Survivor Smacked Me in the Chops
Hello everyone,
Time to see how rusty I am in the recap department :) Welcome back for the 25th (?) season of Survivor.
I have to start by saying the scenery shots of the islands they opened the show with were beautiful... but I've heard it was the rainy season while they were filming, so we shall see...
The show opened with 15 survivor contestants on a boat - they are already divided into Red, Yellow and Blue, three tribes of five... huh, that's new.
We meet Jeff Kent, 15 years he played major league baseball, he's played in the world series so he knows pressure but he has no doubt this is going to be a challenge - and he hopes people won't recognize him. (I think not, how much do pros make? Come on!)
Neck tattoo guy (Zane) points to his Frankenstein tattoo and says people always ask him about that tattoo - Frankenstein picked a little girl a flower, he strangled her after, but he still picked her a flower and I feel that's like me, you could get either one, depends what you pull out of me (okay, let's not sleep too close to tattoo guy.
BLAIR! There is Lisa Whelchel from the Facts of Life. She is a huge fan of Survivor, never having missed an episode - she says she is not going to tell anyone she was on TV, she just wants to be Lisa out there (good luck, lady.)
Jeff Probst says this is the most thrilling adventure game on television but also one of the most dangerous - cue the medical evac montage - Huh, yeah, people have dropped like flies on this show. Oh, there is Colton from last season - instant karma got him.
Jeff tells us what the new players don't know is that three former players are getting the chance this season to finish what they started - Russell Swan (with the predator dreadlocks, passed out during a challenge - dead-eyed stare was creepy) - "Either they will run with me or I'm going to have to run them over."
Jonathan Penner (played twice before - evac from Fans vs Favourites) "Do you know how on fire I am to win this?" (Nope) 39 days from now, I'm winning a million dollars. (Ugh! Not with a Russell Hantz hat on, you're not.)
Michael Skupin from the 2nd season, famous for being "the guy that fell in the fire" - (I've always wondered what happened to that guy!) He had the greatest adventure during Survivor, doesn't see it as a failure and is in love with the fact that he gets to do it again.
Jeff boards the contestant boat and welcomes them to Survivor Philippines. He asks Jeff Kent what he thinks of the three teams. Panic - we only have 5 teammates, if you go to tribal council there is going to be panic right quick. Zane (neck tattoo) says he's fine with the three tribes as long as it ain't celebrities (and they show Lisa's smile slip a little.) She still hopes to keep her "celebrity" a secret.
Jeff tells them that three previously medically removed players are going to be returning and playing with them - and the boat pulls up with Russell, Jonathan and Skupin - he does a little run down -
Russell is on the blue tribe - name: Matsing
Jonathan is on the red tribe - name: Kalabaw
Skupin is on the yellow tribe - name: Tandang - Mike says he recognized Lisa right away and almost called her Blair (oh yeah he remembers her from watching her as a teenager - I bet) but he is keeping quiet for now, going to see how she wants to play it. One of the girls asks to see his hands - Yeah, let's see the hands - they look fine but he says it took a while.
Probst tells them hidden immunity idols are in play this season but where are they hidden... (I don't know Jeff, where are they?)
He tells them they have 60 seconds to gather as much stuff as they can from the boat they're on and get on their rafts to head to land. Pandemonium!
Fruit, chickens, wood, crates...
Red tribe looses their raft and Jeff Kent goes with it, twisting his knee as he goes - uh oh. Stuff is everywhere. Oh, I notice Russell Swan is King Kamehameha, you bet he was on the raft free and clear... oh and red pants guy makes a daring last second grab of a rooster off the boat as he was jumping in the water and he chucks it on the raft - well played red pants guy (Carter).
Former baseball guy may have torn his MCL (knee injury) but he's going to try and hide it, "if they smell blood in the water, I'm gone."
Blue tribe -Matsing
-They get to camp and Russell Swan says last time he was thrust into a leadership role and that's not going to happen this time. He gathers everyone together and tells them he's not going to be the leader... and then proceeds to tell them what he wants them to do. He starts going on to the camera about how there is always some idiot who wants to be the leader and he's going to go along with that "oh yeah, you're the man - then I'll watch him crash and burn. Dummy." (uh, yeah, that's you... sheesh.)
-Some of the younger tribe members, Malcolm (long hair guy) and Angie (cute as a button blond girl) are talking about Russell - She says he keeps saying he's not the leader but then tells them what to do, when to take breaks, drink some water - we do need a leader but, we should all work together, not for him.
