Honey Badger
Last week we met the 10 new Survivors and were reacquainted with 10 old favourites... Oh yeah, and I was one of the first out of the pool because Francesca sucks at Survivor... She made history by being the only Survivor voted out first, twice. Nice.
Bikal - Night 3
They return from Tribal Council and Dawn decides to try and speak reasonably with an obviously upset Brandon. She is trying to explain their side of why they voted out Francesca but he's having none of it, he thought Francesca was one of the nicest women he's met in Survivor period and didn't think she deserved to be done like that.
Dawn whines, "Don't be so mean, Brandon."
"I'm a ____ honey badger, dude." He goes on to say he feels sorry for her because she's still going to lose. (Yup, Brandon has as much self restraint as I remember.) He tells Dawn and Cochran to remember this conversation because they are still going to lose because of this stupid move [voting out Francesca.] By the way, no one else is saying a word, but they are all watching & listening.
-Dawn goes off and cries. (Way to go 'lil Hantz, you made her cry.) She's not used to people talking to her like that, it was a shock that he was so mean (oh lady, what part of the world do you live in? Obviously she's never worked in customer service.)
-Brandon is still on a righteous roll. He's talking to Erik, the ice cream scooper, who seems to find this amusing - Brandon says he's feeling a little revengeful and may have to go a little 'Russell Hantz' style on them. He feels his uncle's blood rushing through his veins and it feels goo-ood (oh this can not end well. But then, Brandon is usually all talk, he spouts off then repents in the light of day. We'll see if he does Hantz it up.)
-He says to the camera, "This is a game and I'm playing it dir-ty." He wants to go out with a bang.
Gota - Day 4
Fans are working around camp, we see people gathering wood and coconuts and boiling water and... Shamar, laying in the shelter, laughing at them. He tells the camera he's staying in the shelter, conserving his energy. He is avoiding getting into scuffles over water, no one seems to care about his hydration but him (way to be a team player Shamar.) He says, once they see he doesn't care about the game he won't be seen as a threat. (WHAT? That's the worst strategy ever! No one's going to resent having to feed, shelter and water you, oh no.) And his laziness is not going unnoticed, Allie says he's a group joke. "If we go to Tribal Council, Shamar's got to go, it's non-negotiable."
-Next scene is Sherri, the older blonde, telling Shamar that she wants him in her alliance with Laura (young blonde), Julia (one brunette), Matt (the beard) and Michael (the hipster.) Shamar is all in (of course, she's not asking you to do anything and they'll take you along.)
-Sherri tells the camera that Shamar is her Phillip, she wants him to keep b*tching about water and annoying people, as long as he knows she's got him and they keep the numbers over the High School Clique that has formed with Reynold, Allie, Eddie and Hope.
Bikal - Day 4
Brandon has cooled off and is calmly talking to Cochran the next morning, admitting he was ready to sabotage everything last night but realizes that he doesn't want to be seen as a quitter and he has to play nice for his kids (WHAT? He has KIDS? I'm afeared.)
-Cochran tells the camera the frightening thing about Brandon is he has these moments of extreme rage which are almost immediately followed by unbelievable pleasantness. Kind of like a sociopathic murderer (get him out!) The only thing Cochran can predict about Brandon is he's unpredictable.
-Phillip comes along and Brandon invites him over. Brandon wants them to all be on the same page about who to vote out. Phillip says he learned from Boston Rob, who used to just tell them who to vote, that he did that to restrict the flow of information. Then he makes some analogy about a CEO making someone start at middle management... and Brandon gets it, "I'm middle management." Phillip, "And the CEO don't call in mid-mgt unless there's something he wants to tell 'em."
Phillip tells the camera that he sees Brandon as totally narsistic (that's what he said. He meant narcissistic), someone who has no empathy for others - "I think that's, what someone called me last time, crazy."
