We pick back up with Belo after
Brando’s untimely end. Lifeline Kendra
is eager to work with the people who just tossed him as she openly wonders if
these four can go further in the game (Points for “Reference in this game” to
Marissa!). Of course, she says that. What else is she going to say? “You’re
all dead to me”? Privately, she wants
revenge on Emily and feels Survivor is a perfect place for Karma because like…she’s
like…a Libra…you know? And like..that means….Ugh. Between her eyes and her
hyper-ness, I’m beginning to root against her.
Just too much. Sorry, Marissa!
At Lulu, everyone is Idol hunting
but it’s BRUUUUUUUCE who finds the Beware advantage! (Finding the Beware is a non-scoring
category this year, to be added next year). Right after he finds it, a boat arrives,
and tribes are going to be merged. Everyone has a few minutes to gather their
stuff. It’s time to DROP YOUR BUFFS! The
whole tribe helps BRUUUUUUCE keep Katurah at bay while he frantically digs
until he scores! (Points for “Find a hidden immunity idol” to me!).
Everyone on the other tribes seems
happy except Dee who has a permanent scowl.
I suspect she’s the person in your life who always finds something to be
upset over. As the tribes merge, Kaleb
is happy to be in the game with his #1, Emily (Points for “Reference in this
game” to Roberta!). Crazy eyes Kendra freaks out at the idea of food and
while BRUUUUUUCE is building/directing the new shelter, Katurah scoffs at how “BRUUUUUUCE
is out there Brucing”. While they work, Kendra dishes to BRUUUUUUCE about what happened
to Brando noting how information is power in this game (Points for “Reference
in this game” to Marissa!)
Emily’s apology tour finally ends
as she formally meets and apologizes to BRUUUUUUCE for calling him out on Day
1. BRUUUUUUCE accepts the apology but
keeps his knife sharp. Austin gathers
his former Reba bandmates, Napoleon Dynamite, Julie and Dee and goes off AGAIN
about the god-damned sandwich, saying he wants Kellie and J. Maya out because
of it. Oh, also he wants them out
because the amulet they forced him to take becomes more powerful if they go. This may not sit well with Napoleon who likes
to direct the traffic.
The day after the merge, Kaleb and
Emily solidify their final 2. I wouldn’t trust Kaleb at all but I’d definitely
use him to get further. Kaleb thinks they see him as a golden retriever, but
they all see him for what he is – a fox in the henhouse. BRUUUUUUCE gets angry
at Kaleb flitting between people. He’s BRUUUUUUCE’s ally – why should he talk
to other people?!?! Kaleb thinks that is archaic and the generational gap
swallows the trust the two had built with each another. Meanwhile, Little Papi embraces the day-after-the-merge
downpour in true John Locke style. All
that’s missing is a scar across his eye.
At the competition, the not-quite-merged
tribes are divided into groups of 6 with Katurah drawing the short straw. She won’t compete but chooses to suffer (or
gain) the results of the Blue team. The teams are:
Blue: Little Papi, Napoleon
Dynamite, BRUUUUUCE, Austin, Julie and Crazy Eyes Kendra
Red: Kaleb, J. Maya, Jake (your
cousin from Boston), Dee, Emily and Kellie
Blue takes a quick lead diving
through the mud as J. Maya’s hair gets tangled in the rope but Red makes up
some time with Napoleon giving himself a wedgie while bouncing down the rope
ladder. THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT ON
SURVIVOR! Napoleon and Auston quickly
put the puzzle together while Crazy Eyes Kendra solves the phrase in a
heartbeat. Blue wins immunity and
reward! (Points for “Tribe Immunity win” and “Tribe reward win” to Carol,
Jay, Dalphyne and yours truly!). They’re
going to the Sanctuary. Red’s going home hungry.
At lunch, they eat with completely
covered in dried mud with their hands which can’t possibly be sanitary. Little Papi throws J. Maya out as a target
which is completely fair – all the ex-Reba women want him gone. Julie deflects,
throwing out Kaleb and Emily which Crazy Eyes agrees to. There’s only room for one set of crazy eyes
on the merged tribe, and Kendra says it’s her!
