Our Survivors are back at camp having sent Pete to the jury. Abi is bitter about her treatment at Tribal Council but Denise has little sympathy. Unless Abi wins immunity she is the next to go. Abi is still smarting when she and Malcolm go to collect tree mail. She begins to cry, and Malcolm feels his heart going out to her. He ends up giving her a hug telling us that, last night, the truck ran over Abi then backed up and ran over her again. *Editors note: could we just crank up that Mac truck one more time...for me?
The reward challenge involves bidding on food. Each Survivor starts with 500.00 .Dimples uncovers the first plate and Denise immediately bids her entire $500.00 on the pancakes, bacon, maple syrup and OJ. Skupin bids all of his money on a plate of crackers and cheese and a glass of wine (Skupin doesn't drink - WTF!). Malcolm buys iced coffee and donuts and Penner gets a bargain, spending $100.00 on a mystery plate that turns out to be fried chicken and fries. Carter buys another covered dish for $200.00 which turns out to be a baked potato with all the fixin's. There is a twist on this one though, in that Carter can keep the potato or trade it for a bag each of rice and beans for the tribe. Carter selects the rice and beans, earning several attaboys from his tribe mates. Lisa spends $320.00 on two subs and a coke. When Dimples announces that the next item is an advantage in the next challenge, Abi wastes no time in bidding her full $500.00 wad - this is exactly what she was hoping for. The last item is another covered item purchased by Carter. Again it turns out to be a purchase that benefits the tribe - a veal shank. The entire tribe gets to share it and they have 60 seconds to eat as much as they can. And so the auction ends with Carter earning his tribe more food.
They return to camp with joy in their hearts and veal hanging from their teeth. The exuberant mood is dampened, though, when Abi demands that Penner apologize for being mean to her at Tribal Council. Penner makes an apology of sorts, but tells us that the more toxic Abi is, the better it is for him. Abi tells us that others will have to start to work with her now, since they don't know what "advantage" she purchased at the auction. When she reads the note it tells her that she has won a free entry into the final round of the next immunity challenge. Given Abi's none-existant to poor performance at challenges, this is hardly a gimme. However, Abi decides to try to trick her tribe mates into believing she has found another idol. She wanders around all day, then tells Malcolm that she isn't going home and that she has an idol. "You guys are going to have to make some decisions", she tells him. Malcolm says that Abi is like the girlfriend that you have broken up with, who won't leave.
The Immunity Challenge is a three parter and Abi gets to sit out the first two parts (as she has sat out virtually every challenge to date). Before the challenge begins, Dimples asks her to read the paper that she purchased in the auction. She says it is a two part note and that she is only obligate to read the first part. She tells them she has won a bye into the final round of the challenge. She then quickly tears up the note, implying that there is something there she doesn't want them to know. If I were Dimples I would have blown her cover, but Dimples never lets on that there is no second part to the note.
For the challenge Survivors wear a belt attached to a rope. The rope is wound around a balance beam type of thing. They have to move over and under the beam to reach the end of the rope. At the beginning of each round they are asked a question. An incorrect answer means that they have to carry 5% of their body weight during the challenge. In spite of carrying some extra weight, Denise wins the first round. She, Carter, Skupin, Malcolm and Penner all move on. Round two involves a three dimensional maze that they must follow their rope through and around. Denise now carries 10% of her body weight, while Carter and Skupin carry 5%. Penner and Carter win this round and join Abi for the third and final round. This round is less physical and involves untying knots to move through a course. In some sort of weird freakish distortion of the natural order, Abi wins. Malcolm tells us that hell has frozen over and Abi has won a challenge. But, unlike the others who were counting on getting rid of Abi, he isn't really that upset. This gives him the perfect opportunity to get rid of Penner, who he considers a much greater threat.
Abi's win has a much more profound effect on Lisa. Because Penner is now the target, Lisa is stricken. She has an alliance with Denise and Malcolm, but she really likes Penner. She and Penner go for a walk and she tells him her conundrum. "I've been told to write down your name", she says. "Well what are we going to do about it?" asks Penner. "Work your magic", says Lisa, "because I really want to go to the final three with you".
