Survivor thrives on switching
things up, so just when players think their alliances are solid, they’re forced
apart. Kaleb was a unanimous vote, saved
by a 16% miracle. Can he use the extra time his Shot-in-the-dark bought him to save
his game?
We return to the merge camp and
Kaleb thinks he received the most votes ever against a player at a single
Tribal and Google says he is correct – he broke the record previously held by Kelly
Wentworth! Bruce and Katurah spit thinly veiled venom at each other on why they
each voted Kaleb, but Katurah wants Kaleb to know she’s really in his
corner. Writing his name down is an odd
way to show it.
Kellie and Kendra also want to replace
Bruce with Kaleb (Points for “Reference ‘in this game’ to Kristyn!) and
Emily feels bad about voting for Kaleb but she has to protect her own position. She resolidifies her position with Austin, who
wonders aloud to us if anyone caught the votes were one short because he sacrificed
his vote. If they did, we don’t see it.
I suspect it got lost in the chaos of Kaleb’s miracle, which is perfect
for Austin, who now has a full hidden immunity idol (Points for “Find hidden
immunity idol” to Marissa!).
Jake, your cousin from Boston, wants
Kaleb to mend fences with Bruce so they can work as a group (Points for “Reference
‘in this game’ to Carol!). Bruce has
a Dr. Doom sized ego (Google it) and believes the unanimous vote humbled the salesman.
Bruce henceforth shall be known as
Dr. Doom.
For his part, Kaleb thinks Doom is an overbearing
parent. If Jake thinks it’s possible for
these two to mend fences, he’s sadly mistaken.
Kellie is Doom’s self-proclaimed #1 ally, and she can’t stand him. She tries
to get through to Doom but he’s so focused on his own intensity
(Points for “Reference
‘in this game’ to Jayson!) that Kellie laments to us how difficult he makes
the game. Those aren’t the words of a
solid ally. She talks with Jake about
shanking Doom but the Bostonian still wants all-hands ready for the upcoming
war with Reba.
At the immunity and reward
challenge it’s “Hold on to the pole as long as you can”, and it’s DOUBLE
EVICTION NIGHT, BABY! Two teams of six
determined by random draw with each going to a separate tribal council, two
winners of individual immunity while the overall winner takes their team to the
Sanctuary for tacos Mmmmmm….Tacos….
Sorry, got sidetracked there. Back to the action. Losers will go back to Lulu beach where there
is nothing at all!
The Red team is: Your cousin from Boston,
Dee, Austin, Julie, Kaleb and Katurah
The Blue team is: Dr. Doom, Lil
Papi, Crazy Eyes Kendra, Kellie, Emily and Napoleon Dynamite
This challenge is all about
strength-to-weight ratio as Emily, Julie, Crazy Eyes and The Bostonian are
quickly out. Lil Papi and Dr. Doom fall
soon after leaving Kellie to battle Napoleon Dynamite for individual immunity.
With a “Gosh”, Napoleon falls leaving Kellie the first winner (Points for “Win
individual immunity” to Kristyn!). after Katurah falls, Dee wins the 2nd
immunity (Points for “Win individual immunity to nobody!) and it comes
down to Dee vs. Kellie for team reward.
Or 17 minutes in Survivor time,
Kellie finally drops giving Red some tacos (Points for “Win team reward
challenge” to Marissa, Carol, Jen, Roberta,
and Dalphyne!) . Kellie has to be the most dejected winner of individual
immunity I’ve ever seen while Dee smirks at how her freaky Beast from the X-Men
toes helped her win the challenge.
At the Sanctuary, Julie thinks
Kaleb should be the target again but Jake wants him to stay. Austin doesn’t want Kaleb to go but Dee wants
him to go and “she is in a position of power” leaving me to wonder…how is that,
exactly? She’s safe tonight, that’s all. She has no real “power”. Dee
wants him on her side “because he knows what will happen if he goes against us”.
She’s super aggressive and your cousin from Boston doesn’t like being told how
to vote. He can’t go after Dee tonight but he can neuter her by taking out Julie.
To prevent Austin from getting
Katurah on his side, Kaleb decides to tell her about Bruce’s idol and how they
hid it from her. He figures along with
Jake, she is the 3
rd vote he needs to stay and Jake’s sure he can
convince Austin to come his way if there’s a 3-3 tie (Julie/Kaleb) and a revote.
