So it was all about the alpha males before... now it's the alpha females' turn... Well, at least gals who kinda thought they were playing under the radar but who everyone can tell are players!
A pretty fun episode. It's always going to be a let-down a little bit after the big "Heroes vs. Villains" superstar season, so I'm glad that they're at least shaking it up a bit and putting in some great challenges. While there are some amazing characters on this season (Marty, Fabio, Kelly B., NaOnka....) there are some who don't have a lot to offer.... yet. I mean, we haven't heard two words from Benry (who?) or Purple Kelly. It's like they're not even playing. Chase is good to look at but doesn't really have a lot of game-play so far. Sash was in a gay/not gay discussion with Shannon and loves minorities as long as they're not disabled... that's all he's contributed. So I liked seeing a few developments this episode.
First, I enjoy that Jane is in with the youngsters. It was a good move for her to make because she was never really in with Marty & Jill. Not that she wouldn't have liked to have been, but they never let her in to their plans. MacGuyver Jane is playing the game and could go a lot further.
Second, all of a sudden, Holly has developed a brain. The vacant cow-stare seems to have vanished and she all of a sudden is forming her own thoughts and contributing to her tribe. She's pretty likeable when she does things for herself!
Third.... well, it's not really a development exactly.... but I enjoyed watching Marty trying to work Fabio by telling him that he is a chess grandmaster and beat Argentine Guillermo Vilas when he was a kid. "Whoa, dude!" says Fabio. Well, Guillermo Vilas is an Argentine tennis player, and no, Marty is not a grandmaster at all. Hee! But he tells us, "I can pretty much use any reference from the '70s around these guys and they won't have a clue what I'm talking about." Bravo! It's a funny story, plus it makes Fabio like Marty a bit more, not want to vote for him, "because he's been sharing his secrets with me." Delightful! There was another bit later on where Sash was trying to communicate the plan with Fabio... they were going to split the votes between Marty & Kelly B to try to flush out the idol... Fabio: "Are you sure we WANT to flush out the idol?" The look on Sash's face was great... Uh.... YES!! OF COURSE WE DO, YOU MIMBO! Heh.
Right... so the big news was that the teams were playing for individual immunity. One person from each tribe would win immunity, but both tribes would go to tribal council. The two people who won immunity would compete for a reward feast that the winning person's tribe would get to have while watching the other team's tribal council. Cool, right? Surprisingly, Holly won for her tribe and Jill won for hers. Jill narrowly beat out Holly for the reward. See, finally Holly doing something good! Yay!
So yellow team has to figure it out. Marty has the idol. Brenda's plan is - as I mentioned earlier - to split the votes between him & Kelly B. Would he play the idol? I personally was yelling at the TV... "Play it! Play it!" Yep. True story. NO! He didn't. Dude should take up poker. It was an amazing bluff that could have easily ended up with him leaving with the darned idol in his pocket.... BUT, the tie resulted in a re-vote. Apparently Kelly B. was the bigger threat. She didn't see it coming & at the end mentioned that she didn't think she had done anything wrong. Sadly, it was because of the one leg. It's unfortunate but true and it's good game-play. You don't want to take the girl with one leg to the finals. She's nice, people like her, she does well in the challenges.... and she has one leg. Do you want to compete with that? No. You don't. I know, I liked her too. Now, the other minority people will be happy to have one less minority to compete against and not take with them in their minority sweep of the finals. What? Right.
Then team blue comes in & has to watch the other guys eating, drinking, licking their fingers.... Which, I think, Jeff Probst really enjoys. I think he's a little bit sick that way & I love him for it. So this one's between Dan & Yve. Both from the former older tribe, they're in the minority. Dan pretty much says he wants to quit, he complains all the time, can barely walk (NaOnka: "He's gonna be walking on stumps pretty soon." Hee.) and doesn't exactly contribute. He even tells us that he doesn't need the money, he's got 6 cars - one is a Ferrari, etc. etc. So, begs the question... why are you there? Go home then! But, no. He seems to always pull it together by Tribal council and is adamant that he doesn't want to go home. Whatever - maybe he's trying to make it to the jury? Yve, on the other hand, really wants to stay. She approaches the other girls and tries to make her case. She's a hard worker, she contributes to challenges, she wants to be in the game... OK, the girls follow so far. Then... OH, YVE! Silly girl... she tells them that one of the advantages of keeping her over Dan is that she has better relationships with the older tribe people on the other team. Riiiiiight. That is not an asset. That, my dear, is a liability. That makes these girls think that you'll jump ship as soon as the tribes merge, and they are probably right. So, Yve is gone. Too bad, I liked her too, but the game is getting more interesting, right? The players are aiming for the other players... which in my mind says that probably one of the people I mentioned at the start of this blog will win. My money's on Benry or Purple Kelly. You?
Next time Sash starts making some moves (which may or may not be gay), Marty still has the idol and the team doesn't have a swing vote. Marty tells Fabio he is in fact the King of Argentina. Madness ensues.
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