Penner does his best. He sees his earlier error in not agreeing earlier to ally with Lisa, Denise and Malcolm. He tries to start a movement to oust Denise. Skupin becomes the swing vote. But when the votes are counted, Penner's last minute push has failed and he is heading (somewhat ungraciously) over to the jury. Too bad, as your faithful scribe had become kind of fond of Penner, whose voice sounded just like Hawkeye on the old MASH shows. With Jonathan Penner goes Jack from our pool. With the closing music from MASH playing in my head we wave goodbye to Jack. No one voted for Penner to win so Jack is alone in his misery.
until next week..
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka Abi Marie I can't understand why you all hate me Gomez)
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Survivor Phillipines - November 21/12
You know I'm dedicated to the cause when, driving home from my class this evening I come across and overturned vehicle and my first thought is, "crap, I'm going to miss the beginning of Survivor". However, all five of the young occupants were in good health, the police were on their way and no one was in imminent danger of frost bite. I judged that it was safe to move on. They wanted me to drive them home, but I persuaded them that they really should stay with the vehicle since the next car to come along would be digging in the snow trying to see if anyone was pinned in the vehicle. They agreed that perhaps it would be a good idea to stay until the police came. Whew, Survivor crisis averted.
As we rejoin our intrepid band of Survivors, Artis has joined the jury and Abi and Pete are trying to think of a new strategy. Abi seems shocked that the former Tandang hasn't stood firm. Puleeez.
The next morning Abi has a chat with Lisa who tells her that she never waivered from their alliance but is hurt that she was not trusted. Privately Lisa tells us that breaking up is hard to do and that she has lived a lifetime where it feels comfortable to be used. Not any more though. Lisa is preparing to take control of her own destiny and is feeling a new pride in herself.
Dimples has planned a little Reward Challenge for the group. there are three circles, each with two drums, one red and one yellow. One member from each of the red and yellow teams must run about flipping drums. The tribe to get all three of their drums upright at the same time score a point. The first team to score four points wins reward. There is a lot of flipping and running, running a flipping. Abi (competing in her second challenge ever I think) doesn't really know the rules and flips over her own drum. Even that doesn't guarantee defeat though, since Skupin does the same thing, bringing defeat to Team Yellow. The result is that Carter, Malcolm, Pete and Abi get to go to have a spa day with baths, massages, umbrella drinks and a feast of beef, chicken and calimari. Mike, Penner, Denise, Malcolm and Lisa have to go back to camp dirty and hungry.
As the young punks are enjoying their reward, Malcolm suggests that they put the game aside and just enjoy the moment. It's strategic, he tells us later. All the people that he wants to go to the final four with are back at camp. Pete agrees that not talking game is a good idea. He needs time to think things through. He is fit and smart so the extra food can only help his chances of surviving a while longer.
Team Red arrives back at camp with a Pantene shine to their hair and a telltale bulge to their bellies. Now Survivor etiquette suggests that reward winners should downplay the wonderfullness of their reward for the sake of those who didn't get to go. But not my Abi! No. Uh uh. She goes on..and on...and on, leading Malcolm to comment that she has all the social grace of a Mac truck. But Abi isn't quite done yet. She stretches out on her bed and announces that she is done cooking for the rest of her time there. She has cooked for 26 days and now is done. Oh yes, she still wants to eat. She is just done cooking. (Oh God. Let me at her!!).
While Abi is making friends and influencing people, Malcolm is trying to cement his final four. He wants Mike Skupin, Lisa, Denise and himself to take it to the end. Mike is all for the deal but Lisa hesistates. She trusts Penner more than she trusts Malcolm. However, when Lisa and Mike pitch the idea of final four to Penner he balks. "Its too early", says Penner. Lisa, on the other hand, thinks that Penner has missed an opportunity. As a result, the next shot sees Mike, Lisa , Denise and Malcolm shaking hands on a deal to go to the final four together. Privately Mike tells us that he is uncertain about the deal but felt that he couldn't refuse. Malcolm is too much of a "gamer" to be trusted. The only sure way to be secure is to win immunity.
Speaking of immunity...how about we do a challenge? This is a three parter. The first part involves sliding a buoy attached to a rope that winds around some hurdle type things. The first five to complete this move on to round two where the buoy must follow a rope wound around a balance beam. Skupin, Carter and Denise move on to the final round where the rope and buoy are wound around a boat. This is a tough one involving much jumping into and out of the boat, along with a neighbouring dock. In the end Carter wins immunity by a narrow margin over Mike Skupin.
