Winner Winner Chicken Dinner; We're Finally Playing Some Survivor
Last week, we saw how none of these tribes are very harmonious - Shirin is too weird for White Collar, Mike is cracking the whip at Blue Collar and No Collar lost another immunity challenge and didn't shock any of us by voting off Nina.
No Collar - Night 8
-They returned from Tribal Council and explained to Will that one of them voted for him as a safety in case Nina had a hidden immunity idol. He says he totally understands... but tells the camera, he understands he's the next to go.
Blue Collar - Day 9
-Rodney's complaining that he's "stahvin" (starving) as they're all sitting around, when Dan comes across a snake in camp - so Texas boy Mike gets the machete and cuts it's head off. Kelly helped him skin it, he cooked it (it was a little garter snake really) and the boys ate it... even Rodney who they say they'll make a country boy out of yet. Rodney shrugs off the past harsh words between he & Mike as guys just being guys - so we have some male bonding happening in Blue Collar.
REWARD CHALLENGE
No one was surprised to see Nina gone from No Collar - and, I hate myself for noticing this, but the crotch of Jenn's bathing suit was wet or dirty... and I couldn't unsee it - Arrghgh!
So the challenge is blindfolded pairs being lead through a course by a caller to retrieve four items - each time they get back with an item they have to hoist it up to the caller. Once they retrieve all 4 items, the caller will send them back out for the flag. First two teams to raise their flags win immunity and reward of: 1) Chickens (3 egg-laying hens and one rooster) 2) 10 eggs
White collar sits Tyler and Blue collar sits the big boys Mike & Rodney.
White Collar: Carolyn is the caller
Blue Collar: Sierra is the caller
No Collar: Joe is the caller
And it's a sh*t-show as usual once they get going. Joe does the best job directing Jenn & Hali for No Collar but the other two tribes are really falling down in directing their people around obstacles - lots of lady groin hits into boxes, barrels, bars...
And the most dangerous part of this challenge is proving to be when they hoist the items up to the caller, they have a tendency to just let go of the rope leaving the platform to drop, Will got hit with it almost every time but the worst was Kelly - Dan let go of his side and it swung over and nailed Kelly right on the top of her forehead - she started bleeding BAD. Immediately Jeff called a halt to the challenge and got medical in there. And the cute medic with the accent takes a look at the cut on her head, he's okay with her continuing, he's just going to bandage her up so it stops bleeding (like crazy) and afterward he'll have a proper look at it. Kelly's a cop so she's a trooper, but still she's got a head injury, maybe she could sit? Nope, right back in. Oh, and they kept her blindfolded the whole time, it may have been a different story if she could see the blood.
-Off they go again - No collar was ahead and were the first tribe with their flag raised - they get the chickens.
-It's down to White and Blue collar now for second... and it's White collar coming in second and getting the eggs.
-Blue collar gets nothing except the goose egg on Kelly's forehead.
No Collar - Day 9
-They come back to their new tribe mates, the chickens - and they decide to slaughter one for Will... 'cause it's his birthday!
-Jenn is petting the chickens and doesn't want to kill them, back home she doesn't eat meat (I rolled my eyes a little, it is Survivor.) She leaves camp while the killing, gutting, cooking and eating is happening - a perfect chance for her to go looking for a hidden immunity idol... and she finds it! "I guess killing the chicken kinda worked out for me. Winner winner, chicken dinner." (LOL)
Blue Collar - Day 9
-Kelly comes back to camp with six stitches and a couple other scratches. Mike is so impressed with her toughness, he's thinking they can go far together in this game (oh ho, look who's making allies.)
-Rodney is doing the complete opposite with the girls. He's spouting his sexist crap about girls being held to a higher standard than guys and Lindsey's having none of it... she asks the camera, "What woman would raise her son to think that?" (Oh, don't say nothing 'bout his mama.) She won't let it go and gets in his face but Rodney is trying to stick to his three C's: Calm, Cool and Collective (yes, he said collective) - he can't afford to be a hot head out there. Rodney does get a lick in about Lindsey's Mike Tyson face tattoo to the camera "Anyone that gets a tattoo on their face like that has serious problems."
White Collar - Day 9
-They get back to camp and looks like they are hard boiling all the eggs.
-Shirin tells the camera she's kinda glad they didn't win the chickens because she knows none of the guys know how to kill a chicken. She starts regaling them about how she learned how to kill a chicken for Survivor by watching a video on the internet then talking to a farmer, then slaughtering a rabbit.
-Carolyn just refuses to engage her, "I'm not even..."
-Joaquin tells the camera, first thing he thought of was sociopaths, they start with is killing small animals... alright psycho, you stay over there.
-Later, Shirin's off on her own and the rest of the tribe is talking about who to sit out of the next challenge and Max thinks it might upset Shirin to sit her... which makes Carolyn mad thinking they are trying to justify sitting Carolyn instead. They reassure her that it could be any one of them sitting, depends on the challenge... But Carolyn says on the scale of one to crazy both Max and Shirin are about a 10 to her.
-Once Max and Shirin are both bottomless by the water, Carolyn makes her move on Joaquin and Tyler trying to get them to agree to vote off Max if it gets to that - "he's like a cult leader and you guys are bromanced." She wants to cut the head off the snake. But I don't think the guys are on board with her dislike of the bearded one.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
Each tribe member will be attached to a rope, one at a time per tribe they will head out maneuvering through obstacles to retrieve a bag of balls - once they have all the bags, they race to the finish where they must balance on a beam and attempt to raise a ball up a wall full of holes to the top. (Rope & pulley system so they can move the ball left and right flat against the wall... I don't really know how to explain it so hopefully you saw the show.)
