Forgot this from last week: Taj spoke to Stephen and JT about the immunity idol: "I don't want you guys to go out prematurely!" That's what she said! Sorry, I've been holding that in for about a week.
Coach woke up the morning after council and decided his chakra needed to be adjusted or something. He made sure to do his fake Tai Chi where everyone could see him. It looked more like he was WWF posing.
He did come back and give everyone in the tribe a nice back massage. A little creepy.
Everyone seemed to think Coach had turned over a new leaf. I suspect that will last approximately half a week.
Evidently Coach started the Samurai hair-do trend as well. Huh. Probably discovered plutonium, too.
Joe leg is puffed up like...well, Coach. Not good news, I'm telling you...
Next morning and tree mail brought word of an upcoming feast.
Taj lays a Survivor Hall of Fame quote on us: "I get excited when I hear anything that starts with an "F"!" I can only presume that meant foot-rubs, feasts and football.
That day the tribes merged and sat together for a feast!
They decided to have JT read the note explaining the merge. What were they thinking? Don't they know that CBS has to pay extra for subtitles?
They new tribe settled on the name Forza, which is Portuguese for "sausage", I believe. Actually a quick review of Internet searches indicates it is the name of a Motocross video simulator, a coffee company and a weight lifting system.
Coach used his vast powers of observation to immediately identified JT as a good ol' boy. Yep, master of psychology, that one.
He also weighed in on his main threat.
Coach: "Brendan is the head of the dragon...when you want to kill an army you kill the head of the dragon!" I dub him captain of mixed metaphors.
Day 20 and Debbie's roots are showing.
The early talk around camp seemed to be about voting Brendan off. Evidently Tyson and Coach find him despicable and deceitful. I'm not sure where that is coming from. I don't think they've been at odds over a tribal vote up to this point.
Tyson took Debbie aside to tell her the score. If I've seen this once, I've seen it a dozen times. Summary: "We're going to do this...if you want to ride the wave for a few more weeks, stick with the plan. We vote
Debbie's (and the typical) response: " I'm down with that/that sounds great."
Tyson was feeling a bit like the evil mastermind: "Brendan is like putty in my hands!" Last time we heard someone say that it was Kenny, last season. I'm trying to remember how that worked out...
Erinn and Joe went for a walk. Joe asked Erinn if she'd figured out where the idol was. She hadn't.
Joe: "Wanna see where it is? Bend over!" Fortunately this took place by the tree mail idol or CBS would have faced a very large fine.
Alas, the idol had already been removed, so they knew that either Brendan or Sierra had it.
Odd that Joe didn't mention his "idol" (that Taj and Stephen made). Wonder if he figured out it was fake.
The immunity challenge was to have each person hang onto a pole. Last one hanging would win.
Stephen made it about as long as it took Probst to say "the challenge is on."
Joe was out next. Probst noted his puffed-up leg. It's getting a lot of air time, so I think you know what's coming.
Brendan was out next. Taj and Erinn then went out.
JT dropped out.
Coach talked some smack before dropping out himself. He was all cocky, too. Like as long as the members of the old tribe had dropped out, he didn't need to finish the challenge.
Sierra took a hard slide down the pole. Probably picked up a few splinters up the front. Ouch!
Erinn called out from the bench: "Tyson, don't fall!"
Tyson: "Dont tell me what to do, woman."
Erinn: "I just don't want to you to break your face."
Tyson: "True, it is my money maker." This guy is virtually destined for a Survivor All-Stars if he doesn't finish first this season.
Debbie held on for dear life, but finally gave in. Tyson won immunity and earned points for whoever had him.
Tyson: "I kicked ass like I always do." It's amazing how he can say that and it's funny. When Coach says stuff like that you just want to punch him in the head. Remarkable.
Joe earned a medical visit while the rest of the tribe returned to camp.
Erinn: "I hope Joe's okay."
Taj: "Who? Oh...yeah!"
Back at camp it was the Tyson monologues.
Tyson: "Lying to people brings me pleasure. I don't know why Sierra is here. Probably to give hope to stupid people around the world." And Sierra's going to watch that later and go "oh, Tyson...you're so silly!"
Tyson loves him some Brendan. I don't think I can repeat what he said about him. I felt all dirty just hearing it.
Tyson was flying around camp telling everybody everything. At this point I have no idea what the real plan actually is. I'm not sure Tyson does, either.
Coach weighed in with his own Survivor Hall of Fame quote: "I have no patience for sitting around with a rod in my hand and nothing going on. " Right. That's what he said!
Coach was happy with his perceived planning skills: "You can call me the orchestrator!" Oh, that's almost too good. Dare I? If it was easier to type I probably would.
Probst came to camp for a visit. Bad news for Joe. He'll be heading home due to the leg injury.
No tribal council tonight!
Taj: "Woo hoo! Oh, uhm. Jeff, tell Joe we love him and miss him. Sniff."
I guess Dragon Slayer/Orchestrator will have to wait another day to taste blood! Or conduct. Yeah, I just can't ride with both of these titles.
Was anyone else surprised that Joe was willing to leave without too much of a fuss? With a pretty hot foreign doctor? Anyone? Me neither.
As they flew away on the helicopter, you might have missed it, but Joe leaned over to the doctor and whispered "hey...would you like to see my hidden idol?"
See you next week on...Survivorfest!
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I do almost wish they had gone through with a vote last night. If the players were half as confused as I was with all that was going on, they may have ended up voting Jeff Probst out of the game.
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