Survivor Game Changers - April 5/17 Episode Recap

Vote Early, Vote Often

Last week on Survivor, Sandra & Michaela played JT like a fiddle and he went home with his hidden immunity idol back at camp.  Now the only previous winner still in the game is Sandra.

Nuku - Night 13
-Aubry is trying to save her butt, she was the only one who voted with JT, she was left out of the strategy to take him out, which means she is very firmly on the bottom of this tribe, and she knows it... thus the pandering - how impressed she was with their game play.  The one question she asked was why they chose to keep Aubry over JT.
-Sandra told her it was about the betrayal.  When Malcolm went home, Sandra took it really hard and JT had to be held accountable for what he did. (She is scary.)
-Aubry realizes that clearly Sandra is the queen of this game and she needs to learn a thing or two from her.

Mana - Night 13
-Meanwhile, Tai is the only one awake because he's got to get looking for the hidden immunity idol he got the clue for.  It told him to wet the boards and when he finds their tribe symbol, that is where to dig.  He knows the only "boards" are on the watering hole so he goes and pours water on all the boards and it's the last one that has a blazing white (in the dark it looked bright) anchor symbol.  He quickly digs at the base of that board and Tai has another hidden idol.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE (?)
Brad and Sierra seemed sad to see JT gone when Nuku showed up but what did they expect, they totally burned that guy... sheesh.

Anyway - Jeff gets right down to it and tells them to drop their buffs - Again!  There is no challenge today, they are being shuffled back into two tribes:

Nuku: Andrea, Sarah, Ozzy, Tai, Zeke, Jeff and Sandra (Tai seems so happy to have all the gay guys on one tribe - they have the rainbow connection.) But Sandra & Jeff are the odd men out now.

Mana: Troy, Michaela, Sierra, Hali, Aubry, Ciera and Brad Culpepper - only two guys and they have never met before, (that's not going to sit well with alpha male Brad.)

Debbie has nothing... no buff in her bundle and she finds out she is heading to EXILE ISLAND (couldn't have happened to a more deserving person, in my opinion, after her performance last week.)  She will not participate in the next challenge but will come back and join the tribe that goes to Tribal Council and votes someone out. (How much you want to bet Brad Culpepper is going to make sure he does not lose the next immunity?)
Debbie seems devastated but of course tries to act like it doesn't matter - she'll be fine on her own.

Mana - Day 14
-I can't remember all the connections now - Brad tells us he doesn't know most of the people on his new tribe.  He is still with Sierra and they're tight but he's not close with Hali and all the other girls he's never met - the one other guy is Troy who played with his wife before so hopefully they'll be able to work together.
-Brad approaches Troy and let's him know he's not on his own, they have the male connection which Troy is drawn to because when he played on One World he was with a lot of women and he doesn't want to get bamboozled again.  Troy also has a hidden immunity idol of his own which gives him a measure of security as well (he doesn't tell Brad that of course.)

Nuku - Day 14
-There is some getting to know you going on, Jeff Varner is trying to get a toehold in there because it is just he and Sandra joining this tribe where the rest of them were together before.
-Sandra knows they're in a bad spot but when she is in a situation where she is outnumbered, she stays calm and collected - then give her a day or two to get her feet wet and she'll be running the show over here too - The Queen stays Queen.

-Zeke talks to Ozzy and tells him he wants to get Sandra out of here - Ozzy agrees.  Zeke knows that other people have said that before and what has happened to them?  "They lost a million dollars to Sandra Diaz-Twine."  Zeke & Ozzy know they have to make Sandra and Varner think that they are safe and blindside them in order to take them out. 
-Zeke goes and talks to Andrea and Sarah and Andrea thinks they should use Tai as the decoy because he's sneaky and always finds hidden immunity idols, it makes her nervous playing with someone like him. (And I just have to comment on what Andrea was wearing - she has cut off her jeans into shorts, but then is wearing the legs of the jeans I guess as leg warmers... what the heck? Shipwreck chic? Oy.)
-Zeke then goes and talks to Tai and tells him that they want to take Sandra out first - which Tai totally agrees with - but Zeke is also not telling Tai they are throwing his name out as the smoke screen which could really blow up in their faces.
-Tai feels good that they seem to be targeting Sandra but he also thinks they could go after him so to be doubly safe, now that he's at the new camp, he's going to go check their water-well and see if they have the marked board there too... and of course, he finds himself another hidden immunity idol. (No one noticed that extra bulge in his drawers... and he re-buried it while tending the chickens, no one the wiser.  Tai could be a force in this game if he could play it a bit cooler and smarter.)

Exile Island... or fully stocked party boat!
-Yup, Debbie's Exile is on a boat where she has all the food she could want, a hammock, she'll probably get to sleep in a bed - totally unexpected game changer in her favour.  She needs to keep it going, everyone feeling sorry for her because she was all alone, no one could ever guess she was being treated like a queen.
-After she eats her fill and relaxes in the hammock, a boat comes speeding over to her ship and we see who is on board - Cochrane!  (What?) He's not there to join the game, but is only there as a resource and advisor to Debbie.  Of course, Debbie has a little fan-girl moment and then her usual bravado is firmly in place, she's telling him she has no worries, everything is great.
-Cochrane knows right away Debbie's fatal flaw is her over-confidence and he breaks her down until she finally admits that she blew up at Culpepper the other day.   He tells her that sometimes swallowing your pride and pandering to people's egos is a great strategy, it could win you the game. (He might as well be talking to the wall for all this is going to sink in with Debbie - but bless him, he tried.)

-The next thing he presents Debbie with is an Advantage option which is also part of Exile and she does let her guard down by almost jumping him - she cries and hugs him and won't let go until he has to stand up to comfort her... (uh, this is getting a little uncomfortable, Debbie is pretty unstable, I don't know that this game is good for her psyche.)
-Finally she gets it back under control and they go through the Advantage options she has to choose from: Fake hidden immunity idol kit, Extra vote or Tribe Challenge advantage. (I would totally have gone for the Tribe Challenge advantage, try to suck up to the new tribe, but that's probably why I'd lose at this game.) Debbie chooses the Extra Vote rather quickly, it's like having one person she can totally depend on for a vote (and I'm sure she's used to having imaginary friends.)  (Would anyone go for a fake idol kit? Come on.)
-Cochrane thinks if Debbie can actually take the advice he gave her and use the advantage she just received, she could do well (I noticed he did not say she could win, because, well, it's Debbie.)

