Night 30: Russell strokes Shambo's ego and says he didn't tell her the decision to vote for John because he didn't want Shambo to have to break her word. He also says John was gunning for Shambo. She believes it cause she is dim.
Day 32: Monica and MFBB are relaxing on the beach (watch it, skank) when Jaison approaches them. They joke they are talking about how to handle being voting off since they are pretty much sitting ducks at this point. Jaison asks who they would vote for, you know, if they're on the jury. MFBB says Russell is playing an insane game and Russell and Mick will probably get a lot of votes. This angers Jaison who says Russ is playing the more upfront, aggressive game but he is the one truly make all of the decisions. Jaison points out that at day 36 the HII no longer can be played so he just has to get to that point and then he can vote out Russ. So I guess it is common knowledge now that Russ has it? There hasn't been a ten minute long segment of him running his mouth to everyone so I'm shocked the producers skipped that opportunity since they [heart] Russell.
You think I'm not doing anything? Can't you see how energetic I am based on this expression?
Jaison must be really mad that people don't think he is playing this game cause he tells MFBB and Monica that Russ made big bucks last year. Monica is shocked. And MFBB says he is starting to see cracks in FF's armor and they are all starting to realize who they want to go to the final three with. First small complaint about MFBB (besides gutting the rat): his voice is a tad screechy. I know, I know, where is all the love? But I'll tell myself it's cause he has been in the jungle for a month and the sand and dirt are affecting his vocal cords. Let's hope so.
Oh. It's an immunity challenge and not a reward challenge. Tricky producers, tricky. And the super awesome challenge is.... bowling? Ooookay. They will be randomly matched up, whoever gets the most out of two tries, moves onto the next round until we have a winner. Simple enough.
Round One:
Shambo vs Natalie: Gutterball for Natalie. Shambo says "This is for all my friends in a bowling league" and I hate her a little more since the sentence made it sound like she has friends who bowl and not that she was in one with her friends. But she knocks down nine pins. Super-de-dooper. And she says "wow" like she is all shocked with her skills. Shambo also has the weirdest stance. It's sort of hunched over, but projecting her hips. Strange. Natalie goes again and gets a few but not enough to beat Shambo. Boooo.
She puts the "booo" in "bowling"
MFBB vs Russ: Nothing for MFBB. Come on, MFBB! Step up! Maybe it is all apart of his strategy not to seem super threatening so that he continues to fly under the radar. Can you knock down just one though, darling? Russ gets four pins. MFBB gets nothing again and I wipe a tear from my cheek.
Jaison vs Monica: Jaison gets 6. Monica gets 1. Yay Jaison.
Mick vs Spacey: Mick gets 4. Spacey gets a striiiiike. And the disappointment is evident on Shambo's face. She sure does play with her heart on her tie-dyed sleeve.
Round two:
Shambo vs Russ: Sham gets 6. Russ gets 4. Sham wins. Booo.
Jaison vs Spacey: Jaison gets nothing. Spacey gets nothing. Everyone must be shaking in their boots about potentially losing to a girl. And I use that term loosely with Shambo. Jaison gets 7. Spacey crumbles under the pressure and gets nothing.
Final Round:
Jaison vs Shambo: Shambo gets nothing. Jaison gets nothing. This is so anticlimactic. Shambo gets nothing yet again. And Jaison paces around and focuses and knows he has to "get-getcha head in the game" and gets... two pins! Woo hoo Jaison. Natalie immediately stands and claps and methinks someone was a cheerleader in high school. Shambo tells us how excited she is that Spacey is going home tonight along with a "buh-bye" hand motion. I have.. no words.
Back at camp: Spacey pretty much knows he is going next. He knows Russ is going to scramble so they need to stay calm and see if there is any way the scrambling can work to their advantage. Well you can wait to die, wait to live, or wait around for an absolution that will never come, Spacey. (Bonus points if you knew that was from Titanic!)
Random shot of Natalie hanging up her yellow underwear on a tree. Russ says Spacey is next. Mick questions the decision because the main reason why Spacey is next is because Shambo wants him gone and they need to keep her happy. Or you could vote her out and make ME happy! I think that's a better plan.
Monica asks what's up and Russ says Spacey is going home. Monica says Spacey isn't a threat. She also says Russ isn't an idiot (riiight) and would never take someone like Shambo to the finals where she could get a lot of votes. Really? Why would they vote for someone who pretty much made no strategic decisions on her own, betrayed her own tribe (unless they don't realize this yet), ostracized herself, and sucked in challenges. Now I almost want her to make it to the end just to see how many of these votes she would get. Monica says Sham is a harder worker and Galu member. The ONLY reason Sham would get votes is if she ends up in the final two with a FF member and the rest of Galu is still all cliquey and bitter (about losing their 2:1 lead mind you).
