Thursday, December 18, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Survivor Gabon, Season Finale - Dec. 14, 2008
First, let's begin with a moment of silence for Lynn whose cable was out tonight making it impossible for her to watch the season finale of Survivor Gabon.
Thank you.
It's night 36. Crystal has been sent to the jury. Sugar comments that hers was a perfectly executed play of an immunity idol and that she has never felt so powerful. Kenny wants to know why he didn't know about the plan. When he petulantly claims that Bob should have given him the immunity idol a usually patient Bob tells him to get his own idol. Sugar wants Susie and Kenny to go next but realizes that Kenny likely won't trust her now. She sets out to regain his trust. That takes a walk in the jungle and about 14 seconds before Kenny is confident he is back in control.
Tree mail arrives with material, paint and instructions to dress as warriors. In outfits worthy of Project Runway the five remaining Survivors show up at the immunity challenge. Their mission is to dig under a wall, walk across a maze of elevated planks and go into a maze of Gabonese huts. Thre are 25 huts in the maze, only three of which contain (wait for it) puzzle pieces. Survivors must find a total of three bags of puzzle pieces. Once all three have been retrieved they must use the pieces to complete a replica of a Gabonese hut. In his usual unhurried, methodical way Bob wins the challenge ensuring himself a place in the final four. This is Bob's fifth consecutive challenge win which ties him for most consecutive wins in Survivor history. Not to bad for a 58 year old Physics teacher.
Back at camp Kenny is confident and feels he can relax since Susie is slated to go next. Susie would like to believe she is staying but no one seems to want to talk to her and that is making her more jittery than a broker on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Meanwhile, Matty and Sugar cement their alliance. At Tribal Council the Kocky Kenny (that's for you Rick) again tries to paint Bob as the villain for not giving him the immunity idol, even though he admits he planned to use his secure position to get rid of Bob. In whose world would this be an ok thing to do? When the votes are cast its Kenny who is heading to the jury. With Kenny goes Roberta from our pool.
Back at camp, Sugar and Bob go fishing while Matty talks to a very nervous Susie. She is certain the "Wizard Bob" will win immunity again, and she will be the next to go. Tree mail arrives telling them to head toward Exile Island. On the way they will find the torches and masks of their fellow Survivors. They are to collect the masks and take them to the highest point of the savanah. At the end of their walkabout they toss the masks into a fire to the musical accompaniment of a group of Gabonese singers and musicians.
With the memory walk behind them, Survivors gather in front of Dimples (in a steel blue shirt). Their job for this challenge is to take a pile of tiles and build a house of cards (that's a tower for most of us) 10 feet high. If no one gets one ten feet high, the Survivor with the tallest tower after 30 minutes will win. Bob, who has dominated in non-physical challenges in the past can't get his tower off the ground. Sugar repeatedly builds tall skinny towers which topple over. Matty tries to recreat the Eiffel Tower but it's slow to grow. It is Susie who builds an eight foot tower then steps back to see if anyone can overtake her in the final few minutes. They can't. Susie, in a crucial point of her game, wins immunity.
Back at camp Susie goes on ad naseum about how surprised she is that she won the challenge. Eventually the others have to tell her to keep it to herself. The threesome of Sugar, Matty and Bob are sad. That Bob will go next is a foregone conclusion since he is the biggest threat, but no one seems happy with the idea. It is Sugar who wonders about the idea of voting for Matty to deliberately tie the vote. This would put the outcome in the hands of fate. Fate be damned, Bob heads out to the jungle to practise building fires. Matty, unaware of the plan, instead practises his "goodbye Bob" wave. You guessed it. When the votes are cast at Tribal Council there is a tie and Bob and Matty have a fire-starting tie breaker contest. Bob gets his fire going, loses it for a few scarey moments, then blows it back to life, defeating Matty. Along with Matty goes Jeff from our pool. I can hear Jeff's screams all the way from New Hampshire ...."noooooo, I was soooo close!"
