed to find it and they will be able to get rid of Laura. Cause that plan hasn't been foiled twice already.
Reward: They board the plane and MFBB is taking pictures with the phone. Laura is clearly aware the photo is being taken and yet is grimacing in the photo. That's an unfortunate face. Are they going to sell this phone on eBay with the pictures after the reunion? Cause it has pictures of MFBB looking all adorable and I will buy it. Just an idea if it's not already in the works. There are lots of pictures of Spacey and Natalie, so maybe she is just a flirt. Stay away from my man, skank. They freak out about the food. Natalie points out that this is the first reward for her and Russ.
Cheers to hating each other!
Aw MFBB is all about taking the pictures. I bet he was a dork in high school and always followed the rules and did what he was told. Kind of like me! MFEO.
I now understand why Laura got the boob job; to distract from that grimace she calls a smile.
Back at camp, Jaison and Mick are working on swaying Monica. She is an idiot: "I just don't know, you know what I mean?" Uh, if you don't know, then we don't know what you mean. Monica says they would only have 5 and Jaison contests saying they do in fact already have 5 and the addition of Monica would be 6. Monica speculates it's Shambo. So you're not completely dimwitted.
At the reward, they use the phone to find a clue to the next HII. Rhyming clue, the usual. And then there is a video of a hand overturning a moss covered rock. Seriously? A video?
New text message: Russell, the HII is under the third rock from the left with a gift tag that says "For Russell's Eyes Only" on it. See you in the final two! xoxo! -the producers
Some people on message boards are saying the producers want Russ to stay in the game and that's why they keep throwing it back in and making it easy to find. Well, a video? Can't say I blame that thought process.
One of these things is better than the others. Waaaay better.
They return to camp and Russ immediately tells Mick and Jaison what he saw in the clue. Russ and Jaison take off into the jungle and Spacey and Laura literally trail them. I guess to see if he finds it and therefore know and won't waste votes on him. Russ goes to the moss covered rock wall and Spacey follows him. Russ thinks he sees Spacey overturn the rock he saw in the clue (which Spacey saw as well I might add) and forces Spacey to chase Russ through the jungle. Spacey is a fitness instructor and yet he loses to Russ (a short man with a protruding belly) in a foot race. He might be losing some clients after this showing. Russ circles back to the wall and looks under the rock. Are you kidding me? Are you freaking kidding me? Russ finds HII #3. Seriously? Props to you Russ.
He resembles a leprechaun so maybe he's just lucky?
Day 27. Monica tells Laura she doesn't trust two people on their tribe since they are supposedly voting with FF. Laura knows she is a target and tells us in her whiny, shrieky voice. Get rid of her so I don't have to hear it anymore.
Immunity challenge: Part 1) Everyone gets once chance to throw a rock at three same colored tiles that are arranged close together several feet away. It is possible to break more than one and someone else can break yours accidentally. Part 2) Everyone who breaks a tile, gets to shoot a spear at a target (one spear per broken tile). Whoever is closest, wins. Simple enough.
Shambo- Nothing. Shocking.
Russ- Nothing. But he doesn't really need it.
Jaison- Got one.
John- 0. Guess his calculations were off.
Monica- Misses it.
Spacey- Knocks out one of Monica's.
Nat- Nothing.
Mick- Gets a tile.
MFBB- He gets two tiles!!!!! Hooray!!!!!!
Laura- Nothing.
I'm awesome.
Shambo is cackling down the line at Laura's missed shot. Really, grow up Shambo. She claims she hates all of the youngin's on her tribe but she is being the most immature. And that's what you call irony, Shambo. Did you make it to that word in the "i" section of the dictionary? Or did you not make it past IDIOT?
Part Two:
MFBB's first try- He connects!
Jaison- Misses the target completely
Monica- On her stolen turn, she actually connects on the very bottom so it doesn't beat MFBB.
Mick- He connects and it's closer than MFBB's. I'm torn!
MFBB second try- He makes it but it isn't as close as Mick's.
