I'm the Kingpin
Last week the Ikabula tribe went to Tribal Council and again the majority voted out one of their own when Jay & Will voted with the Gen X'ers to take out Michaela in an epic blindside. Those boys had to make sure the smarter, more competent female didn't win (sound familiar?)
Ikabula - Night 20
-They return from Tribal and Jay was proud of his big-ass move, though he thought he was going to be punched in the face (I think it was pretty close, Michaela was really mad.) Hannah feels totally left out, she was the only one left in the dark and while the boys were man-splaining that they wanted to keep her clean, she just feels like she's on the bottom.
-Hannah feels like she can't trust any of these people - Jay thinks she's a pathetic idiot who can't see past his pretty face and epic game play - but she is now plotting her revenge and hopes she can see it realized.
Day 21... there is a boat coming into the beach - they hand over a note that tells them they have 5 minutes to gather everything they want to take with them to their new home... it is the MERGE!
And there is celebration all around - Bret went from terrified to hopeful, he'll be reunited with Chris and he thinks he can trust Jay & Will.
Takali - Day 21
-They have also been told to pack up and get on the boat, they are all heading to Vanua beach apparently. Adam is so excited that he made the merge - but this is where the game really begins and the mediocre players are separated from the really excellent players and he hopes he's in the latter group.
Vanua - Day 21 MERGE!
-The boats converge and everyone spills out on the beach - it's a party! Zeke is utterly thrilled that he's made the merge. It's reunion for some, lots of hugging of former tribe members... and they show Hannah go in for a hug with Taylor but he hugs someone else so she awkwardly changes course (Oahh!) Michelle is so happy to be back in the game with Jay & Taylor.
-They open two great big crates of food and it's feast time. Jay lays it out to the camera that he's the kingpin that nobody knows about - he's back together with Taylor and Michelle, he's got Will & Hannah and Bret & Sunday, plus he has an idol in his back pocket (Survivor karma does not favour the cocky young man.)
-Bret's not sure who he can trust, he's sizing up everyone, knows he can trust Sunday, thinks he can trust Jay but then the Millennials seem to be coming back together in a big way... and he's reconnecting with Chris. Chris also feeling his way around, he's meshing pretty well with Zeke & David, now Bret is back and Sunday - he feels this is a pretty good core group to work with.
-Zeke reconnects with his nerd-alliance of himself, Hannah & Adam - they were each on a different tribe so they have intel on everyone. Hannah fills them in on Jay spearheading the blindside of Michaela and Zeke is genuinely leery of Jay's charm and ability to get people to do what he wants - it makes him nervous to see all the "Dudes" Ken, Chris, Tay - being taken in by Jay's charm. Zeke says, "If this bro-liance happens, I'm in trouble."
Vinaka - Day 21
-Adam has left the merge feast to search for a hidden immunity idol. Instead he finds a scroll that says he's found an advantage - he can use it to steal a reward that is won by someone else. It's a Survivor first and he's almost more excited about being a part of history than the actual advantage.
-Middle of the night everyone is sleeping, and then we hear the movement of jars in the crates (all the food was in sealed jars) and it's Taylor, helping himself and making his own stash of food - because that's a normal thing in a game where everyone is starving, to steal and hoard food for yourself. (I really cannot stand this guy.) He's not being very covert about it (except for doing it when everyone is sleeping) and he wakes up Bret who also cannot believe that Taylor is taking food for himself - but he also doesn't confront him, he rolls back over and is going to use the information later.
-Adam also wakes up and sees Taylor sneaking food and decides this is a good time to bro-down with him, share the secret of the stealing of the food and build trust. Adam, unfortunately, is too eager Taylor will never trust him because Adam voted out Figgy but he plays along and lets Adam think they have a bond... Adam goes so far as to tell him that Jay is building an army, Will is his new right hand and he wants to vote out Will. Then he shares the advantage he found. (Oh Adam, Adam, Adam... he's so busy thinking he's going to rule this game he doesn't realize that Taylor is just humouring him - is it that dark you can't see the disinterest on his face?)
