Its night 24. The tribe returns from Tribal Council after sending Marcus to the jury. Ken is happy that he is still around and seems to be developing a taste for power as he proclaims that Bob will be the next to go. Bob agrees, knowing his only hope for survival will come with a merge.
At Fang, things are bleak. There is no rice and no fire. When tree mail arrives in the form of a golf flag and a promise of a cultural trek, the Fangroovians are ecstatic. Corinne is anxious to see Marcus again. Oh oh. Won't she be surprised! And indeed she is, along with all the Fang tribe, when Kota marches in sans Marcus. Jaws are dropping all over the place. But Dimples, in baby blue, doesn't give them time to feel sorry for themselves. He gets them involved in a game of golf, Survivor style. The tribes have a huge sling shot. Three members must support the sling shot while the fourth uses it to shoot a golf ball down a rugged course. The first tribe to get their ball in "the cup" wins the hole and the best two out of three holes wins reward. The sling shot has a nasty kick-back and bodies are tumbling with every shot, but both tribes are amazingly good at Survivorgolf. It comes down to a final shot by Fang who basically have to drop it into the hole (which has a circumference of about 3 feet). However Matty and Randy have a power struggle about how that is going to be accomplished. Randy is nasty, Matty is persistent and Charlie is...well...really really gay. But they sink the shot and head off to their reward, a visit in a Gabonese village with the requisite dancing and feasting. A long suffering Matty enjoys his first reward while Charle laments the loss of Marcus. "He did a lot of thinking for us", mourns Charlie. Meanwhile Bob, who Fang has chosen to go to Exile Island, forgoes the pleasures of the island to look for the idol. He follows the same trail as Sugar but soon finds - absolutely nothing. Because, as we all know, the hidden idol train has already left the station and headed into Sugar's backpack.
On Day 26 we see Ken out for a spin in the tribe's outrigger canoe. As you know, an outrigger has a stabilizer on one side. Ken has his stabilizer stuck in the sand and can only travel in circles. It's pretty funny. But Ken is unfazed. He is the only man left at camp and has just caught three fine fish to feed his beautiful women (that would be Crystal and Susie). He is on top of the world and fairly oozing testosterone.
The next day tree mail arrives with a promise of a firestarting challenge. Turns out the challenge is for individual immunity and the long awaited merge is finally happening. The challenge is simple - be the first to build a fire high enough to burn through a rope. Surprise of surprises, Susie gets a fire going almost immediately and wins the challenge. Her only competitor is Sugar. There is a collective "What the.." from the men but it matters not. Susie puts on the comely immunity idol and is safe for the time being. The merged tribe returns to the Fang camp where food awaits. On the way to camp Randy vows that either he or Crystal is going because he won't go back to camp with her.
Food or not, it doesn't take long for the festivities to give way to plotting. Sugar has become the swing vote. Corinne comes to her to try to persuade her to vote for Crystal. But the old Fang people led by Ken want her to vote for Charlie. Sugar would really like Randy gone but graciously agrees with everyone, leading everyone to believe her gullible. But privately she tells us she trusts no one and is not sure how she will vote. At Tribal Council Crystal calls Randy out and asks what she has done to offend him. Randy is only too happy to oblige by telling her. Once both have vented the votes are cast and it turns out that Charlie is the one going home. Now there has possibly never been such a happy Survivor castoff as Charlie since he gets to rejoin his beloved Marcus on the jury (and for now its just the two of them - hubba hubba). With Charlie goes our own Survivor pool member Jan. Donna had picked Charlie to be the ultimate winner so you can kiss your secret prize goodbye, Donna. So can Rick and Lisa who picked Marcus to win (sorry I missed dissin' you last week).
And so until next week,
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka Randy just drop the &*%$ ball in the &*%$ hole Bailey)
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