First two teams win immunity and third place goes to tribal council ... (someone please wash Jenn's drawers - I can't unsee it... it's like a train wreck.)
Blue collar sits Dan and ... reluctantly, Lindsey (her mouth is a liability.)
White collar sits Shirin and she doesn't look impressed either (and she's admitted she's a bunny boiler too!)
-They jockey back and forth but are all three tribes are pretty close together - they all get to trying to set the balls.
-Blue collar started first but were the last to get their first ball. White and No Collar get two balls in first but they tie up and NO COLLAR is the first tribe to win Immunity.
-Kelly almost had the last ball but she fell off the balance beam and Rodney tapped in, but he couldn't bring it home, WHITE COLLAR comes in second, sending Blue Collar to Tribal Council for the very first time.
-Sierra tells the camera that Rodney held them up today, both in the challenges and at camp, it's Rodney that's got to go.
Blue Collar - Day 11
-They're back at camp after their first loss and they put up subtitles when Lindsey is speaking (huh?) She says she's really proud all of them were on her mat that first day (blah blah... they all agree...)
-But...Mike tells the camera going to Tribal Council could be just what this tribe needed.
-Lindsey and Dan go for water and he asks her if she's thinking him tonight but she says she's voting for Rodney... And we get Mike's sexist view on listening like a guy - and trying to fix things because that's what guys do - or listening like a girl - where you empathize, just nod your head and agree (hmm, have you met Lindsey?)
-Dan nods his head and agrees, "if getting rid of Rodney will bring this tribe together, that's the way to go." (Then he gives a creepy, patronizing smile and he's patting himself on the back for being smarter than he looks.)
-Next we see Dan, Mike, Kelly & Rodney in the water talking about the younger girls having isolated themselves into a group of two - Rodney takes the lead because he says, "I'm a leader no matter what. I'm a Tom Brady." He continues that those broads (nice) have no idea what they're doing, they came into this game with no strategy at all. Rodney is gunning for Lindsey, she is so disrespectful (that mouthy broad doesn't know her place huh, Rodney? This guy needs a swift kick.) He goes on about how if they were back home he'd grab her by the hair and spank her like a bad baby (OMG, you're talking to another woman you know.)
-Kelly is listening like a woman though and just smiles and nods - later Mike tells her he doesn't trust Rodney, and she agrees, but Lindsey is also p*ssing him off... Kelly's with him 110%... (What does that mean? Who are you guys voting for?)
-Kelly talks to Sierra who also says it's got to be Rodney. Kelly tells the camera that Lindsey & Rodney clash, they both want to be the boss but Lindsey is being bitchy about it... (Uh, so is Rodney.) Mike & Kelly are a unit and they can decide to vote with the guys and take Lindsey out or the girls and take Rodney out - either way, Kelly's just glad it's not her.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
-Blue Collar got their torches lit.
-Jeff asked Dan who bonded - and Dan throws out Lindsey & Sierra bonded really quickly.
-Rodney admits that he and Lindsey are like chicken parm and tuna fish, they just don't go together.
-Lindsey agrees - they are from different backgrounds and have very different morals... meaning Rodney has none.
-Sierra backs her up saying his language is vulgar and the way he talks about and treats women is very demeaning.
-Kelly agrees but she also knows you have to bite your tongue out there - she does wish he would shut up, "I don't want to hear your mouth."
-Now Rodney tries to defend himself by saying his number one girl is his mother and she would be the first to tell you he's the biggest sweetheart out there (somehow I don't think he talks the same way to his mother that's he's been talking out there.) He goes on about women having to hold themselves to a higher standard...he's been burned... blah blah blah - and Jeff tells him he's got to understand that he just offended millions of women with that comment - and Rodney is genuinely confused, he has no idea what Jeff is talking about. (Sierra is right, he horses are smarter than this guy.)
-Rodney justifies it by saying that the girls are coming for his head so he's going to look the enemy in the eye and fight back.
-Kelly paints herself in a corner saying if they vote one of the girls they l
ose both their votes, if they vote Rodney they gain some goodwill...
-Lindsey comes to her rescue with her pro-blue collar rant that she loves these people and no matter who goes home someone from Blue collar is going to win a million dollars (which had Rodney rolling his eyes.)
-Mike gives credit to Lindsey for bringing them together with that same speech on day one - he'd hate to be on any other tribe - they've created bonds and that's massive.
Time To Vote:
They don't show us who anyone voted for.
Tallying the Votes:
No one played a hidden idol (Does anyone have it on Blue? I don't remember.)
Rodney - 1
Lindsey - 1
Rodney - 2
Lindsey - 2
Ciara - 1 (Sierra)
Sierra - 2
What??? It's a three way tie. So Lindsey, Rodney and Sierra sit out the revote and the other three vote for...
Lindsey - 1, 2... ahhhh, I'm disappointed I'll have to put up with Meathead for a while longer but I can't say I'm surprised that her mouth got her booted.
-She acknowledges that with her personality sometimes you are the fire and sometimes you get burned. She's walking off the island because she hurt a man's ego but she won't ever apologize and she would do it again.
-So with Lindsey leaving that takes Roxanne S., Robert L. and Philip K. out of the pool.
Blue Collar - Night 11
-It was not a happy homecoming for Sierra - she wants to know who voted for her and Mike tells her they voted that way in case one of them had an idol, simple as that.
-Then Dan makes it worse listing things she's done that made them vote for her and he gets her crying.
-Then Rodney piles on that they wrote his name down so he's got no sympathy for her tears - this is Survivor, if you can't hack it pack your bags and go home.
