Returning to camp, Angkor’s emotions are high after enjoying a huge feast and (finally) feeling like they can compete against the other tribes. Savage, in particular, feels he’s exorcised some demons, and wants his tribe to know this victory could mean they won’t go to Tribal next time. We’ll see about that…
Morning on Day 11 arrives at Ta Keo and we’ve got some levity. Kass has arisen early and is up to something as she cuts rope, beads and some other items off of items around camp. Wentworth, assuming the worst, thinks Chaos Kass has returned and is making a fake idol – right in front of everyone!? – and finally approaches her. Kass shoos her away, which almost confirms Kelley’s suspicions. However, all that is wiped away as Kass presents Kelley with a belated birthday necklace, taking the tribe by surprise. Kass confesses the winner of Second Chance could be someone who embraces their own evolution, and why shouldn’t it be her?
With nothing to celebrate, the Bayon tribe can only start feasting on each other. Jeremy asks Spencer how he feels about Wiggles, since they are the 2 on the outs of this new Bayon. Spencer knows he has to throw her under the bus, and tells Jeremy she voted for Spencer in the last vote, so she needs to go. He also mentions this fact to Monica, who is perfectly aware of what Spencer is doing, and feels that HE is the first to go, since she wants to keep a possible late game Girls’ Alliance in tact. And the fact she’s mentioning a late game Girl’s Alliance in episode 4 could mean there will in fact be a late game Girls’ Alliance later this season. Keep that in mind.
But what I’m more concerned with right now is that Monica’s underwear are riding up her butt, and who is the idiot cameraman moving forward to frame that OUT of the shot when he should have been zooming in on that masterpiece. What is this, Amateur Hour?
To the Immunity Challenge we go and from overhead, it looks like we’re at Knott’s Berry Farms’ Soak City for a Lazy River challenge. Oh, but this is the Medical Evac challenge we saw in last week’s tease, which means it’s possible there will be some high drama today. Let’s see what happens!
Tribe members will be blindfolded and head out individually or in pairs to collect large puzzle pieces being directed by a caller. I always think I’d do a great job of being a caller, but that’s just the vodka talking… With the uneven tribe numbers, Monica and Ciera sit out. (Seriously, Ciera, you need to participate in one challenge this season!).
Callers will be:
Varner for Angkor
Kimmi for Bayon
Kass for Ta Keo
The challenge gets under way and it’s just a free-for-all. Players are confused, can’t hear, stumbling, bumbling, and fumbling. Terry plays the role of the guy no one wants to hang out with, because Kass seems to have forgotten he’s on her tribe. Angkor and Bayon are 1st and 2nd; Ta Keo is bringing up the rear.
But then SuperJoe shows up and starts grabbing pieces by himself, and even RUNNING with them back to his area. How the f**k does he know where to go, and how is he not running into anyone? Is he cheating? Is SuperJoe a cheater? I don’t wanna believe that… Somehow, Ta Keo is now in the lead!
Spencer takes a bad scrape on the leg and someone finally decides to hang out with Dietz as he and Joe retrieve the last piece together. They’re finally able to remove their blindfolds, followed by Angkor and then Bayon. Everyone begins solving…
With a few people taking the lead in their own tribe (Spencer, Tash) the degree of success on each tribe is varied. Bayon seems to be making the most progress and proves that by pulling out the win! Ta Keo appears to be making better progress than Angkor, who must be slowed down by all that food in their bellies…
Having almost given up, it’s a foregone conclusion when Ta Keo places their last piece sealing Angkor’s fate. Another visit to Tribal for the F**ked tribe (yes, it’s returned) and another safe night at Ta Keo… Terry seals it with the phrase of the season…
“Nice going, bro-chacho…” to Joe.
Savage is finally promised that date with Probst, but he’s too emotional to enjoy the invitation. “What am I gonna wear…?” he thinks to himself.
Having returned to camp, Varner tells the others he smashed his pinkie toe (the one with the ring on it?) and will be limping around for a couple days. He heads off, giving Tash an opportunity to speak with Savage about how cunning Varner is, and how he could speak to Abi and throw things for another loop. She/they decide, Jeff has to go.
Varner and Woo head off and discuss that it’s probably one of them tonight. But instead of trying to work together on anything, Varner confesses that he may be able to survive another few days if he plays the “I never voted for you, Abi, and I saved your ass twice” card.
Woo and Abi take a walk, and anything Woo says is shot down by Abi the Clear Thinker. She’s only concerned with the votes that have been cast against her and nothing else. She’s under the impression that Tash and Savage are keeping her around because of her amazing personality, but that’s just an insecure person reaching for validation. I’m no Psychologist, but when it comes to someone as simple as Abi, Fish is a freaking Psychologist. “Bitch has issues” is my official diagnosis, and I’ve just prescribed some “crazy pills” to make that s**t go away…
Tash and Abi discuss (weren’t they fighting immediately after last Tribal?) about who to take out and each wants a different person. Tash is playing the Varner card and Abi wants Woo gone. Neither is willing to jump ship on their own cause so it looks like things are still up in the air. When Varner joins them, he does his best to get into bed with Abi some more, and it looks like he’s not going anywhere.
