Sunday, November 13, 2011

Survivor South Pacific - Nov 9th episode recap

Cut Throat

The episode opened as the new Te Tuna tribe returned from Tribal Council where Cochran flipped and blindsided his former tribe by voting out Keith. 
-Ozzy asks to speak to Cochran alone and lays on the guilt - I put myself out there for you and this is what I get.  Cochran goes with the argument that he has dreamed about the game for 11 years and he wasn't going to leave his fate up to picking rocks (whatever - he would have gotten more respect if he had said it was revenge for how they treated him.)   At one point Brandon comes over to play bodyguard - he is a little pit bull - Ozzy shoos him away - This isn't a gang. (Yeah, I bet Brandon was a banger.)
-Then Cochran runs the gauntlet - Jim just spits vitriol at him - tells him to never f'n speak to him again.  Whitney gets right in his face and says she and Keith saved him numerous times and this is how he repays them... "You make me sick."  (Okay, I get it, you're all screwed now but it was partially your own doing, and I bet that's also a hard pill to swallow.)
-Coach is very happy with how things worked out at Tribal Council as he goes through his morning ritual of Tai Chi, prayer and meditation - he's going to try to remain humble but not weak and likes his chances to win.
-Ozzy tells the camera his whole strategy was blown out of the water - he has no plan now - but he's not going to give up, he's going to work like hell and win immunity and stay there until there is no one left.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
It's in two stages - first they must throw coconuts and land them in a small circle - first 4 to get nuts in their target will move on.  Second stage - they must crack open coconuts, get a mouthful of coconut water then climb through an obstacle and spit the coconut water into a tube - first one to fill their tube will win immunity.
-Getting through the first stage are Dawn, Sophie, Whitney and Jim (Go Ladies!  Ozzy was not happy.)
-Second stage was between Sophie and Jim - she was holding her own until the very last mouthful when she couldn't keep it in her mouth through the obstacle and Jim was able to fill his tube and win immunity (that would be hard though, running & climbing without breathing through your mouth... but did Jim have to win?  I don't like that guy.)

Te Tuna - Day 22
-Brandon tells Cochran they are voting for Ozzy - How many chances are you going to have to vote him out of this game. 
Cochran - Apparently two. 
Brandon - (looks confused) Oh, yeah.

-Ozzy and Coach are meeting - they both look very serious - Ozzy just says - I don't want to go - Coach says he doesn't want him to go.  Coach tells us he appreciates Ozzy's humility after the cockiness he showed before but at this point it's probably too little too late.  Of course, Coach tells him he's not going anywhere (because Coach has embraced lying in the game even though he would deny it.)  They man-hug and Coach gives him some serious eye contact (is he going to kiss him?  It was a little creepy.)

-Dawn is kissing up to Coach - a little light flirting, getting him a pillow.  She knows the 4 former Savaii without immunity are on the block tonight.  She may have to flip and vote with Upolu.

-Jim talking to Whitney out in the water - they bash on Cochran more - threw us all under the bus - he's a coward and I'm not a coward, I speak my mind.
- Ozzy joins them and Jim tells him he has a plan.  He wants to give Ozzy his immunity then give a rousing speech that everyone there has played the game with honour and integrity except Cochran and hopefully he'll get enough of them to turn and they'll get Cochran out.  Upolu will still have the numbers and if they don't have time to talk about it, he hopes he'll get at least two of them to turn.
-Ozzy feels like he's dreaming - he believes Jim will actually do what he says.  It's surreal.