-Russell throws out that they need fire if anyone wants to tackle that, heheheh (He's like my mom, she used to ask if I wanted to help clean, but she wasn't really asking... I was cleaning.) Malcolm steps up, says he lived in Micronesia for a year and he can build fire. Next scene is Russell building the fire with Malcolm (he's got his hands in everything this guy - he needs to practice what he's preaching or shut it!) But they get a fire going. Good for them!
-Malcolm tells the camera, it worked out that Russell made the fire because he wants to be the leader sooo baadd, and everything has to be the way he wants it done. Malcolm feels like a bit of a target has been taken off his back, he's not a threat and Russell is on cloud 9 of whatever planet he's living on.
Red Tribe - Kalabaw
Baseball player Jeff - he's having trouble with his knee - especially walking on sand and carrying stuff it wants to keep buckling on him but he's trying to hide it.
-This tribe is working together, everyone seems to be getting along. Jonathan is moved to be out there and doing this again (seriously, getting teary about this already... don't show them weakness - the young ones will eat you alive!)
-Next scene is everyone but Jonathan gathered together plotting to get him out first. He's played before, if anyone deserves to win it's one of us. (Wow, so soon they want to returnee out and he's just so happy to be there.) Baseball Jeff seems to be the leader - proposing they use his knowledge for a few days then boot him. (Ouch.)
Yellow Tribe - Tandang
-Skupin is happy with his tribe, thinks they're a good mix.
-The pretty girls RC (long dark hair) and Abi (Brazilian blond) gravitate together and act all girly.
-RC is lying about her job - she's an investment banker but thinks that will work against her so she says she's an executive assistant. (She thinks she's smarter than everyone basically.)
-Abi brings up forming an alliance - RC wants to bring in Mike Skupin, the veteran, and Abi wants to bring in the beefcake - Pete. She plans on using her Brazilian flirtiness to her advantage and starts working it on Pete - he's up for it (oh, poor choice of words - but accurate I think.)
-RC and Abi tell Pete they want an alliance with him - okay. RC also approaches Mike and he says it sounds good to him (he's smart enough to know to just go with it.) He thinks the three young people are moving fast but he feels like he needs to move fast with them.
-So that leaves Lisa/Blair and the other older guy, Artis, out in the cold.
Red
-Getting to know you - Jeff K. tells them he's got a ranch. Dana is tatted up, punked out hair chick - she's from the south and used to take on any boy in the trailer park - maybe she and Jeff can bond on their southern roots.
-Jeff meanwhile is still hoping no one finds out he doesn't need the million dollars - he just wants to win for the bragging rights and doesn't think it should be about the money (really? Spoken like someone who's already a millionaire.)
-Dawson knows who Jeff Kent is, but she's holding on to that information until she needs to use it to her advantage. She says she will tell him that she knows, when it's valuable to her.
Yellow
-Lisa is trying to bond with the other girls on the tribe but while they are in their bikinis/underwear, there is Lisa wearing jeans and a long sleeved shirt in the water (huh?) She tells them she runs a ministry for moms (ho boy).
Lisa tells the camera that she's lost all the money she made on the Facts of Life and that has haunted her for 20 years. She is hoping to find out who she is out there - (hmm, I don't know if this way to find yourself.)
-The younger people don't get Lisa, she doesn't hang out with them, she goes off on her own. This makes RC not trust her and she tells Mike that.
-Mike tells the camera that Lisa is worldwide famous (oh yeah, he had a thing for her when he was young) and he thinks she should play that trump card with the young impressionable people to wow them and make them want to keep her around. He approaches her about it and she's not really happy to know that he recognizes her. She also doesn't want to volunteer that information, she says if she's confronted with it she won't deny it but she thinks it will hurt her if she tells them. (I think it's a mistake to keep secrets, they always come out and they'll bite you in the butt.)
-Mike wants to keep Lisa around but he doesn't feel like she's playing the game and he's going to have to stay with the people who are playing - at this point, it's the youngin's.
Blue
-Sex therapist Denise starts working to get to know neck-tattoo Zane. She is curious about his story - she's reading his tattoos - memorial dates on one, serenity prayer on his hand... if nothing else he's probably got some great stories.
-Zane says he dropped out of school at 17 (and thinks he's got street smarts) - then he brings up forming an alliance with Denise - she's up for it. "Good to know your in my corner."
