THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE EACH WEEK'S EPISODE WILL BE DISCUSSED.
WEEK 1
DAY 1-3
WELCOME TO THE FIRST EPISODE OF SURVIVOR! THE SURVIVORS GOT SHIPPED TO THE ISLAND VIA A BOAT, THEN WERE DROPPED OFF IN THE OCEAN, FORCING THEM TO RAFT IT IN TO THE ISLAND. THEY BOTH HAD CRATES TO TOTE ALONG, NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS INSIDE THEM. THIS IS A DIFFERENT TWIST UNLIKE ANY OTHER SURVIVOR, THEY WERE GIVEN NO FOOD WHATSOEVER. ROTU TRIBE IS MARKED IN BLUE AND MARAAMU IS YELLOW. ROTU TRIBE MADE IT TO THE ISLAND FIRST. SEAN AND PETER IMMEDIATELY FORMED A BOND IN THE WATER WHILE HAVING A BAPTIST LIKE PRAYER. ONCE THE CRATE WAS POPPED OPEN, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED THAT THERE WAS NO FOOD. IN MARAAMU, HUNTER STARTED TO BECOME THE LEADER, HE WAS NICKNAMED MACGYVER. ROTU HAD NO LUCK MAKING A FIRE, IT WAS CLOUDY. MARAAMU GOT THEIR FIRE GOING THANKS TO PETER AND HIS LONG BREATHS FROM YOGA. EVERYONE SAID THERE WAS FLIRTATION GOING ON BETWEEN ROB AND SARAH AND KATHY WAS GETTING PINNED AS THE BOSSY BITCH. ROTU FOUND A WATERFALL AND GATHERED WATER THERE WHILE MARAAMU FOUND GRAPEFRUIT LIKE OBJECTS AND WAS ABLE TO EAT. ROB WENT AHEAD AND WAS CHASING DOWN A ROOSTER, IT FLEW AWAY FROM HIM THOUGH. HUNTER WAS PISSED THAT HE WAS NOT HELPING OUT. JOHN AND KATHY GOT INTO A SPAT ABOUT MAKING A FIRE, I THINK THE ONE PETER GOT GOING WAS PUT OUT SO THEY HAD TO RESTART ONE. JOHN FINALLY GOT ONE GOING AND ALL WAS WELL. MARAAMU FOUND THEIR WATERING HOLE, SEAN AND PETER WERE CHILLIN AWAY ON THE RAFT. PETER WAS STRANGELY TALKING ABOUT HOLES IN YOUR BODY AND EVERYONE WAS STARTING TO SEE HOW WEIRD HE REALLY WAS. JEFF PROBST SAID THERE WILL BE NO HELP WITH FIRE, NO MATCHES WILL BE GIVEN OUT. THE FIRST IMMUNITY CHALLENGE WAS TO GUIDE A RAFT OUT ONTO THE OCEAN, LIGHT TWO TORCHES AND BRING BACK THE TORCHES TO LAND TO LIGHT SOMETHING ELSE. IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR FIRST IMMUNITY BUT ROTU WON THE CHALLENGE SENDING MARAAMU TO THEIR FIRST TRIBAL C. THE DAY OF TRIBAL C, PETER WAS SPILLING HIS GAME PLAN TO EVERYONE WHICH IS A BAD MOVE ON HIS PART. IN THE END, PETER WAS THE ONE VOTED OFF.
WEEK 2
DAY 4-6
THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING GREAT IN THE ROTU TRIBE, EVERYONE IS WORKING WELL TOGETHER AND THERE IS GREAT TRIBE COHESION AMONGST ROTU. KATHY IS SEEN AS AN OUTCAST BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SLEEP BY EVERYONE OR GET TO KNOW EVERYONE ELSE. ROB IS FEELING SICK DUE TO LACK OF PROTEIN. THEY STARTED MAKING WEAPONS TO GO HUNTING WITH AND JOHN CAME UP WITH A PIG SNARE IN HOPES OF CATCHING A PIG OR TWO. MARAAMU STARTS THEIR DAY OFF WITH A "MORNING SHOW." HUNTER DOES THE WEATHER, ROB DOES FOOD AND SEAN DOES THE MUSIC END. PATRICIA IS ACTING LIKE A MOTHER AND IS NICKNAMED "MOMMA", WHILE SOME MEMBERS DON'T MIND, IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING ON MOST PEOPLE'S NERVES THAT SHE'S BEING SO BOSSY. SEAN AND VECEPIA ARE BONDING TOGETHER QUITE WELL, HE STATED THAT BLACK PEOPLE KNOW WHAT EACH OTHER IS THINKING. THEY BEGIN TO BUILD THEIR HUT, SEAN IS SEEN AS LAZY FOR NOT HELPING OUT MUCH AND ROB & SARAH ARE TOGETHER EVERYWHERE LIKE BARBIE AND KEN. IN ROTU, KATHY AND JOHN ARE CATCHING SOME SEAFOOD, SHRIMP AND KATHY FINDING SOME SHELLS WHERE THEY SCOOP OUT A GOOEY SUBSTANCE, FRY AND EAT IT. A PIG SET OFF THE TRAP BUT WAS UNSUCESSFULLY CAUGHT. GABRIEL LAYS INTO KATHY AND BRINGS HER TO ALMOST TEARS AND THEY WORKED ON THEIR SHELTER TO IMPROVE IT. THE 1ST REWARD CHALLENGE: TO DIVE DOWN IN THE OCEAN, REMOVE ROCKS FROM A BOAT, SAIL THE BOAT TO THE BEACH AND WIN SNORKELING EQUIPMENT. THEY STARTED OFF SLOW, ONLY HAVING ONE PERSON AT A TIME REMOVE ROCKS. ROTU GOT SMART AND TOOK PEOPLE DOWN THERE, FLIPPED OVER THE BOAT AND GAINED THE LEAD. MARAAMU SAW THIS AND TRIED TO DO THE SAME BUT COULD NOT CATCH UP LETTING ROTU TAKE THE VICTORY. MARAAMU WENT BACK DEFEATED AND STARTED WORKING ON THEIR ROOF FOR THE HUT. THE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE THIS WEEK WAS THE INFAMOUS SURVIVOR FOOD CHALLENGE. EVERYONE FACED OFF TO TRY SOME ROTTED MEAT THAT WAS SOAKED IN SALT WATER AND LEFT OUT IN THE BAKING SUN TO ROT. ONE BY ONE THEY SQUARED OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER SUCKING DOWN THE HORRID MEAT. ROB ALMOST PUKED BUT WAS SUCESSFUL. A TIE WAS DETERMINED AND NELEH FACED ROB IN THE TIE BREAKER. ROB COULD NOT GET THE FOOD DOWN IN THE ALLOTTED TIME SO ROTU TOOK ANOTHER VICTORY AND SENT MARAAMU TO T.C. ONCE AGAIN. AT T.C. IT SEEMED THAT EVERYONE WAS BEATING UP ON SARAH AND THE VOTE SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TOWARDS HER BUT IN THE END, PATRICIA WAS VOTED OFF THE ISLAND. WILL SARAH SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE IT PAST ANOTHER TRIBAL COUNCIL?