-Mike doesn't want Sierra to feel alienated, he makes a speech that they need to stop piling on Sierra and make these first 11 days mean something so they can come together later on if they are split up... but he's pretty sure they've lost Sierra's trust for good.
REWARD CHALLENGE
-Jeff tells them to take their last look Blue collar cause they are switching things up... Sierra is excited, her tribe is absolutely dead to her, Dead!
Jeff pulls out a tray of new buffs all wrapped up... and they each choose one: upon the unwrapping we have:
Blue Tribe (Escameca)
Dan, Sierra, Rodney, Mike, are joined by Joaquin, Tyler and Joe (Holy crap, Sierra's with all the boys... and she's trying to pretend she's happy to be stuck with three of her previous tribe mates.)
Red Tribe (Nagarote)
Will, Jenn, Hali are joined by Max, Kelly, Carolyn and Shirin (this was a horrible mix up for this tribe - especially Kelly who is the only Blue collar on that new tribe and she's scared to death.)
This is the ball launch challenge - they launch balls and the guys in the field have to catch the balls in their lacrosse like sticks - doesn't matter the colour of the ball, you get a point - first tribe to five points wins Reward of kitchen supplies: pots, pans, utensils, oils, spices, sausages, peppers - plus, any rewards won previously by White collar will go to the winner of this challenge today (so last challenge's reward- are there any eggs left?)
-Off they go - Tied 1-1 after first round. 3-1 for blue after 2nd round, 4-1 for blue (Escameca), 5-2 after last round - Escameca wins reward.
-Carolyn was so excited to be switching tribes but then she opens it up and she's with Max & Shirin... "Are the Survivor gods trying to kill me?" (Haha, I kinda like Carolyn.)
Nagarote - Day 12
-New tribe returns to camp and Hali sizes things up, they have 3 No collar, 3 White collar and 1 Blue collar so they have to try and bring Kelly over, but they're so laid back, she's not sure if it will happen organically.
-Shirin is trying to prove how well she knows this game by basically saying exactly the same thing, they need to pull over blue collar (yeah, you're not smarter, just more annoying.)
-Shirin starts talking Kelly up and Kelly tells us as an undercover cop this is like going into a house to buy drugs from people you don't know, you have to get talking cause your life might depend on it... She's telling the camera she might not be in as bad a spot as she originally thought. And she tells Shirin that she is definitely in to play with them.
-Shirin is patting herself on the back for her awesome game play.
Escameca - Day 12
-They return the conquering heros but Mike is worried, eventhough there are four blue collar on this new tribe, with Dan & Rodney laying into Sierra last night, he's got to make sure these three new guys aren't able to sway her over to their side and take their numbers away.
-Joaquin is quick to start feeling everyone out and he tells the camera he's going to start working them like he did with his last tribe. He's already got Rodney talking about his dead sister.
-Mike makes a call for water volunteers and Dan & Rodney go with him, leaving Sierra alone with the three new guys (oh come on, you can't tell me that wasn't set up) - immediately she is telling them how grateful she is that the new people are there because all the people on her old tribe suck and they treat her like sh*t everyday.
-Tyler loves it, she's like the broken puppy and he's more than happy to have her with him.
-Mike is nervous seeing Sierra talking to the guys because he needs her as a number... (probably shouldn't have treated her so poorly then.)
Nagarote - Day 12
-Shirin brought the crazy with her... she's singing... is that America the Beautiful?
-Jenn tells us she doesn't even know the girl with the long black hair's name [Shirin] but she doesn't like her, she's been there less than 12 hours but Jenn knows everything about her life - she just does not stop talking. "It's driving me insane!" (I'm with you Jenn - but Shirin's my only shot at winning the pool... I don't know if it's worth it.)
-Next thing you know Max is hobbling up the beach with stingray stings in both feet. Jenn, a former lifeguard, grabs the drinking water pot off the fire and tells him to stick his feet in the hot water. He does and says it feels better... then Hali gets a look at the huge plantar wart he has on the bottom of his foot and she's disgusted that he'd put his contagious warty feet in their drinking water pot (Max is also not making friends among the No Collars.)
-Will is telling Carolyn that Max is already getting on his nerves and she welcomes him to her world. Carolyn is so not with Max & Shirin - she knows she has to be patient, but to blindside them would be so sweet.
Escameca - Day 14
-Dan admits to Mike that he's worried about Sierra and Mike basically tells him it's his fault for ripping into her - "be a man, apologize and they'll go from there."
-Dan agrees that he'll see if Sierra will talk with him and he's going to explain...
-Mike tells him no, in his experience with women she just wants to hear 'I'm sorry' so she can be right (if you try to explain, you'll just prove how much of an idiot you are...)
-Dan is offended that Mike would dare tell him how to talk to women (well someone has to... I'm kinda looking forward to this)... and Dan doesn't disappoint - he goes for water with Sierra and starts his apology by owing that his timing was bad [throwing all her mistakes in her face after last Tribal] but then he says she made him feel bad too, so... (Really? That's how you chose to play this?? If anything, he made it worse.)
-Sierra said it was the crappiest apology ever and she's going with whoever will appreciate her, which is not the Blue Collars.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-Two members from each tribe will put pots on a sled and drag it through a series of obstacles, once they reach the finish, they'll place the round pots on stands and head back for the next pair to go. Once all 8 pots are on the stands, one person will use a wrecking ball to smash the pots. First tribe to smash all their pots wins immunity.
-Off they go and Escameca is out to an early lead, Jeff points out that this challenge may be better geared to all the men on Escameca... pulling that sled through mud is not easy. But hopefully the smashing will even things out? Nope - Escameca laps Nagarote to get all their pots set... and Dan has smashed all 8 of their pots before Nagarote even got to the smashing stage. Wow, that sucks. What a blow out.
