Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Survivor, Ep. 27.3

Redemption Island Duel
Tyson asks Rachel if he should take her place. She tells him that he has a better chance in the game than she does and that he should stay. He then stands up and starts laying down the smack talk to her former tribe and says they better watch their backs because he's coming after them at the next challenge. That sets off a chain reaction and everyone starts getting heated. Brad retaliates and then Marissa shouts at him from the arena floor. Next Gervase is telling her to shut up. And then...Colton bursts into tears. Probst asks him why he's crying and he says he doesn't want to be there any more. Oh the drama! Probst says if he quits it is a selfish move. And then out of nowhere, Probst says that he would be quitting for the second time. Shocker! Colton apparently faked an appendicitis the first time around and was really only treated for a bacterial infection! He didn't really admit to it, but it's an interesting claim by Probst. He confirms that he is quitting the game this time, and then he runs into Caleb's arms and sits on his lap. Whoa! What an idiot! Guess he never grew up.

It's Candice, Marissa and Rachel going head to head (to head). The first 2 to finish stay alive, the loser goes home. The challenge is to stack wooden blocks as dominoes over boards going up and down, while having to maneuver around trip wires. Candice is the first to get her course set up and she releases her ball and it goes the whole way through and she wins again! Marissa and Rachel go back and forth with parts of their blocks getting knocked over or something going wrong with their placement. There are only a few seconds between them, how nerve-wracking! Rachel's block stops short and Marissa's keeps going...Marissa is in, Rachel is out! Aw...I feel bad for Rachel. I thought she would have a good shot in this game. Unfortunately, her tribe wanted to go after Tyson, and she was the casualty. It was really sweet to see him say goodbye to her. He asked her if she had fun, and she said she did. Aw!

As the winner, Candice again gives the clue to the idol to her husband John. I sure hope he starts sharing, because if he doesn't find it, he's in trouble with his alliance.

Galang
Colton is moping as usual. But good-guy Aras is there to reassure him and build him up. I just love Aras! He is calm, cool and collected. He is smart, strategic and oh yeah, he's pretty hot, too! Did I mention, I love Aras? Too bad his positive vibes didn't rub off on Colton and he still decided to just give up.

Tadhana
Brad got a very rude awakening by Tyson and Marissa calling him out as a tyrant. Maybe, just maybe, he'll start to keep his mouth shut. Nah...I don't think he can do it.

Well, John still hadn't found the idol, because he's trying to use his second clue. He finally decided it would be best to share his clue, so he talks to Brad about it. He hopes that this will ease his thoughts about him not being loyal to the alliance. But, he said they shouldn't look for it together because it might look suspicious. Brad sees that as, maybe he doesn't want me with him when he finds it, which is still a bit shady.

Immunity/Reward Challenge
As the tribes read their tree mail, they know they will be physically battling their loved ones. Aras is looking forward to going against his bullying big brother Aras. Vytas is looking forward to going against Aras because he has always been more athletic than him. Vytas and Brad discuss some techniques, while Hayden just laughs at them. This should be good.

Brad vs. Gervase--Brad wins (Tadhana 1)
Laura B vs. Katie--Laura wins (Galang 1)
John vs. Aras--John wins (Tadhana 2)
Ciera vs. Kat--Kat wins...not even close! (Galang 2)
Hayden vs. Tyson--Hayden...not even close! Tyson popped his shoulder out on the hit. Oh no! I sure hope he's going to be OK. He isn't taken out of the game, only the challenge. (Tadhana 3)
Katie vs. Tina--Tina wins! That was crazy, daughter vs. mother and neither was giving in! (Galang 3)
Vytas vs. Aras--Aras wins! That was brutal! I love seeing the raw emotion from both of the brothers. And at the end, they still love each other...awesome. (Galang 4)
Ciera vs. Laura M.--Laura wins! She was crying before they started, but Ciera gave her permission to go after her. (Galang 5)

Galang wins 3 in a row! Their reward is comfort items.

Tadhana After the Loss

The guys' alliance discuss the girls and who should go. They were severely disappointed that Ciera and Katie couldn't beat their mothers. John goes off to look for the idol, and Brad tells the guys that John needs to go. Since Candice is killing it at Redemption and if she comes back, he won't control John, Candice will. Brad tells the clue to the rest of the guys. Poor John has no idea what's coming. And then...the guys tell the girls the plan, but he tells them that he might not vote John just in case he comes back in the game. Why would you tell everyone that? Vytas sees that as a huge red flag right away. He wants everyone to do his dirty work and make himself look good. So now Brad is a threat to the rest of the guys. This Tribal is going to be insane! I don't think they should be going after John, I think it's Brad that needs to get blindsided. Wouldn't that be hilarious!

Tribal Council
Well, either John didn't find the idol or he isn't smart enough to use it...

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Nooooo! I did NOT want to see John go already! Too bad most of it is his own doing. I really think Vytas, Hayden and Caleb are going to regret not actually going after Brad instead of John. John obviously didn't really know what the heck he was doing. He really wasn't as big of a threat as they were making him out to be. Brad and his big mouth and big ideas are who they need to be worried about.

And how awkward is Redemption Island going to be now? Can anyone say "third wheel"? Poor Marissa...

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