WEEK 3
DAY 7-9
WELL, ANOTHER INTERESTING WEEK ON THE ISLAND! I FIND MYSELF ENJOYING THIS ROUND OF SURVIVOR MORE THAN THE AFRICAN DESERT. SARAH AND SEAN WERE BOTH PISSY RIGHT AT THE START OF THE EPISODE. EVERYONE IN MARAAMU MAD FOR GOING TO T.C. AGAIN. ROTU HAD THEIR SHARE OF RAIN, AND HAD TO REBUILD THEIR ROOF SOME. JOHN GOT STUNG BY A SEA URCHIN AND HAD KATHY PEE ON HIS HAND TO REDUCE THE SWELLING. JEFF CAME BY AND DROPPED SUPPLIES OFF TO EACH TRIBE FOR THE REWARD CHALLENGE. ROBERT CUT HIS FOOT ON A ROCK THAT GOT INTO HIS SANDAL AND HAD JOHN CUT THE SKIN AWAY. IT WAS NOT A GOOD DAY FOR ROTU, INJURIES AFTER INJURIES. THE CHALLENGE INVOLVED CRAFTING A RAFT FROM THE STUFF JEFF DROPPED OFF. GABRIEL SEEMED LIKE HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, WHILE MARAAMU TRIBE JUST SORTA SCRATCHED THEIR HEADS AT IT. JOHN GOT BIT BY AN EEL WHILE FLIPPING OVER ROCKS. HUNTER WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYONE NOT DOING MUCH. THE CHALLENGE INVOLVED PICKING UP 5 CONTAINERS THAT WERE ANCHORED TO THE BOTTOM, RELEASING THE ANCHORS AND THEN CRISS-CROSSING OVER EACH OTHER TO GET THE NEXT ONE. IT WAS A CLOSE RACE BUT AT THE END, ROTU TOOK VICTORY BECAUSE MARAAMU DIDN'T PADDLE AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ALL DID THEIR OWN THING. THEY CHOSE THE BLANKETS AND PILLOWS OVER THE FOOD. MARAAMU WAS IN A STATE OF DEPRESSION AFTER THIS, COMPLAINING ABOUT LOSING EVERY TIME. THE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE WAS A COCONUT MAZE THAT ONE PERSON TALKED 4 PEOPLE THROUGH, TOLD THEM WHEN TO PULL ON THEIR PULLIES. ANOTHER CLOSE RACE BUT ROTU MANAGED ANOTHER VICTORY OVER MARAAMU. BEFORE TRIBAL COUNCIL, ROB WENT OFF ON A TANGENT THAT HE THOUGHT THIS WAS HIS TRIBE AND COULD INFLUENCE ANYONE TO DO HIS BIDDING. IF HE'S NOT CAREFUL, HE'LL BE THE NEXT TO GO. ALAS, HUNTER WAS VOTED OFF THIS WEEK, I GUESS NO ONE LIKES A STRONG LEADER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HUNTER PROVIDED. BEING FROM THE NAVY, HE KNOWS ABOUT TEAMWORK AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT NO ONE SAW IT HIS WAY AND HE WAS COCKY WITH HIS LAST WORDS. WHAT WILL NEXT WEEK BRING FOR MARAAMU TRIBE? WILL THEY FINALLY WIN ONE? WILL THERE BE A SWITCH OF PEOPLE LIKE IN AFRICA? WILL THEY SURVIVE WITHOUT HUNTER'S SKILLS? (DOUBTFUL)
WEEK 4
DAY 10-12
ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER INTERESTING WEEK IN THE SURVIVOR WORLD. ROB HAS THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS THE PUPPET MASTER. GINA WAS TRYING TO RATIONALIZE THE DEMISE OF HUNTER, SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHY THEY'D VOTE HIM OFF. ROTU TRIBE HAS SAID THERE IS A UNIQUE FAMILY NESS AMONG THEM, THERE IS STRONG UNITY AND LOVE AND THAT IS WHY THEY KEEP ON WINNING. IN A INTERESTING TURN OF EVENTS, A WRENCH WAS THROWN INTO THE OIL OF SURVIVOR AND A ACTIVITY WAS INTRODUCED. NO REWARD OR IMMUNITY, JUST A SIMPLE ACTIVITY. ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS PICK A DISC ON THE GROUND, STAND ON IT AND THEN WHEN IT WAS YOUR TURN, SIMPLY FLIP THE DISC OVER. WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT THIS IS GOING TO DETERMINE WHO IS GOING TO BE ON WHAT TRIBE. SOME PEOPLE STAYED WHILE A FEW OTHERS CHANGED TRIBES, HERE IS THE LIST OF CHANGES. (NOTE, IF I DIDN'T LIST SOMEONE IT'S BECAUSE THEY STAYED THE SAME, I'M ONLY LISTING THE CHANGES.)