Right now, I think it would be a good time for everyone beside Abi to join up and be 4-strong against Abi, but that’ll never happen. This tribe is so dysfunctional, and it’s all because Abi’s on it. Checking my old columns, I just remembered that Abi’s Vote-For-Me video was posted earlier than anyone else’s (remember that?) which, I thought, was totally unfair, so maybe the show has always lobbied to bring her back this season. I’ll remind you of what I said back in May:
“Abi-Maria Gomes – If you’ve been reading my columns for a while, you know how much I despise Abi-Maria. I’ve considered whether I’ve been too hard on her, but no, she was just a f**king bitch on her season and her inclusion here is only to stir up trouble. I HATE those kinds of players because they have no chance to win. No thank you…”
And guess what? She’s stirring up trouble. They say a leopard doesn’t change their spots. Well, spots, meet leopard. Ugh… I foresee much unhappiness in that woman’s life…
I’m really hoping to see the end of Abi soon. She’s incredibly annoying and the only way she makes it to the end is as the sacrificial “LOL do you guys hate me enough to actually give HER the million dollars?” player… Not my favorite type.
As far as TWD, I can’t imagine Father Gabriel would try to sabotage Rick’s plans, and even if he did, (as confusing as that mess of an episode was) he thought the plan that day was to just do a dry run and take out any obstacles/problems with the actual plan going off the day after. I’m guessing from the Talking Dead sneak peak, it looks like Enid or Erid or whatever Coral’s girlfriend’s name is offed herself and landed on the horn in that car she got into. No clue what “SSJ” or “JSS” is on the windshield.
I rewatched the show afterwards, fast forwarding through the color scenes to watch all the black and white scenes, then restarted and watched all the color scenes, skipping the black and white. Makes infinitely more sense and would have been a far better episode that way in my opinion. Having a weird time jump that’s not even 24 hours seems like a waste. Could have just been a fluent episode but whatever, still a better episode than most of the stuff last season which is a huge plus in my book and INFINITELY better than Fear The Walking Dead.
Hi Fish! I missed last week’s recap so I got double the laughs today, e.g., Spencer’s talk with Jeremy about robot love and having to go recharge – hilarious. Your recaps are always entertaining but I’m thinking the alcohol makes them even more so. For last night’s episode, why on earth did they send the three oldest guys out to do the most physical challenge? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not young and I very much appreciate the eye candy that Dietz, Savage and Jeremy are, but I would have thought the younger guys would have been the prime candidates for such a grueling event. Especially when Savage looked like he was really hurting afterwards. Also, you were so right when NO ONE was surprised about Pei Gee getting voted out – not even a blink of an eye! Glad Varner is gone – he was definitely a pot stirrer and could not be trusted … although he did have some charm about him that could be persuasive in a weak moment. Great job on the recaps, love your writing … and YOU!
Hi Fish,
I just keep finding Survivor really boring. I hope it gets more exciting, and I’m usually the one who loves the all star type seasons. Again-NOT ENOUGH KEITH (I know how much you hate that!) What has happened to Woo? He had so much personality on his first season? Now he just sits there with his mouth open all the time, looking stunned, and he isn’t even very physical. Maybe he needs a man bun? My son Jack’s new name for Dietz is “meats” since Jack said “he’s fat.” And you would be proud bc when they showed Monica and Spencer talking jack said “look at her butt” and did that 11 year old boy giggle. You two would be buddies! Best line of the night was Varner saying “you little bitch” to Abby after he got voted off. Yep. I can’t stand the way Abbi thinks she’s in control right now. Its so annoying and how when Woo tells the tribe thank you for keeping him, she smugly says “you’re welcome.” Oh, it almost makes me want to scream. She is just a nasty person. Despite how much Vaner enjoyed eating Savage’s sausage-yes, I said that-it didn’t help the poor tribe win where it counts. so much for calories! I don’t watch Gotham but I did see that Brody’s wife has moved on to getting herself knocked up by her costars. To me, she will always be Brody’s wife. Can you explain Kimmie to me? Who is she? I must have missed that season but why would she be a fan favorite? What happened to the medical evac?
I for one will be happier to finally see a tribe other than the “slumming it” tribe go to Tribal Council. Just so we can see more interaction between those groups…and more of Joe’s fabulous man bun. I was VERY surprised his tribe did not choose him for the challenge. He didn’t put himself forward either …which means he may realize being a *Superstah* isn’t the wisest move this time.
I cannot believe someone hasn’t shivved Abbi yet.
Enjoying the recaps!
-Hathor
Abi’s the worst because she thinks she’s going to change or is changing and is just the same. Be better if she’d just own her crap.
