Previously on Survivor, loose lips sunk ships and Paul was
sent off the island. The other alpha males in his ritual cult were left
blindsided wondering from whom they’d get their next bananas. While that
episode’s editing was too easy to tell, this one’s was slightly better. Not
because the editors are all that great but because the question of whether or
not David would use his idol was in play. It was obvious that Jessica would get
the most votes, but not obvious about what that would cause.
The episode starts with Jessica wanting to explain her
actions in voting off Paul. Chris immediately shrugs her off and doesn’t want
to hear it. This parallels an almost identical scene last week with Hannah
trying to talk to Zeke, except in this case Jessica backed off. Sunday and Lucy
start having doubts about their decision because they know they alienated the
boys. This starts sowing the problems Jessica will have to face. Lucy proceeds
to immediately throw Jessica under the bus to the boys. I’m honestly freaking
surprised that this worked. Anyone with brains would’ve challenged her. If you
didn’t want to vote out Paul, then why did you? Jessica couldn’t force you to?
Chris, the freaking attorney said none of that and I lost all respect.
Furthermore, Lucy implies she has David and Ken wrapped around her finger. Yet
again, why did the boys not question her when she said that? Second of all, why
would you even admit to that? That’s literally asking people to target you.
Thankfully, we now switch gears to the less annoying millennial
tribe. You heard me. The millennials are less annoying, and it’s not because of
my age, but because most of them aren’t making boneheaded decisions currently. Adam
goes searching for the immunity idol knowing that he is in trouble in his
tribe. Hs lucky and he finds it. Ok, not exactly. He finds a clue to the idol
telling him where to go to find it and retrieve it. He starts bawling out of
happiness and I feel like this is the same crying he will do when he finally loses
his virginity.
Next, it’s the reward challenge. The task was a revised
water edition of flag football. One person gets the ring for a tribe and they
basically wrestle with each other until one of the teams is stronger and makes
it to their pole. The first team to make it to their pole 3 times wins. The
reward was basically a feast of steak and spices. Michaela at one point takes her
bikini top off so that she could move easier and I think about how much happier the male audience would be if
Survivor aired on HBO.
After the reward challenge, Adam resumes his idol finding
hunt. And, he is successful. But, not without a bump in the road in the form of
Hannah. As he is trying to open his idol, she screams from the other half of
the beach wishing him good luck in finding the idol. I have never seen someone
on this show as oblivious as Hannah, and that’s saying something considering
what happens at the end of this episode. A.) Why would you want someone not
named you to find the idol? B.) You don’t let someone looking for an idol know
that you are watching them. C.) You keep the info that you were watching them
to yourself until you need to sell them out to your tribe D.) If you see this
and don’t ever tell your tribe, you are voted out for being untrustworthy.
Hannah isn’t very smart.
On another note, Adam also reveals that his mom is suffering
from stage 4 cancer. Normally, I wouldn’t
bring this up, but I feel like he might get a lot of unnecessary hate for being
on this show. People need to keep in mind that he would have been on this show
for 39 days maximum. Yes, something bad could happen to her during those days,
but there’s a chance it won’t. And that chance is big enough that the
possibility of winning a million dollars to help make her last days more
comfortable is worth it. So please to the audience of Survivor, be considerate
about this before you bash him. It’s obvious the decision is having an
emotional impact on him.
Back at the GenX tribe, Lucy is starting to become a
dictator. She went from invisible to Stalin in one episode flat. Problems arise
when she tells Ken and David that Jessica is going and she better not see them
talking to anyone else. She then threatens them that if they do, they will be
isolated from the tribe. Ken doesn’t like being told what to do and is furious.
He is convinced that he wants Lucy to go now.
The immunity challenge begins where the players must go
through an obstacle, retrieve bags, and then solve a puzzle. Yet again, the
GenXers appear to have the lead, but lose it on the puzzle. You’d think if any of
them had ever watched Survivor, they would have practiced puzzles before coming
to play. So millennials are safe.
Post Challenge Game Talk
Lucy and the alpha males plan to blindside Jessica. Lucy yet
again emphasizes that Ken and David are in her pocket, but as any survivor fans
knows, if they show someone repeating something, it means that it isn’t true. Lucy
is making the EXACT same mistakes that just sent Paul home last episode. It’s
incredible. Ken, trying to out Lucy, tells Jessica that she is the target this
week and Lucy wants her gone. This is where I wanted to throw something at my
television screen. Jessica, for some reason, has a hard time believing him. She
has a hard time believing the notoriously honest guy in the game who admitted
that he talked to her in front of Lucy. Why would he admit to a conversation if
what he said in that conversation was false? Yet again, an attorney in this
game with little to no skill at assessing situations. I don’t know if this
makes me happy or sad that I’ll be a future attorney. Jessica runs off and
snitches to Lucy. This starts a game of telephone where Lucy then tells David,
who then tells Cece and Ken. This leads to David thinking about if he should
play his idol to save Jessica and make sure Lucy goes.
We then are subjected to even more of Jessica’s lack of
skill at tribal council. She admits yet again that she does not trust Ken’s
word. She admits this even though Lucy FLAT OUT ADMITS that she had talked to
Ken about a plan and never says that Ken lied. Heck, even Ken is so fed up at
the person he tried to save that he switches his vote instead of voting out
Lucy.
You’d think that would be the end of her, but David does
decide to use his idol and Lucy is voted off. Jessica lucked out. I still can’t
decide whether I like this move David made. I personally wouldn’t have done it.
I would’ve saved the idol for myself or for an ally like Ken. But, if a tribe
swap wasn’t happening next week it would’ve put him in a solid alliance. I don’t
think this move will necessarily bite him in the butt strategically, but it would’ve
really helped him if he had kept the idol. This does put him in contention to
receive the legacy reward from Jessica if she is eliminated before day 38
though.
Last note before rankings: for the 2nd week in a
row the obvious dictator went home. Future Survivor players, PLEASE LEARN FROM
THIS. No one enjoys a dictator, the best way to persuade someone is to make
them think the idea is theirs. Forcing an idea on them means they might do it,
but they know who to blame and who to resent if it doesn’t work out.
Best Player
David. No one else did much of note, so even though I don’t
know about his move, no one else in this episode did anything to deserve it.
Worst Player
Jessica. I know Lucy was the one who went home, but I’m
reluctant to say she was the worst because she would’ve been okay if David had
no idol. Jessica was just plain oblivious and horrible at reading people.
Favorite Player
Ken.
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