So the final pre-Tribal Council strategizing begins. Penner floats a plan to split the votes and either get rid of Abi or her idol. In a last ditch effort to save themselves Pete and Abi try to turn everyone on Mighty Malcolm. Lisa and Denise are firm but Mike gives the idea serious consideration.
At Tribal Council Dimples is brutal with Abi. Denise tells her she is abrasive and unliked. By the end she is in tears and even your hard hearted scribe is feeling a little sorry for her. But she plays her idol, ensuring we will have another week to get over our sympathy for her. When the votes are tablulated, and Abi's are subtracted, it comes down to Pete and Malcolm. Malcolm looks edgy since, you will recall, he also has an idol that he opted not to play. However, it is Pete who is joining the jury, and, with him, Cheryl from our pool. Cheryl also voted for Pete to win so she is in double despair this evening.
We are now down to seven Survivors. Denise (Kathy and Debbie), Malcolm (Mitzie), Abi (Pat and Barb), Mike (Grace), Carter (Georgia), Penner (Jack) and Lisa (Jeff). Who will be the next to go? I'll let ya know next week! Until then...
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka Abi I'm a *#@* princess Gomez)
As we rejoin our intrepid band of Survivors, Artis has joined the jury and Abi and Pete are trying to think of a new strategy. Abi seems shocked that the former Tandang hasn't stood firm. Puleeez.
The next morning Abi has a chat with Lisa who tells her that she never waivered from their alliance but is hurt that she was not trusted. Privately Lisa tells us that breaking up is hard to do and that she has lived a lifetime where it feels comfortable to be used. Not any more though. Lisa is preparing to take control of her own destiny and is feeling a new pride in herself.
Dimples has planned a little Reward Challenge for the group. there are three circles, each with two drums, one red and one yellow. One member from each of the red and yellow teams must run about flipping drums. The tribe to get all three of their drums upright at the same time score a point. The first team to score four points wins reward. There is a lot of flipping and running, running a flipping. Abi (competing in her second challenge ever I think) doesn't really know the rules and flips over her own drum. Even that doesn't guarantee defeat though, since Skupin does the same thing, bringing defeat to Team Yellow. The result is that Carter, Malcolm, Pete and Abi get to go to have a spa day with baths, massages, umbrella drinks and a feast of beef, chicken and calimari. Mike, Penner, Denise, Malcolm and Lisa have to go back to camp dirty and hungry.
As the young punks are enjoying their reward, Malcolm suggests that they put the game aside and just enjoy the moment. It's strategic, he tells us later. All the people that he wants to go to the final four with are back at camp. Pete agrees that not talking game is a good idea. He needs time to think things through. He is fit and smart so the extra food can only help his chances of surviving a while longer.
Team Red arrives back at camp with a Pantene shine to their hair and a telltale bulge to their bellies. Now Survivor etiquette suggests that reward winners should downplay the wonderfullness of their reward for the sake of those who didn't get to go. But not my Abi! No. Uh uh. She goes on..and on...and on, leading Malcolm to comment that she has all the social grace of a Mac truck. But Abi isn't quite done yet. She stretches out on her bed and announces that she is done cooking for the rest of her time there. She has cooked for 26 days and now is done. Oh yes, she still wants to eat. She is just done cooking. (Oh God. Let me at her!!).
While Abi is making friends and influencing people, Malcolm is trying to cement his final four. He wants Mike Skupin, Lisa, Denise and himself to take it to the end. Mike is all for the deal but Lisa hesistates. She trusts Penner more than she trusts Malcolm. However, when Lisa and Mike pitch the idea of final four to Penner he balks. "Its too early", says Penner. Lisa, on the other hand, thinks that Penner has missed an opportunity. As a result, the next shot sees Mike, Lisa , Denise and Malcolm shaking hands on a deal to go to the final four together. Privately Mike tells us that he is uncertain about the deal but felt that he couldn't refuse. Malcolm is too much of a "gamer" to be trusted. The only sure way to be secure is to win immunity.
