Finale - It's late, I'm tired, no edit just post... I'll fix it later (maybe ;))
Last episode Dawn & Cochran blindsided Brenda in one of the saddest exits ever, Brenda was hurt and left in tears.
But before they could even get back to camp - the game took another player when Erik was too dizzy and weak to walk, they brought in the medical team and they made the call that Erik could not continue - so the ice cream scooper, who made one of the most famous mistakes in Survivor history the last time he played, was denied redemption again. (Though I would argue he did play much smarter this time, he should have just come in with a little more meat on his bones to carry him through. Give that poor boy a sandwich.) So with Erik went the hopes and dreams of Susan N, Robyn A and Annemette J.
That leaves the final 4 as:
Sherri: the only Fan to successfully infiltrate Stealth R Us (I contend that is because Phillip 'liked' her and no one saw her as a threat). She thinks that everyone has underestimated her. With Sherri are: Chandra K, Ivor B and Roxanne S.
Eddie: the sole amigo standing who charmed and, let's face it, dim-witted his way to the final 4 - did he play the better game by not dominating challenges and not being in your face guy... or is he just not that good at challenges and not that smart? With Eddie are: Bernice R, Lynne B and Bryon L.
Cochran: the survivor nerd has transformed into an all-around threat. He has played the game the best in my opinion, and how can I not root for the nerd - under-dog all the way! With Cochran are: Ryan H, Robert L and Fred & Gary M.
Dawn: the crying wonder - she has battled her emotions (that's an understatement) but she also was the instrument of a lot of people's demise, everyone saw her as weak and tried to use her vote - but once she knew their plans, she took them out... then freaked out and cried. With Dawn are: Drew C, Shane B and Katie L.
Enil Edam - Night 36
Erik's abrupt departure has given Eddie new hope - he thought for sure he was going home but now, it could be his game for the taking. And Eddie proved he's not as dimwitted as I thought when his EMT training came out and he was able to explain to Erik everything they were doing for him (look at the medical training on Eddie!)
They return to camp two people less and it's a somber affair - there is some chit chat about how sad Erik's departure was but... Cochran is thinking about the game - he's more pumped than ever that he's made it to the final four. His first thought is that he has to be the first to get to Eddie. Eddie is the one most likely to win the next immunity challenge and therefore the one that will have to power to determine who goes to the final three... Next shot is Cochran & Eddie talking, their best shot is to take Sherri with them to the final three and they shake on it (oh, that was easy.)
-Eddie tells the camera the way he sees it they get rid of Dawn, Cochran comes in second and Eddie wins the million dollars (hmm, I don't see why he'd want to take Cochran to the end, but I like Cochran so I'm okay with that. Maybe I have given Eddie too much mental credit.)
Enil Edam - Day 37
Tree Mail - they are so excited that the clue is to a Reward challenge - to win an extra edge, they are going to have to dig deep.
-Dawn is going to be so relieved to get her brain back when this is over. She is feeling good about making the final four and actually playing the game and making moves but it's all she could do to keep it together.
REWARD CHALLENGE
They will have to hold a handle with one hand to keep a board balanced while simultaneously building a house of cards on the balanced board with the other hand. The first person to build their house of cards high enough to reach the marker, wins an advantage in the final immunity challenge (That's HUGE, even better than food.)
Off they go - they all have different strategies and configurations of houses of cards... Cochran is the first one to lose his stack, he has to start rebuilding - then shaky hands Sherri loses her house and is rebuild
ding. Cochran drops his again. Dawn is pretty shaky handed too but she is almost there... nope, too much lean in her stack and they had to blur her swearing (Mormon mom of six - I'm shocked :)). Eddie's in the best position at this point, until he puts one on and picks it up again - sending his house tumbling. Now Sherri's made up the lead and the others are trying to catch her - Cochran loses his again! But Sherri is super shaky handed and she loses half the stack. Dawn loses hers again. Eddie is getting closer but his house topples again. Sherri and Cochran are now racing for it but the shaky hands can't compete - Cochran is steady as a rock and Wins the Advantage!
-Dawn is the first one to hug him... suck up! She says they all know they have to win that final immunity or they are all on the chopping block (uh, yeah, that's generally how it works.)
Enil Edam - Day 37
They return to camp and Cochran tells the camera he is the challenge beast! This is his third individual win, and this could be a million dollar advantage. He was scared that Eddie might win it but he also didn't want Dawn to have it in case he decided Dawn should go instead. He says the advantage is in the right hands, capable hands, and we'll see what happens.
-Sherri is talking to Eddie and says she'd much rather go to the end with him and Cochran than Dawn. She's played the sympathy card like no other - six kids, adoption and crying... it could all help her win the game.
-Eddie says Dawn's going to win, in his opinion she would get all the jury votes. Sherri agrees, she's not sitting next to that.
-Dawn & Cochran confirm that they are locked but Dawn is nervous about Sherri, why is she going off talking to just Eddie.
-Cochran is about fed up with her constant paranoia - he tells the camera, "Everyday I get to see a new freak out from Dawn. There's the over the top weeping, sobbing, flailing of arms, asking to be left alone. Fortunately today Dawn was leaning towards the catatonic breakdown and a lot of it stemmed from the paranoia of what if Eddie & Sherri take her out. (Of course they're trying to take you out, there are only 4 of you left - sheesh.)
-Dawn says the longer she's out there the harder it's been for her mentally to stay positive and not be paranoid (broken record -we've heard this song before) She still needs constant reassurance from
Cochran.
-Cochran says Dawn feels like she deserves a fast pass to the finals, why exactly? I don't know. Everyday's a roller coaster with her and it's not fun, it's not funny - on day 37 she should be paranoid because I'm considering ditching her. (I love Cochran so much.)
Enil Edam - Day 38
Tree Mail - One last chance to control your destiny - they will go on the walk of remembrance (BOO!) and then go to the Immunity challenge.
Yeah, it's nostalgic for them and a right of passage of sorts but I'm going to spare you the flashbacks recap... save this: Francesca - unrealized potential, Allie - who? Blond #1, Hope - who? Blond #2, Shamar - Big baby, Laura - Blond #3, Brandon - scarily unbalanced, Matt - face dread, Julia - who? brunette, Corinne - likes the gays, Michael - the gay (sorry to pigeon-hole you dude), Phillip - the Specialist, Malcolm - hottie (Dawn kept calling all the guys a 'challenge beast' stop trying to make that happen!), Reynold - pretty boy, Andrea - smart flirt, Brenda - quiet powerhouse, Erik - I think he redeemed himself, (but in the name of all that is holy, please eat a cheeseburger.)
