Sorry for the late post today... sometimes life gets in the way of blogging. Go figure.
A couple of fairly huge coups yesterday! One of the best episodes ever, I think. Do you agree?
First of all, Ozzy pulled it off. He dethroned Christine at Redemption Arena in that game - you know it - where they have to attach poles together with string to make one big long pole that they then use to get some key rings.... It's a good challenge & makes me wonder if Ozzy has done it before? Not sure. At any rate, he had the whole thing done before Christine even had one key. Did you feel just a little badly for Christine? I did. You know I sorta wanted her to beat Ozzy because now he's going to be even more insufferable. So the really fun part, though, was where Ozzy put on the big huge show informing the other team how Cochran was such a weasel for playing the immunity idol... and everyone could clearly tell he was acting. It was some serious BAD acting too. You could just see his team flinching and the thought bubbles over their heads that said, "Shut UP, Ozzy!" Jeff's face during all this: priceless.
So, then, we knew it was going to be the merge because they invited the whole tribes to watch the challenge. There was the usual, 'get to know you' picnic. Cochran was put into the role of double agent, where he was to pretend to be on the outs with his tribe for voting off Ozzy... when in fact he was actually feeling out the other tribe to see if he did want to flip. The other tribe, naturally, was very welcoming. Whether or not it was honest, I'm not sure. I think so.... but if you're that tribe and you've got someone who you think might flip, you do your best to at least appear welcoming. There were warm, encouraging words from Coach, who again - seemed uh... wise?.... as he told Cochran that he too has faced ridicule in his life (Really? Can't imagine.) and that Cochran would be alright.
Cochran went to Dawn with his plan to jump ship. Dawn got all teary-eyed again and started crying about that she hates having to do this stuff and later she cried some more telling us that she felt bad that she hadn't stood up for Cochran and that she hated how he'd been picked on, and that he reminded her of her own son a little bit. OK. I'm on board. She's emotional, but it seemed heartfelt, right. Wrong. Later, Dawn uh.. prayed about it (and you'll note how low-key HER praying session was) and apparently the Lord told her to forsake Cochran for the good of the tribe. Now, I don't want to come down too hard on Dawn, 'cause she's playing her own game. She doesn't have to go along with Cochran's plan, and sticking with her alliance is really just as good - and potentially less risky - a plan. All that's needed is one flip vote anyway, so it really is probably best for her to lay low. The other thing I did like about Dawn's own opinion flip was that she didn't run & tell the tribe about Cochran's plan. She let him do his thing.... though she did apparently tell him she didn't think he should do it and that she'd be disappointed in him if he did. Thanks mom.
Individual immunity was fun. It was balancing coconuts while yourself balancing on a board. Nice! (By the way... did you catch that part about the new tribe name being something to do with "How the coconut came to be?" or something like that? I can't be bothered to look it up, but Keith seemed embarrassed to say it.) So Dawn won for the women and Ozzy won for the men, making things look pretty good for team Ozzy. (And ummmm.... was Dawn a little annoying this time in her win? I can't tell if I'm just annoyed in general with Dawn and all her flip-flopping... Wait, I'm flip-flopping about Dawn, aren't I? Dang!)
But here's the rub - If the vote is 6 to 6... and then they re-vote and it's tied again... they have to draw rocks. Loser goes to Redemption Island. Even if I'm on team Ozzy, I'm not super confident (unless I'm Dawn or Ozzy) that my fate won't come down to a rock. That's stupid. Mind you, I can see the argument for why switching teams at this time is stupid. It's early - they will hate you. A lot of those people will be on the jury, potentially. They will hate you. Have I said that?
Now before I get to the flip, let's talk about Ozzy playing the idol. He gives it to Whitney on a hunch that the other team was going to vote for Whitney.... which they did not. So, idol was wasted. Wasted! Why on earth wouldn't you hang onto it? You know it's going to be a tie vote anyway, save it! Had the other team voted for Whitney, it would have been another genius move, as only the 6 votes by team Oz would count. But, team Coach voted for Keith and team Oz voted for Rick. (The thought bubble above Rick's head said, "What in tarnation?") So, it came down to voting for either Keith or Rick only.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand, Cochran flipped. He did it. Nerds of the world unite. Immediately, with his team hating him.... it was hard to tell if Cochran was happy or terrified. Jim called him a coward about 5 times in a row, and in quite a gallant move, Baby Hantz stood up for Cochran by turning around and saying, "Don't call him that! Saying stuff like that is why you're in the situation you're in!" Ha! Loved it. Then Baby protectively put his hand on Cochran's shoulder and said, "Stick close to me." Uh, does he think Cochran's going to get shanked by Jim with a coconut shard? At any rate, it's the first time I've liked Baby Hantz. Yes, I know, the flip flop again. Oh yeah, so it was Keith - the BULLY - who got voted out. He was shocked! Whitney was sad. It's going to be exciting and uncomfortable to watch what happens next. I don't envy Cochran, but I'm sorta proud of him. Why would you stay loyal to a bunch of people who have been ready to throw you under the bus since day one and have only kept you around when it's convenient? Cochran knew he was on the very bottom of the totem pole, so why not flip and make his way with a new bunch of weirdos? Next episode, however, it looks like Albert & Sophie maybe have had their doubts about team Bible Camp and maybe are going to defect themselves??? Hard to say. Things are never what they appear on the "Next Week's Episode" part...
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