A Mystery Package
So, we have three people on Redemption Island, the perennial Matt, Mike and Julie who was sent there possibly because she stole Phillip's swim trunks and really, I would want to punish someone who made me look at him in the saggy underpants all day.
And the episode opened at:
Murlonio - Night 27
-Once back in camp Steve approached Phillip right away to bury the hatchet so-to-speak, shook his hand and said there was nothing racist in the crazy comment, he just thought he was crazy.
-Phillip smiles and shakes his hand but tells the camera that he didn't believe it was "genuous" and found his speech self-serving. Phillip says [Steve] mocked me a number of times so he will probably go next. (Yup, his ego is bruised, nothing more.)
-Steve thinks everything is good - he's going to keep plugging away and hopefully Rob will see something he wants to keep around in him or Ralph and cut Phillip loose.
-Rob says Phillip is not going anywhere - as long as he keeps up his antics, he's going with Rob to the finals.
(Could backfire if they end up with three in the end - If I had to suffer through a month with Crazy-pants because of Rob wanting to keep him around - I wouldn't vote for either of them - congratulations #3.)
Murlonio - Day 28
-Phillip is on a quest for his shorts - he had a premonition, his great, great grandfather came to him in a dream so he headed out for the water hole and started digging under rocks - and he found his trunks... (Oh man, he's going to be insufferable...) You can't stand the truth... I'm the specialist alright.
-He can't wait to show up at the duel with his shorts on! Just to rub it in her face - yup, he's a winner.
Redemption Island - Day 28
-Matt has been on a downward spiral since he was sent back to Redemption Island - Mike and Julie feel for him - she slept better than she has since she's been there, feels like a weight is lifted being away from camp - they speculate on how the betrayal of his former tribe has shaken Matt, who's running on faith alone.
-Matt is seeing single footprints in the sand as God has been carrying him for the last 4 days (if you don't get that reference Google "Footprints in the sand") - he is crying, he's so over this game.
Duel (everyone is there again to witness the duel)
Matt - 21 days out here, only 7 days in the regular game of Survivor - where are you at right now?
-Matt says he's at peace. He thought if he could keep winning he'd honour his God, but God told him he'd honored him enough and hit him with a whole lot of peace - if he stays or goes, he's at peace with that.
(Rob likes hearing that - he knows he's broken him.)
It sounds to me like you're ready to go home.
Yeah, I'm going to do my best in the challenge but I feel like I've accomplished what I came here to do and whatever happens, I'm ready for it. (Julie shakes her head - where's the fight? Don't let the dark side win!)
-Today's duel is Survivor Shuffleboard: each person has their own shuffleboard and three pucks. The goal, shoot their pucks through the obstacles on the board and into the end zone. First two with all three pucks in the end zone stay on Redemption Island - loser is the next member of the jury.
-Mike only person to get first puck in the end zone - he gets the second one there too - Matt nothing - Julie gets one - Matt finally gets one - Mike misses the third - Julie misses. Matt has 2, Mike has 2, Julie has 1.
-Andrea catches Matt's eye and he gives her a look - she's genuinely confused, "I think he's pissed at me." (Really? I can't imagine why - you answer to your higher power, too - Rob.)
-Matt is the first to get 3 pucks in the end zone... God is not finished with him yet.
-Mike short - Julie lands one in the end zone but knocks her other one out... Mike gets a 3rd one in the end zone and Julie has to burn her buff.
Jeff asks how long Jesus fasted ... 40 days - interesting our game is 39 days (Did he really just liken Matt to Jesus? Hahaha... wow.)
Jeff asks Julie why she was out there and we finally learn something about her - Like many Americans her house is in foreclosure and she wanted to make a better life for her girls (oh, she has kids too.) She tears up and it touches some of the Ometepe who probably realized, like me, that they knew nothing about Julie - but her smile is not gone long (she really is a positive person) - she says Matt's faith has inspired her to find a church when she gets home. She shouts "Peanut Butter and Oatmeal" as she tosses the buff in the fire and make her exit - (You bet! Celebrate food instead of crying about losing - Julie's awesome, what a great attitude.)
But with Julie joining the jury - that means Gillian H, Hannelore & Sue and Drew C are out of the pool.
-Andrea tells the camera she's like glad that Matt's not out and if he like gets back in she'd like totally want to talk to him but like, he can't ever trust her again in this game - like why would he... (Like, OMG, I'm old.)
Murlonio - Day 28
-Andrea is like telling the other girls that she feels bad for playing Matt the hardest - she feels guilty for helping to break his spirit.