-Next scene is Zane approaching Roxanne to form an alliance - "You're in my corner now." Roxanne says she didn't think she'd like Zane but he seems pretty honest when he's with me - you never know.
-Next scene is Zane approaching Angie to form an alliance - she says she really likes him, she's in.
-Then Zane approaches the men, Russell and Malcolm together and says he thinks the three men should stick together - "just so you know, I've already grabbed alliances with all of them so its easy for me to pull in a fourth but I like this three." Russell is in, Malcolm on the other hand goes running to Denise and tells her.
-Zane thinks he's a superstar - he's running the show, they all think they're in an alliance with him and now he's just going to pick them apart. (Uh huh... he's just running around like a cat in a room full of rocking chairs, he's not running anything.)
-Malcolm and Denise talk about Zane, they hope he's smarter than he appears but they're not sure - they just know that they would like to stick together - Malcolm doesn't want to stay in Russell Swan's shadow for long. They do a cute little giddy hug thing (Malcolm, if you're her friend, tell her she needs to fix the raccoon eyes - that running mascara is bad!)
Yellow - Day 2
-They don't have a fire so they don't have water and it's been raining since the crack of dawn - Mike Skupin decides he's got to take more of a leadership role and get things moving - then he proceeds to injure himself - over and over and over again - cut his hand, scraped his head, cut the bottom of his foot, cut his hand again... just take the damn machete away! (I smell med evac #2)
Red - Day 2
-Jonathan is off on his own searching for the hidden immunity idol and it is not going unnoticed by this tribe. Katie, dark haired beauty queen, thinks he's being shady.
-Jonathan realizes the only thing that was in camp waiting for them was the box with the rice - he digs through the rice and finds the clue... It doesn't really tell them much - I'm pretty sure the medallion/emblem thing on the top of the box is the idol...
Blue - Day 2
-Russell goes to make the rice for the camp and he finds the clue in the bag. He shiftily puts it in his pocket, goes down to the beach, in full view of Zane who's in the water, and tries to inconspicuously read the clue. Zane knows exactly what he's doing and he doesn't trust him.
-Zane asks Russell if he's been looking for the idol and Russell says no, they're a team, he doesn't need it - if he sees someone looking they're the next one out. Now Zane thinks Russell definitely has the idol and Russell needs to be the first to go.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
Each tribe will be split into pairs - first pair will be tethered together and must run through the jungle to a platform - climb a cargo net and release two paddles. Then they run the paddles back to the next pair who have to paddle a boat out to a crate tied to the bottom, they have to jump in, release the crate and swim it back to shore where all the tribe members will help getting it up the beach to their mat where the third pair will use the puzzle pieces in the crate to build a tower puzzle. The first and second teams to finish win immunity and the third team goes to tribal council. In addition the first tribe to finish gets a complete fire making kit and the second tribe gets flint - third tribe, nothing.
They show the tribes strategizing and "Not the Leader" Russell shushes everyone, announces he's not good at puzzles and the two young girls are going to do the puzzle. They try to protest because they are not good at puzzles - Uh uh, he tutts at them (this guy is unbelievable.)
Off they go - Russell & Zane are the runners for blue and they do alright - Yellow is leading the way and Zane runs out of gas, tells Russell to pull him the last few feet... really?
Oh, hold on, who is the guy with the long flowing locks??? Oh, that's Malcolm - I don't get it, he's got his hair tied back all the time except during the challenge? It must be the source of his power (Haha - shall we call him Samson from now on?)
-Yellow has a big lead after the paddle - Red is right behind them and Blue is pulling up the rear - much to Russell's dismay.
-Lisa and Abi are working on the puzzle for yellow.
-Jonathan and Dawson are working on the puzzle for red.
-Angie and Roxanne are slowly trying to work the puzzle and Russell is unhappy.
Red & Yellow are neck & neck - eek! It's so close... turning the last piece into place and Red Tribe wins first immunity and fire kit. Yellow tribe wins immunity and flint. Blue tribe is heading to tribal council and Angie walks by Russell, "I told you I wasn't good at puzzles."
Jeff asks Russell what went wrong - Russell says he made a decision on who did what so he carries some of that responsibility but next time they'll do better and there always is a next time (Not for you, I don't think!) Jeff says, "Only for 5 of you." (Ha, yeah!)
Blue - Matsing Day 3
-They get back to camp and Russell is giving a speech -(he sure likes to hear himself talk)- Now you know - challenges are brutal - I've played this game before... Zane interupts, says he wants to talk to the whole tribe and then says he's not built for this game, his legs cramped so hard he had to sit, y'all didn't. I don't think it's a choice. (What the heck is he doing?)
-Russell can't believe it either - this guy just threw himself under the bus.
-Zane thinks he's the smartest man ever and this is his rouse to make things go his way. He wants everyone to love him so much that they'd rather keep him as a hinderance than keep Russell. (Huh? Too soon, dude. You might want to let some of them in on your master plan there, genius.) He says he's playing chess the best way he knows how and hopefully they'll king me (so he doesn't know how to play chess.)
-Angie is pissed at Russell, he didn't listen to them at all in the challenge and they lost because of it - she likes Zane and would rather keep him. Angie goes and asks Zane why he's giving up, he keeps on telling her he's weak (I don't get it.) She's telling you she'd keep you but you are saying
you want to leave... duh! He thinks it's going just as he planned it.
-Malcolm also approaches Zane and tells him if he wants to go, he'll send him home but they would rather take out Russell. Zane still doesn't say he wants to stay, he does say he's not giving up - then he tells Malcolm that Russell has the idol.
-It's coming down to strength at this point and they don't think they can keep weak players right now.
-Russell says he made his first mistake today by clicking back into his leadership role (your first mistake... and only today?? Oh, Russell, you've been doing it since you got there.)
TRIBAL COUNCIL
I shall call this the eye roll and Russell show. Angie and Roxanne basically rolled their eyes at everything Denise, Zane and Russell said.
Jeff asked how Denise felt about having returning players.
She said she was mixed at first but it's been a blessing (Angie - eye roll)
Zane says it's like an onion, the more you peal the more you cry - Jeff's lost. He's talking about it being a mixed blessing having a returning player - at first they're helping you out but as it goes deeper you realize they're better at the game and more of a threat than a help.
Russell realizes it sounds like he's going. Instead of being 2.0, he reverted to 1.0 and became a dictator.
Malcolm agreed that Russell was being dictatorial... and Russell would not stop talking - he keeps talking over everyone. It would be a dagger in his heart to leave first.
Roxy reveals she has a military background and when Russell starting basically ordering them around, she went along with it as a good soldier would.
Angie says she ran track in high school, she asked if she could run and was told no because he didn't want to do the puzzle. And he told her if they lose it's her fault.
Russell - I don't think that's exactly what I said...
Angie - Yes, exactly.
Russell - bottom line is I went into dictator mode and that exactly what I did but I hope that doesn't besmirch the other two days (where you were doing the same thing?) (Eye roll again)
Zane - says he quit smoking the day he came there - so running wasn't where it was at for him - he admits he's a dummy and should put a bit more forethought into that (Ohhhh, smoker... that makes sense now.) Zane says he told them back at camp he would rather step out of your way than hold you up (This guy is dumb as dirt.)
Jeff says, "Russell, you're off the box."
I know it sounds convient Jeff but I've been here before (eye roll from Roxy and then Angie) you never know what conversations have happened from the time he made that pronouncement... blah blah blah - stop talking already... aghh!
Time to vote:
Russell votes for Zane and Zane votes for Russell...
Tallying the votes:
No one plays a hidden idol (though they all looked at Russell)
Zane - 1
Russ - 1
Zane - 2, 3, 4... First person voted out of Survivor Philippines, Zane! He mutters Sonnavabitch as he's leaving... (Really? What a dumbass! He gave them an easy vote. Especially the first vote, you tell them to vote for you, they're going to. No one knows each other very well yet - it might have played in a week or so when they're more invested but not on the first vote - You say you should go, okay, I'll vote you out.)
So, with Zane leaving Alexis G, Janine S and Elaine & Kevin R are out of the pool and they get their stake back. Congratulations!?
Next week - Jonathan Penner is desperate to find the hidden idol and Lisa/Blair has a little cry because she's on the outside and doesn't know how to play the game.
Zane says he honestly thought he had this whole game figured out and that he was running things but allowing them to pull the strings but it just backfired on him. It doesn't change the fact that he respects the game. It sucks man! (He just tried to go too fast - it's a marathon not a sprint. He had the right instincts but not the patience, or possibly intelligence, to play it out properly.)
