Million Dollar Gamble - PART 1
Buckle up everybody cause it was a two hour extravaganza (well, two episodes back to back) last night meaning I'm going to try and keep it brief but still include the juicy stuff.
First, last episode we saw Taylor finally get his comeuppance for stealing the food with absolutely no remorse but he tarred Jay with his brush and did his best to paint a target on Adam's back on his way out.
Vinaka - Night 25
-They return to camp and Adam is apologizing right away I thought about not telling them about his advantage but really, who would not keep that a secret from everyone, I guess it was because he didn't tell them about the food. It seems he gets a pass because Taylor was the guiltiest party and Taylor was voted out.
-David wanted to know if there was any food left, Adam said he knew where it was but then Jay told them Taylor moved it and as a token of good faith, Jay digs up the one jar left of stolen dried fruit. He knows his back is literally up against the wall after Taylor's performance at Tribal and he's got to find a way to get back into the fold.
-Jay also thinks it's perfect he hasn't used his idol yet because everyone must really think he doesn't have one.
-We also see Chris talking to Brett and saying Jay can wait, at this point Chris wants to take out Jessica - for no reason other than he's got a vendetta against her ever since Paul (member the old guy with the long grey hair, member?) Anyway, I think Chris is not playing smart, she is not his biggest threat by far... but whatever. Bret cautions Chris that they have to do this carefully, yeah, yeah, Chris tells the camera, "If it's the last thing I ever do, I'm voting her out." (seriously?)
Vinaka - Day 26
Filler - we see Hannah and Ken watching the sun rise and she's building up a pretty powerful crush on the hunky guy (oh Hannah.)
Member when Jay was saying no one thinks he has an idol... That was until Will decides he wants to start playing the game hard and his version of doing that is to approach Zeke and as a sign of his trustworthiness, spills the beans about Jay having an idol. "But don't tell anyone."
-Of course Zeke immediately tells David. David tells Chris, David tells Hannah, Zeke confirms for Hannah, Chris tells Bret, David tells Ken, Zeke confirms for Chris (holy greased lightening!) Zeke & Chris discuss a misinformation campaign, make Jay think they are voting for him to flush out the idol and then actually vote for Jess.
-Zeke is holding a lot of the cards, he's friendly with everyone, they're all bringing him information and wanting to work with him... as long as it doesn't go to his head, he's sitting pretty.
REWARD CHALLENGE:
They will be split into two teams and having to start on a platform out in the water, on Jeff's go one person at a time from each team will swim to the next platform, climb up, untie a key, slide down a pole, run up the beach and hang the key on a hook before the next person can go, once they have all five keys they will have to unlock a number of locks to release their puzzle cubes. Once all the cubes are free two tribe members will try to stack the multi-coloured blocks so there is no duplication of colours on any side. First team to complete the puzzle wins reward of a floating pizza restaurant that will be anchored just offshore so the losers can see them pigging out (that's so mean).
-As there is an uneven number of players, one person will have to sit out - David tries to bow out siting his weak swimming and everyone encourages him to not count himself out - which makes David (and me) cry. They end up drawing rocks and it's Jay that has to sit out and have no chance at the reward. (They should have made Adam sit out so he couldn't steal the reward... or could he?)
Teams end up being: Ken, Jessica, Chris, David and Will vs Bret, Zeke, Sunday, Hannah & Adam
Off they go and David holds his own - his team is actually ahead when they start on the puzzle - it's David & Chris working on stacking the blocks but it's going slowly. The other team starts on the puzzle with Zeke and Adam stacking... and they come from behind and take the REWARD! (Well, Adam doesn't need to steal the Reward cause he won it.)
REWARD:
Zeke has become Bret's drinking buddy... Zeke doesn't even like beer but if Bret needs a drinking buddy, Zeke will be that for him. Hannah wants everyone to be quiet so not to rub it in the losers faces but Bret couldn't care less...
While they are eating, a guy comes out and gives them all letters from home - Instantly Adam and Hanna are bawling! And Bret tells them to just take it easy. Adam's mom has cancer and he hasn't told anyone so his reaction is understandable to us, maybe not to everyone. (It's interesting that no one mentions the messages from home when they get back from Reward either.)