NELEH: MARAAMU
KATHY: MARAAMU
PASCHAL: MARAAMU
VECEPIA: ROTU
ROB: ROTU
SEAN: ROTU
NOW THE GAME GETS INTERESTING! KATHY WAS VERY STOKED AT THE FRUIT SUPPLY IN MARAAMU TRIBE. SOME OF THE CHANGES WERE FOR THE BETTER BUT SOME DIDN'T LIKE THEIR NEW TRIBES. ROB AND SEAN FELT LIKE THEY WERE IN HELL COMING FROM A LAZY TRIBE INTO A WORK-A-HOLIC TRIBE. VECEPIA SEEMED OK WITH IT, SHE FELT A SINCERE WELCOME BUT FIGURED THEY'D ALL BE PUT TO WORK SOON. ROB FELT VERY THREATENED AS HE WAS NO LONGER A SUPER POWER IN A TRIBE BUT ONE OF THE MERE MORTALS. NOW HE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT BEING VOTED OUT. SEAN HAD IT OUT WITH GABRIEL, HE FELT LIKE IT WAS ALL SLAVERY WHEN HE WAS ABOUT THE ONLY ONE NOT WORKING SO I DON'T SEE HOW HE CAN THROW THE RACE CARD OUT LIKE THAT. AFTER AWHILE, SEAN, V, AND ROB ENDED UP GATHERING FIREWOOD. TAMMY KNOWS THAT SEAN AND ROB ARE LAZY AND KNOWS THEY WILL HAVE TO GANG UP ON THEM AND VOTE THEM OFF WHEN THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO. KATHY LED MARAAMU ON A EXPEDITION IN THE WOODS AND GOT THEM LOST. BUT THERE WAS A NEARBY BROOK AND THEY WENT SHRIMPING, SO ALL WAS NOT LOST THERE. SARAH DECIDED SHE WAS BORED AND WAS GOING TO GO BACK TOWARDS CAMP WHEN SHE REALIZED SHE DIDN'T KNOW HER WAY BACK SO ENDED UP STAYING THERE TOO. THERE WAS NO REWARD CHALLENGE THIS WEEK BUT THE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE THIS WEEK WAS TO UNSCRAMBLE A WOVEN BLANKET PATTERN. THEY HAD THIS LARGE TABLE WHERE THEY PULLED ON ENDS TO MAKE A PICTURE GO TOGETHER IN A PATTERN GIVEN THEM BY JEFF. MARAAMU WAS LED BY KATHY AND THEY MOVED OH SO SLOW GIVING ROTU A GREAT CHANCE TO WIN. ROTU MOVED LIKE LIGHTNING AND WON ONCE AGAIN. NOW IF THEY WERE SMART, THEY WOULD HAVE THROWN THE CHALLENGE SO THAT THEY COULD VOTE OUT SEAN BUT INSTEAD THEY WON. SARAH WAS NOT LIKING KATHY ONE BIT, PRETTY MUCH FOR THE SAME REASONS SHE VOTED HUNTER AND PATRICIA OUT: KATHY IS GETTING TOO BOSSY. SARAH MUST NOT BE USED TO AUTHORITY OR TEAMWORK BECAUSE SHE JUST HATES IT WHEN SOMEONE STEPS UP TO THE PLATE TO TAKE CHARGE. IN A IRONIC FATE, SARAH WAS VOTED OFF THE ISLAND THIS WEEK. IMAGINE THAT. I THINK MARAAMU TRIBE WILL BE OK FROM NOW ON. WILL ROTU MANAGE TO WIN YET ANOTHER REWARD AND IMMUNITY? TUNE IN THIS WEEK TO FIND OUT!
