I Will Destroy You
Last week Millennial Adam made the decision to vote out Taylor's girlfriend (yes, that is actually how Jeff referred to Figgy in the opening, not even by name) but, of course, this did not sit well with Taylor.
Takali - Night 18
They return to camp and Adam comes to Taylor with his tail between his legs, giving him his tale of woe- it was a lose-lose for me and maybe I messed up... blah, blah but then Adam boldly says, "I screwed you, I own that." But...that's really not going to win Taylor back to his side, I'm not sure what the point of this talk was.
-Adam is dead to Taylor now - Adam says to the camera, "this is a total game of revenge. When it comes time, I will destroy you."
Vanua - Day 19
-David wants to solidify his bond with Zeke and he shares with him that he has the hidden immunity idol. Zeke is just delighted to hear it, if he can't have an idol it's good to know someone he's close to has one. Zeke says, "He put his life in my hands and I'm going to take very good care of it... for the time being."
REWARD CHALLENGE
All the Millennials were surprised to see Figgy had been voted out, and Michaela looked delighted. Jeff asks her how she feels about what she said at the last challenge about the Millennials voting together or deserving to go home and she says that it's been time for Figgy to go home for a long time, bye Felicia (her name was actually Jessica Figarilo - but then Michaela never really got to know her, it was dislike at first sight with those two.)
The challenge - they start out in the water with the four tribe members having to work together boosting one person up to reach a bag of balls they have to work through a suspended horizontal corkscrew to release the bag. Then one tribe member will start shooting the balls into a basket/shoot where a pair of tribe members will have to work the ball through a net tube to the basket at the end. Once all three balls have been worked through, they then have to throw the balls up to rest on a beam above their heads. First team to get all three balls resting on the beam will win a feast with a chef sent to their camp to cook for them. Second place team gets a plate of skewers (meat & veggies) that they will have to cook themselves - but still, Food! And third place gets nothing.
Vanua, as usual, is behind in the beginning but once they got to Chris shooting the balls and Zeke & Michelle working them through the net, they caught up and Chris was able to bring them the First place finish by getting all the balls on the beam first. Then it was between Takali with Ken having a hard time getting the balls to stay on the beam, and Michaela finally bringing home the second place from behind for Ikabula. Getting some food is better than none - but Michaela is starting to get nervous with her helping them to win so much that they will start to think she's the one to beat. (You don't want to be too strong, but I don't think she can help it when the competitive side kicks in for her.)
Vanua - Day 19
They return to camp and the chef is already there with the grill fired up and food cooking. They make pigs of themselves - well, the men do. Zeke let's the inner fat kid out and binges like there is no tomorrow because out there, every bit of food they get is fuel to get them farther - Chris & David are right along with him eating like pigs with only Michelle remembering her manners. Then the belching and farting begins - making room for more food and putting Michelle off of hers. (Lovely.)
Takali - Day 19
-Ken is talking politics and Taylor hates it but he's engaging in the discussion - he doesn't care about politics and thinks his generation is going to change things (sigh, doesn't every generation think that until we're disabused of our idealism?). Jessica finds Taylor to be your classic Millennial - he may not come off as the brightest but he is totally honest. Whatever he tells you is the unfiltered truth and she thinks that could be better for them than the machinations of Adam.
-Taylor tells them that Adam did lie to him and Figgy, and he (Taylor) has no allegiance to him (Adam). Taylor shakes their hands and vows he will not write their names down. And Jessica thinks, if they don't win, it's going to be a huge decision which Millennial to vote off.
Ikabula - Day 20
-Michaela is going on about the bug bites itching is all in her head and she tells the camera that she knows she's pretty intense - "Steve Jobs was pretty intense, Michael Jordan was pretty intense, Michaela Bradshaw is pretty intense, but that's what makes us winners, you know." (Did she really just compare herself to Steve Jobs and Michael Jordan? Oh yeah, she did.)