Back at camp: David, Ken & Jessica are talking and David thinks Chris, Bret & Sunday are too strong a threesome and they should be broken up. David wants to vote Chris out tonight and he thinks he can get Zeke, Hannah and Adam to vote with them (whoa, Zeke is Chris' little buddy) Ken actually brings that up and David agrees that Zeke is actually playing the best game out there right now, and he'll understand that voting Chris off is in his best interest as well. Jessica of course is all in, she feels like he's her nemesis and can't go home soon enough in her opinion.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They have to stand on a narrow beam while balancing a statue on narrow board with a long bamboo pole. At regular intervals they will move backward on the beam which will get narrower and the statue will be farther away making it harder to balance. Last person still on the beam with the statue still balanced will win Immunity.
-We get down to the bitter battle between Zeke and David... and it's David that is able to hold on the longest and win Individual immunity. (He is the epitome of the 90lb weakling but David was killing it this episode.)
Vinaka - Day 28
-Jay is bummed he didn't win immunity, he tries to pump Hannah for info but she isn't telling... he tells the camera if he feels it's him tonight, he's playing his hidden idol.
-Chris, Bret, Sunday & Zeke are talking and Chris is dictating that they vote out Jess. Sunday wanted to do that last week so she's all in. They also want to flush Jay's idol but Bret cautions they have to be subtle about that because Jay won't play it if they tell him to.
-Zeke doesn't look super convinced that voting for Jessica is the best play but he will definitely play along to their faces.
Next we see Zeke talking to David and David tells him they want to vote out Chris tonight... Zeke terms this the great Gen X Civil war and he's going to pit the Gen Xers against each other to take them all down. Zeke tells David that Chris is coming after Jess and watches the fur fly.
-Jessica knows that Chris has been gunning for her since the beginning so it's not a total shock, but she's going to fight and tells Adam the plan to vote out Chris. They both agree that they think Zeke is with them... but Adam whines, "Why can't we just vote out Jaaayyyy?"
-Zeke is right where he wants to be, with his little group of nerdy Millennials deciding which side they want to go forward with; Chris or David? Which way gets him further in his game?
TRIBAL COUNCIL #1
Taylor shaved half his head... ugh.
-Jay is a lone wolf, no one wanting to talk to him.
-David talks about voting blocks having emerged and this vote being predictability vs blindside tonight.
-Zeke elaborates that it's not quite voting blocks, its a permutation between voting blocks and alliances, still built on trust like an alliance but just smaller.
-Hannah likes to call them trust clusters and Jeff immediately adopts this term which turns Hannah all giggly fan-girl, "Jeff Probst just used a term I made up." (Oh boy, I did roll my eyes at her.)
-Bret agrees there are trust clusters and for him it comes down to who he can trust going forward and who he can't. (yup, that's pretty much how it works.)
-Chris says there is no uncertainty in the vote for him tonight.
-Adam agrees there is a sort of cold war brewing but tries to steer them back into talking about taking Jay out tonight... Jay admits he knows he's the biggest target, but no one else seems to be talking about him.
-Gen Xers go right back to talking about trust and past actions (Sunday), Jess knows they mean her but Chris says Jess has nothing to worry about (but he's not a good liar.)
-Jeff polls them on how certain they are the voting is going the way they expect tonight and David, Zeke, Sunday, Chris - they all say they are 100% certain. Jay says he has no idea what's going on but Zeke brings it back that most of them have participated in at least one blindside out there so they are all very good at playing that they can stick to the plan. Appearances are very deceiving in this game.
Time to Vote:
Jessica votes Chris - you are still holding a grudge
Chris votes Jessica - just too big a threat
Tallying the votes:
Anyone want to play a hidden immunity idol? Jay doesn't even blink - there is no idol played.
Votes:
Chris - 1
Jessica - 1
Chris - 2
Jessica - 2
Chris - 3
Jessica - 3
Chris - 4
Jessica - 4
Chris - 5... and 6 is for CHRIS. B'bye big man.
Chris' final thoughts: I was completely blindsided today. It's disappointing because I wanted to go farther in the game but Jess outplayed me. No regrets, he's coming home to his boys soon and he thanks his wife for letting him have the experience of a lifetime.
Also with Chris leaving, that takes Elaine R. and Bernice R. out of the pool.