-Taylor could not believe how easy that was, he got all this intel and didn't have to do anything. He is a big believer in Survivor revenge and hopes to blindside Adam hard!
Vinaka - Day 22
-Early morning and Chris, Bret, Ken and Sunday are sitting on a log contemplating what to have for breakfast... assuming there is anything left... and Bret spills that Taylor stole a bunch of food. They don't get it, and it makes them worry even more that they've underestimated the bond of the Millennials. Chris and Bret take stock of the numbers they have and think this could be the time to take out Taylor. (YES! Please, make that happen.)
-Ken, David, Jessica and Zeke also discuss the tightest bonds seem to be between Jay, Taylor, Michelle and Will... and they agree that they are in for taking out Taylor.
-Next we see Taylor asking Jay how he feels about voting out Millennials at this point. Jay says they have to stay strong for now, he wants Gen Xers to go first. Then he tells him to be really tight lipped about it, but Adam wants to take out Will, tonight. Jay wonders what the hell? Taylor tells him Adam thinks Will is his right hand, so Jay realizes that Adam is also gunning for him and then Taylor asks if it wouldn't be in their best interest to take Adam out now... and conveniently there is Zeke in the background overhearing Adam's name being bandied about for elimination. This is not good for his nerd-alliance.
-Taylor goes and tells Will that Adam had mentioned voting him out and Will is immediately calling Adam a rat and says he has to go... and then Will realizes, his best bet is to win Immunity.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-It is the first individual immunity challenge and they've modified an oldy but a goody. They will be standing perched on a small beam, both hands will be tethered to a bucket above them, when their arms drop, the bucket showers them with gross coloured water and they are out. Last man or woman standing wins immunity - everyone else is in danger.
-The Gen-Xers start dropping out quickly - Sunday first, then Chris, followed closely by Bret... ouch.
-The Millennials start dropping too until we are left with final two - Will and Jessica. They both look very solid after and hour... then an hour and a half and finally it's Jessica that flinches and Will, the youngest person to ever play the game, wins the first individual immunity. (And Adam's plan blows up in his face.)
Vinaka - Day 23
-They return to camp after the challenge and Jay tells his Millennials that he thinks they should vote out Adam. Michelle thinks this is a stupid and objects that he doesn't have any numbers to do anything, Jay leaves it up to Will as he's the one Adam targeted and Will says he wants Adam. Michelle sees this as more of a personal move than a strategic move but they aren't going to listen to a little ol' girl.
-Zeke, with Jessica, finally goes and tells Adam that Taylor told Jay and Will that Adam wanted to vote him out - Adam realizes now why Will knew he really needed the immunity tonight.
-Zeke tells him that Adam is now Jay's target but he thinks they can pull the votes together to get out Taylor. Adam doesn't seem to register what Zeke told him, he's in full on panic, scramble mode. They go back and talk to the rest of the Gen-Xers and David puts the brakes on voting out Taylor because he thinks he could have a hidden idol (seriously? Taylor's been too busy canoodling with Figgy to waste time looking for an idol.) But David's bright plan is vote out Michelle instead because she definitely doesn't have an idol (again, seriously? Why wouldn't she have an idol, because she's a girl? Murica!) Ken still wants to vote Taylor and they can't come to a consensus - so Adam decides to try Plan B.
-Adam goes and talks to Taylor in an effort to get him to try and target someone else - Adam is super desperate and he looks it - he tells Taylor he will literally write anyone's name down at this point but Taylor tells the camera it's too late - this is about revenge, Adam is responsible for Figgy going home and now that he has his boys back, it's payback time. They also don't think Adam has an idol, he's scrambling too much... but Adam does have an idol, so he really should just chill out.