-Brandon says it was good talking to you, to Phillip then goes back to camp and announces to everyone (Corinne, Brenda, Erik, Dawn) that Phillip is the biggest bully he's ever met in his life. He's calling himself the CEO of the tribe, I'm on a need to know basis, you guys couldn't trust me because of my last season that's why you didn't tell me who to vote for and I have the feeling that's going to happen again. (One thing Phillip didn't learn was how Boston Rob made everyone feel like they were important to him... Phillip isn't capable of being that personable.)
-Brandon is ranting to the camera, "Special Agent Pink Panther thought he could pull his special agent tricks with me, and that's going to be his downfall in this game."
-Brandon is telling the crowd that Phillip is trying to Boston Rob them and he doesn't like it. They have to cut the head off the snake now (there's a Survivor staple phrase).
-Dawn thinks there is still room for everyone (I wonder what colour the sky is in her world?)
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE - DAY 5
Fans were surprised to see Francesca gone - Michael says they are obviously there to play, she went home first again, no mercy over there.
In this challenge - three people from each tribe will race out to a raft, then three other tribe members will pull the raft out to a platform, the raft three will then dive down where they'll find a cage and begin removing bamboo sticks which will release rings that float - once they have all 9 rings they will be pulled back to land and the remaining three tribe members will toss the rings and try to land them on three posts - first tribe to get one ring on each of their three posts will win Immunity.
In addition, they are playing for reward: Fishing gear, net, mask, flippers, hooks, line, basket...
Fans sit Laura. And Shamar is a pouty baby when they are strategizing - do what ya'll want, I'll just pull (imagine the bottom lip sticking out and a shirt on his head - someone needs his diaper changed.)
Off they go: Erik, Andrea & Brenda are on the raft for the Favs - Julia, Sherri, and Hope for Fans. Brandon, Cochran and Corinne are pulling and the fans catch up with Shamar, Matt & Eddie pulling (Fans have all the muscle pulling, seems smart).
-Now we'll see how the swimmers do - Erik and Sherri are in the water - the others are just retrieving rings. The favourites are rotating going in the water and fans finally figure out maybe they should rotate too - Favourites get all nine rings before fans even have 4...
-Favs are back to the beach and start throwing when the Fans finally get the 9th ring.(sending all the girls swimming didn't work out so well.)
-Malcolm gets one, two ... when the fans finally get back to land and Reynold is tossing - they get one - then they rotate Phillip and and Fans rotate Mike in... and Phillip gets their third post rung and FAVOURITES win Immunity and fishing gear.
-Reynold tells the camera he's thinking Shamar is a cancer, he's got to go (that is one of my favourite reality show lines, calling someone a cancer.) He's lazy, disrespectful and he ruffles feathers for no reason. It's an easy vote tonight for Shamar.
Bikal - Day 5
Back at camp the victorious Favourites are happy and excited to break out the fishing gear.
-Phillip says he and Malcolm have to gather fire wood - while out gathering, Phillip tells Malcolm that Corinne is the Dominatrix (Malcolm says, perfect) and Phillip has Malcolm's name as the Enforcer - oh, he likes that too (yes, Malcolm knows how to get along, but he seems to genuinely find Phillip amusing.) Phillip tells the camera that Stealth-R-Us has expanded in this season and the newest member is the Enforcer, (Malcolm is all proud, mugging for the camera.)
-Malcolm tells the camera he has no idea what's going through Phillip's head, he thinks he's running some sort of spy corporation, it's getting really ridiculous.
Then Phillip runs them down for the camera:
Phillip: The Specialist
Cochran: The Intelligence Attache
Malcolm: The Enforcer
Andrea: The Eliminator
Corinne: The Dominatrix (who is looking almost as lobstered as Cochran)
Dawn: True Grit
Malcolm says he can play along for a few days but if they're Stealth-R-Us the whole time he's going to hang himself. "Phillip Shepherd is an insane person."
Gota - Day 5
Things are not so carefree over at the Fans camp. Sucks to lose and they start dissecting where they went wrong. The Favourites had muscle in the front, middle and rear - Fans stacked all the muscle in the middle.
-Michael says their problem is they didn't have anyone take charge and just tell them what they were doing...
-This made Shamar lift his head in the shelter, say everyone had something they were good at... whatever.