Nuku - Day 16
-Varner is being vulnerable with Zeke, telling him that he felt pretty devastated by the shake up in the tribes and the fact that he's played twice before and never made the jury really hangs over him.
-Zeke does like Varner and sees him as a potential desperate person he can use for a vote in the future, after he convinces him that Tai is going home and blindsides him by voting out Sandra.
-Zeke tells Varner they are targeting Tai so he'll take that back to Sandra - and he does.
-She thinks it may be too good to be true - don't get her wrong, she'll vote Tai all day but she thinks it may just be too easy.  Winning the next challenge may be the only way to make sure they're safe.  And then of course she tells us, "If they don't think I'm going to take control of the situation, they don't know the queen." (I think they do know the queen and it's off with her head.)

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE (for reals this time)
They all start out on platforms in the water, on Jeff's go they will all dive into the water and swim to the first obstacle, a set of monkey bars, everyone has to cross the monkey bars then back in the water to race to the next platform where they will have to transfer a bunch of heavy puzzle pieces onto a sled, then drag the sled to shore where they will have to use logs to roll the sled up the beach to their designated area where they can then unload the puzzle pieces and complete a barrel puzzle.  First tribe to finish wins immunity, losing tribe goes to tribal council and gains Debbie (just to add insult to injury.)

- I think Jeff reminding them that the loser gets Debbie was all the incentive Culpepper needed to get Mana out to an early lead which they were able to hang on to through the challenge.  MANA won immunity but completing the puzzle in record time - sending Nuku to Tribal Council.

Nuku - Day 16
The only solace Zeke sees in getting their butts handed to them in that challenge is now they have the opportunity to take Sandra out of this game.
-Sandra though is feeling, for the first time ever playing Survivor, that something could go wrong here.  She's got to assess the situation and work her magic.
-She goes and talks to Sarah, Andrea and Ozzy and tells them the last thing they need is Debbie, Tai and Aubry all together since they played together before, they have that bond.  She tells them she'll have their backs, scoping out what's going on and keeping them informed if anyone's coming after them - she can help them.
-Sarah knows exactly what Sandra is doing, she talks to you like she's grooming you - her voice is calm, it never raises, and she just starts to suck you in... but they have her number.  Ozzy confirms with Sarah and Andrea that she did make him consider what she was saying but he shook off her hypnosis and they are all still solid to vote out Sandra.  Then maybe look at Tai later.

-Tai has noticed everyone talking and no one talking to him so he's getting nervous. All the scheming and plotting is not how he thinks so he gets nervous when they walk away... and a nervous Tai is a dangerous Tai.  He talks to Varner telling him he's freaking out and Ozzy comes over as Tai is saying it's an easy vote for Sandra tonight - 100% positive, that's what we talked about.  (Tai, Tai, Tai... read the room, man.)
-Ozzy is pissed - it was stupid and unnecessary.  Then Tai admits to everyone else that he told Varner they were voting for Sandra and they are all exasperated, he still doesn't understand why - he didn't throw any of their names out so what's the problem?  (I just wanted to shake him - does he not realize that Varner is with Sandra? How is that possible?)

-So now Sandra knows they are coming for her and she's going to act like she's going home but then set up Tai as enemy number one.  She's going to twist it around and he will go home.

TRIBAL COUNCIL
Oh, this was Andrea, Ozzy, Zeke and Sarah's first time at Tribal Council so they had to light their torches... I guess it feels like they are farther in already and these four were on the winning Tavua.

Debbie comes in from Exile to witness the tribal council shenanigans of her new tribe.

-Andrea starts us off saying they are looking to get rid of the big threats. Jeff points out that arguably everyone there is a big threat.
-Ozzy says that is true and it's a constant debate between which threats have bigger targets that could take the hit instead of him.
-Sandra says it's been 16 great days Jeff but she thinks this is it for her (I don't buy it, we all know Sandra wouldn't just give up like that.) She says she's been there three days and no one has talked strategy to her. She hasn't heard any names and they must just consider her a big player. (Right.)
-Tai says what Sandra said was pretty accurate but he wouldn't say she is going home tonight - he's worried because he made a game changer move taking out Malcolm [it could be him tonight]. He's paranoid, with big names like Sandra and Ozzy, anyone could go - he just hopes he's safe.
-Sara says she has heard names but coming to tribal tonight, some people are still open... and that's why Tai is worried.  He thought they were all together to vote out Sandra but now, who knows.
-Sandra says if Tai wants to spit out a name, as long as it's not her, she'll vote with him.
-He whispers to her and then goes to whisper to Varner and everyone is looking around all big eyed - Sandra immediately tells Andrea he sais Ozzy and she points to Ozzy to tell him it was him.
-Sarah asks if he wants to share with all of them and he does tell them he named Ozzy which makes Sandra smile, she figures they will all vote for Tai now.
-As Tai is going on about taking out the biggest guy, he can't compete with Ozzy - Zeke and Ozzy are conferring behind his back about voting for Tai - Sandra tells Andrea that she and Jeff will vote with them to take out Tai... Zeke asks Tai how they can trust him, Sarah says she doesn't know... and Ozzy is shooting sly looks at Sandra who is grinning like the cat that ate the canary...  Finally Varner asks if they can just vote... and with that, it's

Time to vote:
Varner votes Tai - my goodness that was so dramatic
Sandra votes Tai - when you come after me I bury you, and the Queen stays Queen.

Tallying the Votes:
Tai - 1
Tai - 2
Sandra - 1 - that made her lose the grin.
Sandra - 2, 3, 4 - and the Queen is Dead... long live... is Zeke the new Queen?  For the first time in 94 days of Survivor... he's about to snuff her torch and she says, "Don't do it Jeff, don't do it." But, it's inevitable, "the tribe has spoken."  And they give Sandra a round of applause.  She is gracious in defeat and wishes them all well, leaving with a smile and a wave.

So with the fall of the queen, that also takes out Linda S., Manny W., and Drew C.

Next week: Mana reaches their breaking point - and they show everyone crying (what the heck?)  And alliances implode on Nuku with Sarah & Andrea irate, Varner sees an opening and goes after Ozzy.

Sandra's final thoughts: Jeff finally got to snuff her torch but she thought she did good for 16 days considering she is a two time winner.  She loves Survivor and knows she has the life she does because of Survivor - There will never be another two time winner, except the Queen. (She could be right, who knows.)

Have a great rest of your week,

Coleen













 

The Amazing Race 29 - Perfect Strangers - Mar 30/17 Premiere Recap

Premiere Episode

This long awaited season began in Los Angeles with 22 perfect strangers that meet each other at the starting line for the first time.  Phil tells them this is all about first impressions so to have a look around and start trying to figure out who you might want to be partnered with.

