The following is a paragraph from my week 2 recap of this seasons Survivor.
Note to self. When you get on Survivor do not trust short stocky bald guys who speak with an accent. Unfortunately after he confided in his fellow cop, I think her name is Sara, she is pulling a major Shambo and falling for his game hook line and sinker. "I trust Tony 1000 percent." Didn't Shambo say the exact same thing about Russell before he fucked her?
And guess what happened this week? Tony fucked Sarah over and ocrchestrated her exit from the game. Looks like I called that one pretty good but I might of been wrong about the casting department doing a lousy job again because this has turned out to be one of the most exciting seasons ever and we're just to the merge.
Speaking of Tony he is no longer the outsider and has gelled with his new tribe very nicely. Solana is all getting along very well and then are told to head over to Appari. This of course is so the tribes can merge. Along with the traditional tribe feast they are given a note that there is another idol with special powers hidden in the camp. What could these powers be? Even though I don't like too many idols being in play I'm dying to find what these special powers are. I'm thinking it might be an idol like the ones from Exile and Cook Islands that could be used after the votes are read, but we will see.
Soon after the merge Trish gives Pilates instructions to most of the tribe including Morgan and I've never wanted to be a Pilates mat so bad in my entire life when I see her mashing her chest down towards it. Tony, however, is sitting out the lessons and is trying to figure out his next move.
Even though Vic Mackie's alliance is in the majority I couldn't help but think they were in the best position. They are much more united then the former Appari, they don't have three members who came from the worst tribe in Survivor history AND they have two immunity idols. So once again I'm a bit worried about my girl Morgan's position in the game.
Most of the dissension from the former Appari comes from Kass and Sarah. As I see Kass push Sarah's buttons I can't help but think I was wrong about her strategic ability. Sarah is the obvious swing vote between two groups of five players so Kass and everyone else should be kissing Sarah's ass like it's going out of style at least for this first vote. I did really like it when Kass said don't trust a cop, no question about that. Of course Lawyers aren't any more trust worthy.
Tony tries to get back into Sarah's good graces but she's not sure which way to go because she made a pact with Appari and she doesn't want to lose their jury votes. Meanwhile Appari wants to vote out Woo or Trish but Sarah still feels a bond for them and wants to take out Tony.
The immunity challenge is the classic balancing one's self on this floating triangle structure with very small foot holds to stand on. Even though I'm pretty sure no man has ever won this challenge because it is so advantageous to women since they have smaller feet which it makes it easier to stand on the foot holds, but despite all this my gut tells me that Trish and Woo are the favorites to win this challenge. I figured Trish because she is a Pilates instructor and Woo because he's a martial arts expert, both of which I would guess would help with your balance, especially the martial arts.
Everyone makes it through the first two rounds no sweat, but the moment that they move to the third round where you have to stand on the very top of the triangle, the bulk of the tribe starts falling like dominoes including Trish. The only three that manage to hang on after the first minute are Vic Mackie, my girl Morgan and Woo! Unfortunately when a strong gust of wind hits the players Morgan is knocked off. Fortunately though, we get to see her soaking wet again :) So astonishingly enough it comes down to two men fighting it out. Tony gives Woo a good run for his money but in the end can't hold on. However, he does prove he's nearly the scum bag Russell Hantz is and congratulates Woo as he is falling into the water. So now Solana have individual immunity in addition to both immunity
After the challenge most of Appari wants to vote for Jefra because they wisely figure there is no way she has the idol. However, Sarah still wants to go after her blue blooded brother Tony because she if finally starting to wake up and see how shady he is. She wants to get the strongest players out first before they can start winning immunity and do too much damage. Unfortuantely she is also certain that he does not have an idol. I guess she figures because cops are so honest and forthright that he would of showed it to her if he did.
So obviously Sarah is way off about Tony having an idol but I can see the wisdom in both arguments. On the one hand Jefra would be a safe vote but people with idols normally don't use them on the first vote after the merge. So if they were to vote Jefra out and whoever has an idol is left with just 4 people in their alliance that would make it more likely that they would use it on the next vote which puts your alliance more in jeopardy. Appari does defer to Sarah's wishes since she is the swing vote but Kass isn't happy about it.
Through the entire episode Sarah is bragging about being in such a great position, and I can't help but shake the feeling that she is going to be pulling a Dolly and swing herself right out of the game. Her cockiness is what is annoying Kass so much. It also annoys Tony who tries very hard to swing her back to their side. Sarah stupidly won't even pretend to commit to him so Trish goes to work on Kass. When Trish tells her they want to vote out Sarah it's music to Kass's ears. With each passing moment it's looking more and more like Solana is the alliance with their heads in the game and Appari is just bumbling around.
As thrilling as this episode has been it jumps to mach 5 at tribal council. The subject of idols comes up and when it is directed at LJ he tries to deflect any thoughts of him having one by saying they could be a big joke this season which Probst takes to mean that there are no idols this season. It is at this moment that Tony makes a move that puts Russell Hantz to shame, and not in a bad way. He confidently announces that there are idols and he know this because he has one. Spencer calls him out and Tony reaches into his bag puts the idol around his neck and says he using it tonight but not necessarily for himself because it is a community idol. He then smugly suggests how panicked the six former Appari are and he is so right. The look on Appari's faces, especially Sarah's is priceless and suddenly my respect for Tony has increased by about 1000%. All of them are in a panic and Spencer initiates the action to "vote for the other one" clearly telegraphing that they will not be voting for Tony.
After the vote Probst asks if anyone wants to play an idol. Tony then does something that is a little puzzling and asks Probst to confirm that the idol is genuine. I can't believe Tony could possibly think it wasn't real so maybe there was some other motive behind this move that I'm not getting. Tony then tells Probst he wants to use if for LJ. The surprises don't stop there though. LJ then jumps up and shocks everyone including Tony but pulling out his idol, which obviously no one was aware of and announces he wants to use it to protect Tony.
Tony is on top of the world at this point and actually starts rooting for his name to come up but his euphoria quickly disipates when he sees Jefra's name come up and it is now Appari who are looking smug. The big question is will Kass flip? Even though it wouldn't be good for Morgan I'm actually hoping she did. The last vote is read and it is in fact for Sarah and now it is Appari who are now shocked and depressed. Except of course for Kass who like Morgan last episode is looking like the cat that ate the canary as Sarah realizes she's been had.
As she's leaving Sarah asks who flipped as if there was any question to the culprit but Appari quickly realizes it was Kass and Spencer announces she now has zero chance of winning to which Kass replies, "there's still a long way to go". I have to agree with Spencer though. Even though I'm glad Kass did what she did, historically whenever someone pulls this move it ends there game.
It may seem like LJ and Tony wasted their idols but even though they turned out to be irrelevant I still think playing them was a great move especially for Tony. After Tony's selfless act, which I am still completely stunned by, I think that group will now be more solid then any alliance Russell ever had and I think LJ will now follow Tony through the gates of hell.
NEXT WEEK ON SURVIVOR! I was happy to see Morgan looked in danger in the previews because that probably means she's is safe as a kitten. My money is on Tony to find the special powered idol.
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