Before we get started, a reminder of who has whom
Lifelines: Eva, Chrissy, David
Second, 5 bonus points to Carol for knowing I’m
Gonna Git You Sucka was the movie which taught us every hero should have
good theme music. No one got the other bonus
points for knowing the less-than-iconic villain was Bane from the
Dark Knight Rises.
On to the update!
A Sai and Cedrek-less tribe return to merge camp and Chrissy
hopes no one paid attention to the “I wanna scheme and backstab” drivel she
spewed at tribal council. Let’s put a
pin in that, shall we? Joe congratulates
everyone for making it to jury, and while Mitch is relieved to have made it
this far (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Mitch] to Sheila!). He
feels like he needs to take control, and push votes and tries to rebuild the
remaining 5 Civa but it goes nowhere.
Shauhin thinks his “Strong 5” alliance with David, Kyle, Eva and Joe is good going forward, and that Kyle and Kamila were on his side which proves his finger isn’t quite catching the game’s pulse. He doesn’t trust Mary (smart) but does trust Kamila (dumb). She’s a game player. Finally, Eva tells the Strong 5 that she heard Chrissy talking about getting rid of Shauhin and the strong people.
Treemail instructs them to choose pairs for the upcoming
challenge. Kyle thinks everyone wants
“the best for me without looking like it’s the best for me”. I think they’re all just wondering if they
can get paired up with Joe or David.
In the end, the pairs are:
- Shauhin and Kamila
- David and Mary
- Kyle and Chrissy
- Mitch and Star
- Joe and Eva
At the challenge, there are three stages, each with
different rewards or punishments.
Stage 1: Race through a sand-filled tunnel to grab a puzzle
step bag and then dig up a 2nd step.
First three (3) pairs move on. Losers are out and will all go on a
journey with their vote at risk.
Stage 2: Use the puzzle steps to build a staircase then use
the steps to build a rope bridge and cross it. First two (2) pairs to finish win
reward (tacos!) and move to individual immunity stage. Losing pair goes back to
camp with nothing.
Stage 3: Hold on to the pole for as long as you can. Winner wins
individual immunity.
In Stage 1, Mitch and Star take a quick lead while Shauhin
and Kamila struggle. Unfortunately for
Mitch and Star, they get caught up digging for their 2nd piece which
allows Joe/Eva, David/Mary, Kyle/Chrissy to pass them by and move into Stage 2.
(3 points each for “Go on a journey” [Mitch, Star, Shauhin, Kamila] to
Sheila, Dylan, Lia and Brian!). But
first they journey over to the loser bench.
At Stage 2, it’s close at the beginning but Kyle and Chrissy
begin to fall behind the powerhouses of Joe/Eva and David/Mary, who both move
to the bridge portion. David and Mary
finish and move to the final stage, while Joe and Eva move VERY slowly on the
bridge. Their leisurely pace allows Kyle
and Chrissy back into the race. Moving
quickly to try and pass Joe and Eva proves costly though, as Kyle and Chrissy
drop! Joe and Eva finish the bridge winning
tacos and a shot at immunity in the final round. (3 points each for “Win
tribal reward” [Joe, Eva, David and Mary] to Carol, Angela and two no ones!)
In Stage 3, its hold on for dear life….and Joe can’t do it.
This challenge is tough on the big guys as muscles also weigh a lot, and he
quickly drops (3 points for “First out in an individual challenge” [Joe] to
Carol!) and is followed by David. The small and strong can more easily hold
up less weight, meaning Mary and Eva are in a showdown for immunity. Mary gives it everything she’s got but Eva
was a college athlete and looks strong as hell.
Mary drops meaning (8 points for ‘Win individual immunity’ [Eva] to
no one!)
At the Journey, Kamila doesn’t want to lose her vote but
also wants to protect Mitch’s vote. The game they’re playing requires some
planning strategy, and that strategy seems to be “Get Star”.
Shauhin, Kamila and Mitch team up against her and Star is
quickly eliminated, losing her vote. (3
points each for “Risk your vote on a journey and succeed” [Shauhin, Mitch,
Kamila] to Lia, Sheila, and Brian!) and
(1 point for “Risk your vote on a journey and fail” [Star] to Dylan!)
Back at camp, Kyle and Chrissy are in limbo. Chrissy things Eva and Joe are running the
game and want to go for Joe. Kyle
pitches Shauhin but she won’t budge.