-Grant is talking with Rob and says he doesn't trust Andrea, she's feeling sorry for Matt - she hasn't learned (to keep her mouth shut, obviously) and Grant thinks they should get rid of her next. Rob doesn't think that's necessary at this point but you never know.
Immunity Challenge - Day 30
Log Roll - they will be teamed up with another tribe mate and they have to roll them off the log - first one to hit the water is out - winner moves on - last person standing on the log in the last round wins immunity.
Also playing for reward - Huge chocolate cake and ice cold milk... and a twist he will tell them about later (ooh.)
First match-up: Grant vs Rob - Winner: Grant
Next : Andrea vs Ashley - winner: Ashley
Next: Ralph vs Steve - winner: Ralph
Last: Natalie vs Phillip - winner: Phillip (really? She's a 90lb dancer and she can't stay on the log?)
Next round - Grant vs Ashley - winner - Grant
Then: Ralph vs Phillip - winner - Ralph! (yay)
Final round: Grant vs Ralph - Come on Man-sweater! But alas - GRANT is the winner of immunity and he gets to choose one person to join in for the chocolate cake... of course he chooses Rob and he gets one more choice. Ralph says he'd lick his feet for some cake - that puts him out of the running. Grant then chooses Andrea (oh, going to do some loyalty probing maybe.)
And the twist - Jeff throws the bundle (it looks like a book wrapped in a cloth) to Steve and tells him not to open it but to bring it to Tribal Council.
The three Reward participants sit on a bench in front of everyone and Jeff tells them they have 2 minutes to eat as much of the cake as they can (ew, really?) They go for it and Grant keeps talking - don't talk just eat.
-Grant tells the camera he chose Andrea to share in the reward to put her at ease because if it comes up and they have to get rid of one of their own, it's going to be her.
Back at camp - they are all speculating about the twist. They think it feels like a large deck of cards - could it be you pick a card and you're going home... is it vote for one person and then have to vote another.
- Ralph is talking to Steve but, like me, he can't understand what the hell he's saying. (I wonder if Julie was the translator?) Ralph is disappointed in himself for not winning immunity - he thinks he's on the block tonight and hopes the twist will be good news for him. Steve is just done, he's starving and has no energy.
-Rob says he sees that Steve is done, he's not going to cause any trouble but Ralph still has his head in the game - Ralph has to be the next to go.
-But Rob is worried about this twist - he wants to hedge his bets - he tells Ashley and Natalie that he and Grant talked about Andrea and if the twist means they have to vote someone else out, after Ralph - it's her.
-Of course, they'll do whatever he says - Rob is so smart and like he's played before...
-Steve approaches Lazy & Lazier (Ashley and Natalie) and tells them he and Ralph are voting for Rob tonight - if they want to turn the game upside down they could do it - Rob's going to start picking them off one by one (like Andrea) and he'll take Nimrod (no guesses who that is) with him to the final - no one will vote for Nimrod.
-Okay, thanks, we'll consider it. (He might as well have been talking to a wall - I don't see any independent thought from those two.) They run and tell Rob - obviously we didn't entertain it.
-Rob is pissed now - looks like Steve found his second wind - go to my alliance and try to get me out... Rob may be changing his plan if Steve is going to be a problem.
Tribal Council
Rob, is the plan to vote Zapatera again tonight?
-Most likely, unless there's something we don't know about.
Steve, you feel this group is unbreakable?
-Yeah, we tried to stir it up and raise havoc. We've approached various groups and told them who we're voting for if they want to jump on board, it could be huge tonight.
Andrea, Steve does make a good point at most you have 2 more votes, at a certain point it does make sense to make a move.
-It does make sense strategically but I feel safe we are rock solid (Rob can't hide a little smirk there).
-Ralph thinks it's going to be him tonight - he went farther in the challenge today.
-Steve agrees, in a tired voice, that Ralph is stronger, he thinks it'll be Ralph.
That's the right thing to say if you're Steve and you want to stay.
-Grant says he isn't buying that Steve is giving up, he played in the NFL, he's not a quitter.
-Phillip chimes in as well, he recognizes that Steve's not as feeble as he appears, thinks he's saving it for the right challenge.
Jeff gives Steve one last chance to plead his case.
-He wanted to remind the girls that after he and Ralph are gone it could get brutal. Boston Rob once begged a guy to save his girl Amber then turned around and voted him out the first chance he got.
Jeff fills them in that he used Lex to keep his alliance with Amber safe then slit his throat - but he kept his alliance with Amber to the end... and beyond.
-Andrea says you can look at it both ways, Rob has kept his word in the past and he's broken it. She trusts him.
-Rob is tight lipped - he just says he still has the alliance with Amber to this day. (You get no loose-lipped soliloquies from Rob - there is no monologuing from this villain.)
Time to Vote:
Grant goes up to vote and back at the council, Steve is sitting right in front of Rob and he starts whispering to Natalie at the far end - Let's do it... let's do it. (He can hear you, you know... I don't think he cares... it's the Hail Mary play from the ex-NFL-er.)
Tallying the Votes:
Rob 1, 2
Ralph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Man-sweater is heading to Redemption Island. Jeff snuffs his torch and Ralph almost forgets to take it.
Now, let's get to the TWIST: Steve opens the parcel and there are cards - Jeff tells him to flip over the first card and read it - You will now compete in your next immunity challenge, then immediately vote out one more tribe member. (Huh, they nailed it... sort of.)
Immunity Challenge #2
Jeff hands out bundles of cards to everyone, they look through them to get familiar with them and Jeff explains it's a memory challenge. He will show them a series of cards that match the ones they have - they have to repeat the series back to him correctly to stay in the challenge - get it wrong you're out - last person standing wins immunity from the next vote they will have immediately following.
-First out is Phillip and Natalie on the 4th symbol - Grant and Andrea are out on the next symbol - Steve and Ashley are out on the next symbol and ROB win Immunity.
-Grant gives an exaggerated wink to Andrea... oh man.
Tallying the Votes #2
Grant 1
Steve 1, 2, 3, 4... And they didn't make it exciting in any way - I think the producers just wanted to put Zapatera (and us) out of their misery with this twist. Now let the backstabbing begin!
Next week - Ometepe has to start turning on itself, there looks to be tears from the girls - like Rob's looking for a volunteer to go (right.) There is a harrowing challenge that leaves them all depleted and Rob says, "32 days of hard work, gone just like that." (Oooh, what could that mean?)
Redemption Island -
Ralph joins Mike and Matt - Ralph says he sees the light at the end of the tunnel now - "if one of the Zapatera guys can get back in the final he'll win, and I aim for it to be me."
They're speculating that Steve has lost about 40lbs when, speak of the devil, who should appear? - Steve!
Have a great rest of the week everyone - Oh, and GO CANUCKS GO!
Coleen
So, we have three people on Redemption Island, the perennial Matt, Mike and Julie who was sent there possibly because she stole Phillip's swim trunks and really, I would want to punish someone who made me look at him in the saggy underpants all day.
And the episode opened at:
Murlonio - Night 27
-Once back in camp Steve approached Phillip right away to bury the hatchet so-to-speak, shook his hand and said there was nothing racist in the crazy comment, he just thought he was crazy.
-Phillip smiles and shakes his hand but tells the camera that he didn't believe it was "genuous" and found his speech self-serving. Phillip says [Steve] mocked me a number of times so he will probably go next. (Yup, his ego is bruised, nothing more.)
-Steve thinks everything is good - he's going to keep plugging away and hopefully Rob will see something he wants to keep around in him or Ralph and cut Phillip loose.
-Rob says Phillip is not going anywhere - as long as he keeps up his antics, he's going with Rob to the finals.
(Could backfire if they end up with three in the end - If I had to suffer through a month with Crazy-pants because of Rob wanting to keep him around - I wouldn't vote for either of them - congratulations #3.)
Murlonio - Day 28
-Phillip is on a quest for his shorts - he had a premonition, his great, great grandfather came to him in a dream so he headed out for the water hole and started digging under rocks - and he found his trunks... (Oh man, he's going to be insufferable...) You can't stand the truth... I'm the specialist alright.
-He can't wait to show up at the duel with his shorts on! Just to rub it in her face - yup, he's a winner.
Redemption Island - Day 28
-Matt has been on a downward spiral since he was sent back to Redemption Island - Mike and Julie feel for him - she slept better than she has since she's been there, feels like a weight is lifted being away from camp - they speculate on how the betrayal of his former tribe has shaken Matt, who's running on faith alone.
-Matt is seeing single footprints in the sand as God has been carrying him for the last 4 days (if you don't get that reference Google "Footprints in the sand") - he is crying, he's so over this game.
Duel (everyone is there again to witness the duel)
Matt - 21 days out here, only 7 days in the regular game of Survivor - where are you at right now?
-Matt says he's at peace. He thought if he could keep winning he'd honour his God, but God told him he'd honored him enough and hit him with a whole lot of peace - if he stays or goes, he's at peace with that.
(Rob likes hearing that - he knows he's broken him.)