Buckle up everybody cause it was a two hour extravaganza (well, two episodes back to back) last night meaning I'm going to try and keep it brief but still include the juicy stuff.
First, last episode we saw Taylor finally get his comeuppance for stealing the food with absolutely no remorse but he tarred Jay with his brush and did his best to paint a target on Adam's back on his way out.
Vinaka - Night 25
-They return to camp and Adam is apologizing right away I thought about not telling them about his advantage but really, who would not keep that a secret from everyone, I guess it was because he didn't tell them about the food. It seems he gets a pass because Taylor was the guiltiest party and Taylor was voted out.
-David wanted to know if there was any food left, Adam said he knew where it was but then Jay told them Taylor moved it and as a token of good faith, Jay digs up the one jar left of stolen dried fruit. He knows his back is literally up against the wall after Taylor's performance at Tribal and he's got to find a way to get back into the fold.
-Jay also thinks it's perfect he hasn't used his idol yet because everyone must really think he doesn't have one.
-We also see Chris talking to Brett and saying Jay can wait, at this point Chris wants to take out Jessica - for no reason other than he's got a vendetta against her ever since Paul (member the old guy with the long grey hair, member?) Anyway, I think Chris is not playing smart, she is not his biggest threat by far... but whatever. Bret cautions Chris that they have to do this carefully, yeah, yeah, Chris tells the camera, "If it's the last thing I ever do, I'm voting her out." (seriously?)
Vinaka - Day 26
Filler - we see Hannah and Ken watching the sun rise and she's building up a pretty powerful crush on the hunky guy (oh Hannah.)
Member when Jay was saying no one thinks he has an idol... That was until Will decides he wants to start playing the game hard and his version of doing that is to approach Zeke and as a sign of his trustworthiness, spills the beans about Jay having an idol. "But don't tell anyone."
-Of course Zeke immediately tells David. David tells Chris, David tells Hannah, Zeke confirms for Hannah, Chris tells Bret, David tells Ken, Zeke confirms for Chris (holy greased lightening!) Zeke & Chris discuss a misinformation campaign, make Jay think they are voting for him to flush out the idol and then actually vote for Jess.
-Zeke is holding a lot of the cards, he's friendly with everyone, they're all bringing him information and wanting to work with him... as long as it doesn't go to his head, he's sitting pretty.
REWARD CHALLENGE:
They will be split into two teams and having to start on a platform out in the water, on Jeff's go one person at a time from each team will swim to the next platform, climb up, untie a key, slide down a pole, run up the beach and hang the key on a hook before the next person can go, once they have all five keys they will have to unlock a number of locks to release their puzzle cubes. Once all the cubes are free two tribe members will try to stack the multi-coloured blocks so there is no duplication of colours on any side. First team to complete the puzzle wins reward of a floating pizza restaurant that will be anchored just offshore so the losers can see them pigging out (that's so mean).
-As there is an uneven number of players, one person will have to sit out - David tries to bow out siting his weak swimming and everyone encourages him to not count himself out - which makes David (and me) cry. They end up drawing rocks and it's Jay that has to sit out and have no chance at the reward. (They should have made Adam sit out so he couldn't steal the reward... or could he?)
Teams end up being: Ken, Jessica, Chris, David and Will vs Bret, Zeke, Sunday, Hannah & Adam
Off they go and David holds his own - his team is actually ahead when they start on the puzzle - it's David & Chris working on stacking the blocks but it's going slowly. The other team starts on the puzzle with Zeke and Adam stacking... and they come from behind and take the REWARD! (Well, Adam doesn't need to steal the Reward cause he won it.)
REWARD:
Zeke has become Bret's drinking buddy... Zeke doesn't even like beer but if Bret needs a drinking buddy, Zeke will be that for him. Hannah wants everyone to be quiet so not to rub it in the losers faces but Bret couldn't care less...
While they are eating, a guy comes out and gives them all letters from home - Instantly Adam and Hanna are bawling! And Bret tells them to just take it easy. Adam's mom has cancer and he hasn't told anyone so his reaction is understandable to us, maybe not to everyone. (It's interesting that no one mentions the messages from home when they get back from Reward either.)
