Jean-Robert was sent down the river this week!
Another interesting week as the jury starts to fill up, strategies change and people start to get a little desperate.
James sets the tone early with yet another Survivor hall of fame quote (regarding Jean Robert): "We need to keep his dumb ass in line now that we stuck wid him."
As James was rattling off the disparate occupations of each contestant I was amused to note that he referred to Todd as a stewardess.
Another week, another rewards challenge! This time it was to see which contestants could fill a boat with water, sinking a member of the other (temporary) team.
Courtney is chosen for a challenge! Since she was the lightest, she was chosen over the meatier Denise. Seems like a sound strategy, but then again, Courtney is involved.
The scene unfolds in disastrous fashion as Courtney is unable to maneuver the boat away from the dock and is soon being drenched with buckets of water. Jeff points this out in typical narrator fashion and Courtney tells him to "shut up". After a few minutes she spends more time trying to wipe the water out of her eyes than getting it out of the boat or away from the dock. It doesn't last long.
The next teams start in with new players in the boat. Unfortunately Courtney now has to pick up a bucket and throw water. My wife immediately points out: "Courtney can't lift a bucket of water!" Jeff realizes this as well and points out that she and Peih-Gee are almost immediately exhausted. Frosti is unable to keep away from the dock and is soon under water.
The winners of the rewards challenge were treated to a visit to a village that was thousands of years old and a feast of authentic Chinese dishes. Wait...wasn't that the challenge last week? I saw a big fish head, but no chicken fetuses. Fortunately Denise didn't make the trip. I think her howling at the food might have startled the natives.
After the meal Jean-Robert reads the clue regarding the immunity idols (currently in James' possession. He gets very excited and makes several errors in judgment:
He's so busy reading the clues that he fails to look up at the rest of the people who are doing a really awful job of trying to pretend like this is all new information to them. James is almost laughing and Todd's eyes are as big as chicken fetuses.
Jean-Robert states that he didn't know there was a hidden immunity idol. Granted, no one spelled it out for him, but they have used them on the show before and Jaime tried to play one in tribal council last week. This shouldn't have been an earth-shattering revelation.
He immediately spends the entire night looking for the idol, finally settling on the plaques at the top of the archway. He's seems convinced that he's figured it out and stashes them away. Again, didn't he find it odd that one was missing? And that Jaime tried to play something very similar last week?
Denise let's everyone in on her master strategy while the rewards team is away: "If I think dat dere's an advantage ta go wit dem, I will....If I think dat dere's an advantage ta go wid you guys, I will." Amazing and insightful.
The contestants are faced with a balance challenge! Not good news for James, and potentially a boon or the perennially feeble Courtney.
Jean-Robert immediately reports to Jeff that he thinks his container is unbalanced. Jeff quickly responds with a hall of fame quote: "Glad you're still here, Jean-Robert...we always need a complainer."
Most of the heavier contestants fall off fairly quickly as the water runs out of their containers.
Frosti begins singing which leads to Todd toppling over. Possibly he lost his balance. I think he wanted to get away from Frosti (who has now proven that he can't sing or dance).
In the end, Courtney displays that she finally has a special talent that surpasses all others. She can sit still and do nothing for virtually unlimited amounts of time. Well done. Courtney is immune for this week! I should have placed a side bet on that.
I couldn't help but wonder as the contestants went back to camp if she ever actually pulled her red lever to release the container from the others.
Back at camp, Jean-Robert lets Erik in on a little secret: he has the hidden immunity idol. Erik, in a gesture of great compassion, laughs at him and tells him he does not. Seriously, how funny would it have been for J-R to bring yet another worthless plaque to council, claiming it's an immunity idol. I think it would have unseated Jaime as top idiot (at least for a week).
The power team gets together for a confab...Todd is now interested in voting out J-R. Courtney approaches..."Hey, Court! Who should we vote out tonight?" To which she replies "Um. I don't know." You've gotta be kidding me! She was willing to cross her team two weeks ago to vote him off and now she doesn't know? Sigh.
Off to tribal council. Jaime, the first member of our jury comes in. What in the world was she wearing? It looked like a combination of an evening dress and a reverse toga. Where are the Survivor fashion police?
Jeff asks Courtney if she'd like to give up immunity. She gracefully replies "No, s**** you." Nice. She kisses her mother with that mouth?
Peih-Gee gets one vote in council. Her name is misspelled. I'm starting to think she's getting a little tired of that. Or she's hoping that she can argue that if they can't spell her name, the vote doesn't count.
Jean-Robert is voted off and Todd goes into fits of giggles. Not sure why he was so pleased with himself. They could have had J-R voted off any one of the previous three weeks.
One more member of the jury...another week down in...Survivorfest China!
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Since the hidden immunity idols have been introduced the rules on how they can be played has changed every series. No one seems to understand the how they work. Not the fans. Not the contestants. In the past they could definitely be played AFTER the votes have been read. That's not the case this series. In the past there was some confusion if I had possession of the idol, and my buddy gets voted out, can I then play it to protect him? The answer has been both yes and no depending on the season. There was discussion last week about whether you can steal the idol within the rules of the game. No one knows. Am I the only one who finds this annoying? If you're going to keep the contestants in the dark as an element of the game, they could at least let the fan base understand what's going on.
I was laughing out loud at the Denise self pity session. Awww did you never get picked on the school ground kick ball team when you were wittle? You're in a physical game show where contestants are playing for a million bucks. Oh, and you're still in the game despite the fact that you can't win even when the person you're competing with is trying to throw it. No one will ever pick you for anything. CBS will always put someone on the show that is like Denise. Sometimes they count their blessings knowing they've advanced in a game in spite of their complete uselessness. Sometimes they just can't understand why no one wants to pway wif wittle ole me.
JR is finally gone. We all love happy endings! He still feels that he was taken out because he's a threat. Gotta love his deuce/seven off suit analogy. Yeah, I think absolutely no one there understood what he meant.
I'm still kicking myself for not putting money on James.
I can't believe what a power player Todd is. No one has ever voted for him, he's not a particularly good contributor in challenges, but not a liability. Under the radar, but calling the shots. He may go down as the best strategist of survivor history. Probably the only mistake he's made is giving James an idol. He could have just told James where the other idol was.
I agree. Todd is playing an amazing game. I also got the sense that no one knew what the hell J-R was talking about when he went off on his poker rants.
Now that J-R is gone it will be interesting to see who becomes the next pain in the a** that irritates everyone.
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