Katurah doesn’t understand why ex-Belo is ok with Kaleb as a target. Her BRUUUUUCE hatred has blinded her.
Back at camp, everyone takes an
ocean bath. J. Maya thinks Emily and Kaleb are good targets. She pitches it to
Dee who nods yes but privately tells both Jake and Kaleb she wants J. Maya out. They’re surprised but fine with it, as is
Kellie whose amulet gets upgraded if J. Maya goes.
As the winners return and go bathe
the losers wait impatiently. Katurah
gets Kendra on board with J. Maya but BRUUUUCE isn’t voting anyone but Kaleb. The old man convinces Austin and Napoleon
that Kaleb is the bigger threat. Napoleon then gets Sifu and Auston on board,
leaving Austin to comment AGAIN about the sandwich. Oh, for god’s sake, Austin! He’s worse than the “I WANT MY $2!” kid from
Better Off Dead! He may be a little obsessive over food, but he isn’t an idiot.
He knows if the vote is big against someone, he can sacrifice his vote again to
fill out his immunity idol’s power. When
Emily hears her #1 is a target, she tries to swing the vote away from him, but she
can’t push too hard, or it’ll blow back on her.
She finishes this round of “Who’s it gonna be” telling her #1 Kaleb he
needs to play his shot in the dark.
At tribal, Jeff probes (ha ha ha)
at what it’s like when the tribes merge. Napoleon “a lot of oversharing”. Did Emily and BRUUUUUUCE bury the hatchet? “We’ll
see if he writes my name down”, Emily says. “How do you spell it?”, BRUUUUUCE replies
sarcastically. “How do you spell your
name” is my single favorite Survivor joke. Kaleb says he’s not the biggest
strategic threat out here, leading Little Papi to knock him out of the park by
saying “If it’s not you, who is it?”.
That’s a 474-foot bomb blowing up Kaleb’s game to straight away center
field right there. Kaleb names The Coven
of Julie, Dee and J. Maya as more dangerous.
Dee, naturally, huffs at the thought until Kaleb reminds her that she
threw his name out first. J. Maya can’t
believe anyone is thinking of voting for her over Kaleb while Napoleon thinks
these are big swings but whether they are homers or strikeouts remains to be
seen. Indeed.
At the vote, Kaleb calls out J.
Maya’s leading J. to near tears. Austin,
wisely noting that he’s nowhere near being a target, chooses to sacrifice his
vote. (Another non-scoring category I’ll add next year). Before he reads the votes, Jeff notes that
Kaleb heeds Emily’s warning and plays his shot in the dark which has only worked
once and…IT WORKS FOR THE 2nd TIME EVER! (Points for “Play shot
in the dark” to Roberta!). He reads the votes – it’s 11-0 against Kaleb but
none of them count! (Points for “Received vote against” to Roberta!).
They will revote. Kaleb is safe and in absolute shock
The politicking begins and quickly ends with
J. Maya trying to marshal votes against Emily while Emily pushes people toward
J. Maya. At the revote, it’s J. Maya who
receives all 10 votes (Points for “Received vote against” to nobody!) and
(Points deducted for “The tribe has spoken” against nobody!).
Thou art now Merged! Enjoy going
back to camp tonight. Yeah. Sure!
Huge vote totals lead to big changes
in what’s been an otherwise quiet scoreboard. On the strength of Kaleb’s near-demise,
newcomer Roberta rockets to the top of the leaderboard leaving Jen in 2nd
while Marissa plays stalking horse in 3rd. Jay drops from 3rd
to 6th, Carol from 2nd to 4th and Ricky 2nd
to 5th while Dalphyne and I move out of the cellar, leaving room for Brian and
Kristyn to take the space in the current scores:
- Roberta: 23
- Jen: 20
- Marissa: 15
- Carol: 14
- Scott, Dalphyne, Ricky: 12
- Jay: 11
- Brian, Kristyn: 10
View the scoresheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o3xil1TASvf7OwAttqr8cBDm9gLCtvX2/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103598532985683889571&rtpof=true&sd=true
No comments:
Post a Comment