Well, here we are. It’s the end of
the season and it’s time for someone to win! Sorry it’s taken so long to get to
this. It’s been a busy week and a half! When
last we left, Queen Dee had blindsided Austin and sent Drew (AKA Napoleon
Dynamite) had dancing off the stage and into the jury box leaving a Austin,
Dee, Jake, Julie and Katurah as the final five.
They’re off to a new camp but that’s
the least of Sir Austin’s concerns. He
was blindsided by the Napoleon vote and needs
to clear the air with the Queen. With “Please
forgive me” doe eyes, she apologizes and he reacts much better than if the situation
had been reversed. Something to keep in
mind off the island, kiddo. The next morning, a puzzle box with a six-digit
code appears at camp. First person to
find all three stations, count the items there and use the count to determine
the code wins an advantage in the next immunity challenge. That’s both huge and serious!
They start out by racing to each
station but they are so far apart that most are at a slow jog by the time they
hit the 2nd or 3rd.
All but Jake (AKA
Your Cousin From Boston) are wrong their first time, but the Bostonian, who
channels Jayson saying “It’s important to be accurate”, nails it faster than
the rest! (Points for “Win a special comp” to Carol!).
At the immunity comp, they have to
crawl under and obstacle, get a machete and use it to release sandbags, toss
the sandbags into baskets which pop up numbers then climb a tower to unlock and
solve a 3-tier puzzle. Yeesh, this is complicated. Jake’s advantage is that two
of his sandbags are already placed.
YCFB and the Queen are first to
the machetes while Julie pulls up the rear.
He quickly dispatches his only sandbag toss and takes a decent lead,
being the first to climb but he forgot the keys and has to go back! That kind
of mistake this late in the game should be a death knell! Sir Austin catches him atop the tower but all
of them struggle with it. Your Cousin From
Boston, acting as if he’s downed one too many Sam Adams, misplaces a piece of
the puzzle. His 2nd big
mistake this competition allows Austin to take home the win (Points for “Win
individual Immunity” and “Win Individual Reward” to Marissa!). YCFB is despondent at the two giant mix-ups
he made in that competition (Points for “Reference ‘in this game’” to
Carol!) but Austin chooses Jake to go with him to the Sanctuary (Points
for “Chosen to go on reward by someone else” to Carol!) so at least there’s
food in his future. Austin not choosing his
Queen won’t sit well – I hope he has a good reason!
Back at camp, Katurah Julie and
Queen Dee settle on Your Cousin From Boston as the target, as Dee tells us his
exit is good for her (Points for “Reference ‘in this game’ “to Roberta!) . At
the Sanctuary, Austin tells us that he chose the Bostonian because he knows he’ll
get every bit of info from him. Sneaky strategy! I love it! As they eat, it’s beyond frustrating to watch
Your Cousin From Boston break
Rule #1 and #4 as he can’t help but share that he found an idol. It’s ok though – he SWEARS Austin to secrecy.
For god’s sake….JUST. SHUT. UP. Austin
cheers them both saying they can’t be voted out. They talk target and land on
Julie, as both believe she’d win (2x Points for “Reference ‘in this game’” to
Marissa!).
A side note: Julie has done nothing in this game (hahahha)
to deserve victory. I get that the game
is more than competition victories, but those competition victories lead to being
able to drive your strategy forward. It
seems these days that “The most likable person” is also seen as “The person
most likely to win”, which destroys the notion that winning competitions
matters. In fact, it sets up the idea of
“Be super nice and align yourself tightly to whoever has the best chance of
winning competitions” as the most viable path to winning. That’s something I hope the shows address at
some point. Anyway, back to the game.
At camp, Sir Austin IMMEDIATELY
spills the beans to Queen Dee about Austin’s idol and their vote swings to
Katurah. Your Cousin From Boston breaks Rule #1 AGAIN, telling Katurah. Guy…..guy….it’s a HIDDEN immunity idol. Hidden. As in secret. As in SHUT. THE. FUCK.
UP. Stupidity like this make sit hard to
root for him. He wants his idol to have “the
most possible impact” so he considers saving Katurah because he hasn’t had
control the entire time (Points for “Reference ‘in this game’” to Carol!). Queen Dee shares the news with Julie who
doesn’t believe it. Austin and the Queen re-agree on voting Katurah
but Austin doesn’t necessarily see that as what’s best for him. (Points for “Reference
‘in this game’” to Marissa!). She very kindly tells him to do what’s best for
him, but she’s voting Katurah.
Meanwhile, Katurah and YCFB swear they are voting Dee. Is it finally time for Belo to get their shit
together?
At Tribal, Jeff recounts how badly
the Bostonian played the challenge while Julie thinks the bullets are aimed at
her tonight. Queen Dee is asked how she
reacts when she hears her name brought up.
I’ll handle that one, Jeff. “Poorly”. That’s how she reacts. Your Cousin From Boston reminds everyone that
the game is not “numbers for the first half, relationships for the second
half. It’s both the entire time”(Points
for “Reference ‘in this game’” to Carol!)
At the vote, Jake plays his hidden
immunity idol….for Katurah! (Points for “Play hidden immunity idol on
someone else” to Carol!) and (Points for “Someone plays a hidden
immunity idol on you” to Dalphyne!). The
votes are read….Katurah….Jake…Dee….Julie….and……Julie! Katurah flipped on Jake AGAIN, which was a
dumb move per The Quotable Carol, and Julie is voted out (Points for “Received
vote against” and “Jury member” to Jen!) and (Points deducted for
“The Tribe Has Spoken” against Jen!).
