Post Tribal Council at Zapatera is a wee bit tense. With Defense Dave joining forces with Stephanie and voting against Sarita, well...
This is not the happy six it once was. David and Sarita clearly don't like each other, but Sarita seems like she's more willing to let bygones be bygones and admits that she needs to beef up her game at challenge. Ya think?
David continues to build a wall and Gimpy Steve acknowledges that this could be trouble.
Meanwhile over at Redemption Island, Stephanie has a new strategy: talk your opponent to death. She drones on and on about food while Matt daydreams of the duel where he can send her packing and finally get some peace and quiet. He says he told God that he will stay out there for as long as he wants him. I'm sure God appreciates this, Matt. He has been searching the Universe for someone to stay at Redemption Island so I'm so glad you have volunteered.
At Ohmyteepee, Lose Lips Phillip makes a jump at one of the spots to watch the duel, and The Bossiah immediately volunteers for the other. In a sidebar, Phillip starts rambling on about some Chinese something or other with fire and watching your enemies and blah, blah, please just pipe it Crouching Tiger! We don't care. I don't really listen, I just imagine what it would be like to have Phillip and Coach play Survivor together.
The Bossiah admits that he's going only to babysit Phillip. He can't be trusted and makes the bold statement that Phillip is the most unaware person he's ever met.
Defense Dave and Oompa Loompa Ralph are there to watch today's beheading as well. The duel is a game of memory. Really?? This is the duel to the death??
Boring. How about a pillow fight with pillowcases full of bricks? Anyway, the first fool to five wins the duel. Stephanie wins the toss and elects Matt to go first. The Lord shines upon his hair because he randomly turns over two tiles and gets a match. UNBELIEVABLE. God really does want him to stay. Stephanie takes her shot at finding a match and does the same thing on her first try. Tied 1-1. We have ourselves a duel.
Second round out no one gets a match. But the third round, Matt makes another and then another jumping to a 3-1 lead. Not looking good for Stephanie, but she finally makes another match to bring it to 3-2. Pantene Matt is going to have to make a dumb move now to lose. He takes the course again and randomly finds a match again! I'm getting nauseous just watching his ego swell. 4-2. Stephanie heads out and struggles to find a match but manages to squeak one out! 4-3. Matt turns over a Calendar and boldly goes to where he thinks the match is but wrong!!
Denied. I'm a little giddy. This is Stephanie's only chance to get into this now. She goes to the Calendar tile with confidence but turns over War Clubs! The end. Matt makes a beeline and turns over both War Clubs marking his fifth straight victory at Redemption Island. Before leaving, Stephanie takes an opportunity to drag Sarita through the mud telling Ralph that she's their weakest link. She also gives The Bossiah a warning that they will come after him like they did Russell. And out she goes.
Before the others leave, Jeff asks Phillip what he thinks of Pantene Matt. He starts speaking Chinese again talking about samurais and codes and other nonsense. The Bossiah is not having it. He knows Phillip is gearing up for a big move which he suspects would be to get rid of him at the merge.
Walking back to camp, Phillip asks Rob if he wants him to withhold any of the information they received at the duel. Rob says no; he wants to keep the team strong so no need to lie. Rob downloads the tribe with what went down including Stephanie saying the target was on Rob. He has played this beautifully: tell them the truth so they will feel secure. While Phillip is climbing a tree, Rob takes the opportunity to tell the others about Phillip asking if he should keep any of the information back. He totally throws Phillip under the bus knowing that he will be the next to go if they lose. Then Phillip falls out of the tree which could not be choreographed any better juxtaposed to the current conversation.
At the next Tribal Council, Rob says there will be no blindsides. He'll tell Phillip straight up he's going home and "frontside" him.
Over at Zapatera, Defense Dave and Ralph return with the duel report. Everyone seems to be wearing thin on Dave's attitude. He seems to be a bit of a know-it-all and tries to get everyone to go fishing cause the small fish are in from the storm and on and on. I can see this small fish get eaten soon if he doesn't change his attitude and smirks.
As soon as Dave walks away, Ralph tells the others that Dave will flip as soon as they merge. He also thinks Matt is going to be loyal to Ohmyteepee which I find interesting. Where did he get that notion?
The Ohmyteepees are making dinner which sparks the Great Crispy Rice Battle. Rob is off somewhere while the rest of the tribe eats. Apparently he likes the burnt crispy rice at the bottom of the pot so the girls are saving it for him. Clearly instigating a point, Phillips moves in to try to get some of the crispy rice.
And is denied.