Somehow, this is Joe’s first food reward and while it’s
everything he wanted; Eva enjoys it more. She finds a clue to a hidden advantage
which she must find by tomorrow night! (Note:
there’s no scoring category for this. She’ll get points when she finds the
advantage itself).
David worries that Shauhin choosing Kamila means he’s
teaming with her, and he believes the lie Kyle/Kamila told him about Shauhin
having an idol. To bring Shauhin back to
the alliance, David lands on taking out Kamila and Mary agrees with him. Begrudgingly, Joe agrees as well but I don’t
buy he’s really into it.
Joe tells Kyle about David’s plan, and Kyle reacts like
someone gave him root canal without Novocain.
He will NOT let Kamila be the
target
Kyle tells Joe that Chrissy is talking about Joe as the target.
And when they talk with David, Kyle’s reaction is somehow worse. Everyone should see this reaction, think “Why
does he care this much?” and infer that he’s working with Kamila. Instead, the lunkheads only see it as “Kyle might
not be as with them as we thought”.
Kyle and Kamila agree to target Chrissy (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’ [Kamila] to Brian!) and they try to get Joe on board. As the group of six argue, David begins to bully Kyle into voting Kamila, telling his “ally” he needs to let the Chrissy vote go.
An author’s aside: You’d think, at this point, David
would realize why Kyle is so vehemently opposed to Kamila. That a lightbulb would appear over his head
and he’d “get it” You might think that, but you’d be wrong. The light bulb
sputters on, shines dimly and briefly before fading to black.
The alliance + Mary continues to argue as Kyle tells Joe that
Chrissy’s after him. Eva chimes in that she heard Chrissy talking about getting
the strong players out. This alliance is on the verge of exploding,
and Joe sees a rift forming between them all (5 points for “Say the title of
the episode” [Joe] to Carol!). As we
head to tribal, it’s still unclear which way they’ll go.
Kyle and Mary are exhausted by the physical nature of the
challenges, and the mental strain of the conversations. Chrissy is tired of everyone liking each
other and wants to play Survivor. I’m not sure if it’s lack of sleep, lack of
food or lack of brain cells but she openly calls out the strong players for taking
over the game. Maybe she ate the wrong
mushroom and she’s high? YOU’RE NOT COMPLAINING
ABOUT THE GAMEPLAY ON TWITTER! YOU’RE AT TRIBAL COUNCIL YOU DOPE!
She’s sitting right in front of David, who’s shaking his
head so hard I fear it might come off. He
thinks it’s funny Chrissy suspects strong people getting together as bad when
people use race, gender and other factors all the time. For the fourth or fifth time this season, he
lashes out at Chrissy about not being used as a shield by sneaky backstabbing
players have in the past.
Chrissy: “I wasn’t on those seasons”
David: “You got caught on the wrong season then”
Flashback to what I said when Charity was voted out:
Try and keep up, Chrissy.
Kamila kicks off the voting (3 points for “Chosen to vote
first” [Kamila] to Brian!) and realization hits Chrissy a little too late
David was so strong on voting for Kamila that he nearly
broke the alliance apart, but Chrissy talked herself right out of the game. She’s voted out by a score of 8-1 and becomes
Juror #2.
(1 point for “Received vote against” [Shauhin] to Lia!)
(8 points for “Received vote against” [Chrissy] to no
one!)
(-1 point for “The tribe has spoken” [Chrissy] against no
one!)
(1 point for “Jury member” [Chrissy] to no one!),
Ok, so what does that mean for our scores?
Carol had a 10-point lead coming into the week. She has a 23-point lead leaving it, thanks to
Joe ‘s heroics, saying the episode title and some bonus points. Brian moves into a 2nd place tie
with Angela thanks to Kamila’s journey success and being chosen to vote first. There is a 26-point gap to 4th
place, but the bottom half of the rankings is tight. 4th place and 7th
place are separated by a mere 13 points.
Sheila leads her daughter 5th place Iyasah by a few, and 6th
place Lia by a few more, and 7th place Dylan by yet a few more.
|
1. Carol |
147 |
|
2. Brian |
124 |
|
3. Angela |
124 |
|
4. Sheila |
98 |
|
5. Iyasah |
93 |
|
6. Lia |
88 |
|
7. Dylan |
85 |
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