Tiny Little Shanks to the Heart
Last week we saw Ciera leave when Jeremy used one of his hidden immunity idols to save Stephen... but not for long because in the second episode Fishbach was taken out, mostly at Spencer's bidding, even though he played his advantage.
Orkun - Day 30
-Jeremy is feeling uneasy with Stephen gone, he checks in with Spencer who spearheaded getting Stephen voted out, that they are still good.
-Spencer may not want to go to the end with Jeremy but he feels like he is someone he can still use. He tells him things are going to stay as they have been. Which Jeremy doesn't like, these voting blocks keep shifting and he can't control what's going on.
Kimmi is talking to Wentworth in the hammock - she says if they vote out Joe and the women are willing to work together, they could have the numbers with an all-girl alliance of Tasha, Abi, Kelley & Kimmi. Kelley loves that, she is totally in.
-Kimmi then talks to Tasha and says if they get rid of Joe, they will be able to get out Spencer, Keith and Jeremy... Tasha is listening but I'm not sure she's in.
-Kimmi tells the camera she didn't leave her family and go out there to be somebody's pawn - she came to win and it's time for her to make her move. (You go Kimmi!)
REWARD CHALLENGE
Jeff is a jerk - he asks how they're doing being away from family and gets Jeremy all choked up - then he says a big part of Survivor has always been the family visit... which gets them all excited... but sometimes they do something different... which built them up and let them down... but this time we are not doing anything different... wait, what? We are bringing the love to you. (Holy crap, what an emotional roller coaster, I'm surprised no one punched him.)
-And everyone is crying before they even see any family.
-Jeremy's wife Val comes out - Bahhahhwaaah! And she whispers to him that it's a boy, but she's not really showing and he doesn't want anyone to know still.
-Tasha's cousin Christina - who is like a sister to her.
-Spencer's girlfriend Marcela - Oh, she's so cute and more tears and he finally says I Love You, which is a huge deal for him (so you do it on TV, way to cheapen it bro.)
-Abi's mom, Vera - cute little Brazilian woman, who thinks Abi is her angel... oh boy.
-Keith's wife Dana - he calls her Big D, really?
-Wentworth's Dad Dale - he played before but has new respect for those that stay home knowing what it's like (huh? Whatever, she's done better without him, that's for sure.)
-Part of Joe's dream of Survivor has always been to have his Dad come for the loved one's show and he didn't reach it last season (did they have a loved ones episode last episode?) Anyway, he made it this time - his Dad Pat, gray man-pony (hahaha, last generation's man-bun.)
Kimmi's dad Russ - he's all sweated through his shirt and they haven't done anything - this was also a dream of her Dad's.
Reward challenge - they will have to dig up a rope and the bags of puzzle pieces attached to it, then spin around a post to remove the handle and get another bag, then walk a balance beam while dizzy to retrieve one more bag. Once they are across with all the bags they will use the pieces inside the bags to solve a word puzzle - Nourishment - and put all the pieces on a vertical stick to spell the word. First person to get the word correct will win BBQ and get to bring their loved one back to camp.
Off they go - and Kimmi is in the lead to the post - Keith is the first one to get his bag and he tries to walk the balance beam like a drunk... this is going to be the sticking point maybe as they have to start over when they fall off.
-Keith is the first to start on the puzzle but he has no idea what the word is and keeps telling Joe he doesn't know (he's not going to help you.)
-They are all working on the word except Kimmi who just cannot get across the balance beam and it's Kelley Wentworth who figures out the word first and wins Reward!
-Jeff of course tells her she gets to choose three tribe members who also get their family to visit - She chooses Keith, Abi and Kimmi - then Jeff gives her one more (oh, come on) and she chooses Joe because he needs to make out with his dad some more (they did kiss a lot, which is fine but a little creepy.)
-And leaving three people out is really mean when five people get to stay - totally showing Tasha, Jeremy and Spencer they're on the outs, or at least not in with Wentworth I guess.
