First, a
look at this week’s rosters:
|
Scott |
Alex |
Sophi |
|
Jay |
Rizo |
Sophi |
|
Carol |
Savannah |
Sophie |
|
Roberta |
Alex |
Sophie |
|
Iyasah |
Rizo |
Sage |
|
Dalphyne |
Rizo |
Sophie |
|
Ricky |
Alex |
Rizo |
|
Marissa |
Jawan |
Sage |
|
Brian |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Kristyn |
Sage |
Steven |
|
Gloria |
Savannah |
Steven |
Second, 5
bonus points to Carol for correctly identifying the song describing
Savannah’s trip to the bottom and then back to the top is the first lyric of “Helter
Skelter”, a song Charles Manson stole from the
Beatles and U2 stole back. Check it out, it’s the best
concert opener I ever heard!
On to the
update!
Back At Camp
We left with
the tribe split with half of them safe at camp and half voting out MC at Tribal
Council. Speculation runs amok at camp that Sophie is the easy choice due to
how well she did in competitions. She may be in an alliance with Sophie, but
Kristina wouldn’t mind her going home because it wouldn’t get blood on her
hands. Someone should probably tell
Kristina how alliances work. She clearly doesn’t know.
When the
others return MC-less, and Rizo still has his idol, Kristina feels gut-punched
as MC was her ride-or-die. Sophie fought
like hell to stay, and seeing their genuinely shocked reactions that she was
still here is an eye-opener for her. She forswears allegiance to Steven and
Kristina, declaring to us that she’s now a free agent.
Savannah breaks Rule #1: STFU and shares with Soph that she banked her vote. They’re pretty tight now, but I still think it’s a bad idea. Soph still thinks they are on the bottom but (incorrectly) thinks they have all the advantages or idols still in play. Rizo is on cloud nine, seeing that in addition to his allies having all the powers he’s also gained an ally in Sophie.
Without MC,
Steven needs a new “person” and chooses Sage with whom he’s in the “Bottom’s
Up” Alliance. He tells her that Kristina has an idol, but not to share even
with Jawan, which Sage agrees to. Steven thinks that Sophie being shocked that
they were shocked she came back means she didn’t see the tides turning against
her. He’s right, but it’s too narrow a view and if he talked about what happens
with Sophie next, we don’t get to see it.
Sage, Alex and Steven talk about Rizo, Savannah or Sophie as the next target. Alex has been playing the middle, seeing Sage and Jawan as the power group which is a ludicrously bad read. Staying firmly in the middle, he tells Rizo and Savannah they are the targets. Ever haughty, Rizo shamelessly self-promotes his brilliance in seeing right through Alex’s attempts to play both sides, noting “If you’re loyal to all, you’re loyal to none” (5 points for “Say the title of the episode” [Rizo] to Jay, Dalphyne, Iyasah, Ricky and Brian!)
Reward Challenge
In this
challenge, they are split into two “tribes” of four. Sophi is the odd person out
and can choose which team’s fate to share. This will be scored as “Win
Tribal Reward”, and Sophi will not be eligible for points since she’s
not competing.
They have to
roll a big, heavy metal cube through an obstacle course, climb it to retrieve a
sandbag, crawl under a net, use the sandbag to knock three rungs off a tall
pole and then frisbee toss them back onto the pole. First team to land all three wins fried
chicken, fries, soda, lemonade, cheesecake and blueberries. Jawan tries not to think about the reward
since he’s done that every time and lost every time.
The teams
are:
Yellow: Rizo, Sage, Steven, Jawan
Blue: Kristina, Sophie, Alex, Savannah
Soph: Chose to back the Yellow team (which
I’d have done too)
Yellow takes a short lead retrieving their bag, but Blue catches up at the ring knock-down. Steven knocks his rings down for Yellow first, and Rizo gets some practice trying to land them back onto the pole while Sophie struggles to knock them down for Blue. Rizo’s made no progress and switches to Jawan as Sophie finally knocks down the rings. Alex quickly lands 1-2-3 and takes home the win for Blue!
(3 points for “Win Tribe Reward” [Alex] to Scott, Roberta and Ricky!)