Yes, Monica can talk and we got to see a bit of T and A. Last week’s butt shots were so sweet. Like everyone else can we please focus on something other than Abi. The other tribes get so little air time.
Just how far is the loser’s camp from where the challenge was? They did get back until it was pitch black. Plus why are they still being staved to death, yes they won some sausage, but that is all they have had to eat. Survivor should not be randomly stacking the deck against a certain tribe.
Sort of bored so far, but that is due to the focus only being on the losers.
Thanks for the comments, folks! I love your involvement…
thatguy- Yes! And I hate the farther those kinds of players go (like s**thead last season) the more the other players suddenly realize they have to be taken to
FT so it increases their own chances of winning. Like I’ve said before, it sucks that they get paid for playing like assholes and have no chance to win, but
that’s why the other players should stand up and make a statement. “No more assholes at FT!” Plus, the fact she’s such a delusional bitch makes it unbearable to
watch every week. My whole problem with all the coverage she’s getting, is that it may mean she makes it DEEP in the game, since they essentially know who’s
going to FT when they start editing the episodes (that may not be the case this season, considering how little turnaround they had between shooting/airing, but
there’s always time to make episodes better. I think footage of other players: Monica, Kimmi, Keith, Kelley, Kelly, would be nice, since it’s almost like
they’re not playing at all…
I don’t watch Talking Dead, so I don’t know Enid or JSS or any of that. I guess we’ll find out in 2 days! Let’s hope we’ll get back to “normal” TWD episodes,
now that the premiere is done…
jlberry- Missed you, baby! Yes, the alcohol does allow me to “open up” a bit, however, it seems to affect my proofreading (Deitz, not Dietz). However, I’m glad
you’re back and having a good read… I guess Joe felt he didn’t wanna put himself out there too much, but I also read somewhere in a Varner exit interview
that the tribes thought there may be another part to the challenge, so they wanted to save Joe. Who knows what to believe? I guess the other players didn’t
think Peih-Gee deserved to be there, but again, who knows what she was like over there. I thought Varner was gold for as long as he was there. After his
initial, “I’m in over my head,” in episode 1, he really became the comic relief. And if you don’t follow me on Twitter, try to find the article I referenced on
there where Jeff totally rips Savage, and especially Tash, for a variety of things. Calls her a bitch, outright, and why he’s not surprised she’s a “40 year
old, single, childless” woman.” Scathing stuff… Read that…
Love ya, jlb…! XO
kinb- I know what you’re saying, chica. I’m not “bored,” per se, but these aren’t the exciting episodes we were expecting. Everything’s really “individual”
still, if you know what I mean, even though there are alliances. We’ll see what the rest of the season holds. I wish I could watch Survivor with you guys. With
anybody, for that matter… It’s something I’ve never done but I think it would be a lot of fun. And Jack can be the bartender! Abi = Satan. Not sure who
“Brody” is, but I think you’re talking about Morena Baccarin (she is so fine!). Kimmi was a loud-mouth (sort of) back when the Survivor mold was still being
formed. She’s famous for standing up to Alicia, who was just an Olympic goddess fitness-wise. I think a lot of America identified with the “girl next door,”
Kimmi, standing up to the feisty warrior. TBH, she wasn’t THAT memorable back then, and it was a surprise to me she was voted on to Second Chance. (I was just joking about Medical Evac!)
hathor- As I mentioned earlier, I wanna see some other people, too! Enough with Abi/Varner/PG/Woo. Gimme some Monica, gimme some Joe, gimme some Wentworth. Maybe they’re holding some people back for later on, or…maybe these folks are just kinda boring… I think Joe said in his Intro video that he doesn’t wanna be the Hero as much, since that made him a target last season. Hell, he saved his energy and look what it got him. I’m tempted to shiv her, myself… Thanks for the support and kind words. Miss you!
EJ- Hope you liked the shout out! Damn those Bums! Nice play on that shift, huh? And couldn’t Ethier just NOT catch that foul? That run was the difference… And yeah, Abi is the anti-christ. I just wish she’d go away…
doc- I know you appreciated Monicabutt! Can’t wait for the “rest of the season” to happen, there’s still so much to occur. I would love to know how the show justifies one tribe being treated so unfairly. It can’t just be, “that’s the roll of the dice.” It’s really unfair. And yeah, like I said to kinb earlier, the season is a little boring because these players are trying to win rather than trying to “make a name” in reality TV. Most have been in the relative spotlight for a while now, so the urgency isn’t to make big dumb statements (like Dickhead Dan last season). Funny how some of these people just fade away… And I just wonder how this season’s excellerated editorial schedule affected the quality of the episodes. Kinda like, typically they have 7 weeks to make a show and this time they only had 4 (or something like that). Not sure that’s altogether accurate, but it just makes me wonder.
Thanks to everyone for your comments and support. I really hope you all are enjoying the reads, and I’ll continue to try and find the humor in the absurb. All my fishy kisses to you…
Fish