WEEK 5
DAY 13-15
PROBABLY THE MOST INTERESTING WEEK YET ON SURVIVOR, MARAAMU BROKE THE LOSING CURSE AND WON THEIR FIRST REWARD AND IMMUNITY CHALLENGE! THE REWARD CHALLENGE WAS FOR ONE PERSON TO DIRECT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE BLINDFOLDED, THAT WERE LOOKING FOR PIECES OF TOTEM POLE. THERE WAS 14 PIECES TO BE FOUND AND THE PERSON SHOUTING DIRECTIONS HAD TO MAKE SURE THE BLINDFOLDED SURVIVORS FOUND EACH PIECE AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE "STAGE" AREA. MARAAMU WAS LEADING THE RACE BUT ROTU WAS RIGHT ON THEIR HEELS. THAT IS UNTIL THE END, GABRIEL COULDN'T SEE THEIR LAST PIECE WHICH GAVE MARAAMU A LEAD OVER THEM. HE FINALLY SAW IT BUT MARAAMU WAS ALREADY BUILDING THEIR POLES. ROTU QUICKLY CAUGHT BACK UP AGAIN BUT BY THEN, MARAAMU ALREADY WON. THE REWARD WAS TO RAID THE OTHER TEAM'S CAMP FOR 2 MINUTES, GRABBING AS MUCH AS THEY COULD. THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THEY COULD TAKE AND NOT TAKE. THEY HAD TO AT THE VERY LEAST LEAVE ONE KNIFE, ONE WATER JUG AND NOT TOUCH ANY PERSONAL ITEMS. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS FAIR GAME. THIS GAVE MARAAMU QUITE THE ADVANTAGE LATER ON. ROTU WAS A BIT BUMMED OUT BY THIS BUT THEY DIDN'T LET IT PHASE THEM FOR TOO LONG. THERE WERE DISPUTES GOING ON, ROB NOTICED THAT GABRIEL WAS ARGUING A LOT AND FIGURED IT COULD GIVE HIM SOME SORT OF ADVANTAGE FOR TAKING OVER THE TRIBE OR SOMETHING. THE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE WAS A CLASSIC ONE FOR SURVIVOR, BUILD A S.O.S. SIGNAL AND WHOMEVER'S SIGNAL COULD BE SEEN THE CLEAREST WAS THE WINNER. ROB AND SEAN WERE THE KEY BUILDERS FOR ROTU, FINALLY TAKING INITIATIVE FOR SOMETHING. THEY MADE A CLASSIC MISTAKE THOUGH, THEY HAD IT SET UP WITH A LOT OF TREES IN THE BACKGROUND AND THEIR SIGNAL COULDN'T BE SEEN TOO CLEARLY, NOT BRIGHT COLORS OR ANYTHING TO DISTINGUISH IT AMONGST THE TREES. SUCKERS. MARAAMU HAD BRIGHT RED COLORS AND THE GOOD OL' AMERICAN FLAG WAVING IN THE AIR, PLUS THEY WERE IN A WIDE OPEN SPACE WITH NOTHING ELSE AROUND SO IT WAS VERY VISIBLE FROM THE BOAT WHERE JEFF WAS. CLEARLY, MARAAMU WON HANDS DOWN. THIS WAS A BIG DAY FOR MARAAMU, FINALLY GETTING BACK IN THE GAME AND SENDING ROTU FOR THE FIRST TIME TO TRIBAL C. NOW AT TRIBAL C, WHAT DOES ROTU GO AND DO? THEY GET RID OF THEIR STRONGEST MEMBER, GABRIEL. INSTEAD OF GANGING UP ON SEAN LIKE THEY SHOULD, NO THEY GET RID OF A KEY ELEMENT INSTEAD. DUMMIES!! WILL MARAAMU CONTINUE TO SEND ROTU DOWN THE WINDING ROAD OF TRIBAL C?
WEEK 6
DAY 16-18
I MISSED LIKE HALF THE SHOW THIS WEEK SO THERE WON'T BE MUCH CONTENT FROM THE SHOW, SORRY. ROB WAS MAD AT ROTU TRIBE, THINKING THAT EVERYONE WAS AGAINST HIM, ACCUSING ZOE OF LYING TO HIM, AND THINKING WHEN THEY MERGE THEY'LL GANG UP ON HIM. WHICH BY THE WAY, THEY NEED TO DO. NELEH REALLY LIKES GINA, GINA IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THEM NOW AND NOT SOME OUTSIDER. JOHN NOT TRUSTING IN ROB AND ROB OUTED JOHN'S SEXUALITY, YES JOHN IS GAY. THE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE WAS A MAZE WHERE THE SURVIVORS WERE TIED TO ONE ANOTHER AND HAD TO SEARCH FOR LADDER RUNGS, 5 TOTAL, IN NUMERICAL ORDER, CLIMB THE LADDER AND PLANT THE FLAG. KATHY LED MARAAMU AND ROB LED ROTU. KATHY SUCKED ASS AS A LEADER, THEY FELL WAY BEHIND. AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED, ROTU CAME BACK FROM A LOSS LAST WEEK AND NOW WON. AGAIN. GINA WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL AFRAID, BUT WAS REASSURED SHE WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE. WHAT IRONY BECAUSE AT TRIBAL C. THAT NIGHT, GUESS WHO GOT VOTED OFF? THAT'S RIGHT, GINA. THINGS WILL NOW GET QUITE INTERESTING WHEN THEY MERGE NEXT WEEK, WILL ROB CONTINUE TO PLAY HIS GAME OR WILL HE FINALLY BE VOTED OFF?