Speaking of immunity...how about we do a challenge? This is a three parter. The first part involves sliding a buoy attached to a rope that winds around some hurdle type things. The first five to complete this move on to round two where the buoy must follow a rope wound around a balance beam. Skupin, Carter and Denise move on to the final round where the rope and buoy are wound around a boat. This is a tough one involving much jumping into and out of the boat, along with a neighbouring dock. In the end Carter wins immunity by a narrow margin over Mike Skupin.
So the final pre-Tribal Council strategizing begins. Penner floats a plan to split the votes and either get rid of Abi or her idol. In a last ditch effort to save themselves Pete and Abi try to turn everyone on Mighty Malcolm. Lisa and Denise are firm but Mike gives the idea serious consideration.
At Tribal Council Dimples is brutal with Abi. Denise tells her she is abrasive and unliked. By the end she is in tears and even your hard hearted scribe is feeling a little sorry for her. But she plays her idol, ensuring we will have another week to get over our sympathy for her. When the votes are tablulated, and Abi's are subtracted, it comes down to Pete and Malcolm. Malcolm looks edgy since, you will recall, he also has an idol that he opted not to play. However, it is Pete who is joining the jury, and, with him, Cheryl from our pool. Cheryl also voted for Pete to win so she is in double despair this evening.
We are now down to seven Survivors. Denise (Kathy and Debbie), Malcolm (Mitzie), Abi (Pat and Barb), Mike (Grace), Carter (Georgia), Penner (Jack) and Lisa (Jeff). Who will be the next to go? I'll let ya know next week! Until then...
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka Abi I'm a *#@* princess Gomez)
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Survivor Phillipines - November 14/12
Thank you Donna, for doing the update.
Well, there is no Saskatchewan Roughrider football and so without anything else to do, Pat has given me the daunting task of doing the Survivor review. How does one follow up after such a tough act? Pat does them so well! Anyway, mine will be more factual but at the very least I will try to summarize it all. Pat please feel free to edit and forward on to the group!
We begin at Night 22 after the last tribal council. There’s the usual gibber jabber about who voted for whom but at one point Penner realized there really was ‘no plan’… he screwed it up by voting for Abi! Abi, needless to say, wasn’t happy, but then I don’t find Abi very happy any of the time anyway.
Lisa and Malcolm talked and made up. Big hugs all around a warm and fuzzy moment. He realized she was just doing her best to ‘play the game’.
On the morning of Day 23 Penner is still worrying about being the next to go home. He recognized that there are a lot of crack in the alliance though. His plan is to play on divisions and get in with Lisa and Mike. So, he shmoozes Lisa to get into psyche. He tells her all about her ‘trying to please’ ways and why she is the way she is and he comments that it’s his business to know these things about people. He comments to her that she is a ‘pleaser’, avoiding confrontation, being loyal and just generally trying to place people and be a good person. There are more hugs… more warm and fuzzy moments.
The challenge consists of two teams. Team Yellow is Skupin, Artis, Lisa and Pete, Team Red is Denise, Malcolm, Penner and Carter. Nobody chose Abi so she sat on the sideline, looking miserable, no reward for her!
Each team must crawl through mud, over an A-frame finding bags of balls hidden in the mud, then through a sandbox size container of rice (all I kept thinking is why don’t they stash some for lunch?) But I digress. Anyway, the 1st team to gather all the bags of balls, 12 in total, and sink them in a metal ‘basket’ wins reward. It’s a Give and Receive reward. Survivors go to a local village to bring school supplies and toys for the kids. In return the villagers will cook them a feast.
Penner is the first up for the Red and Skupin for the yellow. Penner gets to the mud pit and digs up all the bags of balls for everyone, so they don’t have to dig themselves. He takes one bag and completes the course behind Skupin. However, since he’s dug up all the bags of balls the other members of his team fly through the course and they end up with a huge lead. The yellow team does make an effort to catch them, but in the end it’s Red that wins reward.
The winning Survivors go to the local village where they are met by all sorts of happy children. Malcolm has discovered something that is missing in life. “Why am I pouring drinks for young women, when I so enjoy working with children?” Apparently he taught English in Micronesia for a year. That said, I wouldn’t mind seeing him as a bartender! More warm and fuzzy moments.. it kind of was a warm and fuzzy show tonight.