Tribal Council (Only 20 minutes in... hmm)
Cochran what the reaction to your huge move at last tribal council?
-It was chilly - Jim was the loudest - didn't want to hear anything I had to say.
Jim - I said a few things that were immature but I took it personally.
Cochran, how did you deal with these reactions?
-Mostly by listening - it was a personal decision to take my own fate into my hands and to make a choice of playing the game with the sort of people I wanted to play with - no disrespect to my former tribe, I realize that sounded heinous
Ozzy & Whitney - yeah it did.
Cochran - he goes on about preparing for 11 years and choosing a rock is not the essence of Survivor, it's about taking charge of your own fate, blah, blah, blah. (He's hitting a chord with Coach and Brandon - I'm waiting for the "Amen, brother" from those two.)
-Jim speaks up - says he's got something to add to round out what Cochran has said - recounts how they all saved Cochran in past votes and having gotten to know Upolu a little he doesn't think anyone on the tribe would let someone else fight their battles for them.  I don't think any one of them would do something so dishonourable, in my opinion.
-Brandon comes to Cochran's defense - he finds Jim's tone ironic after being made fun of for playing the game with integrity at last tribal - it's poetic justice in his opinion.  Brandon says he understands not wanting to be made fun of anymore, enough is enough, the smaller people are not going to be bullied anymore - the Upolu tribe is standing behind Cochran, period. (That took all the wind out of Jim's sails, you can see the poker player readjusting his strategy...)
-Ozzy asks Cochran - did I ever make you feel small?
-Cochran - you made me feel small by constantly trying to get people to vote against me because of my weakness.
So Jim, very powerful spot sitting there with immunity.
-Yeah, I win immunity and I immediately think, I'm going to give it to Ozzy tonight.  That got a reaction from Coach, Brandon and Albert...
Why would it make sense to give it to Ozzy tonight?
-Because they can tell I have a warrior heart (reaching out to Coach) and they have been saying, honour, honour, honour.  There are ten people here that have not wavered from the loyalty to their tribe, there is one person who has.  With this one vote we can send a message to everyone who will ever play this game that you can play it honourably and if you are a turncoat you have no place on my tribe - You can say that right now by voting off Cochran. (Albert and Coach and Cochran are taking that in, two thinking and one swearing.)
Coach, Jim is not giving up.
-Of course not and he starts talking warrior this and warrior that and I stand up straighter and listen (and that's exactly why he used that word)
If you voted out Cochran tonight, would that change the game?
I think it would send the message that if you stand up for yourself, your going to get screwed and I'm not going to see that happen.
-Jim pipes in, but does it change the game, no it really doesn't. It takes out one person, they still have a 6 to 4 lead and it gives these guys the opportunity to say beyond this game what Survivor is really about.
Sophie, so whoever you keep in the game is as important as who you got rid of.
-There is no good vote because we are not eliminating somebody for sure (damn Redemption Island!)
Ozzy - let me just throw this out there - when I'm at Redemption Island, I'm not feeding 11 people, I'm feeding myself - so I'm going to be full and well rested and when these numbers change and you have to start voting each other out, it's going to get a little funky.  He's willing to bide his time at Redemption and eliminate them all that way.

Jeff asks before they vote if Jim wants to give up immunity and he says:I'm going to keep it tonight.  (Yeah, because you're not a coward at all! Loser!) I don't think Ozzy's eyebrows could have gotten any higher, he was surprised by that... Jim, you speak with forked tongue.

And they vote:
Jim - votes Cochran - I just really don't like you.
Cochran - votes Ozzy - Blah, blah, blah

Tallying the votes:
Anybody have a hidden immunity idol and want to play it... nope.
Ozzy - 1
Cochran - 1
Ozzy - 2
Cochran - 2 (and they had to blur what it said... cock something nasty - really mature Ozzy)
Ozzy - 3, 4, 5, 6  - Ozzy says, you guys fell for my master plan (right) and he heads off to Redemption Island with a spring in his step, trying to make us believe he wanted to go.
Final words: I played hard, made a lot of moves and is ready to dominate at Redemption.
He and Keith commiserate about Cochran's betrayal (stings don't it.  Maybe you'll think twice about how you treat people... I doubt it.)

Redemption Island - Day 23
-Ozzy is out fishing and marvelling at the reef there - it's the best fishing he's seen and he catches the biggest fish he ever has out there.  They eat like kings!
-Ozzy is still trying to say he's just as happy to be at Redemption... I wonder what they're eating today... and with that:
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE 2
They have to balance on a narrow beam and then balance a ball on a wooden bow - so a D shape with a ball balanced on the top curve of the D.  At certain intervals they will have to walk down the beam where it gets narrower making it harder to balance.  If at any time the ball falls off the bow or they fall off the beam they are out of the challenge (I would be so done - it looks really tough.)
Twist: if anyone thinks they are safe tonight, they can sit the challenge out and feast on pastries, muffins, iced coffee... former Upolu all celebrate but Coach - he says he wants to compete but obviously they are all safe and his tribe wants to eat so he'll stick with his 'family' (God, give me a break.)  Only Whitney, Jim and Dawn are competing for immunity.
-They start the challenge and the eating can commence - when the challenge is over the eating must end as well so they start gorging themselves.
-Jeff is stirring the pot - asking Upolu how everything tastes - no one wants to talk they want to eat and it breaks Jim's concentration - he loses his ball and is the first one out of the challenge.  Brandon celebrates that.
-Dawn says she'll hang on so they can keep eating - She says she really feels that they are one tribe right now even though it doesn't seem that way and yeah, she wants her tribe mates to eat as much as they can.  Brandon and Coach say Dawn has been amazing - she has ingratiated herself enough to stay longer than the other two it would seem.
-Dawn & Whitney make it through to the next section.  They take the ball off the bow and move down to the really narrow section of the beam - and Jeff  keeps talking... you really need to concentrate blah, blah, blah... the eating has slowed down, they are full.
-They both start to wobble but Dawn loses he balance and Whitney wins Immunity.  They do cheer for her as well.