Orkun - Day 30
-The atmosphere is a family cook out, they are all relaxed and enjoying a beach picnic. Keith says he would have been happy with a fifth cousin from his daddy's side, but Big D was the ultimate prize (I can't believe she's okay with being called Big D, but that could just be me.)
-Joe sneaks off with his dad to show him the Orkun flag that he painted and Pat tells him he's never had a friend like Joe, he's his hero... yes, he's chosen this moment on national television to finally open up to his son (I am so jaded. It's not the dead grandmother bit, but it just doesn't seem super genuine to me.)
-Back at camp, Jeremy, Spencer and Tasha are brokenly making some gruel (rice) and Spencer realizes that he's got to get his head back in the game and do everything he can to win.
-He apologizes for the Stephen vote but tells him it was nothing against them - then he asks how they feel about them being the final three (what are they going to say) absolutely, the unloved are sticking together.
-Tasha tells the camera that she has the option to go with Spencer and Jeremy to the end or she also has the option of the girls only alliance.
-Spencer asks what their thoughts are on Joe? Spencer didn't take Joe out when they had the chance last because he wanted to take out Stephen, but now they have to get rid of Joe, everyone agrees.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-They will be balancing a wooden statue on a pole. At regular intervals they will add a section to the pole making it longer and harder to control - if the statue drops, they're out.
And today - it is last man and last woman standing that will win immunity.
-Off they go - and it's pretty windy too. They have to add a section while still keeping the statue balanced, everyone gets through that transition. They have to add a section every five minutes. Everyone is still there after 20 minutes and 10ft of pole, Jeff tells them to be mindful of the statues when they drop... and he no sooner says that than Kimmi loses her statue and is the first out.
-Abi is the next out, she just didn't have the wrist strength to keep it up.
-25 minutes in, they have to add another section and Tasha is out meaning Kelley Wentworth wins the Female Immunity.
-Spencer drops out next, followed by Jeremy and we're down to Keith and Joe again.
-30 minutes in, the last section of pole has to be added - they are at 16 ft of pole, which are bending and wobbling like crazy but they both battle back...
-1hr, 20 minutes and both of them are still holding up their statues, until Joe passes out (oh! I thought someone was going to get a statue in the head, but no) of course once they realize he's fainted and not moving, all hell breaks loose - Jeff declares Keith the winner and then starts calling for medical to see to Joe who's crumpled in the dirt.
-The doctor looked Joe over, and once he started coming around, they brought an umbrella for some shade and the doctor said he used up all his energy stores and when his blood sugar crashed, his body gave out - but he's in no danger, he was already looking a lot better - no danger of being pulled from the game.
-But for Joe, it's curtains - he's going into Tribal council with no immunity - it's just a tough situation for him for sure.
Orkun - Day 32
-Back at camp most of them are telling Joe to take it easy and rest but Abi is jazzed at the drama, to see the magnificent Joe beaten by a 52 year old man, "it was awesome!" (She's a little twisted.)
-Kelley is finally talking to Abi about Kimmi wanting an all-girl alliance and Abi is excited, "She does? That's awesome." And they think Tasha is in (but that was before you snubbed her with her loved one) - but the foregone conclusion is they get rid of Joe tonight, then decide what they want to do from there.
-Kelley says the fact that Joe pushed himself to the point that he passed out is frightening, she can't compete with that so he has to go.
-Joe asks Jeremy if he wants to talk and then gets up like an old man - Joe's proposal is that they take out Abi because everyone wants to go to the end with her, she's easy to beat - so every tribal she's not voted out, makes it more and more dangerous that she'll make it to the end - and he wants players to make it to the end (meaning she's not deserving? Outlasting is one of the basic tenants of Survivor, right?)
-Joe thinks this argument stuck with Jeremy, he's hoping it will carry him through another vote without immunity around his neck.
