Apologies again for the late post. It seems my life is sorta crazy, which is totally what I signed up for. So, just to let you know, October will be a bit hectic. In November, things should settle a bit. Promise. In the meantime, I'll keep this one a bit short... partly because it's been so many days, I can't remember what happened.
OK, I do remember that there was quite the 'duel' between the Doctors, Candice & John vs. Marissa. Can we chat for a sec about how awkward it must have been for Marissa to be third-wheeling it out there with a married couple? Right? And then there was more awkward when they came out for the duel and Candice flipped Brad the bird and called him a 'child'. She & John won the challenge, sending Marissa home, and then John gave the immunity idol clue to Brad's wife, Monica, I guess to put her in a difficult position with her tribe. She smartly didn't even open the clue, and burned it in front of everyone. She's playing a good game, that one. Even back at camp, she tried to explain the Brad she knows to her tribe, so as not to get painted with the same brush. Smarty-pants. The best part was earlier when Candice went off about how Brad berates women and how Monica must just do as she's told... and then immediately barked orders at John to give the clue to Monica... and he did what he was told. Heh. I think Candice doesn't like Brad because ummm... they're kinda the same. I kind of get the feeling actually that Brad is probably a pretty nice guy - the kind of guy you'd want to have over for a BBQ and drink a beer with. He's probably actually pretty nice to his wife. We'll see. Maybe.
The comic relief came when we saw Gervase & Tyson escaping off to a coconut grove, where they drank the coconut without telling anyone else, and then acted all puzzled when Laura & Monica were wondering why all the coconuts were empty. Monica said, "It must be the crabs getting in there..." Yup, errr, yeah, that must be it. Heh.
Team Brad lost yet another challenge to 'a one-armed man and four moms' referring of course to Tyson, Monica, Tina and the two Lauras. (Gervase & Aras actually did some work too.) Their team did remarkably well until it came down to Ciera's puzzle skills vs. her mom's. Something to be said for experience, non?
So, it looks like Ciera would be the obvious one to get rid of... right? Until Brad makes the mistake of not hustling off with the dudes to chat and hangs back to talk to the girls and tells them to vote for Caleb. Caleb gets it into his head that Brad is after him, so decides to vote Brad. The other alpha males, Hayden & Vytas, originally talked about how keeping Brad around was good for them because he keeps the attention off them. Basically anyone who's been voted off 'til now blames Brad. The first round of voting was a tie between Brad & Ciera. On the second go-round, someone changed their vote (I think it was Vytas, no?) and Brad got the punt.
I don't think it was a good move. I think the men should have kept the bro-alliance strong because there's going to have to be a merge fairly soon, especially with the other team dominating challenges. Going into a merge 4-strong would have been the best, and especially with alphas, who tend to be the first ones picked off as 'threats' once the merge happens. But then, Caleb's not really thinking like an alpha male, is he? He's relying on the fact he's been pretty under the radar & can distance himself from Brad. Now their tribe is going to have an even tougher time in the challenges. Now, a John-Candice-Brad challenge is going to be awesome. And talk about awkward situations. "Hey buddies, I know you hate me, but can I hang out with y'all on your private romance island?" Candice would do well to remember that she could still end up back in the game sometime, and may need help or even votes from people like Brad & Monica. Either way, I love the grand awkwardness in one episode.
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