WEEK 7
DAY 19-21
PROBABLY THE BEST WEEK OF SURVIVOR YET, I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THIS WEEK'S EPISODE. FIRST OFF, WHILE EXPLORING THE LAND IN MARAAMU, KATHY CAME ACROSS A SKULL IN THE GROUND. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT IT WAS FROM A TRIBE OF CANNIBALS AS PART OF THEIR RITUAL. KATHY WAS IN DEEP FEAR OF BEING THE NEXT ONE VOTED OUT. MEANWHILE, ROB SAID THAT HE HAD IT WITH ROTU TRIBE AND HATED THE NICETIES GOING ON. MAIL WAS RECIEVED, AND ONE SURVIVOR FROM EACH TRIBE HAD TO FOLLOW A MAP TO A LOCATION. KATHY AND ROB WERE PICKED AS THE ONES TO FOLLOW THE PATH. THEY BOTH ENDED UP IN A LOCATION WHERE JEFF MET THEM, IT WAS A PLACE WHERE TWO TRIBES MET FOR MEETINGS OF SUCH AND THE MERGER WAS TALKED THERE. BUT ROB AND KATHY GOT TO ENJOY PIZZA AND BEER WHILE OVER THERE, SO IT WAS NOT ALL BAD. ROB WAS PLAYING A BIG TIME GAME WITH KATHY'S HEAD AND FILLING IT WITH ALL SORTS OF NONSENSE. ROB TALKED ABOUT FORMING A PACT WITH KATHY AND SHE STUPIDLY AGREED TO IT. ROB ADMITTED LYING THIS WHOLE GAME TO EVERYONE. AFTER THEY STAYED THE NIGHT, THEY WENT TO THE CAMP AND GATHERED UP ALL THEY COULD IN 2 MINUTES AND SAILED OFF TO ROTU CAMP. KATHY WAS BELIEVING ROB'S LIES. THE NEW COLOR OF THE MERGED TRIBE IS PINK. ROB WAS INFECTING HIS GAME ON ZOE AND ROB BROUGHT KATHY AND ZOE TOGETHER OFF IN THE TREELINE, TRYING TO SHOW KATHY THAT ZOE WAS LYING TO HER BUT ROB CERTAINLY MADE HIMSELF LOOK GOOD AND TRUSTWORTHY. KATHY WALKED OFF NOT KNOWING WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE AND TOOK A SWIM IN THE LAKE. THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY THIS WEEK WAS STANDING ATOP A PLATFORM IN THE WATER FOR THE LONGEST TIME. IT WAS A PRETTY QUICK ONE, UNLIKE THE PAST SURVIVOR SHOWS WHERE IT TOOK HOURS TO COMPLETE. YOU COULD NOT TOUCH THE PLATFORM WITH ANYTHING BUT YOUR FEET, SO IF YOU USED YOUR HAND YOU WERE ELIMINATED. NELEH WENT FIRST, THEN ROBERT, PASCHAL, VECEPIA, SEAN, ZOE, ROB, TAMMY AND FINALLY JOHN. KATHY WON HERSELF THE IMMUNITY. NEW STIPULATION TO THE IMMUNITY BROUGHT OUT BY JEFF: YOU CAN GIVE THE IMMUNITY TO SOMEONE ELSE IF YOU WISH. IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAVE A SPOT, THEN YOU CAN GIVE IT AWAY. KATHY DECLINED AT THAT, KEEPING IT FOR HERSELF. ROB'S LITTLE LYING GAME CAME BACK TO BITE HIM IN THE ASS AT THE END AND THUSLY, ROB WAS VOTED OFF. (FINALLY!) WITH ROB'S GAME INFECTED INTO EVERYONE, WILL THE TRIBE BE ABLE TO GET ALONG BETTER NOW WITH HIM GONE?
WEEK 8
DAY 22-24
WELL, IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE IN THE MERGED TRIBE IS GETTING ALONG NICELY WITHOUT ROB, OTHER THAN THE FACT THEY WANT SEAN GONE TOO. THE NEW TRIBE IS NAMED, SOLIANTU. THE REWARD THIS WEEK WAS TO FLY A KITE 300 FT. IN THE AIR, HOW YOU KNEW YOU WERE THERE WAS A PURPLE RIBBON ON THE STRING END SHOWED AT THE 300 FT. MARK. KATHY WON THE REWARD AND SHE GOT A SNICKER'S BAR, WHICH SHE KEPT AND SHARED WITH EVERYONE, PLUS A DEEP SEA DIVING EXPEDITION TO CHECK OUT THE TROPICAL FISH, BLAH BLAH. SEAN KNEW HE WAS IN DEEP TROUBLE BUT HE DIDN'T PLAY ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN BEFORE, IF HE WAS GONNA GO OUT, HE WAS GOING TO GO OUT THE SAME. EVERYONE THOUGHT KATHY'S MOVE WAS A NICE GESTURE BUT THERE WERE QUESTIONS TOWARD IT, LIKE IS SHE BUTTERING US UP OR WHAT? SEAN STARTED WHERE ROB LEFT OFF AND INFECTED HIS GAME INTO EVERYONE. JOHN SAID HE FELT SAFE WITH NELEH AND PASCHAL ON HIS SIDE, AND SEAN WAS NOT TRUSTING ANYONE. IMMUNITY WAS DIFFERENT THIS TIME, THEY HAD A BLOCK WHICH HAD TRUE, FALSE, A, B,C,D ON IT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. WHOEVER GOT ANSWERS RIGHT WOULD CHOP 1/3 PAIRS OF COCONUTS DOWN FROM SOMEONE'S NAME. ONCE ALL 3 WERE GONE, THAT PERSON WAS OUT. IT REALLY TURNED INTO A PECKING ORDER IT SEEMED, VERY BLOODTHIRSTY. SEAN WAS OUT FIRST, FOLLOWED BY VECEPIA, KATHY, JOHN, PASCHAL, ZOE, NELEH, ROBERT AND TAMMY WON. SHE KEPT HER IMMUNITY AT TRIBAL C. AND THEY ALL VOTED FOR JOHN OF ALL PEOPLE, KEEPING SEAN IN THE GAME. THIS NEXT WEEK BRINGS AN UNEXPECTED TWIST WHICH WE ALL CAN'T MISS. TUNE IN TO FIND OUT WHAT AWAITS ALL THE SURVIVORS!