-Max said the hardest part of the loss for him was not smiling too big when they lost - he wants to go to tribal council and change the dynamic around camp. (Never be happy about Tribal - Survivor karma will get ya.)
Nagarote - Day 14
- They return to camp and Max is regaling Jenn with the astrological signs of the past winners of Survivor - Capricorns have won the most followed by a couple Leos (yeah! Leo!).
-Jenn is a little weirded out - she's a fan of Survivor, seen every episode, but why does Max know so much, down to the littlest detail, it's like a crazy sports fan knows all the stats of a basketball game from 10 years ago, why do you know that stuff?
-Hali & Jenn are talking about who they want to vote for - they're assuming Will is with them, and they don't like Max or Shirin but they don't know if they can get Kelly - (Carolyn, go talk to Carolyn!) They decide they should vote Shirin tonight and keep Max for challenges.
-Back at camp, Shirin is talking to Max & Kelly saying they should take Will out tonight because Jenn is much more of a beast in challenges. And Max pipes up that they need to blindside him (Max is just looking forward to the sneaky, backstabbing glorious part of Survivor.)
-Max is confident that they were able to secure Kelly's much sought after swing vote with Shirin's work up front. Shirin is pretty sure they've got all the brains and she has successfully orchestrated everything that's going down tonight.
-Shirin goes and talks to Carolyn telling her they have Kelly with them to vote Will tonight.
-Carolyn tells the camera that they think Kelly is the swing vote but she can take that power away from her by voting with the No Collars... "I think an epic blindside may be in the making."
-Then Carolyn goes and talks to Jenn, telling her in no uncertain terms that she is not part of the White Collar three, if they want to take one of them out, she is 100% in with them. Jenn is so relieved, that makes their lives so much easier (and that is what No Collar is all about.)
-Max asks Shirin what the nature of her talk with Carolyn was like and she says she told Carolyn it was Will, no questions, she said great. He wants to protect against any unexpected events tonight... (they don't know Carolyn has a hidden idol right? Or does she still have it if it was left at the other camp?)
-Back at camp, the No Collars, Carolyn and Kelly are talking and Carolyn lets Kelly know she's not tight with Shirin and Max, those two will never vote each other out - so now Kelly knows it's probably not in her best interest to align with Shirin & Max - so then the debate moves on to who they want out - they may need Max for challenges... and Shirin never shuts up (sounds like the choice is made) but apparently they find Max & Shirin equally annoying.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
-Shirin says they all gelled really quickly better than White Collar ever did - then she stops because she says that Jeff is making a face at her like she's delusional... (and then everyone is making a face at her like she's delusional.) Maybe he was just looking at her intensely and Jeff says that's just me.
-Kelly doesn't agree with Shirin's take on the new tribe, she says there has been a few things that have happened but when she doesn't want to elaborate Max jumps in citing what happened in One World where one tribe got all the athletic, good looking people and the other tribe got the misfits - "we may be spouting false Kumbaya to try and trick ourselves into thinking we still have a chance."
-This makes Jenn laugh and Jeff asks her why and she says she's laughing at his knowledge of past players and seasons - Max & Shirin know everything and she wonders how they know that and WHY they know that much. She has trouble remembering everyone who's here's name.
-Max says guilty as charged - he just loves Survivor. He may not know his mother's cell phone number but he knows what happened at the swap in One World. "That's what speed dial's for, right?"
-Shirin wears her love of Survivor as a badge of honour, she says this has been her life's dream and she hopes they understand her respect for the game and that she's an obsessive type.
-Will says they see both Max & Shirin's behaviour around camp, those two will go off and just talk back and forth - he doesn't know if they're strategizing or what, but the two of them do that, all day.
-Jeff asks Hali what they are basing their votes on tonight because there is no question they are out matched physically by the other tribe - she says there are strategic votes that can happen, loyalty votes or even just quality of life votes that could happen - and after tonight's vote she thinks it will be a much more pleasant camp life for all of us.
-Will says he thinks there will be a blindside tonight.
-Shirin says it could be, if its her it would be a blindside - she thinks if there is some unpleasantness around camp, a blindside is a way to put an end to that and move on. (Do you realize you're the unpleasantness? I don't think she does.)
Time to Vote:
Shirin votes Will - to win challenges and for space in the bed.
Jenn votes... they didn't show it but she said, "Please stop talking."
Tallying the Votes:
Jeff asks if anyone has a hidden immunity idol and wants to play it, now is the time... Max looks behind him and says, "Hey Jeff, hold up... I just always wanted to say that." (Really? This is not your fantasy camp experience, this is actually you playing Survivor and screwing it up.)
Carolyn just shook her head and Jeff was like, "oookay."
Votes:
Will - 1, 2
Max - 1, 2, 3, 4... It's MAX going home. (Wow, I totally thought it would Shirin, I guess the plantar wart pushed him over the top.) Shirin looks shocked, she can't believe her orchestrations failed... (that's what happens when you get cocky in this game - you should know that, super fan.)
And with Max leaving Kim B/Gail W, Bernice R. and the Dream Team are out of the pool.
Next time - Joaquin and Rodney are bromancing big time and Mike wants to break up the power couple.
Max's final thoughts - "Pre-merge boot, that's a little uncomfy." The 14 days he spent out there only deepened his love for the game but most of all it deepened his appreciation for how difficult it is to play it. He's humbled, awed and thrilled he got to live out his dream of playing Survivor.
Phew, two hour episode recaps are a killer. Have a great weekend everybody,
Coleen
Last week, we saw how none of these tribes are very harmonious - Shirin is too weird for White Collar, Mike is cracking the whip at Blue Collar and No Collar lost another immunity challenge and didn't shock any of us by voting off Nina.
No Collar - Night 8
-They returned from Tribal Council and explained to Will that one of them voted for him as a safety in case Nina had a hidden immunity idol. He says he totally understands... but tells the camera, he understands he's the next to go.
Blue Collar - Day 9
-Rodney's complaining that he's "stahvin" (starving) as they're all sitting around, when Dan comes across a snake in camp - so Texas boy Mike gets the machete and cuts it's head off. Kelly helped him skin it, he cooked it (it was a little garter snake really) and the boys ate it... even Rodney who they say they'll make a country boy out of yet. Rodney shrugs off the past harsh words between he & Mike as guys just being guys - so we have some male bonding happening in Blue Collar.
REWARD CHALLENGE
No one was surprised to see Nina gone from No Collar - and, I hate myself for noticing this, but the crotch of Jenn's bathing suit was wet or dirty... and I couldn't unsee it - Arrghgh!
So the challenge is blindfolded pairs being lead through a course by a caller to retrieve four items - each time they get back with an item they have to hoist it up to the caller. Once they retrieve all 4 items, the caller will send them back out for the flag. First two teams to raise their flags win immunity and reward of: 1) Chickens (3 egg-laying hens and one rooster) 2) 10 eggs
White collar sits Tyler and Blue collar sits the big boys Mike & Rodney.
White Collar: Carolyn is the caller
Blue Collar: Sierra is the caller
No Collar: Joe is the caller
And it's a sh*t-show as usual once they get going. Joe does the best job directing Jenn & Hali for No Collar but the other two tribes are really falling down in directing their people around obstacles - lots of lady groin hits into boxes, barrels, bars...
And the most dangerous part of this challenge is proving to be when they hoist the items up to the caller, they have a tendency to just let go of the rope leaving the platform to drop, Will got hit with it almost every time but the worst was Kelly - Dan let go of his side and it swung over and nailed Kelly right on the top of her forehead - she started bleeding BAD. Immediately Jeff called a halt to the challenge and got medical in there. And the cute medic with the accent takes a look at the cut on her head, he's okay with her continuing, he's just going to bandage her up so it stops bleeding (like crazy) and afterward he'll have a proper look at it. Kelly's a cop so she's a trooper, but still she's got a head injury, maybe she could sit? Nope, right back in. Oh, and they kept her blindfolded the whole time, it may have been a different story if she could see the blood.
-Off they go again - No collar was ahead and were the first tribe with their flag raised - they get the chickens.
-It's down to White and Blue collar now for second... and it's White collar coming in second and getting the eggs.
-Blue collar gets nothing except the goose egg on Kelly's forehead.
No Collar - Day 9
-They come back to their new tribe mates, the chickens - and they decide to slaughter one for Will... 'cause it's his birthday!
-Jenn is petting the chickens and doesn't want to kill them, back home she doesn't eat meat (I rolled my eyes a little, it is Survivor.) She leaves camp while the killing, gutting, cooking and eating is happening - a perfect chance for her to go looking for a hidden immunity idol... and she finds it! "I guess killing the chicken kinda worked out for me. Winner winner, chicken dinner." (LOL)
Blue Collar - Day 9
-Kelly comes back to camp with six stitches and a couple other scratches. Mike is so impressed with her toughness, he's thinking they can go far together in this game (oh ho, look who's making allies.)
-Rodney is doing the complete opposite with the girls. He's spouting his sexist crap about girls being held to a higher standard than guys and Lindsey's having none of it... she asks the camera, "What woman would raise her son to think that?" (Oh, don't say nothing 'bout his mama.) She won't let it go and gets in his face but Rodney is trying to stick to his three C's: Calm, Cool and Collective (yes, he said collective) - he can't afford to be a hot head out there. Rodney does get a lick in about Lindsey's Mike Tyson face tattoo to the camera "Anyone that gets a tattoo on their face like that has serious problems."
White Collar - Day 9
-They get back to camp and looks like they are hard boiling all the eggs.
-Shirin tells the camera she's kinda glad they didn't win the chickens because she knows none of the guys know how to kill a chicken. She starts regaling them about how she learned how to kill a chicken for Survivor by watching a video on the internet then talking to a farmer, then slaughtering a rabbit.
-Carolyn just refuses to engage her, "I'm not even..."
-Joaquin tells the camera, first thing he thought of was sociopaths, they start with is killing small animals... alright psycho, you stay over there.
-Later, Shirin's off on her own and the rest of the tribe is talking about who to sit out of the next challenge and Max thinks it might upset Shirin to sit her... which makes Carolyn mad thinking they are trying to justify sitting Carolyn instead. They reassure her that it could be any one of them sitting, depends on the challenge... But Carolyn says on the scale of one to crazy both Max and Shirin are about a 10 to her.
-Once Max and Shirin are both bottomless by the water, Carolyn makes her move on Joaquin and Tyler trying to get them to agree to vote off Max if it gets to that - "he's like a cult leader and you guys are bromanced." She wants to cut the head off the snake. But I don't think the guys are on board with her dislike of the bearded one.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
Each tribe member will be attached to a rope, one at a time per tribe they will head out maneuvering through obstacles to retrieve a bag of balls - once they have all the bags, they race to the finish where they must balance on a beam and attempt to raise a ball up a wall full of holes to the top. (Rope & pulley system so they can move the ball left and right flat against the wall... I don't really know how to explain it so hopefully you saw the show.)
First two teams win immunity and third place goes to tribal council ... (someone please wash Jenn's drawers - I can't unsee it... it's like a train wreck.)
Blue collar sits Dan and ... reluctantly, Lindsey (her mouth is a liability.)
White collar sits Shirin and she doesn't look impressed either (and she's admitted she's a bunny boiler too!)
-They jockey back and forth but are all three tribes are pretty close together - they all get to trying to set the balls.
-Blue collar started first but were the last to get their first ball. White and No Collar get two balls in first but they tie up and NO COLLAR is the first tribe to win Immunity.
-Kelly almost had the last ball but she fell off the balance beam and Rodney tapped in, but he couldn't bring it home, WHITE COLLAR comes in second, sending Blue Collar to Tribal Council for the very first time.
-Sierra tells the camera that Rodney held them up today, both in the challenges and at camp, it's Rodney that's got to go.
Blue Collar - Day 11
-They're back at camp after their first loss and they put up subtitles when Lindsey is speaking (huh?) She says she's really proud all of them were on her mat that first day (blah blah... they all agree...)
-But...Mike tells the camera going to Tribal Council could be just what this tribe needed.
-Lindsey and Dan go for water and he asks her if she's thinking him tonight but she says she's voting for Rodney... And we get Mike's sexist view on listening like a guy - and trying to fix things because that's what guys do - or listening like a girl - where you empathize, just nod your head and agree (hmm, have you met Lindsey?)
-Dan nods his head and agrees, "if getting rid of Rodney will bring this tribe together, that's the way to go." (Then he gives a creepy, patronizing smile and he's patting himself on the back for being smarter than he looks.)
-Next we see Dan, Mike, Kelly & Rodney in the water talking about the younger girls having isolated themselves into a group of two - Rodney takes the lead because he says, "I'm a leader no matter what. I'm a Tom Brady." He continues that those broads (nice) have no idea what they're doing, they came into this game with no strategy at all. Rodney is gunning for Lindsey, she is so disrespectful (that mouthy broad doesn't know her place huh, Rodney? This guy needs a swift kick.) He goes on about how if they were back home he'd grab her by the hair and spank her like a bad baby (OMG, you're talking to another woman you know.)
-Kelly is listening like a woman though and just smiles and nods - later Mike tells her he doesn't trust Rodney, and she agrees, but Lindsey is also p*ssing him off... Kelly's with him 110%... (What does that mean? Who are you guys voting for?)
-Kelly talks to Sierra who also says it's got to be Rodney. Kelly tells the camera that Lindsey & Rodney clash, they both want to be the boss but Lindsey is being bitchy about it... (Uh, so is Rodney.) Mike & Kelly are a unit and they can decide to vote with the guys and take Lindsey out or the girls and take Rodney out - either way, Kelly's just glad it's not her.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
-Blue Collar got their torches lit.
-Jeff asked Dan who bonded - and Dan throws out Lindsey & Sierra bonded really quickly.
-Rodney admits that he and Lindsey are like chicken parm and tuna fish, they just don't go together.
-Lindsey agrees - they are from different backgrounds and have very different morals... meaning Rodney has none.
-Sierra backs her up saying his language is vulgar and the way he talks about and treats women is very demeaning.
-Kelly agrees but she also knows you have to bite your tongue out there - she does wish he would shut up, "I don't want to hear your mouth."
-Now Rodney tries to defend himself by saying his number one girl is his mother and she would be the first to tell you he's the biggest sweetheart out there (somehow I don't think he talks the same way to his mother that's he's been talking out there.) He goes on about women having to hold themselves to a higher standard...he's been burned... blah blah blah - and Jeff tells him he's got to understand that he just offended millions of women with that comment - and Rodney is genuinely confused, he has no idea what Jeff is talking about. (Sierra is right, he horses are smarter than this guy.)
-Rodney justifies it by saying that the girls are coming for his head so he's going to look the enemy in the eye and fight back.
-Kelly paints herself in a corner saying if they vote one of the girls they l
ose both their votes, if they vote Rodney they gain some goodwill...
-Lindsey comes to her rescue with her pro-blue collar rant that she loves these people and no matter who goes home someone from Blue collar is going to win a million dollars (which had Rodney rolling his eyes.)
-Mike gives credit to Lindsey for bringing them together with that same speech on day one - he'd hate to be on any other tribe - they've created bonds and that's massive.
Time To Vote:
They don't show us who anyone voted for.
Tallying the Votes:
No one played a hidden idol (Does anyone have it on Blue? I don't remember.)
Rodney - 1
Lindsey - 1
Rodney - 2
Lindsey - 2
Ciara - 1 (Sierra)
Sierra - 2
What??? It's a three way tie. So Lindsey, Rodney and Sierra sit out the revote and the other three vote for...
Lindsey - 1, 2... ahhhh, I'm disappointed I'll have to put up with Meathead for a while longer but I can't say I'm surprised that her mouth got her booted.
-She acknowledges that with her personality sometimes you are the fire and sometimes you get burned. She's walking off the island because she hurt a man's ego but she won't ever apologize and she would do it again.
-So with Lindsey leaving that takes Roxanne S., Robert L. and Philip K. out of the pool.
Blue Collar - Night 11
-It was not a happy homecoming for Sierra - she wants to know who voted for her and Mike tells her they voted that way in case one of them had an idol, simple as that.
-Then Dan makes it worse listing things she's done that made them vote for her and he gets her crying.
-Then Rodney piles on that they wrote his name down so he's got no sympathy for her tears - this is Survivor, if you can't hack it pack your bags and go home.