-Jeremy goes and talks to Spencer and Tasha saying it's easy to just vote out Joe, should they do that or vote Abi or someone like that? Tasha says just so you know, the girls are talking about an all-girl alliance (what? why tell them that?) she wants to be up front with them and asks them to believe that's not going to happen. Now Jeremy is second-guessing voting out Joe (way to go Tasha!)
-Jeremy & Spencer are freaking out about the girls taking over, especially because it's so quiet... and Tasha knows she might have screwed up. That's all the guys are focused on now - can't let the women take over.
-Spencer says keeping Joe or getting rid of him, he's terrified either way. And he's not sure that this is Tasha's best final three - she may think she can beat the girls easier and maybe they should quash this thing before it gets started. (Okay, I'm kind of loving how just the suggestion of an all-girls alliance is spooking them - yeah, you should be afraid.)
-They realize they are still going to need Tasha though, if they want to keep Joe and keep the numbers to get rid of the girls so Jeremy goes to talk to her.
-Tasha talks sense to Jeremy "so you vote out Abi, that keeps Joe in the game and he wins out." Jeremy,"You think he's going to win out?" Tasha, "You couldn't beat him today. Spencer couldn't beat him today." (Exactly, focus on the actual threat to you winning the game.) Tasha doesn't want Joe to escape another tribal council and now it appears they are at a stalemate.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
-Joe said it was humbling to realize, and reach, his breaking point. (And he's got pouty, trying not to cry face going on.)
-Kimmi said it was an epic battle and to see one of them go down it was really frightening for them. (For you?)
-Kelley says once they knew he was going to be okay, you are
thinking about the game and realize these guys will actually pass out to win a challenge.
-Jeremy says Joe not having immunity does cross your mind, to take him out, but it doesn't change the game plan. These next two votes are crucial.
Tasha - Crucial.
Joe - Crucial.
-Jeremy says voting blocks have gotten them this far but it's getting down to the nitty gritty and time to pick an alliance to get you to the end. Jeremy says they pretty much know who's on the block tonight.
-Joe says he knows he is and Abi also knows she is... but she always feels like she's on the bottom. And Joe breaks out his argument that everyone would like to sit beside her at the end but she's taking up a spot that could be someone else's chance to win. (So totally throwing her under the bus as a useless player that has no chance to win, nice. If I didn't dislike her so much I would wish she did win.)
-Spencer says if the person you want in the final three does nothing to help you get there, that is a problem (more anti-Abi sentiment.)
-Abi thinks there is a mold growing and they need to get rid of the bad apple (that would be Joe, I assume.)
-Joe hopes that the people he talked to today stick to the plan because it only takes four after this vote and if you don't have four people you can trust, you're going to be 8, 7, 6... (Only 7 after this vote so 7, 6, 5... but whatever.)
Time to Vote:
Abi votes for Joe and says, "Please get a haircut, you look like a clown." (Oh, burn.)
Joe votes Abi
Spencer is still terrified that this is a winning or losing vote but they don't show us who he voted for.
Tallying the votes:
No one plays a hidden immunity idol.
Votes:
Joe - 1
Abi - 1
Tasha - 1 (What, someone voted for Tasha?)
Joe - 2
Joe - 3
Joe - 4 - And Joe is the next person voted out - it had to be done, they would have been dumb to keep the winningest guy around - look at last season with Texas Mike, if Joe made it to the end, he'd win.
And with Joe leaving tonight, that takes Ian G., Ritch G., and Shane B. out of the pool.
Next time: Jeremy and Spencer are worried their game is slipping away and it looks like a lot of sliding, falling and almost drowning at a water challenge.
Over Joe's final thoughts we see how everyone voted and everyone voted for Joe except him and Keith who voted Tasha (I knew no one talked to Keith... and he had immunity so he didn't care.)
Joe's final thoughts: No regrets, he played the best game he knew how and he reached so many goals, getting his dad out there alone was a million dollar experience. (Snore.)