Then they set a big idol built of sticks on fire on the beach - How fun!
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-They have to run up a long flight of stairs, untie a bag of puzzle pieces then slide down through water and rice, drop the bag and go back up - 3 storeys, three bags of puzzle pieces. Once they have all the bags, they have to complete a fire puzzle - first person to get the puzzle completed, wins immunity and a guaranteed spot in the final three.
-Cochran's advantage - his bags of puzzle pieces are already untied - he doesn't have to worry about knots!
Off they go: And Cochran's advantage is proving to be a pretty good one - he's back quick with that first bag - then he falls down the ladder/ramp on the second bag (ouch, that is going to leave a mark) and all of them are landing pretty hard in the rice at the end of the slide - this is going to beat them up pretty good. Sherri is having a hard time, and she falls a bag behind Eddie and Dawn (her fake boobs look scary - what is that pit in the middle - gah!)
-Cochran has his three bags and can start on his puzzle when the others are just on their second bag.
-But the puzzle proves to be a killer and the others catch up, starting on the puzzle before Cochran has even found one piece correctly. They
start putting on the pressure - Dawn is going great guns with three pieces in, Sherri is finding pieces, Cochran finally finds a piece and he's found his rhythm, Dawn and Sherri are still placing pieces but Cochran runs away with it - COCHRAN wins Final Immunity!
-Dawn is, again, the first person to run over and hug him (why is she crying? Oh, she's so proud.)
-Cochran's in a very elite group having won 4 individual challenges, and may have finally actually earned the right to be called by his last name.
-Cochran is in a position now that all of them want to work with him and he can have the pick of the litter - but he's got a little devil on his shoulder saying, "man, I just want to get rid of Dawn."
Enil Edam - Day 38
Cochran is thinking: Big question now, who deserves $100K for second place? It's not going to be Sherri, she may squeak out one vote but not enough for second place. So the question now is, do I want to take Dawn with her constant emotional outbursts or Eddie, a chauvinistic 23-yr-old idiot. It's so lonely at the top. - then he laughs, "these are horrible things for me to say, then I'll of course lose."
-Now he's got to face an afternoon of reassuring the emotional Dawn that they are locked. Blah, blah, blah - she's he own worst enemy - (yeah, we get it, you're a paranoid ball of emotion - get over it!) Then she says part of her feels like she doesn't deserve to do good (and I feel like a total heel - that's so sad.)
-Next Cochran is talking to Eddie and he says honestly he's not sure if it's going to be him or Dawn. Eddie says it can only be one of them and he shouldn't take Dawn, she's going to play the mother card and cry, people give in to her when she cries. Eddie says he's trying to appeal to Cochran on a logical level, not an emotional sense or a bullying sense - because Eddie really feels he has the best chance of winning this if he can get into the final three.
-Cochran says they jury loves everything Eddie says. Eddie, "That's because I'm an idiot." (Haha!) He says he doesn't talk strategy, and yeah, he hasn't pissed anyone off but he's really only voted one person out. (Hmm, that's not the best argument there - that means everyone on the jury likes you... I think he nailed the idiot thing.)
-Until he tells us what he wants to do with the million dollars - he wants
to open a dog bar - not a bar for dogs, but a bar that is pet friendly, where you can bring your dogs and drink while they play in the doggie area. (I'm in! I don't have a dog, but that sounds like fun, let's go to the dog bar!)
-Cochran is still weighing his options, he knows Sherri's going to the end because he can beat her but can he beat Eddie or can he beat Dawn? I hopes he doesn't kick himself about this decision.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Erik looks much better - all bright eyed and properly hydrated.
Eddie, did Erik leaving open a door for you in a way?
-It definitely stirred things up a bit because I think it was Erik, Dawn and Sherri who were the planned final three. (Cochran didn't like that) So I did have the chance to cause some commotion in the last two days.
Cochran, I didn't hear your name in that final three.
-Yeah, it's a little alarming. It was probably a good thing Erik wasn't there because he was keeping me out of the potential final three but it was the circumstances that he went under that made it hard to celebrate it.
Challenges - first the reward is an advantage in the immunity challenge - Cochran wins his third individual challenge - you can't even resist, you feel so good right?
-It's bizarre to me because I thought I could maybe meet 1/3 of the Survivor challenge [out wit, out last, out play] with the out wit. After the last time playing people thought he was worthless and he began to believe he was worthless but now I'm feeling more confident and the fact that I'm able to succeed now is remarkable to me.
Today's challenge - Cochran, what was the feeling when I yelled, "Cochran wins immunity!"?
-It was the most incredible moment in the game to me so far. Not so much that I was going to be safe at tonight's tribal council but that I wouldn't have been capable of that a couple years ago.
So Dawn, one of you will become the final member of the jury - Cochran is safe and has some sway, what your argument to him [to keep you]?
-I've done a pretty good job of maligning myself with most of the people on the jury (really? I don't really see that - Brenda, yes) Eddie's so likeable, he hasn't sent anyone on the jury home except Phillip - they're going to love him.
Eddie?
-Yeah?
It's your game brother. [Uh, same question, pay attention, okay?]
-I would probably say the exact same thing. And not to put myself down but I really did only vote one person out on the jury so strategy-wise, how much did I really do out here? It's a game of deception not really a game of loyalty and honesty. Dawn made huge moves and changed how the game was played so I think taking Dawn to the final three is putting her right in front. (Well said.)
So Cochran, Eddie's saying you can knock him out by saying he's done nothing but been a nice guy...
-Eddie & Dawn both have great arguments - Dawn making herself sound like she's a complete villain which he doesn't think is necessarily the case - What it really comes down to is what criteria the jury is going to be using and my perception of what the jury wants in a winner is what I'm likely placing my vote on.
Sherri, what's it like sitting one of four and nobody really paying any attention to you? It's a foregone conclusion you're going to the final three.
-That's how they've been playing the game, that I haven't been a threat but I'm still here. I've made alliances and everyone just seems to forget... blah, blah - Reynold is looking at her like she's mental. She continues, "I may not say a lot, but I take in a lot." (So?)
-Cochran says he thinks Sherri maybe has done more to get to this point than is immediately apparent.
-Eddie pipes up, "I think your best chance is with me and Sherri." Sherri agrees, awkwardly.
Dawn, put a little fear in you?
-Not more than today or yesterday or the 36 days before that (she is always afraid Jeff.)
