First, a
look at this week’s rosters
|
Scott |
Sage |
Savannah |
|
Will |
Rizo |
Sophi |
|
Slater |
Rizo |
Steven |
|
Morgan |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Nickole |
Jeremiah |
Annie |
|
Kat |
Savannah |
Sophi |
|
Aly |
Kristina |
Rizo |
|
Stephanie |
MC |
Rizo |
|
Jo |
Alex |
Rizo |
|
Tom |
MC |
Savannah |
|
Chris |
Rizo |
Sage |
|
Danny |
Jawan |
Savannah |
|
Amy D. |
MC |
Steven |
|
Amy A. |
MC |
Steven |
|
Angela |
Alex |
Sophi |
|
Lia |
Kristina |
MC |
|
Melissa |
MC |
Rizo |
|
Kyle |
Kristina |
Sophie |
|
Blake |
Jeremiah |
Rizo |
Second, 5
bonus points each to Will, Slater and Amy D. for knowing that “It’s
time to play the game” is the ring entrance music for HHH, Hunter Hearst
Helmsley! Check
out this ring entrance. Can you even imagine how that feels? If only. Aaaaanyway….
On to the
update!
We pick back
up following Nate’s blindside. Jawan is now on the top following the biggest,
most perfect move of the season. Steven sees the lines solidifying and enjoys
watching people (read: Savannah) change when they’re out of power.
Having voted
for him, a freaked out Soph tries to mend fences with Steven. She needn’t worry
– Rizo and Savannah are well ahead of her in the pecking order and though she’s
teaming with them now, she’d cut them if she had to (1 point for “Mention
‘in this game’” [Sophi] to Will, Kat and Angela!).
MC didn’t
need to play her idol, but she needed to feel safe to find out who was on her
side. Jawan took personal offense to her
move, saying it shows a lack of trust.
Personally, I think he’s looking for a reason to be mad. Trust is
earned, and he hasn’t. Rizo thinks
“better Nate than me” and while he tells Jawan they are fine, Jawan would
rather see Rizo in jury than as an ally.
Savannah’s
in the minority now, an unfamiliar spot for her, and her attempts at damage
control / relationship building fall flat. Maybe if she wasn’t nasty when in power,
she wouldn’t feel this way out of it?
Just a thought.
Alex thinks MC is kicking herself for misplaying her idol, but if she is MC doesn’t show it. Along with Kristina and Steven, he searches in the forest hoping to find a needle in a haystack. Unfortunately for you Alex owners, he doesn’t. But Kristina does! (5 points for “Find hidden immunity idol” [Kristina] to Aly, Lia and Kyle !). The trio agree to keep it a secret. Let’s see how long that lasts.
Steven and
Jawan talk targets and they both want Savannah out. Steven thinks she’s rubbing
people the wrong way, and following Rule #6: When Your Enemy Is Making A
Mistake, Let Them, he
is happy to let her. Jawan fears her fierceness
and just doesn’t want to be next. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’”
[Jawan] to Danny!)
Sage tries to convince Soph to turn on Savannah. Now that Shannon’s gone, Sage needs someone new to hate and Savannah tops the list. She tries to convince Soph to turn on the Mean Girl and Soph mouths the words to Sage, but I doubt she’s truly turned.
Savannah
sees Sage claiming to be the victim while holding the knife. That’s an
interesting take, given that until this very day, Savannah has been part of the
majority for her entire game and while on Uli, actively froze Sage out. (1
point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Savannah] to Scott, Morgan, Kat Tom and
Danny!)
It’s a
Survivor classic at the immunity and reward challenge, as they have to hold
themselves up between two walls with only a small perch for their feet. In a twist, they are randomly split into
groups of five. The winner wins deli
sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies and a side order of immunity for their five.
They also gain an additional advantage after the fact. Losers? Tribal council
Note: The winner will get “Win
Individual Immunity”, “Win Tribal Reward” and “Obtain
Secret Advantage” points. The rest of the winning tribe will receive “Win
Tribal Reward” and “Win Tribal Immunity” points.