It sounds to me like you're ready to go home.
Yeah, I'm going to do my best in the challenge but I feel like I've accomplished what I came here to do and whatever happens, I'm ready for it. (Julie shakes her head - where's the fight? Don't let the dark side win!)
-Today's duel is Survivor Shuffleboard: each person has their own shuffleboard and three pucks. The goal, shoot their pucks through the obstacles on the board and into the end zone. First two with all three pucks in the end zone stay on Redemption Island - loser is the next member of the jury.
-Mike only person to get first puck in the end zone - he gets the second one there too - Matt nothing - Julie gets one - Matt finally gets one - Mike misses the third - Julie misses. Matt has 2, Mike has 2, Julie has 1.
-Andrea catches Matt's eye and he gives her a look - she's genuinely confused, "I think he's pissed at me." (Really? I can't imagine why - you answer to your higher power, too - Rob.)
-Matt is the first to get 3 pucks in the end zone... God is not finished with him yet.
-Mike short - Julie lands one in the end zone but knocks her other one out... Mike gets a 3rd one in the end zone and Julie has to burn her buff.
Jeff asks how long Jesus fasted ... 40 days - interesting our game is 39 days (Did he really just liken Matt to Jesus? Hahaha... wow.)
Jeff asks Julie why she was out there and we finally learn something about her - Like many Americans her house is in foreclosure and she wanted to make a better life for her girls (oh, she has kids too.) She tears up and it touches some of the Ometepe who probably realized, like me, that they knew nothing about Julie - but her smile is not gone long (she really is a positive person) - she says Matt's faith has inspired her to find a church when she gets home. She shouts "Peanut Butter and Oatmeal" as she tosses the buff in the fire and make her exit - (You bet! Celebrate food instead of crying about losing - Julie's awesome, what a great attitude.)
But with Julie joining the jury - that means Gillian H, Hannelore & Sue and Drew C are out of the pool.
-Andrea tells the camera she's like glad that Matt's not out and if he like gets back in she'd like totally want to talk to him but like, he can't ever trust her again in this game - like why would he... (Like, OMG, I'm old.)
Murlonio - Day 28
-Andrea is like telling the other girls that she feels bad for playing Matt the hardest - she feels guilty for helping to break his spirit.
-Grant is talking with Rob and says he doesn't trust Andrea, she's feeling sorry for Matt - she hasn't learned (to keep her mouth shut, obviously) and Grant thinks they should get rid of her next. Rob doesn't think that's necessary at this point but you never know.
Immunity Challenge - Day 30
Log Roll - they will be teamed up with another tribe mate and they have to roll them off the log - first one to hit the water is out - winner moves on - last person standing on the log in the last round wins immunity.
Also playing for reward - Huge chocolate cake and ice cold milk... and a twist he will tell them about later (ooh.)
First match-up: Grant vs Rob - Winner: Grant
Next : Andrea vs Ashley - winner: Ashley
Next: Ralph vs Steve - winner: Ralph
Last: Natalie vs Phillip - winner: Phillip (really? She's a 90lb dancer and she can't stay on the log?)
Next round - Grant vs Ashley - winner - Grant
Then: Ralph vs Phillip - winner - Ralph! (yay)
Final round: Grant vs Ralph - Come on Man-sweater! But alas - GRANT is the winner of immunity and he gets to choose one person to join in for the chocolate cake... of course he chooses Rob and he gets one more choice. Ralph says he'd lick his feet for some cake - that puts him out of the running. Grant then chooses Andrea (oh, going to do some loyalty probing maybe.)
And the twist - Jeff throws the bundle (it looks like a book wrapped in a cloth) to Steve and tells him not to open it but to bring it to Tribal Council.
The three Reward participants sit on a bench in front of everyone and Jeff tells them they have 2 minutes to eat as much of the cake as they can (ew, really?) They go for it and Grant keeps talking - don't talk just eat.
-Grant tells the camera he chose Andrea to share in the reward to put her at ease because if it comes up and they have to get rid of one of their own, it's going to be her.
Back at camp - they are all speculating about the twist. They think it feels like a large deck of cards - could it be you pick a card and you're going home... is it vote for one person and then have to vote another.
- Ralph is talking to Steve but, like me, he can't understand what the hell he's saying. (I wonder if Julie was the translator?) Ralph is disappointed in himself for not winning immunity - he thinks he's on the block tonight and hopes the twist will be good news for him. Steve is just done, he's starving and has no energy.
-Rob says he sees that Steve is done, he's not going to cause any trouble but Ralph still has his head in the game - Ralph has to be the next to go.