Okay, time to vote:
Eddie votes Dawn
Dawn votes Eddie - Please go home!
Cochran says I think you're the only person out there that can beat me...
Tallying the votes:
Dawn - 1
Eddie - 1, 2, 3 - Dimpled Lisp is out of the game - bye bye Amigo!
Eddie's final thoughts - Sherri has zero chance of winning that's why she is going to the final three. If he had gone to the final three first place was his (uh huh.) As much as it sucks, he's pretty happy with how he ended up.
Enil Edam - Day 39
Filler, filler, filler - they get food, champagne, eggs, sausage - they eat.
Sherri says her husband will be so proud of her, she wasn't going to take anything less than final three. She formed an underdog alliance and ran that alliance, that's why she's still there,
Dawn had an alliance with Cochran from the beginning but her real alliance was with her family at home - never a day she wasn't loyal to her family (yes, I rolled my eyes - I'm sure they are really proud of watching her on-going mental breakdown on TV.) Dawn's proud of herself for making it to the end, proving that she can play the game well and owning her decisions. She feels like it's a storybook ending for Cochran and her but it's still game on for her and she's confident she can beat Sherri or Cochran.
Cochran - is sitting at the water hole posed like the thinker (ha, really?) in voice over he says the first time he's really felt frazzled out there was today. He wrote an award winning paper on the Survivor Jury System for law school but it's one thing to write about it and another to live it and he's struggling with that dichotomy right now. Law school hasn't prepared him for this, "Sorry Harvard, but you really haven't taught me much on how to address a jury." (ha) He's going to learn his lesson tonight. He says whenever things are looking good for him he starts expecting and preparing for the worst. He knows he's played a great game and has to be confident when presenting his case but when he's not feeling confident it's hard to do.
FINAL TRIBAL COUNCIL
Opening statements:
Dawn: I'm looking at the group of you and feeling humble because I know how hard you all played. I know you all know how hard this game was for me, the emotion had to do with how hard it was for me to be duplicitous because when I came out here I made a couple promises to myself about how I would play. First I was going to have one ally that I was willing to take to the end and strategize with and make decisions with and that was Cochran. The second thing is, I wanted to be in control of my own game. And the third thing is, and the hardest part, i had to give myself permission to play the game and be willing to exploit the friendships and trust she built in the game, something she wouldn't do in normal life. "If this is football, I have to be willing to tackle." (Brenda looks right PO'd just listening to Dawn.) She's proud of her game because she made the hard decisions when she had to and that got them both where they are today.
Sherri: So you all know me as the stay at home mom and I have three children and have been married for 18 years - all this is true but I am also a very successful business woman - I have 75 employees, I run several businesses (Reynold looks like he's not buying it) and when I came into Survivor, I was going to play how I run my businesses, I was going to look at you like people I deal with on a day to day basis... (and then she loses it...) I'm so nervous - (yup, totally lost her train of thought and any momentum she had. It was painful to watch her flounder.) Um, so, yeah, I had to make decisions and make myself pliable to get into many different areas (so you're putty?) She thinks she was successful because she's still sitting there.
Cochran: This is the culmination of thirteen years of passion for Survivor, half my life. In high school I used to wear a buff every night that Survivor was on, I used to distribute a newsletter (there is nothing wrong with that! Ha), I wrote a paper about it in law school, this is an obsession. And the fact that I'm here now is surreal and an honour. I had no fantasy that I would become one of the top 10 challenge performers in Survivor history. Socially I'm an awkward person, I have anxiety, but somehow I fell into the role of therapist, when paranoia was rampant at camp I would step in as a calming force. Strategically I'm proud of myself, when the merge hit that's when the individual threats emerged and I know I can't out-muscle, out-charm or even out-strategize but I can beat people in timing and that is what this game has been for me is timing. Whenever a threat emerged, I would strike before I could be stuck at. I've lied along the way, I've deceived along the way and I'm proud of it and I want to own it and I want you to be aware of why I think I've played the best game. So I'm looking forward to the questions, you can tear me apart but I want to prove why I played the best game.
Jury Questions:
Malcolm: congratulations - Sherri, I don't have a question for you.(Burn!) Dawn and Cochran, my vote is up in the air. I think you both played a smart game - So Dawn, no question but I'm going to be your best friend tonight - he tells her to own her game. You can't be warm mother of six now, if you were cold and played hard, own it and fight for it. I will vote for you.
Cochran, what quality do you have that I don't have that allowed you to be so successful and get you to the end?
Answer: A heightened level of insecurity. When he heard people had their own plans he'd get very insecure and take them out so it manifested in a healthy way but he could not imagine Malcolm being insecure so that's something that Cochran has that Malcolm doesn't.
Malcolm - Thanks.
Eddie: Sherri, are you willing to admit that you got carried to the final three or do you still think you're here for a strategic reason?
-I don't think I got carried to the final three. (sigh) The jury all laughed at her (ouch.)
Dawn, what troubles me the most about you is you talked about how you played this strong game and were cold-hearted but whenever I saw you interact with anyone you were the weakest most fragile player out here, all the time. It was a daily occurrence of you running off to have a breakdown.
-Oh I think I've been strong but you're seeing the wear of the game on me. I still want to own that I made those decisions, that I took friendships and exploited them, that I said we need to vote this person out of how I feel or what they did for me.
Cochran, you have come 180 from where you were last time you played. I am judging you on where you are going to take this forward coming out of this game (what? What does that have to do with anything?) He asks him what he'd be like going to the bar with the three amigos.
-I'm going to be at the bar, there's no question - but a couple years ago I would have panic attacks just thinking about that. I would be at the bar beside you, well, slightly apart because there would be two girls on either side of me. (He gave the answer Eddie wanted, probably not true to character but definitely the right answer for Dog-Bar owner Eddie.) It's going to change the way he interacts socially with people well beyond the bounds of this game.
(Reynold also seems quite happy with that answer - so shallow the pretty people.)
Phillip: Sherri, the day you made the decision to join the favourites, that was a strategic move that got you sitting there today. However, as of today, you are no longer a member of Stealth R Us (what did she do to be stripped of her Tenacious title?) He rescinds her membership no explanation (but much to Malcolm's amusement.)
Dawn, we had to live with several times a day with her [paranoid freak outs] - I have total intolerance for somebody who wants to come out and play Survivor then suddenly cry or make all kinds of excuses during the game (who cares what you'll tolerate - she's in the final 3, you're not.) You made camp life for most of us very disruptive, I'd have a hard time voting for you.