Back at camp: David, Ken & Jessica are talking and David thinks Chris, Bret & Sunday are too strong a threesome and they should be broken up. David wants to vote Chris out tonight and he thinks he can get Zeke, Hannah and Adam to vote with them (whoa, Zeke is Chris' little buddy) Ken actually brings that up and David agrees that Zeke is actually playing the best game out there right now, and he'll understand that voting Chris off is in his best interest as well. Jessica of course is all in, she feels like he's her nemesis and can't go home soon enough in her opinion.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They have to stand on a narrow beam while balancing a statue on narrow board with a long bamboo pole. At regular intervals they will move backward on the beam which will get narrower and the statue will be farther away making it harder to balance. Last person still on the beam with the statue still balanced will win Immunity.
-We get down to the bitter battle between Zeke and David... and it's David that is able to hold on the longest and win Individual immunity. (He is the epitome of the 90lb weakling but David was killing it this episode.)
Vinaka - Day 28
-Jay is bummed he didn't win immunity, he tries to pump Hannah for info but she isn't telling... he tells the camera if he feels it's him tonight, he's playing his hidden idol.
-Chris, Bret, Sunday & Zeke are talking and Chris is dictating that they vote out Jess. Sunday wanted to do that last week so she's all in. They also want to flush Jay's idol but Bret cautions they have to be subtle about that because Jay won't play it if they tell him to.
-Zeke doesn't look super convinced that voting for Jessica is the best play but he will definitely play along to their faces.
Next we see Zeke talking to David and David tells him they want to vote out Chris tonight... Zeke terms this the great Gen X Civil war and he's going to pit the Gen Xers against each other to take them all down. Zeke tells David that Chris is coming after Jess and watches the fur fly.
-Jessica knows that Chris has been gunning for her since the beginning so it's not a total shock, but she's going to fight and tells Adam the plan to vote out Chris. They both agree that they think Zeke is with them... but Adam whines, "Why can't we just vote out Jaaayyyy?"
-Zeke is right where he wants to be, with his little group of nerdy Millennials deciding which side they want to go forward with; Chris or David? Which way gets him further in his game?
TRIBAL COUNCIL #1
Taylor shaved half his head... ugh.
-Jay is a lone wolf, no one wanting to talk to him.
-David talks about voting blocks having emerged and this vote being predictability vs blindside tonight.
-Zeke elaborates that it's not quite voting blocks, its a permutation between voting blocks and alliances, still built on trust like an alliance but just smaller.
-Hannah likes to call them trust clusters and Jeff immediately adopts this term which turns Hannah all giggly fan-girl, "Jeff Probst just used a term I made up." (Oh boy, I did roll my eyes at her.)
-Bret agrees there are trust clusters and for him it comes down to who he can trust going forward and who he can't. (yup, that's pretty much how it works.)
-Chris says there is no uncertainty in the vote for him tonight.
-Adam agrees there is a sort of cold war brewing but tries to steer them back into talking about taking Jay out tonight... Jay admits he knows he's the biggest target, but no one else seems to be talking about him.
-Gen Xers go right back to talking about trust and past actions (Sunday), Jess knows they mean her but Chris says Jess has nothing to worry about (but he's not a good liar.)
-Jeff polls them on how certain they are the voting is going the way they expect tonight and David, Zeke, Sunday, Chris - they all say they are 100% certain. Jay says he has no idea what's going on but Zeke brings it back that most of them have participated in at least one blindside out there so they are all very good at playing that they can stick to the plan. Appearances are very deceiving in this game.
Time to Vote:
Jessica votes Chris - you are still holding a grudge
Chris votes Jessica - just too big a threat
Tallying the votes:
Anyone want to play a hidden immunity idol? Jay doesn't even blink - there is no idol played.
Votes:
Chris - 1
Jessica - 1
Chris - 2
Jessica - 2
Chris - 3
Jessica - 3
Chris - 4
Jessica - 4
Chris - 5... and 6 is for CHRIS. B'bye big man.
Chris' final thoughts: I was completely blindsided today. It's disappointing because I wanted to go farther in the game but Jess outplayed me. No regrets, he's coming home to his boys soon and he thanks his wife for letting him have the experience of a lifetime.
Also with Chris leaving, that takes Elaine R. and Bernice R. out of the pool.
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