WEEK 9
DAY 25-27
ANOTHER GREAT WEEK FOR SURVIVOR, IT STARTED OFF WITH SEAN SINGIN AT A WATERFALL BECAUSE HE WAS FEELING GOOD ABOUT HIS POSITION IN THE TRIBE. TAMMY FEELS LIKE HER, ROBERT AND ZOE ARE OUTCASTS BECAUSE OF THEIR ALLIANCE WITH JOHN. ZOE AND TAMMY HAD A CONFRONTATION AND ZOE IS NOT ON ANYONE'S SIDE, SO HER AND TAMMY DON'T REALLY LIKE EACH OTHER. THE REWARD THIS WEEK WAS A CHALLENGE IN TEAMS OF TWO, THEY HAD TO FILL A TUBE WITH COCONUT JUICE ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. SEAN & PASCHAL WERE ONE TEAM, KATHY & ROBERT, ZOE & NELEH AND FINALLY TAMMY & VECEPIA. SEAN AND PASCHAL ENDED UP WINNING THE EVENT SO THEY GOT DROPPED OFF ON A MOUNTAINTOP, RODE HORSEBACK TO A PLACE AND HAD A GOOD OL FEAST WITH AN ANCIENT TRIBE CULTURE PERFORMING FOR THEM. THEY ATE ROAST PIG AND STUFFING THEIR POCKETS WITH FOOD FOR EVERYONE ELSE, MEANWHILE THE REST OF THE TRIBE WAS EATING THE "SAME OL CRAP" AS USUAL. EVERYONE WAS ECTASTIC THAT THEY BROUGHT FOOD BACK AND EVERYONE ENJOYED IT AS WELL. ROB AND TAMMY MADE A LAST PLEA TO EVERYONE ELSE, TO GAIN FAVOR FOR THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO AS NOT TO BE SEEN AS OUTCASTS I GUESS. ZOE STARTED SUCKING UP BY MAKING JEWELRY FOR EVERYONE, JUST LIKE BRANDON DID IN SURVIVOR 3. ZOE REALLY IS NOT TRUSTING ROBERT NOR TAMMY. THE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE THIS WEEK WAS A STILT COMPETITION. THEY WERE IN A CIRCLE ON STILTS AND WHOEVER COULD STAY UP THE LONGEST WON. MOST EVERYONE SUCKED ASS ON STILTS SO THEY FELL EARLY BUT TAMMY WAS HOLDING HER OWN. OF COURSE SHE PRACTICED AWAY FROM EVERYONE SO THEY COULDN'T SEE HOW SHE WAS DOING. BUT TAMMY WON ANOTHER IMMUNITY AND DIDN'T GIVE IT AWAY AT TRIBAL COUNCIL. SEAN STARTED CRYING LIKE A GIRL AT T.C. THANKING HIS MOM AND DIDN'T HAVE A DAD GROWNING UP, BLAH BLAH. WHO CARES? IN A SHOCKING MOVE, ZOE WAS VOTED OFF INSTEAD OF ROBERT WHOM EVERYONE THOUGHT WOULD GET THE BOOT. ZOE BECOMES NUMBER TWO FOR THE JURY, WHO WILL JOIN THE JURY NEXT WEEK?
WEEK 10
DAY 28-30
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS WEEK IS THAT IT IS VECEPIA'S BIRTHDAY, SHE'S BUMMED OUT THAT SHE'S AWAY FROM HER FAMILY BUT SEAN IS TRYING TO LIFT HER SPIRITS ABOUT THE SITUATION. EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE HAVING ENERGY PROBLEMS, THEY ARE WISHING FOR BETTER FOOD. KATHY BELIEVES THAT DREAMING OF FOOD IS SO WRONG AND THEY SHOULDN'T DO IT TO THEMSELVES. PASCHAL IS IN A CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS AND SAID THIS IS THE "WORST PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN." THE REWARD THIS WEEK WAS A KINGLY TREATMENT IF WON, THE WINNER GOES ABOARD A CRUISE SHIP WHERE THEY CAN SHOWER AND HAVE AN AWESOME MEAL. THE BIG TWIST TO ALL OF THIS, JEFF GIVES THE WINNER HIS VISA CARD TO ENJOY WHILE ABOARD THE SHIP. THE CHALLENGE WAS LIKE MUSICAL CHAIRS, YOU HAD TO DIVE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN, GRAB A SHELL AND COME UP. THE PERSON WITHOUT A SHELL GETS ELIMINATED. FIRST ROUND, VECEPIA QUIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT SO EVERYONE ELSE WAS SAFE. NEXT ROUND, SEAN WAS ELIMINATED. NELEH WAS THE NEXT TO GO. AFTER THAT, THEN THE REMAINING FOUR HAD TO CARRY A ROCK FROM ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN TO THE BEACH IN FRONT OF JEFF'S FEET. EVERYONE MADE A VALIANT EFFORT BUT IN THE END, PASCHAL SHOWED HIS TESTICULAR FORTITUDE AND WON THE CHALLENGE. WHILE GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT, JEFF SAID HE SHOULDN'T ENJOY THIS ONE ALONE AND WITHOUT HESITATION, HE INVITED NELEH AS HIS GUEST. EVERYONE HAD THIS LOOK ON THEIR FACE LIKE YEAH I KNEW IT. THEY HAD THEIR FUN ABOARD THE SHIP, SHOWERING AND DINNER. A 3 COURSE MEAL THEY HAD AND PASCHAL LEFT A 200 TIP FOR THE MAITRE D COURTESY OF JEFF'S CARD, WAS A HUMOROUS MOMENT. WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEY COULDN'T SMUGGLE ANY FOOD FOR EVERYONE ELSE THIS TIME AND THAT'S WHAT THE REST WERE COUNTING ON. NOBODY IS TRUSTING NELEH ANYMORE, THINKS SHE'S PUTTING ON AN ACT. THE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE WAS TO BUILD A FIRE, POP 1 KERNEL OF POPCORN, CARRY THE FIRE TO ANOTHER SPOT AND LIGHT UP THE TOWER SO THE TOP OF THE TOWER WOULD IGNITE. THIS CHALLENGE WAS POSED TO THEM AT NIGHT ON DAY 29. EVERYONE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY AT FIRST, THEN AFTER ROBERT STARTED HIS FIRE, EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE DOING OK. IN THE END, ROBERT BROKE TAMMY'S WIN RECORD AND TOOK THE IMMUNITY FOR HIMSELF. TAMMY WAS VERY AFRAID AND PROBABLY HOPED THAT ROBERT WOULD PASS THE IMMUNITY TO HER BUT ALAS, HE DID NOT AND TAMMY WAS THE 3RD PERSON TO JOIN THE JURY. 6 SURVIVORS REMAIN..WHO WILL BE THE NEXT TO JOIN THE JURY BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO WILL REMAIN TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL 4?