First we hear from Olive, she's a firefighter from Rhode Island - "this is a race for a million dollars I definitely don't want to be dragged down by somebody."

Shy looking Brooke is a lawyer and based on first impressions there are some people you'd rather be partnered with than others (I think she was referencing the tattooed and hugely bearded Michael.)

Michael is a butcher and he says ideally he'd like to be paired with somebody that has more charm than him because he can be a pain in the a$$ (oh, that's just wonderful.)

Phil - The only question is who are you going to be paired up with?

Sharmar muscled banking firm associate, "It doesn't matter who you pair me with, I'm just going to throw them over my shoulder and make sure that we win."

Jenn Lee - professional model - plans to use her looks to her advantage to win the race and the million dollars.

Jessie - amazon K-9 cop - says she does not want to be partners with Asian Barbie (that would be Jenn), she's only here because she thinks she looks good.

Before they even get to talk to anybody, they are going to see how each other performs because the game starts now.  Phil tells them they are starting with a challenge - they have to go pick up a piece of luggage with the Panamanian flag on it.  To get to the luggage store, they have to leave the park through a gate behind them, go two blocks south west, then seven blocks south east. The quicker they are to come back with the luggage, the more likely they are to be able to pick their ideal partner...
What are you waiting for?  Go get your luggage!  AND THEY ARE OFF!

We hear from Seth, a police officer from Bellevue, WA - as a police officer he has to be able to get along, and work well, with a partner right off the bat, so this should be easy for him. (This is also my guy in the pool - come on Seth!)

Brooke again looks like a timid little thing but she is a criminal attorney and likes to be in control of most situations but she hopes if someone knows better she can step aside and let them lead (uh oh, if she's already telling us she has control issues, that could be a problem.)

Scott, the first thing he tells us is he's a big achiever and graduated from Harvard at the top of his class (I have a feeling we'll be hearing he went to Harvard A LOT) he also says he may not get along with another type A personality right away, he may snap, "I am a gay, red-head." (Wow, learning lots about Scott right off the hop.)

Redmond was a navy corpsman with the Marines for five years until he stepped on an IED and lost his right leg - he immediately started competing in every sport imaginable because he wanted to show the world that no matter what happens to you, your goal should be to continue to succeed.  Redmond and Scott are working together to find the luggage store.

Vanck is a wall street analyst and what you would call a bit of a geek - he is very intellectual and thinks he should choose a pretty girl to be his partner which never hurts in terms of sales - because people look at him like he has two heads sometimes. (Oh man, I hope the big brain can carry him.)

Jenn - the swimwear model thinks the ideal partner for her is the surfer kid from Hawaii - that would be Kevin Ng, Asian guy with long hair.  She doesn't know if he's very smart "no offense" but he looks like he'd be fun.  They say they are just going to follow the white people to find the shop.

Jessie is 6ft3 and the first female K-9 officer in Ohio - she was running with a pack going in the wrong direction and when Francesca tries to point out the direction to go, Jessie snaps, "you went the wrong way to begin with so I'm not going to listen to you now. 
Francesca is an army drill sergeant and doesn't intimidate, but she does say about Jessie, "ooh, she's feisty."

Olive is the first one in the shop but she's quickly followed by a bunch more arriving at the luggage shop and then they have to figure out what the Panama flag looks like - and there are people that know (they must have had some pre-race materials to look over I bet) - Shamar is the first person with a bag heading back to Phil.

We meet Matt - he's a professional snowboarder who won a gold at the x-games - winning the Amazing Race would make him feel pretty unstoppable.

Floyd - is my favourite - always a huge smile on his face - he is a college drum major, has been watching the amazing Race since he was in the fifth grade and luckily memorized the world flags before coming on the race.  This has been his dream for a long time - his friends all say he's the most positive person they know and his ideal partner would have to be positive and able to enjoy this wonderful journey that they are on.

Becca has a strangely deep voice but she is also super fun, enthusiastic, goofy - she is a rockclimber and wears a button pointing to the fun-zone.  If her partner's not into the whole fun thing, "what are they doing here?"

Liz - Auctioneer and cowgirl.  She can be in the city but she'd rather be out on the farm with her horse... and she is realizing she should not have worn cowboy boots, they were made for walking, not running. (Seriously, what were you thinking?)

Michael - the butcher with the huge red beard says the appearance is kind of his secret weapon, he started growing the beard right after he quit his last job, about three years ago.  Now he owns his own butcher shop and has an IQ of around 140, so he's no dummy.

People start getting back to Phil:
Seth - the WA policeman,
Matt - snowboarder,
Olive - Firefighter,
Shamir - Banker,
Sara - Luxury real estate agent (really? you specified luxury real estate?),
Scott - ginger from Harvard,
Becca - Rockclimber,
Vanck - super nerd,
Joey - Police Sergeant is the only person with the wrong flag on his bag - he's got to go all the way back to the store and look for a bag with the right flag (wah, wah.)
We learn that Joey grew up in the projects of Boston, the third of four kids to a single mother - he's had to work hahd for everything he's got (including the wicked Bahston accent) drinking beer is one of his weaknesses.  And he ends up the last person back to the park.

Now we move on to the picking of the partners:
-Seth goes first and he chooses Olive. First woman to arrive and she's probably a better dancer than him - she's excited to have a strong partner too # TeamAmerica
-Matt chooses Redmond, figuring a guy with one leg has a lot of fight and won't give up. #TheBoys
-Shamir picks Sara - because he wants to go with the super hot chick, and she was the next person to come in after him.#TheSandsExpress
-Harvard Scott chooses Brooke, the criminal attorney - both have already told us they are Type A personalities, I see some clashes coming. #TeamBrookeandScott
-Becca chooses Erkle (Floyd) and they are totally my favourite team! #TeamFun
-They show us Ashton, the perfect blond real estate agent who says her ideal partner is a guy with visible strength, taller and stronger than her... and then it's uber-nerd Vanck's turn to pick his partner and who did he pick?  You guessed it, Ashton did not get her ideal partner. #TeamVanckandAshton
-Tara is an army officer and she is going to pick the underdog - last place Joey policeman - #TeamMomandDad
-London, a street artist says she needs some muscle and she picks Logan, who is not too hard on the eyes I must say - he is an orthopedic device specialist and she is so excited he wasn't picked yet - #TeamLoLo (They show Ashton being bitter, Logan was her ideal partner I would say.)
-Model Jenn chooses Hawaii - Kevin the athletic trainer - #LongHairDontCare
-Big beard Michael chooses the cowgirl, Liz #TeamLizandMike
-Which leaves Jessie, the amazon K-9 police officer and Francesca, the Army Drill Sergeant, as the last two and a partnership by default.  On the plus side, they've already had their first fight so it can only go up from here. #SwoleSisters -  As a bonus for being the only two that did not get to pick their partners, they will be chauffeured to LAX by Phil himself, everyone else has to find a taxi.

