Friday, October 23, 2009

Minus One Russell

First both teams were going to Tribal and one was voting... then both teams are going and both are voting, then no one was sending anyone home... what the? And poor poor Master T/Russell. Did you feel a bit sorry for him? I found him super irritating right up until last night... then I found him irritating, but kind of endearing at the same time. He tried so hard to stay... he worked so hard.... but he has to stay strong for his family... sniff, sniff.... Come on, don't lie. You felt a little bad for him too.

OK... so what else was interesting? The challenge was to decide which team would get to eat pizza while listening in on the other team's Tribal Council. Fun, right? And it was a good challenge too. One person was inside a giant ball which was rolled through a course by two tribemates who were blindfolded. Then the ball person had to direct the blindfolded people to do a puzzle. Team yellow was ahead. They thought they'd win it. Then Russell.

Russell (Master T) was one of the blindfolded folks. He's looking all tired, sorta not doing all that well. Then boom - he's out! Like literally his head is on the side of the puzzle and his body is limp. Medics are called. He comes to for a bit, then blacks out with his EYES OPEN! Crazy to watch. Jeff later says it's "the scariest moment he's had in 19 seasons of hosting the show." No doubt. Yikes! So the medics determine that his heart rate/blood pressure is way too low & he's not returning to the game. Cue tears. Dang! That would suck.

So everyone goes back to camp figuring that both teams are going to Tribal and voting someone out. Team yellow figures they can't catch a break. Jaison once again looks like he's going to crack. Russell (other Russell) is the only one who isn't miserable from the rain... he sees it as weakening his opponents (true) and better for him (true). At team yellow it looks like it's going to be either Liz or Natalie going home.

Over at purple, it's a cat fight between the mean girls (Laura, Monica & Kelly) vs. Shambo. Well, really it's just Monica vs. Shambo. Monica's got her panties in a knot because Shambo voted for her once, so is holding a huge grudge... plus just hates Shambo. So, instead of possibly pulling Shambo into a girl alliance, the stupid girls push her away.... right over to the men, who also have four people and need a fifth. How convenient. The men want to vote off the weakest person at challenges - Monica. As far as I'm concerned and even though I have her in the pool, Monica is stupid and deserves the boot. Sheesh.

However, as it turned out, no one got the boot because Master T had already had to leave the game. So Monica and Liz/Natalie are safe for another episode. I think now would be a fun time for an early merge. There's huge rivalry between the men on the tribes & I'd like to see them all try to vie for supremacy.... Or will they all pull that whole 'men-on-the-same-team' thing and be best buds once the merge happens? Thoughts?

Next week it appears Russell somehow makes an alliance with Laura. Final two! Hee hee. I totally wonder if that's going to ever get back to Russell - that he's made 'final two' alliances with almost everyone there! Hee. If not, pretty much sure Russell should win.

And still.... Brett? Who? Really?

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