It’s the first update of the Survivor season and I’m HERE FOR IT BABY! WOOOOOOOOO!
Before we get started, here’s a reminder of who has whom:
Morale is high at
the Lavo (Red) tribe, but Rome is panicking because he’s got a beware advantage
to solve. In his anxiety, he immediately
breaks Rule
#1: STFU and tells Teeny about it.
They never, ever learn, do they?
If you share information “to build trust”, that information will be
shared with someone else….and for the same reason! But he feels like she’s 100%
trustworthy (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Rome] to Kristyn!).
Teeny wanted him out but it’s never easy on Survivor so she
shows Kishan the box, and as she does so Rome walks up. Quick thinking Teeny, says she wanted this to
be her group. Rome is suspicious but that doesn’t stop him from taking the idol
(5 points for “Find Hidden Immunity Idol” [Rome] to Kristyn!). Rome is
also a braggart, saying he’s an NBA level basketball player and could’ve been a
professional rapper too. The tribe can’t
stand him.
At Tuku, TK wants to build a strong 3 and Kyle’s on board
but who’s the third? (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [TK] to me!). Tiyana senses a big divide between men and
women on the tribe but relentingly agrees to join the bromance with Kyle and TK,
seeing Kyle as someone she can trust (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’[Tiyana]
to Jay!).
They debate going after Sue or Caroline and decide to bring
Gabe in, but he’s just mouthing the words. He wants to work with the ladies,
but Caroline “isn’t there yet” and doesn’t buy his pitch as honest. Earth to Caroline! He’s not asking to marry you!
I hereby add a new Rule #7 to the Reality
Game Rules: Always Say Yes. If approached to join an alliance or Final
Three or Two, ALWAYS SAY YES. Saying no
is like saying “Please target me!”. Say
yes, and then do whatever you want.
Undeterred, Gabe also breaks Rule
#1: STFU and shows her his idol. All
of a sudden, she’s interested. He may as well have flashed a stack of cash at
her.
The women try to nap at the beach and TK gets on everyone’s nerves because you know bro, he won’t stop talking bro. You know what I mean bro? OMG, make it stop! He’s the guy talking on the phone in the movie theater without a care for who he aggravates.
Finally, at Gata, it’s episode 2 and Andy is ready for his
redemption arc. He’s contented now that
everyone cheers his every move. Rachel and
Anika see it as fattening the toxic, clingy lamb before the slaughter but Sam thinks he might be valuable.
The girls go idol hunting and leave Sam to watch Andy but when he steps away for a minute, Andy bolts into the forest to join the hunt. Minutes later (our time), Andy finds a beware advantage! But he’s worried he can’t complete it, so he hides it instead of opening it. (2 points for “Find Beware Advantage” [Andy] to Jay!), (5 points for “Give Beware Advantage to someone else or leave unopened” [Andy] to Jay!).
Unfortunately for Andy, his hiding skills are on par with his social skills. Sam finds his hiding spot while hiking with Anika, and immediately opens it (2 points for “Find Beware Advantage” [Sam] to Ricky!), (2 points for “Open Beware Advantage” to Ricky!). He’ll do anything for more power (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Sam] to Ricky!). After heading back to camp, Sam takes his true #1 Sierra to get the idol and they’re shocked when there’s a twist to obtaining it. Have they never watched the show? After a bit, Sam completes Stage 1 of the Beware Advantage and takes possession of his idol (2 points for “Complete Stage 1 of Beware Advantage” [Sam] to Ricky!), (5 points for “Find Hidden Immunity Idol”[Sam] to Ricky!). Immediately overthinking how he can use this advantage, he asks Sierra if he should play it on Andy
At the tribal immunity and reward challenge, they have to
swim to a tower, grab a bag of rice and bring it to shore, navigate a blind maze,
get a ball out of the rice bag, and manuever the ball through a labyrinth maze. First two tribes win immunity and
reward. As Gata is a person short, Lavo
(Red) and Tuku (Blue) sit players out (2 points each for “Volunteer to sit
out a challenge”[Aysha, Sue] to Jen and Dalphyne!).
Lavo (Red) takes a short lead but Gata quickly catches up,
and finishes the maze portion first. Channeling
his inner Jason Vorhees, Andy tears through the rice bag and starts Gata on the
maze. As they’re on the maze, Rachel squirrels
away rice in her pockets! I love it! 5 bonus points if you text me the word squirrel. Tell no one else. Offer good until the next
update is posted. Gata snaps at each other but manages to finish first, with
Lavo close behind them which means Tuku is headed to Tribal Council (2
points each for “Win Tribe Immunity” [Lavo] to Marissa and Kristyn!), (2 points each
for “Win Tribe Reward” [Lavo] to Marissa and Kristyn!), (1 point each for “Win Tribe Immunity” [Lavo], [Gata] to Scott, Carol, Jay, Ricky, Dalphyne and Jen!), (1 point each for “Win Tribe Reward” [Lavo], [Gata] to Scott,
Carol, Jay, Ricky, Dalphyne and Jen!).
Unfortunately for Rachel, Jeff caught her pocketing the rice
and made her empty her pockets. It was a
valiant effort!
In the post-comp interview, TK can’t stand losing. Back at Tuku (Blue) camp, he tells us he feels like the leader, that everyone
needs his mindset and how he’s going to tell people what the tribe is doing. Oh yeah. This can’t miss. Another one who’s never watched the show.
Tiyana is emotional about TK’s attitude but is happy with Kyle’s
ideas of sportsmanship. Kyle works hard
to keep the three together, and Tiyana mouths the words about numbers, but I’m
not buying it. Meanwhile, Gabe plans to
flip and vote with the girls, hoping to take Tiyana with him. Sue sees it as an Epic Girl Boss Move (5
points for “Say the title of the episode” [Sue] to Dalphyne!). Tiyana worries
that flipping would burn Kyle, but that’s nothing that can’t be fixed later.
At Tribal Council, they talk of the bromance and guys vs. girls. Kyle doesn’t see it and TK sees boys on top as a “Sue problem and not a tribe problem, mansplaining to Sue about how she needed to have more conversations.
Caroline outs Gabe for idol hunting but he owns it – I’m out
here on an adventure. Let me be Indiana Jones, he says. So be it! From here on out, he shall be Indiana Jones,
or Indy.
At the vote, Indy decides to play his idol for himself, but
there was no need. TK’s attitude ensured
Tiyana’s flip and he’s voted out 4-2 (2 points for “Play hidden immunity
idol on yourself”[Indy] to Carol!), (2 points for “Received vote against” [Sue]
to Dalphyne!), (4 points for “Received vote against”[TK] to me!), (-2 points
for “The Tribe Has Spoken”[TK] against me!), and finally (10 points for “First
person voted out after our game starts”[TK] to me!).
Sierra, the first and only lifeline, is assigned to me!
So, what does this mean for our scores? I take a 1-point lead into first place thanks
to TK’s inability to shut up. Similarly,
Rome’s mouth and Sam’s Beware idol drive Kristyn and Ricky into into 2nd
place ties. 4th place Dalphyne, 5th place Jay and 6th
place Marissa are close behind, while 7th place Carol and 8th
place Jen struggle to get out of the starting gate
- Scott 21
- Kristyn 20
- Ricky 20
- Dalphyne 17
- Jay 16
- Marissa 14
- Carol 10
- Jen 8
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