That also means, they are off to the airport and heading to Panama City, Panama! There are two flights and limited seats on the first flight.  The first clue was in the luggage they picked up and hidden in one of the bags is the Express Pass.  Once in their cabs everyone checks out the bags and it's Smiley Floyd that got the Express Pass - And he loses his mind, so excited.

We learn that Shamir speaks Spanish and Brooke is psyched about that, not a bad skill to have when heading to Panama.
Becca lives in Boulder, Co and Floyd can't believe it he goes to CU (University of Colorado) he does cop to being an Erkle - double major in economics and applied math - but these two are going to be so much fun.
Jessie does apologize to Francesca for their earlier "words" but they are all good - SwoleSisters is right, these two have amazing arms.
Jenn and Kevin are getting to know each other and when she asks how old he is he tells her 30 - she says well you're Asian and all Asians look like they're twelve (except their taxi driver who shoots her a look - he is Asian and... does not look twelve.

The one thing we learn at the airport as they are all waiting for their flights is that Seth is gay and has a boyfriend so their is no chance of any romance between him and Olive... but she has gay friends so he thinks they'll get along well.

Panama City
Once they land they will have to find a marked car and make their way to the Panama Canal.  Which is much easier said than done.  First flight got in at 7am and we get a montage of all the teams looking at maps, fighting traffic, stopping to ask directions... but no one speaks much English, there are no street signs, and apparently no one in Panama city knows where the Panama Canal is.  Everyone is lost and it's an Amazing Race nightmare.

Seth & Olive are the first team to get to the locks and the cluebox - it is  Route Info, they have to drive to the Panama Rainforest Discovery Centre and search for their clue at the top of the canopy tower (so more driving, great.)  Teams came in: Floyd & Becca, Scott & Brooke, London & Logan, Matt & Redmond (that's all the first flight teams.)

2nd flight lands at 9:36am after being delayed an hour and they have the same issue as the first flight, except now there is even more traffic, still no street signs, still no English... Shamir at least speaks Spanish but that doesn't get him through traffic.  Vanck tells Ashton to take a 135deg right turn in the round about, and as a normal person would she just says, "I don't know what that is." (Oh boy, these two are so mismatched - what was he thinking?)

Rainforest Discovery Centre
-They have to run up the longest spiral staircase to get to the top of the tower and get their clue - Seth & Olive are the first there and getting dizzy on the way up - the clue is to the DETOUR: Shoot or Scoot.
In Shoot they must use a traditional canoe, paddle down the river and use a traditional bow & arrow to shoot/knock over two silver fish targets to get their next clue.
In Scoot they must use a modern racing canoe and go head to head against a professional crew to try and win their next clue.

Seth & Olive choose Scoot - they have to choose a team to race against and we find out it's three heats - first they start out at the same buoy, if our team loses then the next time, they get a head start, if they lose again, the third try is an even bigger head start.

Becca & Floyd choose Shoot- they get a quick lesson on how to shoot the traditional bow & arrow and then it's out on the water with you - I think trying to balance in the boat is almost as hard as trying to shoot an arrow at a target...while standing in a boat.

Scoot - Seth & Olive lose very badly to the professional rowers, they are not professional rowers.

Shoot - Becca is finding it's harder to hit the fishes than she thought.
-Scott & Brooke get there and he cannot shoot the arrow at all (did you watch the demo?)
-Becca finally hits a fish and Brooke pulls the plug for them, Scott & Brooke are changing Detours.

Scoot - Seth & Olive lose the next heat as well, head start did them no good... but finally on the third heat, the way longer head start did it for them and they finally win their next clue - To make their way to the Pit Stop: The Cinta Costera Tres - where they will find Phil under a huge Panama flag.

Shoot - Becca finally hits their second silver fish target and they are the next team to get the clue to the Pit Stop.

Scoot - Brooke & Scott make their first attempt and he is mister poopy diaper when they lose badly on their first attempt.  Brooke is trying to stay positive but he does not make it easy.

RedBeard and Cowgirl (Mike & Liz) are super lost. Jenn & Kevin (longhairdon'tcare) are just as super lost... and it's become a race to not be last at this point.  I'm not going to go through everyone's attempts at the Detour, just some of the high points:

Matt & Redmond were superstars in the canoe and beat the professional rowers on their first attempt.  And that just made Scott that much more of a grumpy gus.

Joey (Boston cop) & Tara tipped their canoe trying to do the racing.
Vanck & Ashton also tipped their canoe - and decided to switch right away.  He is super annoying, in the bow challenge, saying he wanted to shoot eventhough she has more experience and then when he couldn't do it, he kept trying to coach her on how to do it. (I do feel kinda sorry for her, he is a very challenging partner.) Oh, and they ended up switching back to the Scoot when they couldn't shoot.

Redbeard & cowgirl could not do the shooting - well, he couldn't hit anything with the arrows so they switched... and then they flipped the canoe. 

Kevin & Jenn are so far behind, they can't find the tower at the rainforest - haven't even found the Detour clue yet.
Once they finally do find the clue - they choose to do scoot and head for the canoes...

Liz & Mike are on their third attempt at the rowing, they have flipped a couple times and they are pretty tired and demoralized when Kevin & Jenn show up and it's just the spark they needed to finally finish the Detour.

Unfortunately, it's gotten too dark for Jenn & Kevin to do more than one attempt and they are given the clue to the Pit Stop because they can't safely continue.