And so on day 39, Bob Sugar and Susie and the sole remaining Survivors and the three who must prepare to present their case to the jury. They receive a nice brunch and burn down their hut. Then, in the evening, they head to Tribal Council for the last time. As usual each has an opportunity to tell the jury why they should vote for them. Then each member of the jury has a chance to address one or more of the three contenders. Charlie plays the gay card by asking Bob if the "spooning" in the hut meant anything to him. Kenny tells Sugar that she was the first girl he ever trusted and she has scarred him. Randy is condescending to the point where Sugar calls him a jerk, and Corinne lets loose on Sugar with one of the nastiest speeches in Survivor history. When the votes are being cast Randy holds up his vote and says that all three of them can kiss his ass. That's my guy!!
Dimples gets the urn with the votes magically through time and space to a studio in Hollywood for the counting of the votes. Its a close one but Bob Crowley comes through to win the million dollars, the oldest Survivor ever to do so. And so our big pool winner is Pam Larsen. Pam will probably shamelessly blow her winnings on her new grand daughter. Pam also picked Bob to win so she wins the surprise gift (which long ago lost its surprise status) of a Survivor Gabon blue merge buff. This is the first time Pam has won anything in the pool so good on ya Pam!
The next season of Survivor will begin in the new year and will be located in the Brazilian Highlands in a place called Tacatins.
Until then,
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka Randy am I a social misfit or what Bailey)
Thank you.
It's night 36. Crystal has been sent to the jury. Sugar comments that hers was a perfectly executed play of an immunity idol and that she has never felt so powerful. Kenny wants to know why he didn't know about the plan. When he petulantly claims that Bob should have given him the immunity idol a usually patient Bob tells him to get his own idol. Sugar wants Susie and Kenny to go next but realizes that Kenny likely won't trust her now. She sets out to regain his trust. That takes a walk in the jungle and about 14 seconds before Kenny is confident he is back in control.
Tree mail arrives with material, paint and instructions to dress as warriors. In outfits worthy of Project Runway the five remaining Survivors show up at the immunity challenge. Their mission is to dig under a wall, walk across a maze of elevated planks and go into a maze of Gabonese huts. Thre are 25 huts in the maze, only three of which contain (wait for it) puzzle pieces. Survivors must find a total of three bags of puzzle pieces. Once all three have been retrieved they must use the pieces to complete a replica of a Gabonese hut. In his usual unhurried, methodical way Bob wins the challenge ensuring himself a place in the final four. This is Bob's fifth consecutive challenge win which ties him for most consecutive wins in Survivor history. Not to bad for a 58 year old Physics teacher.
Back at camp Kenny is confident and feels he can relax since Susie is slated to go next. Susie would like to believe she is staying but no one seems to want to talk to her and that is making her more jittery than a broker on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Meanwhile, Matty and Sugar cement their alliance. At Tribal Council the Kocky Kenny (that's for you Rick) again tries to paint Bob as the villain for not giving him the immunity idol, even though he admits he planned to use his secure position to get rid of Bob. In whose world would this be an ok thing to do? When the votes are cast its Kenny who is heading to the jury. With Kenny goes Roberta from our pool.
Back at camp, Sugar and Bob go fishing while Matty talks to a very nervous Susie. She is certain the "Wizard Bob" will win immunity again, and she will be the next to go. Tree mail arrives telling them to head toward Exile Island. On the way they will find the torches and masks of their fellow Survivors. They are to collect the masks and take them to the highest point of the savanah. At the end of their walkabout they toss the masks into a fire to the musical accompaniment of a group of Gabonese singers and musicians.
With the memory walk behind them, Survivors gather in front of Dimples (in a steel blue shirt). Their job for this challenge is to take a pile of tiles and build a house of cards (that's a tower for most of us) 10 feet high. If no one gets one ten feet high, the Survivor with the tallest tower after 30 minutes will win. Bob, who has dominated in non-physical challenges in the past can't get his tower off the ground. Sugar repeatedly builds tall skinny towers which topple over. Matty tries to recreat the Eiffel Tower but it's slow to grow. It is Susie who builds an eight foot tower then steps back to see if anyone can overtake her in the final few minutes. They can't. Susie, in a crucial point of her game, wins immunity.