-Hannah and David see Adam talking to Taylor and it makes David nervous, they are trying to save Adam but what if he's trying to screw them. Hannah goes and talks to Adam and tells him to stop pulling people aside, he's going to screw this thing up for himself... I don't know if it worked.
-Hannah then talks to Zeke and they agree that Adam is a loose cannon, he couldn't have just been content to stay with the nerds, he had to try and sit at the cool kids table and now Hannah & Zeke don't trust him and agree he has to go very soon... maybe tonight?
-Adam has an idol so he knows he could use it and guarantee he'll be there tomorrow, but if he uses it and he does have the numbers, he'll look like a chump (who cares what it looks like? You'll be more of a chump going home with an idol in your pocket.)
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Jeff asks David what differences he's seen between the Millennials and the Gen-Xers?
-They eat a lot more food. (Ah yeah, get right to the heart of it.)
-Bret tells Jeff point blank that it was Taylor that ate all the food and there is a laugh... Taylor pipes up that he wasn't trying to hide it and they all agree he wasn't hiding it but he was still taking more than his share.
-Taylor thinks that because he woke up and his stomach was 'messed up' that he was justified in taking food to make himself feel better. Jeff polls them and everyone is hungry, Jeff can't understand how Taylor thinks it was okay to take more than his share and it still doesn't register with him that what he did was wrong.
-Taylor goes on to say it wasn't that he was hungry, it was a "medical emergency" (term supplied by Jeff) and Zeke pipes in that everyone was having medical emergencies that night. In a game for a million dollars you have to practice some delayed gratification or your actions could cost you a million dollars. (I think those words might have been too big for Taylor to grasp the meaning of what he was saying.) Chris just called him selfish and Taylor still seemed okay with it. (I hate this kid.)
-Adam says yes, there may be a Millennial majority but they had been split up and they have formed bonds with others. (Jay, Will and Taylor were all giving Adam the cold side-eye when he was talking... that does not bode well for little Chris Hardwick.)
-David said the phase of the game they are in, is the people I trust vs the people you trust, not necessarily the original divisions.
-Jay says he's going to latch on the those he finds trustworthy and Jeff points out that is what everyone who has had their torch snuffed thought or said right before it happened. But Michelle is going to stick with what Jay said, you stick with the people you mesh with best. (And let them stab you in the back.)
-Will says there are some clear objectives tonight, it's just finding out what is the prevailing objective.
-Chris says there are likely 13 objectives among them but he thinks a line may be drawn in the sand tonight.
-Taylor is still not worried for himself tonight, there is no point in worrying, there is nothing that can be done at this point - he says as he looks right at Adam.
-Adam is terrified that he could be the first person voted out after the merge. It was a great accomplishment getting to this point, but this is where the fun begins.
Time to Vote:
Taylor votes for Adam - This one's for Figs.
Zeke - they don't show who he votes for but he says, "I have never been able to trust you." (Oh, who was it??)
Tallying the Votes:
Anyone have a hidden immunity idol they want to play? Adam looks around, (what are you waiting for?) looks down (okay, he's going to play it) and then just sits there. (Oh man!)
Votes:
Adam - 1
Michelle - 1 That surprised the Millennials to see her name.
Adam - 2
Michelle - 2
Adam - 3
Michelle - 3
Adam - 4
Michelle - 4
Michelle - 5, 6, 7... and that means that MICHELLE is the first person voted out after the merge and the first member of the jury. Jay looks mad, Will baffled, Michelle just trying not to cry. (See! They totally could have voted Taylor out tonight, poor Michelle did not deserve his backlash.)
And with Michelle leaving, that takes Alexis G. and Terry B. out of the pool.
Next week: The battle lines have been drawn, Adam is rubbing in to Jay that he's on the bottom and then Taylor tells Jay about the advantage Adam won to put a target on his back.
Michelle's final thoughts: I think they didn't trust me, or Jay or a group of us and I thought I could just lay back and trust what they said but maybe I went overboard with my laying back. (Ya think?)
Have a great short week.
Lest we forget.