The tribes
are:
Yellow:
Steven, Kristina, Alex, Savannah, Soph
Blue: Rizo,
MC, Sophie, Jawan, Sage
Everyone gets through the first stage pretty well, and again through the second but Kristina can’t transition to the third and drops (3 points for “First out in a challenge” [Kristina] to Aly, Lia and Kyle!). Alex follows her, followed quickly by Rizo, MC and Steven. On the 4th foothold, Soph drops leaving Savannah to go against Sage and Sophie. When Sage drops, the showdown begins. Sophie gives it her all but she can’t outlast a locked in Savannah and she drops meaning (8 points for “Win Individual Immunity” [Savannah] to Scott, Morgan, Kat Tom and Danny!) and (7 points for “Obtain A Secret Advantage” [Savannah] to Scott, Morgan, Kat Tom and Danny!)
The winners
go back to their camp while the losers head to the old Uli beach (I think. I
didn’t write it down and I’m too lazy to go back and look. Don’t @ me!)
At winner
beach, Savannah feels like she can breathe again while everyone believes Sophie
is in the most danger. When Savannah
goes to treemail to collect her advantage, she doesn’t return. Instead, she
gets the Immunity Necklace, a boat to the other tribe, and a vote she can use
tonight or bank for later! Wow.
Looking over
the breakdown of people at Loser Beach, Sophie sees this isn’t her best day. Along
with Sage and Jawan, she concocts a plan to use herself as a decoy with the
goal to send Rizo packing with an idol in his pocket. They just need to sell “May be our best
chance to get Sophie, she’s so good at competitions”.
If I’m Rizo, there’s nothing they could say to stop me playing my idol. But it’s not me. Rizo loves the threat of playing the idol as much as this guy loved his Ring
Jawan is
scared of the move, but he sells it really well. He spends time playing both into
Rizo’s wanting to keep the idol, and building the fear of Sophie winning comp
after comp. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Rizo] to Will, Slater,
Morgan, Aly, Stephanie, Jo, Chris, Melissa and Blake!)
Sophie tells
MC the plan but adds that she’ll vote for Jawan in case Rizo plays his
idol. This is a gigantic tactical error. Not “voting for Jawan”. That’s a ploy that
makes sense on a bunch of levels. But why announce it? It’s a secret ballot. Just do it and deny it afterward.
Predictably, MC doesn’t want Jawan to go home and spills the plan to him which shakes him to his core and puts Sophie squarely in Jawan’s sights. Sage still wants to go for Rizo but without Jawan she doesn’t see the numbers adding up. When word gets back to Sophie that Jawan knows, Sophie realizes she can’t trust MC.
When
Savannah finally arrives, she’s a hot Grim Reaper looking to cause chaos (5
points for “Say The Episode Title” [Savannah] to Scott, Morgan, Kat Tom and
Danny!). Villain or not, I
can get behind that approach!
She tells
everyone the treemail story but saves the “bank a vote” bonus for Rizo’s ears
only. He thinks it’s Christmas come early and that the dual threats of votes
and idols will scare the rest of them into voting someone else.
Takes out
his soapbox: IF THIS
SOUNDS FAMILIAR IT’S BECAUSE IT IS. Puts away his soapbox
Energized by
Savannah’s appearance, Rizo starts looking for targets instead of cover. He
sees MC having a wide connection web while Sophie’s is narrow. If he can
protect Sophie this week, maybe she’s an ally come morning. Excellent game play by the ORGer! He tells Sophie of his plan but despite his
truthiness, she takes it with a grain of salt and becomes unsure which way to
vote.
MC talks about people being afraid of Rizo’s idol, again, as I start to understand this guy a little better
As we head
to tribal council, it looks like Sophie or MC are the target.
At tribal, Savannah tells the story of her afternoon,
while Sophie remembers yesterday when she was the one who was safe and well
fed. Jawan is trying to stay cool but Savannah’s presence has him shaken,
Rizo wants
to get back to working with Uli, but Sage feels that was a lifetime ago. Sophie
thinks that tribal lines were breaking down until Savannah showed up and now
it’s Uli vs. Hina again, and she’s down the numbers. MC agrees but feels better
positioned in the middle.