He goes off. Everyone ignores him of course, but he is good and mad! He's tired of everyone catering to Rob and plans on getting him out.
Is he feeling a part of this tribe? HELL NO! Is he giving 100% to this tribe...110%? HELL YEAH! But he's not quitting. Just let the record show that there is a division in the tribe but not of his making.
The Immunity Challenge consists of hay, bags, balls, and baskets. Eh. Could be interesting. Reward is another picnic somewhere with a bunch of food and booze. No one sits out; tribes are even.
Both tribes storm out the gate on the obstacle course busting through the hay. Sarita and Rob are hoisted up to retrieve a bag which Rob gets in no time. Sarita...a little slower. Ohmyteepee has a huge lead but loses it when Phillip gets stuck in the ropes.
At the second bag of balls, Zapatera swaps out Sarita for Dave who almost instantly gets the bag down dusting Rob and the rest of Ohmyteepee. Everyone is barreling through the maze but Phillip is dragging down Ohmyteepee once again. Rob stays behind to push him through.
At the third stop, Dave once again edges out getting the bag as all of Ohmyteepee struggles to hoist up Rob. Finally, they get their last bag and break through the walls trailing Zapatera who has a huge lead but quickly fades...with BC Grant. Everyone is throwing balls in the air to get in the net with Grant sinking three. Zapatera slowly ties it up to 3-3 all, then takes the lead 5-3. Grant comes through AGAIN and ties it up 5-5. It's some major tension as both teams are flinging that last ball up to the net until finally Grant connects!
Ohmyteepee wins Immunity. Again, it's going to be really interesting in the coming weeks to see what happens to Grant. He seems to be The Bossiah's Apostle John but who will be the first to pull a Judas?
So off goes the Zapaterans with their heads in their hands. Ain't karma a bitch, Julie? Meanwhile, Phillip has totally changed his tune calling his tribe "superior." He rambles on some more about some philosophical mumbo jumbo. I think he was kidnapped in the middle of the night by Jackie Chan and reprogrammed because all of this Eastern philosophy seems to be coming out of left field.
The Ohmyteepees are whisked away by helicopter to an active volcano picnic. It actually looks quite stunning.
While the tribe starts stuffing their face with food, The Bossiah clicks on his game again when he notices the jar of cookies shaped like scrolls. He knows the next Immunity Idol clue is in there and pulls off another slight of hand trick to get it out.
He decides since he already has the Idol that the clue is worthless and so he chucks it.
Now in a game where anything can happen, I think I might have read it before sending it to Middle Earth. You never know!
Back at Zapatera, Sarita takes a moment to talk to Firefighter Julie, Gimpy Steve, and Military Mike about who to vote off. She makes the martyr statement that if she thought Dave was better than her, she would say to vote her off because she wants the team to win.
Whatever. The bottom line is, the tribe is tired of Defense Dave so it doesn't really matter how good he is at puzzles. He is going to get the key's to the street.
But Military Mike, who is one of my favorite side bar interviews since he always makes sense, is willing to consider keeping Dave. He and Gimpy Steve approach Ralph about booting off Sarita. It's a tough call: keep a tribe that you trust together or keep a strong tribe that can win together.
At Tribal Council, talk quickly goes back to the challenge the Zapatereans threw to get rid of Russell. Of course Julie answers this with something about karma. They thought they were a strong enough tribe to withstand losing a challenge. Jeff asks Dave what the difference between their tribe and the Ohmyteepees are. He says they seem to get along and laugh together so their cohesiveness is better than theirs. Little does he know...
Jeff poses the question to Ralph if he agrees, but Ralph has no idea what cohesiveness means.
Jeff gives him a good example: would he rather have great workers who don't get along or good workers who do get along. Ralph says the great ones who don't get along cause then they won't be yak, yak, yaking. Get back to me Ralph and let me know how that turns out.
Talk turns to the Sarita/Defense Dave war. Sarita is still smartin from the vote Dave tossed her way at the last Tribal Council. She doesn't trust him but still was willing to stay loyal within their six. Dave argues that he did what he thought was best for the tribe. He says he didn't do any campaigning today because everyone has already decided; it will be him or Sarita going home.
Time to vote. First vote, David. Sarita. Next vote, David then Sarita. Tied 2-2. Next vote, Sarita.
And the final vote Sarita. She's outta here!
Wrong thing to say Dave especially after you've been given a stay of execution! The look on the rest of the tribe's faces says the same thing.
So off Sarita goes to face Pantene Matt. He will eat her up and spit her out.
Next week: Matt has has an injured foot going into the last duel and the tribes merge!
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