WEEK 11
DAY 31-33
WHAT AN EMOTIONAL SURVIVOR THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN! EVERYONE HAS HIT THE POINT OF DEPLETED ENERGY AND THEY MISS HOME, ETC. SEAN ALMOST FELL OUT OF A TREE AND BROKE HIS NECK AND KATHY BROKE DOWN CRYING ABOUT MISSING HER SON. SO WHAT DOES JEFF GO AND DO FOR THEM, HE BRINGS FAMILY MEMBERS TO THE ISLAND FOR THEM IN A REWARD CHALLENGE. EMOTIONS WERE RUNNING HIGH, AS EACH FAMILY MEMBER WAS BROUGHT OUT, ONE BY ONE THEY BROKE DOWN CRYING. WATCHING AT HOME, FOLLOWING ALONG WEEK BY WEEK, GETTING TO KNOW THESE PEOPLE, IF YOU DIDN'T FEEL THE SLIGHTEST BIT EMOTIONAL THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU. HELL, I'LL ADMIT I FELT TEARY EYED, I JUST PUT MYSELF IN THEIR SHOES AND I'D BREAK DOWN TOO IF I WERE THEM. THE CHALLENGE WAS A PUZZLE WHERE THE FAMILY MEMBERS PLAYED AND THE SURVIVORS WATCHED. YOU TOOK A STEP, FLIPPED THE ONE YOU WERE ON TO REVEAL A GREEN PIECE. YOU CANNOT STEP ON THE GREEN AND ONCE YOU ARE BOXED IN, YOU ARE ELIMINATED. IF THEY HADN'T SPED UP THE EDITING FOR TV., I'M SURE THIS WAS A LONG CHALLENGE. PASCHAL'S WIFE WAS THE FIRST TO GO, THEN VECEPIA'S HUSBAND, SEAN'S BUDDY, NELEH'S MOM AND FINALLY ROBERT'S SISTER. KATHY'S SON WON THE CHALLENGE AND SHE GOT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH HIM. BUT THE TWIST WAS THAT IT WASN'T ALL NICE AND COZY, NOPE, THEY SPENT TIME TOGETHER AT THE CAMP WHERE HE GOT A TASTE OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH. HE HATED IT OUT THERE, HE ADMITTED TO BEING A PREPPY, PRETTY BOY AND NOT AN OUTDOORSMAN. EVERYTHING WAS AWFUL FOR HIM BUT HE DID GIVE THEM ALOT OF CREDIT FOR BEING THERE AND DOING THE THINGS THEY DO TO SURVIVE. THE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE WAS A SLINGSHOT PROFICIENCY TEST. THEY HAD TO SHOOT AT SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOURGLASS AND BRING SAND DOWN UPON AN IDOL. ONCE THAT PERSON'S IDOL WAS BURIED, THEY WERE ELIMINATED. ANYONE COULD SHOOT AT SOMEBODY ELSE'S TARGET, AND EACH TIME AFTER A SHOT, THEY ALL TOOK A STEP TO THE RIGHT, TO MAKE IT FAIR. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD CHALLENGE, NOT EVERYONE WAS TOO GOOD AT IT SO THE ELIMINATION WENT SLOW BUT IN THE END VECEPIA TOOK IMMUNITY THIS WEEK. AT TRIBAL C., THE LAST OF THE OLD ALLIANCE WAS VOTED TO THE JURY, ROBERT JOINED THE OTHER SIDE. 5 SURVIVORS, TWO EPISODES LEFT, IT'S DOWN TO THE WIRE NOW. WHO'S GONNA BE THE NEXT TO LEAVE?
WEEK 12
DAY 34-36
MISSED THIS WEEK DUE TO STAR WARS: EPISODE II OPENING NIGHT
WEEK 13
FINAL EPISODE
WELL SURVIVORS, THIS IS IT FOR SURVIVOR 4. KATHY WAS FEELING VERY GUILTY OVER TRIBAL C. AND WAS WONDERING IF SHE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION OR NOT. PASCHAL WAS NOT FEELING GOOD AT ALL, WHILE NELEH AND KATHY WERE SCREAMING THEIR HEADS OFF TO RELIEVE SOME STRESS. VECEPIA WAS GOING OVER HER GAME PLAN AND SHE KNEW IF SHE DIDN'T SCORE THE IMMUNITY, SHE WAS A GONER. THE FIRST IMMUNITY CHALLENGE WAS A MEMORIZATION GAME OF PAST SURVIVORS. PASCHAL WANTED EVERYONE TO COMPARE NOTES TO MAKE IT FAIR BUT VECEPIA KNEW BETTER THAN TO DO THAT, SHE HAD MADE A LITTLE NOTEBOOK ABOUT DETAILS OF PEOPLE AND SHE STUDIED IT. IT WAS GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE ON THE CHALLENGE, EVERYONE WAS NECK AND NECK. EVERYONE MESSED UP THE QUESTION ABOUT JOHN AND VECEPIA GOT IT RIGHT SO SHE TOOK ANOTHER IMMUNITY. THERE WAS A TIE DURING THE VOTING BUT UNLIKE PAST SHOWS WHERE THEY BASE IT OFF PREVIOUS VOTES, THERE WAS NO SUCH THING. JEFF GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO TALK IT OUT AMONGST THEMSELVES AND IF THEY COULDN'T RESOLVE IT, THEN IT WAS DOWN TO DRAWING ROCKS. THERE WERE 2 YELLOW ROCKS WHICH WERE SAFE AND 1 PURPLE WHICH MEANT GOODBYE. THEY COULDN'T COME UP WITH A