Mick wins. Hooray! I always felt bad for Mick cause I felt like he was a winner on a losing tribe. But he wasn't doing too well in individual challenges either so this is nice validation for me to continue to cheer for him. I feel bad for MFBB but I also don't think MFBB is in danger of going anywhere anytime soon. So, yay Mick!
Finally, a victory for hot, athletic doctors everywhere.
Shambo is all smiles and says "it's the day of reckoning" since the plan to vote out Laura finally hasn't been foiled due to individual immunity.
Back at camp, Shambo tells MFBB she is voting for Laura regardless of what Galu does. There is some sad, melancholy music playing as she tells him this. Are MFBB and Shambo in an alliance? Why is she telling him this? Why does he look sad? Is he sensitive? I like that in a guy.
Oh, brooding. I'm in love.
Laura and Spacey tell John they want to vote for Russ. John immediately says no and says to vote for Nat since she is least likely to have the HII. John interviews how pathetic the rest of Galu's strategizing skills are. He calls them idiots. I think all of them are idiots personally. MFBB aside.
Monica points out how it is going to be a tie and comes up with the plan to tell FF to vote for John and pretend that is Galu's decision. Then they will really vote for Nat so it will be 5 for Nat, 4 for John, and 1 for Laura (Shambo). Might want to run that plan by John, guys...
Monica tells Russ and Mick her plan. She says "its a huge move for [me]" which sounds super sketchy. And Russ and Mick are suspicious. MFBB tells John the plan and John is pissed since that is four votes for himself and "that's not a good plan when you're John". For realz. MFBB says he would bet his life that Shambo will vote for Laura no matter what, and John says "then let's put your name down". Don't be sassing MFBB! But I would be thinking the same way.
Mick and John discuss the plan. Russ says he doesn't believe the "Vote for John Plan" and they are voting for Laura. So either John can switch and vote for Laura after the first tie, or let it go to a second tie, pull a rock out of bag and if it's the wrong color, he could be going home. I believe the answer is obvious, my friend.
TC and I'm actually giddy with excitement. Lots of talk about how it is weird how two Galu members are on the jury; FF points out how they are still four votes that could be used to someone else's advantage. Shambo says Galu is no longer a unit. Laura contests and says it is. Jeff points out if one Galu member says it's not, then it's not. Laura basically says Shambo isn't in the group and Jeff speculates that it may come down to a tiebreaker. Everyone on Galu is fine with a tiebreaker, even though Galu members have just as good of a chance going home as FF+Shambo since it's 5-5. Or 4-4 since the two members receiving votes don't have to draw rocks and would be safe. I'd throw someone under the bus to save my butt. Does this say a lot about my character?
Voting time. We see only Shambo's vote for Laura. And surprise, surprise: it's tied with 5 for Laura and 5 for Natalie. Erik over on the jury says "This is good (bleep)" and I have to agree. Also, here is one interesting vote:
I'm betting Russell. Only since we saw Shambo's vote spelt correctly.
Second round of voting. I am actually perched on the floor inches away from my television in anticipation. Dave says he is ready to roll the dice. Jaison votes for Laura. Of course those tricky producers have the votes alternating order again. Laura, Natalie, Laura, Natalie, Laura, Natalie, Laura. Ninth person voted out of Survivor: LAURA! I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. The best part is this expression:
What? Me? Nooooooo!
Shocked expressions all around. Spacey says "Wow". Natalie is gleeful. 3 Tribal Councils, 3 blindsides. See ya Laura! I'm not gonna miss you at all.
Best episode ever? Pretty much. I love this show.
My thoughts exactly.
Next week on * slight pause * Survivor: Russ starts creating chaos by releasing the chickens. Shambo is apparently calling the shots now. And it's possible everyone is gonna vote Russ out.
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Yayayayayay! I'm SO glad you wrote about this episode, I couldn't wait to hear your take. "I did it, y'all!" Hilarious. I laughed out loud several times. Once, Nora thought it was something she was going. I kept laughing and looking at her to humor her. But I was really laughing at Aunt Annie.
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