Albert says he did not like how Dawn was treated inclusively at the challenge and he plans to nip that in the bud.

Te Tuna - Day 24
-Cochran is wearing Coach's jacket and strutting around like an idiot - much to everyone's entertainment.
-Jim says Cochran is playing the most brilliant third place game in Survivor history, all those people would like to take Cochran to the end with them because he's not going to get votes to win.  On the other hand, it's not looking good for Jim - he's going to Redemption Island unless he makes some moves right now.
-He lays out his plays in the sand to Albert & Sophie saying they are the only two that haven't drunk the kool-aid (obviously, he's not in the know) - and he wants to get rid of Edna - they'd never see it coming.
-Albert says he doesn't need to entertain Jim's plan because he has a much better plan of his own - he's going after Dawn (damn! She's my pool player) he finds her more dangerous because she's ingratiating herself into the tribe.
-Dawn is actually proud of her ability to ingratiate herself with people and that's exactly what she's trying to do.
-Albert tells Sophie he wants to vote Dawn, she doesn't think it matters what order they go in and she wants to stay rigid to their plan.
-Coach, to use jungle animal analogies, sees Jim as a rhino, charging straight at you and Dawn as the snake that comes sneaking through the grass - they could both kill you but hopefully they'll send the right person home tonight.  (No, to Redemption island.)

Tribal Council - 2
Coach, after the immunity challenge today, is it fair to say it's Dawn or Jim going home tonight?
-Yes, absolutely.
Sophie, fair to say Jim is more of a threat in challenge than Dawn?
- They both have their niches - Dawn has shown herself to be very strong but if I was choosing a roster, I'd choose Jim every time.
Albert, fair to say Dawn's more likable?
-Absolutely Dawn is more likable and she's also a tough cookie in challenges, she may be the strongest woman out here (she looks flattered by that, not scared... he's trying to get you out, not being nice.)
Dawn, as frustrating as it is for you and Jim & Whitney, is it fair to say this is what the tribe should do?  (Is it fair to say, that Jeff uses 'is it fair to say' too much?  I say, yes.)
- It's what Savaii would have done as well - but I don't think I would have eaten the food today though, I really did think of this as one tribe, so that was a little hard for me to watch them eat. (Coach looks a little ashamed - Brandon raises his hand...)
-Brandon: I love you Dawn but you told us you would stay up there so we could eat so you just contradicted yourself
-Dawn: No, I was just saying it was hard for me.
-Brandon: I don't buy it.  That's why the Savaii tribe except Cochran are going to be picked off just like they think they're going to be picked off...
There is some back and forth - she's back pedalling, he's not buying it - blah blah blah.
-Whitney is given her chance to speak and she's getting teary - I feel like we've been vilified, we were pegged as the bullies, I never once was a bully - Full on crying now and Dawn gets going... (really, tears, that's how you're playing this.  Sigh.)
Brandon - is it hard for you to see Whitney crying?
Yeah, I don't want to see her cry but we were excluded until we got the power then we were the villains - It's a no brainer for me. 

Time to vote:
Cochran's still waring Coach's jacket - you look like a doofus.
Ouch - and Edna has a big scab on her forehead, I wonder what happened there.

Tallying the votes:
Edna - 1, 2, 3
Jim - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - he heads to Redemption Island without looking back.  He would have seen Coach waving sarcastically.

Now on Redemption Island are:
Keith: Wendy E, Cara L and Kim A
Ozzy: Brittany/Sarah, Laura H, Krista H
Jim: Jodi S, Bob L and Bernice R. 
Jim says he's sad, he though they would be the final 3.

So no one went home this week - best time for me to miss an episode I guess.

Next week: Albert is making a move and Coach doesn't like it and Ozzy is laying in wait at Redemption Island building up his strength to win the game.

Coleen










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