When Rizo
talks about not having to play his idol last time, Jawan says he doesn’t think
it’s needed tonight either. While it
cleverly pushes Rizo toward Jawan’s goal of to keep the idol safely in Rizo’s
pocket, it’s still the wrong move. MAKE HIM PLAY IT OR SEND HIM HOME WITH A
COOL SOUVENIER!
They break
into side conversations, which I LOVE but we can’t understand what’s being said or
to whom which I HATE. It’s 2025! Get some good mic’s in there!
At the vote,
Sophie goes first (3 points for “First Person Chosen To Vote” [Sophie] to
Kyle!) and Savannah chooses to bank her extra vote.
Rizo’s idol
stays safely in his pocket as the votes come in. MC voted for Sophie, but
everyone else voted for MC. She’s voted out by a 4-1 margin.
(1 point
for “Received Vote Against” [Sophie] to Kyle!)
(4 points
for “Received Vote Against” [MC] to Stephanie, Tom, Amy D., Amy A., Lia and
Kyle!)
(-2
points for “The Tribe Has Spoken” [MC] to Stephanie, Tom, Amy D., Amy A., Lia
and Kyle!)
(2 points for “Jury Member #2” [MC] to Stephanie, Tom, Amy D., Amy A., Lia and Kyle!)
So, what
does that mean for our scores?
Coming off a
week where she was shut out, Savannah tops the scoreboard with 24 points! If that isn’t crazy enough, she’s followed by
Kristina who drops 14 of her own! WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE???? Popular
picks struggled to score this week as Sage puts up a goose egg and Rizo joins
Jawan in scoring 1. 3 points to Chris
for the ignominious Low/Low combination of Sage and Rizo, while I bag 5 for
having the High/Low combo of Sage and Savannah.
Morgan can
thank villainous Savannah for her move back to 1st. She knocks Amy D. down to 2nd. Angela and Jo remain in 3rd and 4th.
Kat and I take HUGE leaps from 14th and 15th all the way
to 6th, thanks to the villain. Why do I feel like I just made a deal
with Lex Luthor? A large pack beginning
with now 8th Melissa that includes Danny, Amy A., Will, Aly, Tom,
Slater and ending with 14th place Kyle are separated by less than 10
points. Stephanie’s not far behind that pack in 15th. Nickole drops to 16th while
Ignominious Chris drops to 16th leaving Lia just ahead of cellar dweller
Blake.
|
Overall Player Scores |
|
|
Morgan |
145 |
|
Amy D. |
137 |
|
Angela |
126 |
|
Jo |
104 |
|
Kat |
100 |
|
Scott |
100 |
|
Melissa |
97 |
|
Danny |
95 |
|
Amy A. |
94 |
|
Will |
92 |
|
Aly |
90 |
|
Tom |
90 |
|
Slater |
89 |
|
Kyle |
88 |
|
Stephanie |
84 |
|
Nickole |
79 |
|
Chris |
78 |
|
Lia |
74 |
|
Blake |
34 |
|
Weekly Player Scores |
|
|
Kat |
30 |
|
Scott |
29 |
|
Danny |
28 |
|
Tom |
28 |
|
Morgan |
25 |
|
Kyle |
19 |
|
Lia |
18 |
|
Aly |
15 |
|
Amy D. |
15 |
|
Angela |
12 |
|
Slater |
12 |
|
Will |
12 |
|
Amy A. |
10 |
|
Jo |
7 |
|
Melissa |
5 |
|
Stephanie |
5 |
|
Blake |
1 |
|
Chris |
1 |
|
Nickole |
0 |
|
Weekly Survivor Scores |
|
|
Savannah |
24 |
|
Kristina |
14 |
|
Steven |
6 |
|
Alex |
6 |
|
Sophi |
6 |
|
Sophie |
5 |
|
MC |
4 |
|
Rizo |
1 |
|
Jawan |
1 |
|
Jason |
0 |
|
Matt |
0 |
|
Annie |
0 |
|
Jake |
0 |
|
Jeremiah |
0 |
|
Nicole |
0 |
|
Nate |
0 |
|
Shannon |
0 |
|
Sage |
0 |
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