This is a turning point in this season of Survivor. This is the night where I gained a grudging respect for EGG. Its the same kind of respect one might have for the guys who figured out how to put satanic messages on 33 1/3 RPM records so that they could only be heard when played backwards. You don't really like them for it but you think its kind of cool they could do it. But lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Things really get rolling when Natalie, the southern belle, kills a rat with a stick and brings it back to camp in a coconut shell. She then shares in the booty, declaring it to taste like chicken. All of this gains her respect from the rest of the survivors, especially Jaison, who admires how far Natalie has come. Meanwhile EGG is wondering if, perhaps, a new immunity idol has been introduced to the game and if he might be able to find it without clues. He has, after all, already found one idol, played at the last Tribal Council.
Tree mail arrives talking about a digital display and nuts. From his position inside his powder blue shirt, Dimples randomly divides the group into two teams. The teams go out in twos to retrieve long wooden poles, threaded with white and black coconuts. Once all the poles have been retrieved they must be strung up in horizontal rows to reveal a four digit digital number hidden within the pattern of the coconuts. Once the four digit number is established, a single blindfolded member of the tribe must use the number to open a combination lock. The winning tribe gets to go on a picnic beside a beautiful natural rock slide. As the odd person out, Natalie gets to pick the team she thinks will win. If they win she gets to go along on the picnic. If the other team wins, Natalie has to stay behind and hang with the losers. As it turns out Natalie picks the wrong team. Monica, Dave, Shambo, John and Kelly win reward. In the midst of their picnic basket they find a note, telling them that there is another immunity idol hidden at camp. They decide to keep this information exclusive to the former members of Galu. They also decide that EGG should be the next person to go, although Shambo doesn't think this is a good idea. Little do they know that while they are swimming, sliding and feasting, EGG is back at camp looking for the idol that he has already anticipated is there. And wonder of wonders, he finds it under the bridge.
Once the tribe is reunited back at camp, EGG tells Shambo that he has the idol. They devise a plan whereby they will focus all the attention on EGG so that Galu will vote for him. Meanwhile Foa Foa will vote for Laura. EGG will then play his idol and Laura will be gone. Shambo tells us that the only thing that can go wrong is if Laura wins immunity. Do you see where this is going??
The Immunity Challenge involves throwing grappling hooks out to retrieve bags of puzzle pieces. Each Survivor must retrieve two bags. The first three to do so move on to the second round. Mick and Shambo are the first two to get their bags. Russel snags his second bag and takes a little time to look around and smile smugly at the others. Meanwhile Laura has snagged her second bag and is reeling it in. Sure enough Laura narrowly beats out EGG and moves on to the final. In this round they have to fit the puzzle pegs into a board. Laura takes charge and never looks back, handily winning immunity for the second time in a row. And so Foa Foa, and their ally Shambo, need to go to Plan B. Plan B looks a lot like Plan A, except that Foa Foa all vote for Kelly, while hoping that Galu will all vote for EGG. And when the ballots are counted their plan has worked like a charm. For the second Tribal Council in a row, EGG plays his immunity idol. As a result, the Galu votes (all for him) are discarded, leaving only votes for Kelly to be counted. And so Kelly is heading back to her hairdressing career (with a brief stop on the jury, alongside Erik [my guy] Cardona). With Kelly goes her partner from our pool, Marie. No one voted for Kelly to take the money.
Is EGG really as smart as he thinks he is? Will Natalie get her own series opposite Les Stroud (Oh c'mon, surely I'm not the only one who watches Survivorman?)Will Shambo ever figure out she is a pawn? Stay tuned for the answers to these and other questions.
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka Erik I really didn't enjoy getting slagged at Tribal council tonight Cardona)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment