Survivor One World May 2, 2012

As we rejoin our intrepid group of Survivors we are reminded that Troy is gone. Kim tells us she is physically relieved that Troy is no longer part of the equation. The talk around camp is that Christina's answers to some of the questions at Tribal Council were dumb and showed she has no concept of strategy. Ironically, that is the reason that Alicia is thinking that maybe Christina should stay. After all, reasons Alicia, Sabrina is is intelligent and articulate and would be able to talk to the jury. Alicia goes on to tell us that no one knows that she (Alicia) is in total control of everything and everyone. Good to know. I wasn't aware of that either. Tree mail arrives containing a box marked "Sprint". The word alone brings the tribe to near hysteria. These guys have watched a few episodes of Survivor. They know that a Sprint phone represents messages from loved ones. Sure enough, there is a video message for each of the Survivors from a loved one. Even better, it is clear from the messages that the loved ones are on the island. At the reward challenge each of the loved ones is brought out of the jungle for a tearful reunion. I cry. I wipe my eyes on my shirt. To win the challenge and the coveted visit with their loved one, the Survivors are tied together with their loved one and attached to a rope. The rope is woven through and obstacle course. Together the two must negotiate the course. Kat and her cousin Robbie win the challenge. Needless to say Kat gets to pick two other Survivors to accompany her. Without hesitation she picks Kim and Alicia and their respective sisters. Kat explains that she has been wanting to just hang out with these two women and get drunk. Her choice is not well recieved. Christine's dad has recently had a kidney transplant and doesn't have long to live. Tarzan and his wife have missed each other terribly. The consensus is that these two pairs should have been chosen. Even Kim feels Kat made the wrong choice and comments that she will have to do damage control when she gets back to camp. So off go the victors to their feast. Kim confesses to her sister that her best bet likely lies with Alicia and Kat...not because they are her best friends, but because she can win against them. At camp everyone is PO'd at Kat for not picking Christine and Tarzan. Her selfishness, together with Troy's whispered advice to "do it" at Tribal council has Chelsea thinking that Kat should go. She suggests that she, Tarzan, Christine and Sabrina band together to vote her off. Tarzan is reluctant though, reasoning that Kat is not a thinker and so is good to keep around. When Kim and the others return from the reward meal, Kim tries to put the focus back on Sabrina. All of the stragegizing is interupted by the immunity challenge. Survivors must stand on a ledge, holding a handle behind their back and leaning out over the water. Every few minutes Dimples turns a winch and lengthens the rope attached to the handle, thereby causing each of them to lean out further over the water and increasing the strain on their arms. Sabrina is the first to go after 10 minutes, followed by Tarzan, Alicia, Chelsea and Christine. At one hour only Kim and Kat are left. Kat whines that she should win because Kim wins everything and she (Kat) never gets to win (guess she forgot that she just won the last challenge). Eventually Kat can't hold on and Kim wins immunity. When Kim tries to high five Kat, Kat refuses and sits on the dock pouting. Back at camp Kat is still upset. She is embarassed, she tells us, at being beaten by a woman six years older than her (gasp). In another ironic turn, Kat's toughness during the challenge has made her a target again (at least in Alicia's eyes). Alicia tries to convince Kim that they should vote for Kat but Kim still feels Sabrina is more of a threat. Chelsea, though, feels loyalty to Sabrina and is leaning more towards voting for Kat. As they leave for Tribal Council Kim tells us that whatever decision she makes it will be a game changer. It is also going to be a blindside no matter which way it goes. At Tribal Council Kat foreshadows what is to come. She tells Dimples that a blindside is always exciting and fun. A few minutes later Dimples is snuffing her torch. Apparently a blindside isn't as much fun as she thought because Kat leaves the Tribal Council area sobbing loudly. Since Kat was my alter ego I was feeling her pain (but only a little bit). Sniff. So who is left, you wonder? We have the lone surviving male Tarzan (Marie). Along with Tarzan we have Kim (Donna), Chelsea (Debbie), Alicia (Lorelee), Christina (shared by Roberta and Cheryl) and Sabrina (Mitzie). Find out which of these will be the next to go.. Until next week, Outwit, Outplay, Outlast Pat (aks Kat still wondering what hit me sob Edorsson)