Back at camp, YCFB tells everyone
Katurah wanted the Queen, made him swear to vote her and then flipped. She agrees – she “just couldn’t trust him”
and if there’s one phrase that sums up the Belo tribe, that’s the one. She claims
if he’d have told her about his move to save her that she’d have voted with him
and I call bullshit. She’d have gone
straight to the Queen and shifted the vote onto Jake. He was stupid to play it on her, but smart not
to tell her he was going to do so.
At the final immunity challenge, they
must hold bowls on the end of a pole while maneuvering through a rope course
attached to the platform on which they stack the bowls. One misstep and they all fall. They filmed this months ago but if I had to
complete this challenge, I feel like I’d still be there. It looks impossible as they drop over and
over and over and over again. Katurah is
actively rooting for the Bostonian, realizing how dumb her move was. As both YCFB and Queen Dee both have 15 bowls,
but he’s just a bit behind, he rushes to catch up…and drops! Dee is all alone
as Jake breaks the frustration in anger, forcing Jeff to disqualify him. Never seen that before. He wallows while Dee slowly but surely
finishes the comp. (Points to Roberta
for “Win Individual Immunity Challenge”!).
Now that she’s won, she must
choose who will make fire. Her only real competition is Austin, so the winning
move is to send him into the competition.
That’s a move she’s loath to make, however, as he could use that as
feather in his cap if he wins it. This is both the most power, and biggest decision,
she’ll have (2x Points for “Reference ‘in this game’” to Roberta!). Elsewhere, Your Cousin From Boston laments his
fate to Dee, saying none of his plans worked and he wants to make Fire because
he needs to control SOMETHING. (5x
(yes, 5x) Points for “Reference ‘in this game’” to Carol!). I feel for him.
Both Katurah and YCFB practice making fire, and neither is good at it as she
laments that she’s going to lose because she can’t make fire. (Points for “Reference
‘in this game’” to Dalphyne!)
At the fire making challenge, Katurah
says she’s going to be chosen because Queen Dee doesn’t want her talking at the
end, and Sir Austin volunteered but the Queen doesn’t want him to do it. The Queen, however, has no concerns about YCFB
making fire. She doesn’t fear him at all. And she shouldn’t.
The Queen chooses to bring her
knight to the Final Three, leaving YCFB and Katurah to make fire. Katurah’s self-fulfilling prophecy comes true
as YCFB quickly makes a huge fire that burns the rope, sending him to the
Finals! (Points for “Win Special Comp” to Carol!) sending Katurah to the
Jury (Points for “Jury member” to Dalphyne!)
Note: at this point, they went back to camp and “referenced
in this game” so much that I am not going to call out every instance. Scoring
was:
- Austin for Marissa: 6
- Emily for Brian: 2
- Dee for Roberta: 1
- Jake for Carol: 1
- Kendra for Ricky: 1
- Doom for Jayson: 1
- Katurah for Dalphyne: 1
Similarly, I’ll list the final tally for scoring before the
finale votes come in below. The Jury had
some good questions for the finalists. Crazy
Eyes Kendra wanted to “feel your truth”, and truly bought YCFB when he said “there’s
nothing in this game I didn’t do” and “even when it was a bad day, I was still
on Survivor”. Katurah talked about
facing their fears. Austin was afraid of lying, Dee of backstabbing (a fear which
she quickly got over) and Jake was of failing, because not everything goes your
way. That’s an understatement for him.
When Drew asks how the Reba four stayed so strong, Austin takes
credit for winning a lot of challenges, Dee for the openness and honesty but
she shies away from taking credit for the moves they made. They debate for a few minutes about the value
of being strategic over being emotional and tactical when Emily asked Dee where
she used her brain over her heart. Dee’s not good at this part, but Austin came
off worse. She’s definitely pulling ahead of him here, and Austin looks like a naïve
fool when Dee comes right out and says she lied, and that she did tell Julie
about the Emily vote which led to her perfect idol play.
Points for “Reference ‘in this game’” during the jury:
- Sir Austin for Marissa: 5
- Queen Dee for Roberta: 5
- Your Cousin From Boston for Carol: 3
- Crazy Eyes Kendra for Ricky: 2
- Emily for Brian: 1
- Kaleb for Roberta: 1
At this point, it’s Dee’s game to lose.As the votes are read we realize there are only 8 jurors so
when the votes come out:
- Dee
- Austin
- Dee
- Austin
- Dee
- Austin
We’re wondering if there’s ever been a split winner….But we need not wonder.
Dee takes home the last two votes, winning the game! (Points for “Winner”
to Roberta!), (Points for “2nd place” to Marissa!) and (Points for “3rd
place” to Carol!).
Ok Scott, that’s great but what does that mean for our final
scores????
Going into the finale, Roverta had a scant one-point lead on
Carol with Jen and Marissa near behind. While
Jake blurted out “In this game” an astounding 11 times in 180 minutes, and won
two special competitions, it wasn’t quite enough as Dee also blurted out the
key phrase 8 times, won individual immunity and won the game meaning CONGRATULATIONS
ROBERTA! YOU ARE THE NEWEST PRETEND
POINTS SURVIVOR CHAMPION!
Final scores:
- Roberta: 96
- Carol: 93
- Marissa: 80
- Jen: 44
- Scott/Dalphyne: 34
- Jay: 30
- Ricky: 26
- Kristyn: 23
- Brian: 22
See you all in a few weeks when
Survivor 46 kicks off! Until then, Happy
New Year!
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