Have a great rest of your week everyone,
Coleen
Last week we saw Ciera leave when Jeremy used one of his hidden immunity idols to save Stephen... but not for long because in the second episode Fishbach was taken out, mostly at Spencer's bidding, even though he played his advantage.
Orkun - Day 30
-Jeremy is feeling uneasy with Stephen gone, he checks in with Spencer who spearheaded getting Stephen voted out, that they are still good.
-Spencer may not want to go to the end with Jeremy but he feels like he is someone he can still use. He tells him things are going to stay as they have been. Which Jeremy doesn't like, these voting blocks keep shifting and he can't control what's going on.
Kimmi is talking to Wentworth in the hammock - she says if they vote out Joe and the women are willing to work together, they could have the numbers with an all-girl alliance of Tasha, Abi, Kelley & Kimmi. Kelley loves that, she is totally in.
-Kimmi then talks to Tasha and says if they get rid of Joe, they will be able to get out Spencer, Keith and Jeremy... Tasha is listening but I'm not sure she's in.
-Kimmi tells the camera she didn't leave her family and go out there to be somebody's pawn - she came to win and it's time for her to make her move. (You go Kimmi!)
REWARD CHALLENGE
Jeff is a jerk - he asks how they're doing being away from family and gets Jeremy all choked up - then he says a big part of Survivor has always been the family visit... which gets them all excited... but sometimes they do something different... which built them up and let them down... but this time we are not doing anything different... wait, what? We are bringing the love to you. (Holy crap, what an emotional roller coaster, I'm surprised no one punched him.)
-And everyone is crying before they even see any family.
-Jeremy's wife Val comes out - Bahhahhwaaah! And she whispers to him that it's a boy, but she's not really showing and he doesn't want anyone to know still.
-Tasha's cousin Christina - who is like a sister to her.
-Spencer's girlfriend Marcela - Oh, she's so cute and more tears and he finally says I Love You, which is a huge deal for him (so you do it on TV, way to cheapen it bro.)
-Abi's mom, Vera - cute little Brazilian woman, who thinks Abi is her angel... oh boy.
-Keith's wife Dana - he calls her Big D, really?
-Wentworth's Dad Dale - he played before but has new respect for those that stay home knowing what it's like (huh? Whatever, she's done better without him, that's for sure.)
-Part of Joe's dream of Survivor has always been to have his Dad come for the loved one's show and he didn't reach it last season (did they have a loved ones episode last episode?) Anyway, he made it this time - his Dad Pat, gray man-pony (hahaha, last generation's man-bun.)
Kimmi's dad Russ - he's all sweated through his shirt and they haven't done anything - this was also a dream of her Dad's.
Reward challenge - they will have to dig up a rope and the bags of puzzle pieces attached to it, then spin around a post to remove the handle and get another bag, then walk a balance beam while dizzy to retrieve one more bag. Once they are across with all the bags they will use the pieces inside the bags to solve a word puzzle - Nourishment - and put all the pieces on a vertical stick to spell the word. First person to get the word correct will win BBQ and get to bring their loved one back to camp.
Off they go - and Kimmi is in the lead to the post - Keith is the first one to get his bag and he tries to walk the balance beam like a drunk... this is going to be the sticking point maybe as they have to start over when they fall off.
-Keith is the first to start on the puzzle but he has no idea what the word is and keeps telling Joe he doesn't know (he's not going to help you.)
-They are all working on the word except Kimmi who just cannot get across the balance beam and it's Kelley Wentworth who figures out the word first and wins Reward!
-Jeff of course tells her she gets to choose three tribe members who also get their family to visit - She chooses Keith, Abi and Kimmi - then Jeff gives her one more (oh, come on) and she chooses Joe because he needs to make out with his dad some more (they did kiss a lot, which is fine but a little creepy.)
-And leaving three people out is really mean when five people get to stay - totally showing Tasha, Jeremy and Spencer they're on the outs, or at least not in with Wentworth I guess.