Coleen
Last week the Ikabula tribe went to Tribal Council and again the majority voted out one of their own when Jay & Will voted with the Gen X'ers to take out Michaela in an epic blindside. Those boys had to make sure the smarter, more competent female didn't win (sound familiar?)
Ikabula - Night 20
-They return from Tribal and Jay was proud of his big-ass move, though he thought he was going to be punched in the face (I think it was pretty close, Michaela was really mad.) Hannah feels totally left out, she was the only one left in the dark and while the boys were man-splaining that they wanted to keep her clean, she just feels like she's on the bottom.
-Hannah feels like she can't trust any of these people - Jay thinks she's a pathetic idiot who can't see past his pretty face and epic game play - but she is now plotting her revenge and hopes she can see it realized.
Day 21... there is a boat coming into the beach - they hand over a note that tells them they have 5 minutes to gather everything they want to take with them to their new home... it is the MERGE!
And there is celebration all around - Bret went from terrified to hopeful, he'll be reunited with Chris and he thinks he can trust Jay & Will.
Takali - Day 21
-They have also been told to pack up and get on the boat, they are all heading to Vanua beach apparently. Adam is so excited that he made the merge - but this is where the game really begins and the mediocre players are separated from the really excellent players and he hopes he's in the latter group.
Vanua - Day 21 MERGE!
-The boats converge and everyone spills out on the beach - it's a party! Zeke is utterly thrilled that he's made the merge. It's reunion for some, lots of hugging of former tribe members... and they show Hannah go in for a hug with Taylor but he hugs someone else so she awkwardly changes course (Oahh!) Michelle is so happy to be back in the game with Jay & Taylor.
-They open two great big crates of food and it's feast time. Jay lays it out to the camera that he's the kingpin that nobody knows about - he's back together with Taylor and Michelle, he's got Will & Hannah and Bret & Sunday, plus he has an idol in his back pocket (Survivor karma does not favour the cocky young man.)
-Bret's not sure who he can trust, he's sizing up everyone, knows he can trust Sunday, thinks he can trust Jay but then the Millennials seem to be coming back together in a big way... and he's reconnecting with Chris. Chris also feeling his way around, he's meshing pretty well with Zeke & David, now Bret is back and Sunday - he feels this is a pretty good core group to work with.
-Zeke reconnects with his nerd-alliance of himself, Hannah & Adam - they were each on a different tribe so they have intel on everyone. Hannah fills them in on Jay spearheading the blindside of Michaela and Zeke is genuinely leery of Jay's charm and ability to get people to do what he wants - it makes him nervous to see all the "Dudes" Ken, Chris, Tay - being taken in by Jay's charm. Zeke says, "If this bro-liance happens, I'm in trouble."
Vinaka - Day 21
-Adam has left the merge feast to search for a hidden immunity idol. Instead he finds a scroll that says he's found an advantage - he can use it to steal a reward that is won by someone else. It's a Survivor first and he's almost more excited about being a part of history than the actual advantage.
-Middle of the night everyone is sleeping, and then we hear the movement of jars in the crates (all the food was in sealed jars) and it's Taylor, helping himself and making his own stash of food - because that's a normal thing in a game where everyone is starving, to steal and hoard food for yourself. (I really cannot stand this guy.) He's not being very covert about it (except for doing it when everyone is sleeping) and he wakes up Bret who also cannot believe that Taylor is taking food for himself - but he also doesn't confront him, he rolls back over and is going to use the information later.
-Adam also wakes up and sees Taylor sneaking food and decides this is a good time to bro-down with him, share the secret of the stealing of the food and build trust. Adam, unfortunately, is too eager Taylor will never trust him because Adam voted out Figgy but he plays along and lets Adam think they have a bond... Adam goes so far as to tell him that Jay is building an army, Will is his new right hand and he wants to vote out Will. Then he shares the advantage he found. (Oh Adam, Adam, Adam... he's so busy thinking he's going to rule this game he doesn't realize that Taylor is just humouring him - is it that dark you can't see the disinterest on his face?)