Have a great rest of the week everyone,
Coleen
Hello everyone,
Time to see how rusty I am in the recap department :) Welcome back for the 25th (?) season of Survivor.
I have to start by saying the scenery shots of the islands they opened the show with were beautiful... but I've heard it was the rainy season while they were filming, so we shall see...
The show opened with 15 survivor contestants on a boat - they are already divided into Red, Yellow and Blue, three tribes of five... huh, that's new.
We meet Jeff Kent, 15 years he played major league baseball, he's played in the world series so he knows pressure but he has no doubt this is going to be a challenge - and he hopes people won't recognize him. (I think not, how much do pros make? Come on!)
Neck tattoo guy (Zane) points to his Frankenstein tattoo and says people always ask him about that tattoo - Frankenstein picked a little girl a flower, he strangled her after, but he still picked her a flower and I feel that's like me, you could get either one, depends what you pull out of me (okay, let's not sleep too close to tattoo guy.
BLAIR! There is Lisa Whelchel from the Facts of Life. She is a huge fan of Survivor, never having missed an episode - she says she is not going to tell anyone she was on TV, she just wants to be Lisa out there (good luck, lady.)
Jeff Probst says this is the most thrilling adventure game on television but also one of the most dangerous - cue the medical evac montage - Huh, yeah, people have dropped like flies on this show. Oh, there is Colton from last season - instant karma got him.
Jeff tells us what the new players don't know is that three former players are getting the chance this season to finish what they started - Russell Swan (with the predator dreadlocks, passed out during a challenge - dead-eyed stare was creepy) - "Either they will run with me or I'm going to have to run them over."
Jonathan Penner (played twice before - evac from Fans vs Favourites) "Do you know how on fire I am to win this?" (Nope) 39 days from now, I'm winning a million dollars. (Ugh! Not with a Russell Hantz hat on, you're not.)
Michael Skupin from the 2nd season, famous for being "the guy that fell in the fire" - (I've always wondered what happened to that guy!) He had the greatest adventure during Survivor, doesn't see it as a failure and is in love with the fact that he gets to do it again.
Jeff boards the contestant boat and welcomes them to Survivor Philippines. He asks Jeff Kent what he thinks of the three teams. Panic - we only have 5 teammates, if you go to tribal council there is going to be panic right quick. Zane (neck tattoo) says he's fine with the three tribes as long as it ain't celebrities (and they show Lisa's smile slip a little.) She still hopes to keep her "celebrity" a secret.
Jeff tells them that three previously medically removed players are going to be returning and playing with them - and the boat pulls up with Russell, Jonathan and Skupin - he does a little run down -
Russell is on the blue tribe - name: Matsing
Jonathan is on the red tribe - name: Kalabaw
Skupin is on the yellow tribe - name: Tandang - Mike says he recognized Lisa right away and almost called her Blair (oh yeah he remembers her from watching her as a teenager - I bet) but he is keeping quiet for now, going to see how she wants to play it. One of the girls asks to see his hands - Yeah, let's see the hands - they look fine but he says it took a while.
Probst tells them hidden immunity idols are in play this season but where are they hidden... (I don't know Jeff, where are they?)
He tells them they have 60 seconds to gather as much stuff as they can from the boat they're on and get on their rafts to head to land. Pandemonium!
Fruit, chickens, wood, crates...
Red tribe looses their raft and Jeff Kent goes with it, twisting his knee as he goes - uh oh. Stuff is everywhere. Oh, I notice Russell Swan is King Kamehameha, you bet he was on the raft free and clear... oh and red pants guy makes a daring last second grab of a rooster off the boat as he was jumping in the water and he chucks it on the raft - well played red pants guy (Carter).
Former baseball guy may have torn his MCL (knee injury) but he's going to try and hide it, "if they smell blood in the water, I'm gone."
Blue tribe -Matsing
-They get to camp and Russell Swan says last time he was thrust into a leadership role and that's not going to happen this time. He gathers everyone together and tells them he's not going to be the leader... and then proceeds to tell them what he wants them to do. He starts going on to the camera about how there is always some idiot who wants to be the leader and he's going to go along with that "oh yeah, you're the man - then I'll watch him crash and burn. Dummy." (uh, yeah, that's you... sheesh.)
-Some of the younger tribe members, Malcolm (long hair guy) and Angie (cute as a button blond girl) are talking about Russell - She says he keeps saying he's not the leader but then tells them what to do, when to take breaks, drink some water - we do need a leader but, we should all work together, not for him.