While at the village of course some strategy was discussed. The plan was to try to get Skupin and Lisa to join forces with Denise, Carter, Johnathan and Malcolm. Penner talks to Lisa and says he isn’t trying to get into her head… but really.. he tries to get into her head. Why is she in an alliance with people who don’t trust her, come over to the dark side.. he tells her. Change the game, make it your game, that’s what the audience wants to see.
Meanwhile.. after one of Abi’s rants to Lisa about disloyalty, the next words out of her mouth are that still want to get her and Skupin to stay with Abi, Artis and Pete. But then they say they don’t trust her, Abi does need to learn to shut up and as Artis said, she’s a loose cannon.
The Immunity challenge is to roll a ball, one at a time, down the end of a paddle to the end where there are six divits for the ball to rest in. The idea is to get the ball to rest on the paddle in one of the divits. First person to have 6 balls secure on their paddle wins immunity. At first it didn’t look like anybody was going to get this, then all of a sudden Skupin has 1, then 2… 3 and 4 quickly. Peter runs a close second, but loses a few and in the end Skupin wins immunity.
With the vote comes more discussions of course. Johnathan feels that they need to ‘break up Tandang’ and that hinges on if he can convince Lisa and SKupin to flip. He talks to Lisa to flip and get rid of either Artis, Pete or Abi. Then Lisa and Skupin talk. Skupin brings up a couple of good points. Who do you go further with? And who would you rather play the game with? During that conversation it seems like they are both convinced, but due to clever editing we never really know, do we?
At tribal council Denise said that big moves come at any point in the game and it naïve to sit comfortably with your perceived numbers thinking that everyone is on board. Abi confesses that she is not sure about Lisa at this point, she’s afraid Lisa will flip. At that point it’s time to vote. After everyone has voted in a 5-4 decision, it’s ARTIS who goes home, and with Artis goes one of our own, but because I don’t have the list handy I have no clue who that is. Whoever it is stand up and wave or something. (Editor-on-vacation's note: That would be Rick who is leaving the pool this evening.)
Ironic thing is, Lisa did not flip on Artis, it was Skupin who joined forces with Penner, Malcolm, Carter and Denise! Lisa better get on board with them cause that other ship is sinking!
Until next time, what does Pat say??? Oh ya.. outwit, outlast, outplay
Donna (a.k.a. Sarah, I know my baseball players, but don’t know when to keep my mouth shut, Dawson)
Well, there is no Saskatchewan Roughrider football and so without anything else to do, Pat has given me the daunting task of doing the Survivor review. How does one follow up after such a tough act? Pat does them so well! Anyway, mine will be more factual but at the very least I will try to summarize it all. Pat please feel free to edit and forward on to the group!
We begin at Night 22 after the last tribal council. There’s the usual gibber jabber about who voted for whom but at one point Penner realized there really was ‘no plan’… he screwed it up by voting for Abi! Abi, needless to say, wasn’t happy, but then I don’t find Abi very happy any of the time anyway.
Lisa and Malcolm talked and made up. Big hugs all around a warm and fuzzy moment. He realized she was just doing her best to ‘play the game’.
On the morning of Day 23 Penner is still worrying about being the next to go home. He recognized that there are a lot of crack in the alliance though. His plan is to play on divisions and get in with Lisa and Mike. So, he shmoozes Lisa to get into psyche. He tells her all about her ‘trying to please’ ways and why she is the way she is and he comments that it’s his business to know these things about people. He comments to her that she is a ‘pleaser’, avoiding confrontation, being loyal and just generally trying to place people and be a good person. There are more hugs… more warm and fuzzy moments.
The challenge consists of two teams. Team Yellow is Skupin, Artis, Lisa and Pete, Team Red is Denise, Malcolm, Penner and Carter. Nobody chose Abi so she sat on the sideline, looking miserable, no reward for her!
Each team must crawl through mud, over an A-frame finding bags of balls hidden in the mud, then through a sandbox size container of rice (all I kept thinking is why don’t they stash some for lunch?) But I digress. Anyway, the 1st team to gather all the bags of balls, 12 in total, and sink them in a metal ‘basket’ wins reward. It’s a Give and Receive reward. Survivors go to a local village to bring school supplies and toys for the kids. In return the villagers will cook them a feast.
