SURVIVOR: WC vs BC vs NC – 4/8/15

When everyone returns to camp, Shirin admits that while she should have done better in this challenge, she’s not bothered by not winning because everyone already thinks she’s harmless, which may be the perfect person to go deep into the game. And while she may be feeling too high or too low on herself, at least she’s not crazy like Dan, or a freak like Rodney, or a basket case like Mike. Hell, show that naked cooter now, baby, and you’ll probably buy another week or more…

While Mike, Carolyn, Tyler, Dan and Sierra are off together by the water, they discuss who might have the idol on the original WC tribe, and Tyler offers up Shirin’s name, because “she was screaming at Joaquin” one day. But we know he’s just providing a misdirect to the others so they don’t suspect Carolyn. Mike suggests they should target one of the No Collar tripod legs, because if you “take out one the whole thing crumbles.” He suggests, and the others agree that Hali would be a good choice. Why not Jenn?

Later when Hali, Jenn, Shirin and Sierra (?) are off together, Shirin reveals the Dan “basic math” upbraiding he laid on her, which serves as much needed confirmation to Sierra that he’s as misogynistic as he was to her with his lame apology. She appears to be down with the other 3 girls to take out Dan tonight (but they’ll need another vote) because she’s plotting to do a “girls to the end” alliance anyways.

Shirin is able to share this information with Tyler, who seems on board with taking out Dan. And then there’s the extra motivation that the Blue Collar strength would be reduced, after which point, they can re-evaluate where things stand. It looks like Tyler likes what’s he’s hearing, but I’m so confused who’s playing whom that I have no idea who’s aligned with whom anymore. Can we just go vote?

Thank you! We’re at Tribal and Jeff opens by asking Tyler how things went after Jenn’s monster move at the last Tribal. He confirms it was a big mess, but not that it split the tribe in two, more like it just fractured the entire tribe into a group of players. Sierra confirms that, and adds that she (or others) can now choose which alliance they want to join at any time.

Jeff asks Mike if he thinks his alliance is true, and all Mike can say is that he knows how HE’S voting, and “there’s a bunch of gamers” left in the game. Dan is asked about how uneasy he feels, to which he replies that as a fan of the game, you know that things can turn on you in a moment.

And in the next moment, Hali gives Dan a lesson in ‘merican History which makes him eat his hat about “Flippers Never Win.” Take that, beeyotch! It’s time to vote…

With no one playing an idol (Jeff doesn’t even ask if you want to give up your individual immunity necklace anymore) he reads the votes:

Dan
Hali
Dan
Hali
Dan
Hali
Dan
Hali
Hali
Hali

And with that, the schoolteacher’s torch is snuffed. By the looks of it, either Shirin or Sierra didn’t vote for Dan. We’ll see at the end who’s guilty (ok, I jumped ahead; it was Sierra who didn’t follow through on her “all girl alliance” claim, looks like she’s sticking with the BC until she can break off safely). In the tease for next week, it appears Jenn is almost ready to pack it in, and a brutal challenge awaits everyone. That may be something we’ll enjoy watching…

So that’s it for this week. Another piece of the puzzle is laid. Too bad it had to be one of the cute ones because no one enjoys watching ugly people win Survivor. At least we’ll get to see Hali “cross examine” the finalists, and you know she’ll be ruthless at that. Can’t wait to see who that’ll be…

As mentioned, I’ll be watching the Masters for the next few days, and congrats to Duke for bringing home the NCAA title. I would say I’m a fan of Duke, but I’m not. I am a fan of the $17.50 they won me on my $5 bet, so there ya go.

Once more, I’m stoked by all your support. As I continue to search for a “real job” my migration into the Survivorverse is so easy to do right now. Let’s hope something comes from all of this someday.

Best wishes for the week, and since this is opening week in MLB, I hope everyone is able to catch a ballgame or two. This is the Dodgers season, so let’s see if they can make it happen this year. 13/2 is not bad odds either, so let’s see what happens in six months…