Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Survivor Game Changers - March 29, 2017 Episode Recap

Dirty Deed

Last week we had a crazy Tribal Council where two tribes went together to vote out one person and JT handed too much information over to the other tribe who capitalized on it to vote out Malcolm.

Nuku - Night 11
-JT is on the hot seat.  Sandra is asking JT what he told Culpepper and JT is going with the only strategy he has; deny, deny, deny.  They can't know what he actually told the other tribe so he's going to say they screwed him over too (which is what happened, but because JT told Brad they were voting for Sierra not just that Brad was safe - which is what he is telling his tribe now.)
-In the end it doesn't matter how hard JT is tap dancing, Sandra is pissed, she knows this is his dirty deed and she's going to send his a$$ packing.  He crossed her, it's payback time.

Nuku - Day 12
JT knows he needs a Hidden Immunity idol if he's hoping to stay so he heads out and finds a clue to the hidden idol.  Conveniently everyone is out of camp and he grabs the shovel and digs up the idol - no one the wiser.  (Hmm, that seemed pretty darn easy - seems the producers want to keep JT around.)

**New Amazing Race starts tomorrow - March 30th**

REWARD CHALLENGE - Day 12
Tavua is standing on their mat waiting for the other two tribes that went to tribal council to get there - first Mana shows up, with everyone... then Nuku gets there and it's complete shock to see Malcolm was voted out (and I'm sure relief for some of them, that's one less threat for their game.)

Okay, so the challenge - lots of moving pieces here - everyone has one job to do... One person from each tribe will be the person with the rope and grappling hook, they will have to snag first a bow.  The digger will then get to digging for a bag containing a ball, the first balancer will take the bow, balance the ball on it and cross two balance beams (one teeter-totter and one stationary up and down) to deposit the ball in the first hole.  Then the grappler will snag the next item, a handle, which the next balancer will have to balance the ball on through the balance beams again.  Once the second ball is in the second hole, the final tribe member can get started on the slide puzzle to complete the logo and win the Reward - which is a plate of PBJ sandwiches, loaf of bread and jars of peanut butter and jelly, plate of cookies and milk.  Second tribe to finish will only get a plate of sandwiches and the last tribe gets nothing.

Tavua has one extra member and sits Troyzan.

They strategize to figure out who will do what through the challenge and Debbie-does-everything says, and I quote, "I have a really good sense of balance." so Brad says, "okay, so you'll balance." This is very important because she cannot get across the second balance beam, and loses the lead her tribe had and then loses the challenge for them - then she also loses her mind! 

But first Tavua was behind through the initial hooking of the bow but Michaela dug the ball out in 2 seconds and Ozzy ran across the balance beams like they were nothing, giving Tavua the lead that they held onto, and with Zeke banging out the slide puzzle, they won the big Reward for the new little tribe that could, Tavua.

That means that Mana won the second reward, the plate of sandwiches with Debbie just finishing the balance beam (Nuku never even started the slide puzzle.) Debbie does not react well to her own failure (which is a bit of an understatement) and she blames everyone else.

Tavua - Day 12
Who cares, they won and are eating sandwiches.
-They do show us that Sarah has decided she needs options and is going to play this time like a criminal instead of a cop (ie; lying to people).  She starts talking up Troyzan, says she's going to look for an idol and wants to play with him so he better not tell anyone.  He says of course he won't, they shake.  And he reminds us that he has the idol already and he's not telling anyone.  If he can get in with Sarah and save his idol, mores the better for him.

