Well this had to be the most heartbreaking episodes of Survivor since Ozzy lost the final immunity challenge in South Pacific. My sweet, beautiful, gorgeous Angie is gone. But at least my childhood crush and baseball hero seem to be improving their game.
Tandang
RC is trying to persuade Abi to search for the Idol but Abi starts whining that she wants to relax and the tension between the two continues to grow. As it turns out, Abi has other reasons for not looking for the idol with RC that will become clear after the challenge.
Meanwhile Pete does some scheming with Lisa to target Mike. Pete says he likes Lisa and wants to keep her around. I'm thinking Pete must be related to Brandon Hantz who changed his personality every episode. Wasn't it just last week that Pete was comparing Lisa to dog that needs to be shot?
Kalabaw
To my surprise the tribe actually notices the missing bull decoration on the rice lid and quickly realizes that it was the idol. They know only one person can have it. Jeff is kicking himself for not noticing it earlier but he shows he is here to really play when he suggests a plan to make Jonathon comfortable to keep him from using it and then blindside him. I like this play and would be doing the same thing if I were them. If they were to lose the challenge they should go up to Jonathon and suggest they vote out whoever had the worst challenge performance. However with Jeff Kent on their team this may not happen for quite a while.
Matsing
The tribe wakes up to realize their raft has washed away. Just one more piece of good news for the Matsing tribe. Malcolm has started to distance himself from Angie a little bit which leaves a strong feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach. Malcolm is shown debating who should go next which tells me another loss for Matsing is coming and I realize that my prediction last week that Russell might go was pretty dumb since the previews suggested Russell was in danger.
Immunity/Reward Challenge
The two winners get fishing gear along with immunity. The challenge is retrieving 8 donut shaped wooden puzzle pieces that are secured underwater and then sliding all 8 pieces into a pole to solve the puzzle (I for one am getting a little sick of seeing a puzzle in every challenge). I'm praying that Matsing doesn't lose again because I don't want to see Angie leave. Unfortunately the odds are against them since the other tribes wisely decide to sit all women out again.
Even worse for Matsing, Angie the first diver, has trouble with the first piece that is only 2 feet deep and they quickly fall behind. Now she's gonna really piss off Russell, Mr. "Go hard or go home!" He'll show her how it's done. But first someone has to show Russell how to climb a three foot ladder. Malcolm and Denise kick ass but Russell takes even longer then Angie does when he can't climb back up on the platform to tag out the next person. Angie decides to sit out the rest of the challenge and Russell comes up completely empty on his next attempt.
Meanwhile Skupin one again injures himself, by somehow cutting his face up with the water mask. Once again Matsing make it interesting thanks to Malcolm and Denise's great effort but come up short. Kalabaw finishes first and Tandang easily comes in second.
Back at Tandang Artis finally opens his mouth and is furious at Skupin for his performance at the challenge. So I guess that when they go to tribal later that night he'll definitely be writing Mike's name...oh wait a second. They won immunity and don't have to go to tribal! So I'm not sure why Artis is so pissed.
We also find out the reason Abi didn't look for the idol with RC is because she doesn't want RC to have the idol. While the rest of the tribe is looking for clams she confesses to Pete her knowledge of the clue and they begin tearing up the camp. Incredibly Abi finds the idol. I didn't think she had it in her but now the dark side of Tandang has the power and things aren't looking good for Skupin who now only has RC on his side.
At Kalabaw Jonathon decides to form an alliance with Jeff even though he knows Jeff doesn't trust him. Jeff leads Jonathon to believe he's with him but then reveals that he only shook his hand with four fingers when they sealed the deal.
So Matsing is headed back to tribal council but lucky for Russell nothing he does seems to make him an easy vote. He bosses everyone around in the first episode and survives tribal. He throws a hissy fit at their second loss and survives tribal. Can he survive again after performing so badly at the challenge? Unfortunately he still has a chance when Malcolm and Denise aren't sure what to do. They're afraid they might lose again if they get rid of Russell's muscle. Yeah, that muscle has done so much for you the first three times. This however might be a clue as to why they voted out Zane. It was to keep Russell's muscle. Unfortunately they don't realize that that muscle hasn't been doing shit for them at challenges and strongly consider getting rid of Angie. Bastards!
At tribal, Angie and Russell are on the hot seat. They call each other out. Russell says Angie can't hold a candle to her and Angie calls Russell a quitter. Russell goes off on Angie worse then Probst did last episode and corrects her by saying he didn't quit but rather made a "stratgic decision" to help the tribe. Well, thank God Matsing has Russell to make such brilliant strategic decisions to lead them to victory....oh wait, they're at tribal council...FOR THE THIRD STRAIT TIME! Obviously Russell's strategic moves aren't accomplishing a whole lot for the tribe.
In the end Russell makes Angie cry and they all vote her out. Not a good move in my opinion and not just because I've been booty blinded by Angie. Russell is like a cancer to this tribe and can't be trusted. I think Angie would have been much more loyal than Russell. I'm thinking Denise was the one that persuaded Malcolm to vote out Angie but if I were him I would stuck to my guns and told Denise I was willing to draw rocks to keep Angie. Like Roxy said, a pair can be very powerful in Survivor and by turning his back on her I think he just gave up a lot of power and put himself in a much weaker position. But according to Malcolm's remarks at tribal he's been watching survivor since he was 12 and has waited a long time to get here. He's heartbroken and embarrassed by the tribes performance. That may explain in some way why he did what he did, but I still think it was the wrong move. Russell adds nothing to the tribe. He's a disturbance at camp, sucks in challenges and should have been voted out the first episode. Well Angie if you're ever in Vegas look me up. I know a place that has the best cookies!
Next Week on Survivor
Oddly enough Russell seems completely immune to being voted out and appears to be the safest returnee at this point. Still it's do or die for Matsing and a tribal shuffle seems nowhere nearby. I can't really tell if Matsing will win or lose from the previews. It made it look like they win it which probably means they are going to lose but the clips were even more vague then normal. Regardless I think next week will be VERY interesting no matter who loses immunity.
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