Who would have thunk it, but I’m stoked about watching Russell Baggins and Parvati infiltrate the Heroes tonight! Finally, the merge is going to happen and sparks are going to fly. Sandra’s going to be working it hard, JT’s face is going to melt, Amanda’s going to be on her high horse named I Told You So, and Colby is going to cry. Come cuddle with me Lois!
Courtney’s gone and no one seems to care, especially the show’s producers. This episode sways from the typical Tribal Council aftermath opening and instead takes us to the Heroes camp confirming that Courtney’s dismissal has caused no real ripples in the game. The whole tribe is suffering from a bad case of the Cry Babies clearly infected by Colby. Day 25 and there is a lot of bellyaching. JT wants a challenge, a merge, a cow to devour, something, anything. Rupert and Amanda stroll off into the woods and find a mysterious wood box with a clue that promises company is coming. They don’t have the key to the box.
The Villains have the key and a map to the Heroes camp. The merge has come. Russell Baggins and his Witches of Eastwick discuss what they will tell JT. It’s a whole convoluted story about Russell playing the idol but Parvati did too and then something happened and then that happened. Details shmetails, JT will buy it no matter if it doesn't makes sense.
Chaka shushes the group because her super sonic hearing hears rustling in the woods. That Sandra is skulking around spying! I’m hoping she rains big on the Baggins parade. Sandra doesn’t know about JT’s blunder but hopefully that’s going to change soon once she gets over into Camp Cry Baby.
As the Villains enter the camp, JT’s brain is working overtime. You could build a fire from the friction coming out of that boy’s neurons. He sees Parvati, assumes she had an idol, Russell’s there too, he must have played the idol, therefore, there are no more idols left. He has amazing deductive reasoning. I can’t wait to watch him on CSI Alabama after this is over.
The players open the box that is full of food, drink, and new buffs. New tribes names are thrown around. The Hillains. Yin Yang. Lady Jeri Dragon Slayer makes the record scratch with All Villains. “Really Jeri?” is all Cry Baby Colby can say. He REALLY dislikes her. Rupert borrows Amanda’s high horse and takes a ride spouting off about being positive and how awful it is what Jeri said and blah, blah, blah, I wear tie dyed shirts.
Everyone’s having a good old time chit chatting. Jeri drones on about a Calistoga wagon she built. Huh? Did she just say she built a wagon? This is another check in the column of “Jeri and Coach were made for each other.” Colby seems oddly interested. Amanda is going on about a worm is someone’s ass, and Parvati sits around mad because no one wants her there. She takes a moment with Chaka, her lady in waiting, telling her that she knows the Heroes want her out. And frankly, it downright offends her! How dare they not like her? They may as well spill pig’s blood on her pretty hair. No matter. She will not be ignored and plans to pick them off one by one. Revenge is always a good cure for loneliness.
Meanwhile, Russell serves up his special Kool-Aid recipe to JT and Rupert. The boys are thirsty cause they drink it right up. Russell Baggins makes up a story about Parvati playing the idol at the same time he played his. Later, JT tells Rupert that he knew Russell was solid. After all, he’s a good old country boy. The Civil War is making more sense right now, if that’s all it takes for two Southern men to come together in agreement.
But the big shake-up happens! Sandra steals a moment with Rupert and spills the fava beans. Russell Baggins is playing them all and plans to eat the Heroes alive. No idol was played. Rupert is shocked and seems to believe Sandra, but I have a feeling that JT is going to talk him out of believing Sandra somehow.
And just like that, JT doesn’t disappoint. Rupert makes his case that Russell Baggins can’t be trusted, but JT won’t hear any of it. He is so unbelievably blind and stubborn. Amanda is willing to go along with Rupert’s plan: tell Russell they are voting one way and then go another just to test him. Rupert reminds them all that Russell is on the Villain tribe for a reason, but JT is drunk with Kool-Aid and tells him he shouldn’t believe Sandra.
JT’s ego is as big as an Icelandic volcano. He claims he has been telling Rupert whom to vote for this whole time, and he just needs to continue to guide him. JT toys with the idea that Russell Baggins is playing him, which means he would be going home next, but that can’t possibly be the truth. Rupert makes a great point bringing up Russell’s swears on his kids that he’s with them. Anyone who says that can’t be trusted. Stick to your guns Rupert!
Parvati and Amanda go on a secret walk in the woods. Amanda confides that the Heroes have it out for Parvati. She has no power but is trying to get them to vote out Sandra instead. Parvati trusts Amanda and tells her about her Immunity Idol. This could be her undoing. Amanda tells the camera that she likes Parvati but knows if she makes it to the end she will win again. I’m hoping Amanda is playing her but time will tell how much of this new info she will pass onto the Heroes.