Mana - Day 12
Oh, here we go - Debbie is fuming, she grabs all her crap and starts to storm off with everyone asking her what's wrong.  She goes on a tirade about them just making all the decisions and telling her what to do then giving her stuff to Hali to sell (?) Yeah, it was batsh!t.
Once she storms off like the drama queen she is - Brad wonders if she is acting, "what was that?" (Or you're going to wish she was just joking.)  Sierra goes after her (like she wanted, let's face it) and Debbie has now twisted everything in her mind so that Brad was the dictator that told everyone what they were going to do in the challenge and she had no say and Hali gets everything she wants and Debbie gets absolutely no respect from Brad.  She terrifies poor Tai with her delusional ranting, she screams at Brad about him crushing her heart... Yeah, Debbie better really hope they don't go to Tribal Council, she held them all hostage trying to placate her, it was crazy sauce.  Good thing she channels her rage into working out, she tells us as she starts spontaneously doing push ups - that's why she looks like she does (she must be a very angry woman.)

Nuku - Day 13
JT is making himself some coffee and Michaela asks if she can have seven drips of coffee and a spoonful of sugar.  This does not sit well with JT, when Aubry comes to get the sugar for Michaela, JT is muttering about how ignorant that is (oh ho, what's this now?)  JT apparently cannot stand Michaela, he feels like she is unstable, does nothing, and he doesn't want to babysit her.
-Sandra, ever the opportunist, is going to add fuel to that fire.  She goes over and right in front of Varner eats all the rest of the sugar, knowing full well that JT is going to think Michaela did it.
Varner's eyes looked like they were going to pop right out of his head as he watched her eat the sugar, but later, he is laughing to the camera, because it totally worked.  JT noticed the sugar was gone and is blaming Michaela who is trying to hold on to her temper but she is just seething against JT.  Varner, "JT thinks Michaela ate the sugar when it was full on Sandra." (You should be afraid, very afraid.)

Mana - Day 13
-After the Debbie Drama, this tribe is very very tense.  Tai decides he's going to go look for another idol since he played it, there might be another one - and he finds another clue.  It tells him he has to soak a wooden board and when the logo magically appears, that is where to dig (where is there a board? It must make more sense to them, seems very confusing to me.)  Tai has no time to continue in his search, but he's closer than anyone else to finding immunity again.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They have to all climb up and over a high wall, then three tribe members have to 'roll' a large cube to a suspended ring of keys.  One person has to climb the cube and get the keys off the spring then give the keys to another tribe member who will open a chest filled with sandbags.  Two more tribe members have to carry the sandbags across a balance beam (there are 100 sandbags so they have to make multiple trips) and then they have to use a sling shot to knock down five targets.  First two tribes to finish win immunity, only one tribe going to tribal council tonight.  (Tavua sits Cirie.)

Oh Jebus, there are more balance beams and Debbie is convinced that she is a gymnast and was fantastic on the beam last time so she's going to do the beam again - they try to ask her to have a better attitude and she then decrees she's NOT doing it, "There, I decided." (oh my godupus!)

Off they go and Mana is the first team over the wall and it's Brad, Debbie and Sierra rolling the cube.  Sierra is the first up to get the ring of keys and Debbie says to Brad, "Did you see I was the first one over?" He just says to her, "I love you Debbie, I don't know why you're mad at me." (Exactly! He became the focus of her not being able to admit she is not great at everything, sad.)

We move on to the next section and Tai has the misfortune to fall off the balance beam a couple times which sends Debbie off on a tirade again, "I'm glad we didn't send the gymnast, seriously..."(it was at this point that I yelled at the TV for her to shut the &%^$ up! It was enough already).

Tavua was the first tribe to start launching sandbags but I think we found something that Ozzy wasn't that great at - Mana was able to catch up and Tuku caught up so they were all knocking down the targets. Mana is the first tribe to win immunity (Debbie is lucky that Brad is a good shot.)
It comes down to Ozzy and JT shooting for their last target and Ozzy hit the target while JT missed.  Tavua wins the second immunity and it's Nuku heading to tribal council.
JT is lucky he won a hidden immunity idol, I think.
But they tease us, Michaela says when she played the last time, the challenge before she was sent home ended in slingshots, so it couldn't happen again... Oh really?