Back at camp Susie goes on ad naseum about how surprised she is that she won the challenge. Eventually the others have to tell her to keep it to herself. The threesome of Sugar, Matty and Bob are sad. That Bob will go next is a foregone conclusion since he is the biggest threat, but no one seems happy with the idea. It is Sugar who wonders about the idea of voting for Matty to deliberately tie the vote. This would put the outcome in the hands of fate. Fate be damned, Bob heads out to the jungle to practise building fires. Matty, unaware of the plan, instead practises his "goodbye Bob" wave. You guessed it. When the votes are cast at Tribal Council there is a tie and Bob and Matty have a fire-starting tie breaker contest. Bob gets his fire going, loses it for a few scarey moments, then blows it back to life, defeating Matty. Along with Matty goes Jeff from our pool. I can hear Jeff's screams all the way from New Hampshire ...."noooooo, I was soooo close!"
And so on day 39, Bob Sugar and Susie and the sole remaining Survivors and the three who must prepare to present their case to the jury. They receive a nice brunch and burn down their hut. Then, in the evening, they head to Tribal Council for the last time. As usual each has an opportunity to tell the jury why they should vote for them. Then each member of the jury has a chance to address one or more of the three contenders. Charlie plays the gay card by asking Bob if the "spooning" in the hut meant anything to him. Kenny tells Sugar that she was the first girl he ever trusted and she has scarred him. Randy is condescending to the point where Sugar calls him a jerk, and Corinne lets loose on Sugar with one of the nastiest speeches in Survivor history. When the votes are being cast Randy holds up his vote and says that all three of them can kiss his ass. That's my guy!!
Dimples gets the urn with the votes magically through time and space to a studio in Hollywood for the counting of the votes. Its a close one but Bob Crowley comes through to win the million dollars, the oldest Survivor ever to do so. And so our big pool winner is Pam Larsen. Pam will probably shamelessly blow her winnings on her new grand daughter. Pam also picked Bob to win so she wins the surprise gift (which long ago lost its surprise status) of a Survivor Gabon blue merge buff. This is the first time Pam has won anything in the pool so good on ya Pam!
The next season of Survivor will begin in the new year and will be located in the Brazilian Highlands in a place called Tacatins.
Until then,
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka Randy am I a social misfit or what Bailey)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Survivor Gabon - December 11, 2008
I gotta say I'm lovin' this season of Survivor. No real villains but lots of nice twists and turns.
Tonight's episode begins with the six remaining Gonads arriving back at camp after having snuffed Corinne at Tribal Council. Matty is pissed at the three votes he received, especially the one from Kenny. Crystal, meanwhile, is wishing that she had voted for Matty instead of Corinne. When Kenny confronts Bob, wanting to know why Corinne didn't play the immunity idol, Bob admits that the idol was a fake. Kenny pouts that Bob deceived him and messed up his strategy. Bob, in what appears to be a fit of genuine (but really really stupid) remorse, tells Kenny that he will make it up to him by giving him the immunity necklace if he wins it.
The reward challenge involves a race through an obstacle course submerged in a swamp. Survivors must race to the far end, retrieve a ball, return the start and sink a basket. The first to do this three times and sink three baskets wins reward - a trip to a National Park and Gorilla Sanctuary. A calm Bob methodically plods through the mud and calmly sinks his three baskets ahead of Matty and Kenny and way ahead of the three women. Dimples, in delightful baby blue, tells him he can take two others with him. He selects Crystal and Kenny and also picks Susie to go to Exile Island. Bob, Crystal and Kenny then climb aboard a helicopter and are whisked off to a National Park. They eat, shower and go out to see the lowland gorillas who live in the park. Any of you thinking "gee what can I get Pat for Christmas?" might want to consider buying me a trip to this park..just a thought. During their stay at the park Kenny and Bob discuss the immunity necklace. Kenny tells Bob that he may only ask for the idol if he feels he is real danger. Over at Exile Island Susie is relaxing and enjoying some down-time from the game knowing that Sugar has the idol. Alone back at camp, Sugar tells Matty that she is in an alliance with Crystal and Kenny. Sugar intends to use her idol to get to the final five and Matty declares that he is on his own. Indeed it certainly looks that way.