Cochran, you've played a very strategic game, you did it in a straightforward manner, I didn't feel there was any malice toward anybody and I just wanted to say I enjoyed playing the game with you. You're a real class act. (WOW, high praise from the Specialist.)
Erik: Dawn, we helped each other through this and I thought we shared something that was so special but after what happened with Brenda, you crushed it. It wasn't precious, it wasn't special, are you aware of the damage you caused when you played the game you played? (Seriously? That's sounding like the old Erik asking that silly question).
-I came into the game saying I would use the friendships I made to get me further in the game and she was more loyal to Cochran and that alliance. They were all honest connections for her but she was playing the game to get further (Malcolm is smiling on like a proud papa, she's going what I told her to do... gag me.)
Sherri, I want to talk to you, in the same vein of awareness, do you understand why you're here right now?
-I'm here because I played the game hard. I played the game how I wanted to play it now how you all think I should have played it.
No one is digging into your strategy, no on is asking you those questions are they? She's not sure why and he would like to enlighten her, "You never did anything in this game. You were a seashell on the beach..." but his condescending tone sends her into rage bitch horrible boss mode - "I don't care what you think, I don't need your vote, obviously I'm not going to get it. I don't need to listen to you, you can sit down." And he does. But she lost any sliver of a chance she had at votes. (Not that she had a sliver of a chance anyway. Oh, and I hope he didn't have anything for Cochran - yeah, the ice cream scooper is still dominated by women.)
Michael: Dawn and Cochran I knew you guys were playing the same game but I feel like Dawn you are getting more of the punch gut reaction. Why is Cochran getting off scott-free and you are being called the villain?
-I think it's because I developed the relationships with people that gave the information that we needed to take people out.
So he doesn't have as much blood on his hands?
-I don't think he has as much blood, I don't think he had as much responsibility and I don't think he would necessarily be here if I hadn't developed the relationships. In my opinion there were a lot of decisions in the game where Cochran didn't have to do anything but show up and vote.
Cochran do you think Dawn deserves the reactions she's getting?
-I don't know. Honestly I'm happy she's getting these reactions - he's happy there's venom towards Dawn. He disagrees that he wouldn't be in the game if it wasn't for her, certainly there is a reciprocity and symbiosis in their relationship. The paranoia that ran rampant with you around camp was crippling (there was a little back and forth) still my answer - you were essential in gathering the information but I actually made the decisions. If I hadn't become your therapist, I don't think you would still be in this game. (Oh, snap.)
Reynold: He disliked Dawn from day one, he saw her as a phony, over enthusiastic hugs and disingenuous.
-She basically says that's just how she is. It's not fake, she's just a robot (ha ha, no, she didn't say that.) He asks for her honest opinion of him and she says he's a chauvinist, he has a great sense of humour and he's very vulgar. So now he's happy and he can believe her - Tell these people I kicked your ass.
-I kicked your ass in this game! But I still do love you.
Andrea: Not bitter, no mean words. You guys blindsided me with a hidden immunity idol in my bag and it was awesome.
Cochran, if you could choose one animal that you played this game most like, what would it be?
-A chameleon , I was able to change colours at the drop of a hat. It was
his adaptability and the timing (oh, coming back to his theme) of that adaptability that was crucial to his game.
Dawn, I'm really proud of you and I think you played a very strategic game and if I was in the final three I would have played similar to you, I understand where you are coming from. Thanks.
Brenda: Let's do this.
Cochran, we didn't have an emotional bond like Dawn and I did. But I felt we bonded over the family visit - I feel like I gave you something and almost right away, you took something. I want you to sell me on why I should give to you now.
- I have developed a sociopathic ability to separate emotion from the game and outside the game I will prove my gratitude for what I consider an emotional gift. In terms of why you should vote for me, you were a threat to my game and I took out that threat. It's cold but it's the truth.
Dawn, you know how strong the bond I thought I had with you was and getting voted off by YOU was where the pain came.
She goes over the missing teeth breakdown and asks Dawn, would she really have quit the game if she didn't get her teeth back, something cosmetic. Would you have quit this game if I didn't give you back your teeth?
-No.
Then prove it. I want you to take out your teeth. (YES! Brenda gets the Sue Hawk award for dramatics - THAT'S AWESOME!)
-Dawn tries to talk her way out of it, "Yeah, I'm not going to do that."
But Brenda's having none of it - You're telling me I didn't have your fate in this game in my hand, that it was really no big deal, you were going to stay - if that's true, then take them out.
-If you want me to humiliate myself, I will do it...
Okay, let's do it. Let's do it
-Dawn kept blabbing on until finally, she did take out the teeth and grin with the big hole in her bottom teeth - (still has the big fake chicklets up top so no big deal.)
Brenda just didn't want her to minimize what she did for her, I wanted you to feel that because that's what I felt, a little bit of heartbreak...and I think she made her point. (HA! That was fun.)
Time to vote:
Phillip voted for Cochran - thanks him for joining Stealth R Us (seriously?)
Malcolm says it's not the name he thought he'd be writing down tonight but they didn't show us who it was...
Jeff walks off with the votes into the night and then into the CBS studio...
And it's time to read the votes:
Sherri's pretty sure she has no chance (really? Why?)
Cochran, skin so translucent it burned instantly, hoping for the best but prepared for the worst.
Dawn, took us on an emotional ride... she doesn't think she's going to win but she thinks she'll be able to buy some new teeth.
Votes:
Cochran - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - COCHRAN is the Winner of Survivor Caramoa, Fans vs Favourites! And he had to sweep it or they would have shown someone else's votes. Congratulations you glorious nerd you.
And with Cochran, the winners of our Pool are: Ryan H, Robert L and Fred & Gary M. (these two are the luckiest... but I'm not bitter, I've just NEVER won the pool myself, but it's fine. Really.)
So, point form of the reunion:
-Malcolm won the Sprint player of the game vote and won $100K
-Malcolm also had a small bit part on the Bold & the Beautiful (he shouldn't quit his day job)
-Brenda is pregnant and wasn't there in person but she's still not speaking to Dawn and they gave Dawn a chance to apologize but she didn't (nor do I think she should have to.)
-Boston Rob wrote a rule book for life based on Phillip's BR rules - and he presented a copy to Phillip.
-And they teased about the next season, showing a drop of blood in water... the title of the next season, Blood vs Water. (Oh, is it going to be family members - PLEASE NO MORE HANTZ's!)