Penner is the first up for the Red and Skupin for the yellow. Penner gets to the mud pit and digs up all the bags of balls for everyone, so they don’t have to dig themselves. He takes one bag and completes the course behind Skupin. However, since he’s dug up all the bags of balls the other members of his team fly through the course and they end up with a huge lead. The yellow team does make an effort to catch them, but in the end it’s Red that wins reward.
The winning Survivors go to the local village where they are met by all sorts of happy children. Malcolm has discovered something that is missing in life. “Why am I pouring drinks for young women, when I so enjoy working with children?” Apparently he taught English in Micronesia for a year. That said, I wouldn’t mind seeing him as a bartender! More warm and fuzzy moments.. it kind of was a warm and fuzzy show tonight.
While at the village of course some strategy was discussed. The plan was to try to get Skupin and Lisa to join forces with Denise, Carter, Johnathan and Malcolm. Penner talks to Lisa and says he isn’t trying to get into her head… but really.. he tries to get into her head. Why is she in an alliance with people who don’t trust her, come over to the dark side.. he tells her. Change the game, make it your game, that’s what the audience wants to see.
Meanwhile.. after one of Abi’s rants to Lisa about disloyalty, the next words out of her mouth are that still want to get her and Skupin to stay with Abi, Artis and Pete. But then they say they don’t trust her, Abi does need to learn to shut up and as Artis said, she’s a loose cannon.
The Immunity challenge is to roll a ball, one at a time, down the end of a paddle to the end where there are six divits for the ball to rest in. The idea is to get the ball to rest on the paddle in one of the divits. First person to have 6 balls secure on their paddle wins immunity. At first it didn’t look like anybody was going to get this, then all of a sudden Skupin has 1, then 2… 3 and 4 quickly. Peter runs a close second, but loses a few and in the end Skupin wins immunity.
With the vote comes more discussions of course. Johnathan feels that they need to ‘break up Tandang’ and that hinges on if he can convince Lisa and SKupin to flip. He talks to Lisa to flip and get rid of either Artis, Pete or Abi. Then Lisa and Skupin talk. Skupin brings up a couple of good points. Who do you go further with? And who would you rather play the game with? During that conversation it seems like they are both convinced, but due to clever editing we never really know, do we?
At tribal council Denise said that big moves come at any point in the game and it naïve to sit comfortably with your perceived numbers thinking that everyone is on board. Abi confesses that she is not sure about Lisa at this point, she’s afraid Lisa will flip. At that point it’s time to vote. After everyone has voted in a 5-4 decision, it’s ARTIS who goes home, and with Artis goes one of our own, but because I don’t have the list handy I have no clue who that is. Whoever it is stand up and wave or something. (Editor-on-vacation's note: That would be Rick who is leaving the pool this evening.)
Ironic thing is, Lisa did not flip on Artis, it was Skupin who joined forces with Penner, Malcolm, Carter and Denise! Lisa better get on board with them cause that other ship is sinking!
Until next time, what does Pat say??? Oh ya.. outwit, outlast, outplay
Donna (a.k.a. Sarah, I know my baseball players, but don’t know when to keep my mouth shut, Dawson)
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Survivor Phillipines - Nov. 7/12
Night 19. RC has moved on to do jury duty and Penner is pissed that (but for playing the idol) he would have been gone, Jeff is still gunning for Penner who is not yet resigned to going home, but does think he might have to climb in the back seat for a while and put a blanket over his head. He no longer has any allegiances.
The next morning Penner goes out fishing and the anti-Penner scheming continues. Lisa is still feeling her allegiance to the old Tandang tribe and feels Penner should go next, followed by Mike, then "the three that no one likes", namely Peter, Abi and Artis (editors note: Abi is my girl and I voted for Artis to win...SOMEBODY STILL LOVES YOU GUYS!). Jeff isn't one of them though. He thinks it would be fun to split up the Abi/ Peter/Artis trio.