On Day 35 Bob, Crystal and Kenny return from their gorilla adventure wearing their colorful (and, more importantly, clean) dashikis acquired from the people at the park. Matty is upset that he didn't get to go on the reward and quickly gets into a fight with Kenny, then with Crystal. Sugar overhears this and begins to sympathize with Matty. She suggests they band together, recruit Bob and get rid of Crystal. Matty can hardly believe his good fortune.
For the immunity challenge, Survivors are blindfolded and must study the features of a Gabonese wooden mask using only their sense of touch. They must then make their way through a rope maze to the far end of the course, retrieve three bags of puzzle pieces, and recreate the mask. Once again Bob wins, his fourth consecutive challenge win. Now the big question...will he give Kenny his immunity necklace? Kenny believes he can get Bob to give him the necklace, then plans to vote Bob out. He asks Bob for the idol but the only way Bob will give it to him is if the others confirm they are planning to vote for Kenny and that he really is in danger. Kenny tells everyone to confirm this story if Bob asks. But Sugar tells Bob about the plan, saying she wants the good guys to win. Then she returns to the others and tells them that she thinks Bob is falling for the plan. Guess what Kenny! You aren't the mastermind here, the cute blonde is.
So the remaining six Survivors trek off to Tribal Council. Kenny gives his sob story about being in danger now that he has turned on his alliance. But when the time comes for Bob to hand over his idol he pauses for effect, then tells Dimples that he promised to give Kenny the idol if he felt he was in danger, but that he doesn't believe Kenny is really in any danger. So Bob keeps the magic necklace and the votes are cast. Before Dimples counts the votes he asks if anyone wants to play a hidden immunity idol. Sugar fingers the idol around her neck, then takes it off and hands it to Matty. Crystal and Kenny look sick. And when the votes are cast, Matty is safe and Crystal (voted the most unathletic olympic athlete in Survivor history) is walking down the path of shame. With Crystal goes Debbie and Mitzie from our pool. No one picked Crystal to win the million, however we forgot to acknowledge Selina's loss last week when her pick, Corinne, left the game.
There are now five Survivors left. They are Matty (Jeff)) Bob (Pam), Sugar (Georgia), Susie (Donna), and Kenny (Roberta). Sunday December 14th (yes, this coming Sunday!) is the season finale, complete with the reunion show. Round up your Christmas presents, along with all your tape and gift wrap, pour yourself a glass of wine and prepare to spend the evening in front of the television. Its ok. Really. It is. As long as you wrap presents at the same time. Until then,
Outwit, Outplay Outlast
Pat (aka Randy what the hell is with that Mohawk Bailey)
Tonight's episode begins with the six remaining Gonads arriving back at camp after having snuffed Corinne at Tribal Council. Matty is pissed at the three votes he received, especially the one from Kenny. Crystal, meanwhile, is wishing that she had voted for Matty instead of Corinne. When Kenny confronts Bob, wanting to know why Corinne didn't play the immunity idol, Bob admits that the idol was a fake. Kenny pouts that Bob deceived him and messed up his strategy. Bob, in what appears to be a fit of genuine (but really really stupid) remorse, tells Kenny that he will make it up to him by giving him the immunity necklace if he wins it.
The reward challenge involves a race through an obstacle course submerged in a swamp. Survivors must race to the far end, retrieve a ball, return the start and sink a basket. The first to do this three times and sink three baskets wins reward - a trip to a National Park and Gorilla Sanctuary. A calm Bob methodically plods through the mud and calmly sinks his three baskets ahead of Matty and Kenny and way ahead of the three women. Dimples, in delightful baby blue, tells him he can take two others with him. He selects Crystal and Kenny and also picks Susie to go to Exile Island. Bob, Crystal and Kenny then climb aboard a helicopter and are whisked off to a National Park. They eat, shower and go out to see the lowland gorillas who live in the park. Any of you thinking "gee what can I get Pat for Christmas?" might want to consider buying me a trip to this park..just a thought. During their stay at the park Kenny and Bob discuss the immunity necklace. Kenny tells Bob that he may only ask for the idol if he feels he is real danger. Over at Exile Island Susie is relaxing and enjoying some down-time from the game knowing that Sugar has the idol. Alone back at camp, Sugar tells Matty that she is in an alliance with Crystal and Kenny. Sugar intends to use her idol to get to the final five and Matty declares that he is on his own. Indeed it certainly looks that way.