Another great season. See you in September!
Coleen.
Last episode Dawn & Cochran blindsided Brenda in one of the saddest exits ever, Brenda was hurt and left in tears.
But before they could even get back to camp - the game took another player when Erik was too dizzy and weak to walk, they brought in the medical team and they made the call that Erik could not continue - so the ice cream scooper, who made one of the most famous mistakes in Survivor history the last time he played, was denied redemption again. (Though I would argue he did play much smarter this time, he should have just come in with a little more meat on his bones to carry him through. Give that poor boy a sandwich.) So with Erik went the hopes and dreams of Susan N, Robyn A and Annemette J.
That leaves the final 4 as:
Sherri: the only Fan to successfully infiltrate Stealth R Us (I contend that is because Phillip 'liked' her and no one saw her as a threat). She thinks that everyone has underestimated her. With Sherri are: Chandra K, Ivor B and Roxanne S.
Eddie: the sole amigo standing who charmed and, let's face it, dim-witted his way to the final 4 - did he play the better game by not dominating challenges and not being in your face guy... or is he just not that good at challenges and not that smart? With Eddie are: Bernice R, Lynne B and Bryon L.
Cochran: the survivor nerd has transformed into an all-around threat. He has played the game the best in my opinion, and how can I not root for the nerd - under-dog all the way! With Cochran are: Ryan H, Robert L and Fred & Gary M.
Dawn: the crying wonder - she has battled her emotions (that's an understatement) but she also was the instrument of a lot of people's demise, everyone saw her as weak and tried to use her vote - but once she knew their plans, she took them out... then freaked out and cried. With Dawn are: Drew C, Shane B and Katie L.
Enil Edam - Night 36
Erik's abrupt departure has given Eddie new hope - he thought for sure he was going home but now, it could be his game for the taking. And Eddie proved he's not as dimwitted as I thought when his EMT training came out and he was able to explain to Erik everything they were doing for him (look at the medical training on Eddie!)
They return to camp two people less and it's a somber affair - there is some chit chat about how sad Erik's departure was but... Cochran is thinking about the game - he's more pumped than ever that he's made it to the final four. His first thought is that he has to be the first to get to Eddie. Eddie is the one most likely to win the next immunity challenge and therefore the one that will have to power to determine who goes to the final three... Next shot is Cochran & Eddie talking, their best shot is to take Sherri with them to the final three and they shake on it (oh, that was easy.)
-Eddie tells the camera the way he sees it they get rid of Dawn, Cochran comes in second and Eddie wins the million dollars (hmm, I don't see why he'd want to take Cochran to the end, but I like Cochran so I'm okay with that. Maybe I have given Eddie too much mental credit.)
Enil Edam - Day 37
Tree Mail - they are so excited that the clue is to a Reward challenge - to win an extra edge, they are going to have to dig deep.
-Dawn is going to be so relieved to get her brain back when this is over. She is feeling good about making the final four and actually playing the game and making moves but it's all she could do to keep it together.
REWARD CHALLENGE
They will have to hold a handle with one hand to keep a board balanced while simultaneously building a house of cards on the balanced board with the other hand. The first person to build their house of cards high enough to reach the marker, wins an advantage in the final immunity challenge (That's HUGE, even better than food.)
Off they go - they all have different strategies and configurations of houses of cards... Cochran is the first one to lose his stack, he has to start rebuilding - then shaky hands Sherri loses her house and is rebuild
ding. Cochran drops his again. Dawn is pretty shaky handed too but she is almost there... nope, too much lean in her stack and they had to blur her swearing (Mormon mom of six - I'm shocked :)). Eddie's in the best position at this point, until he puts one on and picks it up again - sending his house tumbling. Now Sherri's made up the lead and the others are trying to catch her - Cochran loses his again! But Sherri is super shaky handed and she loses half the stack. Dawn loses hers again. Eddie is getting closer but his house topples again. Sherri and Cochran are now racing for it but the shaky hands can't compete - Cochran is steady as a rock and Wins the Advantage!
-Dawn is the first one to hug him... suck up! She says they all know they have to win that final immunity or they are all on the chopping block (uh, yeah, that's generally how it works.)
Enil Edam - Day 37
They return to camp and Cochran tells the camera he is the challenge beast! This is his third individual win, and this could be a million dollar advantage. He was scared that Eddie might win it but he also didn't want Dawn to have it in case he decided Dawn should go instead. He says the advantage is in the right hands, capable hands, and we'll see what happens.
-Sherri is talking to Eddie and says she'd much rather go to the end with him and Cochran than Dawn. She's played the sympathy card like no other - six kids, adoption and crying... it could all help her win the game.
-Eddie says Dawn's going to win, in his opinion she would get all the jury votes. Sherri agrees, she's not sitting next to that.
-Dawn & Cochran confirm that they are locked but Dawn is nervous about Sherri, why is she going off talking to just Eddie.
-Cochran is about fed up with her constant paranoia - he tells the camera, "Everyday I get to see a new freak out from Dawn. There's the over the top weeping, sobbing, flailing of arms, asking to be left alone. Fortunately today Dawn was leaning towards the catatonic breakdown and a lot of it stemmed from the paranoia of what if Eddie & Sherri take her out. (Of course they're trying to take you out, there are only 4 of you left - sheesh.)
-Dawn says the longer she's out there the harder it's been for her mentally to stay positive and not be paranoid (broken record -we've heard this song before) She still needs constant reassurance from
Cochran.
-Cochran says Dawn feels like she deserves a fast pass to the finals, why exactly? I don't know. Everyday's a roller coaster with her and it's not fun, it's not funny - on day 37 she should be paranoid because I'm considering ditching her. (I love Cochran so much.)
Enil Edam - Day 38
Tree Mail - One last chance to control your destiny - they will go on the walk of remembrance (BOO!) and then go to the Immunity challenge.
Yeah, it's nostalgic for them and a right of passage of sorts but I'm going to spare you the flashbacks recap... save this: Francesca - unrealized potential, Allie - who? Blond #1, Hope - who? Blond #2, Shamar - Big baby, Laura - Blond #3, Brandon - scarily unbalanced, Matt - face dread, Julia - who? brunette, Corinne - likes the gays, Michael - the gay (sorry to pigeon-hole you dude), Phillip - the Specialist, Malcolm - hottie (Dawn kept calling all the guys a 'challenge beast' stop trying to make that happen!), Reynold - pretty boy, Andrea - smart flirt, Brenda - quiet powerhouse, Erik - I think he redeemed himself, (but in the name of all that is holy, please eat a cheeseburger.)