They agree to Jake’s plan to go after
Julie and Katurah is sold but when Jake breaks
Rule#4: Know your audience and tells
Katurah about how they lied to her, she’s REALLY put off. Sometimes they show potential flips like this
to create drama. Is this one of those times?
I can’t really tell.
At Loserville (aka Lulu camp), Kellie feels responsible
for losing which means someone there won’t make it to jury. I want to tell
Kellie to climb down off that cross. Whoever gets voted out lost to Dee before she did. It’s not her fault. Dr. Doom and Napoleon Dynamite consult about
blindsiding Lil Papi. ND wants Doom out
but former Belo has the numbers and his safety-without-power advantage is on
the Reba beach. Kendra tells ND she
wants Doom gone and he’s all over it, as are Emily and Lil Papi. Kellie asks Doom what he thinks to which he
replies “I’m sure Kendra is out there dropping my name right now”, DOOM KNOWS
ALL and it’s freaky.
Lack of food, lack of sleep and
paranoia run rampant as Emily and Sifu also think they’re targets. Kendra and
Kellie want Doom gone but they’re afraid of his idol and start thinking of him
as a perfect shield and a number they can use (Points for “Reference ‘in
this game’ to Ricky!). They start talking about Lil Papi as an option but Napoleon
thinks Doom is still the better choice. Crazy Eyes can’t decide. It’s like they’re on a scale…and they’re balancing….because
like…she’s like….a Libra and like…that’s how she thinks. If I were in the final
three with her and Bruce, I’d vote myself out just so I wouldn’t have to listen
to her insanity or his pedantic bossing another second. For their parts, Crazy Eyes and Doom can’t
bury the hatchet and Kellie sees this rift as detrimental to her (Points for
“Reference ‘in this game’ to Kristyn!). They definitely want to flip on
Doom but I don’t think they’re all the way there yet.
At the first tribal, Jeff crows
about how Survivor’s twists mean people who see uncertainty as opportunity
become victorious. Crazy Eyes agrees but
thinks building trust is the key, which is what she said to Doom a bit earlier. Is she trying to keep him calm to keep his
idol in his pocket? Bruce thinks bonds
can form but if they’re not tight enough, they’ll fracture. Lil Papi comes right out and says there are 3
Belo, 2 Reba here and that he knows he’s the target. At the vote, Bruce keeps his idol in his
pocket and Papi is proven right. He’s
voted out 5-1 with Dr. Doom receiving the other vote. (Points for “received
vote against” to Jayson!).
Side note: Kellie has no idea how to spell Sifu (see below) and I suppose "How do you spell your name?" is not a question you want to ask someone on Survivor!
At the second Tribal, your cousin
from Boston didn’t want the taco high to end but had to get back to it. Julie mourns
at the idea of getting to know someone and having to vote them out. Katurah thought she’d be a robot but realized
that’s not going to build trust. No indication of where she stands. Kaleb
realized he played too hard, too fast and tried to take his foot off the gas
but felt it might be too little, too late.
At the vote, Dee is a flat-out bitch saying “We could’ve worked together
but you burned that bridge” while Jake votes for Julie “I didn’t have a say last
time. I do now”. As the votes are read, Katurah
flipped, siding with Dee and Julie. The votes are Kaleb 4, Julie 2 (Points
for “received vote against” and “Jury member” to Roberta!) and (Points deducted
for “The tribe has spoken” against Roberta!).
Dee doesn’t seem the forgetful type, and Jake just went against her
and lost. He was right when he said the
Reba / Belo war was coming. And his he’s now down Kaleb and likely
Katurah. That’s
what you get for breaking the rules
The top three stay the same but it’s
Kristyn who leapfrogs Jay, Dalphyne, Ricky and me blasting into 4th
place in the current scores:
- Roberta: 28
- Jen: 23
- Marissa: 18
- Kristyn: 17
- Carol: 16
- Ricky/Dalphyne/Jayson: 13
- Scott: 12
- Brian: 10
Roberta picks up Dee as her lifeline. As Dee was the final lifeline, we are all playing without a net from here on out. Good luck!
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