SOLUTION SO THEY DREW THE ROCKS. IN THE END, PASCHAL DREW THE PURPLE SO HE GOT A RAW DEAL ON THAT, THE VOTES DIDN'T EVEN CONCERN HIM, IT WAS BETWEEN KATHY AND NELEH. SO PASCHAL GOT ROBBED BIG TIME. SOON AFTER HE GOT VOTED OUT WE LEARNED THAT HE BLACKED OUT FROM DEHYDRATION BUT THEY AIRLIFTED HIM OUT AND FED HIM I.V.S, SO HE WAS ALRIGHT. JEFF WOKE EVERYONE UP AT 3 A.M. ON DAY 38. THEY FIRST HAD TO BUILD AN OUTRIGGER CANOE, WHICH IS A CANOE WITH TWO LONG POLES PROTRUDING FROM THE SIDES TO SUPPORT A SMALLER SIZED CANOE. KIND OF LIKE A MOTORCYCLE WITH A SIDE CAR. SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THEY THEN HAD TO PADDLE TO ANOTHER ISLAND, PAINT "TATTOOS" ON THEIR BODY LIKE THE MARQUESIANS AND WALK THE FAMOUS SURVIVOR WALK PAST PREVIOUS TORCHES AND REFLECT ON THE WHOLE GAME. WHEN THEY REACHED THE GOAL, THEY HAD TO CLEANSE THEIR SOULS WITH THIS GOOP, A YELLOWISH LIQUID THE POURED OVER THEIR BODY. THE FINAL IMMUNITY WAS AN ENDURANCE TEST, SIMILAR TO THE AFRICAN FINAL, WHERE THEY HAD 3 POINTS OF CONTACT ON A TIKI AND WHOEVER STAYED THE LONGEST WON. THEY ALL STARTED OFF GOOD AND THEN 3 HR. 30 MINUTES INTO IT, NELEH SAW SOMETHING ON KATHY'S SHIRT THAT DISTRACTED KATHY AND SHE FELL OFF. NELEH CLAIMED THAT KATHY'S BREAST WAS FALLING OUT AND SHE DIDN'T WANT KATHY TO BE EMBARASSED BY THIS, NICE PLOY NELEH. SO IT WAS DOWN TO NELEH AND VECEPIA. AT THIS POINT VECEPIA CUT A DEAL WITH NELEH THAT IF SHE GOT DOWN AND GAVE NELEH IMMUNITY, SHE WOULD TAKE HER INTO THE FINAL TWO. NELEH AGREED, VECEPIA STEPPED DOWN AND THE CHALLENGE WAS OVER. NELEH WAS TRUE TO HER WORD AND CAST THE VOTE FOR KATHY. LATER, NELEH SAID SHE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT VECEPIA ANYWAYS INTO THE FINAL TWO. BOTH THOUGHT THEY HAD A GOOD SHOT AGAINST EACH OTHER TO WIN. ON THE LAST DAY AT CAMP, HOW IRONIC THAT PIGS AND CHICKENS WALKED THRU THE CAMP TO VISIT. THEY WERE HUNGRY THE WHOLE TIME AND NOW SOME FOOD COMES STROLLING IN CAMP. THEY LEFT CAMP FOR TRIBAL C. TO FACE THE JURY. WHEN THE JURY STARTED, IT SEEMED EVERYONE WAS BASING THEIR VOTE ON HURT FEELINGS BECAUSE MOST EVERYONE SAID HOW THEY LIED AND CHEATED TO GET TO THE TOP. HEY, IT'S A DAMN GAME OK? YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO TO WIN THE MILLION DOLLARS AND SOMEBODY'S FEELINGS ARE GOING TO GET SQUASHED ALONG THE WAY BUT DON'T YOU DARE VOTE ON YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS, VOTE FAIRLY AND DECIDE WHO PLAYED THE BEST. TAMMY WAS REALLY THE STRONG BITCH, NOTHING BUT NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEM BOTH. AFTER THE JURY VOTED, IN AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK STYLE, JEFF TOOK OFF IN A HELICOPTER FOR THE LIVE SHOW IN CENTRAL PARK. ONCE IN N.Y., JEFF WAS ALONE ON THE STREET AND WHISTLED FOR A CAB. NOW, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN IN N.Y.? IT WAS TOO FUNNY TO SEE IT. HE GOT DROPPED OFF AT CENTRAL PARK, ROSIE O'DONNELL WAS HOSTING THE SHOW, JEFF BUILT MORE ANTICIPATION THEN FINALLY WENT INTO READING THE VOTES. IT WAS TRULY A CLOSE ONE LIKE ALWAYS, THEY BOTH WERE TIED WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL VOTE. BUT IN THE END, VECEPIA BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN SURVIVOR. I'M GLAD SHE WON BECAUSE WE HAD A POOL GOING AT WORK AND I WAS THE LUCKY ONE WHO HAD HER SO I GAINED 160 DOLLARS, SO THANKS FOR WINNING. WE'LL SEE EVERYONE BACK IN THE FALL FOR SURVIVOR 5: THAILAND AND IT LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER ISLAND ONE WHICH IS GOOD, THOSE ARE THE BETTER SHOWS I THINK ANYWAYS. ONE TWIST THOUGH, IT'S DURING MONSOON SEASON SO I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE WET AND MISERABLE ALL THE TIME. OR AT LEAST 95% OF THE TIME ANYWAYS. BYE FOR NOW, SEE YOU IN THE FALL!