For the reward challenge, the tribe is randomly split into two teams. I say the split is random, but really it appears to be nice people vs not so nice people (with apologies to Carter who seems to have no personality at all). Team members take turns running into the water and swimming out to a submerged fish trap. They must unhook the trap and signal the other team members to pull them to shore with the trap. Once they have collected all four traps, another tribe member must dig in the sand to locate a key. The key opens a box. I never did really figure out what was in the box, but ultimately they must pull 8 banners out of the fish traps and put them together to make a design. Lisa slows her team down and it looks like their cause is lost. However, Mike can't find his team's final fish trap and while he is looking for it a powerhouse Denise front crawls her way to team victory. As a result, Mike, Abi, Peter, Artis and Carter head back to camp, while Lisa, Penner, Denise, Malcolm and Jeff head off on a river cruise. The mood is very upbeat. Not only do they have all kinds of great food, but everyone seems to agree that this is a great group of people. Lisa feels like a good vs evil dynamic is beginning to appear and Penner takes advantage of it by trying to turn the cruisers attention away from him and onto Pete, Abi and Artis.
At camp Abi is shooting off her mouth again. Even Pete concedes that he would like to get rid of her (noooooooo) but knows she is a fabulous person to take to the final three since no one ever, anywhere, in any galaxy, will vote for her.
Once the cruisers return from their trip, Lisa floats a plan by Mike. She tells Mike that Malcolm has an immunity idol. If they can organize a 5-4 alliance, they can blindside Malcolm, a powerful player, and get the idol out of play at the same time. Penner arrives during this conversation and is on-side, but knows he still needs to win immunity to ensure his survival. Unfortunately Penner has never won an individual immunity challenge so the cards are stacked against him.
Well, speaking of Immunity Challenges, here comes one now. Survivors must climb under and over wooden bars and untie knots to release bags of puzzle pieces. The first three to collect their puzzle pieces move on to the second round in which they actually assemble their snake puzzle. Penner Jeff and Pete move on to the second round and, despite a slow start, Penner solves his puzzle first. Now there is turmoil. Penner was first on virtually everyone's list for eviction. Now they have to find someone else to vote for. Since Mike was second on everyone's list, he is looking pretty dejected. Malcolm is irate that his plans have gone awry. Lisa decides to float her plan about getting rid of Malcolm past Pete. Pete promptly goes to Malcolm and asks him if he has the idol. Malcolm denies it and wants to know who is spreading such malicious gossip. "Lisa", says Pete. Malcolm feigns righteous indignation. Later Lisa asks Pete if he told Malcolm that she said he had the idol. "No", says Pete. "It's hard work being a mastermind", Pete tells us. They go on to decide that Jeff should be the next to go (not sure what happened to the Mike plan. Perhaps I blinked). Jeff walks up during this discussion and discovers that he is being targeted. The vote is hardly a given, though. Even as the group is leaving for Tribal Council different options are being tossed around. Pete should go. Jeff should go. It's more confusing than the U.S electoral system (with apologies to our honourable representatives from New Hampshire).
At Tribal Council Lisa breaks the news that Malcolm has the idol. Malcolm pulls the idol out saying that he will play it to clear the air and remove the target from his back. When Dimples asks if anyone else has an idol, Abi dutifully digs in her bag and pulls hers out. WTF? Is this woman some new kind of stupid? In any case, the votes are cast and when Dimples asks if anyone wants to play their idol, neither Malcolm or Abi play theirs. When the votes are tabulated Malcolm gets none, Abi gets one and the rest are distributed between Jeff and Pete. Jeff comes out on the short end though, and is heading off to the jury, along with our pool-mate Marie. Malcolm looks confused and Jeff spouts a lot of baseball analogies, but the result is still the same.
Who will be the next to go? Will my Abi hang in until the final three just because she is so obnoxious? Is Pete really the mastermind? Will the gorgeous Malcolm eventually arrive at Pasqua Lake and sweep me off my feet. Oh sorry. Private fantasy.
Until next week,
Outplay, Outwit, Outlast
Pat (aka Abi It's not paranoia if everyone really is out to get you Gomez
The next morning Penner goes out fishing and the anti-Penner scheming continues. Lisa is still feeling her allegiance to the old Tandang tribe and feels Penner should go next, followed by Mike, then "the three that no one likes", namely Peter, Abi and Artis (editors note: Abi is my girl and I voted for Artis to win...SOMEBODY STILL LOVES YOU GUYS!). Jeff isn't one of them though. He thinks it would be fun to split up the Abi/ Peter/Artis trio.