Russ says he is considering keeping Spacey because he knows he could beat him for the million. And then we get this unfortunate shot of Spacey:
You won't find a HII up there.
Russ suggests voting out Shambo just to dangle a little hope in Spacey's face. It doesn't really matter because FF is rocking this game at this point so whatever.
Sham talks to Mick and tells him "She's the Sham with the plan". So I guess rhyming is another one of those things she "doesn't know a lot about". * face palm * Shambo tells us again that she hates Spacey (really!?) and that if he isn't voted off tonight, she and Russ will be having a chat. She tries to sound threatening but you don't have the majority at this point, FF does. So shut it.
TC. We get our first look at John minus the beard and I'm liking it. Laura still looks like a hussy.
Don't hate me because I'm... unattractive.
Usual chatter of trying to get rid of better players because you want to have the best shot in the final two. Shambo says she was more blindsided by John's ousting than he was. Jeff calls her out on trying to work the jury and she says she is serious. She probably is just cause she isn't smart enough to be strategic in that way. Man considering there are eight people left there is a ton of talk about the final two. Shouldn't we weed it down to like six or five people?
Jeff goes to tally the votes and it's: Spacey, Shambo, Spacey, and the eleventh person voted out of Survivor is....Spacey. Considering Galu was all about purple power, they sure are jumping on the bandwagon and voting off their own players at this point. But I guess after all of their large errors, why not at this point? FF finally has the numbers advantage (even though we've known that for a long time) and this was the most anticlimactic TC yet. Laura tells MFBB to stay strong and I immediately want to punch her in the face.
I did not see this coming.
In his last words: Spacey says Russ was born to play this game. He seems very content with how he played the game and not bitter. AKA the opposite of how Shambo will be when she is voted out.
Oh but that's not all: Two mini Survivor episodes in one! Let's move on!
Day 32: MFBB is now the biggest threat left to FF. Yeah... cause he is one of two Galu left and we all know Monica sucks. Russ says MFBB is very likable and will get 100% of the jury votes in the end. Awww... such kind words about MFBB. I always suspected this.
Mick is starting to realize that Russ might not take him to the end since he has always been seen as a leader. Russ says he is worried Mick is going to flip and send him home "because that's what I would do" and that's probably the smartest thing Russ has ever said in this game.
Another immunity challenge! Hooray! Each person must swim out and collect a bag and launch it using a plank into the basket overhead. Whoever gets all three bags in their basket first, wins.
Jaison, Mick, Brett, and Russell are all doing pretty well. The girls bring up the rear. MFBB gets the first bag!!!!! Mick and Russell and Shambo all get their first bag shortly after MFBB. It seems to be a race between MFBB and Mick and they both get their second bags. Monica is the only one who hasn't gotten a bag in her basket. MFBB is sprinting to the plank with Mick close behind. AND MFBB WINS INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY!!!!!! I am so happy. I am so, so, so happy.
Best. Moment. Ever!
Back at camp, everyone congratulates MFBB on winning cause, you know, he's awesome. And then Shambo kisses him on the cheek. He did not seem to enjoy it. I mean does Shambo know that I really dislike her and she just tries to come up with more reasons? I think she does.
Russ talks with Mick and Jaison and says "Well this vote is a no-brainer, we don't even have to say a name, well... Monica". LOL.
Monica, MFBB, and Mick are all talking and MFFB tells Mick he would be nervous is if he was him because Mick is very likable and Russ probably won't take him to the end. Mick acknowledges that he is aware of this and tells us the little snake/kid story we saw in the preview. Mick at least seems to be aware of the "Russ is a threat issue" but seems to be apprehensive.
The only time I'll ever be jealous of Monica.
Mick and Jaison talk about who they think will be in the final three. Mick says he thinks Russ will take Shambo and Natalie. Monica buzzes around Russell's ear saying how he is keeping threatening people around. She also lets it slip that Jaison is just waiting for day 36 when the HII is void and you actually see the panic flood Russell's mind.
Whaaaaaa?
Monica then gets sassy saying "I'm surprised you want to put me on the jury. I could make or break you", I guess because it is all Galu members and she can weave some lies about Russell. Buuuut... Russell had no alliance to any Galu member (minus Shambo) so what does that really matter. If it is two FF in the final two, Galu will be voting for the lesser of two evils (in their opinion). Monica also says Jaison told her Russ is a multimillionaire and she is voting on who needs to money. I realize she is in law school, which costs big bucks, but I doubt Monica is going to be doing only pro bono work in the future so she won't really "need" the money in the future either.
Make or break Russell to the jury? Maybe break and bake cookies is something she is capable of doing.