The first individual Immunity Challenge is here. The new tribe name is Yin Yang. Lame. The challenge has the players climbing a post and holding on for dear life. The player staying on the longest wins. Sandra and Cry Baby Colby almost instantly go out. Damn those clown feet!
Russell Baggins drops next, followed by Rupert. Six remain with Craft Service Candace, Chaka, and Parvati looking the best. Twenty minutes in Amanda drops. JT looks to be sliding off but psych! He tricks them all and nonchalantly climbs back up his pole like nothing happened. But it’s short lived. He can’t handle it and drops. All women remain.
The Lady Jeri Dragon Slayer steps down after an hour and thirty minutes. The last three women all look tough. Craft Service Candace decides to give up. Before she drops, Jeff stops her asking her why is she giving up when she is the odds on favorite having won the challenge during her season. She has no real answer other than the other two look like they can hang longer. Parvati and Chaka remain. Chaka wants to win since Parvati already has an idol, and like a good queen, Parvati drops letting her lady in waiting have the victory. It’s the least she can do since she will eventually have to slit her throat at some point. Chaka wins! She climbs down to claim her prize losing a boob in the process. Thankfully, there was no Immunity Idol clue in there.
Rupert suspects that Parvati has the idol since she stepped off the pole so easily. Keep going with it Rupert! Don’t talk to JT although the country bumpkin may be coming around. He’s suspicious of Parvati giving up the challenge as well. The plan is to let Russell Baggins write down Parvati’s name to prove his loyalty while the rest of the tribe votes out Sandra or Jeri.
Sandra isn’t sure if Rupert and the rest of the Heroes believe her. She wants Russell out but she’s stuck with little option. Russell Baggins heads off to the woods to dig out his idol. His plan is to give it to Parvati, save her, and vote out JT. Once again, Russell Baggins saves his queen. Unbelievable. Someone hands another player an immunity idol TWICE in a season.
Amanda and Parvati converse again, this time with Amanda encouraging Parvati to play her idol. She has no idea that Parvati now has two idols. Parvati suspects that Amanda is lying about the tribe's intention to vote for her. Boy this is going to be good. There are so many double-dealings going on right now my head is spinning. I’m quite impressed with Parvati knowing Amanda is lying to her.
At tribal council, the banana war becomes a topic. Chaka and Parvati eat what the want and the Heroes are pissed, correction Rupert is pissed that the ripe bananas are getting eaten. Russell Baggins claims that the two tribes remain separate. JT feels like he knows his name is being written down since none of the Villains talk to him. Parvati feels like everyone is avoiding her. Jeff wonders if its just because she isn’t getting her normal amount of attention. Cry Baby Colby tries to get in on the action stating that maybe no one’s talking to Parvati because they know she’ll be around for a few days eluding that the Heroes are targeting someone else. Shut it Cry Baby. You sound ridiculous when you try to be all Serious McStrategy. Stick to crying.
Time to vote. No one can vote for Chaka. Oh boy. No clue what’s going to happen. The confessionals are tense. Jeri and JT are written down left and right. Hold on folks. It’s going to be rough. Time to play a hidden immunity idol. Will she do it? Will she??? Parvati pulls one out and shocks everyone. She hands it to Sandra. WHAT?!
Get out! All right, well Jeri is going hoooom, not so fast. She pulls out the other idol and hands it to Jeri! Unbelievable.
What a brilliant move. I did not see that coming at all. See ya JT! There is a healthy round of face melting.
First vote. Jeri. Does not count. Jeri. Does not count. Jeri. Does not count. Jeri. Does not count. Jeri. Does not count. JT. JT. JT.
Well done??? No one did anything JT. You did it all. So pat yourself on the back. Well done for throwing away your chance at another million. Hopefully Russell Baggins will join you soon at Ponderosa, and you can continue your man crush and gush on and on about how brilliant he is. See ya sucker!
His Best Heroes vs. Villains Move: Originally aligning with Tom. Had he stuck with him, things would have been different.
His Worst Heroes vs. Villains Move:
Everything is on its head.
Heroes’ response:
(By the way Rupert, you didn’t trust her so no harm no foul. It was a certain Mad Cow Cowboy who you shouldn’t have trusted.)
Villains’ response:
Next week: Russell Baggins loses control and Sandra takes over. Can’t wait.
JT’s parting words are pretty much as amazing as this entire episode:
“I feel like a total idiot right now. It’s pretty terrible to be voted out by your own idol. I felt like Russell would have vote the way we told him to vote. People are villains for a reason. Don’t ever trust them. Worse than that, don’t ever trust women. Ever, ever, ever. You can’t always win. It was a big move, do or die, and I died tonight.”
Line up ladies. This one is a real keeper.
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