-For the most part this tribe is getting along, and they are trying to stay united so they keep winning - but Hannah is suspicious of Bret. He is actually a police officer but he is lying to them and telling everyone he's a funeral director. Under further interrogation by Hannah, he doesn't really have any details to share, he seems like he's being evasive and it makes her that much more suspicious. When Bret leaves the group she tells the other Millennials that she thinks Bret is a cop - she grew up in Boston and he walks, talks, looks like your typical Boston cop. Jay says he agrees, he thinks Bret's a cop too (sure jump on the bandwagon, I'm still impressed by Hannah figuring that out.) If it comes down to them having to vote out Sunday - the really sweet, youth pastor, mom of four - or Bret - the liar - who do you think it's going to be?
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They will race to throw coconuts into a net, once enough coconuts pull the net down, a banner with three numbers will drop and then they have to use those three numbers to release a key, the key will unlock their slingshot and they will have to shoot sandbags to knock down five targets. First two teams to knock down all the targets win immunity and the last place team is going to Tribal Council.
Vanua is pulling up the rear again - it takes them longest to get their net full of coconuts and then Michelle can't figure out the combination to get the key - but the slingshot becomes the great equalizer as they all have trouble finding the range to the targets. Takali is the first tribe to clear all their targets and it's down to Ikabula and Vanua - and Vanua with Chris shooting pulls out another come from behind win sending Ikabula to Tribal Council.
Ikabula - Day 20
-All six members of the tribe are sitting in a line on a log in silence. Sunday and Bret seem resigned to the fact that it's one of them going home. They don't even try to scramble and get the youngsters to turn on each other - the only thing we see is Bret & Sunday agreeing that they will vote for each other (what?? Then you both do deserve to go home - come on!)
-Next thing we see is Michaela using rocks and shells to show the other Millennials that it doesn't matter who they vote out because the Millennials will have the numbers - she has all the other tribes mapped out, she's run all the numbers. They decide to split the vote the first time around to flush out any idols if there are any, and then to vote out Bret the second time around.
-But what Michaela actually ended up showing the boys of her tribe is that not only is she a beast in the challenges, she's also scary smart. And a strong and smart woman is something to be feared!
-Jay has an epiphany, Michaela is a huge threat - she should go home before the merge. He takes Will aside and shares this idea with him and he agrees, especially since Michaela is also the only other person that knows that Jay has an idol (oh yeah! How could I have forgotten his 'fricken Michaela' last week.) They know that Sunday & Bret will vote Michaela in a heartbeat but they both like Michaela and she's fun to have around, also, they don't trust Bret... what to do, what to do.
They don't show the Millennials talking to Bret or Sunday and then they are heading to...
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Jeff points out that the other two tribes voted against the majority when they went to tribal, knowing that he asks Michaela what's her level of trust tonight.
- She says the majorities in the other two tribes were full of sketchy people and the nice thing about Ikabula is that they are all pretty trustworthy people.
-Jay was surprised that the majorities took out one of their own on the other tribes, "what are you doing? It's just nuts." (Will looks like he's trying to avoid eye contact with Jeff, don't call on me teacher.)
-Michaela says it sucks that they are having to vote someone out, they genuinely like each other, it's Uncle Bret and Mama Sunday, they would have taken over this whole game if you let us go to the merge.
Jeff - It's always my fault.
Michaela - you did it, we didn't ask for sling shots.
-Sunday says that she and Bret are very well aware that they are on the outs.
-Bret is very game to have the majority vote out one of their own here too. He says they know who he is, they know I'm being genuine with them (oooh, man, it's actually the opposite, they know you have been lying to them.)
-Will doesn't agree that the game has evolved to a maverick, voting block, I could turn on you at any moment type game - people see through that and when you find somebody you can trust, you latch on to that because it might be what can get you to the end in this game.
-Jay says you got to follow your guts.
-Michaela is sure the merge is coming soon so the vote for her has to do with who she sees making it to five with them. (That made Jay raise his eyebrows.)
-Will & Jay say the vote will make the tribe stronger because the bonds will only grow from that point forward.