Here's How They finished:
1) Seth & Olive  - Wahoo! Seth's my boy! Now if only he had some personality.
2) Becca & Floyd - but then these two have enough personality for everybody.
3) Matt & Redmond - they would have done well on their own, but together, watch out.
4) Brooke & Scott - he swore he didn't think he chose the wrong partner... but there was some hesitation.
5) Shamir & Sara - and he gave Phil one of his own eyebrow looks, very nice.
6) Tara & Joey - he knows the flag of Panama now.
7) Vanck & Ashton - very rough day, not the partner she envisioned and they are so different.
8) London & Logan - she is super positive which is going to be great for them, and Phil is doing a little matchmaking, pointing out London has lovely eyes too.
9) Jessie & Francesca - they are a match made in heaven now, couldn't imagine doing the race with anyone else.
10) Jenn & Kevin get to the mat before Mike & Liz because of course they got lost again... but because they could not complete the Detour, they have a two hour penalty and have to sit there and wait it out.
10) Mike & Liz - They thought for sure they were out being the last team to arrive but they made it before the two hour penalty was up which means...
11) Jenn & Kevin - **ELIMINATED** She thinks they got along too well and he was too laid back, she should have fought and pushed them harder.  And with #LongHairDontCare being the first team out, Pat T., Trish W., Jeff T., and Patty F., are out of the pool and get their $ back.

So it will be interesting to see how these partnerships work out with no one knowing each other.  It looks like they are going to be racing through some beautiful places and there will be excitement and fighting - I'm just so happy the race is back! (But I've heard rumours this may be the last season.)

Have a great weekend everyone,

Coleen













 

The Amazing Race - Pool Picks - Partners

The Amazing Race 29
Contestant	Pool Participant		Contestant	Pool Participant
Seth Tyler			Olive Beauregard
37 - Seattle, WA	1. Coleen Thomson	+	24 - Providence, RI	1. Carol-Anne Doucet
Police Officer	2. Sheila Gaspar		Firefighter	2. Lois Lowe
Matt Ladley			Redmond Ramos
25 - Steamboat Springs, CO	1. Bob Lowe	+	28 - Fremont, CA	1. Heather George
Professional Snowboarder	2. Yvette Sequeira		Motivational Speaker	2. Fraser Gronlund
Shamir Arzeno			Sara Fowler
28 - Bronx, NY	1. Sharon Roberts	+	27 - Baltimore, MD	1. Robert Leung
Banking Firm Associate	2. Katie Lowe		Luxury Real Estate Agent	2. Kevin Reiffer
Logan Bauer			London Kaye
27 - Navarre, FL	1. Bernice Wong	+	27 - New York, NY	1. Brandon Lee
Orthopedic Device Specialist	2. Cara & Alex Lowe		Street Artist	2. Stacey Lovey
Jenn Lee	FIRST OUT		Kevin Ng	FIRST OUT
25 - Palos Verdes, CA	1. Pat Thomson	+	31 - San Diego, CA	1. Jeff Thomson
Professional Model	2. Trish Wells		Athletic Trainer	2. Patty Fyfe
Tara Carr			Joey Covino
38 - Alexandria, VR	1. Shane Boutillier	+	46 - Boston, MA	1. Emily Harper
U.S. Army Officer	2. Susan Nagai		Police Sergeant	2. Shelley Aven
Liz Espey			Michael Rado
24 - Maryville, MO	1. Roxanne Spear	+	37 - Pittsburgh, PA	1. Denise Rodrigues
Auctioneer	2. Laura Wadsworth		Butcher	2. Lindsay Jeffs
Becca Droz			Floyd Pierce
26 - Pittsburgh, PN	1. Sandy Greig	+	21 - Highlands Ranch, CO	1. Ozzy Rodrigues
Rock Climbing Instructor/Barista	2. Bryon Low		College Student	2. Lee Barnbrook
Ashton Theiss			Vanck Zhu
25 - Fort Worth, TX	1. Hardeep Gill	+	28 - Saint Paul, MN	1. Lynne Brodie
Real Estate Agent	2. Alexis Gronlund		Investment Researcher	2. Trish Jardine
Scott Flanary			Brooke Camhi
34 - Charlotte, NC	1. Philip Khong	+	36 - Lynbrook, NY	1. Andria Sutton
University Recruiting Manager  WINNER	2. Elaine Reiffer		Lawyer   WINNER	2. Cindi Caldwell
Jessica "Jessie" Lynn Shields			Francesca Piccoli
28 - Howland, OH	1. Nenad Morovic	+	33 - Banning, CA	1. Rachel Rodrigues
K9 Police Officer	2. Ethan Gronlund		U.S. Army	2. Miranne Dick

Survivor Game Changers - March 29, 2017 Episode Recap

Dirty Deed

Last week we had a crazy Tribal Council where two tribes went together to vote out one person and JT handed too much information over to the other tribe who capitalized on it to vote out Malcolm.

Nuku - Night 11
-JT is on the hot seat.  Sandra is asking JT what he told Culpepper and JT is going with the only strategy he has; deny, deny, deny.  They can't know what he actually told the other tribe so he's going to say they screwed him over too (which is what happened, but because JT told Brad they were voting for Sierra not just that Brad was safe - which is what he is telling his tribe now.)
-In the end it doesn't matter how hard JT is tap dancing, Sandra is pissed, she knows this is his dirty deed and she's going to send his a$$ packing.  He crossed her, it's payback time.

Nuku - Day 12
JT knows he needs a Hidden Immunity idol if he's hoping to stay so he heads out and finds a clue to the hidden idol.  Conveniently everyone is out of camp and he grabs the shovel and digs up the idol - no one the wiser.  (Hmm, that seemed pretty darn easy - seems the producers want to keep JT around.)

**New Amazing Race starts tomorrow - March 30th**

REWARD CHALLENGE - Day 12
Tavua is standing on their mat waiting for the other two tribes that went to tribal council to get there - first Mana shows up, with everyone... then Nuku gets there and it's complete shock to see Malcolm was voted out (and I'm sure relief for some of them, that's one less threat for their game.)

Okay, so the challenge - lots of moving pieces here - everyone has one job to do... One person from each tribe will be the person with the rope and grappling hook, they will have to snag first a bow.  The digger will then get to digging for a bag containing a ball, the first balancer will take the bow, balance the ball on it and cross two balance beams (one teeter-totter and one stationary up and down) to deposit the ball in the first hole.  Then the grappler will snag the next item, a handle, which the next balancer will have to balance the ball on through the balance beams again.  Once the second ball is in the second hole, the final tribe member can get started on the slide puzzle to complete the logo and win the Reward - which is a plate of PBJ sandwiches, loaf of bread and jars of peanut butter and jelly, plate of cookies and milk.  Second tribe to finish will only get a plate of sandwiches and the last tribe gets nothing.

Tavua has one extra member and sits Troyzan.

They strategize to figure out who will do what through the challenge and Debbie-does-everything says, and I quote, "I have a really good sense of balance." so Brad says, "okay, so you'll balance." This is very important because she cannot get across the second balance beam, and loses the lead her tribe had and then loses the challenge for them - then she also loses her mind! 