-Reynold calls him out, says his behaviour is unacceptable where he comes from.
-Why, cause I have an opinion?
-No the pouting when you don't get your way, it's childish.
-Let it be childish then (imagine him saying this over and over as Reynold tried to make his point. Yeah, really annoying.)
-Allie tells the camera she never understood how anyone could throw a challenge until she lived with Shamar for 5 days - now she gets it. She prays he goes home tonight.
-Back at the unacceptable/let it be childish confrontation - Shamar switches to, "What you going to do about it?" Reynold, "I'm going to vote for you tonight."
-Shamar says you don't think I knew you were going to vote for me anyway, you're just making a scene to try to sway some more people but we'll see what happens at the vote tonight.
-Reynold decides to disengage and he, Matt and Eddie go to tend the fire - Shamar taunting him the whole time, "yeah, go talk about it."
"We have to go make the fire because you didn't do it."
"Shut Up." (Ugh! That is so disrespectful. Sherri, Y U Want to keep him around?)
Gota - Day 5
-Matt/the beard tells Reynold and Eddie that he can't wait to write Shamar's name down, he's totally with them on this. Then Matt tells the camera that he and Mike have been tight and he knows his options are going with the High School Clique or voting with Sherri's crew, he hopes Mike will be with him however he decides to go.
-Mike, talking to Sherri, says they need to decide if it's Shamar or one of them (meaning the pretty 4) and she says it's definitely one of them. Matt says even if they vote Shamar out they still have a 5 to 4 advantage and the High School Clique will still think he's with them. Sherri says she believes that Shamar is acting out because he knows his name's on the block, once he survives the vote, he'll chill out (Really? I hope you're right lady, cause I can't stand 5 more TV minutes with that guy, I can't imagine how they feel, living with him 24/7.)
-Laura comes and joins them and Sherri asks her what's her feeling for the vote - Laura says one of the girls, she thinks Allie. Of the pretty people she thinks Allie is the most strategic and the only one that's thinking.
-Sherri decrees it's Allie, unless she hears otherwise.
Reynold has decided to go look for a hidden immunity idol - he's searching in holes in trees and he finds it. "This is too crazy!" Then he says a variation of that a few times... Reynold is a little excited. He says he's trying to check himself so he doesn't walk into camp with a big grin on his face and an even bigger bulge in his pocket.
-Just before they leave for Tribal Council Laura notices the bulge in his pocket (what were you doing... looking at his pockets?) But he's all shifty trying to bunch up his swim trunks under the pants - yeah, why not just wear it around your neck next time? Laura is a smart cookie, she knows he has an idol, but now she's worried that he'll pass it to Allie and screw them up (why does she think they know about the plan to vote out Allie?)
TRIBAL COUNCIL
[Jeff's comments are in blue] Michael what's it like to play a game for a million dollars with people you don't have much in common with?
-Matt & Sherri have families in common, they're married (to each other?- That's how it sounded) and they have children. Then there's the foursome, Eddie & Hope and Allie & Reynold. (Reynold doesn't look happy to be called out as the foursome.)
So Allie, did you just become fast friends the four of you?
-Yeah, we're the same age group and have things in common - we weren't excluding anybody out, it was just like, something we would do on the outside.
(Laura looks like she felt excluded).
Shamar, what's your take on these four? (Oh this should be good.)
-Eddie & Hope seem like a couple and these two just seem like a part of the foursome. (Oh, I guess he really hasn't paid any attention and he can't be bothered to even make tribal council fun. For Me.)
Matt, concern you at all that there are four people that are openly saying they're similar so they hang out on the beach.
-Ah, no. They sleep on the beach, maybe it's more comfortable for them than the shelter but I'm not overly concerned about them, no. (For some reason, Mike and Shamar look pained by what Matt's said... why?)
Shamar, how's this experience been for you?
-Jeff, I'm 300lbs, I've had two scoops of rice and 3 coconuts since I've been here so I'm drained a bit, I've been trying to conserve my energy. (Reynold's look says 'whatever'.)
What's your background, is this what you're used to?
-No, I've done two tours in Iraq in desert conditions with little food. The difference is there are leaders in the Marine corps and here everyone is individuals and no one wants to listen.
Mike, is that what happened today at the challenge, were there too many voices?
-Yeah, I knew while we were strategizing that we were in trouble. No one was making the decisions on who was the best pitcher, etc. Then it got heated.
-Reynold - I think to win these challenges you really have to be one cohesive unit but I think people get frustrated with Shamar's critiques when Shamar sits in the shelter all day while we're all sweating, getting cuts and rashes. If you want me to throw out 25 exact examples we'd be here all night, I'm not going to waste your time (Shamar is smiling, like this is hilarious.)
Shamar, you're laughing?
-Cause they can't give you 25 examples right now.
- Eddie - I can tell you that Shamar was in the shelter yesterday for 19 hours.
19 of 24 hours?
-Yeah, while we kept the fire going, made dinner, cut coconuts - we wanted Shamar to come out and hang out but it wasn't happening.
So, Shamar, were you in the shelter for the majority of the day?
-Oh yes, very much so. I just feel like I'm a good scapegoat, you know, I've been outcast a little bit from day one.
Based on what do you think?
-I think I'm big and loud Jeff. I'm just a big, loud guy.
Laura, what do you think of all this?
-Well, coming here tonight I was under the impression that we were voting as a family (on day 5? that's some quick bonding) but I did see something else go down. I saw a bulge in someone's pocket. I will not say who...
But you are looking directly at Reynold.
-And Reynold pulls it out (the idol, you dirty minds :)) - much to everyone's shock. "Apparently my pants are too tight." I thought we were also all voting together tonight...
-Laura - so why bring it to Tribal Council.
-Is that not Survivor 101, if you have a hidden immunity idol, you bring it to Tribal Council.
-Mike - agreed.
-Reynold - and it's really a shame because I'm playing right now to beat the Favourites.
And now, you're holding this massive target.
-Yeah. These things are pockets full of kryptonite. (Spin Doctors, holla). I mean, I'm going to play it tonight and be done with it. (That made Shamar smile, because that is the stupidest thing to do!) So good job guys, now no idol going to the merge. (Way to try and shift blame dumb*ss.)
Shamar, this is good news for you - someone has an idol now he's shown it, this thing has blown up.
-He deserves an Academy Award, he's tried to throw me under he bus (oh yeah, they are bringing out all the staple phrases tonight... come on, who's not here to make friends?). I mean the whole four have tried to villianize me from day one and that's why I've taken a step back. The people who know my heart will vote the right way and the people that don't like me will vote against me. (Oh, poor Shamar - pfft!)
Sherri, this game is now completely different.
-I'm just blown away at what's happening. I'm voting the way I'm supposed to be voting. That's all I'm saying. I'm sticking with my vote... maybe.
And now it's time to vote:
Eddie - votes Shamar, thanks him for his military service, out here, not so much.
Sherri - votes Allie, you've got to go cause four is way too powerful.
Tallying the votes:
Time to play the hidden immunity idol... Reynold puts it back in his pocket (okay, maybe not so dumb.)
Shamar - 1, 2, 3, 4
Allie - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... and 6 - Allie is the first person voted out from the Fans tribe and she's not happy... well none of the pretty people are.
Jeff tells them in order to win they have to get to the end, in order to get to the end they have to beat the Favourites and in order to beat the Favourites they have to Get it Together.
Next week:
Shamar has the Fans camp in chaos, yelling at everybody for voting for him and Brandon is making it not much better in Favourite town "I'll pee in the rice, I'll pee in the beans, I'll burn the shelter to the ground." (He is unstable man, I worry that they have stopped testing these people for mental competency before dropping them in the jungle.)
Allie's last thoughts: I had a lot more game to play. This is so frustrating. I've wanted this since I was 11 years old and I'm mortified beyond words that I got voted out 2nd. I had such a good time playing - Arghh! It sucks.
Oh, and with Allie leaving we also say farewell (from the pool) to Irene N., Nenad M. and Andria S. (Sorry guys.)
Have a great rest of the week everyone,
Coleen
Last week we met the 10 new Survivors and were reacquainted with 10 old favourites... Oh yeah, and I was one of the first out of the pool because Francesca sucks at Survivor... She made history by being the only Survivor voted out first, twice. Nice.
Bikal - Night 3
They return from Tribal Council and Dawn decides to try and speak reasonably with an obviously upset Brandon. She is trying to explain their side of why they voted out Francesca but he's having none of it, he thought Francesca was one of the nicest women he's met in Survivor period and didn't think she deserved to be done like that.
Dawn whines, "Don't be so mean, Brandon."
"I'm a ____ honey badger, dude." He goes on to say he feels sorry for her because she's still going to lose. (Yup, Brandon has as much self restraint as I remember.) He tells Dawn and Cochran to remember this conversation because they are still going to lose because of this stupid move [voting out Francesca.] By the way, no one else is saying a word, but they are all watching & listening.
-Dawn goes off and cries. (Way to go 'lil Hantz, you made her cry.) She's not used to people talking to her like that, it was a shock that he was so mean (oh lady, what part of the world do you live in? Obviously she's never worked in customer service.)
-Brandon is still on a righteous roll. He's talking to Erik, the ice cream scooper, who seems to find this amusing - Brandon says he's feeling a little revengeful and may have to go a little 'Russell Hantz' style on them. He feels his uncle's blood rushing through his veins and it feels goo-ood (oh this can not end well. But then, Brandon is usually all talk, he spouts off then repents in the light of day. We'll see if he does Hantz it up.)
-He says to the camera, "This is a game and I'm playing it dir-ty." He wants to go out with a bang.
Gota - Day 4
Fans are working around camp, we see people gathering wood and coconuts and boiling water and... Shamar, laying in the shelter, laughing at them. He tells the camera he's staying in the shelter, conserving his energy. He is avoiding getting into scuffles over water, no one seems to care about his hydration but him (way to be a team player Shamar.) He says, once they see he doesn't care about the game he won't be seen as a threat. (WHAT? That's the worst strategy ever! No one's going to resent having to feed, shelter and water you, oh no.) And his laziness is not going unnoticed, Allie says he's a group joke. "If we go to Tribal Council, Shamar's got to go, it's non-negotiable."
-Next scene is Sherri, the older blonde, telling Shamar that she wants him in her alliance with Laura (young blonde), Julia (one brunette), Matt (the beard) and Michael (the hipster.) Shamar is all in (of course, she's not asking you to do anything and they'll take you along.)
-Sherri tells the camera that Shamar is her Phillip, she wants him to keep b*tching about water and annoying people, as long as he knows she's got him and they keep the numbers over the High School Clique that has formed with Reynold, Allie, Eddie and Hope.
Bikal - Day 4
Brandon has cooled off and is calmly talking to Cochran the next morning, admitting he was ready to sabotage everything last night but realizes that he doesn't want to be seen as a quitter and he has to play nice for his kids (WHAT? He has KIDS? I'm afeared.)
-Cochran tells the camera the frightening thing about Brandon is he has these moments of extreme rage which are almost immediately followed by unbelievable pleasantness. Kind of like a sociopathic murderer (get him out!) The only thing Cochran can predict about Brandon is he's unpredictable.
-Phillip comes along and Brandon invites him over. Brandon wants them to all be on the same page about who to vote out. Phillip says he learned from Boston Rob, who used to just tell them who to vote, that he did that to restrict the flow of information. Then he makes some analogy about a CEO making someone start at middle management... and Brandon gets it, "I'm middle management." Phillip, "And the CEO don't call in mid-mgt unless there's something he wants to tell 'em."
Phillip tells the camera that he sees Brandon as totally narsistic (that's what he said. He meant narcissistic), someone who has no empathy for others - "I think that's, what someone called me last time, crazy."
-Brandon says it was good talking to you, to Phillip then goes back to camp and announces to everyone (Corinne, Brenda, Erik, Dawn) that Phillip is the biggest bully he's ever met in his life. He's calling himself the CEO of the tribe, I'm on a need to know basis, you guys couldn't trust me because of my last season that's why you didn't tell me who to vote for and I have the feeling that's going to happen again. (One thing Phillip didn't learn was how Boston Rob made everyone feel like they were important to him... Phillip isn't capable of being that personable.)