(3 points
for “Win Tribe Reward” [Savannah] to Carol, Brian and Gloria]!)
(3 points
for “Win Tribe Reward” [Kristina] to no one!)
(3 points
for “Win Tribe Reward” [Sophie] to Carol, Roberta and Dalphyne!)
Kristina,
who’s won rewards already, begs Jawan to trade with her so he can eat. This is a genuine moment, and one I can’t
recall seeing before. Jeff will allow it,
but Jawan is reluctant, wanting to have earned it, but the thought of food
overpowers his sense of propriety, and he accepts the offer. Note: He
didn’t “win” reward – Kristina did – so Kristina gets the points.
At The Winner Meal
Jawan is
happy he made the swap, and shares some of his backstory about always need to
feel like the provider. Still feeling
betrayed by her “allies” reactions, Sophie shares an honest angry reaction to
her “inevitable” torch snuffing. They’re
all open for business, but nothing seems to take root.
Back At Camp
Sage and Kristina finally decide it’s time to flush Rizo’s idol, they just need numbers. All I can do is shake my head and try to find the right meme to describe it. Here’s the best I got:
Thinking
Soph is more concerned with being on the right side of the vote, Kristina tells
Soph the plan to get Rizo’s idol out while splitting the vote onto Savannah.
Soph follows Rule #7: Always Say Yes but she has no plans to follow
through with that. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Sophi] to Scott
and Jay!). When the winners return, Soph shares the plan with Savannah.
They feel like a true threesome now, and they all have advantages.
Hearing the other side’s plan, Savannah wants either Sage or Jawan while Rizo wants to build a common enemy in Alex. He tells Sophie how Alex wanted her out, and it’s a perfect fit. Sophie’s betrayal is still fresh. She’s looking for a lifeline and Rizo’s it. The self-proclaimed superstar moves on to Sage and Jawan who also fall for his exaggerated stories.
Immunity Challenge
In this
challenge, they will sit back and use their feet to press a disc against a
horizontal pole. Last man and woman
to drop win individual immunity.
Faster than
I can type up the instructions, Rizo drops (3 points for “First Person Out
Of Individual Immunity Challenge” [Rizo] to Jay, Dalphyne, Iyasah, Ricky and
Brian!). Kristina quickly follows, of course. Savannah tries to distract everyone by asking
Steven to quote facts about space, and he has a ton of them.
Scott’s
favorite space fact: It is approximated that there are 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
(that’s 200 billion trillion) stars. Yet
if you flew off the Earth in any direction and travelled forever, you have a
99% chance of travelling forever without hitting anything. That’s how vast
space is.
Anyway, Sage
drops at about the 15-minute mark, Sage, Alex, Soph and Jawan drop meaning (8
points for “Win Individual Immunity” [Steven] to Kristyn and Gloria!). The
women come down to Sophie vs. Savannah again and they get to 20 minutes, 30,
40! Savannah still hasn’t even moved
while it’s obvious Sophie is struggling.
A few minutes later, she drops and the villain is safe again. (8
points for “Win Individual Immunity” [Savannah] to Carol, Brian and Gloria]!).
Rizo thinks
the challenge went great (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Rizo] to
Jay, Dalphyne, Iyasah, Ricky and Brian!). While Savannah feels like winning
was a necessity, which is how villains generally feel.
Back At Camp
The chaos
begins.
Sophie,
Kristina and Steven are going for Rizo. Sage and Jawan can split their vote to
Sophi to block Rizo’s idol play. Sophie likes that plan, but she also likes her
burgeoning relationship with Rizo, who tells her about Jawan and Sage joining
him to go for Alex.
Jawan wanted
to work with Alex and tells him Rizo’s plan, but he’s soured on Alex’s messy
play. Alex goes to Sophie, Kristina and
Sage about Rizo but it’s too late. Rizo got there first and he’s in their
heads.
Got all
that? Good, because it’s time for…
Tribal Council
The tribe scrambled today with many chefs in the kitchen, some at the beach and a few at the water well. Rizo sees that as fluidity, people coming together for a vote rather than tribal lines. Savannah is happy her immunity win disrupted the plans since her name was out there. “Can you say ‘cocky’” ` The Quotable Carol. Yes, I can.