And then the scrambling begins. Russ confronts Nat and tells her the deal is off since she told Monica about his mulah. Natalie says she didn't tell (so much for confiding only to Mick. Russ's true downfall will be not being able to keep his mouth shut). Russ stomps over to MFBB to ask how he knows what everyone does for a living. MFBB says Jaison told them. Russ confronts Jaison about the whole "voting Russ out after the idol is played" and Jaison lies and says Monica is lying and trying to stay in the game. He is worried Russ is after him... I would be too.
FINALLY there seems to be some scrambling to vote Russ out between Jasion, Mick, and Natalie. If everyone was already talking DURING the game of this season how Russ is the best player this game has seen, and I was in an alliance with him, the moment I had the numbers (which they do because it is three to Russ's one), I would vote him out. Everyone else would agree and after ousting Russ, they would either be tied with MFBB, Shambo, and Monica (but I don't think either of those girls will be immunity any time soon) or Shambo would still vote with them, keeping the majority. Just lie to her and say Russ was angling to vote her out, which he kinda was the night Spacey was eliminated. Just blindside him. Have a hand signal or a code word at TC and just DO IT already! It's not even that I don't want him to win, I just think the blindside would be EPIC. That's all.
Russ says he mad at Monica and that she needs to go but he is also worrying about Jaison. He packs the HII to bring along with him and will play it if he feels at all hesitant.
TC: Jury members. OMG. Spacey's hair... I thought the ponytail/comb over was bad and then I saw this:
Well hello, Clarice.
Russ stands up and put the HII around his neck. Shambo looks shocked and says everything Russ does is a surprise. No one else is though and I feel like this speaks volumes. Monica thinks Russ is getting cocky and Russ says everyone else thinks it puts a target on his back but it actually puts a target on everyone else. I think he is showing it off to scare people into not voting for him and he essentially gets to use this HII twice because people will be too scared and then he won't play it. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone else suspected this cause they all look pretty scared.
Shambo says this was the worst day ever cause Russ got his feathers ruffled and Monica interjects that it was "awesome". Monica gets all sassy. I know some people thought Monica was awesome in this TC but I thought she was annoying and just seemed immature. Sure she used the word "scintilla" but who doesn't use that in everyday speech? Jeff says that it is "teacher/student" going on here and Monica schooled Russ. When did he ever teach her anything? Shush Jeff, shush. The next exchange needs to be transcribed word for word cause it's just too good to paraphrase.
Russ: If she would have played that hard the entire game, she would have been the one in charge right now.
Monica: Or I could be going home earlier.
Russ: I've been playing hard this entire game and I'm still here.
Monica: Because of idols.
Russ: Yeah well that's playing hard.
Mick: Well this is awkward.
I see her argument and his. I mean idols are part of the game and no one has smart enough to look for them prior to receiving the clues. So more power to Russell. I know, I know, I am going to get my brain scanned after writing this cause clearly I'm thinking crazy.
I also don't think Monica stirred anything up. I think everyone knew that Russ was a threat. But FF needed someone to call the shots in order to save them come merge time and Russ did that though playing the HIIs. But now that they have the numbers, they don't need him. So once again, their 3 outnumbers his one. Yes he has the idol but after day 36, he will probably be gone. I'm tired of being redundant. Time to vote. I'm not gonna lie, I'm really hoping they man up and vote for Russell. If worst comes to worst, the votes for him would be cancelled out and I'm sure he voted for Monica since she pissed him off so much so she would go home anyway. Even if he hated Mick, Jaison, and Natalie for turning on him, I don't think he could do much with only MFBB and Shambo's votes. I am analyzing the crap out of this voting. :)
Hehe, I'm awesome. Russell sucks!
Russ doesn't play the HII and you know Mick, Jaison, and Natalie are kicking themselves for not taking the leap of faith. The votes are: Monica, Russell, Monica, Russell, (Spacey says "awesome") Monica.... and the twelfth person voted out is Monica.
Next week on * slight pause * Survivor: An alliance between MFBB, Natalie, and Mick?!? LOVE IT! Jaison and Russ are sticking together and Mick is nervous. I can't wait (all of 4 hours!)
By the way on Ponderosa (for those who don't watch): It made me not like Monica even more. She lost like 16 pounds and she was actually bragging about it to everyone. And this is the exchange:
Monica: Guess how much weight I lost?
Spacey: Thirty.
Monica: Lower.
Spacey: Fourteen.
Monica: Higher.
Spacey: Twelve.
Monica: I said higher.
Spacey: I wasn't listening.
Me: LOL.
And when she gets to camp, we all remember how she and Laura were besties. Monica practically skips over to hug Laura and Laura barely touches her and says "Do you stink? Yeah... you stink". What a sweet, everlasting friendship.
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