-Michaela hopes whichever of the Gen X'ers that doesn't go home, doesn't feel like they're on the bottom - that's not what she wants. (And Jay is shaking his head behind her.. hmm.)
Time to Vote:
Hannah votes for Bret - Wish I could have gone fah-ther with you. (She dropped in the Southie accent.)
They don't show how anyone else voted.
Tallying the votes:
No one played a hidden immunity idol.
Votes:
Bret - 1
Bret - 2
Michaela - 1 (both Michaela & Hannah were shocked to see her name come up)
Michaela - 2 (still confused but it could be Bret & Sunday...)
Michaela - 3 - and she whips around, "WHAT?" looking straight at Jay, "Did you do that?" And he looks her in the eye and says, "Yeah. I did it." (I give him props for standing his ground, she made it very uncomfortable - if she could, I bet she would have slapped him.) Oh, then he kinda smirked and I wanted to slap him too. Hannah, "I did not do that." And Bret made the "Yikes, don't look at me" face.
Michaela - 4 - Jeff finally tells her that she has to bring him her torch. She looms over Jay telling him he just f'd up... then had to go back and get her shoes... she lingered so long, it was like she wasn't going to accept the outcome of the vote and it was just crazy. She had a few more expletives for Jay and stared him down as Jeff snuffed her flame. (Oh, he is lucky looks don't kill.)
So, with that dramatic exit, Michaela takes Bryon L. and Kevin C. out of the pool.
Next time: the Merge has arrived and now is when Zeke says they can start destroying people's hopes and dreams. The Gen X'ers are out numbered but Hannah wants payback, she can't trust Jay and hopes she can get her revenge.
Michaela's final rant: I'm pretty pissed off. I think it was the dumbest decision. My focus was the end and I didn't even make the merge. If Jay could have controlled his paranoia, this four could have made it to the end and one of us would have won a million dollars. (But she overplayed her hand, she showed him that she was a stronger and smarter player than him, and he's not there to win her a million dollars.) "Oh well, I'm gonna get rich some way." (And I believe she will.)
Have a great rest of your week everybody,
Coleen
Last week Millennial Adam made the decision to vote out Taylor's girlfriend (yes, that is actually how Jeff referred to Figgy in the opening, not even by name) but, of course, this did not sit well with Taylor.
Takali - Night 18
They return to camp and Adam comes to Taylor with his tail between his legs, giving him his tale of woe- it was a lose-lose for me and maybe I messed up... blah, blah but then Adam boldly says, "I screwed you, I own that." But...that's really not going to win Taylor back to his side, I'm not sure what the point of this talk was.
-Adam is dead to Taylor now - Adam says to the camera, "this is a total game of revenge. When it comes time, I will destroy you."
Vanua - Day 19
-David wants to solidify his bond with Zeke and he shares with him that he has the hidden immunity idol. Zeke is just delighted to hear it, if he can't have an idol it's good to know someone he's close to has one. Zeke says, "He put his life in my hands and I'm going to take very good care of it... for the time being."
REWARD CHALLENGE
All the Millennials were surprised to see Figgy had been voted out, and Michaela looked delighted. Jeff asks her how she feels about what she said at the last challenge about the Millennials voting together or deserving to go home and she says that it's been time for Figgy to go home for a long time, bye Felicia (her name was actually Jessica Figarilo - but then Michaela never really got to know her, it was dislike at first sight with those two.)
The challenge - they start out in the water with the four tribe members having to work together boosting one person up to reach a bag of balls they have to work through a suspended horizontal corkscrew to release the bag. Then one tribe member will start shooting the balls into a basket/shoot where a pair of tribe members will have to work the ball through a net tube to the basket at the end. Once all three balls have been worked through, they then have to throw the balls up to rest on a beam above their heads. First team to get all three balls resting on the beam will win a feast with a chef sent to their camp to cook for them. Second place team gets a plate of skewers (meat & veggies) that they will have to cook themselves - but still, Food! And third place gets nothing.