Then they set a big idol built of sticks on fire on the beach - How fun!
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-They have to run up a long flight of stairs, untie a bag of puzzle pieces then slide down through water and rice, drop the bag and go back up - 3 storeys, three bags of puzzle pieces. Once they have all the bags, they have to complete a fire puzzle - first person to get the puzzle completed, wins immunity and a guaranteed spot in the final three.
-Cochran's advantage - his bags of puzzle pieces are already untied - he doesn't have to worry about knots!
Off they go: And Cochran's advantage is proving to be a pretty good one - he's back quick with that first bag - then he falls down the ladder/ramp on the second bag (ouch, that is going to leave a mark) and all of them are landing pretty hard in the rice at the end of the slide - this is going to beat them up pretty good. Sherri is having a hard time, and she falls a bag behind Eddie and Dawn (her fake boobs look scary - what is that pit in the middle - gah!)
-Cochran has his three bags and can start on his puzzle when the others are just on their second bag.
-But the puzzle proves to be a killer and the others catch up, starting on the puzzle before Cochran has even found one piece correctly. They
start putting on the pressure - Dawn is going great guns with three pieces in, Sherri is finding pieces, Cochran finally finds a piece and he's found his rhythm, Dawn and Sherri are still placing pieces but Cochran runs away with it - COCHRAN wins Final Immunity!
-Dawn is, again, the first person to run over and hug him (why is she crying? Oh, she's so proud.)
-Cochran's in a very elite group having won 4 individual challenges, and may have finally actually earned the right to be called by his last name.
-Cochran is in a position now that all of them want to work with him and he can have the pick of the litter - but he's got a little devil on his shoulder saying, "man, I just want to get rid of Dawn."
Enil Edam - Day 38
Cochran is thinking: Big question now, who deserves $100K for second place? It's not going to be Sherri, she may squeak out one vote but not enough for second place. So the question now is, do I want to take Dawn with her constant emotional outbursts or Eddie, a chauvinistic 23-yr-old idiot. It's so lonely at the top. - then he laughs, "these are horrible things for me to say, then I'll of course lose."
-Now he's got to face an afternoon of reassuring the emotional Dawn that they are locked. Blah, blah, blah - she's he own worst enemy - (yeah, we get it, you're a paranoid ball of emotion - get over it!) Then she says part of her feels like she doesn't deserve to do good (and I feel like a total heel - that's so sad.)
-Next Cochran is talking to Eddie and he says honestly he's not sure if it's going to be him or Dawn. Eddie says it can only be one of them and he shouldn't take Dawn, she's going to play the mother card and cry, people give in to her when she cries. Eddie says he's trying to appeal to Cochran on a logical level, not an emotional sense or a bullying sense - because Eddie really feels he has the best chance of winning this if he can get into the final three.
-Cochran says they jury loves everything Eddie says. Eddie, "That's because I'm an idiot." (Haha!) He says he doesn't talk strategy, and yeah, he hasn't pissed anyone off but he's really only voted one person out. (Hmm, that's not the best argument there - that means everyone on the jury likes you... I think he nailed the idiot thing.)
-Until he tells us what he wants to do with the million dollars - he wants
to open a dog bar - not a bar for dogs, but a bar that is pet friendly, where you can bring your dogs and drink while they play in the doggie area. (I'm in! I don't have a dog, but that sounds like fun, let's go to the dog bar!)
-Cochran is still weighing his options, he knows Sherri's going to the end because he can beat her but can he beat Eddie or can he beat Dawn? I hopes he doesn't kick himself about this decision.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Erik looks much better - all bright eyed and properly hydrated.
Eddie, did Erik leaving open a door for you in a way?
-It definitely stirred things up a bit because I think it was Erik, Dawn and Sherri who were the planned final three. (Cochran didn't like that) So I did have the chance to cause some commotion in the last two days.
Cochran, I didn't hear your name in that final three.
-Yeah, it's a little alarming. It was probably a good thing Erik wasn't there because he was keeping me out of the potential final three but it was the circumstances that he went under that made it hard to celebrate it.
Challenges - first the reward is an advantage in the immunity challenge - Cochran wins his third individual challenge - you can't even resist, you feel so good right?
-It's bizarre to me because I thought I could maybe meet 1/3 of the Survivor challenge [out wit, out last, out play] with the out wit. After the last time playing people thought he was worthless and he began to believe he was worthless but now I'm feeling more confident and the fact that I'm able to succeed now is remarkable to me.
Today's challenge - Cochran, what was the feeling when I yelled, "Cochran wins immunity!"?
-It was the most incredible moment in the game to me so far. Not so much that I was going to be safe at tonight's tribal council but that I wouldn't have been capable of that a couple years ago.
So Dawn, one of you will become the final member of the jury - Cochran is safe and has some sway, what your argument to him [to keep you]?
-I've done a pretty good job of maligning myself with most of the people on the jury (really? I don't really see that - Brenda, yes) Eddie's so likeable, he hasn't sent anyone on the jury home except Phillip - they're going to love him.
Eddie?
-Yeah?
It's your game brother. [Uh, same question, pay attention, okay?]
-I would probably say the exact same thing. And not to put myself down but I really did only vote one person out on the jury so strategy-wise, how much did I really do out here? It's a game of deception not really a game of loyalty and honesty. Dawn made huge moves and changed how the game was played so I think taking Dawn to the final three is putting her right in front. (Well said.)
So Cochran, Eddie's saying you can knock him out by saying he's done nothing but been a nice guy...
-Eddie & Dawn both have great arguments - Dawn making herself sound like she's a complete villain which he doesn't think is necessarily the case - What it really comes down to is what criteria the jury is going to be using and my perception of what the jury wants in a winner is what I'm likely placing my vote on.
Sherri, what's it like sitting one of four and nobody really paying any attention to you? It's a foregone conclusion you're going to the final three.
-That's how they've been playing the game, that I haven't been a threat but I'm still here. I've made alliances and everyone just seems to forget... blah, blah - Reynold is looking at her like she's mental. She continues, "I may not say a lot, but I take in a lot." (So?)
-Cochran says he thinks Sherri maybe has done more to get to this point than is immediately apparent.
-Eddie pipes up, "I think your best chance is with me and Sherri." Sherri agrees, awkwardly.
Dawn, put a little fear in you?
-Not more than today or yesterday or the 36 days before that (she is always afraid Jeff.)