Having been
at many tribal councils means Soph has been “playing the game” more than anyone
else and wants to play it with people who are already “awake” and know how to
play, meaning Rizo and Savannah. Rizo
plays up the “I’m going to play the idol” again, saying he’d be foolish if he believed
he’s safe.
While Sage
thinks she can tell when someone’s losing it, Kristina has no idea if she’s got
a good poker face, Jawan thinks he’s been building trust over the last few
votes and is ready to take a shot at a big target, an open threat to Rizo to
play his idol.
Alex thinks everyone has their own criteria about whether they buy people’s stories. At least he got that right. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Alex] to Scott, Roberta and Ricky!). Letting her thoughts tie her into a pretzel, Sophie has convinced herself that letting Rizo keep the Idol is the better option because she’d rather know where the idol is than have to guess.
At the vote,
Sophi is chosen to go first…again. (3 points for “First Person Choen To
Vote” [Sophi] to Scott and Jay!).
Somehow,
Rizo has the guts to keep the idol in his pocket AGAIN. He has the guts of a
riverboat gambler, I’ll give him that. His decision proves to be the right one
as the votes come in. He receives one
vote, Sophi gets two but it’s Alex who bags the other six, becoming the third
member of the jury.
(1 point
for “Received Vote Against” [Rizo] to Jay, Dalphyne, Iyasah, Ricky and Brian!)
(2 points
for “Received Vote Against” [Sophi] to Scott and Jay!)
(6 points
for “Received Vote Against” [Alex] to Scott, Roberta and Ricky!)
(-2
points for “The Tribe Has Spoken” [Alex] to Scott, Roberta and Ricky!)
(2 points
for “Jury Member #3” [Alex] to Scott, Roberta and Ricky!)
So, what
does that mean for our scores?
With 12
points, Savannah tops the scoreboard for the 2nd week in a row.
She’s followed by Alex and Rizo who were tied at 10. Sage and Jawan both put up goose eggs this
week and tie for low scorers. Brian gets
2 points each for having the high/high combination of Savannah and Rizo.
Marissa receives 3 ignominious points for having Sage and Jawan, who put up 0
between them. No one had the High/Low
combinations.
Carol continues
to lead by 8 over your favorite recapper / gamemaster / pontificator who’s in 2nd.
Iyasah remains in 3rd, and newcomer Gloria moves up again. She’s now
in 4th! Brian takes a big jump from 9th to 5th
thanks to his big week. But when some go up, others must fall and so it is for
Marissa whose 3-point week drops her to 6th. Ricky is hot on her
heels though in 7th. Jay remains in 8th. Despite putting
up 13 points, Dalphyne drops from 6th to 9th while
Kristyn’s 8-point effort drops her into basement level tie with Roberta!
|
Overall Player Scores |
|
|
Name |
Scores |
|
Carol |
137 |
|
Scott |
129 |
|
Iyasah |
120 |
|
Gloria |
112 |
|
Brian |
104 |
|
Marissa |
102 |
|
Ricky |
100 |
|
Jay |
98 |
|
Dalphyne |
96 |
|
Kristyn |
91 |
|
Roberta |
91 |
|
|
|
|
Weekly Player Scores |
|
|
Brian |
24 |
|
Ricky |
20 |
|
Carol |
20 |
|
Gloria |
20 |
|
Jay |
16 |
|
Scott |
16 |
|
Dalphyne |
13 |
|
Roberta |
13 |
|
Iyasah |
10 |
|
Kristyn |
8 |
|
Marissa |
3 |
|
Weekly Survivor Scores |
|
|
Savannah |
12 |
|
Alex |
10 |
|
Rizo |
10 |
|
Steven |
8 |
|
Sophi |
6 |
|
Kristina |
3 |
|
Sophie |
3 |
|
Sage |
0 |
|
Jawan |
0 |
|
MC |
0 |
|
Annie |
0 |
|
Jake |
0 |
|
Jeremiah |
0 |
|
Nicole |
0 |
|
Nate |
0 |
|
Shannon |
0 |
|
Jason |
0 |
|
Matt |
0 |
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