-But Rob is worried about this twist - he wants to hedge his bets - he tells Ashley and Natalie that he and Grant talked about Andrea and if the twist means they have to vote someone else out, after Ralph - it's her.
-Of course, they'll do whatever he says - Rob is so smart and like he's played before...
-Steve approaches Lazy & Lazier (Ashley and Natalie) and tells them he and Ralph are voting for Rob tonight - if they want to turn the game upside down they could do it - Rob's going to start picking them off one by one (like Andrea) and he'll take Nimrod (no guesses who that is) with him to the final - no one will vote for Nimrod.
-Okay, thanks, we'll consider it. (He might as well have been talking to a wall - I don't see any independent thought from those two.) They run and tell Rob - obviously we didn't entertain it.
-Rob is pissed now - looks like Steve found his second wind - go to my alliance and try to get me out... Rob may be changing his plan if Steve is going to be a problem.
Tribal Council
Rob, is the plan to vote Zapatera again tonight?
-Most likely, unless there's something we don't know about.
Steve, you feel this group is unbreakable?
-Yeah, we tried to stir it up and raise havoc. We've approached various groups and told them who we're voting for if they want to jump on board, it could be huge tonight.
Andrea, Steve does make a good point at most you have 2 more votes, at a certain point it does make sense to make a move.
-It does make sense strategically but I feel safe we are rock solid (Rob can't hide a little smirk there).
-Ralph thinks it's going to be him tonight - he went farther in the challenge today.
-Steve agrees, in a tired voice, that Ralph is stronger, he thinks it'll be Ralph.
That's the right thing to say if you're Steve and you want to stay.
-Grant says he isn't buying that Steve is giving up, he played in the NFL, he's not a quitter.
-Phillip chimes in as well, he recognizes that Steve's not as feeble as he appears, thinks he's saving it for the right challenge.
Jeff gives Steve one last chance to plead his case.
-He wanted to remind the girls that after he and Ralph are gone it could get brutal. Boston Rob once begged a guy to save his girl Amber then turned around and voted him out the first chance he got.
Jeff fills them in that he used Lex to keep his alliance with Amber safe then slit his throat - but he kept his alliance with Amber to the end... and beyond.
-Andrea says you can look at it both ways, Rob has kept his word in the past and he's broken it. She trusts him.
-Rob is tight lipped - he just says he still has the alliance with Amber to this day. (You get no loose-lipped soliloquies from Rob - there is no monologuing from this villain.)
Time to Vote:
Grant goes up to vote and back at the council, Steve is sitting right in front of Rob and he starts whispering to Natalie at the far end - Let's do it... let's do it. (He can hear you, you know... I don't think he cares... it's the Hail Mary play from the ex-NFL-er.)
Tallying the Votes:
Rob 1, 2
Ralph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Man-sweater is heading to Redemption Island. Jeff snuffs his torch and Ralph almost forgets to take it.
Now, let's get to the TWIST: Steve opens the parcel and there are cards - Jeff tells him to flip over the first card and read it - You will now compete in your next immunity challenge, then immediately vote out one more tribe member. (Huh, they nailed it... sort of.)
Immunity Challenge #2
Jeff hands out bundles of cards to everyone, they look through them to get familiar with them and Jeff explains it's a memory challenge. He will show them a series of cards that match the ones they have - they have to repeat the series back to him correctly to stay in the challenge - get it wrong you're out - last person standing wins immunity from the next vote they will have immediately following.
-First out is Phillip and Natalie on the 4th symbol - Grant and Andrea are out on the next symbol - Steve and Ashley are out on the next symbol and ROB win Immunity.
-Grant gives an exaggerated wink to Andrea... oh man.
Tallying the Votes #2
Grant 1
Steve 1, 2, 3, 4... And they didn't make it exciting in any way - I think the producers just wanted to put Zapatera (and us) out of their misery with this twist. Now let the backstabbing begin!
Next week - Ometepe has to start turning on itself, there looks to be tears from the girls - like Rob's looking for a volunteer to go (right.) There is a harrowing challenge that leaves them all depleted and Rob says, "32 days of hard work, gone just like that." (Oooh, what could that mean?)
Redemption Island -
Ralph joins Mike and Matt - Ralph says he sees the light at the end of the tunnel now - "if one of the Zapatera guys can get back in the final he'll win, and I aim for it to be me."
They're speculating that Steve has lost about 40lbs when, speak of the devil, who should appear? - Steve!
Have a great rest of the week everyone - Oh, and GO CANUCKS GO!
Coleen
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