But first Tavua was behind through the initial hooking of the bow but Michaela dug the ball out in 2 seconds and Ozzy ran across the balance beams like they were nothing, giving Tavua the lead that they held onto, and with Zeke banging out the slide puzzle, they won the big Reward for the new little tribe that could, Tavua.

That means that Mana won the second reward, the plate of sandwiches with Debbie just finishing the balance beam (Nuku never even started the slide puzzle.) Debbie does not react well to her own failure (which is a bit of an understatement) and she blames everyone else.

Tavua - Day 12
Who cares, they won and are eating sandwiches.
-They do show us that Sarah has decided she needs options and is going to play this time like a criminal instead of a cop (ie; lying to people).  She starts talking up Troyzan, says she's going to look for an idol and wants to play with him so he better not tell anyone.  He says of course he won't, they shake.  And he reminds us that he has the idol already and he's not telling anyone.  If he can get in with Sarah and save his idol, mores the better for him.

Mana - Day 12
Oh, here we go - Debbie is fuming, she grabs all her crap and starts to storm off with everyone asking her what's wrong.  She goes on a tirade about them just making all the decisions and telling her what to do then giving her stuff to Hali to sell (?) Yeah, it was batsh!t.
Once she storms off like the drama queen she is - Brad wonders if she is acting, "what was that?" (Or you're going to wish she was just joking.)  Sierra goes after her (like she wanted, let's face it) and Debbie has now twisted everything in her mind so that Brad was the dictator that told everyone what they were going to do in the challenge and she had no say and Hali gets everything she wants and Debbie gets absolutely no respect from Brad.  She terrifies poor Tai with her delusional ranting, she screams at Brad about him crushing her heart... Yeah, Debbie better really hope they don't go to Tribal Council, she held them all hostage trying to placate her, it was crazy sauce.  Good thing she channels her rage into working out, she tells us as she starts spontaneously doing push ups - that's why she looks like she does (she must be a very angry woman.)

Nuku - Day 13
JT is making himself some coffee and Michaela asks if she can have seven drips of coffee and a spoonful of sugar.  This does not sit well with JT, when Aubry comes to get the sugar for Michaela, JT is muttering about how ignorant that is (oh ho, what's this now?)  JT apparently cannot stand Michaela, he feels like she is unstable, does nothing, and he doesn't want to babysit her.
-Sandra, ever the opportunist, is going to add fuel to that fire.  She goes over and right in front of Varner eats all the rest of the sugar, knowing full well that JT is going to think Michaela did it.
Varner's eyes looked like they were going to pop right out of his head as he watched her eat the sugar, but later, he is laughing to the camera, because it totally worked.  JT noticed the sugar was gone and is blaming Michaela who is trying to hold on to her temper but she is just seething against JT.  Varner, "JT thinks Michaela ate the sugar when it was full on Sandra." (You should be afraid, very afraid.)

Mana - Day 13
-After the Debbie Drama, this tribe is very very tense.  Tai decides he's going to go look for another idol since he played it, there might be another one - and he finds another clue.  It tells him he has to soak a wooden board and when the logo magically appears, that is where to dig (where is there a board? It must make more sense to them, seems very confusing to me.)  Tai has no time to continue in his search, but he's closer than anyone else to finding immunity again.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They have to all climb up and over a high wall, then three tribe members have to 'roll' a large cube to a suspended ring of keys.  One person has to climb the cube and get the keys off the spring then give the keys to another tribe member who will open a chest filled with sandbags.  Two more tribe members have to carry the sandbags across a balance beam (there are 100 sandbags so they have to make multiple trips) and then they have to use a sling shot to knock down five targets.  First two tribes to finish win immunity, only one tribe going to tribal council tonight.  (Tavua sits Cirie.)

Oh Jebus, there are more balance beams and Debbie is convinced that she is a gymnast and was fantastic on the beam last time so she's going to do the beam again - they try to ask her to have a better attitude and she then decrees she's NOT doing it, "There, I decided." (oh my godupus!)

Off they go and Mana is the first team over the wall and it's Brad, Debbie and Sierra rolling the cube.  Sierra is the first up to get the ring of keys and Debbie says to Brad, "Did you see I was the first one over?" He just says to her, "I love you Debbie, I don't know why you're mad at me." (Exactly! He became the focus of her not being able to admit she is not great at everything, sad.)

We move on to the next section and Tai has the misfortune to fall off the balance beam a couple times which sends Debbie off on a tirade again, "I'm glad we didn't send the gymnast, seriously..."(it was at this point that I yelled at the TV for her to shut the &%^$ up! It was enough already).

Tavua was the first tribe to start launching sandbags but I think we found something that Ozzy wasn't that great at - Mana was able to catch up and Tuku caught up so they were all knocking down the targets. Mana is the first tribe to win immunity (Debbie is lucky that Brad is a good shot.)
It comes down to Ozzy and JT shooting for their last target and Ozzy hit the target while JT missed.  Tavua wins the second immunity and it's Nuku heading to tribal council.
JT is lucky he won a hidden immunity idol, I think.
But they tease us, Michaela says when she played the last time, the challenge before she was sent home ended in slingshots, so it couldn't happen again... Oh really?

Nuku - Day 13
Aubry feels like Michaela needs to be the next to go - JT is talking to Varner, Sandra and Aubry and he's pleading his case that they will be stronger without Michaela but he's also kind of a d!ck about it, "there will be a lot less bitterness, a lot less babysitting, a lot less crybaby, a lot less sugar stealing." Which makes Sandra laugh, of course, cause she's the devil.
-They all say they are 100% with him about voting Michaela off, and he says as long as he's not going home he'll tell the truth about her at tribal council, but if it's him, he's going to shut up (you should already be shutting up, come on!) Sandra encourages him to speak his truth... and even inspects the empty sugar jar with him, oh yeah, she licked it clean (wow, she's got some big brass ones doesn't she?)

Sandra talks to Michaela and tells her that she doesn't trust JT and she wants to talk to Varner to see where he stands so that they can vote out JT tonight.  You know Michaela was all over that.  When Sandra talks to Varner he feels like he's in the perfect spot, he can choose who he wants to vote out tonight - the attitude problem or the big threat.