-Brandon is ranting to the camera, "Special Agent Pink Panther thought he could pull his special agent tricks with me, and that's going to be his downfall in this game."
-Brandon is telling the crowd that Phillip is trying to Boston Rob them and he doesn't like it. They have to cut the head off the snake now (there's a Survivor staple phrase).
-Dawn thinks there is still room for everyone (I wonder what colour the sky is in her world?)
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE - DAY 5
Fans were surprised to see Francesca gone - Michael says they are obviously there to play, she went home first again, no mercy over there.
In this challenge - three people from each tribe will race out to a raft, then three other tribe members will pull the raft out to a platform, the raft three will then dive down where they'll find a cage and begin removing bamboo sticks which will release rings that float - once they have all 9 rings they will be pulled back to land and the remaining three tribe members will toss the rings and try to land them on three posts - first tribe to get one ring on each of their three posts will win Immunity.
In addition, they are playing for reward: Fishing gear, net, mask, flippers, hooks, line, basket...
Fans sit Laura. And Shamar is a pouty baby when they are strategizing - do what ya'll want, I'll just pull (imagine the bottom lip sticking out and a shirt on his head - someone needs his diaper changed.)
Off they go: Erik, Andrea & Brenda are on the raft for the Favs - Julia, Sherri, and Hope for Fans. Brandon, Cochran and Corinne are pulling and the fans catch up with Shamar, Matt & Eddie pulling (Fans have all the muscle pulling, seems smart).
-Now we'll see how the swimmers do - Erik and Sherri are in the water - the others are just retrieving rings. The favourites are rotating going in the water and fans finally figure out maybe they should rotate too - Favourites get all nine rings before fans even have 4...
-Favs are back to the beach and start throwing when the Fans finally get the 9th ring.(sending all the girls swimming didn't work out so well.)
-Malcolm gets one, two ... when the fans finally get back to land and Reynold is tossing - they get one - then they rotate Phillip and and Fans rotate Mike in... and Phillip gets their third post rung and FAVOURITES win Immunity and fishing gear.
-Reynold tells the camera he's thinking Shamar is a cancer, he's got to go (that is one of my favourite reality show lines, calling someone a cancer.) He's lazy, disrespectful and he ruffles feathers for no reason. It's an easy vote tonight for Shamar.
Bikal - Day 5
Back at camp the victorious Favourites are happy and excited to break out the fishing gear.
-Phillip says he and Malcolm have to gather fire wood - while out gathering, Phillip tells Malcolm that Corinne is the Dominatrix (Malcolm says, perfect) and Phillip has Malcolm's name as the Enforcer - oh, he likes that too (yes, Malcolm knows how to get along, but he seems to genuinely find Phillip amusing.) Phillip tells the camera that Stealth-R-Us has expanded in this season and the newest member is the Enforcer, (Malcolm is all proud, mugging for the camera.)
-Malcolm tells the camera he has no idea what's going through Phillip's head, he thinks he's running some sort of spy corporation, it's getting really ridiculous.
Then Phillip runs them down for the camera:
Phillip: The Specialist
Cochran: The Intelligence Attache
Malcolm: The Enforcer
Andrea: The Eliminator
Corinne: The Dominatrix (who is looking almost as lobstered as Cochran)
Dawn: True Grit
Malcolm says he can play along for a few days but if they're Stealth-R-Us the whole time he's going to hang himself. "Phillip Shepherd is an insane person."
Gota - Day 5
Things are not so carefree over at the Fans camp. Sucks to lose and they start dissecting where they went wrong. The Favourites had muscle in the front, middle and rear - Fans stacked all the muscle in the middle.
-Michael says their problem is they didn't have anyone take charge and just tell them what they were doing...
-This made Shamar lift his head in the shelter, say everyone had something they were good at... whatever.
-Reynold calls him out, says his behaviour is unacceptable where he comes from.