Vanua, as usual, is behind in the beginning but once they got to Chris shooting the balls and Zeke & Michelle working them through the net, they caught up and Chris was able to bring them the First place finish by getting all the balls on the beam first. Then it was between Takali with Ken having a hard time getting the balls to stay on the beam, and Michaela finally bringing home the second place from behind for Ikabula. Getting some food is better than none - but Michaela is starting to get nervous with her helping them to win so much that they will start to think she's the one to beat. (You don't want to be too strong, but I don't think she can help it when the competitive side kicks in for her.)
Vanua - Day 19
They return to camp and the chef is already there with the grill fired up and food cooking. They make pigs of themselves - well, the men do. Zeke let's the inner fat kid out and binges like there is no tomorrow because out there, every bit of food they get is fuel to get them farther - Chris & David are right along with him eating like pigs with only Michelle remembering her manners. Then the belching and farting begins - making room for more food and putting Michelle off of hers. (Lovely.)
Takali - Day 19
-Ken is talking politics and Taylor hates it but he's engaging in the discussion - he doesn't care about politics and thinks his generation is going to change things (sigh, doesn't every generation think that until we're disabused of our idealism?). Jessica finds Taylor to be your classic Millennial - he may not come off as the brightest but he is totally honest. Whatever he tells you is the unfiltered truth and she thinks that could be better for them than the machinations of Adam.
-Taylor tells them that Adam did lie to him and Figgy, and he (Taylor) has no allegiance to him (Adam). Taylor shakes their hands and vows he will not write their names down. And Jessica thinks, if they don't win, it's going to be a huge decision which Millennial to vote off.
Ikabula - Day 20
-Michaela is going on about the bug bites itching is all in her head and she tells the camera that she knows she's pretty intense - "Steve Jobs was pretty intense, Michael Jordan was pretty intense, Michaela Bradshaw is pretty intense, but that's what makes us winners, you know." (Did she really just compare herself to Steve Jobs and Michael Jordan? Oh yeah, she did.)
-For the most part this tribe is getting along, and they are trying to stay united so they keep winning - but Hannah is suspicious of Bret. He is actually a police officer but he is lying to them and telling everyone he's a funeral director. Under further interrogation by Hannah, he doesn't really have any details to share, he seems like he's being evasive and it makes her that much more suspicious. When Bret leaves the group she tells the other Millennials that she thinks Bret is a cop - she grew up in Boston and he walks, talks, looks like your typical Boston cop. Jay says he agrees, he thinks Bret's a cop too (sure jump on the bandwagon, I'm still impressed by Hannah figuring that out.) If it comes down to them having to vote out Sunday - the really sweet, youth pastor, mom of four - or Bret - the liar - who do you think it's going to be?
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They will race to throw coconuts into a net, once enough coconuts pull the net down, a banner with three numbers will drop and then they have to use those three numbers to release a key, the key will unlock their slingshot and they will have to shoot sandbags to knock down five targets. First two teams to knock down all the targets win immunity and the last place team is going to Tribal Council.
Vanua is pulling up the rear again - it takes them longest to get their net full of coconuts and then Michelle can't figure out the combination to get the key - but the slingshot becomes the great equalizer as they all have trouble finding the range to the targets. Takali is the first tribe to clear all their targets and it's down to Ikabula and Vanua - and Vanua with Chris shooting pulls out another come from behind win sending Ikabula to Tribal Council.
Ikabula - Day 20
-All six members of the tribe are sitting in a line on a log in silence. Sunday and Bret seem resigned to the fact that it's one of them going home. They don't even try to scramble and get the youngsters to turn on each other - the only thing we see is Bret & Sunday agreeing that they will vote for each other (what?? Then you both do deserve to go home - come on!)
-Next thing we see is Michaela using rocks and shells to show the other Millennials that it doesn't matter who they vote out because the Millennials will have the numbers - she has all the other tribes mapped out, she's run all the numbers. They decide to split the vote the first time around to flush out any idols if there are any, and then to vote out Bret the second time around.
-But what Michaela actually ended up showing the boys of her tribe is that not only is she a beast in the challenges, she's also scary smart. And a strong and smart woman is something to be feared!
