Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Survivor Brawn vs Brains vs Beauty - May 7, 2014 Episode Recap

Havoc to Wreak

Last week on Survivor Tasha and Spencer put those brains to good use by getting in Tony's head and they managed to get Jefra voted out instead of Spencer.

Solarrion - Night 30
-Returning from Tribal council and Kass is pissed off that she and Trish were again left in the dark while Tony made a move.  She likened him to the "Don" who you better not cross or you'll get a pair of cement shoes and thrown in the pond.
-Tony asks Trish and Kass if they want an explanation and Trish says no, she gets it, Jefra wanted to blindside him so he did it to her first.  He says he's glad she's not a "Jefra" and he doesn't have to spend five hours explaining himself.
-Kass however, not so understanding.  She tells the camera she feels like they didn't learn the lesson when she flipped from her other alliance - not to leave someone out.  She doesn't like to be the one left slack-jawed at Tribal Council and that's now happened twice.
-She's had enough of Tony's excited self-congratulatory manner and, in true Kass fashion, she tells him he's being a condescending jerk and he says, condescendingly, "Okay, Kass, I don't see how."
-Spencer knows their agreement to vote with Tony was a one time thing, so Tony and Kass fighting like cats and dogs is a good thing.
-Kass says to the camera, what am I doing sticking with this person?  Play your game and I'll play my game, I'm done with him.

Solarrion - Day 31
-Spencer is getting to know Tony a little more asking him about being a cop and everything boastful thing Tony says makes Spencer realize how dangerous Tony is in the game. He is lying to everyone and he's good at it.
-The boys continue to talk and the girls stay laying in the shelter making them believe they're asleep.  Tony makes an innocent comment about it being unusual for Kass to stay in bed so late, she must not be feeling well and Kass takes that to be him talking sh*t about her.  She tells Trish that he called her a b*tch (uh, no he
didn't.)
-Kass tells the camera that she heard Tony say her name and that she was such a bitch for arguing with him last night... (none of which he said.)  And later they are all gathered by the shelter to get out of the rain and Tony mentions her not getting up and she tells him she heard everything he said about her.  He says he wasn't talking about her and she doesn't believe him.
-Spencer was the one talking to Tony, he knows Tony's telling the truth for once and Kass doesn't believe it... and is he going to clear up the situation? Oh hell, no!  He lets them go.  "If Kass is mad at Tony she isn't mad at me", so he sits back and enjoys the show.
-Tony doesn't know what's wrong with that girl, he's trying to placate her so she'll stick with their alliance and keep them going forward but the damage is done.
-Kass tells the camera Tony gained power by making two huge moves and using people not in his alliance to do it.  We're just like his cult members blindly following and I don't want to be a cult member, I want to kill the cult leader (That's a little dramatic - do you have some death metal on a loop and blinding floodlights?)

Solarrion - Day 31
-Tony doesn't like tension around camp so he's going to try to squash it and he approaches Kass again to tell her he wasn't talking about her but it blows up again - she tells him she knows he was talking about her and she doesn't believe a word he says.  As he walks off exasperated (and I just gotta say, Tony's looking pretty cut, I just noticed how much weight he's lost... but I digress) Kass tells the camera she likes chaos and she likes trouble - she likes to push people to their breaking point and she kind of expected it of him, "Because... he's an idiot."
-Tony goes back up to camp and he's ranting to everyone that he wasn't talking about her - Trish tells him, if he can, to let it go and he says I have... but then Kass comes back up to camp and there they are sniping at each other again.  Each accusing the other of being immature... she says maybe she will vote for him and he says then she'll end up going home (and she will because he has the magic idol) they keep picking at each other and he tells her she'll be the one going home because he has the special idol that's why - and everything screeched to a halt for everyone but Kass who was too caught up in arguing to hear what he said I think but W
oo and Spencer heard it. 
-He asks if she heard what he said but she doesn't believe him again- show it to me.  He says he doesn't have to, you vote for me and you'll be the first one to see it.  She says she will and he tells Tash and Spencer they just moved up one more notch.

REWARD CHALLENGE
They will be divided into two teams of three and they will have to throw beanbags at a wall made of blocks to knock it over.  Once one team has destroyed the other team's wall, one member of the team will race to rebuild the wall (like a puzzle, getting the picture put back together with the blocks.)  First team to rebuild the wall correctly will win Reward of: a trip to a local elementary school, bringing school supplies for the school and American style food of hamburger and hot dogs.  A little nourishment for the soul.

Teams:  Orange is Tash, Trish and Tony
              Purple is Woo, Spencer and Kass
Off they go: and it takes a while to get it going but purple gets the orange wall destroyed first and the teams switch to start rebuilding - It's Spencer vs Tash in the puzzle building and he gets flustered quickly giving her the chance to take a huge lead - Kass steps in the guide Spencer and they start making some progress I thought it might be too little too late - but they proved me wrong, Tash stalls out and PURPLE wins Reward.

REWARD - Spencer, Woo and Kass arrive at the school and they are mobbed by the children.  Woo was in his element handing out book bags and toys - then he did a martial arts display for them which was pretty cool - you could tell performing and being with the kids he was in his element.  Spencer admits he doesn't really like kids but it was still a rewarding experience.
-Kass can't wait to talk strategy so she's just as happy when the kids have to go back to class - she tells the guys, "This is what we need to do, flush the idol." She assuming that Woo is voting with them - two of them vote for Tony and two of them vote for Trish so either way he goes home with an idol or he plays it to save himself.
-Kass is all proud of herself and how the common enemy of Tony has negated the former animosity between herself and Spencer.
-Spencer tells her that Tash will be with this and then they turn to Woo and he's non-committal, says he'll definitely consider it. (Arghh!!) Woo needs a little more time to think about it, he won't say for sure he's with them... yet.  But as they are walking up the beach back to camp, Spencer tells them he's going to share with Tash what they discussed and Woo finally tells them he's in.
-Kass likes that he took the time to think about it, proves he's not knee-jerk in this game - he says he won't say a word.

-Spencer then takes Tash aside and fills her in on the split vote of the Brains and Woo teaming up to vote Tony and Trish.  She asks if they can trust Woo and Spencer says, "I hope so, or Tony knows everything."
-Tony & Trish are laying down in the shelter and she wonders if they got Woo.  Tony says easy enough to find out, he'll just ask him if there was any strategy talk and if he says no, they'll know he's lying.
-Woo comes up to them, Tony asks and Woo says yeah, the strategy was to vote out Tash. (What? That's the story you're going with?) Tony knows he's lying, he knows the smart move would be to propose Woo make a move to take out Tony, and he knows Spencer's not stupid.  Makes no sense for him to vote out his one ally.  Tony's disappointed that he may have been wrong to trust in Woo's loyalty.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They will race out and count the number of items at six different stations, then they will use those numbers to solve a combination lock.  If they pull on the lock and it won't release, it's wrong and they have to go back and count again.  First person to solve the combination, release the bar and use it to break their tile, wins Immunity.
Off they go - and I'll spare you the play by play - they all try and try again but no one has the combination after try, after try... 25 minutes elapsed - they are all still trying and failing until... SPENCER finally releases the bar and breaks his tile.

Day 33 - back at camp, Spencer, Tash and Woo meet and talk about how they're going to split the votes - the decide girls vote
Trish and guys vote Tony.  Woo still looks uncomfortable with it (I wonder if he's really going to flip.)  Trish says she'll have to put on a n act like she thinks she's going home tonight.
-But her act is to play resigned to her fate and Tony sees right through it - she's not scrambling, she's too comfortable. He tells Trish, Spencer and Woo that he's got to play his idol tonight, he's not going home at six.
-Spencer asks him directly if he has the special idol and he says he can neither confirm or deny.  But he tells us he can wait until all the votes are read to play the special idol so he's not going anywhere.
-Tash & Kass gather for some Tony bashing - he ran his alliance by fear, anyone that crossed him is out and they hope everything goes according to plan tonight so they don't have to put up with "our version of Russell Hantz" anymore.
-Kass is starting to think if everyone hates Tony as much as she does, which is enough that they won't give the douche bag the prize in the end, maybe it's in her best interest to keep him around.
-She pulls Woo aside (which does not go unnoticed by Tony) and asks him if he's still down with the plan... or should they take out Tasha. Whoa! She just blew Woo's mind, if he wasn't the mellowest person in the world, he might be upset by that, but he rolls with it - and they leave us in the dark if they made a decision or not.

TRIBAL COUNCIL (in the rain)
-Tasha tells Jeff she was made very aware that as soon as she didn't win immunity it would be her.  But all they heard from Tony was that he had the special idol and the hidden immunity idol so she hopes the rest of them wake up and see him for the threat he really is.
-Tony says that her scrambling was far from the norm - she was too calm and her not worrying made him worry - so that's why he has his bag of tricks with him again tonight.
-Tash says they are putting this false target on me like I'm the queen of immunity challenges, when Tony is the bigger strategic threat and he put most of those people over there (points to the jury) and no one wants to see it Jeff.
-Tony says he knows Tash is just trying to deflect, he knows his alliance is loyal, they tell each other the truth and that's how it's been all along (except when he didn't tell them he was blindsiding p
eople in the alliance... so revisionist history there.)
-Jeff asks Kass if Tony's logic of relying on loyalty seems genuine or disingenuous - she says it's the latter - we're getting close to the final and I'd be paranoid if I had a bag of tricks.
-Kass says a vote to flush the an idol has to happen tonight and Tony butts in, why would they do that when we're all together?
-Trish defends him saying he was very honest in telling them he had the idol and would use it for them if need be (riight, only when it suited him, he's had it for quite a while.)
-Woo says they would want to flush the idol because the further he advances with the idol, the more he can dictate who ends up on the jury.
-Spencer says Tony did what he always does after blindsiding someone in his alliance, he scoops the rest back up and says they're still together and they believe him.  He says he's excited to finally see what Tony has in his bag of tricks tonight, after such a long wait.
-Woo answers Jeff's direct question about if there is a plan afoot by saying they agreed on a plan and it will be carried out.
-Tony hopes his remaining alliance of four sticks together and Tash goes home tonight.
-Kass says its great to fantasize about being in the final three and who you'll be there with... but first you've got to get there and tonight there may be a blindside. (That had Tony and Trish sit up a little straighter.)
-Tash says she hopes that happens, she'd love to stay there, even in the rain.

Time to Vote:
Tony votes for Tasha
Spencer votes for Tony
Tasha votes for Trish

Tallying the votes:
Tony opens his bag... but he doesn't play the hidden immunity idol, they all think they're good.

Votes:
Tasha - 1
Tony - 1
Trish - 1
Tasha - 2... 3 - TASHA is voted out (oh, Kass & Woo decided to stick with the godfather, cult leader, Russell Hantz... but I still think he will win if he makes it to the end.)

So with Tasha leaving, that takes Sue S., Linda G. and Tamara J. out of the pool.

Next time on Survivor - Kass & Tony are still fighting, which Chaos Kass loves; but she may have met her match when Trish gets in on it. (She did make dreadlock girl quit.)

Tasha's final thoughts: given the start she had in the Luzon tribe, it was amazing for her to make it this far.  They were probably smart to get rid of her when they did because she felt like she had another immunity run in her.  (She wasn't happy to be leaving but she wasn't bitter either, that's refreshing.)

Have a great rest of your week everyone,

Coleen

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