-Why, cause I have an opinion?
-No the pouting when you don't get your way, it's childish.
-Let it be childish then (imagine him saying this over and over as Reynold tried to make his point. Yeah, really annoying.)
-Allie tells the camera she never understood how anyone could throw a challenge until she lived with Shamar for 5 days - now she gets it. She prays he goes home tonight.
-Back at the unacceptable/let it be childish confrontation - Shamar switches to, "What you going to do about it?" Reynold, "I'm going to vote for you tonight."
-Shamar says you don't think I knew you were going to vote for me anyway, you're just making a scene to try to sway some more people but we'll see what happens at the vote tonight.
-Reynold decides to disengage and he, Matt and Eddie go to tend the fire - Shamar taunting him the whole time, "yeah, go talk about it."
"We have to go make the fire because you didn't do it."
"Shut Up." (Ugh! That is so disrespectful. Sherri, Y U Want to keep him around?)
Gota - Day 5
-Matt/the beard tells Reynold and Eddie that he can't wait to write Shamar's name down, he's totally with them on this. Then Matt tells the camera that he and Mike have been tight and he knows his options are going with the High School Clique or voting with Sherri's crew, he hopes Mike will be with him however he decides to go.
-Mike, talking to Sherri, says they need to decide if it's Shamar or one of them (meaning the pretty 4) and she says it's definitely one of them. Matt says even if they vote Shamar out they still have a 5 to 4 advantage and the High School Clique will still think he's with them. Sherri says she believes that Shamar is acting out because he knows his name's on the block, once he survives the vote, he'll chill out (Really? I hope you're right lady, cause I can't stand 5 more TV minutes with that guy, I can't imagine how they feel, living with him 24/7.)
-Laura comes and joins them and Sherri asks her what's her feeling for the vote - Laura says one of the girls, she thinks Allie. Of the pretty people she thinks Allie is the most strategic and the only one that's thinking.
-Sherri decrees it's Allie, unless she hears otherwise.
Reynold has decided to go look for a hidden immunity idol - he's searching in holes in trees and he finds it. "This is too crazy!" Then he says a variation of that a few times... Reynold is a little excited. He says he's trying to check himself so he doesn't walk into camp with a big grin on his face and an even bigger bulge in his pocket.
-Just before they leave for Tribal Council Laura notices the bulge in his pocket (what were you doing... looking at his pockets?) But he's all shifty trying to bunch up his swim trunks under the pants - yeah, why not just wear it around your neck next time? Laura is a smart cookie, she knows he has an idol, but now she's worried that he'll pass it to Allie and screw them up (why does she think they know about the plan to vote out Allie?)
TRIBAL COUNCIL
[Jeff's comments are in blue] Michael what's it like to play a game for a million dollars with people you don't have much in common with?
-Matt & Sherri have families in common, they're married (to each other?- That's how it sounded) and they have children. Then there's the foursome, Eddie & Hope and Allie & Reynold. (Reynold doesn't look happy to be called out as the foursome.)
So Allie, did you just become fast friends the four of you?
-Yeah, we're the same age group and have things in common - we weren't excluding anybody out, it was just like, something we would do on the outside.
(Laura looks like she felt excluded).
Shamar, what's your take on these four? (Oh this should be good.)
-Eddie & Hope seem like a couple and these two just seem like a part of the foursome. (Oh, I guess he really hasn't paid any attention and he can't be bothered to even make tribal council fun. For Me.)
Matt, concern you at all that there are four people that are openly saying they're similar so they hang out on the beach.
-Ah, no. They sleep on the beach, maybe it's more comfortable for them than the shelter but I'm not overly concerned about them, no. (For some reason, Mike and Shamar look pained by what Matt's said... why?)
Shamar, how's this experience been for you?
-Jeff, I'm 300lbs, I've had two scoops of rice and 3 coconuts since I've been here so I'm drained a bit, I've been trying to conserve my energy. (Reynold's look says 'whatever'.)
What's your background, is this what you're used to?
-No, I've done two tours in Iraq in desert conditions with little food. The difference is there are leaders in the Marine corps and here everyone is individuals and no one wants to listen.
Mike, is that what happened today at the challenge, were there too many voices?
-Yeah, I knew while we were strategizing that we were in trouble. No one was making the decisions on who was the best pitcher, etc. Then it got heated.
-Reynold - I think to win these challenges you really have to be one cohesive unit but I think people get frustrated with Shamar's critiques when Shamar sits in the shelter all day while we're all sweating, getting cuts and rashes. If you want me to throw out 25 exact examples we'd be here all night, I'm not going to waste your time (Shamar is smiling, like this is hilarious.)
Shamar, you're laughing?
-Cause they can't give you 25 examples right now.
- Eddie - I can tell you that Shamar was in the shelter yesterday for 19 hours.
19 of 24 hours?
-Yeah, while we kept the fire going, made dinner, cut coconuts - we wanted Shamar to come out and hang out but it wasn't happening.
So, Shamar, were you in the shelter for the majority of the day?
-Oh yes, very much so. I just feel like I'm a good scapegoat, you know, I've been outcast a little bit from day one.
Based on what do you think?
-I think I'm big and loud Jeff. I'm just a big, loud guy.
Laura, what do you think of all this?
-Well, coming here tonight I was under the impression that we were voting as a family (on day 5? that's some quick bonding) but I did see something else go down. I saw a bulge in someone's pocket. I will not say who...
But you are looking directly at Reynold.
-And Reynold pulls it out (the idol, you dirty minds :)) - much to everyone's shock. "Apparently my pants are too tight." I thought we were also all voting together tonight...
-Laura - so why bring it to Tribal Council.
-Is that not Survivor 101, if you have a hidden immunity idol, you bring it to Tribal Council.
-Mike - agreed.
-Reynold - and it's really a shame because I'm playing right now to beat the Favourites.
And now, you're holding this massive target.
-Yeah. These things are pockets full of kryptonite. (Spin Doctors, holla). I mean, I'm going to play it tonight and be done with it. (That made Shamar smile, because that is the stupidest thing to do!) So good job guys, now no idol going to the merge. (Way to try and shift blame dumb*ss.)
Shamar, this is good news for you - someone has an idol now he's shown it, this thing has blown up.
-He deserves an Academy Award, he's tried to throw me under he bus (oh yeah, they are bringing out all the staple phrases tonight... come on, who's not here to make friends?). I mean the whole four have tried to villianize me from day one and that's why I've taken a step back. The people who know my heart will vote the right way and the people that don't like me will vote against me. (Oh, poor Shamar - pfft!)
Sherri, this game is now completely different.
-I'm just blown away at what's happening. I'm voting the way I'm supposed to be voting. That's all I'm saying. I'm sticking with my vote... maybe.
And now it's time to vote:
Eddie - votes Shamar, thanks him for his military service, out here, not so much.
Sherri - votes Allie, you've got to go cause four is way too powerful.
Tallying the votes:
Time to play the hidden immunity idol... Reynold puts it back in his pocket (okay, maybe not so dumb.)
Shamar - 1, 2, 3, 4
Allie - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... and 6 - Allie is the first person voted out from the Fans tribe and she's not happy... well none of the pretty people are.
Jeff tells them in order to win they have to get to the end, in order to get to the end they have to beat the Favourites and in order to beat the Favourites they have to Get it Together.
Next week:
Shamar has the Fans camp in chaos, yelling at everybody for voting for him and Brandon is making it not much better in Favourite town "I'll pee in the rice, I'll pee in the beans, I'll burn the shelter to the ground." (He is unstable man, I worry that they have stopped testing these people for mental competency before dropping them in the jungle.)
Allie's last thoughts: I had a lot more game to play. This is so frustrating. I've wanted this since I was 11 years old and I'm mortified beyond words that I got voted out 2nd. I had such a good time playing - Arghh! It sucks.
Oh, and with Allie leaving we also say farewell (from the pool) to Irene N., Nenad M. and Andria S. (Sorry guys.)
Have a great rest of the week everyone,
Coleen
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