-Taylor could not believe how easy that was, he got all this intel and didn't have to do anything. He is a big believer in Survivor revenge and hopes to blindside Adam hard!
Vinaka - Day 22
-Early morning and Chris, Bret, Ken and Sunday are sitting on a log contemplating what to have for breakfast... assuming there is anything left... and Bret spills that Taylor stole a bunch of food. They don't get it, and it makes them worry even more that they've underestimated the bond of the Millennials. Chris and Bret take stock of the numbers they have and think this could be the time to take out Taylor. (YES! Please, make that happen.)
-Ken, David, Jessica and Zeke also discuss the tightest bonds seem to be between Jay, Taylor, Michelle and Will... and they agree that they are in for taking out Taylor.
-Next we see Taylor asking Jay how he feels about voting out Millennials at this point. Jay says they have to stay strong for now, he wants Gen Xers to go first. Then he tells him to be really tight lipped about it, but Adam wants to take out Will, tonight. Jay wonders what the hell? Taylor tells him Adam thinks Will is his right hand, so Jay realizes that Adam is also gunning for him and then Taylor asks if it wouldn't be in their best interest to take Adam out now... and conveniently there is Zeke in the background overhearing Adam's name being bandied about for elimination. This is not good for his nerd-alliance.
-Taylor goes and tells Will that Adam had mentioned voting him out and Will is immediately calling Adam a rat and says he has to go... and then Will realizes, his best bet is to win Immunity.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-It is the first individual immunity challenge and they've modified an oldy but a goody. They will be standing perched on a small beam, both hands will be tethered to a bucket above them, when their arms drop, the bucket showers them with gross coloured water and they are out. Last man or woman standing wins immunity - everyone else is in danger.
-The Gen-Xers start dropping out quickly - Sunday first, then Chris, followed closely by Bret... ouch.
-The Millennials start dropping too until we are left with final two - Will and Jessica. They both look very solid after and hour... then an hour and a half and finally it's Jessica that flinches and Will, the youngest person to ever play the game, wins the first individual immunity. (And Adam's plan blows up in his face.)
Vinaka - Day 23
-They return to camp after the challenge and Jay tells his Millennials that he thinks they should vote out Adam. Michelle thinks this is a stupid and objects that he doesn't have any numbers to do anything, Jay leaves it up to Will as he's the one Adam targeted and Will says he wants Adam. Michelle sees this as more of a personal move than a strategic move but they aren't going to listen to a little ol' girl.
-Zeke, with Jessica, finally goes and tells Adam that Taylor told Jay and Will that Adam wanted to vote him out - Adam realizes now why Will knew he really needed the immunity tonight.
-Zeke tells him that Adam is now Jay's target but he thinks they can pull the votes together to get out Taylor. Adam doesn't seem to register what Zeke told him, he's in full on panic, scramble mode. They go back and talk to the rest of the Gen-Xers and David puts the brakes on voting out Taylor because he thinks he could have a hidden idol (seriously? Taylor's been too busy canoodling with Figgy to waste time looking for an idol.) But David's bright plan is vote out Michelle instead because she definitely doesn't have an idol (again, seriously? Why wouldn't she have an idol, because she's a girl? Murica!) Ken still wants to vote Taylor and they can't come to a consensus - so Adam decides to try Plan B.
-Adam goes and talks to Taylor in an effort to get him to try and target someone else - Adam is super desperate and he looks it - he tells Taylor he will literally write anyone's name down at this point but Taylor tells the camera it's too late - this is about revenge, Adam is responsible for Figgy going home and now that he has his boys back, it's payback time. They also don't think Adam has an idol, he's scrambling too much... but Adam does have an idol, so he really should just chill out.
-Hannah and David see Adam talking to Taylor and it makes David nervous, they are trying to save Adam but what if he's trying to screw them. Hannah goes and talks to Adam and tells him to stop pulling people aside, he's going to screw this thing up for himself... I don't know if it worked.