-Russell throws out that they need fire if anyone wants to tackle that, heheheh (He's like my mom, she used to ask if I wanted to help clean, but she wasn't really asking... I was cleaning.) Malcolm steps up, says he lived in Micronesia for a year and he can build fire. Next scene is Russell building the fire with Malcolm (he's got his hands in everything this guy - he needs to practice what he's preaching or shut it!) But they get a fire going. Good for them!
-Malcolm tells the camera, it worked out that Russell made the fire because he wants to be the leader sooo baadd, and everything has to be the way he wants it done. Malcolm feels like a bit of a target has been taken off his back, he's not a threat and Russell is on cloud 9 of whatever planet he's living on.
Red Tribe - Kalabaw
Baseball player Jeff - he's having trouble with his knee - especially walking on sand and carrying stuff it wants to keep buckling on him but he's trying to hide it.
-This tribe is working together, everyone seems to be getting along. Jonathan is moved to be out there and doing this again (seriously, getting teary about this already... don't show them weakness - the young ones will eat you alive!)
-Next scene is everyone but Jonathan gathered together plotting to get him out first. He's played before, if anyone deserves to win it's one of us. (Wow, so soon they want to returnee out and he's just so happy to be there.) Baseball Jeff seems to be the leader - proposing they use his knowledge for a few days then boot him. (Ouch.)
Yellow Tribe - Tandang
-Skupin is happy with his tribe, thinks they're a good mix.
-The pretty girls RC (long dark hair) and Abi (Brazilian blond) gravitate together and act all girly.
-RC is lying about her job - she's an investment banker but thinks that will work against her so she says she's an executive assistant. (She thinks she's smarter than everyone basically.)
-Abi brings up forming an alliance - RC wants to bring in Mike Skupin, the veteran, and Abi wants to bring in the beefcake - Pete. She plans on using her Brazilian flirtiness to her advantage and starts working it on Pete - he's up for it (oh, poor choice of words - but accurate I think.)
-RC and Abi tell Pete they want an alliance with him - okay. RC also approaches Mike and he says it sounds good to him (he's smart enough to know to just go with it.) He thinks the three young people are moving fast but he feels like he needs to move fast with them.
-So that leaves Lisa/Blair and the other older guy, Artis, out in the cold.
Red
-Getting to know you - Jeff K. tells them he's got a ranch. Dana is tatted up, punked out hair chick - she's from the south and used to take on any boy in the trailer park - maybe she and Jeff can bond on their southern roots.
-Jeff meanwhile is still hoping no one finds out he doesn't need the million dollars - he just wants to win for the bragging rights and doesn't think it should be about the money (really? Spoken like someone who's already a millionaire.)
-Dawson knows who Jeff Kent is, but she's holding on to that information until she needs to use it to her advantage. She says she will tell him that she knows, when it's valuable to her.
Yellow
-Lisa is trying to bond with the other girls on the tribe but while they are in their bikinis/underwear, there is Lisa wearing jeans and a long sleeved shirt in the water (huh?) She tells them she runs a ministry for moms (ho boy).
Lisa tells the camera that she's lost all the money she made on the Facts of Life and that has haunted her for 20 years. She is hoping to find out who she is out there - (hmm, I don't know if this way to find yourself.)
-The younger people don't get Lisa, she doesn't hang out with them, she goes off on her own. This makes RC not trust her and she tells Mike that.
-Mike tells the camera that Lisa is worldwide famous (oh yeah, he had a thing for her when he was young) and he thinks she should play that trump card with the young impressionable people to wow them and make them want to keep her around. He approaches her about it and she's not really happy to know that he recognizes her. She also doesn't want to volunteer that information, she says if she's confronted with it she won't deny it but she thinks it will hurt her if she tells them. (I think it's a mistake to keep secrets, they always come out and they'll bite you in the butt.)
-Mike wants to keep Lisa around but he doesn't feel like she's playing the game and he's going to have to stay with the people who are playing - at this point, it's the youngin's.
Blue
-Sex therapist Denise starts working to get to know neck-tattoo Zane. She is curious about his story - she's reading his tattoos - memorial dates on one, serenity prayer on his hand... if nothing else he's probably got some great stories.
-Zane says he dropped out of school at 17 (and thinks he's got street smarts) - then he brings up forming an alliance with Denise - she's up for it. "Good to know your in my corner."