On Day 35 Bob, Crystal and Kenny return from their gorilla adventure wearing their colorful (and, more importantly, clean) dashikis acquired from the people at the park. Matty is upset that he didn't get to go on the reward and quickly gets into a fight with Kenny, then with Crystal. Sugar overhears this and begins to sympathize with Matty. She suggests they band together, recruit Bob and get rid of Crystal. Matty can hardly believe his good fortune.
For the immunity challenge, Survivors are blindfolded and must study the features of a Gabonese wooden mask using only their sense of touch. They must then make their way through a rope maze to the far end of the course, retrieve three bags of puzzle pieces, and recreate the mask. Once again Bob wins, his fourth consecutive challenge win. Now the big question...will he give Kenny his immunity necklace? Kenny believes he can get Bob to give him the necklace, then plans to vote Bob out. He asks Bob for the idol but the only way Bob will give it to him is if the others confirm they are planning to vote for Kenny and that he really is in danger. Kenny tells everyone to confirm this story if Bob asks. But Sugar tells Bob about the plan, saying she wants the good guys to win. Then she returns to the others and tells them that she thinks Bob is falling for the plan. Guess what Kenny! You aren't the mastermind here, the cute blonde is.
So the remaining six Survivors trek off to Tribal Council. Kenny gives his sob story about being in danger now that he has turned on his alliance. But when the time comes for Bob to hand over his idol he pauses for effect, then tells Dimples that he promised to give Kenny the idol if he felt he was in danger, but that he doesn't believe Kenny is really in any danger. So Bob keeps the magic necklace and the votes are cast. Before Dimples counts the votes he asks if anyone wants to play a hidden immunity idol. Sugar fingers the idol around her neck, then takes it off and hands it to Matty. Crystal and Kenny look sick. And when the votes are cast, Matty is safe and Crystal (voted the most unathletic olympic athlete in Survivor history) is walking down the path of shame. With Crystal goes Debbie and Mitzie from our pool. No one picked Crystal to win the million, however we forgot to acknowledge Selina's loss last week when her pick, Corinne, left the game.
There are now five Survivors left. They are Matty (Jeff)) Bob (Pam), Sugar (Georgia), Susie (Donna), and Kenny (Roberta). Sunday December 14th (yes, this coming Sunday!) is the season finale, complete with the reunion show. Round up your Christmas presents, along with all your tape and gift wrap, pour yourself a glass of wine and prepare to spend the evening in front of the television. Its ok. Really. It is. As long as you wrap presents at the same time. Until then,
Outwit, Outplay Outlast
Pat (aka Randy what the hell is with that Mohawk Bailey)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Survivor Gabon - Dec. 4/08
Thanks to Lynn for doing the update this week, while I enjoyed Anne of Green Gables at the Globe Theatre.