Nuku - Day 13
Aubry feels like Michaela needs to be the next to go - JT is talking to Varner, Sandra and Aubry and he's pleading his case that they will be stronger without Michaela but he's also kind of a d!ck about it, "there will be a lot less bitterness, a lot less babysitting, a lot less crybaby, a lot less sugar stealing." Which makes Sandra laugh, of course, cause she's the devil.
-They all say they are 100% with him about voting Michaela off, and he says as long as he's not going home he'll tell the truth about her at tribal council, but if it's him, he's going to shut up (you should already be shutting up, come on!) Sandra encourages him to speak his truth... and even inspects the empty sugar jar with him, oh yeah, she licked it clean (wow, she's got some big brass ones doesn't she?)

Sandra talks to Michaela and tells her that she doesn't trust JT and she wants to talk to Varner to see where he stands so that they can vote out JT tonight.  You know Michaela was all over that.  When Sandra talks to Varner he feels like he's in the perfect spot, he can choose who he wants to vote out tonight - the attitude problem or the big threat.

TRIBAL COUNCIL
Sandra tells Jeff that they blamed JT for Malcolm going home last time and JT says he did tell Brad that he was safe but still gave away too much information and got himself burned too.
-Michaela calls out JT, saying he thinks he's running things all the time.
-JT laughs, he says camp life has been tough, he thinks they are all sick of babysitting and he's never been so excited to be at tribal council.
-Sandra tells Jeff about their feud over the sugar.  "JT thinks she licked the jar clean."
-Michaela, "That's how stupid he is.  What would I lick the sugar jar for?"
Jeff asks Sandra how they decide who to vote when there are only going to be four of them left.
-Sandra says, "We're going to keep our strongest player in the game and with him we're going to move forward." (Oh yeah, she's good.)
-Michaela says she's not surprised, it's an insult to her intelligence that they've been acting like she's stupid all day. (JT is rolling his eyes - Dude, you're being played!)
-Then JT uses the rope they gave him to hang himself - he starts listing her faults... she tells him to shut up by polling them if she's washed dishes, cooked food, delivered food... he's never seen it.
-Jeff polls them all if they agree with JT about Michaela and they say that JT does speak for them regarding Michaela, Sandra says he doesn't speak for her, but he does make some valid points about moving forward in the game.
-There is some more blah blah blah... Aubry likes Michaela, she's a strong female but camp life is uncomfortable, Varner agrees something needs to be done... and then it's...

Time to Vote:
JT votes for Michaela - you got a lot to learn kid.
Michaela votes for JT - you do not speak for me, good-bye Felicia.
Aubry votes Michaela
Sandra votes for JT - The queen stays queen, Adios.

Tallying the votes:

No one plays a hidden immunity idol (oh, JT, JT, JT...) and Michaela takes this opportunity to pour herself a cup of water, just chillin'

Votes:
Michaela - 1
JT - 1
Michaela - 2
JT - 2
Final vote is JT - and Michaela flips her hair at him, "Tell Malcolm you sent him home too." He is a bit like a whipped puppy, "I will."  (I don't like her showboating, at least be the bigger person - but  no, got to rub it in.)  Oh, and Sandra admits she finished the sugar to the rest of them - Aubry's got to pretend she's impressed but I bet she's sweating now.

So, with JT leaving that takes Kevin R., Jeff T., and Melissa G. out of the pool - (plus he is the first of the original Nuku tribe to be voted out, just a little trivia there.)

Next week - they are told to drop their buffs again, someone is sent to Exile Island (What??? NNOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!) and a former Survivor makes a surprise return (Holy carp, what's going on?)

JT's final thoughts: I got a little over confident in myself and didn't bring my idol to tribal council, I didn't think I needed it.  I made a very, very foolish mistake and I let myself down.  I blew it, it's as simple as that. (Yup, pretty much.)

Have a great rest of your week everyone,

Coleen











 

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