-Next scene is Zane approaching Roxanne to form an alliance - "You're in my corner now." Roxanne says she didn't think she'd like Zane but he seems pretty honest when he's with me - you never know.
-Next scene is Zane approaching Angie to form an alliance - she says she really likes him, she's in.
-Then Zane approaches the men, Russell and Malcolm together and says he thinks the three men should stick together - "just so you know, I've already grabbed alliances with all of them so its easy for me to pull in a fourth but I like this three." Russell is in, Malcolm on the other hand goes running to Denise and tells her.
-Zane thinks he's a superstar - he's running the show, they all think they're in an alliance with him and now he's just going to pick them apart. (Uh huh... he's just running around like a cat in a room full of rocking chairs, he's not running anything.)
-Malcolm and Denise talk about Zane, they hope he's smarter than he appears but they're not sure - they just know that they would like to stick together - Malcolm doesn't want to stay in Russell Swan's shadow for long. They do a cute little giddy hug thing (Malcolm, if you're her friend, tell her she needs to fix the raccoon eyes - that running mascara is bad!)
Yellow - Day 2
-They don't have a fire so they don't have water and it's been raining since the crack of dawn - Mike Skupin decides he's got to take more of a leadership role and get things moving - then he proceeds to injure himself - over and over and over again - cut his hand, scraped his head, cut the bottom of his foot, cut his hand again... just take the damn machete away! (I smell med evac #2)
Red - Day 2
-Jonathan is off on his own searching for the hidden immunity idol and it is not going unnoticed by this tribe. Katie, dark haired beauty queen, thinks he's being shady.
-Jonathan realizes the only thing that was in camp waiting for them was the box with the rice - he digs through the rice and finds the clue... It doesn't really tell them much - I'm pretty sure the medallion/emblem thing on the top of the box is the idol...
Blue - Day 2
-Russell goes to make the rice for the camp and he finds the clue in the bag. He shiftily puts it in his pocket, goes down to the beach, in full view of Zane who's in the water, and tries to inconspicuously read the clue. Zane knows exactly what he's doing and he doesn't trust him.
-Zane asks Russell if he's been looking for the idol and Russell says no, they're a team, he doesn't need it - if he sees someone looking they're the next one out. Now Zane thinks Russell definitely has the idol and Russell needs to be the first to go.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
Each tribe will be split into pairs - first pair will be tethered together and must run through the jungle to a platform - climb a cargo net and release two paddles. Then they run the paddles back to the next pair who have to paddle a boat out to a crate tied to the bottom, they have to jump in, release the crate and swim it back to shore where all the tribe members will help getting it up the beach to their mat where the third pair will use the puzzle pieces in the crate to build a tower puzzle. The first and second teams to finish win immunity and the third team goes to tribal council. In addition the first tribe to finish gets a complete fire making kit and the second tribe gets flint - third tribe, nothing.
They show the tribes strategizing and "Not the Leader" Russell shushes everyone, announces he's not good at puzzles and the two young girls are going to do the puzzle. They try to protest because they are not good at puzzles - Uh uh, he tutts at them (this guy is unbelievable.)
Off they go - Russell & Zane are the runners for blue and they do alright - Yellow is leading the way and Zane runs out of gas, tells Russell to pull him the last few feet... really?
Oh, hold on, who is the guy with the long flowing locks??? Oh, that's Malcolm - I don't get it, he's got his hair tied back all the time except during the challenge? It must be the source of his power (Haha - shall we call him Samson from now on?)
-Yellow has a big lead after the paddle - Red is right behind them and Blue is pulling up the rear - much to Russell's dismay.
-Lisa and Abi are working on the puzzle for yellow.
-Jonathan and Dawson are working on the puzzle for red.
-Angie and Roxanne are slowly trying to work the puzzle and Russell is unhappy.
Red & Yellow are neck & neck - eek! It's so close... turning the last piece into place and Red Tribe wins first immunity and fire kit. Yellow tribe wins immunity and flint. Blue tribe is heading to tribal council and Angie walks by Russell, "I told you I wasn't good at puzzles."
Jeff asks Russell what went wrong - Russell says he made a decision on who did what so he carries some of that responsibility but next time they'll do better and there always is a next time (Not for you, I don't think!) Jeff says, "Only for 5 of you." (Ha, yeah!)