-Hannah then talks to Zeke and they agree that Adam is a loose cannon, he couldn't have just been content to stay with the nerds, he had to try and sit at the cool kids table and now Hannah & Zeke don't trust him and agree he has to go very soon... maybe tonight?
-Adam has an idol so he knows he could use it and guarantee he'll be there tomorrow, but if he uses it and he does have the numbers, he'll look like a chump (who cares what it looks like? You'll be more of a chump going home with an idol in your pocket.)
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Jeff asks David what differences he's seen between the Millennials and the Gen-Xers?
-They eat a lot more food. (Ah yeah, get right to the heart of it.)
-Bret tells Jeff point blank that it was Taylor that ate all the food and there is a laugh... Taylor pipes up that he wasn't trying to hide it and they all agree he wasn't hiding it but he was still taking more than his share.
-Taylor thinks that because he woke up and his stomach was 'messed up' that he was justified in taking food to make himself feel better. Jeff polls them and everyone is hungry, Jeff can't understand how Taylor thinks it was okay to take more than his share and it still doesn't register with him that what he did was wrong.
-Taylor goes on to say it wasn't that he was hungry, it was a "medical emergency" (term supplied by Jeff) and Zeke pipes in that everyone was having medical emergencies that night. In a game for a million dollars you have to practice some delayed gratification or your actions could cost you a million dollars. (I think those words might have been too big for Taylor to grasp the meaning of what he was saying.) Chris just called him selfish and Taylor still seemed okay with it. (I hate this kid.)
-Adam says yes, there may be a Millennial majority but they had been split up and they have formed bonds with others. (Jay, Will and Taylor were all giving Adam the cold side-eye when he was talking... that does not bode well for little Chris Hardwick.)
-David said the phase of the game they are in, is the people I trust vs the people you trust, not necessarily the original divisions.
-Jay says he's going to latch on the those he finds trustworthy and Jeff points out that is what everyone who has had their torch snuffed thought or said right before it happened. But Michelle is going to stick with what Jay said, you stick with the people you mesh with best. (And let them stab you in the back.)
-Will says there are some clear objectives tonight, it's just finding out what is the prevailing objective.
-Chris says there are likely 13 objectives among them but he thinks a line may be drawn in the sand tonight.
-Taylor is still not worried for himself tonight, there is no point in worrying, there is nothing that can be done at this point - he says as he looks right at Adam.
-Adam is terrified that he could be the first person voted out after the merge. It was a great accomplishment getting to this point, but this is where the fun begins.
Time to Vote:
Taylor votes for Adam - This one's for Figs.
Zeke - they don't show who he votes for but he says, "I have never been able to trust you." (Oh, who was it??)
Tallying the Votes:
Anyone have a hidden immunity idol they want to play? Adam looks around, (what are you waiting for?) looks down (okay, he's going to play it) and then just sits there. (Oh man!)
Votes:
Adam - 1
Michelle - 1 That surprised the Millennials to see her name.
Adam - 2
Michelle - 2
Adam - 3
Michelle - 3
Adam - 4
Michelle - 4
Michelle - 5, 6, 7... and that means that MICHELLE is the first person voted out after the merge and the first member of the jury. Jay looks mad, Will baffled, Michelle just trying not to cry. (See! They totally could have voted Taylor out tonight, poor Michelle did not deserve his backlash.)
And with Michelle leaving, that takes Alexis G. and Terry B. out of the pool.
Next week: The battle lines have been drawn, Adam is rubbing in to Jay that he's on the bottom and then Taylor tells Jay about the advantage Adam won to put a target on his back.
Michelle's final thoughts: I think they didn't trust me, or Jay or a group of us and I thought I could just lay back and trust what they said but maybe I went overboard with my laying back. (Ya think?)
Have a great short week.
Lest we forget.
Coleen
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