So that was crazy.
Down to final six, it looks bad for Hayden & Katie. So Hayden (who don't forget won Big Brother) decides to fight. Katie, who is a bit vacant most of the time anyway, decides to sit back and watch Hayden fight. Now, you could argue with me whether or not all the sitting back and watching is, in fact, part of some grand strategy from Katie... but I think that no... sadly, it's not. Even Jeff at Tribal Council pretty much asked her flat out how she got as far as she did. She said, well, she's been at the bottom the whole time, so she's sorta had to sit back and see what happens. Ummm... that's actually WHY you're on the bottom, non?
So, backing up a bit to the duel. It was the famous Survivor house of cards challenge. I have never, ever seen anyone build an 8 ft. damn house of cards as quickly as Laura did. It was seriously fast. Tina & Caleb were done only about half way when Laura was finished. The trick was that they gave a time limit this time out, so whoever was tallest at 30 min would win the second place. Caleb looked good... but crooked, and his tower fell down. So the moms conquered again. Seriously, I'm not sure Laura can be beaten in challenges. Maybe Monica with all her badassery can do it, but geez, she's a force to be reckoned with if there's any challenge that's remotely puzzle-ish. When Caleb was defeated, Jeff basically asked Caleb, "What the heck could possibly make you want to be with Colton?" (paraphrasing that "quotation", natch.) Caleb said, "Well, opposites attract, but we also have some stuff in common." "Like what?" asks Jeff, getting kinda nosy. "Well, we're both guys...." So, Caleb's standards are well... low.
Something to note is that Hayden is stirring it up about Tyson being the man in charge. Which is true, but hilariously, when Hayden pointed it out, Gervase got all weird about it when he should have just shut up. "NO! I'm just as much in charge as Tyson! He wouldn't have gotten anywhere without ME!" Which, while a little bit true, is also a little bit delusional. Tyson is running the show. But it's delightful that Gervase doesn't realize that maybe keeping the target on Tyson and off himself might be an OK idea.
Badass Monica ALMOST won the immunity challenge again, but Gervase actually pulled off the win. So, it looks like an easy vote for Hayden, right? Not so much. Hayden's fighting, remember? So he goes after Ciera hard. It doesn't help that Gervase took Tyson and Monica on a food reward. Hayden gets into Ciera's head that she's for sure number four in the alliance and that if she's going to make a big move to get votes, she needs to do it now.
Aaaaaand...she did it. She turned! Good or bad move? I think bad. I think she'll get further with Tyson et al than she will now. Also, now she's a huge target now that Tyson has found the immunity idol and uh, Ciera has basically zero chance of winning immunity. So, here's how it went down:
With Ciera's vote, it was 3 votes Monica vs 3 votes Hayden. They re-voted and neither Hayden or Monica can vote. Now it's 2 votes Monica, 2 votes Hayden. Still a tie. So the rules for some crazy reason say that if they can't decide amongst themselves, it goes to drawing rocks. It was only the second time in 27 seasons that it's come to this. Now oddly, Monica and Hayden are safe, Gervase is safe, and everyone else has to draw rocks. Whoever draws the white rock goes home. It was Katie. Which, is fine. Unless of course, you're Hayden and now Ciera, who is most definitely fourth. The wild card being Laura, who by the looks of things might re-enter the game. If Laura comes back, she'd make another tied vote unless something else shakes it up. Also, no one knows Tyson has the immunity idol, so that could make for some fun.
Speaking of fun, I'll leave you with this little bit of Tribal Council:
Hayden: .... something blah blah blah about rustling feathers.
Tyson: It's ruffling feathers.
Hayden: What?
Jeff: What?
Tyson: You ruffle feathers, not rustle.
Hayden: Whatever, man. You can totally rustle feathers.
Tyson: Just correcting you. Say it right.
Hayden: Whatever.
Jeff: That was one of the strangest exchanges ever at Tribal Council.
Yup.
