So.... Ozzy... not so smart, right? Dude got on this show not for his brains so much or his strategic play, but because he can climb a tree like a hot damn. Oh, and that whole Jesus look thing. And the romance potential, what with his serial co-contestant dating. Ozzy's emotions - like those of SO many Survivor players before him - have gotten the best of him. This is where guys like Boston Rob and dare I say Coach have figured it out. It's all about controlling your emotions plus being sociable/likable. Right. Russell, for example, had the emotions thing down, but zero likability (to his fellow Survivors, anyway.) You have to at least be MORE likable than the person you're up against (see Rob vs. Phillip, Sandra vs... whoever.) The point is... Ozzy screwed up. He's got the likability, but blew it by getting all involved with Elyse and then getting pissy when his team voted her out. I get it, you think you're in charge and you're undermined. You need to go away for a bit, be mad and then come back ready to be a team player again. Ozzy did this... only with an emotional outburst in the middle... "Yeah? You know what? I'VE got the hidden immunity idol! That's right!" Oh.... no. So you've got one card left to play and you throw it in everyone's faces. D'oh! This is why Ozzy (probably) won't win or at least shouldn't win. By the end of the show Ozzy was tight with Keith again, but uh... if I'm Keith, I don't keep Ozzy around into the merge. You don't want to compete with that.
Speaking of competing, Christine is officially the new Matt. She's on a roll and beat Elyse in a shuffleboard competition. Yes, that does sound a bit like Seniors' Night at the Community Hall... but whatever. The Survivor people have to come up with challenges that fit in the Redemption Island "theatre". Speaking of challenges... where are all the puzzles? I want more puzzles. Give Cochran and Edna a chance to shine! They're due, non? OK, I digress... back to Christine. She's starting to break a little - she got a bit weepy, but generally she's staying pretty tough and she's sitting in a pretty good spot. The longer you stay away, the less involved you are in the tribe politics. She's still just as bitter as always, though. My favourite was when Rick tried cheering for her and she gave him the finger. Yup. She's a classy broad.
The immunity challenge was great in that it was a come-from-behind victory for team Ozzy. They started off by not working well toegether (again, the mantra of this season is "Coconuts Are Heavy") but then came back to win thanks to the fabulous coconut slingshotting (is that a word?) of Keith and Jim. They also won because over on Team Coach, Mikayla was "uncoachable." She kept insisting on using only one arm to slingshot the coconuts, which didn't work. Our dear Coach would say to her wise things like "Use two hands!" and "How about you sit down and we let Albert do it?" Nope. Mikayla would have none of it. "I'm a lingerie football player," she thought to herself. "I know a lot about coconuts!" So.... team Ozzy won and got to go swimming at a "natural water slide" place that looked kind of fun, while team Coach had to go to Tribal Council.
So what does Baby Hantz do? He continues to be loco, that's what. First, he decides that he should channel his inner Russell and go find the immunity idol (which Coach already has, right?) Natch', he can't find it, but watching him march around all determined-like was pretty funny. Made Coach "see" Uncle Russell (cue flashback) and get the shivers.
Meanwhile, the team can't decide on Edna or Mikayla for voting out.
Edna's camp is Coach and Baby. Coach's reason is that well, he likes Edna, he trusts her, and he knows that she will do what he says. He goes on about taking her "into battle" and that had it been Edna in the challenge and he told her to sit down, she would have. This is a huge light bulb moment for our Dragon Slayer... and he's totally right. The other people are looking only at winning challenges (again... there's a puzzle coming up! You watch....) not loyalty. Edna is an easy vote. She's not playing hard yet, she's voting with the group. Why would you throw away an easy vote? Oh, and Brandon has now decided that he thinks Mikayla is OK, not the whore of Babylon after all, BUT he won't vote for Edna because he gave her his word. Uhhhh... right.
Sophie and Albert are voting for Edna. They want Mikayla around because she's in the original alliance and because she's strong. Their reasoning isn't crazy, they want to win challenges and go into the merge with the numbers. This is not a bad strategy. Also, they find Edna annoying.
So it comes down to Rick, our Bermuda shorts cowboy. Seriously, do you people watch Parks & Recreation. Please watch it and imagine Ron Swanson as a rancher. Maybe it's just the moustache, but Rick is Ron to me. So poor Rick is in the middle of it all, he knows it's going to come down to his vote and that he's going to piss someone off no matter what. What would Ron Swanson do? Well, first he'd have a scotch, then he'd vote for Mikayla. It's the non-coachability... he was persuaded by Coach that Edna will be good long-term. I think it was a good call. Edna's a perfect person to take to the end, right? She doesn't really win a lot, you can show that she rode coattails, and she's annoying. I predict she'll make it to the merge. I enjoyed Coach lecturing Baby Hantz at Tribal Council about the difference between lying and just not saying everything that comes into your head. Nope, says Baby, "There's only black and white, there's no grey." Really? Oh to be young and loco.
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