-Mike doesn't want Sierra to feel alienated, he makes a speech that they need to stop piling on Sierra and make these first 11 days mean something so they can come together later on if they are split up... but he's pretty sure they've lost Sierra's trust for good.
REWARD CHALLENGE
-Jeff tells them to take their last look Blue collar cause they are switching things up... Sierra is excited, her tribe is absolutely dead to her, Dead!
Jeff pulls out a tray of new buffs all wrapped up... and they each choose one: upon the unwrapping we have:
Blue Tribe (Escameca)
Dan, Sierra, Rodney, Mike, are joined by Joaquin, Tyler and Joe (Holy crap, Sierra's with all the boys... and she's trying to pretend she's happy to be stuck with three of her previous tribe mates.)
Red Tribe (Nagarote)
Will, Jenn, Hali are joined by Max, Kelly, Carolyn and Shirin (this was a horrible mix up for this tribe - especially Kelly who is the only Blue collar on that new tribe and she's scared to death.)
This is the ball launch challenge - they launch balls and the guys in the field have to catch the balls in their lacrosse like sticks - doesn't matter the colour of the ball, you get a point - first tribe to five points wins Reward of kitchen supplies: pots, pans, utensils, oils, spices, sausages, peppers - plus, any rewards won previously by White collar will go to the winner of this challenge today (so last challenge's reward- are there any eggs left?)
-Off they go - Tied 1-1 after first round. 3-1 for blue after 2nd round, 4-1 for blue (Escameca), 5-2 after last round - Escameca wins reward.
-Carolyn was so excited to be switching tribes but then she opens it up and she's with Max & Shirin... "Are the Survivor gods trying to kill me?" (Haha, I kinda like Carolyn.)
Nagarote - Day 12
-New tribe returns to camp and Hali sizes things up, they have 3 No collar, 3 White collar and 1 Blue collar so they have to try and bring Kelly over, but they're so laid back, she's not sure if it will happen organically.
-Shirin is trying to prove how well she knows this game by basically saying exactly the same thing, they need to pull over blue collar (yeah, you're not smarter, just more annoying.)
-Shirin starts talking Kelly up and Kelly tells us as an undercover cop this is like going into a house to buy drugs from people you don't know, you have to get talking cause your life might depend on it... She's telling the camera she might not be in as bad a spot as she originally thought. And she tells Shirin that she is definitely in to play with them.
-Shirin is patting herself on the back for her awesome game play.
Escameca - Day 12
-They return the conquering heros but Mike is worried, eventhough there are four blue collar on this new tribe, with Dan & Rodney laying into Sierra last night, he's got to make sure these three new guys aren't able to sway her over to their side and take their numbers away.
-Joaquin is quick to start feeling everyone out and he tells the camera he's going to start working them like he did with his last tribe. He's already got Rodney talking about his dead sister.
-Mike makes a call for water volunteers and Dan & Rodney go with him, leaving Sierra alone with the three new guys (oh come on, you can't tell me that wasn't set up) - immediately she is telling them how grateful she is that the new people are there because all the people on her old tribe suck and they treat her like sh*t everyday.
-Tyler loves it, she's like the broken puppy and he's more than happy to have her with him.
-Mike is nervous seeing Sierra talking to the guys because he needs her as a number... (probably shouldn't have treated her so poorly then.)
Nagarote - Day 12
-Shirin brought the crazy with her... she's singing... is that America the Beautiful?
-Jenn tells us she doesn't even know the girl with the long black hair's name [Shirin] but she doesn't like her, she's been there less than 12 hours but Jenn knows everything about her life - she just does not stop talking. "It's driving me insane!" (I'm with you Jenn - but Shirin's my only shot at winning the pool... I don't know if it's worth it.)
-Next thing you know Max is hobbling up the beach with stingray stings in both feet. Jenn, a former lifeguard, grabs the drinking water pot off the fire and tells him to stick his feet in the hot water. He does and says it feels better... then Hali gets a look at the huge plantar wart he has on the bottom of his foot and she's disgusted that he'd put his contagious warty feet in their drinking water pot (Max is also not making friends among the No Collars.)
-Will is telling Carolyn that Max is already getting on his nerves and she welcomes him to her world. Carolyn is so not with Max & Shirin - she knows she has to be patient, but to blindside them would be so sweet.
Escameca - Day 14
-Dan admits to Mike that he's worried about Sierra and Mike basically tells him it's his fault for ripping into her - "be a man, apologize and they'll go from there."
-Dan agrees that he'll see if Sierra will talk with him and he's going to explain...
-Mike tells him no, in his experience with women she just wants to hear 'I'm sorry' so she can be right (if you try to explain, you'll just prove how much of an idiot you are...)
-Dan is offended that Mike would dare tell him how to talk to women (well someone has to... I'm kinda looking forward to this)... and Dan doesn't disappoint - he goes for water with Sierra and starts his apology by owing that his timing was bad [throwing all her mistakes in her face after last Tribal] but then he says she made him feel bad too, so... (Really? That's how you chose to play this?? If anything, he made it worse.)
-Sierra said it was the crappiest apology ever and she's going with whoever will appreciate her, which is not the Blue Collars.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-Two members from each tribe will put pots on a sled and drag it through a series of obstacles, once they reach the finish, they'll place the round pots on stands and head back for the next pair to go. Once all 8 pots are on the stands, one person will use a wrecking ball to smash the pots. First tribe to smash all their pots wins immunity.
-Off they go and Escameca is out to an early lead, Jeff points out that this challenge may be better geared to all the men on Escameca... pulling that sled through mud is not easy. But hopefully the smashing will even things out? Nope - Escameca laps Nagarote to get all their pots set... and Dan has smashed all 8 of their pots before Nagarote even got to the smashing stage. Wow, that sucks. What a blow out.
