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)
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