First, a look at this week’s rosters:
Scott | Jason | Steven |
Jay | Rizo | Alex |
Carol | Jake | MC |
Roberta | Jake | Nate |
Iyasah | Steven | Savannah |
Dalphyne | Jake | Sage |
Ricky | MC | Nate |
Marissa | Jeremiah | MC |
Brian | Savannah | Sage |
Kristyn | Shannon | Nate |
Gloria | Jeremiah | Nate |
Second, 10 bonus points each to Carol and Iyasah for sending me the word secret bonus point word “overconfidence” and knowing that it Ygritte’s catch phrase was “You know nothing, Jon Snow”. 5 points to Kristyn for knowing Ygritte. 5 points to Marissa for finding “overconfidence”. Thirdly, 3 bonus points to me for knowing almost everything about Carol’s trivia question except for the actual answer.
With four selections, Tribe Dad Nate was the most popular pick this week, followed by Jake and MC with three each. On that coin’s flip side, Jawan, Kristina, Matt, Sophi and Sophie weren’t chosen at all.
At Hina (Yellow) the producers tell us there’s a much better vibe with happy music playing as Kristina braids Jasons hair. He suggests going to look for the Beware advantage as a tribe. Watching at home, Jason must be kicking himself for walking right past it but MC doesn’t miss the chance, finding the Beware advantage hidden in a tree knot (2 points for “Find a Beware advantage” [MC] to Carol, Ricky and Marissa!) and opens it (2 points for “Open a Beware Advantage”[MC] to Carol, Ricky and Marissa!). Like the naïve Survivor player she is, she believes that telling Steven will build trust with her. Sorry, MC, but S.T.F.U. is PretendPoints Rule for Reality Games #1 for a reason. Telling someone else about an advantage to build trust with them inevitably leads to them telling someone else…and for the same reason!
Over at Uli, Nate is “chilling with the vibes”. Nate and I are around the same age. If you ever hear me utter that phrase without dripping sarcasm, check to see if I’m a pod person
His core 4 with Rizo, Shannon and Savannah fall into the predictable trap – they don’t talk game with Sage or Jawan, which tells those two they are clearly on the outs. Trying to make inroads, Sage talks with Shannon about Savannah and Rizo being a pair. Shannon rightly yes’s her but sees Savannah having the numbers on her side. She tells Savannah about the conversation, leading Savannah to put the target squarely on Sage’s back.
At Kele (Blue) camp following Annie’s departure to Alex calling their band “lovable losers” (5 points for “Say the title of the episode” [Alex] to Jay!). They are as low as could be having no food, barely a shelter and no fire but Jake still has a positive attitude – the deadweight is gone. While neither wants to, Jeremiah and Sophi alk about what might have to happen next if they don’t win. Neither wants to turn, but Alex has an idol. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’”[Sophi] to no one!!). Jeremiah and Alex dislike the fruit they’re eating. It’s better than eating worms!
Sitting by himself at the beach, Jake gets bitten by a snake! Jeremiah, Sophi and Alex tearfully look on as /medical shows up and rushes him to the base camp, leaving a stunned Jeremiah to openly hope he comes back. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Jeremiah] to Marissa and Gloria!)
At Base Camp, the doctor tells Jake the snake did not deliver any venom with the bite, and his pain is mostly fear and adrenaline. But with this good news comes the bad – he’ll still need food, and rehydration. Medical pulls him from the game! Unfortunately, I don’t have a scoring category for this, and since he wasn’t voted out, I’m not going to penalize those who drafted him.
Alex, Sophi and Jeremiah show up to the immunity challenge and are brought to tears at the news. Hina just wants to help Kele, but not enough to give them immunity so on to the challenge we go!
In this challenge, they have to climb a net and jump off a platform into the snake-infested ocean, which is the only way I’ll see it from now on. Then they move across a see-saw to get a key, cross some floating platforms and swim to the end. At the end, they have to complete a puzzle. First two tribes win immunity and reward in the form of tarps.
As Kele is down to three people, we have a lot of sit-outs
(2 points for “Volunteer to sit out a challenge” [Jawan] to no one!)
(2 points for “Volunteer to sit out a challenge” [Shannon] to Kristyn!)
(2 points for “Volunteer to sit out a challenge” [Rizo] to Jay!)
(2 points for “Volunteer to sit out a challenge” [Sophie] to no one!)
(2 points for “Volunteer to sit out a challenge” [Matt]!)
(2 points for “Volunteer to sit out a challenge” [MC] to Carol, Ricky and Marissa!)
They are all about even, with Uli a bit behind until Kristina struggles on the net. Jeremiah and Sophi make the platforms look easy as Kele is first to the puzzle, but Hina is right behind them.
Jeremiah puts the first piece of the puzzle in, which is further than Kele got last week. It’s very close. Jason for Hina is destroying yet another puzzle, while Kele’s Jeremiah is doing well and Uli struggles. Can this be where Kele finally breaks the curse???