-Jay has an epiphany, Michaela is a huge threat - she should go home before the merge. He takes Will aside and shares this idea with him and he agrees, especially since Michaela is also the only other person that knows that Jay has an idol (oh yeah! How could I have forgotten his 'fricken Michaela' last week.) They know that Sunday & Bret will vote Michaela in a heartbeat but they both like Michaela and she's fun to have around, also, they don't trust Bret... what to do, what to do.
They don't show the Millennials talking to Bret or Sunday and then they are heading to...
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Jeff points out that the other two tribes voted against the majority when they went to tribal, knowing that he asks Michaela what's her level of trust tonight.
- She says the majorities in the other two tribes were full of sketchy people and the nice thing about Ikabula is that they are all pretty trustworthy people.
-Jay was surprised that the majorities took out one of their own on the other tribes, "what are you doing? It's just nuts." (Will looks like he's trying to avoid eye contact with Jeff, don't call on me teacher.)
-Michaela says it sucks that they are having to vote someone out, they genuinely like each other, it's Uncle Bret and Mama Sunday, they would have taken over this whole game if you let us go to the merge.
Jeff - It's always my fault.
Michaela - you did it, we didn't ask for sling shots.
-Sunday says that she and Bret are very well aware that they are on the outs.
-Bret is very game to have the majority vote out one of their own here too. He says they know who he is, they know I'm being genuine with them (oooh, man, it's actually the opposite, they know you have been lying to them.)
-Will doesn't agree that the game has evolved to a maverick, voting block, I could turn on you at any moment type game - people see through that and when you find somebody you can trust, you latch on to that because it might be what can get you to the end in this game.
-Jay says you got to follow your guts.
-Michaela is sure the merge is coming soon so the vote for her has to do with who she sees making it to five with them. (That made Jay raise his eyebrows.)
-Will & Jay say the vote will make the tribe stronger because the bonds will only grow from that point forward.
-Michaela hopes whichever of the Gen X'ers that doesn't go home, doesn't feel like they're on the bottom - that's not what she wants. (And Jay is shaking his head behind her.. hmm.)
Time to Vote:
Hannah votes for Bret - Wish I could have gone fah-ther with you. (She dropped in the Southie accent.)
They don't show how anyone else voted.
Tallying the votes:
No one played a hidden immunity idol.
Votes:
Bret - 1
Bret - 2
Michaela - 1 (both Michaela & Hannah were shocked to see her name come up)
Michaela - 2 (still confused but it could be Bret & Sunday...)
Michaela - 3 - and she whips around, "WHAT?" looking straight at Jay, "Did you do that?" And he looks her in the eye and says, "Yeah. I did it." (I give him props for standing his ground, she made it very uncomfortable - if she could, I bet she would have slapped him.) Oh, then he kinda smirked and I wanted to slap him too. Hannah, "I did not do that." And Bret made the "Yikes, don't look at me" face.
Michaela - 4 - Jeff finally tells her that she has to bring him her torch. She looms over Jay telling him he just f'd up... then had to go back and get her shoes... she lingered so long, it was like she wasn't going to accept the outcome of the vote and it was just crazy. She had a few more expletives for Jay and stared him down as Jeff snuffed her flame. (Oh, he is lucky looks don't kill.)
So, with that dramatic exit, Michaela takes Bryon L. and Kevin C. out of the pool.
Next time: the Merge has arrived and now is when Zeke says they can start destroying people's hopes and dreams. The Gen X'ers are out numbered but Hannah wants payback, she can't trust Jay and hopes she can get her revenge.
Michaela's final rant: I'm pretty pissed off. I think it was the dumbest decision. My focus was the end and I didn't even make the merge. If Jay could have controlled his paranoia, this four could have made it to the end and one of us would have won a million dollars. (But she overplayed her hand, she showed him that she was a stronger and smarter player than him, and he's not there to win her a million dollars.) "Oh well, I'm gonna get rich some way." (And I believe she will.)
Have a great rest of your week everybody,
Coleen
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