Orkun - Day 30
-The atmosphere is a family cook out, they are all relaxed and enjoying a beach picnic. Keith says he would have been happy with a fifth cousin from his daddy's side, but Big D was the ultimate prize (I can't believe she's okay with being called Big D, but that could just be me.)
-Joe sneaks off with his dad to show him the Orkun flag that he painted and Pat tells him he's never had a friend like Joe, he's his hero... yes, he's chosen this moment on national television to finally open up to his son (I am so jaded. It's not the dead grandmother bit, but it just doesn't seem super genuine to me.)
-Back at camp, Jeremy, Spencer and Tasha are brokenly making some gruel (rice) and Spencer realizes that he's got to get his head back in the game and do everything he can to win.
-He apologizes for the Stephen vote but tells him it was nothing against them - then he asks how they feel about them being the final three (what are they going to say) absolutely, the unloved are sticking together.
-Tasha tells the camera that she has the option to go with Spencer and Jeremy to the end or she also has the option of the girls only alliance.
-Spencer asks what their thoughts are on Joe? Spencer didn't take Joe out when they had the chance last because he wanted to take out Stephen, but now they have to get rid of Joe, everyone agrees.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-They will be balancing a wooden statue on a pole. At regular intervals they will add a section to the pole making it longer and harder to control - if the statue drops, they're out.
And today - it is last man and last woman standing that will win immunity.
-Off they go - and it's pretty windy too. They have to add a section while still keeping the statue balanced, everyone gets through that transition. They have to add a section every five minutes. Everyone is still there after 20 minutes and 10ft of pole, Jeff tells them to be mindful of the statues when they drop... and he no sooner says that than Kimmi loses her statue and is the first out.
-Abi is the next out, she just didn't have the wrist strength to keep it up.
-25 minutes in, they have to add another section and Tasha is out meaning Kelley Wentworth wins the Female Immunity.
-Spencer drops out next, followed by Jeremy and we're down to Keith and Joe again.
-30 minutes in, the last section of pole has to be added - they are at 16 ft of pole, which are bending and wobbling like crazy but they both battle back...
-1hr, 20 minutes and both of them are still holding up their statues, until Joe passes out (oh! I thought someone was going to get a statue in the head, but no) of course once they realize he's fainted and not moving, all hell breaks loose - Jeff declares Keith the winner and then starts calling for medical to see to Joe who's crumpled in the dirt.
-The doctor looked Joe over, and once he started coming around, they brought an umbrella for some shade and the doctor said he used up all his energy stores and when his blood sugar crashed, his body gave out - but he's in no danger, he was already looking a lot better - no danger of being pulled from the game.
-But for Joe, it's curtains - he's going into Tribal council with no immunity - it's just a tough situation for him for sure.
Orkun - Day 32
-Back at camp most of them are telling Joe to take it easy and rest but Abi is jazzed at the drama, to see the magnificent Joe beaten by a 52 year old man, "it was awesome!" (She's a little twisted.)
-Kelley is finally talking to Abi about Kimmi wanting an all-girl alliance and Abi is excited, "She does? That's awesome." And they think Tasha is in (but that was before you snubbed her with her loved one) - but the foregone conclusion is they get rid of Joe tonight, then decide what they want to do from there.
-Kelley says the fact that Joe pushed himself to the point that he passed out is frightening, she can't compete with that so he has to go.
-Joe asks Jeremy if he wants to talk and then gets up like an old man - Joe's proposal is that they take out Abi because everyone wants to go to the end with her, she's easy to beat - so every tribal she's not voted out, makes it more and more dangerous that she'll make it to the end - and he wants players to make it to the end (meaning she's not deserving? Outlasting is one of the basic tenants of Survivor, right?)
-Joe thinks this argument stuck with Jeremy, he's hoping it will carry him through another vote without immunity around his neck.
