Well, I didn’t recap last week’s episode and I frankly couldn’t even bring myself to watch it. Yau Man is GONE! And I am HEARTBROKEN! Sigh. This week, the Favorites come back from Tribal and Cirie is fighting with Ami and Jonathan. They’re mad at her for flipping, which is fair. Because she sucks. Stupid Cirie. I hope she gets eaten by a shark.
Over at Fans, they think Eliza or Yau Man will be gone. Interesting. Erik or possibly…the other skinny guy…kills a seasnake. Very exciting. Natalie (who the hell is she?) says that Chet doesn’t carry his weight and then we get a montage of him lounging in the water. Sigh. As a “fan,” wouldn’t he know better?
Eliza is sick over at Favorites and thinks she’s in trouble. Shot of butterfly caught in spider web. Heh. James and Ozzy say they were stupid to vote Yau Man out and keep Eliza and that they folded to Cirie’s will. I AGREE, YOU ASSHATS! Eliza says that even in her weakened state she’ll be better than Yau Man. Uhhh, did you watch his season? I do not think so, bitchy Eliza.
The reward challenge involves 4 swimmers who dive down to a steel cage to retrieve tribe-colored coconuts with letters on them one at a time and put them in a floating bin. They then swim the bin back and the 4 remaining people unscramble the letters to make a word. The prize is 3 egg-laying hens, one rooster and sending a loser to Exile Island along with their own tribe member. Fans sit out Chet, which I see as a VERY stupid decision b/c then he HAS to play for Immunity. He doesn’t have to swim, he could be an unscrambler. WTF?
Interestingly enough, Jason goes for Fans and just quickly gets his coconut. Ozzy for the Favorites moves several coconuts at once because he can stay down for a long time. That’s some good strategy. The Fans have an early lead because of this, but the Favorites soon catch up and then take the lead. Wow, that was REALLY smart. They do the same thing on Ozzy’s second trip out and it gives them a nice lead. Why didn’t the Fans start doing this? It automatically saves time b/c only one person has to traverse the length of the cage versus every team member having to traverse the length….DUH.
Hilariously, back on shore the remaining Favorites (Amanda, Cirie, Eliza and James) start the puzzle and James almost immediately goes “triumphant.” And then he goes, “Alright, if I come up with the damn puzzle…c’mon.” Heh heh. They send Cathy to Exile again and they send Ozzy to join her. Huh. They head off and Ozzy very sweetly takes her hand. He seems so nice.
Giant gross Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Joel laments the loss of food. He frightens me. He might snap the neck of one of the skinny dudes and just eat them one of these days. Natalie remarks on Ozzy’s amazing physical acumen and then is jealous that Kathy gets to go with Ozzy to Exile and she says it’s cause Kathy will get to eat better than they will. Suuure, that’s the reason. Ozzy goes off to “look for clams,” but really he goes Idol-hunting. He follows the treasure hunt clues and then finds the Idol. Wow. How did Kathy/Cirie or Kathy/Amy not find it? Seriously?!?! THEN in a move of TOTAL AWESOMENESS Ozzy says that taking a cue from Yau Man, he’s going to fashion a fake Idol and hide it. He actually starts whittling at a piece of wood and then wraps it up and hides it where he found the first one. Heh heh. I like Ozzy.
The Immunity challenge involves another 6-pointed hub that everyone is strapped into and they have to unlock and then maneuver through the jungle to get necklaces that help make a puzzle. The fans sit out Tracy and then take A LONG time to unlock their hub and fall way behind. They never catch up and the Favorites win after Cirie and Eliza solve the puzzle. Some girl (Parvati? Eliza?) keeps shouting “I love you guys! I love you guys!” Uhh…okay.
I think it’s a pretty foregone conclusion that Chet is going home. Tracy says she’s going to “go down with a fight.” Not quiiite the expression, Tracy. She heads off to Creepy Joel and does a nice job fucking with his head by pressing the “you’re letting Mikey call the shots” button. She spells it out for Joel: there are at 9 people left, so with the 3 geezers and him they only need 1 more person and Mikey’s out. If he waits and votes Chet out, they don’t have the votes to get rid of Mikey. That’s not exactly right since at 8 people Kathy, Tracy and Joel would still need 1 more vote (just like they do now) to force a tie, but it sounds good and Joel’s too dumb to see how it’s not exactly right. She’s doing a good job, though because Joel is intrigued at the prospect of getting rid of Mikey.
At Tribal, Jason talks about the Favorites having the advantage. (Jason! That’s his name! The Other Skinny Guy Who is Not Erik.) Jeff asks people to own up to not delivering very well in challenges and Chet owns up. Tracy points out that Chet has sat out, Tracy has sat out and Kathy has sat out and they STILL lost. Very well done, Tracy. I like her. I like her a lot. However, since we didn’t see Joel trying to get the 5th vote to get Mikey out, I think Chet is done. Jeff says it’s time to vote and Jason jumps in with “I need to emphasize the importance of tonight’s vote” for their tribe winning challenges and stuff. Jeez, dude. Relax.
The votes go Chet, Chet, Mike, Mike, Chet, Mike, Mike, Mike. NO WAY!!!! Wow, I am VERY surprised at that. I cannot believe they wouldn’t even SHOW us Joel campaigning for a 5th Mike vote. Sneaky, Survivor producers. Holy cow. I wonder who flopped. Natalie maybe? Craaaazy. And also? Not smart, from the “winning challenges” perspective. Jason’s little speech right before voting makes a lot more sense now.
Next time: the tribes mix up, woo hoo! Chet angers Hulk Joel. JOEL SMASH! And Jonathan gets hurt! Eeeek! Turns out Erik is the one who flopped. Interesting.