Okay, time to vote:
Eddie votes Dawn
Dawn votes Eddie - Please go home!
Cochran says I think you're the only person out there that can beat me...
Tallying the votes:
Dawn - 1
Eddie - 1, 2, 3 - Dimpled Lisp is out of the game - bye bye Amigo!
Eddie's final thoughts - Sherri has zero chance of winning that's why she is going to the final three. If he had gone to the final three first place was his (uh huh.) As much as it sucks, he's pretty happy with how he ended up.
Enil Edam - Day 39
Filler, filler, filler - they get food, champagne, eggs, sausage - they eat.
Sherri says her husband will be so proud of her, she wasn't going to take anything less than final three. She formed an underdog alliance and ran that alliance, that's why she's still there,
Dawn had an alliance with Cochran from the beginning but her real alliance was with her family at home - never a day she wasn't loyal to her family (yes, I rolled my eyes - I'm sure they are really proud of watching her on-going mental breakdown on TV.) Dawn's proud of herself for making it to the end, proving that she can play the game well and owning her decisions. She feels like it's a storybook ending for Cochran and her but it's still game on for her and she's confident she can beat Sherri or Cochran.
Cochran - is sitting at the water hole posed like the thinker (ha, really?) in voice over he says the first time he's really felt frazzled out there was today. He wrote an award winning paper on the Survivor Jury System for law school but it's one thing to write about it and another to live it and he's struggling with that dichotomy right now. Law school hasn't prepared him for this, "Sorry Harvard, but you really haven't taught me much on how to address a jury." (ha) He's going to learn his lesson tonight. He says whenever things are looking good for him he starts expecting and preparing for the worst. He knows he's played a great game and has to be confident when presenting his case but when he's not feeling confident it's hard to do.
FINAL TRIBAL COUNCIL
Opening statements:
Dawn: I'm looking at the group of you and feeling humble because I know how hard you all played. I know you all know how hard this game was for me, the emotion had to do with how hard it was for me to be duplicitous because when I came out here I made a couple promises to myself about how I would play. First I was going to have one ally that I was willing to take to the end and strategize with and make decisions with and that was Cochran. The second thing is, I wanted to be in control of my own game. And the third thing is, and the hardest part, i had to give myself permission to play the game and be willing to exploit the friendships and trust she built in the game, something she wouldn't do in normal life. "If this is football, I have to be willing to tackle." (Brenda looks right PO'd just listening to Dawn.) She's proud of her game because she made the hard decisions when she had to and that got them both where they are today.
Sherri: So you all know me as the stay at home mom and I have three children and have been married for 18 years - all this is true but I am also a very successful business woman - I have 75 employees, I run several businesses (Reynold looks like he's not buying it) and when I came into Survivor, I was going to play how I run my businesses, I was going to look at you like people I deal with on a day to day basis... (and then she loses it...) I'm so nervous - (yup, totally lost her train of thought and any momentum she had. It was painful to watch her flounder.) Um, so, yeah, I had to make decisions and make myself pliable to get into many different areas (so you're putty?) She thinks she was successful because she's still sitting there.
Cochran: This is the culmination of thirteen years of passion for Survivor, half my life. In high school I used to wear a buff every night that Survivor was on, I used to distribute a newsletter (there is nothing wrong with that! Ha), I wrote a paper about it in law school, this is an obsession. And the fact that I'm here now is surreal and an honour. I had no fantasy that I would become one of the top 10 challenge performers in Survivor history. Socially I'm an awkward person, I have anxiety, but somehow I fell into the role of therapist, when paranoia was rampant at camp I would step in as a calming force. Strategically I'm proud of myself, when the merge hit that's when the individual threats emerged and I know I can't out-muscle, out-charm or even out-strategize but I can beat people in timing and that is what this game has been for me is timing. Whenever a threat emerged, I would strike before I could be stuck at. I've lied along the way, I've deceived along the way and I'm proud of it and I want to own it and I want you to be aware of why I think I've played the best game. So I'm looking forward to the questions, you can tear me apart but I want to prove why I played the best game.
Jury Questions:
Malcolm: congratulations - Sherri, I don't have a question for you.(Burn!) Dawn and Cochran, my vote is up in the air. I think you both played a smart game - So Dawn, no question but I'm going to be your best friend tonight - he tells her to own her game. You can't be warm mother of six now, if you were cold and played hard, own it and fight for it. I will vote for you.
Cochran, what quality do you have that I don't have that allowed you to be so successful and get you to the end?
Answer: A heightened level of insecurity. When he heard people had their own plans he'd get very insecure and take them out so it manifested in a healthy way but he could not imagine Malcolm being insecure so that's something that Cochran has that Malcolm doesn't.
Malcolm - Thanks.
Eddie: Sherri, are you willing to admit that you got carried to the final three or do you still think you're here for a strategic reason?
-I don't think I got carried to the final three. (sigh) The jury all laughed at her (ouch.)
Dawn, what troubles me the most about you is you talked about how you played this strong game and were cold-hearted but whenever I saw you interact with anyone you were the weakest most fragile player out here, all the time. It was a daily occurrence of you running off to have a breakdown.
-Oh I think I've been strong but you're seeing the wear of the game on me. I still want to own that I made those decisions, that I took friendships and exploited them, that I said we need to vote this person out of how I feel or what they did for me.
Cochran, you have come 180 from where you were last time you played. I am judging you on where you are going to take this forward coming out of this game (what? What does that have to do with anything?) He asks him what he'd be like going to the bar with the three amigos.
-I'm going to be at the bar, there's no question - but a couple years ago I would have panic attacks just thinking about that. I would be at the bar beside you, well, slightly apart because there would be two girls on either side of me. (He gave the answer Eddie wanted, probably not true to character but definitely the right answer for Dog-Bar owner Eddie.) It's going to change the way he interacts socially with people well beyond the bounds of this game.
(Reynold also seems quite happy with that answer - so shallow the pretty people.)
Phillip: Sherri, the day you made the decision to join the favourites, that was a strategic move that got you sitting there today. However, as of today, you are no longer a member of Stealth R Us (what did she do to be stripped of her Tenacious title?) He rescinds her membership no explanation (but much to Malcolm's amusement.)
Dawn, we had to live with several times a day with her [paranoid freak outs] - I have total intolerance for somebody who wants to come out and play Survivor then suddenly cry or make all kinds of excuses during the game (who cares what you'll tolerate - she's in the final 3, you're not.) You made camp life for most of us very disruptive, I'd have a hard time voting for you.