-Max said the hardest part of the loss for him was not smiling too big when they lost - he wants to go to tribal council and change the dynamic around camp. (Never be happy about Tribal - Survivor karma will get ya.)
Nagarote - Day 14
- They return to camp and Max is regaling Jenn with the astrological signs of the past winners of Survivor - Capricorns have won the most followed by a couple Leos (yeah! Leo!).
-Jenn is a little weirded out - she's a fan of Survivor, seen every episode, but why does Max know so much, down to the littlest detail, it's like a crazy sports fan knows all the stats of a basketball game from 10 years ago, why do you know that stuff?
-Hali & Jenn are talking about who they want to vote for - they're assuming Will is with them, and they don't like Max or Shirin but they don't know if they can get Kelly - (Carolyn, go talk to Carolyn!) They decide they should vote Shirin tonight and keep Max for challenges.
-Back at camp, Shirin is talking to Max & Kelly saying they should take Will out tonight because Jenn is much more of a beast in challenges. And Max pipes up that they need to blindside him (Max is just looking forward to the sneaky, backstabbing glorious part of Survivor.)
-Max is confident that they were able to secure Kelly's much sought after swing vote with Shirin's work up front. Shirin is pretty sure they've got all the brains and she has successfully orchestrated everything that's going down tonight.
-Shirin goes and talks to Carolyn telling her they have Kelly with them to vote Will tonight.
-Carolyn tells the camera that they think Kelly is the swing vote but she can take that power away from her by voting with the No Collars... "I think an epic blindside may be in the making."
-Then Carolyn goes and talks to Jenn, telling her in no uncertain terms that she is not part of the White Collar three, if they want to take one of them out, she is 100% in with them. Jenn is so relieved, that makes their lives so much easier (and that is what No Collar is all about.)
-Max asks Shirin what the nature of her talk with Carolyn was like and she says she told Carolyn it was Will, no questions, she said great. He wants to protect against any unexpected events tonight... (they don't know Carolyn has a hidden idol right? Or does she still have it if it was left at the other camp?)
-Back at camp, the No Collars, Carolyn and Kelly are talking and Carolyn lets Kelly know she's not tight with Shirin and Max, those two will never vote each other out - so now Kelly knows it's probably not in her best interest to align with Shirin & Max - so then the debate moves on to who they want out - they may need Max for challenges... and Shirin never shuts up (sounds like the choice is made) but apparently they find Max & Shirin equally annoying.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
-Shirin says they all gelled really quickly better than White Collar ever did - then she stops because she says that Jeff is making a face at her like she's delusional... (and then everyone is making a face at her like she's delusional.) Maybe he was just looking at her intensely and Jeff says that's just me.
-Kelly doesn't agree with Shirin's take on the new tribe, she says there has been a few things that have happened but when she doesn't want to elaborate Max jumps in citing what happened in One World where one tribe got all the athletic, good looking people and the other tribe got the misfits - "we may be spouting false Kumbaya to try and trick ourselves into thinking we still have a chance."
-This makes Jenn laugh and Jeff asks her why and she says she's laughing at his knowledge of past players and seasons - Max & Shirin know everything and she wonders how they know that and WHY they know that much. She has trouble remembering everyone who's here's name.
-Max says guilty as charged - he just loves Survivor. He may not know his mother's cell phone number but he knows what happened at the swap in One World. "That's what speed dial's for, right?"
-Shirin wears her love of Survivor as a badge of honour, she says this has been her life's dream and she hopes they understand her respect for the game and that she's an obsessive type.
-Will says they see both Max & Shirin's behaviour around camp, those two will go off and just talk back and forth - he doesn't know if they're strategizing or what, but the two of them do that, all day.
-Jeff asks Hali what they are basing their votes on tonight because there is no question they are out matched physically by the other tribe - she says there are strategic votes that can happen, loyalty votes or even just quality of life votes that could happen - and after tonight's vote she thinks it will be a much more pleasant camp life for all of us.
-Will says he thinks there will be a blindside tonight.
-Shirin says it could be, if its her it would be a blindside - she thinks if there is some unpleasantness around camp, a blindside is a way to put an end to that and move on. (Do you realize you're the unpleasantness? I don't think she does.)
Time to Vote:
Shirin votes Will - to win challenges and for space in the bed.
Jenn votes... they didn't show it but she said, "Please stop talking."
Tallying the Votes:
Jeff asks if anyone has a hidden immunity idol and wants to play it, now is the time... Max looks behind him and says, "Hey Jeff, hold up... I just always wanted to say that." (Really? This is not your fantasy camp experience, this is actually you playing Survivor and screwing it up.)
Carolyn just shook her head and Jeff was like, "oookay."
Votes:
Will - 1, 2
Max - 1, 2, 3, 4... It's MAX going home. (Wow, I totally thought it would Shirin, I guess the plantar wart pushed him over the top.) Shirin looks shocked, she can't believe her orchestrations failed... (that's what happens when you get cocky in this game - you should know that, super fan.)
And with Max leaving Kim B/Gail W, Bernice R. and the Dream Team are out of the pool.
Next time - Joaquin and Rodney are bromancing big time and Mike wants to break up the power couple.
Max's final thoughts - "Pre-merge boot, that's a little uncomfy." The 14 days he spent out there only deepened his love for the game but most of all it deepened his appreciation for how difficult it is to play it. He's humbled, awed and thrilled he got to live out his dream of playing Survivor.
Phew, two hour episode recaps are a killer. Have a great weekend everybody,
Coleen
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