-Jeremy goes and talks to Spencer and Tasha saying it's easy to just vote out Joe, should they do that or vote Abi or someone like that? Tasha says just so you know, the girls are talking about an all-girl alliance (what? why tell them that?) she wants to be up front with them and asks them to believe that's not going to happen. Now Jeremy is second-guessing voting out Joe (way to go Tasha!)
-Jeremy & Spencer are freaking out about the girls taking over, especially because it's so quiet... and Tasha knows she might have screwed up. That's all the guys are focused on now - can't let the women take over.
-Spencer says keeping Joe or getting rid of him, he's terrified either way. And he's not sure that this is Tasha's best final three - she may think she can beat the girls easier and maybe they should quash this thing before it gets started. (Okay, I'm kind of loving how just the suggestion of an all-girls alliance is spooking them - yeah, you should be afraid.)
-They realize they are still going to need Tasha though, if they want to keep Joe and keep the numbers to get rid of the girls so Jeremy goes to talk to her.
-Tasha talks sense to Jeremy "so you vote out Abi, that keeps Joe in the game and he wins out." Jeremy,"You think he's going to win out?" Tasha, "You couldn't beat him today. Spencer couldn't beat him today." (Exactly, focus on the actual threat to you winning the game.) Tasha doesn't want Joe to escape another tribal council and now it appears they are at a stalemate.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
-Joe said it was humbling to realize, and reach, his breaking point. (And he's got pouty, trying not to cry face going on.)
-Kimmi said it was an epic battle and to see one of them go down it was really frightening for them. (For you?)
-Kelley says once they knew he was going to be okay, you are
thinking about the game and realize these guys will actually pass out to win a challenge.
-Jeremy says Joe not having immunity does cross your mind, to take him out, but it doesn't change the game plan. These next two votes are crucial.
Tasha - Crucial.
Joe - Crucial.
-Jeremy says voting blocks have gotten them this far but it's getting down to the nitty gritty and time to pick an alliance to get you to the end. Jeremy says they pretty much know who's on the block tonight.
-Joe says he knows he is and Abi also knows she is... but she always feels like she's on the bottom. And Joe breaks out his argument that everyone would like to sit beside her at the end but she's taking up a spot that could be someone else's chance to win. (So totally throwing her under the bus as a useless player that has no chance to win, nice. If I didn't dislike her so much I would wish she did win.)
-Spencer says if the person you want in the final three does nothing to help you get there, that is a problem (more anti-Abi sentiment.)
-Abi thinks there is a mold growing and they need to get rid of the bad apple (that would be Joe, I assume.)
-Joe hopes that the people he talked to today stick to the plan because it only takes four after this vote and if you don't have four people you can trust, you're going to be 8, 7, 6... (Only 7 after this vote so 7, 6, 5... but whatever.)
Time to Vote:
Abi votes for Joe and says, "Please get a haircut, you look like a clown." (Oh, burn.)
Joe votes Abi
Spencer is still terrified that this is a winning or losing vote but they don't show us who he voted for.
Tallying the votes:
No one plays a hidden immunity idol.
Votes:
Joe - 1
Abi - 1
Tasha - 1 (What, someone voted for Tasha?)
Joe - 2
Joe - 3
Joe - 4 - And Joe is the next person voted out - it had to be done, they would have been dumb to keep the winningest guy around - look at last season with Texas Mike, if Joe made it to the end, he'd win.
And with Joe leaving tonight, that takes Ian G., Ritch G., and Shane B. out of the pool.
Next time: Jeremy and Spencer are worried their game is slipping away and it looks like a lot of sliding, falling and almost drowning at a water challenge.
Over Joe's final thoughts we see how everyone voted and everyone voted for Joe except him and Keith who voted Tasha (I knew no one talked to Keith... and he had immunity so he didn't care.)
Joe's final thoughts: No regrets, he played the best game he knew how and he reached so many goals, getting his dad out there alone was a million dollar experience. (Snore.)
Have a great rest of your week everyone,
Coleen
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