Blue - Matsing Day 3
-They get back to camp and Russell is giving a speech -(he sure likes to hear himself talk)- Now you know - challenges are brutal - I've played this game before... Zane interupts, says he wants to talk to the whole tribe and then says he's not built for this game, his legs cramped so hard he had to sit, y'all didn't. I don't think it's a choice. (What the heck is he doing?)
-Russell can't believe it either - this guy just threw himself under the bus.
-Zane thinks he's the smartest man ever and this is his rouse to make things go his way. He wants everyone to love him so much that they'd rather keep him as a hinderance than keep Russell. (Huh? Too soon, dude. You might want to let some of them in on your master plan there, genius.) He says he's playing chess the best way he knows how and hopefully they'll king me (so he doesn't know how to play chess.)
-Angie is pissed at Russell, he didn't listen to them at all in the challenge and they lost because of it - she likes Zane and would rather keep him. Angie goes and asks Zane why he's giving up, he keeps on telling her he's weak (I don't get it.) She's telling you she'd keep you but you are saying
you want to leave... duh! He thinks it's going just as he planned it.
-Malcolm also approaches Zane and tells him if he wants to go, he'll send him home but they would rather take out Russell. Zane still doesn't say he wants to stay, he does say he's not giving up - then he tells Malcolm that Russell has the idol.
-It's coming down to strength at this point and they don't think they can keep weak players right now.
-Russell says he made his first mistake today by clicking back into his leadership role (your first mistake... and only today?? Oh, Russell, you've been doing it since you got there.)
TRIBAL COUNCIL
I shall call this the eye roll and Russell show. Angie and Roxanne basically rolled their eyes at everything Denise, Zane and Russell said.
Jeff asked how Denise felt about having returning players.
She said she was mixed at first but it's been a blessing (Angie - eye roll)
Zane says it's like an onion, the more you peal the more you cry - Jeff's lost. He's talking about it being a mixed blessing having a returning player - at first they're helping you out but as it goes deeper you realize they're better at the game and more of a threat than a help.
Russell realizes it sounds like he's going. Instead of being 2.0, he reverted to 1.0 and became a dictator.
Malcolm agreed that Russell was being dictatorial... and Russell would not stop talking - he keeps talking over everyone. It would be a dagger in his heart to leave first.
Roxy reveals she has a military background and when Russell starting basically ordering them around, she went along with it as a good soldier would.
Angie says she ran track in high school, she asked if she could run and was told no because he didn't want to do the puzzle. And he told her if they lose it's her fault.
Russell - I don't think that's exactly what I said...
Angie - Yes, exactly.
Russell - bottom line is I went into dictator mode and that exactly what I did but I hope that doesn't besmirch the other two days (where you were doing the same thing?) (Eye roll again)
Zane - says he quit smoking the day he came there - so running wasn't where it was at for him - he admits he's a dummy and should put a bit more forethought into that (Ohhhh, smoker... that makes sense now.) Zane says he told them back at camp he would rather step out of your way than hold you up (This guy is dumb as dirt.)
Jeff says, "Russell, you're off the box."
I know it sounds convient Jeff but I've been here before (eye roll from Roxy and then Angie) you never know what conversations have happened from the time he made that pronouncement... blah blah blah - stop talking already... aghh!
Time to vote:
Russell votes for Zane and Zane votes for Russell...
Tallying the votes:
No one plays a hidden idol (though they all looked at Russell)
Zane - 1
Russ - 1
Zane - 2, 3, 4... First person voted out of Survivor Philippines, Zane! He mutters Sonnavabitch as he's leaving... (Really? What a dumbass! He gave them an easy vote. Especially the first vote, you tell them to vote for you, they're going to. No one knows each other very well yet - it might have played in a week or so when they're more invested but not on the first vote - You say you should go, okay, I'll vote you out.)
So, with Zane leaving Alexis G, Janine S and Elaine & Kevin R are out of the pool and they get their stake back. Congratulations!?
Next week - Jonathan Penner is desperate to find the hidden idol and Lisa/Blair has a little cry because she's on the outside and doesn't know how to play the game.
Zane says he honestly thought he had this whole game figured out and that he was running things but allowing them to pull the strings but it just backfired on him. It doesn't change the fact that he respects the game. It sucks man! (He just tried to go too fast - it's a marathon not a sprint. He had the right instincts but not the patience, or possibly intelligence, to play it out properly.)
Have a great rest of the week everyone,
Coleen
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