After Tribal Council, Bob expresses his dismay at the way people laughed at Randy when he played the fake idol. Bob thought it was like rubbing salt in the wound. Bring on the shaker Bob! Corinne and Sugar also engage in some testy words. Later Corinne fumes to the camera about how she is so sick of being nice to these mutants. Really Corinne?? I haven't actually seen you be that nice to them. Bob & Kenny go out fishing and bring back a whopper. Despite the camaraderie brought on by this manly bonding, Kenny wants Bob gone. He tells us Bob has no game. Oh I beg to differ Mr Gamer. That was a pretty sweet fake idol. At the individual Reward Challenge, Jeff tells the Survivors they will be divided into two teams of 3. Each team must slog through a muddy swamp to retrieve giant puzzle pieces to assemble a mechanical puzzle. Before they pick their teams, Jeff shows them what they are playing for - video messages from their loved ones. Winner gets to see the full clip while chowing down on lunch. (There was a little pause in the action as Lynn runs to the kitchen for kleenex in preparation). Survivors dig into a bag to bring out a coloured rock. When they reveal their rock, Survivors learn the possessors of the red and the orange rock will be the team leaders. That's Crystal and Susie. Each picks their team with Crystal choosing Sugar and Bob. Susie picks Matty and Kenny. That leaves Corinne out in the cold with no chance of winning reward. Although Susie's team retrieves the puzzle pieces first, it is Bob the physics teacher who handily assembles the puzzle first. That sends the winning team into an individual puzzle showdown for reward. Bob wastes no time winning himself some lunch and some love. As he is watching the video, his wife says wait a minute I have something to show you. While Bob patiently waits for her to come back onscreen, she sneaks up behind him. Much joy! The two head back to camp to meet the crew. While they're all happy to meet Peggy, they're also looking over her shoulder trying to figure out if their family members are around. Sure enough, Bob whistles and over the hill they come - Crystal and Susie's husbands, Kenny and Sugar's sisters, Corinne's brother and Matty's girlfriend. We see Kenny telling his sister he's the Puppetmaster. We watch as Matty proposes to his girlfriend Jamie and finally, we see Sugar's sister give her some of their dad's ashes to spread in the water. Sugar gives a touching tribute to her dad and welcomes him to Africa. Lynn miscalculated the number of kleenex she would require for this episode. But the relatives leave and it's game on again. Bob & Corinne casually volunteer to collect Tree Mail. Bob tells Corinne he's got a plan. Here's the story they're going to feed the others - Marcus only pretended to throw the idol in the water. He actually pocketed it and hid it at camp. Bob was the only person that knew about it. He now has the idol. To make the story even more convincing, Bob is going to make another fake idol. As long as either Corinne or Bob wins immunity they can use the fake idol to recruit some turncoats and vote Matty out. Pffft says Lynn. Who would be stupid enough to fall for that? Bob just gave away a fake idol before the last Tribal Council. If Bob had actually had the real idol, he wouldn't have had to make a fake one last time. Pffft. The Immunity Challenge involves questions about Gabon. Each time a Survivor gets a right answer, they get a ball. When the questions are over, they stand on top of the hill and throw a ball down into a large circle divided up like a dartboard. The closer you get to the bullseye, the better your chance of winning. Sugar had the most right answers which gave her the most chances to win. Bob was in 2nd place, followed by Corinne. Although Matty took an early lead, Bob proved to be the most accurate winning Immunity. Check off step one of Bob & Corinne's plan. Now who to approach? with Bob's shiny new idol? How about GameBoy himself? Surprise, surprise, Kenny bought it hook, line, and sinker. He suggested bringing in Crystal as their fourth. But although he seemed totally fooled and I'm still shaking my head about that, he wasn't stupid enough to put all his eggs in one basket. Kenny made sure the votes would be split between Corinne & Matty forcing Corinne to play the idol. Except, Crystal was playing a little game of her own. I'm not sure whether she was totally convinced the idol was real, but she was definitely down with voting Matty off. Would Crystal stick to the plan or make a bold move against Kenny's wishes? At Tribal before the votes were read, Jeff asked if anyone wanted to play the hidden immunity idol. Kenny looked expectantly at Corinne who slowly shook her head. You could have knocked Kenny over with a feather. He couldn't believe the player had been played. Would he get another shock from Crystal? No, she stayed true to Kenny releasing Corinne from her ordeal with the mutants. Also sent to the sidelines by this move were our tribe members Cheryl Lendvoy and Marie Leurer who would never call their opponents mutants. In closing, may I just say that if Bob doesn't win Survivor, he's got a future making tribal jewellery! Until next time, Lynn (aka Gillian, I wish I was the token elder, Larson)