Unfortunately for Kele, Jeremiah loses his momentum as Uli catches and passes Kele’s progress. Hina finishes first and devastatingly, Uli finishes second sending Kele to tribal council yet again. The only positive here is that even with Jake, they still would have lost. Sophi thinks this tribal will be fun to watch, but hell to be a part of.
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Jawan] to no one!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Sage] to Dalphyne and Brian!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Shannon] to Kristyn!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Savannah] to Iyasah and Brian!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Nate] to Roberta, Ricky, Kristyn and Gloria!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Rizo] to Jay!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [MC] to Carol, Ricky and Marissa!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Sophie] to no one!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Steven] to Iyasah and Scott!)
(6 points for “Win Tribe Immunity” and “Win Tribe Reward” [Jason] to Scott!)
There are two morals to this story:
- I’m never swimming in the ocean again
- Someone on your tribe better be good at puzzles
Before commercial, we are told that Jake is fine and made it home in time for the birth of his son. I hope they bring him back. He seems like a fun and interesting player.
Over at Uli, they all pretend to be sad that Jake is gone, but let’s be honest. They didn’t cause him to get bitten. They’re not sad a big contender is gone and I wouldn’t be either. Every step is a step closer to the end.
They show their sadness by doing a tribe Beware advantage hunt which earns Rizo the prize (2 points for “Find a Beware Advantage”[Rizo] to Jay!) which he opens in front of the tribe (2 points for “Open a Beware Advantage”[Rizo] to Jay!).
It’s an interesting dynamic back at Kele. Alex has an idol, and there are only three voters. He walks away to allow Sophi and Jeremiah to talk. They discuss the obvious – how to get him not to play his idol. Doing the math, Alex realizes that he’d be devastated if he went home with the idol but would live a happy life if he played it without needing to do so. Camp Astrologer Jeremiah knows Alex is a Libra, which apparently means he should not pressure or confront Alex.
Listening in to their entire conversation, Sophi realizes she’s in trouble and tells Alex how loyal she’d be if he chose to keep her over Jeremiah. It’s a good pitch, and it feels like the right one.
At Tribal, Jeff resurrects the “sinking ship” metaphor he killed dead last week, noting that they see rudderless without Jake as a focal point. They talk a lot about their respective pitches, with Sophi again stressing loyalty and connection while Jeremiah says how loyal he’d be too….to Jake
AND THEN HE SAYS IT AGAIN!
Alex is looking for someone to duo with (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Alex] to Jay!). I don’t know if this has any sway over Alex’s decision to play his idol, or who to vote for, but it definitely would for me. At the vote, Sophi is chosen to vote first again (2 points for “Chosen to vote first” [Sophi] to no one!!). At the vote reveal, Alex chooses safe over sorry and plays his idol on himself (2 points for “Play a hidden immunity idol on yourself” [Alex] to Jay!)
The votes are revealed – Jeremiah voted for Alex, but Sophi and Alex voted for Jeremiah ending his time in Fiji. I have to wonder if getting his name wrong TWICE influenced Alex’s vote.
(1 point for “Received vote against” [Alex] to Jay!)
(2 points for “Received vote against” [Jeremiah] to Marissa and Gloria!)
(-2 points for “The Tribe Has Spoken” [Jeremiah] against Marissa and Gloria!)
Having survived the Kele boat crash Sophi and Alex are a duo now as we head to the first merge of the season next week.
So, what does that mean for our scores?
Beware advantage finders on winning tribes, MC and Rizo led all scorers this week with 12 points. On the flip side, Jeremiah pulled in a measly 2, while Jake landed a goose egg before a snake ended his game.
Carol picks up 5 for having Jake and MC, the high/low scorers of the week. She also landed both the bonus points and secret points which catapults her into the lead! She’s 2 points ahead of a 2nd place tie between Iyasah who picked up 10 bonus points and secret points of her own, and Ricky, who bagged 18 thanks to MC and Nate. Only 4 points separates 4th – 9th place! Kristyn currently has the spot, but I’m tied with Jay just a point behind her. Brian is a point behind me and Jay, Marissa a point behind him and Gloria a point behind her! Roberta and Dalphyne aren’t far behind them either, but they do inhabit the last two spots this week.
Overall player scores
Name | Scores |
Carol | 38 |
Iyasah | 36 |
Ricky | 36 |
Kristyn | 29 |
Scott | 28 |
Jay | 28 |
Brian | 27 |
Marissa | 26 |
Gloria | 25 |
Roberta | 21 |
Dalphyne | 18 |
Weekly Player Scores
Carol | 27 |
Iyasah | 24 |
Marissa | 19 |
Ricky | 18 |
Kristyn | 17 |
Jay | 16 |
Scott | 15 |
Brian | 14 |
Gloria | 8 |
Dalphyne | 6 |
Roberta | 6 |
Weekly Survivor scores
MC | 12 |
Rizo | 12 |
Matt | 8 |
Sophie | 8 |
Savannah | 8 |
Jawan | 8 |
Jason | 6 |
Steven | 6 |
Kristina | 6 |
Nate | 6 |
Shannon | 6 |
Sage | 6 |
Alex | 4 |
Sophi | 4 |
Jeremiah | 2 |
Jake | 0 |
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