For the reward challenge, the tribe is randomly split into two teams. I say the split is random, but really it appears to be nice people vs not so nice people (with apologies to Carter who seems to have no personality at all). Team members take turns running into the water and swimming out to a submerged fish trap. They must unhook the trap and signal the other team members to pull them to shore with the trap. Once they have collected all four traps, another tribe member must dig in the sand to locate a key. The key opens a box. I never did really figure out what was in the box, but ultimately they must pull 8 banners out of the fish traps and put them together to make a design. Lisa slows her team down and it looks like their cause is lost. However, Mike can't find his team's final fish trap and while he is looking for it a powerhouse Denise front crawls her way to team victory. As a result, Mike, Abi, Peter, Artis and Carter head back to camp, while Lisa, Penner, Denise, Malcolm and Jeff head off on a river cruise. The mood is very upbeat. Not only do they have all kinds of great food, but everyone seems to agree that this is a great group of people. Lisa feels like a good vs evil dynamic is beginning to appear and Penner takes advantage of it by trying to turn the cruisers attention away from him and onto Pete, Abi and Artis.
At camp Abi is shooting off her mouth again. Even Pete concedes that he would like to get rid of her (noooooooo) but knows she is a fabulous person to take to the final three since no one ever, anywhere, in any galaxy, will vote for her.
Once the cruisers return from their trip, Lisa floats a plan by Mike. She tells Mike that Malcolm has an immunity idol. If they can organize a 5-4 alliance, they can blindside Malcolm, a powerful player, and get the idol out of play at the same time. Penner arrives during this conversation and is on-side, but knows he still needs to win immunity to ensure his survival. Unfortunately Penner has never won an individual immunity challenge so the cards are stacked against him.
Well, speaking of Immunity Challenges, here comes one now. Survivors must climb under and over wooden bars and untie knots to release bags of puzzle pieces. The first three to collect their puzzle pieces move on to the second round in which they actually assemble their snake puzzle. Penner Jeff and Pete move on to the second round and, despite a slow start, Penner solves his puzzle first. Now there is turmoil. Penner was first on virtually everyone's list for eviction. Now they have to find someone else to vote for. Since Mike was second on everyone's list, he is looking pretty dejected. Malcolm is irate that his plans have gone awry. Lisa decides to float her plan about getting rid of Malcolm past Pete. Pete promptly goes to Malcolm and asks him if he has the idol. Malcolm denies it and wants to know who is spreading such malicious gossip. "Lisa", says Pete. Malcolm feigns righteous indignation. Later Lisa asks Pete if he told Malcolm that she said he had the idol. "No", says Pete. "It's hard work being a mastermind", Pete tells us. They go on to decide that Jeff should be the next to go (not sure what happened to the Mike plan. Perhaps I blinked). Jeff walks up during this discussion and discovers that he is being targeted. The vote is hardly a given, though. Even as the group is leaving for Tribal Council different options are being tossed around. Pete should go. Jeff should go. It's more confusing than the U.S electoral system (with apologies to our honourable representatives from New Hampshire).
At Tribal Council Lisa breaks the news that Malcolm has the idol. Malcolm pulls the idol out saying that he will play it to clear the air and remove the target from his back. When Dimples asks if anyone else has an idol, Abi dutifully digs in her bag and pulls hers out. WTF? Is this woman some new kind of stupid? In any case, the votes are cast and when Dimples asks if anyone wants to play their idol, neither Malcolm or Abi play theirs. When the votes are tabulated Malcolm gets none, Abi gets one and the rest are distributed between Jeff and Pete. Jeff comes out on the short end though, and is heading off to the jury, along with our pool-mate Marie. Malcolm looks confused and Jeff spouts a lot of baseball analogies, but the result is still the same.
Who will be the next to go? Will my Abi hang in until the final three just because she is so obnoxious? Is Pete really the mastermind? Will the gorgeous Malcolm eventually arrive at Pasqua Lake and sweep me off my feet. Oh sorry. Private fantasy.
Until next week,
Outplay, Outwit, Outlast
Pat (aka Abi It's not paranoia if everyone really is out to get you Gomez
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