After Tribal Council, Bob expresses his dismay at the way people laughed at Randy when he played the fake idol. Bob thought it was like rubbing salt in the wound. Bring on the shaker Bob! Corinne and Sugar also engage in some testy words. Later Corinne fumes to the camera about how she is so sick of being nice to these mutants. Really Corinne?? I haven't actually seen you be that nice to them. Bob & Kenny go out fishing and bring back a whopper. Despite the camaraderie brought on by this manly bonding, Kenny wants Bob gone. He tells us Bob has no game. Oh I beg to differ Mr Gamer. That was a pretty sweet fake idol. At the individual Reward Challenge, Jeff tells the Survivors they will be divided into two teams of 3. Each team must slog through a muddy swamp to retrieve giant puzzle pieces to assemble a mechanical puzzle. Before they pick their teams, Jeff shows them what they are playing for - video messages from their loved ones. Winner gets to see the full clip while chowing down on lunch. (There was a little pause in the action as Lynn runs to the kitchen for kleenex in preparation). Survivors dig into a bag to bring out a coloured rock. When they reveal their rock, Survivors learn the possessors of the red and the orange rock will be the team leaders. That's Crystal and Susie. Each picks their team with Crystal choosing Sugar and Bob. Susie picks Matty and Kenny. That leaves Corinne out in the cold with no chance of winning reward. Although Susie's team retrieves the puzzle pieces first, it is Bob the physics teacher who handily assembles the puzzle first. That sends the winning team into an individual puzzle showdown for reward. Bob wastes no time winning himself some lunch and some love. As he is watching the video, his wife says wait a minute I have something to show you. While Bob patiently waits for her to come back onscreen, she sneaks up behind him. Much joy! The two head back to camp to meet the crew. While they're all happy to meet Peggy, they're also looking over her shoulder trying to figure out if their family members are around. Sure enough, Bob whistles and over the hill they come - Crystal and Susie's husbands, Kenny and Sugar's sisters, Corinne's brother and Matty's girlfriend. We see Kenny telling his sister he's the Puppetmaster. We watch as Matty proposes to his girlfriend Jamie and finally, we see Sugar's sister give her some of their dad's ashes to spread in the water. Sugar gives a touching tribute to her dad and welcomes him to Africa. Lynn miscalculated the number of kleenex she would require for this episode. But the relatives leave and it's game on again. Bob & Corinne casually volunteer to collect Tree Mail. Bob tells Corinne he's got a plan. Here's the story they're going to feed the others - Marcus only pretended to throw the idol in the water. He actually pocketed it and hid it at camp. Bob was the only person that knew about it. He now has the idol. To make the story even more convincing, Bob is going to make another fake idol. As long as either Corinne or Bob wins immunity they can use the fake idol to recruit some turncoats and vote Matty out. Pffft says Lynn. Who would be stupid enough to fall for that? Bob just gave away a fake idol before the last Tribal Council. If Bob had actually had the real idol, he wouldn't have had to make a fake one last time. Pffft. The Immunity Challenge involves questions about Gabon. Each time a Survivor gets a right answer, they get a ball. When the questions are over, they stand on top of the hill and throw a ball down into a large circle divided up like a dartboard. The closer you get to the bullseye, the better your chance of winning. Sugar had the most right answers which gave her the most chances to win. Bob was in 2nd place, followed by Corinne. Although Matty took an early lead, Bob proved to be the most accurate winning Immunity. Check off step one of Bob & Corinne's plan. Now who to approach? with Bob's shiny new idol? How about GameBoy himself? Surprise, surprise, Kenny bought it hook, line, and sinker. He suggested bringing in Crystal as their fourth. But although he seemed totally fooled and I'm still shaking my head about that, he wasn't stupid enough to put all his eggs in one basket. Kenny made sure the votes would be split between Corinne & Matty forcing Corinne to play the idol. Except, Crystal was playing a little game of her own. I'm not sure whether she was totally convinced the idol was real, but she was definitely down with voting Matty off. Would Crystal stick to the plan or make a bold move against Kenny's wishes? At Tribal before the votes were read, Jeff asked if anyone wanted to play the hidden immunity idol. Kenny looked expectantly at Corinne who slowly shook her head. You could have knocked Kenny over with a feather. He couldn't believe the player had been played. Would he get another shock from Crystal? No, she stayed true to Kenny releasing Corinne from her ordeal with the mutants. Also sent to the sidelines by this move were our tribe members Cheryl Lendvoy and Marie Leurer who would never call their opponents mutants. In closing, may I just say that if Bob doesn't win Survivor, he's got a future making tribal jewellery! Until next time, Lynn (aka Gillian, I wish I was the token elder, Larson)
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