TRIBAL COUNCIL
Sandra tells Jeff that they blamed JT for Malcolm going home last time and JT says he did tell Brad that he was safe but still gave away too much information and got himself burned too.
-Michaela calls out JT, saying he thinks he's running things all the time.
-JT laughs, he says camp life has been tough, he thinks they are all sick of babysitting and he's never been so excited to be at tribal council.
-Sandra tells Jeff about their feud over the sugar.  "JT thinks she licked the jar clean."
-Michaela, "That's how stupid he is.  What would I lick the sugar jar for?"
Jeff asks Sandra how they decide who to vote when there are only going to be four of them left.
-Sandra says, "We're going to keep our strongest player in the game and with him we're going to move forward." (Oh yeah, she's good.)
-Michaela says she's not surprised, it's an insult to her intelligence that they've been acting like she's stupid all day. (JT is rolling his eyes - Dude, you're being played!)
-Then JT uses the rope they gave him to hang himself - he starts listing her faults... she tells him to shut up by polling them if she's washed dishes, cooked food, delivered food... he's never seen it.
-Jeff polls them all if they agree with JT about Michaela and they say that JT does speak for them regarding Michaela, Sandra says he doesn't speak for her, but he does make some valid points about moving forward in the game.
-There is some more blah blah blah... Aubry likes Michaela, she's a strong female but camp life is uncomfortable, Varner agrees something needs to be done... and then it's...

Time to Vote:
JT votes for Michaela - you got a lot to learn kid.
Michaela votes for JT - you do not speak for me, good-bye Felicia.
Aubry votes Michaela
Sandra votes for JT - The queen stays queen, Adios.

Tallying the votes:

No one plays a hidden immunity idol (oh, JT, JT, JT...) and Michaela takes this opportunity to pour herself a cup of water, just chillin'

Votes:
Michaela - 1
JT - 1
Michaela - 2
JT - 2
Final vote is JT - and Michaela flips her hair at him, "Tell Malcolm you sent him home too." He is a bit like a whipped puppy, "I will."  (I don't like her showboating, at least be the bigger person - but  no, got to rub it in.)  Oh, and Sandra admits she finished the sugar to the rest of them - Aubry's got to pretend she's impressed but I bet she's sweating now.

So, with JT leaving that takes Kevin R., Jeff T., and Melissa G. out of the pool - (plus he is the first of the original Nuku tribe to be voted out, just a little trivia there.)

Next week - they are told to drop their buffs again, someone is sent to Exile Island (What??? NNOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!) and a former Survivor makes a surprise return (Holy carp, what's going on?)

JT's final thoughts: I got a little over confident in myself and didn't bring my idol to tribal council, I didn't think I needed it.  I made a very, very foolish mistake and I let myself down.  I blew it, it's as simple as that. (Yup, pretty much.)

Have a great rest of your week everyone,

Coleen











 

Survivor Game Changers - March 22/17 Episode Recap

The Tables Have Turned

Last week they re-shuffled the tribes into three, leaving JT the sole original Nuku on his tribe, Caleb & Hali in the minority on Mana and Troyzan the sole Mana on the newly created Tavua tribe.  With Mana going to tribal council, Brad was able to rally the team and get Caleb voted out, making him leave the game again on the ninth day.

Mana - Night 9
-They all acknowledge that Tai had the hardest time voting out Caleb and he just hopes they realize that he is totally with them.  Playing with his head instead of his heart this time.

Mana - Day 10
-Debbie is playing up to Hali, telling her whatever she wants to hear but still planning to keep the old Nuku strong.  Hali would be the next to go.

REWARD CHALLENGE
Only two members from each tribe will take part in the challenge.  The first person will have to travel through some obstacles balancing a ball on the end of a pole.  At the end of each leg they will add more pole to make it more difficult.  When they get to the end, the next person will take the ball to release a key and open a box filled with sandbags.  That person will then have to knock down nine targets with the sandbags.  First person to knock down all the targets wins coffee, sugar, mugs, iced coffee and cookies (everyone was excited with the chocolate cookies), second tribe just gets a thermos of iced coffee, but better than last who get nada.

Starting out we have: Tai for Mana, Ozzy for Tavua, and JT for Nuku.
Second leg will be: Brad for Mana, Troyzan for Tavua, and Malcolm for Nuku.

Ozzy was a rockstar like he always is and gave Troyzan a huge lead heading into the beanbag throw, and Troy starts out strong knocking the targets down.  JT gets Malcolm started next and he quickly catches up to Troy so those two are duking it out and we still have Tai struggling across the balance beam... but he just has to get the ball to the former pro-football player. 
Malcolm pulls out the win for Nuku, but it's the come from behind second place finish for Mana that was the story here - leaving Troyzan out in the cold again with his tribe. No Coffee for You!

Tavua - Day 10
Everyone is bummed returning to camp having lost the reward... except for Ozzy.  He knows without winning rewards they rely on him for food in this game. He does all the fishing, which he finds therapeutic and he's bringing in protein for the whole tribe, making himself indispensable (until he's not... yes, this keeps him there in the beginning when there are lots of mouths to feed and they're not used to the hunger, but later on, the hunger to win usually takes him out.)

Nuku - Day 10
It's coffee time! Sandra is crowing they are the best tribe ever and she tells the camera that she's the queen there, running the show and nobody really knows it.
-Au contraire, JT knows full well what's going on.  He talks to Malcolm and they agree that they need to take Sandra out.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
One person is the caller and the rest of the tribe will be blindfolded and tethered together in pairs.  The caller will send the pairs out directing them to three towers where they will have to pull a rope which will dump coloured water on them and a bag that they have to untie and return to the caller/mat.  Once they have all the bags, they can remove their blindfolds and then they have to use the balls inside the bags on a table maze.  First team to get all three balls seated on the table maze win immunity. 
Nuku sat Sandra. Tavua sat Troyzan.

Oh, and by the way, both losing tribes will go to Tribal Council. Malcolm, "That's a huge 'by the way' Jeff."

Callers: Jeff Varner, just kept telling them to haul ass the whole time - hilarious - but it also worked as Nuku was the first back with all their bags and quickly runs over to start the puzzle maze.
Cirie doesn't have the loudest voice for this, but she was being heard better than Culpepper - Tavua starts on the puzzle with Mana bringing up the rear.

The table maze has to go slower and Nuku is taking their time thinking they have a huge lead, but then Tavua sneaks up on them and it's down to Varner and Andrea trying to seat the final ball... Jeff says Varner is either the hero or the goat and boom, he drops the ball off the table - leaving it open to Andrea and TAVUA, wins immunity! (Varner started bawling like a baby, I did feel a little bad for him.)

Oh, and another by the way - both tribes going to tribal council tonight will collectively vote only one person out. (WHAT!?? Holy crikey that is crazy!) 
 
Nuku - Day 11
Back at camp they start strategizing, Nuku has six members to the Mana five so they can conceivably decide who is going home tonight.  If they stay strong and vote the six together, it could work.
-Malcolm and JT had wanted to take Sandra out but with this twist that may have to wait.
-They speculate that they'll try and get JT to vote with them, but JT says he's solid with this new tribe.
-Sandra wants to vote out Sierra, JT is thinking Tai.
-JT thinks that Brad Culpepper will target Sandra and if he wanted to he could be the swing vote for them to change the course of this game.

Mana - Day 11
Brad knows that the four of them will vote together but Hali was on death row and who knows what she'll do.  Instead of trying to convince her she should stay with them, Brad is aggressive and vaguely threatening calling her Blue Eyes to get her attention and then telling her that voting five strong will speak volumes to her loyalty to them. (Really? I thought Culpepper was playing smarter but he still doesn't know how to get women on his side obviously.)

Brad speculates that JT will target Sandra and Sierra agrees but she thinks they should target Malcolm, in the long run she thinks he's more of a threat.  Everyone agrees that whatever they do they have to vote five strong and they feel it will come down to what JT is going to do.

Tai doesn't want to leave his fate in JT's hands and he goes looking for an idol.  He finds a clue which shows him where to dig and he ends up finding a Hidden Immunity Idol!  And then he goes and tells the whole tribe (except Hali) that he has an idol - right away Culpepper tells him if one of the four is going to go, it has to be played. (Tai has refused to be bullied into playing his hidden idol for someone in the past... just saying.)

TRIBAL COUNCIL
The tribal started off normal, Jeff asking them questions - Malcolm says they had to run every scenario as this has never been done before. 
-Culpepper says they potentially have a Mexican stand-off with all their guns pointed at each other but what if one of their guns is pointed at themselves (hinting JT) and is one of our guns pointed at ourselves (Hali) - and Sandra cuts him off, "All our guns are pointed at them." (Oh, ho, Culpepper has a wicked side-eye, hahaha.)
-Debbie says JT used to be really close with this tribe but Sandra again, "she said the magic words, 'used to'." (Ugh, Sandra you are not endearing yourself to anyone.)
-JT says he feels like they are expecting him to do something to put himself completely at risk when it would be a shot in the dark for him to land in the right place and Culpepper almost rolled is eyes.
-Brad says he thinks there are more threats on the other tribe, Malcolm and the two time winner, that's the biggest threat.
-Sandra, "I'm not worried.  I know I'm not going home tonight, how bout that?" (Oh, that makes me want her to go home so bad... come on Survivor Karma!)
-Malcolm says that sounds like the kind of thing you say when you're scared (Brad did not like that), but if they sent me home I'd be cussing my way down the ramp.
-Getting down to it, Debbie says her only worry is if JT flips or if Hali flips.
-Brad full on threatens Hali, she knows if she doesn't vote with us she is public enemy number one.
-Hali says, "Well that's not a good speech to groom me in." (Exactly! What a doofus.) Hali puts it out there that they are in a potential rock drawing situation and she is willing to help them if they have any concerns.
-Sandra of course says, no, we don't have any concerns. To which Sierra mean girls her, "sounds like they don't need you Hali." Debbie tries to salvage it, saying that they do need her but Michaela piles on from the other side, "Yeah, right on the outside where they put you."
-JT puts his head in his hands and while Jeff is asking him a question - Sierra is talking to Hali, Malcolm is eavesdropping.  Hali puts up her hand and says they should be trying to take out physical threats so then Sandra starts whispering to everyone around her that Hali wants to take Culpepper out.
-Then JT is whispering to Malcolm that he thinks they're voting for Sandra.
-Aubry thinks she showed up to the wrong wedding.
-Debbie gets up and whispers to Brad wondering if they just switched their votes to him, he says no, it's the original plan and Sandra has settled down to saying it's the original plan. And then...
JT jumps up and goes over to whisper to Brad that they are voting Sierra.
-Hali, "well if that's the way its going to be..." and she jumps up and goes to talk to Sandra saying that she will vote Brad with them - so now Nuku is having a powwow and Mana is having a powwow with Brad telling them that the vote is for Sierra.

Probst is just sitting back speechless and smiling like the cat that ate the canary - he's loving it.

-They kind of settle down, looks like everyone is back where they were before - but then JT is over whispering to Culpepper to vote Sandra and Sierra is telling Hali that JT told Brad the vote is for her, Hali said she was trying to change it...

Jeff asks if they are all done, is it time to vote?  And Sandra says they're ready so Jeff tries to send Hali to vote and I think she said, "I ain't consent." (not sure, I did rewind it a couple times) anyway, Sandra tells her they are ready to vote (because she is the Queen and has final say after all.)
So Hali says, "Okay, you may regret it though."

Finally Time to Vote:

While Hali is voting Michaela asks Sandra why Hali didn't just tell them who has the idol and Sandra says, "no one has an idol, girl please." (oh boy, she's going to be mad.)

They don't show us how anyone voted.

Tallying the votes:

Jeff asks if anyone has a hidden immunity idol and wants to play it, now is the time.  Brad tells Tai to play it and he stands up and gives the idol to Sierra. (I kind of wanted him to keep it for himself and tell Brad, nope, not playing it - but I know it wasn't the time for him to do that.)

Votes:
Sierra - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - none of them counted

Malcolm - 1 (Holy Hell), 2, (and Sierra had the gall to kiss him on the cheek, I would have wanted to smack her for that) 3, 4, 5 - and it's Malcolm going home.  He just sits there stunned, as was I. He says, "I think I'm going to vomit."  JT looks just as wrecked because Brad just destroyed JT's game as well. Looks like Culpepper is turning into a villain. And as they head back to camp, Michaela whispers to Varner that she thinks JT just set them up.

 

Sigh, I was sad to see Malcolm leaving, even though he's not my favourite, it did seem too soon, and it also takes: Julie T., Lynne B., and Robert L. out of the pool.

Next week: JT is on the hot seat with Nuku and Debbie is on a tear screaming at Culpepper and scaring Tai, "She's like a crazy lady." (Oh man, what did he do?)

Malcolm's final thoughts were of utter devastation; at least he can say he went out in the most ridiculous tribal council in the history of tribal councils.  He was fighting back tears saying that JT isn't getting a Christmas card, "stupid kid couldn't keep his mouth shut" and the greatest experience of his life just came to an extremely premature end and it's a bitter pill to swallow.
 
It was a bit of heartbreaker this one.

Have a good rest of the week everyone,

Coleen