Before we get started, a reminder of who has whom:
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Brian |
Caroline |
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Iyasah |
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Rachel |
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Angela |
Teeny |
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Dylan |
Genevieve |
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Lia |
Kyle |
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Sheila |
Sue |
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Roberta |
Sam |
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Carol |
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Andy |
Lifelines: None
Second, 5 bonus points each to Carol and Angela for knowing it was BB12’s Enzo of the Brigade sitting on that banana!
We pick up back at camp after Gabe had gotten the boot and
while everyone’s feeling bad for Kyle, he doesn’t mind. They were going after
each other eventually, he just hit back first.
The following morning, Caroline wants to talk to Sue about Gabe,
but Sue isn’t there yet. Don’t worry,
Caroline. She’ll come around. She has nowhere else to go. (1 point for “Mention
‘in this game’” [Caroline] to Brian!). Once she lets Caroline apologize, Sue
feels better about her. Teeny, Rachel
and The Joker start plotting their endgame now that Gabe is gone and add Sue
and Caroline. The Joker sees them all as
pieces in a game for him to manipulate. He truly has morphed into a villain! (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’
[Andy] to Carol!)
With 8 players left, a 5-person alliance runs the game. That’s bad news for Sam, Genevieve and Kyle,
who recognize the other five plot against them (1 point each for “Mention ‘in
this game’ [Sam], [Genevieve], [Kyle] to Roberta, Dylan and Lia!). Kyle claims to have the ability to lie and
manipulate but he hasn’t shown it because his kids are watching. It’s part of the game, kid. If you’re not
going to manipulate people on some moral ground, you’ll get manipulated by
people instead.
A boat showing up tells Teeny that someone might get an
advantage (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’ [Teeny] to Angela!) and
while Rachel doesn’t really want to go, she wants Sam or Genevieve going less (1
point for “Mention ‘in this game’ [Rachel] to Iyasah!) and wouldn’t you know
it, Rachel draws the right rock! (3 points for “Go on a journey” [Rachel] to Iysah!).
She doesn’t get to go to the forest or an island, however. Her
competition takes place on a platform at sea with a puzzle tied to weights
which will be pulled into the ocean by ropes.
If she unlocks the advantage before the weights drag her puzzle to the
depths, she wins.
It’s a “Arrange the blocks in columns by color” puzzle, and
while she’s fast, the ropes and weights disappear faster. After a very tense two minutes, Rache unlocks
and snatches the advantage right before it’s pulled into the abyss! (8 points for “Obtain a secret advantage”
[Rachel] to Iyasah!) . Rachel now has
a hidden immunity idol and a block-a-vote power.
Upon her return, she’s honest to her 5 (Teeny, Caroline, Sue
and The Joker), but Sam doesn’t believe her “I lost my vote” story. Being honest with Sue goes a long way to
building trust, and Caroline is more than happy for Rachel – a bigger threat
level makes her a bigger shield.
At the immunity challenge, they have to keep a wobbly table
steady while balancing letters that spell IMMUNITY. Another comp I couldn’t do if my life
depended on it!
Sam, Rachel and Genevieve burst out in a race, leading Jeff
to note that if all of them fail Teeny will be in the lead. One by one, they all drop.
After many, many iterations of leaders Rachel finally makes
progress again. She places her final letter and is inching her way back, but she’s
going sooooo slowly that Kyle is gaining on her. He almost catches her but she
pulls out the win! (8 points for “Win individual immunity” [Rachel] to Iyasah!). She’s safe, Kyle isn’t. Now Rachel has immunity, hidden immunity and
a block-a-vote power. She’s sitting pretty!
Teeny thinks anything but Kyle is dumb, and she’s right. This should be easy, but an easy
vote means someone will think “let’s not be obvious” and it’s Rachel who
thinks Genevieve or Sam would be good targets.
Sue, naturally, still wants Kyle since he wrote her name 10 episodes
ago. That is the only vote she’s gotten to date and she’s still carrying it
around like a cross.
In order to leave his mark on the game, The Joker needs to
flip the win switch (5 points for “Say the title of the episode” [The Joker]
to Carol!). He’d prefer to go after
Genevieve, since Kyle is a one-dimensional player. Rachel wants Genevieve but Teeny, Sue and
Caroline are dead set on Kyle.
At Tribal Council, they debate what constitutes a threat.
Kyle tries to convince people that being a challenge threat isn’t a great way
to win, and they should flip the script.
As they consider what the bigger threat is, the outward facing
challenge beast, or the behind-the-scenes vote orchestrator, Genevieve considers
that she might be in trouble. It doesn’t
last long though. At the vote, Kyle is voted out 6-1 and becomes Juror #4 (1
point for “Received vote against” [Genevieve]
to Dylan!), ( 1 point for “Received vote against” [Teeny] to Angela!), (6
points for “Received vote against” [Kyle] to Lia!), (-2 points for “The Tribe
Has Spoken” [Kyle] against Lia!), and (2 points for “Jury member” to Lia!)
What does that mean for our scores? Angela maintains her lead, but it’s Iyasah’s week to shine! She picks up 25 big points thanks to Rachel’s huge week and leaps past Carol and Roberta into 3rd place! Unfortunately for Lia while she remains in 2nd this week thanks to Kyle’s vote points, her game ends there. I feel bad for you, Lia! I have Kyle in my league too! Alas!
Carol remains in 4th while Roberta drops to 5th because Sam can’t do anything right. Finally 6th, 7th and 8th place Dylan, Shiela and Brian wonder when their players will ever actually DO something.
It’s a conundrum. A conspiracy. It’s probably chemtrails! (Don’t google that. Trust me.)
- Angela 172
- Lia 136
- Iyasah 134
- Carol 128
- Roberta 122
- Dylan 98
- Sheila 92
- Brian 91
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