Well I have just pulled my heart out of my throat after the Canada/Swiss hockey game. As much as I love Switzerland (I have been there, its lovely, the people friendly) it has no business being that good at hockey. But I digress.
Its night 3. It's raining. Its cold. The roof is leaking. The Villains are whining. Boston Rob wonders why everyone is crying and whining instead of just fixing the shelter. He also wonders why he seems to have ended up with yet another tribe of buffoons. The next morning renovation #5 of the shelter begins. Randy who, you recall, is "saving" himself, stands back and comments that the shelter gets worse with each attempt at improvement. Boston Rob continues to get frustrated leading one of the women to comment, somewhat prophetically as it turns out, that she "hopes he doesn't drop dead". Rob eventually stalks off into the jungle, saying he is not feeling good. He mutters that he is done building and tired of being a diplomat. Suddenly, Rob goes down. Jerri comes across him lying in the jungle** and tries to wake him up. Rob mumbles that she should get help. The Aussie medics promptly arrive to take a look at Rob and decide he not as bad as he looks and that he can stay in the game. At this point Boston Rob, the king of reality television, breaks down and tearfully tells Dimples "Its getting the best of me and I love and respect this game too much to not play". He also tells us that as he was coming to, he had a moment of clarity and that he needs to stop being the good guy. He also tells us the diagnosis of his condition - the flu and crybabyitis, a viral condition endemic to the South Pacific as well as some Olympic venues. Although Russell has been noticeably irritated by Rob's dominance in the camp, he comments that he is glad Rob is staying in the game. In an moment of uncharacteristic humanity, Russell tells us that "even though I am a villain I worry a bit about stuff like that".
Over at Camp Hero (where they actually play hero-type music if you listen closely) things look like they are clicking along smoothly. They are working industriously, laying palm fronds on the roof of their shelter. However if you dig a little deeper there are some problems. Rupert has taken a dislike to Stephanie and wants to get rid of her. Stephanie feels Rupert is annoying and thinks he is taking the good guy routine a little too far. This doesn't sit well in our house since Rick has been paired with Stephanie and I, just moments before the show started, picked her to win all the marbles.
The two tribes reunite with Dimples for a combined Reward/Immunity challenge. The winning tribe will get a tarp, some nails and a rope. They will also get to avoid Tribal Council. The challenge involves pairs from each tribe running out and rolling back huge crates. Once they have gotten all 6 crates back to their home base, they must stack the crates in such a way that their tribe name appears on both sides. Once they have the crates correctly assembled they can use them as stairs to get to the top, and claim victory. Tom suggests the Heroes listen to JT as he has experience with this challenge. The strategy seems to pay off, as the heroes take an early lead in what is obviously a physically demanding challenge. But, as in the last puzzle challenge, things begin to go wrong when it comes time to assemble the crates. On the Villains side, Rob barks out orders and gets the job done, while the Heroes all have an opinion and all seem to be wrong. When the challenge is over the Heroes have lost (again) and James is mad. He focuses most of his anger on Stephanie. Back at camp James is still on about it...in fact James never said that much on an entire season of his previous Survivor appearances. Really. Who peed in this man's coconut milk? Stephanie is still his target and he wants her out. Stephanie tries to hold her tongue, as does her buddy Tom, but James is on a roll. He lobbies the tribe, telling them that Stephanie was responsible for the fall of her tribes during her other Survivor appearances. JT wonders which way to turn, knowing someone is going to be PO'd no matter what. Stephanie and Tom decide that the only way to save Stephanie's bacon is to get Cirie and Candace onside to vote out Amanda. Tom approaches Candace and Stephanie talks to Cirie.
James has brought his MAD along to Tribal Council. He yells at Stephanie, who is defended by Colby and Tom. But in spite of the support of two Survivor powerhouses, Stephanie finds her torch being snuffed just a few moments later. With Stephanie goes Rick who claims that he lost because he actually remembered to give me his money this time. I chose Stephanie to win, as did Grace so both of us can kiss the subsidiary prize goodbye.
** Is it just me or did Rob's collapse in the jungle look just a little staged? The way he was laying? The fact that he managed to fall with something under his head? The fact that no cameraman saw him go down but Jerri was conveniently nearby in the jungle to come to his rescue. Hmmmmmmm.
Just to let you know who picked who to win, here is the list.
Debbie - Boston Rob
Georgia - Boston Rob
Grace - Stephanie
Kathy - Courtney
Lisa - James
Roberta - Colby
Jack - Colby
Barb - James
Selina - Amanda
Cheryl - Boston Rob
Mitzi- JT
Rick - Sandra
Pat - Stephanie
Donna - Russell
Until next week
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka Courtney who?)
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