Cochran, you've played a very strategic game, you did it in a straightforward manner, I didn't feel there was any malice toward anybody and I just wanted to say I enjoyed playing the game with you. You're a real class act. (WOW, high praise from the Specialist.)
Erik: Dawn, we helped each other through this and I thought we shared something that was so special but after what happened with Brenda, you crushed it. It wasn't precious, it wasn't special, are you aware of the damage you caused when you played the game you played? (Seriously? That's sounding like the old Erik asking that silly question).
-I came into the game saying I would use the friendships I made to get me further in the game and she was more loyal to Cochran and that alliance. They were all honest connections for her but she was playing the game to get further (Malcolm is smiling on like a proud papa, she's going what I told her to do... gag me.)
Sherri, I want to talk to you, in the same vein of awareness, do you understand why you're here right now?
-I'm here because I played the game hard. I played the game how I wanted to play it now how you all think I should have played it.
No one is digging into your strategy, no on is asking you those questions are they? She's not sure why and he would like to enlighten her, "You never did anything in this game. You were a seashell on the beach..." but his condescending tone sends her into rage bitch horrible boss mode - "I don't care what you think, I don't need your vote, obviously I'm not going to get it. I don't need to listen to you, you can sit down." And he does. But she lost any sliver of a chance she had at votes. (Not that she had a sliver of a chance anyway. Oh, and I hope he didn't have anything for Cochran - yeah, the ice cream scooper is still dominated by women.)
Michael: Dawn and Cochran I knew you guys were playing the same game but I feel like Dawn you are getting more of the punch gut reaction. Why is Cochran getting off scott-free and you are being called the villain?
-I think it's because I developed the relationships with people that gave the information that we needed to take people out.
So he doesn't have as much blood on his hands?
-I don't think he has as much blood, I don't think he had as much responsibility and I don't think he would necessarily be here if I hadn't developed the relationships. In my opinion there were a lot of decisions in the game where Cochran didn't have to do anything but show up and vote.
Cochran do you think Dawn deserves the reactions she's getting?
-I don't know. Honestly I'm happy she's getting these reactions - he's happy there's venom towards Dawn. He disagrees that he wouldn't be in the game if it wasn't for her, certainly there is a reciprocity and symbiosis in their relationship. The paranoia that ran rampant with you around camp was crippling (there was a little back and forth) still my answer - you were essential in gathering the information but I actually made the decisions. If I hadn't become your therapist, I don't think you would still be in this game. (Oh, snap.)
Reynold: He disliked Dawn from day one, he saw her as a phony, over enthusiastic hugs and disingenuous.
-She basically says that's just how she is. It's not fake, she's just a robot (ha ha, no, she didn't say that.) He asks for her honest opinion of him and she says he's a chauvinist, he has a great sense of humour and he's very vulgar. So now he's happy and he can believe her - Tell these people I kicked your ass.
-I kicked your ass in this game! But I still do love you.
Andrea: Not bitter, no mean words. You guys blindsided me with a hidden immunity idol in my bag and it was awesome.
Cochran, if you could choose one animal that you played this game most like, what would it be?
-A chameleon , I was able to change colours at the drop of a hat. It was
his adaptability and the timing (oh, coming back to his theme) of that adaptability that was crucial to his game.
Dawn, I'm really proud of you and I think you played a very strategic game and if I was in the final three I would have played similar to you, I understand where you are coming from. Thanks.
Brenda: Let's do this.
Cochran, we didn't have an emotional bond like Dawn and I did. But I felt we bonded over the family visit - I feel like I gave you something and almost right away, you took something. I want you to sell me on why I should give to you now.
- I have developed a sociopathic ability to separate emotion from the game and outside the game I will prove my gratitude for what I consider an emotional gift. In terms of why you should vote for me, you were a threat to my game and I took out that threat. It's cold but it's the truth.
Dawn, you know how strong the bond I thought I had with you was and getting voted off by YOU was where the pain came.
She goes over the missing teeth breakdown and asks Dawn, would she really have quit the game if she didn't get her teeth back, something cosmetic. Would you have quit this game if I didn't give you back your teeth?
-No.
Then prove it. I want you to take out your teeth. (YES! Brenda gets the Sue Hawk award for dramatics - THAT'S AWESOME!)
-Dawn tries to talk her way out of it, "Yeah, I'm not going to do that."
But Brenda's having none of it - You're telling me I didn't have your fate in this game in my hand, that it was really no big deal, you were going to stay - if that's true, then take them out.
-If you want me to humiliate myself, I will do it...
Okay, let's do it. Let's do it
-Dawn kept blabbing on until finally, she did take out the teeth and grin with the big hole in her bottom teeth - (still has the big fake chicklets up top so no big deal.)
Brenda just didn't want her to minimize what she did for her, I wanted you to feel that because that's what I felt, a little bit of heartbreak...and I think she made her point. (HA! That was fun.)
Time to vote:
Phillip voted for Cochran - thanks him for joining Stealth R Us (seriously?)
Malcolm says it's not the name he thought he'd be writing down tonight but they didn't show us who it was...
Jeff walks off with the votes into the night and then into the CBS studio...
And it's time to read the votes:
Sherri's pretty sure she has no chance (really? Why?)
Cochran, skin so translucent it burned instantly, hoping for the best but prepared for the worst.
Dawn, took us on an emotional ride... she doesn't think she's going to win but she thinks she'll be able to buy some new teeth.
Votes:
Cochran - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - COCHRAN is the Winner of Survivor Caramoa, Fans vs Favourites! And he had to sweep it or they would have shown someone else's votes. Congratulations you glorious nerd you.
And with Cochran, the winners of our Pool are: Ryan H, Robert L and Fred & Gary M. (these two are the luckiest... but I'm not bitter, I've just NEVER won the pool myself, but it's fine. Really.)
So, point form of the reunion:
-Malcolm won the Sprint player of the game vote and won $100K
-Malcolm also had a small bit part on the Bold & the Beautiful (he shouldn't quit his day job)
-Brenda is pregnant and wasn't there in person but she's still not speaking to Dawn and they gave Dawn a chance to apologize but she didn't (nor do I think she should have to.)
-Boston Rob wrote a rule book for life based on Phillip's BR rules - and he presented a copy to Phillip.
-And they teased about the next season, showing a drop of blood in water... the title of the next season, Blood vs Water. (Oh, is it going to be family members - PLEASE NO MORE HANTZ's!)
Another great season. See you in September!
Coleen.
